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Video : WFC Interactive Thursday – Time for a ‘Push’ Tab Slider!
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Video : July 2017 Reverse Confetti Release & Hop – Mahalo Fetti Friend!
It’s time for Reverse Confetti’s July 2017 Release and if you’ve been checking out the sneak peeks you will be just as Continue reading
A Card Find and a Quick Tip Video – By Request!
Today I have something a little different, it’s time for a Quick Tip video – By Request, on how to Continue reading
Video : Pink Layered Marble and Penny Black!
Things can be so pretty in pink, and I thought that the Layering Marble stamp set from Waffle Flower would be just perfect in pink! I am sharing this card for Scrapbook Boutique so
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Video : Create a Graphic Style Card with Altenew Ladies’ Day Out!
Today I have a graphic style CAS card to share for Altenew. I decided it was time to play with the Ladies’ Day Out stamp set and Continue reading
Video : Altenew Stencil Release Blog Hop & Giveaway!
Altenew have added to their fun stencil collection and we are hopping to celebrate and you should have arrived here from Continue reading
Video : Altenew Focus Post – Cake Love!
I am so excited to be here today celebrating Altenew’s newest release with Cake…. Cake Love that is! This focus post features the Cake Love stamp set and that means 3 cards for inspiration and one video too… just scroll a little further for that one.
My first card (and probably my fave) was created with Continue reading
Personalised Wedding Card with Homemade Confetti!
This was a ‘card to order’ that I thought I would quickly share today, just for fun! Hope you had a great week and Continue reading
Video : Colour with ‘U’ – Simple Copics!
I am back to Colour with ‘U’ and it’s time for some simple Copic colouring and these Art Impression images are perfect with their cartoon style! Continue reading
Video : Altenew May 2017 Release Blog Hop & Giveaway!
Altenew have done it again, today they are not only releasing some fabulous new stamp sets and dies but now they have their very own luxurious embossing powders! We are all hopping along to celebrate and you should have arrived here from AMY’S fabulous blog. I couldn’t stop making cards with this release, so scroll down to see them and the video that I have made showcasing the fab new Layered Plaid Cover Dies as well as to find out how you can WIN!
To created my Plaid background I used Moonrock, Dark Gray and the blue cardstock from the New Day Card Kit, then I added a Modern Cat (coloured like the lilac burmese that we used to have…. and she did manage to sneak a photo into the video today).
and I used the Pure White Embossing Powder for the first time and am totally impressed with the ‘brightness’ of the white, tick!
Next I created a gift card set using the mini stamp sets: Latte, Strawberry and Ice Cream.
This time I heat embossed the images with the beautiful Golden Peach embossing powder on some Spicy Yogurt cardstock and added a touch of colour with some Prismacolor Pencils.
I also used the new Watercolor Frames stamp set to emboss a frame around each of the images.
My final card was heaps of fun and came together very easily. To create the background I stamped a panel with one of the Watercolor Frames.
Two of the flowers from Best Buds were stamped directly onto the card front and the final one coloured with Copics, fussy cut and popped up on the front. One of the best things about this set is that if you want, you can also get the layering set separately if you prefer to add colour with stamp layering.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I39fORJDu0]
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Now, to the good stuff and onto the Prizes and there are
two ways to win!
Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Thursday, June 1st at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Saturday, June 3rd.
Also I will randomly choose a winner from the comments left on this post (only one per person) to win a $30 gift certificate to the Altenew online store, you have until midnight Thursday June 1st (AEST) and I will announce the winner here on Friday June 2nd.
Blog Hop Order:
Altenew
Jennifer McGuire
Virginia Lu
Lilith Eeckels
Nina-Marie Trapani
Svitlana Shayevich
Laura Bassen
Raquel Bowman
Joni Andaya
May Sukyong Park
Lydia Evans
TaeEun Yoo
Kavitha
Marika Rahtu
Lisa Spangler
Nicole Picadura
Yoonsun Hur
Amy Sheffer
Therese Calvird
Debby Hughes
Carissa Wiley
Flora Monika Farkas
Erum Tasneem
Keeway Tsao
Eunyoung Lee
Sveta Fotinia
Agnieszka Malyszek
From here you are heading off to DEBBY’S amazing blog I hope you have had the most wonderful time. If you would like to start at the beginning you can CLICK HERE.
