Back with a Cards 4 Men video today colouring one of my fave images from the Les Jungles stamp set. I also want to give you the heads up, I have heaps going on this week so keep tuned!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtdS82WbW8]
So happy you could stop by today, I hope you enjoyed the card!
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils – Warm Grey 10,20,50,70% / Cool Grey 50% / Putty Beige. Scrap of Red Cardstock.
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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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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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I’m still loving the really CAS Cards 4 Men at the moment, but it is fun to add just a little interest to take it to the next level and today that is a ‘Snowy’ beer, seriously! And ‘lots of it’ and you will find out why in my video….
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFTHy-oVRYc]
As you can see the ‘snow’ definitely works well as a ‘froth’ for beer!
I’ll be back again real soon!
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 20% / Cloud Blue / Sand / Jasmine / Canary Yellow / Goldenrod / Burnt Ochre.
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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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AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
Some of these products may contain affiliate links. Products bought through these links may result in a small commission to me and at no extra cost to you.
Can you believe that we have two hops this month, isn’t it wonderful! this is Altenew’s March 2017 Blog Hop II and if you arrived here from Debby Hughes incredible blog then you are in exactly the right place. Today we are releasing some wonderful new Altenew stamps and dies!
I have heaps to share with you today, a total of three projects and one video! So, lets start with this new Layered Cupcake stamp set, it’s a stamp layering cupcake, but did you see the dots… oh my, I just had to use the teeny weeny one to create my very own sprinkles!
Scroll down for the video and to find out how you can WIN!
and I thought I would share this little photo bomb…….. just before the topple!
Then I just had to make some shaker tags with the new Handmade Tags stamp set and co-ordinating dies. I did also decide to add some of the new Simple Fruits, and aren’t they fun too!
And finally one of my favourite sets from the release, it’s called Hug Me and it’s totally foxy and with a matching die too! Also, did you see I got out the shimmer Spray Inks again…. but there is a video, so you can actually watch that for yourself (scroll just a little bit further….).
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWAftkMFNs]
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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, March 30th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, March 31st.
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 Wednesday March 29th (AEDT) and I will announce the winners here on Thursday March 30th.
Blog Hop Order
Altenew
Erum Tasneem
Lilith Eeckels
Svitlana Shayevich
Jennifer McGuire
Sveta Fotinia
Agnieszka Malyszek
Vicky Papaioannou
Flora Monika Farkas
Kelly Tribout Latevola
May Sukyong Park
Laura Jane
Nicole Picadura
Laura Bassen
Evelyn Yusuf
Marika Rahtu
Yana Smakula
Lydia Evans
Debby Hughes
Therese Calvird
Kathy Racoosin
Eunyoung Lee
TaeEun Yoo
Virginia Lu
From here you are heading off to KATHY’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.
Hug me – Other Supplies: Altenew Artist Markers – B318 (Ruby Red) Copic Markers 0 / W0 / T2 / Y21 / YR24 / E25. Copic multiliner 0.3mm
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Handmade Tags – Other Supplies: Cardstock Altenew Ruby Red / Cardstock scrap pieces / Twine
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Cupcakes – Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – Cream / Sky Blue Light / Cool Grey 20% / light Umber / Greyed Lavender / Beige / Goldenrod / Deco Pink / Jasmin / Warm Grey 20% / Light Cerulean Blue / Sand Polychromos Pencils – Light Cobalt Turquoise / Grey IV
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Today I have a quick and easy card to share using some fab new stamps from Penny Black. I always adore these sweet cats and this time I coloured him with some Copics (for some reason I often tend to use Inktense pencils).
After shuffling around heaps of coloured design paper for the sentiment window I settled on black, not my original plan but it definitely makes for a bold statement…………….. do your cards kind of ‘evolve’ too?.
I’ll be back in a couple of days with another video, look forward to seeing you then! Hugs,
Other Supplies: Copics 0 / W00 / T0,2,4 / BG11,13 / R11 / G20,24.
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Most men I know (except my husband, who obviously knows better) don’t spend a lot of time perusing the birthday card that is given to them, so a great combination that works every time is to keep it CAS and to keep it fun! These Grumplings from Taylored Expressions fit the bill perfectly…
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3F48TAXKU]
Have a great week! Hugs,
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils – French Grey 50,70% / Black / Dark Brown / Light Umber / Sap Green Light / Deco Peach / Cream / Carmine Red / Goldenrod / Peach Beige.
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Today I’m back at the Altenew blog with the video I promised showing you how I created three very quick and easy masculine cards using the Altenew Reflection Scrapbook Collection. At first glance, the kit looks very feminine and I know at first all I saw was the stunning flowers, but when I looked closer there were quite a few options to create men’s cards too!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HQxuVVqrQ0]
I’ve already made 6 cards for the videos and have barely made a dent in the kit, it is jam packed full of fun lol. For more deets head on over to the Altenew blog. Also I’ve linked the Altenew products that I used below or you can head straight over to the Altenew online store and find them there.
