Rock My World- Crafting at the Weekend Challenge 5

Good morning crafters and followers.  New challenge time over at Crafting at the Weekend.  Challenge 5 begins today and as usual it is a monthly challenge and 'Anything Goes'. 

 

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Digi stamp-Rock My World

Copics = B93 | B95 | B97 | E00 | E11 | E21 | C1 | C3 | C5 | RV69 | Y000 | Y04 | Y06 | Y08

                Black

Spectrum noir blending pencils.

white 7x7 base card

blue co'ordinations

white card

black card

black buttons

black gems

1.  I began with a 7x7 white base card followed by a matt of black card.
2. I then placed a piece of white card on the right and embossed a piece of blue co'ordinations card with a music embossing folder which I then sanded down, wiped and placed on my card.
3. I always print my stamp out a couple of days before and I have started using XPressIt copic card which is wonderful and doesn't bleed at all.  I used the copics listed above and also played with a couple of spectrum blending pencils on the boot, cap and guitar.
4. I matted my image onto some black card, placed that onto my card.
5. I finished off with some buttons and twine as embellishments followed by some black gems.

 

 When you have finished making your creation this weekend, please pop over to Crafting at the Weekend challenge and take part, with some lovely prizes it is not to be missed. Just follow the link here.

Hope you enjoy my use of this digi and I look forward to seeing your projects over at the challenge.

You take care and see you all soon.

An Elephant Never Forgets - Crafting From the Heart Challenge 33

 

 

 Good morning crafters and loyal followers.  Hope you are all enjoying your bank holiday monday.  I shall be busy crafting today - heaven.  Think I may have to do a couple of christmas cards to add to my little pile of 'two'.

 

Today is also the beginning of a new challenge at Crafting from the Heart.  The challenge is 'anything goes' and our sponsors are: -

 

 

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C5 blank white card

Grey card and white card

Robyns Fetish-An Elephant Never Forgets digi stamp

Copics - C1 | C3 | C5 | W1 | R20

Bundled sage distress ink

Spectrum Noir pencils

spellbinders die

 

1.  I began with a C5 plain white card and I placed a mat of grey pearlescent card on.
2. I then took a piece of backing paper which was from one of the Tattered Lace magazines. I distressed around the edges with scissors and bundled sage distress ink.
3. another piece of backing paper from my bit box which I also distressed around the edges with bundled sage followed by a piece of white card, run through am embossing folder and distressed with bundled sage again.
4. my image was coloured in using the above listed copics and some shadowing with specrum noir blending pencils, die cut using a spellbinders die and distressed whilst still in the die.
5. I cut a faux mat using the die and a piece of grey pearlscent card.
6. I then typed my sentiment in word, printed it out and die cut using a star die which was free from a new diecutting magazine. I also distressed this a little.
7. I then finished off with some card candi.

 

 

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If you want to see more ideas do pop over to the blog at Crafting from the Heart to see what the rest of our design team have created and don't forget to join in the fun and enter your own creation.

Can I also say that we have a Facebook page, where there is other ' just for fun' challenges, so if you are not already a member of the group, I urge you to pop over and join us.

The winners and Top 3 from the last challenge can be found here.

Thank you for stopping by. See you again I hope and do take care.

 

I have entered this card into the following challenge: -

The Crazy Challenge - Cute Little Animals

613Avenue Create - Challenge 86

 

 

 

 

Lacey Summer Cardigan

 

 Good evening folks, you know I have been knitting for most of my life.  My mom taught me and I started with knitting for my dolls.  Since then I have had spates of doing loads and doing none at all.  Probably like most folk but I have never thought about putting any of my makes on my blog.

 

I suppose I take my knitting for granted a little.

 

So, my first knitting post is a cardigan I recently finished for myself.  I will say now that I only knit for me, hubby and me mom then if I am in a 'off knitting spate' I don't feel so guilty if they have to wait a couple of years - hee hee.

 

The pattern for this is from Stylecraft 8417.  I have knitted it in DK sirdar cotton but I am not sure which yarn. 

 

Please accept my apologies for the photograph, but it is my first one of showcasing a knitting project and it is something I clearly need to work on.  This was taken in my craft room after an afternoon of crafting hence all the bits on the floor.

 

I got back into knitting about 5 years ago knitting scarves, got bored with them and moved onto jumpers and cardigans for us.   I will admit my poor hubby had to wait 18 months for one jumper but then I did have a shoulder op mid knit.  He got it eventually.  Ofcourse now I knit nearly every evening.  At present I am doing a cardigan for my mom in navy blue sirdar wash n wear yarn  - lovely yarn to work with.  Mind you it has been going for some years now.  I will post that one when it is finished.  Back and fronts done, three quarters of 1st sleeve.

 

Thanks for stopping by and checking my first knit post out.  Take care and see you all soon.

 

 

 

 

First Scan & Cut Project

 

Hi everyone, how are you all today?  Gosh it is 'chucking' it down here, thunder and lightening.  Before that we had some sun - only in England right?

 

Well have I been playing today.  I have been watching this Brother Scan & Cut since launch, and trying my best to talk myself out of wanting one and failing big time.

 

Well I finally went and did it, I bought one, it arrived and I have played.  So far it is everything they said it was.  I figure I have saved myself £90 so far because I was looking to buy 3 spellbinders grande dies and I don't have to now because the shapes are already on the machine.

 

I have also found SVG files and Mel Heaton is right, taking them into the Canvas programme to convert them and putting them onto a USB is sooooooooooo easy.  Plus there are some fantastic designs around.  The rose one I have used was free form Birds Cards.

 

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8x8 white base card

blue card

white card

tattered lace flower dies

tonic dies

SVG file from BirdsCards

embellishment made with my melt pot

1. I downloaded my SVG cutting file, took it into Brother Canvas programme and converted it to the FCM file and put it on my USB which I then used to cut out my rose background.
2. I then cut a frame on my BSC using blue card, attached my rose background to the rear and then placed that onto my card.
3. My topped is a tonic die
4. My flower is tattered lace and the red embellishment I made in my melt pot.

I am still in the early learning stages for my BSC but so far, I don't regret buying it and I know I will use it more than I used my cricut. 

 

I have also done some direct  cutting on some digi stamps - cutting them out ready to colour.  I just need to figure out how to put a seam on it so that will be my next lesson.

 

Hope you like my first project using my BSC- which I really have to name, but one will come to me eventually.

 

You take care and I will see you all soon.

 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Lazy Dayz - Crafting from the Heart - Challenge 31

Good morning crafters. Not sure what the weather is doing this morning as I scheduled this post however I can say I had a brilliant time at the Great British Craft Fayre @ Stoneleigh on Saturday.

Brilliant day with my mate Wendy, coffee, lunch, gossip and mega retail craft therapy.  Roll on tomorrow, my day off, when I can play with my goodies.

Today starts a brand new challenge over at Crafting from the Heart.  Challenge 31 is 'anything goes'. 

 

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 My sample was from DeeDee Designs and came with digi stamps, coloured toppers and backing papers.

 

These kind of packs are very versatile.  I love using my Serif CrafArtist and so this was a brilliant pack for that.  My sample has been designed soley in Serif CraftArtist.  I took the required elements into my programme, made my own backing papers, ribbons and materials using the elements from Lazy Dayz.  The buttons I added from a digikit.  One of the mats was a shape coloured from the striped backing paper and then I added an element from the styles section.

 

Hope you like my take on using this beautiful digi kit.

 

Why not pop over to our sponsors website and check out their digi stamps. Just follow the link above.

If you want to see more ideas do pop over to the blog at Crafting from the Heart to see what the rest of our design team have created and don't forget to join in the fun and enter your own creation.

Can I also say that we have a Facebook page, where there is other ' just for fun' challenges, so if you are not already a member of the group, I urge you to pop over and join us.

The winners and Top 3 from the last challenge can be found here.

Thank you for stopping by. See you again I hope and do take care.

 



Wedding Couple - Crafting from the Heart - Challenge 30.

 

 Good morning all.  Monday morning and the start of a brand new challenge over at Crafting from the Heart.  As usual it is 'anything goes' and  

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Bride and Groom digi stamp - Aurora Wing

Copics - E000 | E00 | E11 | E42 | E43 | R38 | W1 | W5 | W7 | YG61 | C3 | C5 | C7 | Black

Tattered lace embossing folder

white base card

pink card

centura pearl card

pink ribbon

sentiment stamp

spellbinders die

xcut heart die

distress ink - spun sugar

 

1. I printed my image out onto Copic X-PressIt card in draft quality.  I left it overnight and then coloured it in with the above listed copic markers.  This card is amazing and no bleeding.
2. I then began with a C5 white base card, followed by a mat of pink card followed by a smaller mat of pearlescent card which I ran through the embossing folder.
3. I die cut the heart out of pearlescent card and inked around the edges with distress ink - spun sugar and placed that onto my card with pinflair so it stood proud.  You could also use sticky buds.
4. I cut my image our leaving a small border around the edge, shaped it and placed that onto my card.
5. Some pink ribbon around the bottom and a bow made using that super new bow maker from tattered lace - soooooooooooo easy.
6. Finally finished off with a sentiment.

Hope you like my take using this wonderful wedding digi stamp. 

 

Why not pop over to our sponsors website and check out their digi stamps. Just follow the link above.

If you want to see more ideas do pop over to the blog at Crafting from the Heart to see what the rest of our design team have created and don't forget to join in the fun and enter your own creation.

Can I also say that we have a Facebook page, where there is other ' just for fun' challenges, so if you are not already a member of the group, I urge you to pop over and join us.

 

The winners and Top 3 from the last challenge can be found here.

 

Thank you for stopping by. See you again I hope and do take care.