Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice! (like new embossing folders and quilling flower dies on the 4 Day Deal!)

Good Evening Everyone,

I've been a bit quiet blogging over the past couple of weeks, been a busy time wedding and honeymoon planning. I have not forgotten about the k card instructions and promise I will get to them very soon.

In the meantime the new Crafters Companion sugar and spice embossing folders are on Create and Craft tomorrow as the 4 Day Deal so thought I would share my DT projects with you. There are also some new quilling flower dies too which I will be trying to get my hands on, can't wait to see them!

6x6 Easel Flutterby Butterfly 8x8 embossing folder

8x8 Tent fold Flutterby Butterfly Embossing Folder

 

Trifold 6x6 Card using Flutterby Butterfly Embossing folder

 

Large Square Gift Box using Floral Trellis Embossing Folder

 

DL Trifold Wedding Invitation using Floral Trellis and Flutterby Butterfly Embossing Folders

 

Landscape DL Card using Floral Trellis Embossing Folder.

 

The folders are a dream to work with, I hope you like them as much as I do and I just know you'll have loads of fun making things. They work beautifully with the quilling flowers or any other flowers you have in your crafty stash.

 

Bye for now

Becky x

Competition Winner!!

Just a quick post today to announce the winner of my blog competition. Congratulations to Maria Alder a bebunni stamp will be winging its way to you very soon. ( Please could you email me your address so I can get it sent out, the craftyskylark@hotmail.co.uk, thank you!)

I'll be back in the next few days with instructions for my k card.

Take care
Becky

Crafters Companion Birthday Giveaway!!

Morning Everyone,

Its been a busy birthday week at Crafters Companion with lots of giveaways and fab new products. Below are some of my samples from the new create a card shows but before we get to that I have a little giveaway for you too, Exciting!!

Anyone who comments on this blog post before midnight Wednesday 29th October (UK time) will be in with a chance of winning a Bebunni Celebration Stamp Set. (Open to all over 18 residents of UK, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Gibralta, Greece, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.)

Now for the samples, I used the Birthday Star and Cupcake (Birthday Cake) Create a Card Dies. As always they're a dream to work with and open up so many ideas. If anyone wants instructions for the K Card that Sara showed on create and craft let me know.

Birthday Cake Twisted Easel Card

Birthday Cake Trifold Square Card

Birthday Cake 8x8 Fold out Card (see below)

Birthday Star Football Theme Card - idea to colour theme to whichever team is appropriate

Birthday Star Easel Card

K Card - 8x8 swing card (inside above, front below)

 

Hope you like all the samples and look forwards to hearing all your comments for the giveaway!!

 

Take Care

Becky xx

 

3 New Create a Card Dies on Create and Craft TODAY at 12pm!!

Morning everyone,

Just in time for the 12pm show, thought I'd share one of each of my samples for the launch of the new Create a Card dies from Crafters Companion.

They are all gorgeous, and so easy to use, you definitely NEEEEEED them!!

Over the Rooftops (7x7 Tent Card)

Christmas Village (Acetate Stepper Card)

 

Christmas Wreath (7x7 cut out card)

 

Right, time for the show, ENJOY!!!

 

Becky x

Ring Out Those Bells!

Hi Everyone,

Last of my Crafters Companion Create a Card samples today, Ring out those Bells. This die is stunning and I love the embossing. I made two easel cards and a shaped card with this die and I love them all.

The first card is quite contemporary with blues and turquoises. I coloured centura pearl with peacock feather distress ink and Paris dusk memento ink and then assembled into a 6x6 twisted easel card.

 

The next card is really simple, but one of my favourites. I used a shaped card and positioned the die carefully so that most of it was cutting. I inked through the die to highlight the beautiful embossing. The inside of the card is lined with backing paper and the Oval from the centre of the die sits behind the opening. The sentiment is die cut with scalloped tags dies and comes from the Vintage Christmas sentimentals.

 The final sample for this die is another easel, but a standard easel this time. Centura Pearl left plain this time with the embossed highlights brought out in Northern Pine Memento Ink. The background of the easel is embossed with the embossalicious 8x8 vintage holly embossing folder. I then used the oval cut out and sentiment from the vintage Christmas sentimentals as a stopper for the easel.

Hope you like them, Classique Christmas samples next week!!