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Hiya, today I have a share of some cards that I made for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine for a Stamper’s Challenge. The stamp set and matching dies are from Paper Smooches and are called Sweet Escape. I was surprised at how easy this set was to use and when I started out sketching ideas, they just kept coming…. that hardly ever happens!
So here they are,
Okay, so that was a mass of photos I know, hope you were inspired! Hugs
Let’s Get Away – Other Supplies: Copics – 0 / B000,02 / E25, 31 / BG13 / T0,2 / Y38.
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Missing You – Other Supplies: Cardstock – American Crafts – Charcoal / Ladybug / Stone. Copics – W2,4,7. Prismacolor Pencil – Canary Yellow.
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Escape – Other Supplies: Copics – 0 / B000 / BG11 / E25,31,37,59,99. / G24,40,99. YG17,21,23,91,93. Memento Marker – Pear Tart. Brown Brad. Gold Thread.
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Today at the Altenew Blog I have a focus post featuring the new Be Strong stamp set. That means you get to see three different cards made using this set and for fun I put together a video showing how I created the ‘Be You’ design.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhon5DplBmk]
You can find all the products I used linked below or you can head to Altenew and find them there. I hope you enjoyed the focus on this fabulous stamp set, there are really so many possibilities, it a seriously fun set! Have a great day!
Party – Other Supplies: Altenew Artist Markers – R302 / R304 / B201 / B313 / G702 / G715. Copics – Y13,21 / T2 / R14 / BG10.
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Yea! – Other Supplies: Altenew Artist Markers – R304 / R318 / G702 / G715 / B201 / B204 / B227 / B313. Copics – Y11,17,21,32 / 0 / C1 / YR00,24 / E99 / RV10 / BV00. Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 10% / French Grey 90%.
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Be You – Other Supplies: Altenew Mini Ink Cubes – Bamboo / Parrot / Olive / Sunkissed / Orange Cream.
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What better way to celebrate the end of 2016 than hopping along with the faves from the Altenew team! You should have arrived here from Laura Jane’s wonderful blog (and if you missed the beginning you can always start right here at Altenew). I’d better get on with the photos now, because there is heaps to share today, hope you like them!
Starting with this ‘colouring book’ style card using Persian Motifs stamp set. Click here for the video.
This beautiful flower is from Majestic Bloom and I really struggled with this card, but despite that, love how the colours turned out.
You can find the video here.
I love me a challenge of a masculine card and the Sohcahtoa set is the perfect choice for a fun graphic masculine design!
You can find the video here.
Aren’t these Spring Daisy flowers beautiful in bright (non daisy like) colours!
I decided to play with my new Zig watercolours when I saw this Adore You flower set released. I don’t have a video of this specific card to share, but did recreate it by request.
One of my most favourite sprigs of flowers from Altenew and it’s called Best Mom, and don’t fret there is a matching die so no fussy cutting required lol.
You can find the video here.
I know it’s been ‘massive’, but I hope you have enjoyed these cards, lots of video links too just in case you missed them.
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Now onto the Good stuff!
Prizes:
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Wednesday, January 4th at 11:59pm ET to enter, and the winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, January 6th.
Also I will randomly choose 1 person from the comments below to receive an Altenew card made by me! The winner will be announced here on this post on Thursday January 5th.
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Here’s the hop list:
From here you are off to Isha Gupta’s amazing blog. Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you are having heaps of fun on this hop!
I’m sad to say this is my last video in my 2016 Same but Different Christmas Card Series for this year. And for my final set of cards I’ve gone with a theme, and today we are ‘Keeping it Warm’.
I was asked to create some ‘warm weather’ cards because you may have guessed that I live in Australia and typically our weather is hot at Christmas. And I know crafter’s that struggle with the concept of snow flakes on Australian Christmas cards, yes, Linda I’m talking about you lol. This is also the lady you can blame for me starting my own blog and submitting for publications, I feel very lucky to call her a friend and an inspiration.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexvRwS45RA]
Thanks so much for all your support and encouragement, I have thoroughly enjoyed creating this series and I hope that you may have been inspired along the way too. I still have a few more Christmas shares before ‘C’ Day so I look forward to seeing you again real soon, Hugs
Other Supplies: TAWS (retired) – Sea Mates / Gill-friend / Cha Cha Cha. Hero Arts (retired) – Holiday Sayings. Avery Elle (retired) – Surf’s Up. Copic Markers – 0 / C1 / T0 / W2 / YG00,03 / R02,05,11,14,22 / RV00,02,04 / B000,21 / BG11,13 / V12 / Y13,17,21 / YR04,18 / E000,00,11,25,31,33,50,53. Prismacolor pencils – Sandbar Brown / Warm Grey 20% / French Grey 70%.
