Regal Rose & Splinters In Time- 2 Unbeatable offers and Day 12 Advent Calendar Offers

Morning My Friends. I mentioned in a quick post last night about the offer on The 'Regal Rose' collection. There's also a similar offer on the Splinters in Time collection. In the Regal Rose Collection, there are 3 large Stamp Sheets,  Everything you could want to create a variety of floral cards. The stamps were chosen to give the best value and include elements for instant cards or a variety of smaller stamps to create your own beautiful designs. The Splinters In Time Collection, is another, very different collection, a  large main stamp to use as a platform for the included stamps, Scenes in Time and Lush Landscapes, they work perfectly together and were designed to be used together or as stand alone stamps.

I realise that not everyone will want the collection and might prefer to purchase single items, I have discounted the Collection as much as possible to encourage people to use the set together as it gives the most variety. The main Splinters in Time set is perfect to use with absolutely anything, I cant think of any image that wouldn't be completely at home surrounded by it, giving a frame for whatever you decide to use with it.

The 'Scenes in Time' was the first in a series of stamp sets that will work perfectly within the 'Wall' or as independent stamped images. There are a variety of scenes in the set, which can all be used for all seasons, depending on your colour choice. They look great using any colouring medium, especially watercolour. A simple stamped image water coloured can be used as a card topper or as a framed piece of art, whatever your decision they make super cards and projects. Do visit the Youtube Channel for inspiration, for all of the collections and individual items.

Today on the store there are a lot of offers, I have left the offers from the last few days in the store so you have some ore choice. Today I have added the Extension Rose Petal Dies, these are wonderful coupled with the Rose Petal dies, to make the most beautiful roses, in whatever size you would like. The larger sizes do give a lot more scope and are not just for roses either, they make lovely Peony's. Setting flowers aside though, they make great Junk Journals, regular journals, shaped cards, and apertures to name a few uses. They are certainly not a 'One Trick Pony' so will earn their place in your craft stash. Here are a couple made with the rose Petals and the Extension rose petal dies, on offer today with 50% off, be quick if you want them. I have video on my YouTube Channel with a link at the top of the blog.

Don't forget to join in with the Craftascope December Giveaway, There are 3 prizes, each for 100 Pounds to spend at the Craftascope Store and all you have to do is share any project made with Craftascope goodies. Full details are on this poster, it would be great to see your creations.

Also when your in the store, keep a look out for the Daily Hidden Prize, Simple add a note to your order form and the item will be added to your order. Good luck.

Thank you ever so much for your support, every single sale will help. I really do want to continue with Craftascope, If you've not read my last few blog posts, please take a look. Your support could really make the difference. Craftascope and all of my Customers have really been a lifeline for me and kept me going. If I do keep going I am sure you will love what I have to bring in the future.x

Last Chance to get hold of the Blooming Marvelous Collection.

Hi Friends and Crafters. Things are rather busy at the moment, especially with the extra videos that I am adding to the Youtube Channel and the prep. Just wanted to let you know that it's your last chance to get hold of the Craftascope Blooming Marvelous Collection with 50% off. You can get the full set now for 39.97 rather than the regular price of 79.95, so please don't miss out if you really want to add it to your collection, there are not many left now and I'd hate anyone to miss out on this wonderful offer. There are many more samples but here are a few to give you some inspiration.The first shows another way of using the collection, almost beautiful piece of Jewellery from Jane.

The collection consists of 2 A5 Plus  (close to A4) stamp sheets, 3 Wonderful Stencils and the Dancing Dolphin 2 part die set.

I have included some of the projects made using this collection in case you missed the launch show on Hochanda.

I have also included a link at thee bottom of this page for the launch show if you would like some more inspiration.

These stamps are beautiful for pattern building or using singly to make the most wonderful floral cards or notelets. 

However they are not just for your card craft, they are great to make beautiful stitched or embroidered projects.

So whatever crafts you enjoy, they really will suit a wide range of people and occasions.

There so much to celebrate, being the a full year since the Craftascope Makes Facebook Group was started. It's also the first anniversary of my first show on Hochanda and on Tuesday the 40th Youtube Video will go live.

