New Humphrey Decoupage

Morning all, sorry that this is so late but I have been away at the caravan for a few days and we have no internet connection up there, to be honest it is like losing an arm !! So today I thought I would share with you a small set of sewing draws that I made using the new Humphrey Decoupage kit from Crafters Companion. This is the Pick of the Week on Create and Craft so don't miss any of Leann's fifteen shows !!!!

Tutorial for Christmas Ornament

Morning all, well I had a lovely weekend with my daughter Sara at the caravan, it was lovely to spend some time together, although the weather on Saturday was horrendous but we still had a good time. Sorry this has taken so long but as promised here is the tutorial for the Christmas Ornament that was on Create and Craft for the launch of The Snowman for Crafters Companion

You will need:

7 sheets of tea bag papers - I used Cute Companions Winters Tale from Crafters Companion
glue
Bone folder
scissors
two pieces of ribbon each piece about 18" long
paper clips or mini pegs
Spray and Sparkle from Crafters Companion

PLEASE NOTE THAT AT ALL STAGES USE YOUR BONE FOLDER TO CREASE

 

First of all cut out your tea bag squares, with the pattern side outer most fold in half diagonally to make a triangle.

Fold the outer corners into the centre, this should then form a square.

 

Fold the flaps back on themselves, along the outer edge of the square.

Open out the flaps so that they form a kite shape on each side.
 

Fold back the point of the kite shape so that it is level with the square.

Then fold the outer edge of the kite in towards the centre.

 

Fold the outer edges together and glue, at this stage I held together with either

a paper clip or mini pegs. This forms one petal.

 

When these have dried, the ornament needs to be made in two halves. Firstly you needs to glue five of the petals together to form a flower.

 

This is how the back will look.

When the flowers have completely dried, you need to stick six together to make one half, one in the middle and five around the outside. You now need to make the second half the same as the first half.

 

Then spray both halves with Spray and Sparkle.

Glue your two pieces of ribbon to the back of one half.

 

 

Then when dry glue both halves together. You may need to use either your paper clips or mini pegs to hold in place until dry.

 

 

Soooo Cute and Adorable

I thought that I would share with you my son's Michaels new puppy Lola she is just adorable, she is only six weeks old and is the cutest thing you have ever seen.

First Birthday Card for 2012

Yes you did read right I have made my first birthday card for 2012, although I have not even started my Christmas cards for this year, but this was so cute that I thought I would share it with you. I made the base from some A2 white card that I had in my stash together with some papers also from my stash, thought I would try and use something up as the pile just keeps growing !!!! This is for my niece Kate who just loves to craft and I always spend a day with her in the school holidays and always have fun.

Spectrum Noir Pens - Only One More Sleep to Go !!!!

Well this is what everyone has been waiting for the new Spectrum Noir pens from Crafters Companion. These pens are alcohol based markers that been designed with crafters in mind.

Watch this video from Leann to find out more

Each pen is double-ended, with a broad chisel nib for large area fills and a fine bullet tip for detailed work. These pens come at the fabulous price of just £6.99 for six pens,  they come in colour themed sets so you won't struggle to work out which pens of the same colour will blend nicely. Each of the six pen sets come with three cool tones and three warm tones, so you'll always be able to find the colours you need!

There are 168 colours available in total, providing a true 'spectrum'. The ink is fast drying too, so you'll not smudge your work when blending!

These pens were the talk of the Doncaster show at the weekend and as from tomorrow they will be available to purchase from Crafters Companion. So keep your eye out on their web site as over the coming days as they will be showing you some step by step colouring tutorials and samples of how to use these gorgeous pens.

Hangbag card - This one's for Wendy

Today my post is for my blogger friend Wendy,  (check out her blog Purple Crazy ), who was the lovely lady who helped me when I was setting up my blog. She asked me yesterday for some instructions for the stepper card I made and I must be honest when I wrote them down, I got myself in abit of a pickle, so that one is for a later date. So, instead Wendy I hope that you like this one as much. I made this handbag card yesterday, well more of a gift really, whilst playing with a piece of 12 x 12 core'dinations cardstock which of course I bought from Crafters Companion. So as this is not too complicated for me to write the instruction I thought that I would share it with you. This is such an easy card to make but, I must admit the decorating of the card took the most time, but the good thing about that is, that you can decide on how much or little you would like to decorate it, I got abit carried away and did both sides.

