Sneak peak - Humphrey!!!

Hiya Everyone,

I've hope you've all managed to get your hands on some of the new SWALK and Humphrey stamp sets that were launch by Crafters Companion yesterday. This sample is the last of my Humphrey ones to show you. Isn't she is little cutie? I coloured her in with my spectrum noir pens and added a little glossy accents to the chocolates. The papers are from a SWALK papers cd. I added a small chocolate charm to the ribbon which finished the card off nicely.

I've got a cardmaking workshop tomorrow 10-12 with craftwork cards stuff and after that I have a rather dull weekend of decorating which I am not looking forward to. We only have lots of bits and bobs to finish now and clear out all the decorating stuff and tools. I hope you all have a better weekend than I will.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

It's almost time!!! Another sneaky peek!!!

Hiya Everyone,

It's that that time again to share with you another sneak peek from the new Crafters Companion launch - this time it's a SWALK stamp called "Daydream believer". The gorgeous stamp has been coloured in with my fabby new spectrum noir pens and the papers are printed off the SWALK CD disc 2. I thought I'd go with a lilac and green colour combo as it's not one I've used in ages.

There are 6 new Humphrey and 6 new SWALK stamps and they are sure to be a sell-out!!!

To get your hands on them check out the Crafters Companion website later today and they will be on Create and Craft TV over the weekend. The stamp sets are £3.99 each but on the website they will be on a 3 for £10 offer (unsure if this offer will be on Create and Craft TV too)

I will enter this into the following challenges:-

Little Claires - Things with wings
Totally gorjuss - Punch or die cut
Lollipop crafts - Anything goes
Forever friends - Pastel colours (must include an animal - butterflies)
Hooked on crafts - Cute and cuddly
Make it monday - Anything goes
Paper playtime - Summer
Pink elephant - Fun in the sun
Simon say stamp and show - Anything goes
Stamp with fun - Friends
Anything goes challenges - Flowers
Craft room - Summer holidays
Karens doodles netherlands - Anything goes
Tip top tuesday - Make it girlie
City crafter - Photo inspiration
Amber's cards and stuff - Patterned papers
Divas by design - Summer is here
Flutterby Wednesday - Must include a butterfly, angel or fairy
Little darlings - Girly
Papercraft star - Anything goes
Stampavie and more - Summer
4 crafty chicks - Bling
Aud sentiments - Enjoy your day /make someone smile
CCEE stampers - Summer or winter
Digi doodles shop - Anything goes
Little miss muffett - Summer
Paperplay - In the garden

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Another little Humphrey - Sneak peeks!!!

Hiya everyone,

Sorry my post is a little late. I usually post it after midnight before I get in bed so it's already on for the moring but I was in bed a 9pm last night as I had a terrible migrane. I think it must be the heat as I certainly wasn't sat in the sun. I was putting doors back on and curtain up at the old house. There are lots of little jobs left now to do although it will be weekend till we tackle them again.

Anyhoo, this little cutie is another of the Humphrey stamps that are launching tomorrow - wow, this week's really flying! I coloured the image with my gorgeous spctrum noir pens and I printed the papers off the humphrey cd. I think this one is called "hugs for you" and it is so cute!!! I really think that these will be a sell out like they were last time.

At this moment in time, Tayla has a room full of toys on the floor but she playing with my flip flops. Children eh? Lol

I will enter this into the following challenges:-

Poodle parlour - Red, white and blue
2 sisters - Anything goes
Charisma cards - Four legged friends
Forever friends - Pastel colours (must include an animal)
Make it monday - Anything goes
Celebrate the occaision - Blue and white
Creative card crew - Animal antics
Stamping boutique - Cool colours

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

More sneaky peeks - SWALK!!!

