Times Gone By - Sneaky Peak #2

Evening! 

Hope you've all had a good day. Work is really busy for me at the moment, but I've managed to grab a few minutes to pop on here to share another card I made for Crafter's Companion forthcoming Pick of  the Week launch on Create and Craft tomorrow. 

The collection is called Times Gone By and features two CD's and 4 A6 stamp sets, which are fabulous!

Here's a card I made using one of the stamp sets and papers from CD2.

I coloured the image using my Spectrum Noir pens and then made the flower embellishment using clear embossing powder and my Tim Holtz distress ink. 

The full ingredients for the card:

CD 2 – Design Papers

Stamps

Neenah Card

Memento Black Ink

Spectrum Noir Pens

Petals – GB1, 4 & 6 and Blender pen

Centre – TN5, 7 & 8

Leaves – DG3 and CG2 & 4

Background – LY3 and CG1 & 2

Ranger Perfect Medium

Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

Ribbon

Lace

Gems

Kraft Card

CC Printable Light Paper

Collall – All types

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Crafter's Companion Times Gone By Sneaky Peek

Hey everyone! 

I'm still here and I'm back with a sneaky peek from the forthcoming Pick of the Week that is being launched by Crafter's Companion on Create and Craft on Friday 27 March 2015. 

The POW is called Times Gone By and consists of two CD's (paper crafting and a project CD) and 4 A6 stamp sets. This collection is absolutely gorgeous and here's my sneaky peek....

For this card I have used 4 of the stamps (the two blackboards, the decorative edge and the sentiment). I have inked them up and then clear embossed them. To give me the chalkboard look I have inked over the stamped image with my Tim Holtz Black Soot distress ink. The papers are from the second CD.

The full ingredients for the card:

CD 2 – Design Papers

CC Printable Paper

Stamps

Neenah Card

Rangers – Perfect Medium

Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Ink – Black Soot

Black & White Card

Gems

Flowers

Ribbon

Collall – All types

You can take a look at some of my team mates samples here.

Don't forget to tune in on Friday. You're not going to want to miss out on this one! 

Toodle pips!

Donna x

Crafter's Companion January 2015 Challenge Shabby Chic/Vintage

Evening everyone!

Hope you are all well and that the weather is being kind! We were promised snow in the week but like all good weather reports it amounted to nothing lol!

Anyway back to business and just wanted to share a box that I made for this month's Crafter's Companion Challenge, where you can enter here. There's still chance to enter so pop on over and give it a whirl!

The ingredients I used for the box:

Die’sire – Chantilly Lace Stamping Frame

Centura Pearl

Lace

Pink Ribbon

Red Double Sided Sticky Tape

Ultimate Pro

Die’sire – Fringed Flower – Large & Small

Paper – Sweet Treats CD

Die’sire – Blossom Fleurs

Die’sire – Delicate Flower

Die’sire – Lace Bloom

Embossalicious – Rose Vine

Distress Ink – Tattered Rose

Stick On Pearls

Collall (all types)

Liquid Pearls

Anyway got to dash! So take care all! And good luck if you decide to enter.

Toodle pips!

Donna x

Tweedies Sneaky Peek

Happy New Year Everyone! 

Sorry I'm a bit late, but just back to normal after Christmas celebrations! I wanted to share a sneaky peek of a new crafting range being launched by Crafter's Companion on Monday 12th January on Create and Craft! 

All the information relating to the product launch can be found here over on the Crafter's Companion website. To make these cards I used the Shaped Cards section of the new CD and added some twine. Really quick and easy! 

The show times are as follows:

Hope you'll be able to tune in, because you don't want to miss out! Of course there be lots of other Crafter's Companion goodies to be picked up too! 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

A Friend's Wedding Card

Hey everyone!

Just a quick one from me tonight with a card I made for my friend's wedding at the weekend. I apologise for the poor picture, but with the dark nights I don't see much daylight in the winter with working all day. 

The stamp is an All Dressed Up stamp and it was perfect for my friend's wedding card. In fact after showing it to her a few months back she insisted that I made her card using it. 

It was coloured using my Spectrum Noir pens and then I added frantage to the background. The image was cut out using Spellbinders Pierced Circles and the banner die is from La La Land Crafts. The embossing folder is a Crafter's Companion Embossalicious Rose Vine. 

As always thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

All Dressed Up - Anything Goes

Toodle pips! 

Donna.x

Crafter's Companion November Challenge - Winter/Christmas

Evening Everyone! 

Hope you are all keeping well. I've noticed that winter is well and truly on its way with the drop in temperature over the last couple of days, so just wanted to share a card I made for this month's Crafter's Companion Challenge, which is Winter/Christmas and where you can enter here.

I used one of the Bebunni stamps for the topper and coloured it in using my Spectrum Noir pens. 

I added a product called Snow Tex to the flowers and edge of the card to give it a wintry feel. I also added some Twinklets to the centres of the flowers to give the impression of frost/ice.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set.

Ingredients:

Bebunni Snowy Hugs Stamp and Sentiment

Memento Black Ink

Neenah Card

Spectrum Noir Pens

Bebunni – IG1, 2 & 3 and Blender

Nose – CR3

Ears – CR3 and FS2 & 6

Suit – DR1, 3, 5, 6 & 7

Fur – IG1 & 2

Boots – IG5, 8 & 10

Snowman – IG1 & 2 and Blender

Scarf – CG1, 2, 3 & 4

Nose – OR1 and CT4

Pot – GB4, 6 & 8

Bird – DR1 and TN3, 6 & 8

Background – BGR2 & 3

Spellbinders – Lacy Circles & Pierced Circles

Die’sire – Snowflakes & Ivy

Flowers

Ribbon

Black Lace

Black Card

Bebunni 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Diamond Dust Twinklets

Snow Tex

Stickles

Diamante

Snowman Charm

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

Ribbon Girl - November Challenge - Christmas Card

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Christmas Wreath

Hiya!

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. I went on a day trip to Blackpool yesterday and spent way too much on grabber machines. I did manage to win my daughter two teddy bears, so she was more than happy! Intended to drive through the lights, but no sooner set off the car park and she was fast asleep! There's always next year :-). 

Anyway, I'm back tonight with a project I  made from the materials in the recent Crafter's Companion Inspiration 5. I'd seen these wreaths on browsing Pinterest and that's where I took my inspiration from. 

Instructions

1. Using 2 sheets of centura pearl cut out 2 rings with an outer diameter of 21cm and an inner diameter of 10cm. 2. Print 3 A4 sheets onto satin finish printer paper (double sided) from free CD and then cut (width ways) into 5mm strips. Divide into 2 piles of each colour. 3. Starting in centre of each strip curl paper outwards using bone folder and then curl other end. 4. Once all paper curled glue onto one of the rings using collall (tacky glue) until all covered. 5. Glue bow to the top using collall (glue gel) and tape ribbon onto back of ring to make a loop. 6. Spray with spray and sparkle (silver) and then glue other ring to the back. Materials free CD satin finish printer paper ribbon (wide and thin) spray and sparkle (silver) centura pearl tape Thank you as always for taking the time to stop by. I'm on the count down this week for the NEC craft show, which I'm going to on Friday. Have booked the day off work and have been stashing my cash for a few months now. Hopefully will be back with the results of my haul! Toodle pips! Donna.x