Verity Rose - Arriving at Crafter's Companion Soon!

How adorable is this? The Verity Rose collection is quirky and fun with a vintage flair.  You will be seeing these next week on the Crafter's Companion website.  There is a great range including stamps, dies, embossing folders, papers, embellishments, and even a Verity Rose Coloring Pad (That's where my image is from - eeeek!)

Supplies:

Verity Rose Coloring Pad;

Verity Rose 6 x 6 Luxury Paper Pad;

Verity Rose metal dies: Doily, Official Frame, Lace Edge;

Verity Rose Lace Ribbon Pack;

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers: GB1, GB7, FS3, EB1, TN1, BP1, BP2, BP3, BP4,

 PL2, PL4, JG1, JG2, LG1, LG3;

Spectrum Noir Sparkle: Crystal Clear

Just for Men Collection Launch From Crafter's Companion!

Just in time for Father's Day! Sara Davies has released her newest signature collection, Just For Men! It's a fun collection for the guys in your life that includes stamps, dies, embossing folders  and paper collections.  I really enjoy adding distressed layers to masculine projects - I think it adds that needed edge.

Supplies:

Sara Davies Just for Men Collection:

 6x6 Paper Pad Brights Collection

Embossing Folder- Pop Dotty

 Decorative Metal Dies: Superstars; Rock On

 Photopolymer Stamp Sets: Rock Star; Street Wise

New Collection from Sheena is Beauty Bursting Through

Sheena has been at it again and had designed these fun stamps that will be bursting through your projects! They are available now at Crafters Companion US.  I added extra dimension to my Clematis flowers by stamping extra images, cutting them, shaping them and adding to the base image with foam adhesives.

Supplies:

          Sheena A Little Bit Sketchy Clematis, Cherry Blossom

                                    Spectrum Noir AquaBlend Watercolour Pencils: Grapefruit, Carmine,

                  Deep Blue, Aegean Blue, Oregano, Kiwi, Sorrel, Brunette

           Spectrum Noir Sparkle - Fig

Love is in the Air

June is just around the corner, which means you may have a wedding or anniversary to celebrate! If so, then check out the Sara Signature Collection - Love and Romance. It's a wonderful collection to create love filled projects.  I used gold and vellum to create a card that would be perfect for an elegant anniversary.  Changing the colorway really can set the mood for a card.

Sara Signature Collection: Love and Romance:

   Nested Heart Dies 

 Luxury Metal charms

 Romantic Swirls Embossing Folder

Sheena Day of the Dead Release

Sheena has been up to some fun designing some great stamps for Crafter's Companion! She has a whole new release for Day of the Dead.  Even if you don't celebrate this holiday, you will find some gorgeous flowers and other accessories that can be used any time of the year!

 Sheena Douglas Day of the Dead EZMount Rubber Stamp Sets - Danse Macabre, Floral Fiesta,
Dancing Skeleton
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens: Macaroon, Sand Dune, Fig, Olive Jade, Harvest Moon, Rose Quartz, Biscuit, Crystal Clear
8" X 8" Textures Embossing Folder - Hessian

Sparkling Butterflies with Crafter's Companion

 If you are enjoying the color craze, you are really going to have fun with these large rubber stamps from Crafter's Companion! I combined the Spectrum Noir AquaBlend  Watercolour Pencils and the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens to create some gorgeous, shimmery colors!  And it's kind of fun to remember that you don't have to use the full stamp image for your projects.  I trimmed this butterfly down  to create a shaped card front.  Some of these items may be available only at HSN right now... but keep watching Crafter's Companion USA for new goodies!

Flutterby Lullaby Large butterfly stamp
Spectrum Noir AquaBlend  Watercolour Pencils: Soft Red, Cherry, Hyacinth, Damson, Papaya, Rose, Violet, Petunia, Strawberry, Carrot, Iris, Blueberry, Blue Marine, sunshine, Fig, Bamboo, Bottle Green, Chrome Orange
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens: Clear, Pink Garnet, Harvest Moon, Holly Leaf
Signature Collection by Sara Davies - Butterfly Lullaby 5" X 7" Embossing Folder - Daisy Trail
Sentimentals - Phrases Stamp Set

ButterflyPop Up Box Card

Have you seen Sara Davies' Signature Collection -  Butterfly Lullaby? It was a huge hit on HSN, but now, part of the collection is available at Crafter's Companion US! When I saw this collection, I knew it would be great to use for a Pop Up Box Card.

Sara Davies' Floral Delight Collection for Crafter's Companion

 

It's spring - so now is the perfect time to introduce you to Sara Davies' new Floral Delight Collection for Crafter's Companion. This is a collection that pairs well with any type of project.   And here is a little tip to remember - you can combine the flower and leaf dies to create many different styled flowers!

Sara Davies Signature Collection Floral Delight 6x6 Paper
 Sara Davies Signature Collection Floral Delight Metal Die - Ornate Trellis Die
 Sara Davies Signature Collection Floral Delight Metal Die- In Bloom Die
 Sara Davies Signature Collection Floral Delight  - Rambling Rose 5 x7" embossing folder

Downton Abbey is in the House!