Hiya everyone,

I hope you are all well. I've been busy doing some last minute decorating at the old house but we have almost finished so there's lots of little jobs left I'll be so glad when it's done - I've really had enough of decorating now. It's been really hard work splitting our time between the two houses. On a more cheery note; Tayla has her second tooth coming and I don't think it'll be too long before she's walking even though she has only just started crawling. She's a little handful!!! Lol

I just wanted to share with you another sneaky peek from the upcoming launch of the new Crafters Companion Humphrey and SWALK stamps on Friday 29th July. This is obviously a SWALK stamp and is called "The present" and it's soooo cute! I have coloured the image in with my fabby new Spectrum Noir pens that are available here. The papers are from the SWALK papers CD rom (Disc 2).

There is a Crafters Companion blog hop that is happening right now where you can win a full set of the 6 Humphrey and 6 SWALK stamp sets and a chunk of neenah card. Please see my previous post for all the info you need to enter. The winner will be announced on friday morning.

Be sure to check back tomorrow as I'll be posting another little Humphrey sample. If you want to check out more samples then check out the other DT members blogs as they are also showcasing SWALK and Humphrey samples in the lead up to the launch.

I will enter this into the following challenges:-

Auds sentiments - Sentiment of a least 2 words
Crafty catz - No blue or pink
Fairy tale - Summer/sun/sunshine
Inspire me fridays - Anything goes
Paper cutz - Anything goes
My mums craft shop - Fab n funky
Scrapbook sisters - Happy birthday


Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Crafters Companion Blog Hop and sneaky peaks!!!

Hiya Everyone,

Welcome to the Crafter’s Companion Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the next stamp sets.
If you have landed here from Jacqui's blog then you are hopping in the right direction. If not, then you need to pop over to the Crafter’s Companion News blog to begin.

The DT have had a great time creating with the new ranges from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Friday 29th July we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning a fabulous Prize:-

All six new SWALK stamps and all six new Humphrey stamps, plus a pack of Neenah card!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in order and then go back to the Crafter’s Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog to leave your link on Mr Linky. Along the way you will notice that each Blog will give you a letter - make a note of these as they will make a word which we will ask you for if your number is drawn by Random.Org on the morning of Friday 29th.

My letter is: G

From here, you need to hop to Nicola's blog.

PLEASE DO NOT TELL US WHAT THE WORD IS ON THE CRAFTER’S COMPANION NEWS VIEWS AND INSPIRATION BLOG, WE WILL E-MAIL YOU FOR THE ANSWER IF YOUR MR LINKY NUMBER IS DRAWN.

Well, I promised you a sneaky peek of something new and here it is. This the brand new Humphrey stamp set called special day. I have coloured the image with my lush new spectrum noir pens and the papers are from the Humphrey CD rom. I added glamour dust to the image for a little sparkle and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Tomorrow I will alternate and show you a sample that I made with the gorgeous new SWALK stamps so be sure to pop back!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:-

Fresh brewed - Animal or animal print
House that stamps built - Glitter
Your next stamp - 2 Patterned papers, 3 embellishments and 1 image
4 crafty chicks - Weddings
Aud sentiments - Anything to make someone smile/enjoy your day
Craft us crazy - Anything goes
Crafty sentiments - Happy ever after
Playdate cafe - One colour only
Shelly's images - Anything goes
Alphabet challenge - "L" is for lemon and lime
Inspire me fridays - Anything goes
Pattie's creations - Glitter or bling
Stamp something - Include embellishment
Stamping for the weekend - Paws for thought (animal with 4 legs)
2 sisters - Anything goes
Our creative corner - All the B's (Bling)
Paper creators crafts - Weddings
Gingerloft - Make it sparkle
Lollipop crafts - Anything goes
Creative stamp friends - Monochromatic
Forever friends - Pastel colours (must include an animal)
Hooked on craft - Cute and cuddly
Make it monday - Anything goes
Simon says stamp and show - Anything goes
Stamping scrapping central - Bling
Creative card crew - Animal antics
Stamping boutique - Cool colours
Tip top tuesday - Make it girlie

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Spectrum noir markers and a little Humphrey!!!

