Week 159 At Glitter N Sparkle Challenge - Cute Halloween

Good Morning from here is the rather dull looking West Midlands today. 

This weeks challenge is all about getting spooky ready for Halloween and we have gone with a cute theme to it.

A great one for the kids that's for sure.

My assignment was to choose from Sami's Stamps and is called My Witch & Whiskers

I decided to make my design into a Trick or Treat collecting bag so this is a A4 size topper which I have stuck down on a Brown Kraft bag.

The backing is stamped from a Stampin Up Stamp set. I have used Glitter washi tape to add fun to the corners and tied with green & orange satin ribbon.

Now for the beautiful image. My Witch & Whiskers is so cute and as great to colour thanks to Sami's great illustration.

The colours I have used are:

Letreaset Promarkers:

Warm Grey 4 & 5 - For the dress

Black - Hat

Lime Zest & Lime Twist - Witches Skin

Amethyst & Purple - Witches Hair

Cool Grey 1, 3 & 4 - Witches Cat

Forest Green - Band on the Witches Hat.

I have used the blender pen in places

And finished with Dovecraft glitter glue on the Spiders string.

So who fancies joining in the fun over at Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog?

All you have to do is make a cute Halloween Project and add your Link to the blog post for this week.

Then the lucky winners will be selected next week and will win some amazing images from 

East Wind, Sweet Pea Stamps, Sami's Stamps, Digital Delights who are this weeks sponsors.

I have also submitted this design over at Crafting for all seasons Bags & Boxes Challenge for week 112. So fingers crossed they will like it too.

Happy Spooky Crafting everyone

Hugs

Tracey xxx

Kanban Crafts Awesome new Kit - Woodland Friends

I'm very pleased to be able to announce the latest collection by Kanban Crafts is the beautiful Woodland Friends Kit.

As part of the Design Team I get the chance to create with these kits ready for the shows on Create & Craft TV. I had an idea what the kit was like after a trip to the factory recently and in my head a theatre scene was a must. So on Tuesday when the kit arrived I made my own off the cuff Theatre scene using the beautiful elements and here it is.

I used the flooring backing sheet from the kit to make the stage floor box, a pretty backing sheet folded like a fan to create the curtains which I tied a ribbon as a tie back. The top layer is from the same card and I made a folding roof with a die cut frontage to add to the curtain effect.

The inside shot from above shows you the layers or back drops for the scene.

A close up of the layers inside the scene.

I even did shot with the spot light shining through :)

Here are rest of my samples which you should be able to see on Monday on the shows at 4pm & 7pm with Sue & Keith.

The fox card above I have added Glossy Accents on to the red flowers and the embellishments have also been resin'd to give a lovely finish.

As you can see the kit is stunning and has so many uses not just cards but for home décor too.

Tune in to Create & Craft Tv at 4pm for the first show and then again at 7pm to grab your kit and all the lovely extras available to coordinate with it.

Thanks for looking 

Hugs

Tracey xxxx

Glitter N Sparkle Week 158 - Use Pink - Aurella Art Image

Wow, where has that week gone?

It's been very busy here at Unicorn Crafts Head quarters, with orders, samples and design team  work.

Also we have been choosing our Competition winners from the birthday week.
The winner for my Blog Candy is Nikki C :) Well Done Nikki xx

This Weeks Glitter n Sparkle challenge is all about Pink, we were all given our Digi's and had to incorporate pink in to the design.

My Digital image is a by an amazing artist Aurella Art and called Fantasy Mermaid

Here is my finished card.

I coloured the image using Promarker Pens and focused on normal colours for the digi and decided to incorporate the pink in to the rest of the card.

Colours Used on this project were:

Hair - Cool Grey 5 & Black

Skin - Blush, Saffron & Pastel Pink

Koi Karp - Satin, Sunflower, Cool Grey 5, Burnt Orange, Apricot

I decided to use Glossy Accents on the fish to make them look like they were wet.

Backing papers were from Kanban Crafts Belle De Fleur Paper pad La Rose.

Sentiments were either hand stamped or from the sentiments pad also from Belle De Fleur range by Kanban Crafts 

If you would like to win some amazing digital images then why not join in the fun at Glitter N Sparkle Blog Challenge and enter a creation using the theme something 'Pink'

Good Luck and Thanks for looking

Hugs

Tracey xxx

Loving Cats & Dogs - Kanban Crafts Cute Pets Christmas Collection tutorial

Good Morning

Well it's starting to look a like Christmas is fast approaching with the Christmas items in the shops.

