Crafter's Companion August Tutorial - Verity Rose Plaque

Heeeellllloooo everyone

I'm here today to share my 1st tutorial for Crafter's Companion, I used the Verity Rose stamps and CD to create a pretty and very girly wall or door hanger using a MDF heart. 

There is a link (under the photos) to the Crafter's Companion blog for the full tutorial along with pictures. So enjoy and let me know what you think, or if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

 

 

 

Here's What I Did
I have written a full tutorial along with lots of photos on how I created this pretty girly plaque. I used the Verity Rose CD and Moonbeam character stamps, you can find the tutorial here on the Crafter's Companion Blog - http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/blog/2016/08/get-your-verity-rose-papercrafting-cd-rom-for-free-when-you-spend-over-20/

Here's What I Used
Crafter's Companion Products:
Verity Rose Moonstruck Stamp, Verity Rose Moonstruck Accessories Stamp, Verity Rose Papercrafting CD-Rom, Verity Rose Lace Edge Die, Downtown Abbey Ornate Frame Die, English Country Garden Lazy Daisy Dies, English Country Garden Floral Duo Dies, Neenah Card, Collall Glue, Spectrum Noir Pens – Blender, FS2, FS4, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, HB1, HB2, HB3, LV3, TB1, TB2, TB3, EB1, GB1, GB4, GB6, GB7, CG1, CG2, IG1, IG4, IG6, CR7, True Black Set,

Other:
MDF Shape, Pebeo Chalk Paints, Glitter Paste, Stencil, Distressing Inks, Nail File, Gold Glitter Pen, Glossy Accents, Lilac, Black and White Card, Black Ribbon, Gems

Don't forget....if you want to see more Crafter's Companion creations made my lovely teamies why not join our Facebook page - just search for Crafter's Companion UK or USA, and for more magazine inspiration definitely checked out the Crafters' Companion Inspiration Magazine group. Just a little heads up...we are also on Twitter, Instagram and have a Pinterest Board, so why not follow us.

I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

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x Janine x

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Shabby Chic

Hi All!

 

Good morning everyone, it's my turn to share my Sweet Stampin' Design Team card with you or in this case a plaque. The theme this week is 'Shabby Chic' and you can make whatever takes your fancy but you MUST include a stamped element on it.

For my project this week I used a small MDF oval plaque which I embellished with paper flowers (stamped & cut out), punched and die cut shapes.

Here's What I did

I stamped several flower onto patterned paper and fussy cut them out, and then covered my MDF plaque with more patterned paper from the same pad. Distressing ink was used on the edge of the plaque and flowers to add texture and definition. Next I die cut a sentiment and some hearts from pink and brown card, then punched out a few branches and leaves from green card.

I glued all the components to the plaque and to finish off I added a few gems and pearls. Lastly I attached a strip of pink ribbon.

Here's what I Used

Cardstock/Paper: Pink, Green & Brown CS, Craftwork Cards 'Country Garden'

Stamps: Dreamees 'Sunflower' Set, Hero Arts 'Dotted Flowers'

Dies: Sizzix 'You & Me', Memory Box 'Cross Stitched Hearts', Creative Expressions 'Perfect Peony Open Petals'

Other: Dreamees MDF Oval Plaque, Distressing Inks, Pearls, Mini Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart 'Leaf Branch' Punch, Martha Stewart 'Branch' Punch, Lace, Gems, ribbon

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Shabby Chic' challenge we'd love to see your entries.

 

BUT REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog for a chance to win a prize!  Have fun and good luck.

 

This week's prize is a Live & Love Crafts

 

Thank you so much for dropping by and why not leave me a message to say hi :)

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 x Janine x

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Let It Snow

Good morning to you all.

Well, it's that time again ---- it's Sweet Stampin' day!!

Our theme this week is 'Let It Snow' - so I thought I would dust off one of my favourite wooden stamps; it's from Whipper Snapper and I've had it for years and it stamps beautifully. I decided I didn't want to make a card this week so I used this large MDF bauble tag that I bought a few weeks ago, it's made up of a circle back and a separate frame in which you can add a picture. It only cost a 99p so it was a bargain.

 My stamped image was coloured with Copic markers, and the Northern Lights background was inspired by a lovely and extremely talented lady called Sandy Allnock. I'm not sure if it works or not, but I'll definitely be giving it another go as it was very liberating and I enjoyed doing it lol. If you get the chance definitely search for Sandy's blog and You Tube videos - they're amazing.
 

 

 

Here's What I did
Bauble - I covered the front frame with glitter glue using my fingers and sprinkled loose glitter where I missed certain places, and let it dry for an hour.

Topper - I stamped and coloured my image with Copic pens. The background was achieved by lightly adding different colour pen strokes from the bottom (snow line) upwards and then strokes downwards from the top of the image, varying them in length and intensity.  The rest of the image was coloured afterwards to avoid contamination.  To finish off the topper I added glitter to the snowy areas and white pen in the sky for snowdrops.  The topper was then stuck onto a red card mat and attached to the bauble back.  The front frame was then glued to the back sandwiching the topper between. To finish off I threaded ribbon through the top hole, added a few die cut snowflakes, gems and a bow.

Here's everything I used:

Stamp: Whipper Snapper 'Think Snow'

Paper/Cardstock (CS): Glitter CS, Neenah, Red CS

Copics: Snowman & Snow - B0000, B000, B12 / Penguins & Snowman Hat - C1, C2, C3, C5, C7 / Snowman Hat & Scarf, Penguins Hats, Snow Letters - R14, R17, R20, R37, R59 / Sign, Penguin Feet & Beaks, Snowman's Nose, Hat & Scarf - Y00, Y08, Y17, Y38 / Background - BG01, BG10, R20, R22, R37, BV000, BV02, BV04, G03, B12

Dies: MFT Die-namics 'Snowflakes', Tonic Layering 'Circles'

Other: MDF Bauble, Glitter Glue, Serif CraftArtist2, Glitter, Docraft Gems, Ribbon, White Pen

 

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Let It Snow' challenge we'd love to see you. REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card! Have fun :)

This week's prize sponsor is Quixotic Paperie.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

 

Thank you so much for dropping by, why not leave me a message to say hi :)

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Janine x