SWALK 3- YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND BECAUSE YOU KNOW TOO MUCH.

Here is a card i made for the launch of SWALK3 stamps,by Crafters Companion on Create & Craft. I stamped onto the circle,i had cut using my xcut shape cutter,using a black memento ink pad,as i used promarkers and copics to colour the image.

I added the faux stitching around the card and the doodles with a black promarker. Also i crocheted the flower using blue cotton.

3RD DESIGN For Unit 1 Certificate of papercraft-30th birthday

Here is my 3rd design for the Certificate in papercraft course.

I use the shoe template from Cut & Craft.

I was asked to make the shoe for a 30th Birthday,for someone who loves shoes and to personalise the label inside the shoe.

On your Wedding Day-My own Digi stamp and 2nd design in Unit 1 of Certificate of Papercraft

Here is my card for my 2nd design of 3 in Unit 1 of Certificate of Papercraft.

I used my own Digi stamped, available here

I copied the image twice in MS word,cropping it to fit the page and added colour with Promarkers and Copic pens,as perfect with a printed image, as it doesnt bleed! And i decoupaged the image to add more dimension.

Sneak peek No 2-SWALK3

Here is another sneek peek of the forthcoming launch of

SWALK3

On Create & Craft/Ideal World.

The launch will consist of six plates of un-mounted rybber stamps.

For this sample, i have used an MDF plaque,rubbed it with Tim Holtz Distress ink-Barn Dorr and then Black soot, i then added gold leaf to the edge.

I stamped the image in Stazon onto the plaque,then in memento ink onto a piece of card, which i added colour using Copic pens. I cut the image out and attached to the plaque using pva glue and then,when dry i sprayed in several coats with Spray & Shine, which gives a gloss varnish finish!

This would make a lovely gice for some one special for ,perhaos, Valentines day!

The back has a loop to hang the plaque.

Check back this week for more sneak peeks.

Sneaky Peek-SWALK3 launching soon!

Its  time again for new launches of 2011!

And SWALK 3 is the next one!

On Create & Craft/Ideal World

Here is a sneak peek of on of the designs  of the new unmounted stamps being launched by

Crafters Companion.

I used the little flower to make the backing paper and used a Big & Juicy pad 'Soothing sunset,with a paint brush & water to colour the image,which was stamped with Stazon, as the Big & Juicy pads are water based!

I then used some cut & dry foam pad and blended the edge of the image which had been cutout using a Spellbinders Nestabililities die. I die cut the flowers on my Big shot using Marienne Designables beautiful dies.

Keep checking back this week for more sneak peeks and info.x

1st design for Certificate in papercraft design-Sugar Nellie-Joy

This card i have made for my 1st of 3 designs for unit 1 of the 'Certificate of Papercraft'

I ordered these Sugar Nellie Stamps yesterday, from Funky Kits and they arrived this morning! Hows that for service!

This is 'Joy' from the Simply Adorable-Sugar Nellie set of un-mounted stamps.

I stamped her beautiful image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad and added the colours using Copic ciao pens.

The rub offs are by Cosmo Cricket which got from Karen at Charmed Cards & Crafts

And the backing paper is free with this months Quick cards made easy- a pack by Pink Petticoat-Vintage Rose Collection.

Reddy Decoupage- Distressed Rose

Here is another sample for the Reddy decoupage show yesterday, this is using another image from the 'contempory Flowers' kit.

I used some paper from daughters craft box, which was like blotting paper, so i ran it through her paper crimper and and on another piece i dropped dots of ink from Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Terra Cotta and latte, they bled perfectly.

This is an A5 card.

Popcorn Romance-Now on Create & Craft

On Create & Craft now is Popcorn Bear Romance by Crafters Companion, Nigel is currentley showing the deals for the cd and stamps set.

Make sure you tune in.

Sundae of Seasons-Polka Doodles

I love Polka Doodles/Nikky Halls Designs and i am so glad to have got Sundae of Season Cd,

There are images of spring,summer,autumn,winter sections and papers and sentiments on the cd, both in colour and black and white.

I printed this image in black and white from the pring section and using promarkers I added the colour. I printed a duplicate image and just cut out the snowdrop flower petals, sprayed with Stick and Spray repositionable adhesive, from Crafters Companion, and then added it to the image i had coloured,masking off all the card apart from the flowers, then i sprayed with Irredescent Spray and Sparkle,so this just gives the sparkle to the snowdrop heads.

I printed a beautifully subtle backing paper from the cd and again sprayed with Spray and Sparkle and mat and layered onto the large card. Adding pearls and ribbon to finish off.

As this is such a clean,fresh image i definately think less is more for this card!!

Reddy Decoupage-Today Create & Craft

Showing today on Create & Craft are Reddy Decoupages shows, from Crafters Companion, but today being demonstrated by the wonder Paul church, as Sara,Leann and co are in the States at the CHA show!

As its Chinese New Year, this design, from the Contempory Flowers set, inspired me to make a modern card with a slight Oriental influence by using the gloss black card!

The decoupage is all die cut and i made it up using Collall glue gel, the gold card is from the Cenutra pearl printable 'brights'packs, all available from Crafters companion.

Now on Create & Craft & at 2pm on Ideal World-Appley Dapply-Beatrix Potter

Now on Create & Craft 12 midday and at 2pm on Ideal World Leann is showing more inspiration and demostrations of

Beatrix Potters Appley Dapply Nursery Rhymes.

