Thursday, 30 June 2011

Very pleased to also Announce....

I am very pleased to also announce that I am now on
Sheena Douglass' Design Team,so will be Paint Fusioning to my hearts content!
Along with all the other wonderful things i get sent to do!!!
I will also be able to incorperate Paint Fusion into my Demonstrations of various products for Crafters Companion.!
A demo coming up end of July, keep a lookout to see if its near you!
xx

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Diamond Wedding Card

I was asked to make a Diamond Wedding Card, this is what i made.
This is using the Bookatrix Board by The Glitter girls and I used Sheena Douglass' Paint Fusion stamp from Simply Sweet set of stamps and painted it with her paints and a touch of Tim Holtz Adirondack Mixative Gold Alcohol Ink for some of the foliage, i didnt paint in the flowers instead i quilled tiny white roses and attached using pva glue to the painted image. I scored and cout out the bookmark and side panel and sprayed with  Spray & Sparkle Multicolour spray,on Lilac Centura pearl card, all from Crafters Companion.

Thursday, 23 June 2011

sneek peek and an announcement!


Oh please, if you know whats good for you, makesure you are tuned in tomorrow 11am on Create & Craft Tv for the launch by Jayne Nestorenko the new
Adorables, stamps and cd.
This will be the pick of the week, so make sure you keep checking out all the shows, on Create & Craft Tv and Ideal World tv throughout the week,im sure it will be a sellout in no time!
My card has been made using the donkey stamp from one of the collection, i used derewent watercolour pencil for this and think, in gunmetal grey he looks quite lovely!
Checkout Crafters Companion Blog for competition and latest project ideas HERE
Now for my announcement
I am very pleased to be able to announce that .....
I am one of the new
Officially Approved Demonstrators for
After and extensive and amazing weekend with Sara,Leann,Claire, Michelle & Meg and a we had to be assessed!!! Arrrgghhh!! to see if we were good enough, i think we all went grey over night, not that we cant do it but we were doing it in front of Sara, Leann & Claire!!
We were personally invited to go for a weekend at Aston Hotel in Darlington, the food was amazing!! The room was wonderful!! It was a very packed weekend being taught the business end of the company rather than, being on the design team, the craft side of it.
Then on the Monday afternoon we had a workshop with the wonderfully talented
Sheena Douglass! Learning all the ropes with her products too!
Anyway I passed !!
And met some truly wonderful people that i felt like i had known for years and will never look at chocolate cake again with out think of Meg and a big jug of Custard!!
Please keep an eye out for where i will be demonstrating!! Could be near you, im the South East area.

Monday, 20 June 2011

This sneek peek is Adorable!!!

Oh the joys of being on Crafters Companion Design Team.
Here i am pleased to show you a card made using the
Brand new collection of
Adorables by Jayne Nestorenko!
These will be launching on Friday On Create & Craft/Ideal World TV
Keep checking back for more details.
Go over and join in the fun on Crafter Companion Blog News & Views

This card was made using my new Ecraft, which is Solely distributed in the UK by Crafters Companion, the card base, the tag, the flowers the sentiment all cut out on the New Ecraft. For the image i used Jayne Nestorenko's new stamp from her latest collection of Adorables and I added colour using Derwent watercolour pencils.
The Ecraft cuts up to 12x12 and doesnt need a cutting mat!Also can cut from 1-50 sheets from the tray, so it would be like a printer, no more loading each sheet onto a sticky mat!

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

The Snowman Launch-Throughout today,Pick of the Day

Keep watching today on Create & Craft tv and Ideal World
for more shows with
The Snowman
Being launched by Crafters companion.
A cd rom and sheet of stamps.
Nigel is on at 10am on Create & Craft and other shows are on Ideal world,right up to the last chance show, if it last that long!
This card is an  a5 card,which i have attached on of the iconic images on the cd, from the Frame card section, which has the image decoupaged in the centre of the frame and sprayed with Iredescent Spray & Sparkle.
xx

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

TONIGHTS THE LAUNCH OF 'THE SNOWMAN' SARA AND ...DAWN BIBBY!

Make sure you checkout
Ideal World tonight 9pm
for the launch of
The Snowman cd and stamps!
Being launched by Sara..
Andy Love and
DAWN BIBBY......



Saturday, 11 June 2011

SNEEK PEEK #2 THE SNOWMAN

Have you heard...
The Snowman- Pick of the Week on Ideal World
Tuesday 9pm,by Crafters Companion.
Here is another sneek peek of a card made, this time, using an image from the decoupage section of the cd and one of the wonderful backing papers..
Make sure you go over to Crafters Companion News & Views Blog and join in the competition to be in a chance of winning the complete set of The snowman launch, the stamps and the cd.