So Sorry – Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – French Grey 20% / Warm Grey 10,70% / Peach.
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Gift Card Set – Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils – Cream / Warm Grey 20% / Light Umber / French Grey 70% / Sand / Nectar.
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Just For You – Other Supplies: Copic Markers – T0,2.
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Video : Altenew New Day Card Kit – Wood Veneers!
I’ve been asked to share some ideas on how to use the Altenew New Day Card Kit and in particular using the wood veneers included in the kit. So I decided to make two cards and I have a video showing you how!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkdP66A4Q6E]
I used Altenew Artist Markers to add colour to my projects today.
Other than that I kept it very simple.
Head on over to the Altenew blog to find out more, Hugs
Other Supplies: Altenew Artist Markers – B201 / R302 / R304 / R318 / G702 / G715/ G554.
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Video : Collab with Olga!
Today I have an extra special collaboration video with Olga Direktorenko. She creates the most amazing papercraft projects with a focus on die cutting and her blog is called Building Your World (what a perfect name)!
The focus today was water lilies and the Lotus set from Altenew was an obvious choice for me.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuNsBONBXvA]
And of course don’t forget to head over to visit Olga, you can see her amazing video HERE!
Other Supplies: Copic Markers – 0 / BV00, 02,04 / YG00,03,17. Mister Hueys Mist – Silver.
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Video: Gerda Steiner Go Wild Party Animals!
I had so much fun stacking the Gerda Steiner Designs Party Animals and the Go Wild stamp sets that I made two…… YES, the Go Wild set has been released and it’s uber cute!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTD9ZqGaoU]
The sentiment came from the Moody Unicorns stamp set.
My second card was pretty much the same layout but I changed it up by repeating the same animal for each tier instead. I also thought it would be fun to ‘spatter’ the background and this time I used a sentiment from the sweet little Hedgehog with Sign mini stamp set.
You can find the Party Animals and the Go Wild stamps sets here at Gerda Steiner Designs. Hope you love these cuties as much as I do!
Have a great and crafty day!
How Old – Other Supplies – Prismacolor pencils – Sandbar Brown / Light Umber / Peach Beige / Sepia / Dark Umber / Black / French rey 50,90% / Cool Grey 20,50,70% / Warm Grey 10,20,50% / Chartreuse / Limepeel / Moss Green / Green Ochre / Aquamarine / Light Aqua / Sand / Canary Yellow / Goldenrod.
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For You – Other Supplies – Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 20% / Cool Grey 20,70% / Chartreuse / Moss Green / True Blue / French Grey 20% / Sand / Cream / Lemon Yellow / Sunburst Yellow / Goldenrod / Green Ochre / Limepeel. Cardstock – Blue
For You – Other Supplies – Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 20% / Cool Grey 20,70% / Chartreuse / Moss Green / True Blue / French Grey 20% / Sand / Cream / Lemon Yellow / Sunburst Yellow / Goldenrod / Green Ochre / Limepeel. Cardstock – Blue
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Video : Altenew Aster Build-A-Flower Release!
Isn’t this exciting Altenew have a special release of new Build-A-Flower Set on the 15th of every month, each set offers a 6×8 stamp set and a coordinating die so you can easily create your projects (it is only available as a set, not as individual products). This month we are introducing Aster Build-A-Flower, and isn’t it another beauty!
But, instead of Building-A-Flower today I thought it would be fun to share how versatile these layering stamps can be and I decided to Build-A-Background….
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_044ZZ03m0]
I use the alphas and butterfly from the Reflection Scrapbook Collection and that sweet little heart came from the New Day Card Kit.
