Everyday Mulberry Wood is here!

Hi all! I hope you had a good weekend and Monday is being kind to you! I'm back today with a little card I've made using the new Mulberry Wood Everyday range from Crafters Companion, they're so cute and I've been having a little play with them!

 

 

See?! Adorable! The stamp and sentiment are from the new range and the paper is from the CD. Also, I didn't have any lilac paper that matched so I opened the paper in my graphics program, colour picked a lilac from it and printed a sheet! I need never buy matting paper again!

 

Plus there's a chance to win all of the new CD, here's the details from CC HQ;

 

"A few months ago we launched the first in a new range of papercrafting goodies with designs drawn by talented artist Ian Hallows - Christmas in Mulberry Wood. You all absolutely loved the range and the feedback we had was just amazing! So, we set to work creating a new range that you could use in your crafting projects throughout the year, and we're pleased to announce that the 'Everyday in Mulberry Wood' range will launch as Pick of the Week on Friday at midday on Create & Craft!

The range consists of a CD-ROM, six rubber stamps and two fabulous papercrafting kits.

 

 

Ready for the launch, our Design Team have been busy creating lots of fabulous cards using the new range, to inspire you and show you the kind of cards you could be making. Throughout the week, we'll be bringing you plenty of this inspiration, to whet your appetite for the launch on Friday!

In the meantime, we wanted to give you the opportunity to win the brand new Everyday in Mulberry Wood CD-ROM. All you have to do is log in to the Crafter's Companion website, click on 'Competitions' in the Members Menu, and answer the question. We'll be picking three correct answers at random on Friday morning to win the prize.

Good Luck!"

I'm also entering this card into a couple of challenges;

Freshly Made Sketches - this sketch -->
Papertake - All Creatures Great & Small
PaperPlay - Cute
Cupcake Craft - Two's Company

Supplies; (I'll add the new product links when they're released)

More from Mulberry Wood!

Hello! Here's a very quick post for another Sneak Peek into the new Mulberry Wood range of stamps, CD & papercrafting kit from Crafters Companion. It's launching this friday at midday as the Pick of the Week on Create & Craft!
There's a blog hop going on too, if you click this link and follow the hop you could be the winner of the Mulberry Wood CD Rom!
Here's a little card I made using this cute Reindeer image & sentiment stamp plus papers from the CD, I hope you like it!

Challenges;
Top Tip Tuesday - Stars & Stripes
Dynamic Duos - Light & Dark Green
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbons & Bows

Supplies;

A very late PBSC and a Festive Blog Hop!

**Scroll down this post to find the Crafters Companion blog hop!**

Good morning! I hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was manic and I didn't get anytime at all to post my card for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge! The theme this week is Fly the Flags! We'd like to see banners, bunting, flags etc! I went for a bit of a one layer card this week and stamped out my bunting straight above the image, I have to say though, I'm such a messy stamper this is my second attempt! I had some on my little finger and couldn;t work out where all the pink smudges were coming from! Hee hee! :-) I'm pleased with how it eventually came out though!
The prize this week is 2 fab Penny Black stamps! I hope you can join us!

Challenges;
CAS-ual Fridays - Pretty in Pink
Oldie but a Goodie - Banners or Bunting (main PB stamp is over 6 months old)
Supplies;

                                                                                                                                                              

And now for something a little bit Christmassy!
I'll leave Meg to fill you in on the details! ;-)

"As many of you know, Christmas starts in June for many papercrafters, so Crafter's Companion are starting to feel a little festive, launching the first of a new range, with artwork designed by artist Ian Hallows. The ‘Christmas in Mulberry Wood’ range (including six stamps, co-ordinating CD-ROM and two papercrafting collections by Hunkydory) will be Pick of the Week on Create & Craft from Midday on Friday!

To celebrate the launch, Crafter's Companion have organised a Blog Hop around some of the Design Team's blogs!

If you have landed here from Louise'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.