Hiya Everyone,

As you may or may not know I've recently been sent 12 packs of the spectrum noir marker pens that have just been launched by Crafters Companion. They are amazing and I can't wait to get the other 4 x 24 packs that I desparately need (even though I have a full set of promarkers Lol). Anyway, I've been so busy getting on with some DT samples that I needed to colour with the pens so I though I'd share this little cutie that I predominately coloured with the "pinks". I have used papers from the SWALK papers CD (Disc 2) and a few other bits and pieces from my stash. This was the very first thing I coloured in with the spectrum noir pens so it isn't probably up to my usual (sub) standard colouring but I think it's ok for a first attempt!

I made 3 cards in total to showcase the spectrum noir pens. A "pinks" card, a "browns" card and a step-by-step tutorial that you can view here (This may take a day or so). If you are lucky enough to have treated yourself to some of these pens then you can download a colourchart here print off and colour in.

I have been decorating all day (again), but I am pleased to say that we are almost finished getting our old house in a good position to put it on the market. We have done more decorating in the last 2 months than people usually do in 10 years. I have almost lost the will to live with all the work which isn't easy with an (almost) 8 month old that has just started crawling! We've been really lucky as all the family have really helped us out with both decorating and babysitting which has been a massive help.

I have just started back with my DT work with Crafters Companion and shall shortly be resuming DT work with Joanna Sheen and I am excited to say that I will also be starting DT work for La Pashe soon.

I have some exciting Crafters Companion sneaky peeks to share with you from tomorrow so be sure to check back then!

I will enter this card into the following challenges:-

Creative card crew - Animal antics
Deep ocean - Ribbons
Ladybug crafts - Summer birthday
Crafts and me - Add a flower
Guylous inimitability - 1 ribbon or lace, 2 DP's, 3 or more pieces of bling
Inspire me fridays - Anything goes
Papercutz - Anything goes
Pattie's creations - Glitter or bling
Stamp something - Add an embellishment
2 sisters - Anything goes
Card cupids - Birthday card
Lollipop crafts - Anything goes
Crazy challenge - Ribbons
Creative stamp - Monochromatic
Hooked on crafts - Monochromatic
Make it monday - Anything goes
Simon says stamp and show - Anything goes
Stamping scrapping central - Bling
Stamps r us - Happy birthday
Fresh brewed - Animal or animal print
House that stamps built - Glitter
Your next stamp - 2 DP, 3 embellishments and 1 image

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Spectrum Noir is almost here!!!

Hiya Everyone,

Have a looky at what I've got. After spending all day decorating yesterday at our old house, I finally got chance to play at about 9 o'clock with them. That is quite good self restraint for me considering they arrived at about 2 o'clock although the old house is virtually empty apart so I wouldn't have been able to do much with them anyway!

I got sent every set of 6 pack so I received:- skin tones, essentials, warm greys, cool greys, pinks, reds, yellows, blues, greens, purples, turquoises and browns.

I have to say they are very lush to work with and I love the thinner tip compared to my promarkers. The only thing I will say as an disadvantage is that I now want the additional 4x24 packs that are also available. These are lights, brights, darks and pastels.

I struggled a little compared to my promarkers as I only have 72 colours as apposed to the full set of promarkers but I've already made enquiries to get the additional pens - just don't tell the hubby!!! :D

I think it will take me a while to know what colours to use as I'm so used to my promarkers that I just know which colour is best suited through experience but I will need to learn the same with these.

Apart from my lack of experience of them and the fact that my colouring usually has more flaws than the Empire State Building - they are FAB!!!!

Anybody who has struggled getting good results with markers in the past should look no further as they make blending and colour matching a dream. They are available from 12 o'clock (I think!) on the Crafters Companion website. £6.99 per 6 pack of the same colour or 4 packs for £25. I'm not too sure what price the packs of 24 will be but I will update this post when I know!

Enjoy the rest of your day - My mum's coming round shortly to watch Tayla so I can do some colouring as the pens were delayed in reaching the DT so we're rushing like mad to get samples and stuff ready.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x