To thank you for all of your support over the year I will be adding offers on my Etsy store over the coming week, so do keep an eye out for those. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xxx

This is the launch show on Hochanda with Dave Bradford you can either watch it her or on Youtube:

For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xxx

The Craftascope Floral Stamp and Die Collection Launch show

Hi Friends and Crafters, Just a quick post to keep you in the loop so to speak. I've been away for a little while resting but I am well on the mend now so I am catching up with all the things I have neglected and hope to be back with you very soon with some more inspiration. I have just finished uploading the Launch show of the Floral Stamp and Die Collection with Kathryn for you so I hope you will enjoy it. It was such a busy show, Had great Fun.

More news, You might have seen that I have putout a Design Team Call to, so I can expand the great team I have already. I am looking forward to welcoming the new members, Full details are on my Facebook page. 

I have a lot of messages saying that they like to be able to watch the shows once they are no longer on Catch up to watch back the demos. I think one day I will have the courage to watch one back. As you all know I love to share and Hochanda is such a great place to visit and it gives me the opportunity to share even more with you. It's also given me a little more confidence, so I am doing a lot more on my Youtube channel.Here's the show link.

I'm over the moon that my New 'Regal Rose' collection has proved to be so popular, If you haven't seen it yet, they are on my Etsy Site, I know there are very few left now and only 1 of the full collection, so do be quick. Also another bit of news, I have been able to restock the Retro Banner Stamp Set at long last after it sold out in less that 24 hours, so again please be quick if you would like it, such a great set and so versatile. I also have a chat about the new collection on my Natter with Nick, below.

I have been toying with the idea of moving more towards video tutorials than the blog and I really would like to hear your views on it, if you have any or if you have a preference to one or the other. I have heard from quite a lot of crafty friends that they are shutting down blogs as visitors seem to prefer a photo on Social media rather than a tutorial. I have to say I feel it will be a shame to lose some of the blogs that are out there but I can understand when  it takes a huge amount of time to keep up a blog if people prefer a quick photo. Anyway I have asked before, so I thought I would ask again. See you very soon, for now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Natter with Nick Episode 2 and more

Hi Friends and Crafters. Well it's Wednesday and time for another Natter with Nick tonight at 7 pm. I have broken it into two this week to see if they are faster to upload and I have to say that they were, I left enough time in case it was another 8 hours, but it was less than half that this time. I do hope you will join me for a natter, some demos, Hints, tips and some Wednesday night fun.

Part 2 of this weeks episode will go live at 7.30, to give time to have a chat answer any questions etc. I hope you enjoy  part 2 just as much as the first part. I will take this time to let you know about the 'BIG GIVEAWAY', I have still had a lot of people who don't know about it, I have shared it as much as I can, but obviously with the way Facebook share, there are people who will miss out. What do you have to do? Leave an Honest review for any Craftascope Purchase on my Etsy store. Thats it, then you will be in with the chance of winning my Brand New August collection, consisting of 3 Beautiful Stamp Sets, Stencils and dies.

When you have watched the Natter with Nick, please get in touch if there is anything you would like me to include in my future shows. Anything crafty at all, I will always try and include it. I want these shows to be enjoyable and informative, so your feedback is extremely valuable.

Well I will see you tonight at 7 pm and again at 7.30 pm. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

ATC Antics

Morning my lovely friends and crafters, What an amazing few days I have had, A really enjoyable visit to Hochanda and a catch up with friends, meeting all of the lovely people that bring us such great shows and then the launch of  the next installment of my Craftascope Library. Today, I wanted to spend some time showing you the stamp sheets in detail. There really isn't the time on the show to do that as well as present the demo's that we all love to see. I want to show just how versatile these stamps are and show the smaller stamps that are so valuable to us crafters, whatever our style or crafting experience.

ATC Antics:

This was specially designed to coordinate with the ATC die set which sold out, I have managed to squeeze some additional stock but there wont be anymore available after that. It's a real go to collection, enabling you to make a complete card or add detail, texture and dimension to any project. I have included some feel good sentiments along with words that can be mixed with others in any of the Craftascope collection to form new sentiments or phrases. Two of the boys appear in a smaller and more natural look, giving you even more scope to coordinate a tag, gift and matching card. I have included a positive and negative bubble wrap, that gives the most amazing texture, it's a huge improvement on the real thing allowing you to do so much more, with texture, dimension as well as opening up a whole new way of crafting.