 

Everyone on the Design Team had so much fun creating with this new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Friday 29th June you have the chance to win the brand new 'Christmas in Mulberry Wood' CD-ROM.

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 a comment about the range and the sneak peeks you’ve seen. On Friday June 29th, Crafter's Companion will pick two comments at random, to win the prize.

From here, you need to hop to Pam’s blog."

So there you go! Here is my sneaky peek for today, it's using the gorgeous Owls stamp! So cute! The sentiment accompanies it and the papers are from the CD.

I hope you have fun popping about our blogs, the samples are gorgeous and these stamps are seriously so cute, I love them! I hope you can come back during the week and see my other cards! Good luck!

Challenges;
Sketch and Stash Challenge - Any past sketch, I've chosen sketch #52 -->
Cupcake Craft - Birds of a Feather
Papertake - Bingo, middle horizontal line, Die cuts-Free-Glitter
PaperPlay - Use a Die
Allsorts - Any Die will do

Supplies;

Crafters Companion Meadow Bears Scavenger Hunt!

Good morning! It's a bit of a specail one this morning as we're celebrating the release of Meadow Cottage Bears, designed by Blackburn-born illustrator and figurative artist Christine Haworth with a Crafter's Companion Blog Hop Scavenger Hunt!
If you have landed here from Caroline's blog then you are hopping in the right direction. If not then you need to pop over the Crafter's Companion News blog to begin.

Our Design Team have loved crafting with the new range from Crafter's Companion and celebrate the launch of this gorgeous new collection on Friday 25th May, we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning a brilliant prize:

The Meadow Cottage Bears CD, Reddy die-cut decoupage kit and two Hunkydory papercrafting collections!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in turn and then head to the Competitions page on the Crafter's Companion web site (you must be logged in to view this page). Each blog along the way will give you a clue, which will direct you to a product on the Crafter's Companion web site. Within this product you will find an image of a member of the Crafter's Companion Team, with a letter. Make a note of the letter and then head back to the blog to follow the hop to the next blog. Enter the phrase the letters make into the Competition page before 9am on Friday 25th May.

The winner will be drawn after 10am on Friday 25th May, and will be notified by email.
Your clue is:

"Which spray adhesive should you use if you want to stick a poster to a wall?!"

Ooh, cryptic! When you've found your letter, hop on to Bianca's blog.
Good luck!

And now onto my card, it's fairly simple, just how I like it! I've used one of the cute new stamps with the sentiments, papers from the CD and coloured with Spectrum Noirs.
Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Paper Sundaes - Pretty in Pink
Crazy 4 Challenges - Happy Birthday

Supplies;

Another 2 for 1 post!

Hello! I'm back briefly with a couple of cards! The first is a little quick and simple card I made for a couple of challenges new to me using some freebie Washi tape with this month Papercraft Inspirations magazine, I've been so tempted to try it out and I'm glad I did! What do you think?

Challenges;
Colour Trends - Washi tape and above colours (the little button is yellow by the way!)
Moxie Fab Challenges - Gingham
Clean & Simple - above sketch
Supplies;

The second is another card using the fab Crafters Companion Swalk stamps! The Pick of the Day starts tonight at 9pm, the other show times I'll list at the bottom. I've made this card using one of the older stamps though - doh! But I've used the new Hunkydory kit to go with it, I hope you like it!

Show Times - (IW - Ideal World. CC - Create & Craft)

Tuesday: 9pm   IW, 11pm  IW

Wednesday: 8am IW, 10am IW, 12pm CC, 1pm IW, 3pm CC, 4pm IW, 5pm CC & 7pm IW

Supplies;

Another SWALK Sneak Peek!

Good evening! Just another quickie from me to show you another card I've made with these fab Swalk stamps! This is another of the newbies to be released on tuesday - I hope you'll be watching! This one is called Sweet Little Girl and with the image you get the 2 part sentiment plus a little kitten, a couple of butterflies and a little bow - cute! I coloured most of her with Spectrum Noirs and the rest is paper pieced with papers from the CD Rom which are also in the background, all of which are HERE! I'm not sure where the braid is from though, it's just one of those things I've always had! Thanks for popping in, I hope you like it! I'll be back in the morning!

