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Showing posts with label creative arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative arts. Show all posts

Friday, May 4, 2018

A Little Creative News - Check It Out!!

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  I am excited to be FINALLY able to share that I am joining some of the most amazing Artists in the Little Birdie Crafts Design Team - you can read all about it below - direct from the Little Birdie Blog. :D



Hello crafty folks,
We are enthralled to welcome abroad our lovely new Design Team for 2018. We would like to introduce to you 10 extremely talented and passionate crafters from around the globe who are going to inspire everyone with their extraordinary creations. We must admit that it was a herculean task to narrow down the team from the large pool of fabulous applications that we received. Thank you to everyone who sent in their projects and we wish to continue to see your jaw-dropping creations.
This year we have had many interesting developments and have added a whole new range of Mixed Media products, Embellishments, Handmade Flowers, Paper packs and more! Our Design Team members will primarily focus on our New Mixed Media Releases and gorgeous Handmade flowers and we couldn’t be more excited about that! Our team members come from nine different countries with tons of creativity and out-of-the-box ideas. We are looking forward to sharing exquisite tutorials that each one of them will bring to the table over the next six months and hope that you will join us in welcoming them!
Without any further wait – let’s meet and hear from each of the members:
Hello, I am Anila Dikay from Mumbai, India. I have worked as an interior designer for many years and then moved on to teach Arts and Crafts at Bombay Cambridge School, Mumbai. Currently, I am a full-time crafter and a homemaker. Among paper crafts, Stamping and Card-making are my strengths. I love working with Little Birdie Craft products and have hands-on experience with many of the products. I am extremely excited about being on the Design Team and create unique and inspiring projects.
Hello! My name is Annie. I live with my husband in the French province of Quebec. Now that the kids are not home, I am having a lot of time to craft. Scrapbooking is not only my passion, for me it is a way of life. I love playing with mediums and add textures to my layout and altered projects. Flowers are my favorite ornaments. I am very proud to be a DT member for Little Birdie Crafts! I am looking forward to having loads of fun and sharing my love for flowers through my creations.
Hello, I am Bela Shah and I am into art and craft from the time I was a child. I love creating with oil paints, acrylics, water colors and pencil sketches. I enjoy Calligraphy, Indian folk paintings, Mixed Media Art, Decoupage, Home Décor panels and Altered Art. After I resigned from my corporate job in 2006, I am turned to crafting full-time and have no regrets. I am super excited to be associated with Little Birdie Crafts team and looking forward to inspiring others with my creations.
My name is Ezmé Hartman. I live in South Africa in the Winelands District on a farm, with my husband and eight cats. I am a multi-facetted crafter who specializes in scrapbook layouts as well as mixed media projects and journals. I tutor crafts and scrapbooking at various shops and clubs. I am delighted to be on Little Birdie Crafts Design Team and looking forward to having an amazing experience.
I am Kathy Clement, and I have loved paper ever since I can remember. While I am primarily a card maker, I also love to create mini albums, canvases, altered art and even scrapbook layouts. My most recent crafting obsession is designing interactive folios. My style is decidedly vintage/shabby chic with lots of layers, embellishments and ribbons to add loads of texture and dimension. I was drawn to Little Birdie Crafts when I saw their gorgeous, realistic flowers and their lovely primed chipboard. I’m very excited to be on the Little Birdie Crafts Design team, and look forward to sharing lots of crafting tips, tricks and techniques with my fellow crafters.
Hello, I am Linda from Down Under (Australia). My love for crafting was since I started knitting at the age of 6. I have gone from being addicted to obsessed with paper and anything associated with it – and I am not looking for a cure anytime soon! I love card making, scrapbooking, altered art and mixed media. I love details and lots of embellishments – so I am excited to create with fabulous Little Birdie products and would love you all to be a part of my creative journey.
Hi, I am Mariusz Gierszewski and live in Central Poland. I love papers, flowers and scissors. I am passionate about scrapbooking, card making and have recently tried my hands at Mixed Media. My favorite styles are vintage and shabby. I travel a lot to conduct crafting workshops and I wish to visit India someday as well. I am very excited to be on the team and create with Little Birdie’s incredible products.
A big hello from the bottom of the world. My name is Michelle Frisby and I live in New Zealand. I love to create with paper, cardstock, paint, mists, gesso, metal dies, canvases, flowers, chipboard, off the page projects. I love adding ‘bitsers’ to my creativity. When I’m not at work, friends and family know that I am happy to be in my craft room, my messy crafty space. I am looking forward to work and play around with Little Birdie Crafts products.
Hi, I am Olga. I am a Polish crafter, currently living in Germany with my husband and son. I have been crafting for 10 years now and I am also a designer and a Mixed Media Art teacher. I love romantic style, bright and light fairytale, shabby chic style and heavy vintage grunge. I also enjoy making home décor and multi-technique projects. I am in love with the mission and the work that Little Birdie Crafts does in India and super excited to be part of this amazing journey.
 Hello, I am Ruth aka Nuneka Box, from Spain. I have been crafting for a long time now and it all started with making albums for all my photographs. I am extremely passionate about Mixed Media and Altered Art. And I’m not afraid of trying and experimenting with new things. I am a Nature photographer and love clicking little creatures, animals and landscapes. I believe I am blessed to have great sense of colour and composition and a special eye for details.
Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Spread Your Wings and Fly Canvas

