Spellbinders Tuesday Video Tutorial - M-Bossabilities

 

I am excited to be sharing the Tuesday Video Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog today - this weeks theme is a favourite of mine 'M-Bossabilities'.  I am sharing a technique today using some of the fabulous MAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink, an image from Flourishes and Want2Scrap bling - you can see the full project and the Video Tutorial by clicking HERE. 

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Material Girl

I am back with my second card for Card Design Class next week, using the fabulous Material girl stamp set from Crafty Secrets.  How divine is this sewing machine - it just had to take 'center stage'.

 The image has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black. The frame by Stampin' Up has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in London Fog.  I have used IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink for sponging - it has the the right amount of shimmer for this nostalgic card.

 The addition of lace, pearls, button and twine always add a nostalgic touch - all things we have at home.

The bling from Want2Scrap©. 

The Labels Twenty-Three  and the Grand Labels Twenty-Three Spellbinders® Nestabilities® have been cut using the  Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.  I have also used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser and  Mounting Squares - 500 White

 

This card is for the following challenges: 

Baffies Kreativladen - Anything goes  

Crafter's Cafe - Lots of Embellishments

Creative Card Crew - Pearls  

Anonymous Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes 

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Card Mania - Anything Goes 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Use Ink 

The Paper Girls - Cut it out! (Die- or Fussy-cutting) 

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes 

Paper Shelter Challenge - For Someone special 

Die Cuttin' Divas - Buttons

 Graph'It Colour Challenge - Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

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Want2Scrap and Graphic45 Sneak Peek

I am sharing a 'little' sneak peek of a  card I have created and is LIVE on the Want2Scrap Blog - you can pop over and see all of the details by clicking HERE

 

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Nostalgic Bithday Wishes

It feels so good to play with stamps and inks 'just because' - not that I don't enjoy creating for the Design Teams I am on - I do love that and we all know they are the best Companies - but sometimes we just need to touch base with our 'beginnings' and that for me is vintage.

 I have always loved the Material girl stamp set from Crafty Secrets and have looked at it so often thinking about what to create - it was definitely overdue to be 'inky.'

I also used the 'Notably Ornate' set by Stampin' Up! which is a favourite, so could not resist combining the two to create some cards for Card Design Class next week - this is the first of two.

The frame by Stampin' Up, the bling from Want2Scrap©  and the sentiment by JustRite® Papercraft.  I have used IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink for sponging - it has the the right amount of shimmer for this nostalgic card.

The Labels Twenty-Three  and the Grand Labels Twenty-Three Spellbinders® Nestabilities® have been cut using the  Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.  I have also used
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser

and  Mounting Squares - 500 White

 

This card is for the following challenges: 

Baffies Kreativladen - Anything goes 

Crafty Creations - Dies/punches 

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - anything goes 

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Sentiment 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything goes (must be uplifting, no dark images or themes)

 Crafty Sentiment Designs - Blues 

Songbird - Your Favourite Song (Material - Madonna) 

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge - Vintage  

The Paper Girls - Cut it out! (Die- or Fussy-cutting)

  613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/optional Twist -Holiday Thanks/Thank you or Hostess Gift.

 

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2014 Artists in Reisdence Team

Hello Blog Friends - I am excited to be able to share some exciting news!!!! I on the 2014 Artist in Residence Team for Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko!  It is no secret that I love being part of the amazing and to be honest - if I didn't make next years Team, they would have had to surgically remove me! LOL! 

 To find out who else made the Team - stop by the Imagine Crafts Blog to see the other designers who will be a part of this amazing Design Team with me!!  

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Spellbinders Tuesday Video Tutorial - Holiday Projects

I am sharing the Tuesday Video Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog - the theme this week is Holiday Projects.  You can see what I have created and the Video by clicking HERE

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Penny Black Masculine Card

Today I am back with a "dreaded man card" using the Penny Black Inc hot rod cling stamp.

 

  

 The image has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black and coloured with Memento™ Markers in Pear Tart and popped up on
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® 3D Foam Squares.