I can’t wait to play with the Aster Build-A-Flower set some more, I have heaps of ideas and know that you will also be inspired by the other designs, as well as the chance to WIN at the Altenew Blog!
Other Supplies: Adhesive Fun Foam
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Video : Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop & Giveaway!
This week is MASSIVE, it’s Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary and you already know that they know how to celebrate in style as well as give you the opportunity to WIN too, but more about that later.
Today it’s time for the Card Design Team to hop and we are so lucky to be joined by some incredibly talented papercrafters, you should have arrived here from Jennifer McGuires blog, and she never fails to inspire! (scroll down for the full hop list)
Here are some of my Altenew faves….
So… In keeping with the party atmosphere I thought it would be fun to create a fun set of cards using some of the mini stamp sets from Altenew, and these Fair themed images seemed perfect!
I used the Splash of Color set to create a bright background for the Carousel and Ferris Wheel images.
The background here was ink blended through the Halftone Stencil and the sentiment was die cut with the Inline Alpha die set.
Here I stamped a Carousel background and heat embossed the sentiment from the Celebrate Stamp Set.
and finally a more graphic style design using some cardstock from the New Day Card Kit with the Carousel and Ferris Wheel images. Scroll down for the video link.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZgy2LaFP8]
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Prizes
Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Spellbinders: Three $100 Gift Certificates
- Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
- My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
- Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
- WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
- Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
- Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
- Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 21 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.
Blog Hop Order
Altenew
Debby Hughes
Stephanie Buice
Svitlana Shayevich
Jennifer McGuire
Therese Calvird
Carissa Wiley
Pretty Pink Posh
Meghann Andrew
Nicole Picadura
Virginia Lu
From here you are off to visit the fantabulous Carissa Wiley (told you there was some incredible papercrafters on this hop)! Have fun hopping!
Other Supplies:
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Scrapbook Boutique Bloghop & Giveaway!
Welcome back, it’s time for the new challenge at Scrapbook Boutique, that means it’s also time for a blog hop… so of course more wonderful prizes to be won! Today you should have arrived here from Lynn’s wonderful blog.
For your chance to WIN a $10 store voucher, just leave a comment at each blog along the hop, you have until midday 17th April (you must have an Australian or NZ address to be eligible) and the winner will be announced at the Scrapbook Boutique blog
Also for all the deets on how to join this month’s challenge and have the chance to WIN a $30 gift voucher stop by Scrapbook Boutique blog, you have until the end of April to join us!
Here is the inspiration for this month’s Moodboard challenge…
This was a difficult one for me, pastels are definitely not my ‘go to’ so a little out of my comfort zone here, it was hard not to keep adding more colour and depth, hope you think it fits the moodboard…
From here you are heading to the Scrapbook Boutique Blog, thanks for joining us, it’s been heaps of fun!
Other Supplies: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens – Pale Pink / Light Pink / Pale Green / Lilac / Light Blue / Light Gray / Blue Gray.
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Video : Altenew Cover Die Debacle!
I could blame night duty or distraction or just my brain, but it didn’t work too well today… but I think I managed a save the cards, what do you think?
You can see the video process here or Watch it at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYseny5fa8M]
I used Altenew’s new Layered Medallions Cover Die B and some of their fab cardstocks (I am seriously going to have to get ALL the colours) as well as the Spring Daisy set to bring these creations together.
All the products I used are linked below, you can also you can find more info at the Altenew Blog. Hope you day is going better than mine lol.
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Video : Altenew Card Kit / Layering dies Release Blog Hop & Giveaway!
Altenew have so many wonderful new products and it’s finally time to celebrate the release of the New Day Card Kit as well as the fantastic layering dies! We are all hopping along to celebrate and you should have arrived here from Flora’s fabulous blog.
Lots of inspiration in blog land today! And I have three different styles of cards to share with you myself, so scroll down to see them and the video that I have made showcasing the New Day Card Kit as well as to find out how you can WIN!