Hello friends, today I am sharing something a little different for me - but something I have loved creating.  Mixed Media - it has taken me by surprise but in another sense seems totally natural as well - I am loving it and have quite a few things being worked on.  


This canvas was inspired by a set of card I had was commissioned to create for the Australian Simply Cards Magazine - they were published in ASC #97 in August 2017 - I was thrilled to have a 6 page article and a card on the cover



One card in particular was a favourite and it the basis for the canvas using Seth Apters Spellbinders Dies. It is an 8x8 canvas and the tittle is 'Spread Your Wings and Fly' something I am endeavouring to to artistically.  I have used the following products:


You can see some of the details in the Collage below.


Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Spellbinders Thankful Heart Sneak Peek

I have a new Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog showcasing the Platinum Embossing and Die Cutting Machine - using Burlap - and what better than an adorable Home Decor Thankful Heart. You can find the project and tutorial HERE.



Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Flourishes LC It's All in the Details Layout

Hello Flourishes friends, I am excited to be have a Layout featured on the  Flourishes LC Blog.  As much as I love the Flourishes LC images for card making - I love how they work so well on layouts - I have used 3 sets that you can see below.








The All in the Details #1 image has been stamped onto the patterned paper using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Art Pens.  The sentiment has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink, it has been trimmed and the edges sponged using walnut ink.  A strip of Authentique Paper has been adhered above the sentiment and lace adhere below the sentiment using liquid glue.  Red Baby Bling has been added to the lace for that 'pop' of colour.

The photo has been popped up onto 3D Foam Squares and adhered to the centre of the layout.


Corrugated card has been randomly covered with Crackle Medium for extra texture and Lace has been adhered using liquid glue with red Baby bling.  A border Die Cut is adhered to the centre. 

The Poinsettia from the Winter Booms has been stamped twice onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink.  They been coloured using  Chameleon Art Pensfussy cut/ hand cut out and popped up onto the layered corrugated card, using 3D Foam Squares.  I have created a stencil using Cascading Dots and apply Texture paste randomly and finished with a few added embellishments.

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Want2Scrap Sneek Peek

Hello friends,  I am back and sharing another card on the Want2Scrap Blog using Want2Scraps and Heartfelt Creations - this stamp had my name all over it! LOL!  I have used Want2Scrap chipboard - and love how it looks!





You can see all of the details and the project in full by clicking HERE.  I would love to hear what you think.

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

Friday, December 9, 2016

Want2Scrap and Heartfelt Creations My World Sneak Peek

Hello friends,  I am back and sharing a card on the Want2Scrap Blog using Want2Scraps Beautiful Bling Borders - Endless Waves! by Nina Brackett You can see how I have added bling to a masculine card and it is still 'manly'! 



You can see all of the details and the project in full by clicking HERE.  I would love to hear what you think.

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting


Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Spellbinders Floral Trellis Tutorial

I am excited to be sharing a Spellbinders Tutorial using gorgeous flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Collection by Becca Feeken and a Botanical Die by Stacey Caron - a fabulous combination I am sure you will agree!



Spellbinders Products:
Other: 
Want2Scrap: Swirls Finesse - Le Creme - Self Adhesive; Patterned Paper; purple, mauve and green card stock; liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares; Sentiment stamp; Black Ink



1. Cut/emboss one (1) Botanical Bliss Stacey Caron Floral Trellis using white card stock and both the filigree insert and outer cutting die.
2. Remove the extra pieces using the Tool 'n One.
3. Cut/emboss one (1) white card base using Botanical Bliss Stacey Caron Floral Trellis using only the frame cutting die. 
 * Card base measures 4.25 x 5.50 in
4. Cut patterned paper the same size as the insert 3.85 x 5.10 in, adhere the Floral Trellis to the patterned paper using liquid glue.
5. Pop these layers up onto the precut card base using 3D Foam Squares.

