A quick card share today as I’ve got heaps happening behind the scenes at the moment… so keep posted. Today it’s time for a clean and simple design using some surprised looking sheep!
Hope you are having a great week, I’ll be back Thursday! Hugs
Other Supplies: Copics – R05,22. YG03.
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Today I have a very clean and simple design to share. I used one of the cute Penny Black hedgehogs to sit on top of a sentiment that was discarded from a previous card…. and I didn’t want to put it aside because you already know that I would never use it, so while I’m motivated I’m using it!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knu2-xFAKG4]
Hope you enjoyed my video today, I’ll be back again real soon. Hugs,
Other Supplies: Copics – 0 / Y06 / T0,2 / RV00,10 / R11 / BG000,11 / E25,29,33,40,43,44,50,59,97.
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It’s Friday and time for my second Guest Design post at Neat & Tangled. I’m seriously having so much fun with these stamps and dies that I couldn’t stop at just one card, so I made two!
You can see the video of my first card here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ox1m90HOvM]
I think I was channeling my inner Laura Bassen today… (I wish lol.) Smooshing, grey background, cas, bright colours!
I used mostly the same products on both cards and kept them clean & simple, but love that they are still different
Looking forward to seeing you again next Friday with some more Neat & Tangled fun, the products that I used today are listed below. Hugs
Smooshed Sentiment – Other Supplies: Cardstock – AC – Smoke. Copics – 0 / W0,2 / R00 / E40,42,43,44 / T0. Copics – R05. Fun Foam – dark brown Cardstock – American Crafts – Smoke. Paper Pad – Simple Stories SN@P! wood & notebook basics.
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This month Altenew is introducing Build-A-Flower: Magnolia. On the 15th of every month a new flower set is released and each set offers a 6×8 stamp set with a coordinating die so you can easily create your projects (it is only available as a set, not as individual products). Isn’t this Magnolia beautiful!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL6NSUp9bjQ]
I decided to stamp out the word ‘you’ with the Calligraphy Alpha stamp set, one of the easiest alpha sets I’ve ever used (it’s so so easy to line up the letters, I love it)!
I can’t wait to play with the Magnolia 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: Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 20,70% / French Grey 50,70% / Putty Beige / Chartreuse / Limepeel.
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Colouring on design paper is one of the funnest ideas for sure, and when I saw these little cuties at Scrapbook Boutique, and the rainbow plaid paper, I just had to play!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5v-djkYHFk]
Don’t ask me why…. but I thought it would be funny to have the mice pedaling around the card.
You can find all of the supplies linked below or you can head on over to Scrapbook Boutique. And I will give you the heads up, this is going to be a big week for me here, so I will be seeing a lot of you.
Other supplies: Prismacolor pencils – Cream / White / Light Peach / Peach / Canary Yellow / Spanish Orange / Yellowed Orange / Greyed Lavender / Violet / Apple Green / Yellow Chartreuse / Light Aqua / Aquamarine / Pink / French Grey 50% / Cool Grey 50% / Black / Light Umber.
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Today I am very excited to share that I am Guest Designing for Neat & Tangled this month! They have such a variety of fun unique stamps and dies that it’s very easy to be inspired.
Today I decided to create my own background pattern… well, actually I decided to make two….
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ukLoHf1e9s]
…..and all this from one leaf. Isn’t it great to be able to stretch your stamps!
So happy that you stopped by to visit me, hope you like my video and cards today and I’m looking forward to sharing some more Neat & Tangled goodness next Friday! Hugs,
Other Supplies: Copics – 0 / W0,2,4 / R11,20,22 / BV20 / B91,95 / YG00.03 / C5 / T0,2,4 / E000,00,11,25,40,43,44,49.
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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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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 fabulous 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 May (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 May to join us!
Here is the inspiration for this month’s Moodboard challenge…
It was obvious that I was inspired by the beautiful pinks, but I also thought it would be fun to add some gold bokeh dots…. with lots of MFT cuteness happening here!
From here you are heading to the Scrapbook Boutique Blog, thanks for joining us, it’s been heaps of fun!
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – Cream / Deco Pink / Pink / Goldenrod / Warm Grey 20%
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Today I am back to Colour with ‘U’ and it’s all about watercolouring with a ‘coloured’ image. My ‘go to’ stamping colour for outlines is black and today I thought I would have some fun changing it up a little. I have filmed the card today and
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIH1XW9Q57E]
These ballerinas are so sweet, and I know it’s a bit cliche, but I just had to colour them in pink (just to get it out of my system… next time I’ll try different colours, I promise)
Thanks for stopping by today, I really enjoyed creating this card and look forward to sharing more with you real soon. Hugs,
Other Supplies: American Crafts Glitter Cardstock – Lipgloss / Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens – Flesh Colour / Pale Pink / Light Pink / Oatmeal / Light Gray. Spectrum Noir – Crystal Clear glitter pen / Bigshot
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I adore this fab sentiment set from Penny Black but sometimes I can really struggle to make the ‘larger’ style sentiments work on a clean & simple design. So today I thought I would share with you a fun way to use them, and have filmed the process so you can watch.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xv8Vf5zgMY]
The focus is really the sentiment so I decided to keep the colouring very simple and subtle.
Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, I promise to be back real soon with another card to share!
Other Supplies: Copic markers – 0 / R00 / B0000,000 / C0,1 / T0,2 / W00.0,2 / E000,50.
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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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Quickly popping in to announce the winner from the Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive & Blog Hop (a $30 Gift Certificate to spend at Altenew online store)!
So without further ado, it’s time to announce the lucky Winner!
Congratulations to DGolly , I will email you!
I have a quick share today, it’s another Penny Black beauty and this time I used Prismacolor Pencils to Colour with ‘U’ and it was seriously so much fun! I decided to film as I created so you can watch the process.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjYH32YOxg]
Isn’t she fabulous darling? I could never look this glamorous just lying around eating chocolate… but I could try!
Til next time!
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – Eggshell / Light Peach / Peach / Pink / Godlenrod / Yellowed Orange / Lemon Yellow / Sand / Greyed lavender / Sky Blue Light / Non-Photo Blue / Jade Green / Slate Grey / Muted Turquoise / True Blue / Magenta / Crimson Lake / Cool Grey 70% / Black / Dark Umber / Chocolate / Dark Brown / Olive Green / Limepeel / True Green / Chartreuse.
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I’ve been wanting to use this background technique again for a while now and decided that today was the day as I have a post up at Scrapbook Boutique Blog! I thought it would be fun to ‘Retro’ these fun owls from MFT and add a sweet combo of colours from Altenew.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huZmXktr7s8]
All these products are linked below or you can head direct to Scrapbook Boutique here to find them!
Other Supplies:
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Hiya, today I have a fun card to share in my Cards 4 Men series. I love the finished look of this card but I realized one thing today, I’m not real good at waiting for ink to dry…. I know, I know, take a breath and just wait!
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpUkElCFRw]
See you again real soon!
Other Supplies: Inktense pencils – Poppy Red / Mustard / Saddle Brown / Dark Chocolate / Sepia Ink / Neutral Gray / Chinese Ink.
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I have a quick and easy card to share at the Altenew Blog today. I decided it would be fun to create my own sentiment background using almost a rainbow of colours, I thought this would make a fun kids or teen card.
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRswttsHygo]
I stamped out the Congrats sentiments with the Altenew Crisp Dye Inks and then coloured some of the air benders using the Altenew Artist Markers. I am loving the bright cheery feel!
I’ve linked the Altenew products below. Hope you are having a great week, Hugs,
Other Supplies: Altenew Artist Markers – G702 / B201. Copics -RV10.
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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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Today Altenew is Celebrating Parents and you get to celebrate with us along this hop. You should have arrived here from VERA YATES incredible blog and for details on how you can save, win and join the Celebrating Parents card drive scroll down.
In my usual style for a man’s card today, I kept it bright, clean and simple…
This fab cup and sentiment is from the Best Dad Stamp set and I thought that some of Altenew’s Birch Wood would look great with the Inline Alpha die cut words, and give it that masculine look!
I decided to film as I created today,
You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sziYG9vz-78]
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Check out the details here for the Celebrating Parents Card Drive March 27th – May 3rd. Our goal is to send cards for the elderly that lives in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. Please encourage people to check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive and join this great cause by sending in cards.
20% of the profits earned from these stamp sets (Best Dad, Best Mom, Penned Rose) by 6/18/2017 will be donated to Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.
Special Offer:
Prizes:
Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. Be sure to leave comments by Sunday, April 30th, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 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 May 2nd, 2017.
Another Chance to Win:
I will also 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 Sunday April 30th (AEDT) and I will announce the winners here on Monday May 1st.
Blog Hop Order:
Altenew
Joni Andaya
Sveta Fotinia
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Virginia Lu
Emily Leiphart
May Sukyong Park
Jung AhSang
Natalia Zubkova
Nicole Picadura
Kristina Pokazanieva
Erum Tasneem
Barb Engler
Hussena Cal
Svitlana Shayevich
Vera Yates
Therese Calvird
Nichol Spohr
Lydia Evans
From here you are heading off to NICHOL’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.
Thanks so much for visiting today.
Other Supplies: Copics – T0,2 / 0.
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I have a quick card to share today and I kept it clean & simple. Although I did consider some design paper for the background, but everything I tried just didn’t do it for me, so she is boldly sitting on her own direct on the card front, love her style!
Things really do get better with age and somehow I think this Penny Black girl really knows how to party, wouldn’t you agree!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Other Supplies: Copics – E000,00,50 / G20,24 / BV20 / Y26 / B01 / BG15.72 / Y11 / R02,22. Tiny Teal Rhinestone.
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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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