To make this I used:

Popcorn Pals CD's one and two from Crafters Companion
Spellbinders dies
Flowers and brads from my stash
Martha Stewart punch for the hearts
4 Joy crafts die for the flowers.
Boxer board and Ultimate Pro from Crafters Companion for your scoring
Plenty of Glue
Piece if Core'dinations 12 x 12 cardstock
Small Velcro fastener

You will need to score your piece of 12 x 12  Core'dinations cardstock every 4" both ways this will give you a set of 9 squares, I have used my Ultimate Pro and Boxer Board for this. The four corner squares need to be scored diagonally across the square from the outer corner to the inner corner. On the two outside middle panels mark the centre point and score to the inner corners of the square. I have taken some photos to show you how I have scored the card which hopefully will make the instruction make more sense. All your score lines need to be folded and scored well with your bone folder and every fold needs to be a valley fold. For the handles I have used a strip of 1" card and secured with a brad and glue and the fastening strap is 0.75" wide again secured with a brad and glue and a Velcro fastener.

I am entering this into the following:

CD Sunday Challenge - Handbags

Make it Monday - Favourite Project

Charizma - All About Flowers

Craft Your Passion - Just for You

KB Challenge - Something Cute

Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Summertime

Thanks for stopping by.

Pam xx

Stepper Card with a Difference

Well I hope that you all managed to get you Popcorn Pals from Crafters Companion yesterday, believe me they are definately worth the wait. Today I thought that I would share with you another card I made using the Popcorn Pals, I was making a normal stepper card when I sudden had a brain storm, and believe me I don't get them very often. I was just messing about with the template that I had cut out from some copier paper to see what different styles I could make and then one suddenly came into my head so I hope that you like it.

Popcorn Pals Well todays the day !!!

Well today is the day you have been waiting for, the new launch from Crafters Companion of the Popcorn Pals, double CD and stamp set. Wow this is amazing the images and backing papers are out of this world, and the stamps are so cute, you will not know where to start crafting. Today I am posting a card that I have made using the CD only and a few embellishments from my own stash. Why don't you check out the other DT's blogs for more inspiration and the Crafters Companion Blog, News Views and Inpsiration. Don't forget this will only be available to members so go across to the website to check out the amazing deals.

Thank you for stopping by.

Popcorn Pals Sneak Peak

Well tomorrow is the day that you can get your hands on Popcorn Pals and wow you won't be disappointed I think this is one of the best ranges that Crafters Companion have done. This launch is especially for you guys, the Crafter's Companion members - it's not going to be telly just yet as we wanted to keep it special for you! The range consists of a twinset CD-ROM and four stamp sets. The CD-ROM will normally retail for £29.99 and the stamps for £5.99 each...but in typical Crafter's Companion style, they are offering you a fantastic launch special so keep your eyes on their website !!!!

Anyway here is my posting for today, I used both the stamps and the CD's to make this, I wanted to make it a gift as well as a card. I thought that this would be idea for a childs first birthday, as the blocks hold all the letters of the alphabet and also number 0 to 9. I used both my cricut and ecraft to make this, together with spellbinders

Using up my Scraps

Morning all well another fantastic sunny day here, have been up since about 6 this morning, seems such a waste to be in bed when the sun is shining. Today I thought that I would share with you a card that I made from my scraps of Tim Holtz Core'dinations card from Crafters Companion. I must admit I did get this idea from an old magazine and just altered it to my own design. This is great to use up your odd scraps of card, and I used my Darice embossing folders again from Crafters Companion and sanded then with a sanding block, this makes the embossing just pop of the page.

I am also entering this into the Polka Doodles Challenge 26 - Home Sweet Home

Tim Holtz Core'dinations

Wow I hope that you have been watching the POW on Create and Craft, they are showing the new range of cardstock from Tim Holtz and I have been lucky enough to have been able to play with it, as the lovely Sara from Crafters Companion sent me some cardstock and embossing folders, and boy did I have some fun. This is the first time I have ever done this style of card I must admit I normally do pastel colours and pretty flowers. So I thought that as I had not been posting for a while, today I would show you two items that I have made using the cardstock and Darico Embossing folders both from Crafters Companion

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The Adorables Today's the Day !!!

Well Friday has come at last, no more sleeps left, just loads of shows on Create and Craft 11,2 and 6 today from Crafters Companion and Jayne Nestorenko's Adorables. I must admit that it is always fantastic to work with Jayne's CD's and stamps they work together beautifully and this time the stamps sets are in pairs and they all work together as always perfectly. I thought as I was having problems with my blog at the beginning of the week that I would end it with a card that uses both CD and stamps just so that you can see how great they are together.

The Adorables One More Sleep to go

Well what we have all been waiting for is nearly here. The new Adorables range from Jayne Nestorenko and Crafters Companion will be launched tomorrow on Create and Craft at 11 o'clock, so keep your eyes peeled for some great shows. Today my card features another stamp from the Hide and Seek range and this is such a beautful stamp it could be used for any occasion. I have mounted this onto one of the beaded spellbinders and used some beautiful paper flowers.