NEW Halcyon Days Collection – Sneak Peek 3

 

Hi Everyone

Well this is MJ’s last Sneak Peek (sorry but it is a brief one today) before this fab CD and papercraft kit launches tomorrow on Create and Craft……woooo hooo!  You are going to love this CD.  It is sooo pretty with such a lovely soft summery pallet of colours to choose from.

Here MJ has used the papers and toppers from the Halcyon Days papercraft kit with it’s luxury quality papers and foiling detail.  Wonderful!

 

 

The colours are beautiful – so soft.

 

 

Please be sure to tune into all the shows on Create & Craft TV. Sara Davies will be there at 9, 12 and 6 on Saturday and Dawn Wheeler is on at 11, 2 and 7 on Sunday.  So lots of chances for inspiration.  Enjoy the shows.

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks for Popping By

xxx

NEW Halcyon Days – Sneak Peek - 2

 

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Well here we are with MJ’s second Sneak Peek ahead of the Halcyon Days CD launch this Saturday 24th May with the lovely Sara Davies.  This wonderfully pretty CD is a Weekender on Create and Craft.  Be sure not to miss the shows.

So MJ has another cute little project to show you this time from the Halcyon Days Papercraft kit.  As usual Hunkydory have done a fabulous job in producing these for Crafters Companion.  The images are gorgeous and together with the foiling and the lovely paper pads too you will be wanting to craft all day, every day!  There is so much choice.

She has used 2 of the frames together with a matching background card from the collection. The huts have been 3D’d and a greeting added.

 

 

Inside you can see how she has used the frames to create a lovely little gift for family or friends.

 

 

Just look at the pictures inside the frames and how fabulous the layers look.  A very pretty kit indeed.

 

 

We hope you have been inspired.

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xxx

NEW Halcyon Days – Sneak Peek - 1

 

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This is MJ’s first sneak peek from the Weekender Deal  starting on Saturday 24th  from Crafter's Companion on Create & Craft called Halcyon Days.

The images are gorgeous in such lovely summery colours and themes.  The wonderful stitch detail in the images can only open up your creative crafting ideas!  Think about printing onto fabric and appliquéing around the images using the stitching as a guide. You can even print onto velvet paper!  And if you put a little wadding behind and then stitch it creates a wonderful panel for your project.

Today MJ thought that she would share the MDF plaque she made using the Halcyon Days CD.

 

MJ used: -

Co-ordinating Papers – Design 2, Colour 6 and Design 1, Colour 1 and Design 4, Colour 3

Embellishments – Design 10

Sentiments – Design 2

Die’Sire Die – Leaf Swirls

Crafters Companion – Light Printable Card Pack

Collall Glues

 

 

MJ loves the embellishment Rollie Roses.  She printed them off the CD at A4, Mid Size and A5 sizes.  Once rolled, glued in place and dried she then used the end of a quilling tool to turn the petal edges.  They are so pretty with the ribbons to finish.

We will post another Sneak Peek of what’s coming tomorrow.  Please watch this space!

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks for Popping By

xxx

Scruffy Little Kat – Sneak Peek – Launches 9th May –Crafters Companion

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Just a very quick post for you today.  It’s been so exciting for MJ using these fab stamps and CD.  Scruffy Little Kat is so hip and trendy! 

MJ has used her Spectrum Noir pens to colour her in.  She also worked with the Papercrafting CD using the design sets and coordinating papers to create a funky layout to the project.

Firstly MJ looked through the CD which took her a long time as it is jam packed with printables including the papers, embellishments and sentiments plus loads more stuff, and chose papers in peachy/pink tones. Then she matched the colours up with her Speccies.

She chose to use:

Clothes and Hairband CR6, CR7 and CR9

Skin – TN1, TN2, FS2, FS8

Hair – GB2, GB5, GB7 and GB9

Then she added her mats and layers to make the base card.  It finished looking like this!

Please tune in to Create and Craft on (@createandcrafttv) 9th May to see the launch of this gorgeous brand with Crafters Companion.

We hope you have been inspired.

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xxx

Camden Town CD from Crafters Companion launches today on Create and Craft!!

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Well the time has almost arrived….today Crafters Companion will be launching the Camden Town CD’s – one for the men and one for the ladies.