Becky x

O Holy Night

Good Evening Everyone,

 

Hope you're all having a fantastic week. I've got some more Christmas Create a Card Die Samples to share with you today. I love working with these dies, so quick and easy and yet you can achieve amazing results!! 

 

From Crafters Companion, O Holy Night Create a Card Die is one of my favourites, it is such a striking image and makes making cards so easy. I have used Kraft Card here and some Core'dinations for the frame and background. The inside of the card is embossed with the Embossalicious Vintage Music A4 Embossing Folder and lightly sanded. I have inked through the die before removing the card with Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink. The sentiment comes from the vintage Christmas Sentimentals.   

 

This card uses the same die but using Centura Pearl and making a domed front by leaving 2cm of card on either side of the cut out image. I then cut a piece of card the same height as the image but 2 cm shorter in width so it creates the dome. I added acetate sprayed with gold spray and sparkle to the back of the die cut and then assembled the dome using Collall Tacky Glue. This is then mounted onto a 6x6 Card Blank. The sentiment again comes from the Vintage Christmas Sentimentals.

 

I hope you like them, more to come next week!

 

Becky x

Time to get Organised!

Hi Folks.

Right, time to get myself organised. My new academic year resolution is to blog every week and I'm in the process of writing blog posts for the next few weeks to get ahead! The last couple of months have been soooo busy with Christmas design team makes, Vintage Christmas, Create a Card Dies, and Classique Christmas Dies from Crafters Companion.

Today I'm sharing some of my Create a Card Christmas Samples. I love working with these dies. It's so easy to make quick and simple cards that look fantastic but you can really take your projects to the next level too.

This card is a simple 8x8 card with dark pink coredinations card embossed with the softly falling A4 embossing folder from the Vintage Christmas Embossalicious range, some Christmas 6x6 backing paper and the die itself cut and embossed in Centura Pearl hint of silver with some pink memeto ink picking out the detail.

Using the same die but a completely different colourway this card is more 3D with the sentiment arched across the centre of the aperture. It is a 6x6 card blank with the front die cut as well as the cardstock so you can see through to the inside of the card. The inside is covered with co-ordinating backing paper and matted on the same colour as the front.

 This card is my favourite of all the samples I made. It uses the same die but takes it to the next level. The front is relatively simple, a 6x6 card blank matted and layered with a pale blue and a contemporary backing paper with the die cut out and attached to the front with 3D glue gel. Before removing the card from the die I dabbed the surface with embossing ink and then once the die was removed covered with silver embossing powder and heat embossed. I also added some glitter glue for extra sparkle.

On the inside I cut a strip of card 12 x 6 inches and scored at 3, 6 and 9 inches. I then lined up the die in the centre section and cut and embossed. The outside panels were then embossed with the softly falling embossing folder. I lined the inside of the card with a matching piece of backing paper, again 6x6, scoring down the middle first. I then folded the embossed and die cut piece as shown above and attached either end to the edges of the card with tacky glue.

Hope you like them, more to come in the next few days.....

Becky x

Vintage Florals Take 1!

Evening Everyone!

Bit later than planned but here are some of my Vintage Floral Samples using the gorgeous embossing folders, paper pad, CD and stamps from Crafters Companion.

Loved making these samples, the papers and embellishments on the CD do all the work for you and the embossing folders as always are to die for!!

Back soon with more
Becky x

Vintage Florals and beyond....

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all enjoyed the launch of the vintage florals, I've got lots of cards to share over the next few days that I made for the launch. Was so exciting to see them on TV.

Since then lots of wedding planning has been going on and not so much crafting but I made a 30th Birthday card yesterday and was very pleased with the outcome so thought I'd share it as my blog post today.

I used Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh stamps which I got for my birthday and coloured the image with brilliant Spectrum Noir Pencils from Crafters Companion - seriously, if you don't have them yet you NEED them! I then embossed the main card with the rose swirl A4 embossalicious embossing folder from the vintage florals launch and added matting and layering with patterned papers and centura pearl. A bit of glitter and a few pearls finished it off.

Hope you like it, I'll be back in the week with more vintage florals samples from the launch

Bye!!

Sneak Peek!!

Afternoon Everyone, hope you're all managing to keep out of the stormy weather, hasn't reached us here in the Midlands yet.

I've got a sneak peek of one of my samples for the latest Crafters Companion launch which is beautiful! A whole array of embossing folders in 6x6, 8x8 and A4, some beautiful stamps and paper pad and a CD Rom that works in conjunction with everything else - Amazing.

