Kraftyhands June Challenge - Floral Fancy

So here we are, the 7th June!  So time for a new Kraftyhands Challenge!  This month its Floral Fancy, and I decided to use the gorgeous new Retro Roses papers as I just love them, and this idea seemed a perfect time to share them with you!

I took a piece of card and drew a curve shape to make the grand piano design (ok so it took a few goes to get the shape I liked), and I now have that as a template to draw round to make a card.  I also scanned the shape on my Brother SnC and reduced the size to give me the patterned paper layer which I inked around. I also inked around the flowers, sentiment and keys.

I am adding this card to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Retro Roses 12" x 12" papers, Kew Floral CD (sentiment)
Copics - G94, G99 (to colour the calyx on the roses)
Die-namics - leaf filled flourish 
Brittania Dies - large and medium multiflower rose dies
Ranger - brushed corduroy distress Ink
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut out the backing paper and the piano keys
Core'Dinations - pink card
Craftwork Cards - 8" x 8" white card blank, white card
Waco - cream pearl maker pen 

Pennys Paper-Crafty Challenge #166 - Guys and Girls

Hi folks, its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and the theme this week is Guys and Girls.  I had this fab image from Sassy Studio Designs to play with as I was on the "Girls" side!

I had to take this photo indoors with the lights on, which makes the lovely plum colour card I used look black - but it is plum! Promise!  I also had a little experiment using the "into the box" die cutting technique - bit tricky cutting round the face and arm of the bride, but I think it worked quite well!

This week there are two prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in: 
Sassy Studio Designs - prize TBC
Dr Digi's House of Stamps - prize TBC

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #180

Materials Used:
Sassy Studio Designs - Garter Sassy digi
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, E50, E51, E53, E57, R83, R85, C2, RV52, RV69, YG61, YG63, YG67
Spellbinders -  labels 28
Core'Dinations - plum coloured card
Waco - cream pearl maker pen

Vintage Purple Pearls

Well today is the day!  You can tune into Create and Craft at 1pm and 6pm today and see the launch of the new Vintage Treasures CD from Kraftyhands!

This is the last of my samples for the CD, so I hope you like the card and matching bag I have to share with you today.  Its all purple and pretty and yes I have used the pearl maker pen :-)  You wouldn't believe how much I have used these pens recently! :-)

Anyway, I hope you have chance to watch Mike and Ian demonstrate the CD, and hopefully they will get to show lots of samples that the Kraftyhands Design Team have made.  You can also see some in the Kraftyhands Gallery along with samples from other CDs for inspiration.

I am adding this to the following:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #128
Sentimental Sundays - #142 Lace and Pearls

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Treasures CD
Spellbinders - Labels Two
Crafters Companion - Centura Pearl snow white card
Waco - cream pearl maker pen

Vintage Blue Frame

Evening! Here is another card I made using the new Vintage Treasures CD from Kraftyhands - I do hope you are enjoying taking a look at these cards, and yes the Waco Pearl Maker pen is back!  For this one I cut a circle out of one of the card topper sheets and stuck it on with dimensional glue to become a frame for the image underneath.

I am adding this to:

Make It Monday - Linky Party #127

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Treasures CD
Spellbinders - Classic Circles

Waco - cream Waco Pearl Maker Pen

Crafters Companion - Centura Pearl snow white card

Vintage Blue Panels

Morning!   Here is a card I made using the new Vintage Treasures CD from Kraftyhands, and only 3 pearls made using the Waco Pearl Maker pen this time!  For this one I blew up and printed out an embellisment 3 times to be the main focal point of the card, and you can see there is no loss of clarity in the images even when you print them out much larger than the original, so you really can make the most of the CD and use it however you want to!   

Its just over a week until Mike and Ian show you the CD on Create and Craft TV, so tune in on Tuesday 19th February at 1pm and 6pm to take a look.

 

And if you like the Kraftyhands products pop over to the challenge blog and take part in this month's challenge "Spring Colours" and you could be in with a chance of winning a £20 voucher to spend in the Kraftyhands Online Shop.

 

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Treasures CD
Spellbinders - Asian Accents

Crafters Companion - Centura Pearl snow white card
Waco - cream pearl maker pen

Vintage Pink and Pearls

 

Evening!   Here is another card I made using the new Vintage Treasures CD from Kraftyhands.   As you can see from this card and the one I posted on Tuesday I rather like using the Waco Pearl Maker pen with these designs!  Though I do have a couple of cards that I didn't use the pearl pen on, and I promise to share those with you over the next couple of weeks.

 

And don't forget the CD debuts on Create and Craft TV on Tuesday 19th February at 1pm and 6pm, so make sure you tune in to see all the yummy samples!