Supplies;

SWALK Sneak Peek!

Hi everyone, I'm back again! I have a sneak peek to share using one of the 12 new SWALK stamps from Crafters Companion. This is my first play with these stamps and they're really cute! This card is using one of the new images to be released next Tuesday. She's called A Little Bird.

On the stamp plate you have the sentiment plus 3 little birds which I've stamped in the corners. I've used papers from the SWALK CD rom, the image is stamped onto Neenah card and coloured in with Spectrum Noirs all of which are available here.
PLUS, Crafters Companion are running a competition giving away all of the new stamps! If you head over to here there is a simple question to answer and you will be entered. Closing date is 8th May at 9.00am. You have to be logged on to be able to see the question and add your answer so if you are not already a member then please register and the winner could be you! Good luck!

Challenges;
Sweet Stop Sketch - Any sketch (I picked sketch 94, sort of, went off track a little!)
Papertake - Anything Goes  
Simon Says Stamp - Birthdays

Supplies;

'Reddy' for decoupage?!

Excuse the punny title! But I've just popped in to show you some cards made using some Reddy decoupage being shown on Create & Craft right now!! First up is the beautiful Roses range.

They're so well cut, even the little fiddly bits! Here are my cards;

And secondly is the Professions range - such a good selection of different jobs in there, even mine! Here they are;

And here are my cards;

And the embossed Core'dinations you can spy is the new Pink Paisley Collection all pre-embossed with really fab patterns! I hope you enjoy the show, Louisa is on now, then again at 2 and 5!

A-May-Zing CD Launch! Sneak Peeks Day 5 - Launch Day!

Hello! I hope you're having a good week and have been enjoying my Sneak Peek posts! It's launch day of the collaboration between Crafters Companion and Nigel May! He's designed a new craft CD called All Kinds of Everything and you'll be able to see the launch tonight at 9pm on Create & Craft!

To make it a bit more exciting, all of the comments received this week on my Sneak Peak posts have been entered into a draw to win a signed piccy of Nigel! The winner of mine is....

Jools!!

Well done! Pop me an email (beth82hi at aol dot com) and I'll arrange to get it out to you!


Today I'm showing you the whole project I've been working on! It's a gift set of 12 cards, for all occasions so the recipient is armed with a card for almost any event that may arise in a year. I wanted the cards to be all the same size, all fairly simple and all to be quite flat. That's because I've made a folder for them to go in! And here it is! Warning: There is a lot of photos! (If you'd like to see the past posts for this launch and all the cards I've made, you'll find them HERE)

In this pic you can see I've used one of the image toppers and some gorgeous backing paper all printed onto Centura Pearl card. I die-cut some letters and flowers to decorate it. I wanted it to be quite flat so it could be maybe stored on a shelf...

...and if it was, you'd need to see what was in it so I've added die-cut letters and gems to the spine too.

I thought it would be nice to see who made it! So I shrunk down one of the inserts, added my name and used it as a plaque for the back.

Here you can see what the front and back look like folded out.

I've used some seam binding to tie it all together and some of the paper beads from the CD threaded on. They're dead easy to make, just roll up and stick, then I covered them with glossy accents to harden them and give some shine.

And here is the inside! I loved making this!! Took a bit of maths skill to get it right though! I've put one of the borders from the CD down the inside of the spine for a little finishing touch.

I thought it would be cute to add some handy pockets so I cut more letters and made one for notes...

...and one for stamps!

And here is all is together! Phew!

Well done if you've made it to the end! I've not added any product lists so if there's anything you'd like to know, give me a shout! Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Here's some challenges I'm entering this into;
The Shabby Tea Room - This photo (pink, aqua, neutrals & flowers) -->
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything but a Card
Little Red Wagon - Pockets
Divas by Design - Anything but a Card