POST 2 - Crafters Companion Design Team - first brief with Adorables Stamp + Die Sets (Jayne Nestorenko)

OK so this is part 2 of the samples I designed for the Jayne Nestorenko Adorables Stamps and Dies

Stamps can be purchased HERE
Crafters Companion PINTEREST inspiration HERE
Crafters Companion website inspiration HERE

Please pop along and check the other Design Team Members samples - I love the little girl scene in the jar - pop along and you'll see what I mean!

All items used for each card are listed in another colour on each post, as you will notice that I like to mix and match items from different sets 😊

First up has to be my favourite stamp in thew whole range as this little character's face just melts my heart!

Set called Special Friend

 Flowers from Gemini Patchwork die called

Daisy Patchwork

Coloured with Distress Inks

Papers from Crafters Companion

Download of the Month Jul 18 Afternoon tea

  

The hat was stamped, die cut and then another cut made to poke the little donkeys ear through (cut around the ear to achieve this effect).

Sets called Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl

 Coloured with Pencils

 Flowers from Gemini Patchwork die called

Heart Patchwork and coated with Glossy accents

 Papers from Crafters Companion

Download of the Month Feb 18 Valentines

The next one is ideal for a childs birthday and the bunting echos the design in sheet from the paper pad.

Set called Birthday Boy

 Coloured with Pencils

 Papers from 5x7 Adorables Scene Paper Pad

Some different views then - yes I put together the bunting, fiddly but worth it!

excuse the stray foam pad - those who know me know I'm back crafting now as I leave a trail of little white squares no matter how careful....

I think I'm going to end now and draw up another post for the remaining two cards as there are a lot of photos showing the step by step masking, and these will come in handy for those looking for a tutorial on masking and colouring behind masked stamped images.

Crafters Companion Design Team - first brief with Adorables Stamp + Die Sets (Jayne Nestorenko)

Evening all, sorry its so late and this catch up is long overdue, but the ladies at Crafters Companion have certainly kept us busy with sample making, so be prepared for loads of updates over the next few days and weeks.

To new followers, welcome and feel free to browse older designs on this blog for inspiration or my pinterest board - my blog and pinterest board are divided into organised sections, and feel free to message me if you are looking for help and can't find what you're looking for, I'll do my best to help!

So onto my first challenge...

The Jayne Nestorenko Stamp and die sets are great for time saving if you like to cut out your stamped images but also versatile if you like to merge multiple stamps to create your own scenes or designs, as the dies drastically reduce the mask making process!

Stamps can be purchased HERE
Crafters Companion PINTEREST inspiration HERE
Crafters Companion website inspiration HERE

Please pop along and check the other Design Team Members samples - I love the little girl scene in the jar - pop along and you'll see what I mean!

I am dividing my samples into two posts as I have some stage photos to show which explain some techniques.

All items used for each card are listed in another colour on each post, as you will notice that I like to mix and match items from different sets 😊

First up is a very simple window aperture card, no special dies required, just a ruler cutting knife and pencil.

I used the A5 paper pad with this one (two sheets of the same design), and cut them to size so the cover and inside would match...simple yet effective dimensional technique.

Adorables by Jayne Nestorenko

Set called Planting Wishes

 Papers from 5x7 Adorables Scene Paper Pad  

 Coloured with distress inks

  

 Next up is another card with the little boy, simple A5 landscape card.

Adorables by Jayne Nestorenko

Set called Follow your Dreams

 Papers from 5x7 Adorables Scene Paper Pad  

inside decorated to carry theme through..

coloured with pencils

 

The next one is also along the childhood theme, and I love the summery feel of these stamps.

Adorables by Jayne Nestorenko

Set called Birthday Boy, Special Friend, By The Sea

Papers from 5x7 Adorables Scene Paper Pad

Coloured with pencils, and ribbon from stash

I used the balloon dies on their own for the balloon shapes, and the dotty card to follow through the dotty background theme.

Last one for this evening is a shabby chic girly card - love the lace and colours in this one

Adorables by Jayne Nestorenko

Set called Birthday Girl

 Coloured with Distress Inks and Pencil crayons

 Papers from Crafters Companion

Download of the Month Sept 18 Floral

 Edges distressed with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

Here' how I planned my card before inking and colouring - a good idea to play around with elements first before you get stuck in!



some closeup images to show various elements - the downloadable papers from the CC website are fab - do take a look!

Hope you enjoyed the first batch, back with more in the next day or so :)

Fireman Sam Birthday

Happy New Year everyone - my first post of 2015 and something different too.

A birthday card for a 3yr old who loves Fireman Sam!

This card was made using graphics from various sources and in bright primary colours, specially suited for a boy. I don't usually use graphics, opting for die cuts, stamping and colouring instead, so this was a refreshing change and I quite enjoyed making it. It did test my ability to merge and move graphics in MS Word though - since I don't have any special graphics software, I had to improvise.

The font I used is called Papyrus - its a nice change to the normal ones. There are lots of free fonts you can download from www.dafont.com and many other sites, and that can get a little addictive..

Summer isn't summer without Pinwheels!

So it felt like childhood when I saw a pinwheel the other day and thought wow I haven't made one for years and years!

This pinwheel is constructed so it can turn. It is also made with a plastic straw and slotted behind the image topper, so it's a novelty item that can be removed as well - neat or what?!

Here is a closeup image of the pinwheel  and the dimension / layers on the card:

Here is a good view of the colouring - I am in a polychromos pencil crayon phase at the moment!

The papers are from Craft Creations' blue meadow stripe 

and the cloud shapes are these memory box dies:

Puffy Clouds

Marshmallow Clouds

Meljen's Designs Monkey Circle Easel card

Cute little fella isn't he? This little guy makes me smile and is just fantastic as a precoloured or B&W digi for any small child's card!

The banana's don't come with a digi, that's just a clipart image resized and layered and here is the card standing as an easel:

Supplies used:

Spellbinders grand circle / grand scalloped circle dies,

Spellbinder scalloped rectangles

word art circular text - font is Curlz

Nylon stripe Ribbon

number dies from Quickutz called Haunted mini alphabet

Meljen's Digi image called Monkey Toes - precoloured

This is how the card looks folded and closed.

The inside has loads of space for writing a message...

Meljen's Challenge #126 Back to School

Hi fellow crafters, am back with another book card for a Back to School Challenge, cos I am sooo addicted to making these easy little paper projects!

This is my first Challenge entry with Meljen's and am pleased to share this happy Penpal Mouse with you, which you can find HERE.

So I decided to make a book card with brown, fawn and gold coloured card stock and printed papers from Bearly Mine CD Designer Extreme Volume 2.

There are over 600 papers on this CD with all different themes - clean, vintage, dots, floral, stripes, masculine , etc etc - the list goes on and on..............

and you can get it here:

some close up photos -

 I drew the red line on the printed papers with a ballpoint pen, 

the mouse from Meljens Designs, link above, was coloured with promarkers, 

the blackboard I made with card stock, die cut numbers, embossing folder, corner punch and garden twine and a brad..

The apple is a cuttlekids die, and the stars are punched out with an EK success corner punch..

and the inside..

The rear view which shows the papers from the CD - I didn't distress these at all, this is how they print out..

why don't you pop along and join in the challenge this week over at Meljen's Challenges?