Butterfly Card

Here is a card I made for the launch of the new Spectrum Noir pen colours - Nature and Vintage - both in sets of 24 lovely new colours.

Here is what I used

Spectrum Noir Nature –GY3, GY4, GY5, AB1, AB2, AB3, YG1, YG2, YG3, BO4

Spectrum Noir Vintage – PV1, PV2, PV4, BO1, BO2, VB2, VB3

Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners All A Flutter stamp

Neenah white card

VersaMark ink pad

Bronze embossing powder

Distress ink Vintage Photo

Embossalicious – Regency Swirls 8x8 folder

I have stamped the word 'Butterfly' onto white card with Vintage Photo ink and then embossed with the Regency Swirls folder, trimmed to size and inked the edges with Vintage Photo. The Butterflies have been stamped with VersaMark ink onto Neenah card and heat embossed with bronze embossing powder. Each butterfly is coloured with complementary colours from the new sets of pens. I have cut them out, shaped the wings and attached to the card. I have embossed the Butterfly word with bronze powder and 3D attached to finish.

Loved making this card, hope you like it.

Happy Crafting xx

What a Hoot!

Hi everybody,

Here's my DT card made with one of the new Create-a Card dies from Crafter's Companion

Love this Owl! 

To make this card you will need:

From Crafter's Companion

Die’sire Create A Card – What A Hoot & With Love dies

Fancy Card Blanks – Diorama Card - Kraft

Luxury Card Pack – Gold

Kraft card

Black card

Other

Distress Inks – Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint & Vintage Photo

Pearls

To make this card I have die-cut the What a Hoot die into the front of a diorama card black and trimmed away the centre (save the owl in one piece) to leave some flowers and leaves around the edges, added a few tiny pearls and cut a frame from matt gold card. Cut the owl die again from a piece of kraft card and colour the flowers and leaves with Distress inks, Matt onto black card and attach to the back of the diorama blank. Trim around the saved owl and colour with Vintage Photo ink, attach to matt gold card, trim around the edges and add to the back of the card with 3D glue. Glue the two piece of the diorama card together at he tabs. Die-cut the With love sentiment twice and use the waste letters to add the sentiment.

Hope you like this lovely owl too.

Happy Crafting xx

Designer Cardmaking magazine ...

I made the front cover of this months Designer Cardmaking magazine!!!

The magazine comes with a Joanna Sheen Christmas kit which includes:

4-in-1 floral wreath die set

4x6" wreath embossing folder

8 image and sentiment dies

papers and toppers

Here are the cards I made for the magazine using the kit

Hope you like the cards, the magazine is full of great ideas for using the Kit.

Happy Crafting xx

Illustrator Pens

Good Morning,

Here are a couple of images coloured with the fantastic new Illustrator Pens from Crafter's Companion. They really are amazing pens to use. Each pen has a high quality brush nib and a fine bullet nib for detail work.

This card is made with Sheena's Iris stamp. The colours are

Leaves - Yellow Green, Salad, Emerald

Flower -  Pearl Blue, Denim, True Blue, Canary, Purple, True Black

This is Pom Pom Fairy stamp from Lili of the Valley. Colours used are

Eggshell, Linen, Muted brown, Blossom, Baby Pink, Fruit Pink, Vintage Pink, Goldenrod, Raw Sienna, Natural Brown, Leather, Henna, Pale Citrus, Pear Green, Ice Grey 2

This is an old stamp from Fizzy Moon - Special Wishes, not sure if this is still available.

Illustrator colours used are

Muted Brown, Soft Brown, Linen, Eggshell, Ice Grey 2, Ice Grey 6, Goldenrod, Raw Sienna, Flame Red, Vintage Pink, Pink Lace, Baby Pink, Fruit Pink, Smokey Blue, Vintage Blue, Wisteria, Old Lavender, Khaki, Moss Green, Pale Citrus, Pear Green, Yellow Green, Salad, Sunshine, Blender

If you haven't seen the shows on Hochanda yet you can catch them today at 1pm and 5pm.

Happy Crafting xx

Crafter's Companion 11th Birthday Week

Hi Crafter's,

It's here Crafter's Companion 11th Birthday Week!

Hopefully you have arrived here as part of the Blog Hop with a chance to win one of

the gorgeous makes from members of the Design Team using some of the brand

new products launching during Birthday Week.

The Blog Hop starts at 12pm on 20/10/16 and finishes at 9pm on 30/10/16

Rules : Each day the 'music will stop' on one of the blogs - all you have to do is leave a comment when the music stops on each blog. Crafter's Companion UK will announce on Facebook and Twitter when the music stops and who has the parcel.

This is what you could win from me

I have made a large box using the brand new Everyday Create-a-Card dies and Card Blanks. The box comes with three Diorama cards and three Gatefold cards ready for you to send, and ten gift tags and ribbon. I have also included a few of the new card blanks for you to decorate yourself.

The inside of the box is sectioned for different sized cards. I thought it would make great storage for your handmade cards, ready to send to all your family and friends.

 

 

The box and cards are the prize you could win for commenting when the 'music stops'

I will pick a winner that commented in that time and contact them to organise the prize.

Happy Crafting & enjoy the party!

Look forward to your comments xx

Don't forget to check out the new launches and TV schedule and see some fantastic new products.

You can join in with the Facebook event here

Suspended T-cup

Hi everybody,

It's been a very long time since I blogged and need to get back to posting!

Thought I would start with this Suspended T-cup which I made recently for my Mum's Birthday - she loved it (hope you do too)

These floating T-cups are easier to make than they may look.

Here are a few pictures to show how I made this one.

To start you need a pretty cup and saucer and an old fork. You need to bend the fork so that the prongs can be glued to the saucer and the handle glued to the inside of the cup - afraid I forgot to take a photo of this. I used a hot glue gun to stick the fork in place. 

Next you need to cover the fork with something like dried moss or dried grass used by florists. Again I have attached this with a glue gun and you need enough to hide the fork.

Next I have die-cut quite a lot of flowers from different shades of pink card and inked the edges of the petals with distress inks. You will also need some leaves cut from green card. After inking the edges the flowers have been shaped and layered together.

Cover the moss or grass with the flowers, mixing up the colours and designs.

Finally add in the leaves to finish.

You will need:

Signature Collection Floral Delight - In Bloom & Pretty Petals dies

Signature Collection English Country Garden - Lazy Daisy, Grand Floral,

Floral Duo & Roll up Flower (from Crafter's Companion)

Distress Ink Pads - Shabby Shutters, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar,

Worn Lipstick & Picked Raspberry

Happy Crafting xx