Blog Candy Winner

Hi Everyone

ok the lucky winner is ..............................





No 4 and this is Heather W, Heather if you email me your address i will send the DVD out to you. Well done and enjoy.

Thanks to everyone else that entered and leaving comments.

Louise xx


sorry don't know what i am doing with this random generator and it picked out no 4.  it is not showing though  but i can honestly say it was no 4 heather, is there a dvd out there that helps with this sort of stuff as i need it.

17th Birthday Card and BLOG CANDY

Hi Everyone

Well exciting news tonight, Sara at CC is being very generous and has given all of the DT members a signed copy of Leann Chivers Spectrum Noir Colouring DVD to give away as blog Candy.  My very first, i am sooooo excited.

There is a quick snippet below if you would like to have a peek.






I also have a card to share with you.  This is very similar to the calendar i made for the Strawberry kisses launch.  I showed it to a work colleague and they asked if i could personalise it for her daughter Lucy's 17th birthday as she loved the image and Lucy loves cats.  Coloured with spectrum noir pens, what else!

Hope you like my card and just leave your info on the link tool below and i will draw a name at random after 9pm tomorrow night.

Louise xx

Epiphany

Hi Everyone

I've been catching up on the Paint fusion pick of the week this week and i love the new stamps from Sheena.  I wasn't lucky enough to create samples for the new stamps but i love the lilac stamp and i need to paint one.  Off to buy one.

Well peek of the week is in full flow but theres still another new item to see tomorrow the Epiphany Tool and Leann will be demoing this tomorrow i can't wait to see it in action.  I have had the button tool and i have already ordered some more from the CC website, a heart, two circles a square and some of the frames etc.  Can't wait for them to arrive.  

Coloured with speccies and using fairyopolis backing paper from the CD Rom.

Hope you like it.

Louise

Paint Fusion Cards

Hi Everyone

Two paint fusion cards for you tonight and both made using the interactive CD Rom from Sheena Douglas that is the Pick of the week on Create and Craft currently.  I did catch a sneak peek at lunch time at work but only a few minutes but the samples looked fab.

Busy busy busy, need to get on, bye for now.

Hope you like them

Louise xx

Epiphany Button Tool BP and Fairyopolis

Hi Everyone

Two cards for you this evening and  a very quick post as i have already moved onto another project that i;m really excited about.  Today's it is the epiphany tool on two cards, a lovely Beatrix potter image and a Fairyopolis image.  Both coloured with sepccies and watch out for the shows on Sunday with Leann, whoop whoop!

Hope you like them.

Louise xx

Paint Fusioned Calendar

Hi Everyone

Well that's not exactly true is it?  I've not a paint brush out to make this calendar, I've used Sheena's fab new paint fusion CD Rom, details on Crafters Companion news and inspiration blog..  I've made a similar type of easel calendar  a couple of months ago using the strawberry kisses stamp set and thought i would give it another go as i had 9  2012 calendars still to use.  So now only 8 left, it ll be Christmas  again before i get them used.

I've chosen 4 different toppers from the CD, printed on water colour card and then matted the topper onto Sheena's mount board shapes.  I've then embossed the edges with gold embossing powder and they really do look as they've been painted and not printed from the CD.  Ive then made an easel card with a 6x6inch card base made from snow white centura pearl and matted and layered with core'dinations.  The top mat i have embossed in my cuttlebug using a darice embossing folder.  To finish i have added a cordinations card scrunched up rolled rose and then just a bit of ribbon.

Then whatever mood I'm in a can change the picture to a different flower.

Watch out for Sheena's show as she has the pick of the week on Friday on C&C with 3 fab new products so this is only 1 of them.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Epiphany Button Tool - Beatrix Potter

Hi Everyone

well all the other DT members have beaten me to it today as I've just arrived in from work.  I've been happy playing this last week with a fab new tool as i can make my own embellishments and there are a number of different designs to choose from.  I had the button tool which allows me to make matching buttons that will then co-ordinate perfectly with my card.  I was really silly and never took any close ups but I've just checked out Ali's blog and she has some fab close up shots.  so imagine hers but mine are small buttons made with the turquoise plaid background paper.

sorry it just looks clear on the photo, wish i had checked the photos before i delivered them to CC towers
last night.  I can assure you it is made with the tool using the background paper.  Image coloured with speccies.