 

I am adding this card to the following:

Make It Monday - Linky Party #126

 
Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Treasures CD

Spellbinders - Classic Circles

Crafters Companion - Centura Pearl snow white card
Waco - cream pearl maker pen

Kraftyhands Vintage Treasures

Hi Everyone!   Today I'm very excited to be able to show you a card I have made using the new Vintage Treasures CD from Kraftyhands which debuts on Create and Craft TV on Tuesday 19th February at 1pm and 6pm.   I fell in love with the images and papers on this CD, so I have plenty of cards to share with you before you get to see the CD on air! 

The CD is full of beautiful toppers, backing papers and embellishments, so make sure you tune in on the 19th to see Mike and Ian show you round the CD and some fabulous samples from the Kraftyhands Design Team.

I am adding this card to the following:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #126
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft Challenge - #214 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Treasures CD
Martha Stewart - border punch
Crafters Companion - Centura Pearl snow white card
Waco - cream pearl maker pen

Kraftyhands January Challenge - New Beginnings

Its the start of a new month and a new year, so its time for a new challenge over at Kraftyhands.

This month the theme is NEW BEGINNINGS - so a card suitable for a new baby, new job, wedding, a new chapter in life like retirement... So come on over to http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk and show us your interpretation of the theme.

Anyone can enter the monthly challenges, the only criteria is that you must be a follower of the challenge blog. You can use any products you like, but to be the monthly winner of the £20 Kraftyhands voucher, you must use at least one Kraftyhands or Crafter's Companion product in the creation of your challenge project.

Each month there will be 3 winners, the No1 winner will receive a £20 voucher to spend on the Kraftyhands webshop and the No1 winner's "blinkie", the other two winners will get a winner's "blinkie" for their blogs! So pop on over and join in the fun!

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #121
Sugar Creek Hollow - Celebrate Something New

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Stampography Stork rubber stamp
Ranger - Faded jeans distress ink
Memory Box - elegant scrollwork die
Spellbinder - classic circles
Anna Griffin - backing paper
Waco - cream pearl maker pen

Something New at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge

Wednesday again - can you believe its almost Christmas and almost 2013!!!  But before then there are a couple of challenges left for 2012 over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and this week the theme is "Something New". I chose this cute Mum and baby dragon digi to make a new baby girl card - and as you can see I really went for it with the pink!
 
This week there are 3 prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:

Stamping Dragon Designs - 5 digi images

Dudetime Doodles - 3 digi images

Crafty Sentiments - 3 digi images

I am adding this card to

Make It Monday - Linky Party #119

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes #48

Materials Used:
Stamping Dragon Designs - Rock A Bye Jiggy digi stamp
Lili Of The Valley - sentiment stamp
Copics - RV21, RV23, BG000, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-7
Waco - Pearl maker pen in crystal
Spellbinders - Classic Circles, Lacy Circles
Craftwork Cards - white card blank

Kraftyhands Live!

Kraftyhands are on Create and Craft at 9am and 11am today! You'll get to see lots of really pretty cards and projects by the Design Team as well as purchase the set of CDs to add to your crafty stash.

I particularly love all the backing papers on the second disc - lots of pretty roses and tiny posey prints, all in yummy pastel shades of pink, blue, lilac, green and yellow.  I can see myself using these papers for many cards, and not just with the toppers, decoupage and other elements on the CDs.

Tune in if you have chance - I'll be at work so will see if I can take a sneaky peak via the internet, but am recording the shows ready to watch this evening :-)

Here are a couple more of the samples I made for the show using those pretty papers.

I am adding this to the Make It Monday - Linky Party #113

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Chic Boutique CD set (toppers and backing papers)
Hunkydory - shaped card blank
Spellbinder - square bracket edge box, classic circles
Letraset - black fine line drawing pen
Waco - Pearl Maker pen
Hougie Board - to score the card to make the rosette for the box

Red, White and Blue Cupcakes

There are lots of red, white and blue challenges in blogland at the moment, and although I was tempted to do another Union Jack themed card, I decided to do something different to make a change.  A new Debbi Moore CD "Tea and Cakes" arrived in the post which has lots of very pretty cake images in a range of colours including red and blue - perfect!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #190 Red, White and Blue
Cupcake Craft Challenges - 196 Red, White and Blue
The Poodles Parlour - Red, White and Blue
Sarah Hurley Challenges - 68 Red, White and blue

Materials Used:
Debbi Moore - Tea and Cakes CD (cupcakes and background papers)
Craftwork Cards - A5 card blank, Birthday sentiment
Waco - Pearl Maker pen in cream
Blue mirror card from stash