Adorables CD

As well as the stamps we've been showing you this week, there's also the Adorables CD.  So you've seen some of the backing papers but this whole project is made with elements from the CD.  This is this first time a Jayne Nestorenko CD has had the same images on it as the stamps, so non-stampers you can still play.  I made a little box with a drawer in it and then made an easel card decorated with decoupage in a beautiful frame to pop on top.  I filled the drawer with thank you notes and matching envelopes, great for those thank you letters after Christmas.

For a step-by-step tutorial on how to make the box with the drawer on it, pop over to the Crafter's Companion website.  It's in the membership section but it's free to sign up and there's loads of free downloads and tutorials over there, so well worth a visit.

The punch is Martha Stewart.

If any of you make this box drawer let me know and I'll pop over to you blog to see what you've done with it.

As it's the weekend I've been doing quite a bit of crafting, some of which I can share with you and some that I can't just yet.  So here's the cards I can share.  This one was inspired by challenges at:

Clean & Simple - sketch 107

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - just a note

This one was inspired by challenges at:

Stamp with fun - wedding

Moxie Fab - offset scallop gallop

This last one was inspired b challenges at:

ICS - sketch #82

Stamp Something - spots and stripes

Ooh la la - stripes

The supplies used for this set of cards include:

DCWV Linen Closet patterned paper

Waltzing Mouse Vintage lables 10 stamps

PTI Giga guidelines stamps

Half just the edge cardstock strips - I'm loving these for when you don't have an edge punch with you.  You get 20 6" borders cut out of gorgeous Bazzill.  I've got the white ones and the brown ones.

I love having a day when I just get to craft and chill out - bliss.

xxx

Adorables Sneek Peak - Day 6

I know some of you will have seen the new range launched on TV yesterday but as my cards stay with me and don't go down to the TV as I need them for some upcoming demo days, you won't have seen this one.  How cute is this little boy - he reminds me of my friends little ones with all that curly hair.  The background papers are from the Adorables CD.
I'm popping this into the challenges over at:
Daring Cardmakers - Mask-erade - I masked the boy to make sure the window stamped in the right place
A Crafty Little Place - sketch challenge - I flipped the sketch horizontally
The Shabby Tea Room - tag you're it - I stamped my sentiment onto a tag
Fab 'n' Funky - what eva
Paper Cutz - use a tag

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to leave a comment on any or all of the days of my sneak peeks. The more days you visit the more chance you'll have of winning the prize which is a choice of 3 SWALK stamps, the co-ordinating CD and of course some Collall 3D glue gel because once you've tried it you can't craft without it!

xxx

Adorable Sneak Peek - Day 5 - Launch Day

Today is the official launch day for the new range from Jayne Nestorenko, it Adorables.  There's 6 stamps and one CD.  Here's another sneek peak of what I've been up to with the Waiting set.    For this card I've used the background stamp if the hearth and teamed it with gorgeous sentiment stamp.  I printed onto the ivory card from the CD before I die cut the card.

 I'm entering this card into the challenge at:

Charisma Cardz - Try Something New (the new being a much softer look on a Christmas card for me and I used new stamps too)

Other bits and pieces used in the card include:

Nestabilities Scalloped Circle Die

Nestabilities Circle Die

Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

Cut n Dry Foam

Centura Pearl Ivory Card

Kraft cardstock from PTI

To get the soft shading around the edges, I apply the ink in circular motions using the cut n dry foam.  I stamped the imaged in the same ink which allowed me to add some shading by using the ink as a painting medium.

Some new stamps popped through my letter box today, so I had to have a quick play.  They're 2 gorgeous sets from Waltzing Mouse, thanks Claire, they are gorgeous.  On this card it's the large frame that fits perfectly into the Nestabilities.
I'm putting this card into the following challenges:
Caardvarks - sketch
Allsorts challenge - New Beginnings
Totally Papercrafts - Let's go dotty

For this one I used:
Card - Craftwork cards ultra smooth premium cardstock (I love this card)
Sissix embossing folder
American Crafts Rub ons (reduced in Hobbycraft tonight)
Gingham ribbon
Waltzing mouse vintage labels 10
Ink - PTI sweet blush

As you can see I'm still in bookmark making mode and though I'd make a little bookmark, using the bookplate die.  It just slots over the top of your page.

Inspiration aided by challenges at:

Dutch dare challenges - bookmark

Meljen Designs - back to school

Denami - colour challenge, pink, black and white

So yet again my PTI supplies were out:
Stamps - all booked up
Ink - hibiscus, true black
Card - white
Die - bookplate
Plus trusty my 1 3/4" punch

Some more good news, I made the Top 3 this week at Charisma Cardz - thanks girls.

xxx

Adorables Sneak Peek - Day 4

We're rapidly heading towards launch day and today I'm sharing with you the stamp plate Caring.  I've used 2 stamps to make this main image.  All the patterned papers are from the Adorables CD and I've just finished the card off with some snowflakes punched from the patterned paper and the plain card.

The inspiration for this card has come from the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Charming

Daring Cardmakers - Sapphire

A Spoonful of Sugar - Animal crackers

Papertake Weekly - sketch #47

CREATIVE INPIRATIONS - lace and sparkle

The Copic Ciaos I used on this one were:

Face: E00, E21, RV10

Hair: Y21, YR31

Deer/Boots: E31, E33, E35, E49

Trousers/Jacket: B12,B23, B24, B29

Fur: C1, C3

Wreath: BG93, BG96

Bell: Y21, Y28. Y38

Today a lovey gift of a bar of my favourite Green & Blacks Butterscotch chocolate dropped through my letterbox.  But even better than that it was accompanied by two gorgeous handmade cards from Charlotte and Amelia, as a thank you for some craft bits I sent them.  Thank you girls and to your lovely Mummy too.