I've zoomed in with my software and added a close up below but i don't think it really does the real button justice although you can now see a faint hint of the paper.  I've also used some felt flowers that are available to buy and these were brown and turq so i matched the colour of my card to this.

They go on sale on Create & Craft on Sunday where  Crafters Companion will launch the product.  I can't wait to buy some myself.  As well as the button there are hearts, flowers and circles and they all come with a clear bubble cap to encase the paper and design you have chosen.

Hope you like it .

Louise

Sheena's Paint Fusion CD

Hi Everyone

I have been itching to post this project i have been working on and now its time to share. The fabulous Sheena Douglas, with Crafters Companion has decided to dip her toes into the CD crafting world by releasing a Paint Fusion interactive CD ROM.  The plus point of this for all crafters who don't like to get messy with paints or just don't have the confidence to try paint fusion can now share these wonderful images and style of crafting using a CD,   (although i would like to add at this point that i was one of those people and now i love paint fusion).   Or for those of you out there who are fusioneers you can compliment the stamps and paints you already have and create wonderful projects using backing papers, toppers, tags etc to add to your creativity.

My first project is a stationery box, although it doesn't have to be for stationery, i just wanted to use the items on the CD to show you what could be created.  I could see this style of box on my dressing table with my jewellery and bits and bobs that look messy.  I've printed a heart topper from the CD and glued it to a heart shaped mount board, from Sheena's range at  Crafters Companion.  I've embossed the edges in sliver and then covered the box i made from A3 Snow white Centura pearl card,  in a lovely matching background paper also from the CD.

 I've then made some tags using the lavender toppers from the CD and again added them to mount board tags and for the smaller ones watercolour card stock. I've used the card inserts to make little notelets and also made a couple of different size envelopes using  white centura pearl paper and my enveloper.

 I've tied the 3 items up with some organza ribbon to make sure they are all neat and tidy and i love the finished box.  Sheena will be on Create & Craft from Friday 10th  Feb.  I will have more details and sneak peaks to share soon, as will the other design team members.  Also watch out on Crafters Companion news blog as there will be some information posted soon about this and another fab product.  I forgot to take photos and measurement of the box but i plan to make another one so watch out i will add the details soon.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Mothers Day

Hi everyone

How far away is mothers day?  i bet its not long so i thought this image would be perfect and i hadn't used it as yet so i am trying to have a go and use all my stamps at least once.  That'll probably take until 2030 ish, if I'm still here!

I've seen on other blogs cards with clouds and sky in the background so i really wanted to have a go instead of just leaving the background white or just a bit of distress ink.  So here's my first attempt.

i think i still need a bit more practise but it never went into the bin so that's ok.  Used my speccies and paper from the SWALK CD Rom.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Sky at night or is it morning

Hi Everyone

I didn't really know what to call this card and then i thought it looked like red sky at night, or is it red sky in the morning or does it look more like an autumnal image.  Not sure either way so here it is.

Been messing around with my new adirondack inks again and Incorporated using some stamps with white embossing powder and also stamped in brown memento as well.  I bought these stamps only two weeks ago from inkilicious as well as some of the ink duster blending brushes without really knowing how to use them.  Until i saw an inkylicious show on create and craft last week and they had the very same stamps and ink blenders so i was able to watch it and find out, how lucky was that.

I've also used centura pearl as my base card and co-ordinations to mat and layer with.  I made this on Sunday but its sat in my craft room thinking i was going to add a sentiment and some bits and bobs but tonight when i was looking through all of my embellishments etc i really couldn't find what to go with it so i have just left it plain.

Hope you like it.

Louise