6. Cut/emboss three (3) Cinch and Go flowers using mauve paper.
7. Cut/emboss one (1) Cinch and Go flourishes #2 using green cardstock
8. Adhere Flourishes using liquid Glue
9. Create Cinch and Go Flowers - you can see Becca Feekens Video HERE
10 Adhere flowers using liquid glue, as shown in the photo above,
11. Stamp the sentiment onto white card stock using black Ink.
12. Cut/emboss the sentiment using the banner from the Debi Adams Fearless Die Set.
13. Use the Die as a stencil, sponging with Gold ink and a sponge dauber, on the inside edges of the pennant.
14.Tick under the Cinch and Go Flowers using a 3D Foam Square in the center and liquid glue each end.
15.Trim Bling Swirls; adhere at each end of the flowers.
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Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Want2Scrap Pearls and Lace Sneak Peek

Hello friends,  I am back and sharing a card on the Want2Scrap Blog using Want2Scrap pearls  - I love the soft and feminine feel they add to a project.


You can see all of the details and the project in full by clicking HERE.  I would love to hear what you think.

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting


Want2Scrap Pearls and Lace Sneak Peek

Hello friends,  I am back and sharing a card on the Want2Scrap Blog using Want2Scrap pearls  - I love the soft and feminine feel they add to a project.


You can see all of the details and the project in full by clicking HERE.  I would love to hear what you think.

Take care friends - thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting


Saturday, May 28, 2016

Mr and Mrs

Hello friends - it is Saturday here - the weeks are going by so much quicker - or is it that we just get busier?  Either way - time of flying past - only a few more days and we will be officially into winter brrrrr - but in the meantime I have a card to share with you.


The background has been created using Spellbinders Labels One Card Front Card Creator.


The hearts are from the Lets Party Gift of Happiness Die set, the label from Labels Forty Seven.  A handmade Butterfly embellishment has been added, along with ricrac.  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner and 3D Foam Squares have been used on this card and the bling is from Want2Scrap.


This card is for the following challenges:
Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies - Use Dies
Alphabet Challenge - G for Girlie
Crafting-With-Friends Anything Goes
Fussy or Fancy Challenge - Use Dies or Punches
Art By Miran Challenge - Anything Goes
Docerela Creations Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Anything Goes + A Sentiment
Jilia Spiri Challenge Anything Goes With A Twist: Wedding
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Mod Squad Challenge - Use it or Lose it - ricrac
Stampaive and More - Butterflies

Take card friends and Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Australia Mixed Media Roadshow 2016

Ohmygiddyaunt!!  I’m teaching at the incredible ART IS YOU Australian Roadshow - and I am excited. It is an honour to work alongside the amazing faculty and to be representing Spellbinders, inspiring people in the Paper Arts and taking a footstep or two into Mixed Media - it is going to be amazing....  


 For those of you who don't know - this is the second year in Australia, the first being in 2014 - and what an amazing time it was!  You can see photos in my facebook album HERE and get a glimpse of what we are in for!

More information is also HERE:

Check out the awesome teachers line-up. It would be fabulous to have you join my classes as well - 2016 is going to be fabulous!!
Join us as we travel to Fairbridge Farm and historical village in Pinjarra, Peel region near Mandurah, Western Australia.   Here we will stay in rustic houses and lodges – many of which date back to early 1900’s.   This retreat has been designed so you can day trip or stay onsite and enjoy the community atmosphere of cabin life.
You will be learning from our fabulous USA travelling faculty and with a select number of Australian faculty.  You will experience and receive all that Art is You is known for including roadshow bags, tags, trinkets and treasures.
Dates: Wednesday 13 – Sunday 17, July
Venu
e: Fairbridge Village, South West Highway, Pinjarra, WA

More information is also HERE


Situated on the Sydney Harbour foreshore the heritage listed Crystal Palace building has been extensively refurbished and restored to its unique former glory.  You will create with a backdrop of Sydney Harbor, enjoy lunch out on the wharf and immerse yourself in an experience like no other.
Our USA Faculty will be joined by a couple of new local and international faces, bringing their unique and original workshops to life within the “House of Fun”.
Dates: Wednesday 20 – Sunday 24, July
Venue: Crystal Palace
Luna Park Sydney
More information is HERE



 The 2016 Roadshow will head up the coast to the town of Noosa where among the palm trees, sparkling pools and beaches, we will have a tropical experience at the Noosa Convention Centre.
Dates: Wednesday 27 July – Sunday 31, July
Venue: Noosa Convention Centre – 3 Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, Queensland

More information is HERE

I will be back with another Blog Post sharing the Workshops I am going to be teaching - I have designed four very different Workshops and am looking forward to seeing people creations.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!
{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting