CRAFTERS COMPANION & CREATE & CRAFT TV 

It has been a MEGA exciting week for me .... As you may know I was invited to join the Crafters Companion Design Team a few weeks ago and have been making samples like there is no tomorrow.  Leann Chivers has been on Create & Craft tv since Monday showcasing the new range of Christmas Dies and embossing folders designed by Leann for Crafters Companion ...

They are GORGEOUS and wonderful to work with ....   it has been very surreal seeing my some of my work on TV .... here are the things that I made that have been on TV ...

'As seen on Tv'    LOL .... i have been dying to say that lol ...  

Here I used the Die'sire 'Fir Trees' die .... there is SO much you can do with these dies and they are wonderful to work with .  The stamp set is called 'Happy Holidays'  and is by Crafters Companion  and boy are they gorgeous ... they stamp perfectly every time ... they come unmounted in red rubber and are just so fab .... I love them. 

This card was made using the 'Holly' Die'sire colection from Crafters companion and is again fantastic to work with ... I cut out the holly in 3 different shades of green and added stickles to each leaf just to add some sparkle I also used deep red flatback pearls for the berries ... but the die does come with 2 sets of dies especially for the berries in different sizes .

I had loads of fun with this project and it started its life as a cardboard box which my dishwasher tablets come in .... it is so thick and sturdy and great for projects like this ...  I wanted this to have a vintage feel to it ... I again used the 'Holly' die from the Die'sire range (the link is above in the info of the last card) and I also used the "Classical Frames" and as you can see they are gorgeous  ... i added some chain, added pearls and some red jingle bells to the top and it sounds JUST like christmas ... I love it ... oh I also added some lace to the outside edge with I gathered. 

Last but not least I made this 

For this I made the 'half box' using chipboard and printed a 'free' image from the internet of a winter scene .... I then cut out 3 of the larger 'Fir Trees' (link above with the first image) and scored them in half and glued them together to make the 3D tree ... I then used the 'Wrought Iron' Die'sire die for the fence which I glued together to get the length I wanted and added some 'Snow writer' to it ... I also used  the 'Lamp post and Sign' die from the Die'sire range and cut out the lampost 3 times, again scoring them down the centre and gluing them together to get a 3D lamp post. 

I have made some other stuff but I can't show them yet until they have been shown by Crafters Companion first ....

Thank you all so much for stopping by 

Love and hugs Tina xxxx

I am sooooooo bad .... I completely forgot to show my design team make for Eclectic Ellapu this week !!!!!  

The theme was 'Make something for a teacher'    This was great for me as my partner is a teacher ..... and no she is NOT girly at all .... plus there are MANY male teachers out there and other female teachers who are not into girly colours or flowers .... So I made my project with my wonderful partner in mind ....

It is made from 1 of the stackable boxes you can get in most craft stores and I glued the box and the lid (turned upside down) to a piece of chipboard .... decorated it using Kanban 'Industriana' paper range (which I LOVE )   .... next thing to do was cover an empty soup can for pencil and pen storage (using the same paper range throughout )    

I then covered a small notebook and rolled some paper (matching the note book cover) around the pen refil and inserted it back into the pen tube ...  I also made a little cover for some post it notes and decorated it with an owl .... (all teachers are wise just like an owl ..... or so I was lead to believe when I was at school)    I used my Stampin' Up punch 'Owl Builder' and decorated the outside of the post it note pad.   I then repunched out the owl using scraps of designer papers and glued this owl onto an over sized paper clip to be used as a book marker ...

I am really pleased with how it has come out and my partner is really happy with it and will have it on her desk when school starts again in September.

Thank you so so much for stopping by 

Tina xxx

Hello everyone 

It is LEJ's new challenge .... LOVELY LACE ...

I found this digi image in the 'Romantic' section on LEJ's website and thought it was perfect for this challenge 

I decided to do an easel card so the lace could be seen better  then added some more lace to the other places on the card ... the silver plate things are from a belt I found in a charity shop .

I really liked this digi image and it is so perfect to adapt to anyones wedding as you can use the colour of the couples theme ...

Please enter the competition HERE   

Thank you for stopping by 

Tina xxx

Hello everyone 

It is LEJ's new challenge .... LOVELY LACE ...

I found this digi image in the 'Romantic' section on LEJ's website and thought it was perfect for this challenge 

I decided to do an easel card so the lace could be seen better  then added some more lace to the other places on the card ... the silver plate things are from a belt I found in a charity shop .

I really liked this digi image and it is so perfect to adapt to anyones wedding as you can use the colour of the couples theme ...

Please enter the competition HERE   

Thank you for stopping by 

Tina xxx

LEJ DESIGNS

New Challenge over at LEJ designs Challenge blog and the theme this week is CUTE CUTE CUTE 

Thank you to everyone who joined in last weeks challenge xx

Here is my card 

I saw this image on LEJ and knew it was perfect for this challenge .... I coloured her using Promarkers and Copics.  The embossed White background was free with a craft magazine a few years ago.  The punched out corners are from a punch from Stampin' up.   

PLEASE stop by LEJ and enter the challenge, and if you don't want to enter the challenge drop by the website  and have a look at the wonderful Digi images drawn by the lovely Lindsay 

Thanks as ALWAYS for taking the time to visit my blog 

Tina xxxx

Eclectic Ellapu New Challenge ...

Hey everyone .... Eclectic Ellapu have another great challenge for you all to take part in ..... THEME ... the colour purple ... butterflies being the main focus .... I had fun doing this one so here it is 

I decided I wanted something hanging and pretty.... I added the lace around the outside to give it a softer edge

I stamped the background with a script stamp then sprayed some dylusions ink from up high.

The fan charm was off a necklace I found at a car boot sale ... I love that charm : ) 

SO PLEASE PLEASE  stop by Eclectic Ellapu  and join in the fun xxx

OTHER NEWS .......  

I am so so excited to tell you that I was approached by a lady who works for Crafters Companion who had found my blog and loved the work I have done and she asked me to join her design team for a range called  Die'sire .... of course I jumped at the offer and am now apart of the design team ... I am just waiting for my package of goodies to arrive so I can get started .... I have had a good look at the website and can't wait to get my hands of some of their gorgeous range ....

Thanks for stopping by 

Tina xxxx

LEJ DESIGNS

Hey again ..... LEJ designs new challenge went live yesterday ..... I am a bit excited about this one ..... Well mega excited to be honest .... The theme ..... CHRISTMAS IN JULY !!!!!!  I love love love CHRISTMAS .....

Here is what I made

I have to admit .... I am very pleased with it .... It is made from a cereal box , the base and mantel shelf are foam board and the detail on the fire surround is 3 coffee stir sticks glued together.. there is one each side of the fire open bit and 3 above the opening ...

The clock is an LEJ designs digi images which I printed 4 times and decopaged so it would be free standing (it has a small piece of card behind it to prop it up .... the stockings and the gingerbread man are also LEJ digi images (brand new designs ... how super cute are they !!)  

The candle sticks are made from 2 small wood circles 2 round beads and a tube shaped bead ... I used a glue stick cut into small bits for the candle its self and stuck a small piece of wire in the top for the wick which i dipped into black paint to make it look like it had been burnt .... then painted the whole things black ...

I also decopaged the stockings 

I hung 3 large beads onto invisible thread from the mantel.

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the snowman and the parcel are also LEJ digi images which I resized, cut out and coloured onto card .... (the box is also a new design ) 

the fire in the grate is made from the top of a washing powder box, I glued some diamond shaped beads to the bottom to give it fancy feet and painted it all black .... I got the twigs from out of our street where we have a grass verge and some HUGE trees ....( I got some VERY strange looks form the neighbours when I was collecting the sticks lol ) 

I also glued a small stack of logs (twigs) on the other side of the hearth just to finish it off ...

Thank you once again for taking the time to stop by ... Please leave a comment if you can as I would love to know what you think : ) 

DON'T forget to join in the challenge 

Tina xxx

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