Saturday, 8 May 2010

PatchWork Polly and Friends-Julie

Here is Julie- from Patchwork Polly & Friends set of Stamps launched by Jayne Nestorenko

Again i have used Copics on card and Derwent watercolour pencils.
This one is with Watercolour pencils, using all the little embelishment stamps for the flowers and her little doggy and sachel. Made into an a5 card, using Centura pearl card and a Martha Stewart Punch along the bottom



This one is done with Copics, the patchwork sqaure comes with the set along with the greeting.
This is a 6x6 square card using centura pearl card.

Friday, 7 May 2010

More Beatrix Potter 2-Jemima and Mr Fox


Here is a large 8x8 sqaure card, all the images are stamped using the Jemima PuddleDuck set of Stamps and watercoloured with Derwent watercolour pencils.
I stamped the main Jemima and Mr fox image several times and decoupaged them using Collal Glue gel.

I cut an aperture out of the card and edged with a gold pen. Stamped the foxgloves and again coloured with Watercolour pencils and curved slightly and mounted to the card with Glue gel.


Also cutting a matching oval I mounted the images and again, edged with a gold marker pen

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Live Beatrix Potter 2 show tomorrow with Leann


Make sure you tune in tomorrow on Create & Craft, for Leann Chivers live show at 10am,she will be showing Beatrix Potter 2, Jemima Puddleduck and Two Bad Mice and ofcourse be doing her fabulous demos!
 Fingers crossed Sara hasnt got stuck at an airport waiting to come home, today she was at Paris airport waiting for a connection!

The card i have shown is using printable acetate from Crafters Companion Printing paper pack, using one of the backing papers from the new cd, then i attached the Jemima Puddleduck topper and Sentiment using Collall glue gel, adding button embellishments in the corners, also adding a touch of gel glue to the centre of the flowers i added pinflair glitter to give a lovely bit of sparkle.

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Is very pleased to announce...

I am delighted to announce that I am a Designer for Katy Sue Designs/Flowersoft!
So watch out for lots of inspiration and ideas using their fantastic range of Flower Soft, stamps, cd's, toppers etc, I find a use for flower soft everywhere in my crafting and their stamps are just gorgeous!!You can get lost colouring them with watercolours or copics.
I am sure if you've been to any shows you've seen Doreen or Noreen on their stand or also they are well known on Create & Craft TV
Checkout their Website

Sunday, 2 May 2010

PatchWork Polly & Friends-Helene

Here are two cards made for the launch last week by Jayne Nestorenko on Create & Craft/Ideal World.
These are made using Helene from the set of PatchWork Polly & Friends
The first card is made using Derwent water colour pencils and all the little embelishment stamps in the 'Helene' set.


The next card is made using Helene stamps multiple times and decoupaged, using Pinflair glue.
This card was coloured using Copic pens



This again shows how versatile these stamps are, using any medium you wish.

Friday, 30 April 2010

30th Birthday Shoe

Here is a Shoe i made using the wonderful template from
I used a punch and a string of pearl flowers cut individually for the flowers

Saturday, 24 April 2010

PatchWork Polly and Friends-Olivia


Here is Olivia, who is from the Brand new set of stamps -PatchWork Polly and Friends-
by Jayne Nestorenko, lainched on Create & Craft/Ideal World all this week with one more show on Monday.
I stamped Olivia several times and decoupaged her, even down to her little teddy in her pocket.
I used Derwent Watercolour Pencils to colour her and the floral border round the aperture, which is one of the embelishment stamps in the Olivia Set

Friday, 23 April 2010

Joanna Sheen-Ivory Cats

Here is another card using the brand spanking new cd from Joanna Sheen-Ivory Cats, this is a very simple card, its all there for you a beautiful side step card that fits into an A5 envelope.

This prints off on two A4 cards and some of the cats, flowers & butterflies  are decoupaged.



Thursday, 22 April 2010

Ivory Cats

Here is a card made with the Brand new Joanna Sheen CD Ivory Cats, which was launched on Create & Craft/Ideal World over the weekend.
This image is soo like my neightbours cat!
I printed the image onto photo paper and mat and layered with matching card, using the blue to punch out some flowers and the white to punch out the centre of the flowers.The backing paper is with this image on the cd.
This is a large 8x8 square card


Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Beatrix potter launch Create & Craft/Ideal World today

Today saw the launch of Beatrix potter two, Jemima Puddle Duck and Two Bad Mice, on Create & Craft/Ideal World, busy busy week one show after the other, Jayne Nestorenko yesterday and Friday and Crafters Companion today! This was bought forward a month, so had a phonecall thursday last week needing samples to be sent monday, good job its so easy to use as looks like we all made enogh for the show.
Here is one of the cards, using the image and backing paper from the Jemima cd.
Spraying the wonderful Spray and sparkle on the backing paper and with a glue pen adding Pinflair glitter to the Foxglove leaves on the main image.


