Mr Snowman

Hello Blog friends - if you are a friend of mine on facebook - you will know the story of the UGLY CARD - I am happy to share a revamped version of it - I am happy with it now - but that wasn't always the case....

 

I have used the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine to cut the adorable Mr. And Mrs. Snowman Spellbinder® Shapeabilities®- how adorable are they?!   The background is the Holiday Magic  Spellbinders® M-Bossabilities™ folders and has also been embossed using the Grand Calibur® Machine.

I have also used  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Ink in Dessert Sand and Summer Sky, along with  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink full ink pad in Onyx Black. A Darkroom Door image and the Create-A-Flake Five Spellbinder® Shapeabilities® for the layered snowflake.

 

You can see all of the details below - it took the addition of white to make it pop and make me happy with it.

This card is the following challenges:

 Crafting By Designs - Anything goes

 Crafty Creations - Sparkle and shine

 Digistamps 4 Joy - Embossing 

Nutcrafters - Lots of layers 

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes

 Sisterhood of Crafters  - Anything Goes 

 Songbird - Blue Hawaii - Use Lot's Of Blue  

Through The Craft Room Door - Alway's Anything Goes 

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes 

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! 

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Spellbinders Tuesday Tutorial Video - Fall Gift Ideas

I am sharing the Tuesday Tutorial Video on the Spellbinders Blog  - the theme this week is Fall Gifts - I would love you to pop over and check it out and let me know what you think you can click 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!

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Want2Scrap and DecoArt Altered Frame

Want2Scrap and DecoArt have joined together to bring you lots of inspiration - DecoArt generously sent the Want2Scrap Design Team an amazing box of product and we are sharing our projects with YOU.  

I have decorated a plain frame that has been sitting at the back of a shelf for a long time - you know, on the 'one day I'll do something with that' pile....I am happy to say it is no longer plain and is on the front of the shelf - showing off a favourite photo of my eldest daughter when she was a lot younger.

 I have used Want2Scrap chipboard and DecoArt Glamour Dust Glitter Paint.   The frame has been painted using Crafters Acrylic and the Want2Scrap Flourish has some Silver Dazzling Metalicas applied.

 

The metal butterflies have also had some of the DecoArt Glamour Dust Glitter Paint.added to the wings.  These have been adhered to the glass using liquid glue and highlighted using Want2Scrap bling.  I have finished off with some flowers.

Make sure you check out the Want2Scrap Blog so you can see what the design team has created for you!  And while you're there be sure to enter our giveaway too -you have an opportunity to win an assortment of these DecoArt products for yourself - to add to that Want2Scrap is going to throw in some of their fabulous bling

To enter to win this great prize package, use the Rafflecopter below:

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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!

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Linda

 

Negative Dies - Hugs to You

Hello Blog friends - it is Monday and I have had a productive weekend both creatively and chilling with the family.  Spring is always a fabulous an inspiring season - makes you feel alive after the cool of winter.

 

I have been using up some of the supplies on my desk - they grow so quickly.  I have used a negative Die from the Wonderful Wings  Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® by Licensed Designer Donna Salazar.  

It has been layered onto an off cut of My Mind's Eye™.   The butterfly has been embellished using buttons and Want2Scrap© pearls.

This has in turn been layered onto the Fleur de Lis Squares Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities.

 

The sentiment is from  SRM Stickers

and the bling is also from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following projects:

 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/optional Twist - Pile It On.

 Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

 Quirky Crafts - Favourite Things (Spellbinders Dies)

 2 Sisters - Anything Goes 

Totally Gorjuss - Wings and Things 

Brown Sugar – Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

  4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

 Crafty Ribbons - Butterflies

 Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes 

Sisterhood of Crafters  - Anything Goes 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything goes

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}}}

Linda

Want2Scrap Sneak Peek

 

I am sharing a little sneak peek of a project I have coming up on the Want2Scrap© Blog - I have also used some fabulous products from Deco Art® - they very generously provided the Design Team with some of their fabulous product and I have discovered some new 'MUST HAVE' items! LOL!

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!

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Deepest Sympathy

Hello - I am back with another card to share, created using some of the hand designed paper from my dear friend and artist Laura Kirste.

 

 The paper is created using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Inks.  The images are retired stamps also designed by Laura Kirste.