Such A Card:

I have designed some of these to layer and they look amazing in any colour combination to give a wide range of looks and feels. They work perfectly well as single stamps and dont have to be layered to give a wonderful look. Again they are great to add to any project to add texture and dimension, but as I demonstrated in my shows on Hochanda, they can be used to make a super but simple fast card and we all need one of those from Time to time. These are really different to anything else that is out there and give a unique feel to you crafting.

Textures 1:

This is the beginning of a small collection of wonderful texture stamps, sized to make it simple to extend them to suit your project. Being Thermo Plastic Rubber, they allow you to use all of your techniques, extending the use but remaining clear for positioning. There are some really interesting and unique textures here in this collection of 4, a really cost effective way of adding interest to anything.

Handy Helpers:

Oh my goodness, this was another early sell out, but I did manage to get a little ore stock on extended delivery, so I do hope you wont miss out. This is an amazing set of unique stamps and where this whole collection started. The 3 hands give you the opportunity to use on any project, I have used feel good phrases on one, Crafty words on another and included a plain to cover all bases. There are also some super and different sentiments in this set which will match all projects and occasions.

As I have said before all of the words in every launch of the Craftascope Library collection will mix and match to give 1000's of sentiments that you can create, rather than tie to you specifics, we all want to get as much value as we can from our supplies and this is an excellent way of covering every possible scenario.

I do thank you for all of your support, without it I wouldn't be able to bring you the collections that I share with you. I want to be able to give you a collection of usable, different and unique stamps that build your collection over the months and years to come. I don't want to bring the same images or things that are already available, I want to help you evolve and try something different in your crafting. I am launching another new collection on Tuesday at Hochanda with Dave, so I do hope you will join me then. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Have a Merry Christmas

Morning Friends and Crafters, Today I am sharing a card with one of my favourite of the Signature Collections from Sara. I love all of the collections, so I suppose it's very hard to choose really. I loved using the Foils and Foil Transfers, it's the first time I have used them and I was very impressed. They look amazing, give a really professional look but are also so easy to use.

You will Need:

Festive Wishes Die and Stamp Set

Winter Wonderland Foils

Winter Wonderland Foil Transfers

Fluttering Snowflakes Embossing Folder

A4 Luxury Matt Mirror Card Teal

Sheena Wow Clear Embossing Powder 

Versafine Deep Lagoon

Sheena Stamping Card

Centura Pearl White/Silver 6 x 6'', 7 x 7'', 

Centura Pearl Card Base 8 x 8''

Collall Tacky Glue

3D Glue Gel

Step 1: Take your 6 x 6'' card. Cut 'Merry' from the Matt Mirror Card, then position but dont stick it down yet.

Step 2: Wipe your card with Anti Static, stamp ''Have a'' and 'Christmas' with Versafine, coat with embossing powder & heat.

Step 3: Select some snowflake transfers & rub o the foil. Next mat this on to mirror card, leaving a narrow border

Step 4: Emboss your 7 x 7'' card and mount onto the mirror card, Just look at thee fabulous details in the emboss, it's beautiful.

Step 5: Wrap a length of matching ribbon around the front of the card and secure at the back with tape.

Step 6: Mount onto your base card, then add the topper section with Foam tape for extra dimension, this finishes your card.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit today. I do hope you have enjoyed the tutorial and the finished card I have shared. Please stop by again soon to see hat I will be sharing with you. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Stamps by Leonie Pujol My Launch Samples Part Two

Welcome to Part two of my samples for the Launch of Leonie Pujols' Brand New Stamp collection on Hochanda. I hope you liked Part One. If you haven't seen it please take a look at the post, I really enjoyed using these stamps and I know you will too.

There are six sets of stamps in the collection and they are: Just Be, Kaleidoscope Dreams, Flight To Freedom,Flight Of Fancy Backgrounds, Flights Of Fancy and Of She Flew. All of the stamps compliment each other perfectly allowing you to get the most from the stamps.

Thank you for taking the time to look through the samples. I hope you have enjoyed them as much as I did making them.

Please also take the time to visit the other wonderful crafters who make up Leonie Pujol's design team.

My fellow Design Team Members, They are:

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk

Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk &

Katrina - Cornishkat.blogspot.co.uk 

From tomorrow I will be adding more details and step by steps of them for people who want to know how they were made. Take care and bye for now. xx

Leonie Pujol Launch Previews

Tonight the Wonderful Leonie Pujol launched her second collection of stamps on Hochanda. It's another fantastic launch. I have not had them long this time but they are lovely to use and again some really great designs. I am looking forward to using them over the weeks to come.