This 8x8 Easel card uses the 6x6 Vintage Decor and the 8x8 floral wonder embossing folders, as well as backing papers, ribbons, postcards, and sentiments from the fantastic CD. I also used Kraft card, Centura Pearl hint of Gold, distress inks, gilding wax and the die'sire small rose quilling die and leaf 2 die. On the CD there are now papers which match your embossing folders perfectly so you can emboss the patterned papers with the exact same pattern!! Just remember to print on ACTUAL FIT/SIZE. Very clever!

This collection is soooo lovely, I can't wait for the launch on Ideal World on Tuesday 27th May, make sure you tune in!!

Bye for now
Becky

Makey Bakey Mice and AMAZING Spectrum Noir Pencils!!

Hi Everyone,

First of all apologies it's been a while since I last blogged, it's been a crazy few weeks! What with getting engaged (SOOOOO EXCITED!!), design team stuff, numerous birthdays and more, suddenly it's the middle of May and I need to get back to blogging.

This weeks project is a cute wedding card using the Makey Bakey mice stamp and coloured with Spectrum Noir Pencils - LOVE THEM! If you havn't got some already you really must give them a try they are fab. Check out the Crafters Companion website to get yours.

Here I have used the embossing folder which comes with the amazing Ebosser for an elegant backdrop and used purple as my accent colour. The pencils are a dream to colour with and the groups of three within the bigger sets make blending super easy.

Hope you all like it,
Becky

Hanging Owl

Evening Everyone,

Well, it's been a busy last week of term but I had to find time to make up this gorgeous owl I bought at the NEC from Anna Marie Designs. I used My Minds Eye papers and of course had to add some flowers made using the Crafters Companion Die'sire dies, Dahlia and Small Rose.

I used the Collall Tacky Glue to adhere all my papers to the mdf shapes and to stick the mdf shapes on top of each other and they have all stuck beautifully, amazing glue!! I inked the edges of all the pieces with Tim Holtz brushed corduroy to cover the white edges of the paper.

I made the flowers using the die'sire dies and matching papers from the My Minds Eye paper pad and inked the edges once the flowers were assembled. I stuck them to the branch with Collall 3D glue gel.
A piece of brown organza ribbon knotted at the back finishes the hanging and now I just have to find somewhere to keep him!

Hope you like him
xx

Flower Gift Box

Hi Everyone,

Here is my project for this week using Crafters Companion die'sire quilling dies.

The box started out as a simple kraft papier mache box which I coloured green with peacock feathers Tim Holtz distress ink (it's come out a bit darker on the kraft card so more green than teal)

I added a contrasting patterned paper to the lid which I embossed with Embossalicious 6x6 petite dots embossing folder and then made paper flowers using coredinations card, the dahlia die'sire quilling die and leaf 2 die.

Hope you like it!

Rachelle Anne Miller CD Rom by crafters companion

I love this new CD by crafters companion, loads of cute animals and characters but not too cutesy so great for grown ups too.

I've used the embossalicious Grande dots and Sheena petite floral embossing folders as well as the die sire lace border 4 and of course some ribbon and pearly bits.

I printed the images and backing papers onto pearlescent paper which came out really well. Unfortunately my printer won't take centura pearl card but if yours will it will look fabulous with the lovely sheen that only centura pearl has.

Die'sire Design Team for Crafters Companion First Projects

Hi Everyone,

So I still can't believe I made it onto the Die'sire design Team for Crafters Companion. Still very excited and received my first parcel of goodies this week. Here are my first two projects!

Project 1 - Circle Easel Card

I used Coredinations and Centura Pearl cardstock embossed with the beautiful new embossalicious rose vine 8x8 embossing folder and made the flowers using the large and small sunflower quilling dies. The scalloped tag dies made the sentiment space on the bottom and stamped with the sentimentals nature stamps.

Project 2 - Black and Pink 8x8 acetate card

 

 

 

This time I embossed the background cardstock and acetate overlay with the Art Deco Frame embossalicious embossing folder and a separate piece with the Spring Morning 6x6 folder. I then used gilding wax on the scene to bring out the image and matted onto contrasting pink coredinations cardstock. The flowers are made using the Dahlia Quilling die and the swirls from the stamen die. I also used Chantilly Lace stamping frame for the sentiment and the Sentimentals Ornate Stamps.

Hope you like them!
Becky x