The sentiment has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink full ink pad in Onyx Black and layered into the Gold Majesty Circles Spellbinders® Imperial Gold die templates #4 - remembering Spellbinders number their Dies from the smallest to the largest - the smallest being #1.

The bling is Want2Scrap© -Beautiful Bling Borders by Nina Brackett - Beautiful Blooms

My flower has been cut from some lace remnants I have been given and a paper rose has been added to the center.

Lots of details but not too bulky for posting.

This card is for the following challenges: 

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp - must stamp 

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Something Blue 

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Anything with a Sentiment 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes No Twist this Week. 

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything goes

 Crafter's Cafe - Favorite Craft Item (Spellbinders Dies)

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!

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Spellbinders Noble Rook Tutorial

 

I am sharing the Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog today - the theme is Halloween and although we do not celebrate it here in the Southern Hemisphere, I am certainly love the 'funky' colours.

  You can see the Step by Step 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!

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Kaisercraft Card Trio

Hello Blog Friends - I am sharing a set of three cards I created using KaiserCraft Papers and precut card bases - nice and easy!

Each card is elegant and  is created using KaiserCraft - After 6 Collection, but has it's own special touches.

The first card has a sentiment from SRM Stickers  and Want2Scrap© bling.

The second card has a gorgeous flower from my stash, along with Want2Scrap© bling.  The sentiment is a Clear Stamp and has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink full pad in Onyx Black. 

The third flower in the set has a flower created using the Spiral Blossom One

Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® and has been cut using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Machine.   Want2Scrap© bling and a SRM Stickers sentiment has been added.

These cards are for the following challenges: 

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Anything with a Sentiment

 Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

 Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

 Graftitude - Anything Goes/Things Beginning with letter S (sentiment)

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges -  Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiments  - Anything Goes

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!

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Air Tutorial #1 October Artist Choice

It is always exciting to share a tutorial as an Artist in Residence for Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko - this is my first tutorial for October and it is 'Artist Choice'.  It is always fun to play with the inks and products - I love the creative journey - I don't don't arrive at the destination I thought I would be - but the journey is always fun!

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink - Onyx Black
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Dew Drop in Desert Sand
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Rose Bud, Angel Pink

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• MD2-007 Dresses Two Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Blank
• MT1-003 Grate Works Two  Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Texture Plate
• S5-192  Diamond Effects Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator
• S5-194  Pearl Effects Spellbinder® Nestabilities® Card Creator
• F-012  Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils Assortment
• S5-128 Fancy Framed Tags Two Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® 

Other: 
 Want2Scrap© - Beautiful Bling Borders by Nina Brackett - Beautiful Blooms    
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - E-Z Runner - permanent
White card, Dark pink patterned paper, script patterned paper, pink gingham paper; scissors, foam tape


I wanted to bring new life to a very large pale pink flower I have had in my stash for some time, I started by inking the edges using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Angel Pink, followed by Rose Bud - concentrating on the outer edge of the petals.

Using the Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils Assortment in gold.  Cut/emboss one (1) Dresses Two Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Blank.  Emboss this using the Grate Works Two  Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Texture Plate.  Using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - EZ Runner, adhere the flower - folding it in half first, adding a piece of tape to hold the halves together.

Cut/emboss one (1) Diamond Effects Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator# 3 (#1 being the smallest) and use the negative/ outer edge of the Die - as shown below.

Cut one (1)card base using Pearl Effects Spellbinder® Nestabilities® Card Creator, using white card 26cm x10cm folded in half.  Place the folded edge inside of the Die to create a card base, next cut/emboss a single layer of the Pearl Effects. 

Cut card and papers to layer, as shown in the photo below - round the corners of the dark pink and script paper, also sponging around the edges of the script paper using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Dew Drop in Desert Sand and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber™

Cut/emboss one (1) Fancy Framed Tags Two Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®  using white card, use the Die as a Stencil sponging the inside of the Die using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™

Finish off the card by adhering the tag to the lower portion of the card using foam tape and adding a strip of  Want2Scrap© - Beautiful Bling Borders by Nina Brackett - Beautiful Blooms
along the right side - every party dress needs some bling!

Thanks for stopping by - I always love to see you have been.  I hope you are inspired to use your inks in different ways - you can change the look of something so easily, personalise your embellishments to fit your projects without even leaving the house! LOL!

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! 

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