I decided it would be fun to create a ‘faux embossed’ background using die cuts from the Inline Alpha Die set. This little cutie is all dressed up for a party from Bunny Love and a glittery cupcake from Way Too Sweet.
Every time I looked at the Layered Cityscape Cover Dies I could only see a rainbow of buildings, so I just had to get that out of my system.
I did ‘stack’ a few of the die cuts on top of each other to add some dimension and the colouring was done with Tombows.
My final card uses the new Altenew New Day Card Kit and this is jam packed full of fun, I decided to create a video showing this kit and the process of making this card (as well as a quick peek at the kit).
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ncHgYiJ0I]
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Now, to the good stuff and onto the Prizes and there are
two ways to win!
Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday, April 14th at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Saturday, April 15th.
Also I will randomly choose a winner from the comments left on this post (only one per person) to win a $30 gift certificate to the Altenew online store, you have until midnight Thursday April 13th (AEDT) and I will announce the winners here on Friday April 14th.
Blog Hop Order
Altenew
Laura Bassen
Eunyoung Lee
Jennifer McGuire
Erum Tasneem
Virginia Lu
Dana Hyejin Gong
Marika Rahtu
Yoonsun Hur
Laura Jane
Debby Hughes
Flora Monika Farkas
Therese Calvird
Miriam Prantner
May Sukyong Park
Lydia Evans
Anna Kossakovskaya
Lydia Fiedler
Sveta Fotinia
Isha Gupta
Svitlana Shayevich
Lilith Eeckels
Kelly Tribout Latevola
Nicole Picadura
From here you are heading off to MIRIAM’S wonderful blog I hope you have had the most amazing time. If you would like to start at the beginning you can CLICK HERE.
Happy Day – Other supplies: Copics – 0 / W00 / RV00 / T4 / E40,42 / YG00 / G20.
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Happy Birthday – Other Supplies: Tombow Dual Brush Markers – 993 / 933 / 755 / 885 / 856 / 055 / 133 / 173 / 228 / 743 / 452 / 636.
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Just Because – Other Supplies: Mister Huey’s color mist – Gold (discontinued)
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Video : Colour with ‘U’ – Easy Zig Flowers!
Hiya, today I was inspired by my friends to get out my Zigs and have some Colour with’U’ fun! Which was easy to do with this gorgeous flower from Penny Black, and so you could watch the process I decided to film as I created.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKFwU84-tXA&w=480&h=270]
Thanks for visiting here today, hope you are having a great week!
Other Supplies: Zig Clean color Real Brush Pens – Olive Green / Pale Green / Light Green / Persian Green / Green Gray / Lilac / Lemon Yellow / Yellow / Bright Yellow / Mustard / Dark Oatmeal.
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Two Videos : Guest Designer for Gerda Steiner, time to Party…. Animal?
I’m back as Guest Designer for Gerda Steiner Designs and thrilled to be here again with TWO videos to share. I think you are going to adore these fun new Party Animals as much as me, I think my fave is that suave Lion (and I have a card to share featuring him coming up in the future so stay tuned for that).
You can see my first video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qGBZ7LPWo]
This second card is very special as it is a sneak peek of a set that is yet to be released called ‘Go Wild’. I have a video showing you how it came together.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbC9UOZpcs]
Head on over to Gerda Steiner to see these fun Party Animals, as well as Moody Unicorns (that’s where the ‘Seriously?’ sentiment came from) and so many other wonderful stamps and digital designs that are available in store! I’ve had a blast creating these, hope you enjoyed them too! Hugs,
Seriously – Other Supplies:
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Go Wild – Other Supplies: Gerda Steiner Designs – Go Wild Stamp Set (available soon). Copic Markers 0 / Y21,26,32 / E37 / W0 Prismacolor Pencils – Goldenrod / Jasmine / Sienna Brown. Zig Clean Color Pens – Carmine Red / Bright Yellow.
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