I am so pleased to be able to share some of the samples that I have made for the launch show with you. They can be used to create some lovely projects. 

In this post I am just going to share some of the samples I have made, I know everyone loves looking at the finished examples. Once again for all of you that want to know more, I will be posting them separately along with descriptions and step by steps,from tomorrow.

I really hope that you enjoy the cards and projects that I am sharing. I will share some more at 9pm tonight.

Please also take the time to visit the other wonderful crafters who make up Leonie Pujol's design team.

My fellow Design Team Members, They are:

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk

Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk &

Katrina - Cornishkat.blogspot.co.uk 

Vintage Tattered Blooms.

Morning, I didn't have a clear view of what I wanted in today's project and didn't really know how it would evolve. All I did know was that I wanted the sentiment and flowers to be the main focus.

I randomly collected some various stamps,card,paper pad, pearlescent pva, some loose Hessian strands and a few embellishments.

After selecting my background paper, here it was a piece of 6 1/2'' square from Kaiser crafts vintage Timeless range. I then measured a mat for this 1/4'' larger in cream card. Then taking my handwriting background, I stamped this onto a strip of matching cream card using Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet. I stamped my sentiment over the top with Coffee Archival. I love this sentiment from Bee Crafty and it was the inspiration behind my project. I cut this out and measured a mat, again 1/4'' larger.

I then blended around both mats and the sentiment with a selection of distress inks, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogany. I then distressed the backing paper using the same colours.

For the flowers I used a mixture of Tattered Blossoms and Mini Vintage Floret, both by Heartfelt Creations. I used the same distress inks to colour these, also tinted the backs with Tattered Rose. 

Taking the flowers, along with a large ball tool and foam mat I added dimension and shape.

When I matted and layered the main card and sentiment, I decided it would have more impact with a black border, so I used black card to add a middle mat of approximately 2 mm.

I positioned the sentiment using 3D Glue Gel. I took 3 strands of the Hessian and wrapped this around the left hand side of my card.

I took some leaves and coated them in Black Distress glitter using cosmic shimmer glue. Arranged my flowers around the bottom left hand corner and filled the centres with Black Distress Glitter. I added some Dazzlers from Creative Expressions. A Tim Hotz Sentiment key was then added using another strand of Hessian.

To finish of the card I used Cosmic Shimmer Coloured Pearlescent  pva to make some pearl swirls. I simply marked out my design using a pokey tool and added the drops.

I hope you have enjoyed today's share, Thank you so much for stopping by and hope you will visit again soon.Take care xx

Art Explosion, Using the Leonie Pujol Collection

Morning everyone and welcome to an explosion of Art. A new card I have made using Leonie's stamps and stencil collection. I did mention a little while ago that I have found them inspirational and totally addictive to use, my ideas just keep coming.

For this project, I took a piece of Velvet card measuring 8 1/4 square. I then positioned my art masks and secured them with Crafters Companion Stick n Spray, then drew around them using a waterproof fineliner pen. Then removed the masks and sticky residue using a paper stump.

Next, I took one stamp and positioned it 3 times in between the art words. I actually added 2 more later to balance the design.

I then found the centre point and drew a series of lines with a waterproof fine-liner pen, joining the stamps and words to give the illusion that the words and stamps were flying outwards.

Using Pebeo Drawing Gum, I filled the words and stamped images. The using a selection of Leonie's other stamps I filled in the lines connected to the squares. I chose solid stamps for one edge to make them appear 3 dimensional. The masking for this step is very easy, simply a sheet of copier paper each side of the line you are working on.

For the lines connecting the words, I selected 4 shades of grey to colour them, continuing the 3 dimensional feel. Once this was complete I used the drawing gum to mask. You could easily use a paper mask if you prefer.

To add the dramatic colour to contrast with the monotone design, I used smoothies to apply 3 colours of Distress Ink. For this project I used: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Festive Berries.

So, quite a different look for Leonie's Collection, I hope you like the finished project. To finish I added a 5mm border, by drawing a deckled edge frame with my black fine liner, then layered onto black card.

Thank you so much for popping by to see this step by step. I really hope you have had as much fun as I did making it. Thanks for all of your lovely comments and continued support.Take care xx