 

 The sentiment is from SRM Stickers and the button from my stash!

The Kraft background has been embossed using the  Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

and the Creative Cogs Spellbinders 3D M-Bossabilities folder - I love the depth of the embossing with these fabulous 3D M-Bossabilities folder - they certainly live up to their name.  This has been sponged usingIMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in  Rich Cocoa and a Sponge Dauber™

 

This card is for the following challenges: 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/optional Twist -Holiday Thanks/Thank you or Hostess Gift. 

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes. 

Sugar Creek Hollow  - Anything Vintage Goes 

Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

 Crafting By Designs - Anything goes 

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - Anything goes

 WordArt Wednesdays - Anything goes (must be uplifting, no dark images or themes)

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Moxie Fab Thanks! Blog Hop

Welcome to the  Moxie Fab Thanks! Blog Hop.  I am excited to be joining with hundreds of Bloggers in honour of Cath Edvalson, who after 10 amazingly inspiring years of Moxie Fab World is moving on to other things - this Blog Hop is the hugest ever and full of inspiration. 
  If you arrived here from Nina's Blog you are in the right place

To honour Cath, many designers are choosing one I have chosen this Tuesday Trigger as my inspiration - I love the colours - I do have to say that is was very hard to choose just one post to add here - Cath brought us so much Moxie Fab each week - it is impossible to capture it in one project.

- those colours are so pretty and I have picked them up in the roses in this Graphics 45  Secret Garden image.

I have added bling from Want2Scrap© -just to make it even more Moxie Fab

Your next stop is Judy Rozema.  If you have missed some along the way - you can start back at the beginning to ensure you don't miss out.  The full list of names is added and linked below incase you lose your way. - there is so much inspiration to be seen by so many amazing artists and designers - don't you love that!

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Graphics 45 - Best Wishes

It is no secret that I have fallen in love with the Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection - it just seems to fall into my hands at the moment

 

Quick and easy cards are not hard to create when you have a gorgeous image like this from the Secret Garden Collection.  The sentiment is from SRM Stickers.  I have used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - E-Z Tape Runner to adhere all of my papers.

Adding  a little bit of   Want2Scrap© bling is the perfect addition.  It does not get much easier than this!!

This card is for the following challenges: 

Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Things With Wings 

QKR Stampede – Anything Goes/Harvest

 Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Totally Papercrafts - Use Glitter

 Crafter's Cafe - Birthday 

Crafting By Designs - Anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - Anything goes 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Twisted Tuesday  Theme:  Free For All Twist: Anything Goes 

 

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Craft Central - Where It All Happens...

 While I am busy working on projects that cannot be shown yet, I thought I would share my creative space - affectionately known as 'Craft Central', with you.  Up until a couple of months ago I was in the family room and love being with the family - in all honesty if I was not out there, they would hardly see me some days! LOL!

 

With the Design Team deadlines I have, Tutorials, Videos and Skype calls and a house full of noisy teenagers, my DH, a cat and two dogs - I could hear myself, on more than one occasion, say 'I wish I could shut a door sometimes.'

This did not fall on deaf ears - my DH did some 'shuffling' and almost instantly I had my own Studio - small and cosy - totally wonderful to  create in - and the beauty of it is - it only took an 1.5 hours to move it all in.

I love the warmth and character of an eclectic look and this works so well for me - baskets are fantastic - keeping everything together and so easy to move around - not to mention great storage.

One of my favourite things is being able to keep my Spellbinders Grand Calibur out - so quick and easy to cut Dies - and I cut so-o-o many!

Bookcases are my best friend - hold everything from papers to bling and anything inbetween!  This is a room where everything has it's place and everything goes back in it's place.

Recycling is a BIG part of my storage - one of my favourites being this Spice Rack - the best $2 I ever spent - holds my embellishments perfectly!  I use glass fishbowls for lace and vases for ribbon - you name it and you can probably find it here - keeps it interesting! LOL!

Thank you for visiting today - if only it could be in real life - the coffee is always on and the door is always open - for YOU!  Thanks 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!

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