Please don’t miss the live shows with Dawn Wheeler where she will be showing you how to get the best from these CD’s and see what a great job the Design Team has done in giving you lots of inspiration.

MJ has used a selection of elements from the Male CD for her little peeks for you.

This card is great for a teenager.  She choose a decoupage image, a border sheet and a background paper taken from the Design Set section.  To finish she added some matching coloured eyelets.

For the next project MJ has taken a coordinating backing paper, sentiment and embellishment sheets and Spray and Shine to glaze the guitars.  A very simple and quick card to do.  She finished it some star brads and an insert created from the Design Set section.

For this Tag card MJ has used the Tag Compnaions section on the CD.  She created a tri-fold card using her Ultimate Pro tool.  She 3D’d the potting shed by printing image out twice and cut out the windows on the top one.  T finish she used sentiments, bottle embellishments and a die cut from her crafting stash.


We hope you have been inspired.

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xx

Crafters Companion – Launching 17th April - Camden Town CD’s – Sneak Peek

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Today MJ is sharing with you a couple of Sneak Peeks of the Brand New Camden Town CD’s being launched by Crafters Companion on Create and Craft on Thursday 17th April.

There are 2 CD’s Male and Female jam packed full of gorgeous printables!  And not forgetting that there are Camden Town stamps available to go with the CD’s on www.crafterscompanion.co.uk too.

There will also be a papercraft kit available exclusively to Create and Craft.  So many wonderful products in this range.

MJ has been working with the Camden Town Male CD for her collection of projects which she has loved because you know how difficult it is to make cards for men!  But with this CD you will have loads to choose from.

 

 

Here is an easy double twisted easel card using a Topper Companion sheet together with a sentiment taken from CD and one of the gorgeous coordinating backing papers.  The colours in the design are easy on the eye and tone so well with the soft antique brown colours of the background paper.

 

MJ went for simplicity in this sample but there are so many elements on these CD’s that you can make your projects really WOW!!  Don’t miss your chance to get them.  You will love them!


We hope that you have been inspired.

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xx

Lavinia Zen Butterfly, Gesso, Modelling Paste, Dutch Doobadoo Stencil and ~Twinkling H2O Paints

 

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Today MJ has been playing with a couple of her Lavinia stamps from Tracey Dutton’s Zen designs.  They are gorgeous.  MJ likes a butterfly or two…you know what she always says ‘it’s not a mistake it’s a place for the butterfly…lol’!

She decided she wanted to get inky messy tonight whilst OH was again watching footy on the telly.  She loves it when footy is on as it is a legitimate time to craft.

 

MJ was thinking about the colours of the Dragonflies wings that fly about her pond so it had to be a mix of blues and greens.  To get the shimmer she got out her Twinkling H20 paints.  It’s not very clear from the photos but the sheen is amazing with these paints.

 

 

The Zen Butterfly is a gorgeous stamp to play with and when you put it together with Tracey’s other designs there are endless possibilities for your projects.

 

What MJ Used

Maimeri Gesso

Maimeri Light Modelling Paste

Dutch Doobadoo Stencil – Fabric

LuminarteTwinkling H20 Paints – Pear Blossom and Sapphire on Ice

Lavinia Stamps – Zen Butterfly and Zen Leaf 2

Black Archival Ink

 

What MJ Did

1. Cut a piece of white cardstock to fit your card and give it a very thin coat of gesso.  Dry with heat gun.
2. Take the stencil and secure it where wanted.  Using a palette knife, or something similar, spread light modelling paste thinly through the stencil.  Be careful when lifting it off that you don’t smear it (pop stencil and tool into water to clean straight away).  Dry with heat gun.
3. Now take paints and paint over background until you are happy with the colour blend.  Dry with heat gun.
4. Stamp the Zen Leaf design onto bottom edge of panel using the archival ink.  Dry.  Then colour this with the paints.  Set aside to dry.
5. Stamp the butterfly onto a piece of white card stock using archival ink.  Take paints and colour the image.  Once dry cut the image out.
6. Matt and layer the panel onto a card blank.  Add butterfly to finish.

A nice easy card project for you to have a bash at.  MJ just loves her H20’s again!

We hope you have been inspired.

Thanks for Popping By

xx