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

Scruffy Little Kitten

Good Morning,

Are you ready to meet the Scruffy Little Kittens? 

Here are some of my samples from the new Scruffy Little Kitten CD from Crafter's Companion.

The collection launches today on Create and Craft as a 4 Day Deal with Fiona Clayton.

This easel card is made using one of the Megapage elements from the CD along with backing papers and embellishments - perfect for a young lady.

The little girl on this card is from the decoupage section. The pretty backing paper and flowers are also on the CD. I have added paper roses to the centre of the flowers which are coloured with Spectrum Noir pen PL3 to match the flowers on the image. 

One for the boys! Quick stepper card using a topper and blended tags on the CD. Great for all the football mad boys you know.

This one is made using one of the Card Companions. All the elements are printed on one sheet, I have just added a bit of backing paper to the inside section.

You can check out more ideas and inspiration on the Pinterest board here.

Enjoy the shows and Happy Crafting xx

Exciting News ...

Been a little bit excited this week as I have had some good news. I have been accepted on a Design Team for Spectrum Noir!!! The team will be making samples for the TV shows on Create and Craft. I didn't think my colouring was good enough, so was really surprised when the news came through. 

This is the sample I sent

The stamp is by Sheena Douglass called Tropical Nectar and is coloured 

with Spectrum Noir pens. the colours I used are:-

Flowers LY3, CT2, CT4, GB4, OR1, OR2

Leaves GG3, GG4

Wings and Beak TB3, TB3, HB2, GT1

Head TB3, TB4, TB5, TB6, TB9

Body OR1, OR2, CT4, TB2, TB3, GT1, CG3, CG4, JG3

Off to do some more colouring - better get plenty of practice in !!

Happy Crafting xx

Memory Box Meadowbird Branch

Good Morning,

Here are some cards I made for this months Papercraft Essentials magazine.

 

The cards are aimed at men - always difficult to do - so no frills! The die set is from Memory Box called Meadowbird Branch. You get a small bird, and four dies which cut some really delicate bits of foliage in the set. The foliage would be useful for any cards with flowers to add some 'green bits'.

Here are the cards I made with the die.

 

 

 

These could easily be made into Christmas cards by making the little bird a robin with a red breast - will have to give that a go.

Happy Crafting xx