Lion Card

This is the new GSD file available from Tina Fitch at Forever memories for you
She has hundreds of beautiful downloads!
For this card, i cut all out on the craft Robo and using cream for the lions i then used promarkers to add colour and dimension to their bodies.

Loopi Loom

For all you lovely people asking about the Loopi Loom, i have contacted Hayley and she says its ok, so will try and post a pictorial/ instruction on here as soon as i have time. As would send a ten page email and still not get to the point.xx

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

PatchWork Polly's friend Chloe'- Jayne Nestorenko Launch today

Here is Chloe' one of the friends of Polly, the new collection launching today on Create & Craft by the lovely Jayne Nestorenko.
Here I thought i'd show ho easy they are to completely change by the colours and the medium you use.

Here is Chloe' using lots of the stamps from her set and Derwent watercolour pencil and Pinflair gel to attach to the card. This is a large 8x8 sq card


For complete contrast, this is Chloe' ag
ain, but this time i used Copic pens, this makes her more ' manga' looking and a very bright and vibrant card.


An here again Chloe' is coloured with watercolour pencils but using the blue and lemon yellow gives a whole different feel to the card.

Monday, 19 April 2010

NEW!!! Jayne Nestorenko launch..PatchWork Polly & Firends


One of the delights of being a Designer is you get the joys of working with some very talented people and one of those is Jayne Nestorenko, she is a lovely lovely lady and pure talent!!
This is her new collection, i had the pleasure to work with,
PatchWork Polly & Friends
These are a collection of beautiful designs by Jayne Nestorenko and PatchWork Polly and her friends and tomorrow it launches on Create & Craft/Ideal World.
This card is of Polly herself, I stamped the lovely image and used Copics to colour her, giving her the statatory grubby feet as any little girl up a tree would have them!
Check back for more inspiration and views of my sample cards for the launch.
The times are below for the shows


 


Beatrix Potter ..Jemima Puddle duck


Here is a notebook and pencil set i made using the decoupage image from the New Jemima Puddle Duck Cd by Crafters Companion, which will now be shown on Wednesday on Create & Craft/Ideal World.
I made the base using th Ultimate pro board also from Crafters Companion.



For the pencil i printed some backing paper and used the Jemima Puddle Duck stamps from the set, on shrink plastic and attaced using jewellary findings.

Saturday, 17 April 2010

Rock a bye baby...

Here is another card for the launch of Beatrix Potter 2 at Crafters Companion .
The new launch consists of a triple cd pack, Jemima Puddle Duck, Two Bad Mice and an inspirational DVD with projects and techniques, this card is on the dvd, in the tea bag section .

Also the image is from the two bad mice cd, using on of the decoupage images and choosing a co-ordinating backing paper and tea bag papers

Friday, 16 April 2010

Todays the launch of Beatrix Potter 2.....

At Crafters Companion today is the launch of Beatrix Potter 2....
Jemima Puddle Duck and To Bad Mice

This card was made using one of the stamps from the Jemima Puddle Duck set of of 15 un-mounted stanps.
This is Jemima and Kep and inside the leaflet that comes with the stamps you'll find instructions on how to make this card.






Thursday, 15 April 2010

Beatrix Potter 2 launch pre-view

Here is a nother peek at the Jemima Puddle duck
and Two Bad Mice Beatrix Potter 2 launch.
Here i have made Jemima Puddle Duck earrings, using on of the JPD stamps on Shrink plastic, then attached to the earring findings.
This is a Easel Card, so makes a good stand to display your gift.




go over and take a look at the launch on Crafters Companion tomorrow!

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Jemima Puddle Duck and Two Bad mice Launch

Friday the 16th April sees the launch on Crafters Companion of Beatrix potter 2.... Which is Jemima Puddle Duck and Two Bad Mice .
Here is a peek at one of my samples, made using the 3d builder Lean to templates, as the launch also has a dvd showing different teqhniques and projects.


I used the ever faithful flowersoft for the flowers growing over the lean to and on the picket fence.
The bakcing paper is on the Beatrix Potter 3d builder cd


for the floor i used Tim Holtz distressed ink pads, flowesoft again and clay pots which i broke slightly to give a used effect!




I made beans,tomatos,cabbage, pumpkin and carrots out of Fimo clay




The whole model is mounted onto an A4 card

Saturday, 10 April 2010

Congratulations......



This a5 card, can easily be used as a Wedding,Engagement,Anniversary,Birthday card, by simply changing the sentiment and the colour of the cake, this is using my Celebration Cake image from the Celebration and Wedding Collection available over at Enjays Craft Store as a Download.
I used Copics to add colour and hand wrote the sentiment.


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