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Today I am at the Altenew blog sharing these three cards from the Moments in Time stamp set. And for fun I decided to film as I created the first card.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_MCtx4ghyE]
You can find all the Altenew products that I used linked below or you can to their online store HERE. And to find out more deets about these cards and more inspiration from the new release head here to the Altenew blog. Thanks so much for your visit today!
Dare to Dream – Other Supplies: Zig Pens – Mid Green / Olive Green / Green Gray / Gray Brown.
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Thanks – Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – White / Black / Pink / Process Red / Pale Sage / Apple Green. White hemp cord.
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Thank You – Other Supplies: Zig pens – Pale Green / Olive Green / Dark Brown / Lilac / Light Violet. Woodgrain sequins.
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Today I have a video for Scrapbook Boutique and I thought it was time to get out an Action Wobble, I forgot how much fun they are, and who doesn’t love an interactive card, right? I also filmed the process so you could watch.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTaQAzxNyg]
I’ve linked all the products below or you can head over and go shopping at the Scrapbook Boutique store. Hope you are having a fantastic day!
Other Supplies: Gamsol / Prismacolor Pencils – French Grey 50% / Slate Grey / Cloud Blue / Peacock Blue / Cool Grey 50% / Indigo Blue / Light Umber / Dark Brown. Copic Markers – E00,000,11,50,97,99 / W0,2,4,7 / B91,95,97 / BG72,75. / 0 / YG91,93,95.
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Back with another fun image from the Katzlkraft’s Les Jungles set. I finally got to play with the elephant (the reason that I bought this set) and what a cutie he is, he looks so un’happy’ that it’s his birthday so I thought it was perfect to have a bright cheery card! I decided to film the process, and there were a couple of hiccoughs along the way…. but you can see those for yourself lol.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSLlafO-LE4]
Thanks for your visit today, I’ll be back again real soon!
Other Supplies: Copics – Y11,17,38 / YG00,03,17,21 / YR04 / B01,02,95 /0 Prismacolor Pencils – Putty Beige / 50% Warm Grey.
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Today is about stamping a background, which was the call for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine. I had so many ideas but this one has been on my ‘to do’ list for so long that I just went with it.
Thanks for stopping by, I’ll be back with another video in a couple of days.
Other Supplies: Kuretake Gansai Tambi – No44 – Light Brown, No46 Brown, No47 Dark Brown. Inktense Pencils – Antique White, Oak, Neutral Grey, Leaf Green, Spring Green, Ionion Green, Vivid Green, Burnt Orange, Sun Yellow, Sicilian Yellow, Dark Aquamarine.
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Today at Scrapbook Boutique I have a very easy Baby Boy card using Bunny Love from Altenew and adding some ‘quilted’ dimension with the next level embossing folders from WRMK. I decided to film as I created so you could watch the process.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTSSscexugE]
You can find all of the products linked below or head on over to Scrapbook Boutique and shop yourself. Have a great and crafty day,
Other Supplies: Cardstock – pale blue. Copics – 0 / C0 / B000 / YR00 / R11 / YG11. Prismacolor pencils – Warm Grey 50%.
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Back with another image card in my Cards4Men series and today it was time to colour the monkey. For some reason I felt that ‘gold’ was needed and I’ve had the urge to create my own gold frame for a while now and today was the day, so I decided to share that with you in my video.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIkNYXA2jE&w=480&h=270]
Thanks for stopping by,
Other Supplies: Jillibean Soup – Square Set die. Sizzix – Diamond Embossing Folder. Prismacolor Pencils – Light Peach / Peach. Polychromos Pencils – Cream / Raw Umber / Van-Dyck Brown / Walnut Brown / Light Green / Earth Green / Chrome Green Opaque / Light Cobalt Turquoise / Cobalt Green. Memento Marker – Pear Tart
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Another masculine card today and it’s time to colour a Giraffe! Love love this stamp set from Katzelkraft, ALL of the animals totally make me smile and I can’t wait to colour every single one of them. I filmed as I created today so you could watch the process.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fddYheGKGg]
So glad you could visit today.
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils – Goldenrod / Burnt Ochre / Sepia / Light Aqua. Black Unipin fine line waterproof pigment pen 0.3mm
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Well, I just got home from a family holiday celebrating my brother’s birthday and have been on an island and ‘tech-free’ for what seems like forever. I had the most fabulous time and after two days home I have only just finished all the washing… and now I’m back at work and on night duty… But not before noticing that MFT were having another Card Design Superstar Contest and that was it, I just had to make at least one card to celebrate their wonderfulness.
Thanks so much for stopping by today, I would recommend checking out the masses of inspiration at the Superstar gallery, I had a blast cruising around the fab designs and you will too! Hope you are having a great and crafty day,
Other Supplies: Copics – E000,00,11,33. 0. G24,40. YG00,03,95. B000,,91,95. Y32. T0,2. R05,14. Prismacolor Pencils – Black / French grey 20, 50, 70% / Pale Sage / Olive Green / Poppy Red / Slate Grey / Crimson Red / Sky Blue Light / Non-Photo Blue.
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