Friday, 10 June 2011

You'll be Walking In the Air with our Sneek Peeks of the New Launch by Crafters Companion on Tuesday Pick of the Day on Ideal World Tv

Here is a sneek Peek of the new Launch
'The Snowman'
Being bought to you by Crafters Companion on Ideal World Tv on
Tuesday starting at 9pm.
If you go and checkout the Crafters Companion News and Views Blog you can join in the competition, by finding the hidden Snowman, each with a letter which lead to a jumbled word, find the word and add it to Mr Linky and you could be in the chance of winning the new range!
My A5 easel card is made using one of the frame designs,which has a decoupaged image, sprayed with a suitable amount of Spray & Sparkle Iredescent spray, you'd better stock up on that to, as gives a great snowy feel!
Keep checking back right up to the launch and dont forget to join in the competition!

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Joanna Sheen-Rachel Hale-Furry Friends cd

Here is another sample for the Rachel Hale launch,by Joanna Sheen for Furry Friends.
Here i made a simple A5 easel card, printed two of the images, one on glossy photo paper and one on vellum, as the kitties are hanging on a sheet on the washing line, so i decoupaged the glossy print onto the vellum, by cutting the legs and kitties out of the glossy paper and layered on the full vellum sheet,leaving the vellum loose, only attaching to the card by the top half, so the vellum stands away from the card.
The hearts were made using Marianne Creatables and shading slightly with Tim Holtz Distress ink pad and cut & dry foam.
The speech bubble is from the interactive sentiments page on the cd and the tartan strip is from the backing papers.
I love the subtle colours in the image which allows you to emphasize any colour you like, be it a male or female card, i chose a light pink for this, but could equally use a light blue or silver for a male card.

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Joanna Sheen-Rachel Hale-Furry Friends Launch

The weekend saw the launch of
Joanna sheens new cd, using the images of
This image has been printed onto glossy photo paper,so you get the full photo effect.
I also added some Paint Fusion, by painting some Daisies and decoupaging them


For the bootee i simply knitted a bootee shape using skewers, stuck beads on the end with Collall glue gel and attached to the card.

Thursday, 26 May 2011

HOW TO MAKE A TRIPLE,DOUBLE TWISTED,EASEL CARD,USING THE ULTIMATE PRO BOARD FROM CRAFTERS COMPANION


Here is my pictorial on how to make a
Triple,Double Twisted,Easel Card.
I have explained just the basic card, so you can add your own designs.
I have, for demonstration purposes, used the brand new
Humphrey images from the New Humphreys Corner cd's available from Crafters Companion.


 What you Need:-
Crafters Companion Ultimate pro Board ( not essential,but is what i have used in this pictorial)
2 x centura pearl A4 card.
Collall glue gel & syringe
 1, With your card landscape, butt up to the handle and score along the Half fold A5 line
 2; Turning your card portrait, again, butt up to the handle and score, to the centre score line,the Tri-fold A4 line
 3; Turning your card around portrait again,but with the opposite end now butted up to the handle, score the Tri-Fold A4 line,up to centre score line
 4; Your a4 piece of card should now be scored like this
 5; Using the ruler & knife inside your Ultmate pro, cut the 3 sections to the centre score line
 6; Fold over and  crease sharply,your card,looking like this
 7; On the left section score diagonally bottom left to top right,lining up your card across a line
 8; For the right section score a diagonal line,top left corner to bottom right corner.
 9; For the centre section, score along the Gate fold a5/concertina a5 line horizonatally
 10; Fold and sharply crease the scored sections so you card looks like this.
 11; With your second piece of a4 card, do exactly as the first piece, but cut the score lines instead of just scoring. so you have three smaller squares and 1 long a4 length strip.
 12; Add glue to the bottom half of the centre section and add one piece your cut square cards
 13, For the right section, add glue to the left triangle and add your 2nd piece of cut card
 14; For the left section add glue to the right triangle and add your 3rd piece of cut card
 15; Glue the bottom strip of card onto the bottom of the folded card
And here is your un-decorated Triple,Double twisted Easel Card.
16; Make sure the outside design faces inwards when gluing so when stood up, the picture will be facing the right direction.
Hope this pictorial is of use to you.

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Is it gonna last-Humphrey Pick of the day now launching!

From Crafters Companion here are the times for the scheduled shows,
 Other live show times are: 11pm tonight, then 8am, 10am, 12pm (C&C), 1pm, 4pm, 6pm (C&C) and 7pm - that is of course if the stocks last that long!

Only been live for an hour and stamps have nearly already sold out!

Next show 11pm, get the kettle on!!.




Here is one of the pyramage images taken fronm the Allsorts cd, there are two cds,Occasions and Allsorts and 6 sets of stamps.x

The time has nearly come!! 9pm Humphrey launch on Ideal world TV


9pm today, on Ideal world tv
Crafters companion are launching
The Humphrey Collection.
Make sure you tune in for the
Pick of the Day,
Im sure its going to sell out very quickly!
Watch Sara & Leann and see all our samples in the flesh on Ideal world.
Keep checking back all tomorrow on Create 7 Craft tv aswell to see shows.

Monday, 23 May 2011

MORE HUMPHREY SNEEK PEEK-ALMOST TIME FOR THE LAUNCH!!