Well I'm adding to that Festiveness today with a Project using the Kanban Crafts Cute Christmas Pets Kit.

Available via Create & Craft TV or the Aspire Crafts

Here is the finished card it's a like a suspended topper card

The photos and details are to help you make the make.

Any questions please let me know and I will happily help.

Finished card and the list of items needed

The photo of the items needed and the starting instructions

The inside of the card instructions

Now for building the front of the card 

Now the topper is suspended and ready for the finishing touches

Now it's all finished and ready to send to a loved one for Christmas.

Thanks for looking and hope you can join in the Kanban crafts fun on our Facebook page

For the Love of Kanban

Hugs

Tracey xx

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Week 157 # Anything Goes - Ikes Art

Good Morning on what is a very sunny Sunday morning here in the West Midlands. This weeks challenge is sponsored by 3 great designs pages and here is the link to them:

Ikes Art, Patties Creations & finally Crafty Sentiments Designs

So this week I was very lucky to get to choose from Ikes Art Digital images and I decided to go for this lovely holiday setting. The digital image is called Greek House 2.

I went for a traditional Greek feel with the stunning blue shutters and planters in the court yard.

I have coloured this image with Letraset Promarkers here is the list that I used:

Sky - Artic Blue

Plant Pots - French Navy

Shutters - Royal Blue

Roof - Cobalt Blue

Branches - Burnt Siena

Leaves - Olive green

Foliage - Herb Green

Brick - Burnt Siena & Terracotta

Wood - Cocoa

Flowers - Pumpkin & Cyan

To finished the card is used a travel theme so it includes postal marks backing card, suitcase backing card, post card embellishment by Kanban Crafts and the Bon Voyage Sentiment is hand stamped.

For your chance to win some great digital images and to see more inspiration then pop over to Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog  

Wishing you lots of luck with your entries

Hugs

Tracey xxx

Challenge 156 Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Theme is add a Charm or Lots of glitter & Birthday Celebrations.

Welcome to this weeks Glitter N Sparkle Design Team sample from me
It's an extra special week as Glitter N Sparkle celebrates it's birthday too so there is extra special treats going on.

Not only can you win some amazing digi's just by entering your creations but all the Design Team have their own Blog Candy up for grabs. 

All you have to do is follow my blog and leave me a comment to be in with a chance to win my blog candy shown below :)

I look forward to hearing from you over the next week :)

Now for the main fun part of the week it's the challenge - Glitter or a Charm is the brief this week.

Here is my creation using the amazing Bugaboo Digital Stamps

I got a given a very festive digital stamp to use and it's was great fun to colour.

I have used Promarkers for this design:

Emerald - hat on penguin on the right

Berry Red & Poppy Penguin on the top right's hat

Asure & French Navy - Penguin's hat on the left 

Amber - For the beaks of the penguins

Burnt Sienna - Sign Post

Warm Grey 4 & 5 - Penguins main bodies

Pastel Blue - Snow lines

Distressed ink for a washy background

We were asked to include either lots of glitter or a charm. I went for lots of glitter which I have incorporated by using glitter card in the background and also these great glittery snowflakes by Kanban Crafts.

Full details of the Blog candy's and the challenge this week are on the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog

Good Luck and I hope to see you over the course of the week.

Hugs

Tracey xxx

Kanban Crafts Mish Mash cards

Good Morning, it's a lovely sunny day so far here in the West Midlands and I have some cards to share with you from the last couple of days.

I have been working with some of my older Kanban Crafts stock but also incorporating it with the newer collections.

These above are using a lovely Art Nouveau style lady and background stamp which I have coloured using Letraset Promarkers and on the red & green design I used Woodware Crafts Fluffy stuff to make the collar and cuffs on the coat stand out. Backs are from a paper pad by Kanban Crafts called Well wishes & Celebrations. 

Th next one is using some very cute Teddy Bear Stamps by Kanban Crafts - This set is called Wooly Bears - Rock On. I have coloured the bear with Promarkers and made a stage themed background with the stars from the stamp set and a border with the musical notes from the set too.

Finally we have a mash up of old and new supplies. I have used the brand new Kanban kit called Pretty In Lace which f you follow the link it takes you to the deal on Create & Craft Tv where is was recently launched. Within the kit are these brilliant sheets of frames which you can stamp on perfectly. So I decided I would use the Stamp set called Spring Silhouettes. I have added glitter and pearls to the pattern on the trees for added effect.

Thanks for looking and I hope you find some inspiration in my post today

Hugs

Tracey 

xxxx