You can get your hands on those gorgeous Adorables from tomorrow - woo hoo.

Also remember to leave a comment this week to win some SWALK blog candy.

xxx

Adorables Sneak Peek - Day 3

For my sneak peek today I'm using the stamp plate Sharing.  These two girls remind me of my sister and I when we were younger.  All the backing papers are from the Adorables CD.  Our designer today over at the Crafter's Companion News, Views & Inspiration Blog is the lovely and very talented Wendy.  Pop over to see the gorgeous card she's made and also there's links to the other DT blogs so you can see more sneak peeks.

The card was inspired by challenges at:

2 sketches 4 you - Laura's sketch #60

My Time to Craft - Jewelled

 For this card the additional bits and bobs are:

Holly Leaves - Slice - Fa La La design card

Copic Ciaos used were:

Face: E00, E21, RV10

Hair: E33, E35, Y21, YR31

Wreath: G000, YG63, YG67

Dress: R11, R20, R32

Pinny: RV00, C1

Green dress: YG11, YG62

Shadow: C1, C3

I only had clear gems so I coloured them with a red Copic marker to make my holly berries.

I have one more project to share to with you today and that's a bookmark I made to go with the little card I made at the weekend.  This was inspired by challenges at:

Cupcake Crafts - books and stories

The Pink Elephant - Back to school

Tuesday Taggers - Books
Creative Inspirations - anything except square or rectangle
Papercraft Star - photo inspiration - the colours - thanks to girls from Papercraft Star for letting me about this challenge.

Apologies for the poor picture, I had a nightmare trying to get a decent shot of this one.

The supplies for this one mainly come from Papertrey Ink:

Stamps - all booked up

Ink - aqua mist and dark chocolate

Paper - library ledger

Die - bookmark die

Card - kraft

Buttons-  aqua mist

Flowers are Prima

Leave a comment this week and there's candy to be won.  Thanks for popping by.

xxx

Adorables Sneak Peek - Day 2

I'm excited to bring you another sneak peek of the Adorables by Jayne Nestorenko.  Today I've used stamps from the Playing set.  I wanted to show that the images can be used as individual elements as well as making scenes.  See what Bev has done over at the Crafter's Companion News, Views & Inspiration Blog if you want to see the stamp with the scenic elements.  The patterned papers are all from the Adorables CD.

I also made a mask so I could add some Spray & Sparkle Iridescent to the fur on her coat.  I'll try and pop a step-by-step up next week to share how I do this.

For this card the additional bits and bobs are from Crafter's Companion.

Punch: Martha Stewart double loops around the page punch

Die cuts: Making Memories slice - cartridges, Noteworthy and Mistletoe

Copic Ciaos used were:

Face - E00, E21, RV10

Hair - Y21, YR31

Coat - YG00, YG03

Fur - RV000, RV02

Boots - E33, E35, E37

I'm entering this card into the challenge at:

Caardvarks - sketch challenge

Whilst I had my crafting stuff out I decided to play with some felt and made this card inspired by challenges at:

Cute Card Thursday - material girl

Clean & Simple - Sketch #106

I'm surprised I managed to keep all that white space on the card!

Bits & bobs used on this card:

Stamps: PTI - daily designs, handwritten

Card: PTI - white, raspberry fizz, chocolate brown

Paper: PTI - 2009 bitty dot basics

Felt - hobbycraft

Buttons & twine - PTI

Flower Dies - cuttlebug

A little more excitement in my life, I've won a prize over at Tuesday Taggers - thanks girls :)

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to leave a comment on any or all of the days of my sneak peeks. The more days you visit the more chance you'll have of winning the prize which is a choice of 3 SWALK stamps, the co-ordinating CD and of course some Collal 3D glue gel because once you've tried it you can't craft without it!

xxx

Sneak Peek - Adorables

Being part of the Blog DT at Crafter's Companion means that I get to play with new products and for this launch I'm allowed and very excited to share some sneak peeks with you.

Jayne Nesterenko has designed a fabulous new collection that will launch on Friday 10th September on Create and Craft.  There are 6 gorgeous stamp plates and a CD and they're called Adorables, because they are.

This first sneak peek features the stamp set Loving.  Although it's a Christmas launch I decided to show the versatility of this set and made a birthday card with it.  I love stamps that can be used in lots of different ways.  I also decided that rather than colouring in her clothes, I stamped them onto patterned paper printed from the CD and paper pieced them.  It means you can get your backing papers to match exactly with your stamped image - clever huh?

The Copic Ciaos is used were:

Face - E00, E21

Hair - Y21, YR31

Cat - E31, E33, E35

All of the other CC Blog DT members will also be showing some sneak peeks all week so pop over and see their blogs, all their details can be found on the Monthly Challenge Blog.

To celebrate the new launch there will be daily sneak peeks on the Crafter's Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog  where there's a great give away too.

Not to be left out, I've decided to offer some blog candy too.  It will run all week with a winner picked out on Monday 13th September.  All you need to do is leave a comment on any or all of the days of the sneak peeks.  The more days you visit the more chance you'll have of winning the prize which is a choice of 3 SWALK stamps, the co-ordinating CD and of course some Collal 3D glue gel because once you've tried it you can't craft without it!

xxx