Hello is you're joining my blog from the Crafters companion News & Views blog.
Here are two more sneek peeks!
Of Humphrey, if you hadnt heard ( where've you been!)
Tomorrow,Tuesday 24th May.
Ideal world 9pm see the launch of the gorgeous new
Humphrey Collection, as the Pick of the Day!
Have you got your badge yet and linked to Crafters Companions blog, you'll be in a chance of winning the whole collection, but it will be drawn tomorrow morning!


My 1st card is another Easel card,but this time using one of the lovely frame cards from the cd's,decoupaged and sprayed with Gold Spray & Sparkle!


My 2nd card today is an a5 card, using just the base of one of the delightful decoupage images, which shows how easy it is to make a quick but eye catching card, as the images are just devine!

Thanks for popping over to my blog and hope you pop back soon!!

Saturday, 21 May 2011

Sneek peeks- 3 & 4! Humphrey launch

Im one behind with my sneek peeks of the new
Launching Tuesday 24th on Ideal World,by
Crafters Companion.
Make sure you pick up your Humphrey button and link your blog to the
Crafters Companion News & views blog via Mr Linky and you'ill be in a chance of winning the whole collection!!

so here are two peeks, the first one is an A5 card, making full use of the gorgeous backing papers available on the cd's and the decoupaged image is just lovely! It comes with the shaped background already so you dont need any dies to cut the shape.




This card is a beautiful decoupage image from the cds, the gorgeous lilac,lavender tones makes it easy to find complimentary backing paper from the cd.
The Welcome Home sentiment is taken from one of the topper sheets. This is a large 20x20cm card made using two pieces of snow white centura pearl card.

Keep checking back as it nears the time of the launch... Tuesday 9pm Pick of the Day.!

Thursday, 19 May 2011

3rd SNEEK PEEK!. HUMPHREY LAUNCH & Get your Humphrey Button right here,right now!!

Better late than never i hope, here is another sneel peek at the new
Humphrey launch on Ideal world
Pick of the Day 9pm
Tues 24th May!

This is a large DL card,which is an a4 piece of card,scored length ways, to give a longer,but narrower card. made using the Alphabet section of the cd, which i sprayed with Spray & Sparkle before i cut out the letters and the little images are cut out from topper sheets. The balloons are cut from one of the backing papers and i attached gold thread to them, to make them look like they are going to fly away!

Now.....

Do you love Humphrey!!
If you do copy & paste this Humphrey button to your blog


Then go to Crafters Companions Blog,New & Views and add the link to your blog and you could win the whole range of Humphrey, winner will be chosen on Tuesday morning!!




Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Humphrey 2nd Sneek Peek!

Here as promised is my 2nd sneek peek at the new
'Humphrey' launch
with Crafters Companion.
On Ideal world tuesday 24th May 2011. 9pm,Pick of the Day.

Here i used a frame card from one of the cds,also one of the tags which are available.
I sprayed the frame & base image with Irridescent Spray & Sparkle & made up the decoupage with Collall glue gel.
Then, using the new Envelobox Creator I made a box to fit the whole card in, as the tage protrudes from the edge would make it difficult to fit in an envelope, so using the envelobox board i made the box and printed an insert from the cd to match the frame card and again sprayed with Spray & Shine Irredecent spray, all available from Crafters Companion!

Keep checking back for more and have a look at the Crafters Companion blog, as from today they will be linking to the Design Teams blogs to give you some amazing inspiration, that makes Humphrey a must have!!!

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Sneeky Peak-Brand New Launch coming soon!

I am very pleased to be able to announce that Crafters companion new Launch will be the gorgeous
'Humphrey'
It will be launching as a Pick of the Day on the 24th May 2011, at 9pm on IW!
Here i have shown you one of my samples, a twisted easel card.
Right up to the launch we ( all the design team members) will be having peaks on their blogs and keep checking out the Crafters Companion blog for last news and projects about the launch!
Keep checking here each day for a new peek of Humphrey!


Sunday, 15 May 2011

Angel Whispers-Triple,double twisted Easel card type thing.

Here is a sample card i made for the Reddy Decoupage show by Crafters Companion.
This is an a3 piece of centura pearl ivory card,made into a triple easel card. Which has the wow factor but very easy to make and goes flat to post!
The border strip & sentiment is taken from the SWALK cd also from Crafters Companion.

Saturday, 14 May 2011

JOANNA SHEEN MEETS SHEENA DOUGLASS' FUSION

Here is a large square card ,using centura pearl card for the blue base card.
I cut a blue piece of card out with the largest labels one of the Grand Calibur dies, then did the paint fusion crackled wood effect,which is shown on Sheena Douglass' paint fusion dvd.
I then used Joanna Sheens Jayne Netley Mayhew pt 2 cd and printed the Blue tit and cut away the background to it looks like its perched on an old shed or fence. To make up the decoupage i used Collall glue gel,which doesnt have an odour like Silicone glue.This and the Centura Pearl card is available from Crafters Companion.
The box for the card was made using the new Enveloper,also available from Crafters companion,i chose the 7insx 7ins card and 3/4ins depth, there is a leaflet with the exact size to make the perfect 3d envelope for your decoupage!


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