Here my sample card is an a5 card and i have printed on of the topper images from the cd and teabag papers from the teabag section of the cd, using a Martha Stewart punch i punched the doily edge and backed with baby blue card to match the image.

Keep watching the shows, if they dont sell out,until Friday 12 noon and keep popping back to my blog for more samples and inspiration.

Appley Dapply and Nursery Rhymes-Pick of the Week Launching now...

Launching now on Create & Craft/Ideal World, is the fantastic new cd and stamp set of

Beatrix Potters-Appley Dapply and Nursery Rhymes.

By Crafters Companion.

This card is made using two of the stamps from the stamp plate and i went for a monochrome look,just adding a hint of colour to the images.

I used a Spellbinders die and then cut around the die by hand to give the extended black boarder.

To attach the string of pearl beads, i first wet with water, to make it lay straight and when dry i attached using Hi Tack PVA glue.

Keep watching all week,if it doesnt sell out!

Beatrix Potters-Appley Dapply and Nursery Rhymes

Tomorrows the day for the

Appley Dapply and Nursery Rhymes Pick of the Week on Create & Craft/Ideal World.

This is an 8x8 sqaure card made using Ivory Centura Pearl Card and the decoupaged image, backing paper,tag and 'dad' are all from the cd.

To get the tag slightly smaller i trimmed off the boarder and for the letters i trimmed them slightly to make them fit and dabbed with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink.



Another card from the downloads for 'Help For Katie'

Here is another card made using the downloads you can buy from Jak Heath  over a

http://www.jakheath.com/

I printed the image on my printer and coloured using Promarkers, for the flowers, i used a nestabilities blossom die and tissue paper,dabbed with 'Antique Linen' Tim Holtz Distress ink.,scrunched and edged with 'Vintage Photo' Tim Holtz Distress ink.

Family Tradition-Help For Katie Card

Here is another card made using the fantastic set of downloads 15 uber talented artists have put together to

Help Katie. Katie is currently undergoing chemotherapy for stomach cancer and has to young children, go and buy a set and you will br entered in an amazing prize draw!

Click Here to go straight to Jak Heath blog and find out more.

This a digital image from Sassy Cheryl's collection.

I imported it into ms word to get the size i wanted and coloured using promarker, as the printer ink is water based it is ideal for using promarkers with!

The rub offs are by Cosmo Cricket and the backing paper has been taken from Crafters Companion SWALK cd.

Sneek peek,blog hop and prizes

Here is another sneek peek of the new

Beatrix Potters-Appley Dapply and nursery rhymes cd and stamps,by Crafters Companion.

Launching on the pick of the week on Create & Craft/Ideal World.

If you go and checkout the

Crafters Companion News, Views and inspiration blog, theres a fabulous prize on offer too!

For the card i made an a5 card,scoring an a4 in half,or you could use a US letter sheet and scored in half.

I printed the image from the decoupage section on the cd and a co-ordinating backing paper.

Then finished by adding the embelishments.



Blog Hop and Sneeky Peek

Here is a sneeky peek, as part of Crafters Companions News and Views Blog Hop.

This is an 8x8 card made using the wonderful soon to be launched, on Create & Craft,

Beatrix Potters-Appley Dapply Cd and Stamps.

I used the decoupage image and printed in A4 size, then printed the lovely lace background paper in pink. I crocheted the flower using 100% cotton( watch this space for instructions) and plaited some to make cords to hang the hearts on. I mounted the flower to the card with Colall glue gel.

Please go and have a look at Crafters Companion News and Views to checkout more inspiration

Help For Katie

 Here is an a5 card made using one of the wonderful downloads put together by 15 amazingly talents artists, in aid of Katie and her family.

Katie has been diagnosed with stomach cancer,please click on the advert to go directly to Jak Heath Blog to read the full and heart wrenching story. Having a member of my family currently going through yet more treatment right at this moment to help in some small way for Katies family is the least I could do and you could too, buy the set of digi downloads and Help Katie and her family.

God Bless you Katie and your family and all the other people and families being treated for or caring for someone with cancer.

For the card i printed the image 4 times on the same sheet via ms Word,didnt resize them,they fitted, then i coloured using Promarkers and cut out the different sections and decoupage the lovely image, so it jumps off the page 'rite atcha'

The backing paper, tag and ribbon is all Cosmo Cricket, i distressed a bit with Black soot Tim Holtz Distress ink.

Chinese New Year

Here is a large A5 card, using some stamps from Woodware, i have had a while now, but they follow the newyear theme well.

I firstly Brayered the background using a big and juicy ink pad and then using stazom i stamped the blossom branches,greeting and lantern. I stamped the geisha girls separately and gold embossed their fans and hair decoration,then i added them to the picture using glue gel. For the white on the blossoms and lantern i used a pentel fine marker pen im white. Finally adding some Auspicous red ribbin and coins for good luck.

rumaging through past sample pics

Im working through pics that ive not had a chance to put on my blog,before im allowed to show my next lots of samples.

This is a 6x6 sqaure card made using the wonderful Jayne Nestorenko set of Patchwork Polly stamps.

This is Helene and i stamped her several times and coloured with copic and then cut out different sections to decoupage her,the corner patchwork and sentiment are from the same stamp plate.