That's right! It's here! The Downton Abbey Papercrafting collection is now available at Crafter's Companion US! Everything about this collection says elegance. I love treating the gold as my neutral, and just adding a small pop of purple for the color.  Also, notice the Ornate Mirror Frame - I die cut a purple and a patterned piece, and offset them slightly.  This is a great way to create a shadow effect.

Downton Abbey 12 x 12 Luxury Paper pad
Downton Abbey Dies: Ornate Mirror, Champagne Saucer, Elegant Border Die
Downton Abbey Thistle Embossing Folder
Downton Abbey Diecut Toppers Set 1
Downton Abbey Pearls
Downton Abbey Lace Ribbon

New Release - Crafter's Companion - Butterfly Lullaby

It's release day at Crafter's Companion US! Yay! Today we are adding Sara Davies' Signature Collection - Butterfly Lullaby.  It's perfect for spring! Now this collection launched a couple of months ago, and it was so wildly popular that we have just now gotten part of the collection in stock!

I used the embossing folder to emboss the scalloped circle, but then fussy cut it down to just the circle, rather than using the whole design.  The flowers were fussy cut and glittered, then shaped a little bit before I adhered them with foam tape.

Supplies:

Butterfly Lullaby - Circle 3D Butterfly Die
Butterfly Lullaby - Daisy Trail 5x7 Embossing Folder
Butterfly Lullaby 12 x 12 paper pad
Spectrum Noir Sparkle - Amethyst

For My Special Friend

 

Here's a fun tag that you can easily add to your next hostess gift! I used the new AquaBlend pencils from Spectrum Noir. They really make shading very easy. The image is from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Provence.   It was layered with die cuts from Edge'ables Only Words - For My Special Friend  and Die'sire Decorative Dies - Chantilly Lace Stamping Frame.

Remember, adding a touch of metallics to any project makes it a little more glamorous - perfect for special occasions.  

Watercolor Tag with Crafter's Companion

 

I've got a fun mixed media tag tutorial on the Crafter's Companion Information Blog site. It's easy to use the Spectrum Aqua products to create dreamy watercolor effects.

 

Using watercolor pens is an easy and neat way to add color to your projects, even on the go!

 

 

Crafter's Companion Supplies:

Spectrum Aqua Markers

Spectrum Sparkle Pens

Sheena Eiffel Tower Stencil

Stamp-It Australia Dreamer EZMount Stamp Set - Once In a Lifetime

Floral Delights

I just wanted to pop in and share a card that I created for Sara Davies' last appearance on HSN.  This is using products from her latest signature collection - perfect for spring.  A fun tip that you can use when you are creating floral clusters is to fussy cut some flower images from you patterned paper and then make some dimensional flowers and layer them together.

Crafter's Companion Supplies:
Signature Collection by Sara Davies -
Scalloped Border Die; In Bloom Die; Pretty Petals Die; Stylish Swirls Embossing Folder; Floral Delight 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Get Ready for Wednesday with Crafter's Companion!

Remember! This Wednesday, Sara Davies will be back on HSN with some delightful goodies! She will have the Perfect Partners Victorian Floral collection as well as more Downton Abbey, new Die'sire dies, a new Signature Collection and the much anticipated Spectrum Aqua Blend Pencils!

 

Supplies :

Sheena Perfect Partners Victorian Floral Metal Die - Sweet William
Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners - Sweet William EZmount Stamp Set
Die'sire Edge'ables Flourish



Crafter's Companion Returning to HSN!

Sara Davies, of Crafter's Companion, will be back on HSN next week! Be sure to tune in on Wednesday, March 16th to see some amazing new products and inspiration!  She will be launching the release of the Spectrum Noir Aqua Blend Water Color Pencils - which you are going to love!  I created this fun gift box using them (along with other wonderful Crafter's Companion products!)

Sheena A Little Bit Scenic - Provence EZ Mount Stamp Set
Sheena Perfect Partners Victorian Floral - Pansy EZ Mount Stamp Set
Sheena Perfect Partners Victorian Floral - Pansy Die...
Die'sire Classiques Decorative Scallop Edge Die
Big Score
Textures Embossing Folder - 8 x 8" Basket Weave
AquaBlend by Spectrum Noir: Aqua, Lagoon, Beeswax, Carmine, Ruby, Indigo, Clay, Sky Blue, Dark Slate, Fossil Grey, Ginger, Charcoal Brown, Spinach, Parakeet, Mango, Banana, Oregano, Kiwi
Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock
16 x 16 Construction Cardstock

Twit Twoo with Crafter's Companion

I think this is finally the last sample I made for the Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens for CHA 2016.  I just think this little bird is adorable!

Supplies:

Twit Twoo Stamp Set,

 Spectrum Noir Sparkles markers: Blue Topaz; Starry Sky, Emerald Green

Graphic 45 Patterned Paper

Heart of Gold With Crafter's Companion

I've got a layout to share with you today...it's a little bit out of my comfort zone, but I was playing along with CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration Challenge.  It's always fun to challenge yourself and find new things/techniques that may or may not work for you. Anyhow, it was fun!

A couple of the elements I chose to work with for this challenge were stripes and watercolor. I tore strips of watercolor paper and used the Spectrum Aqua pens to create this effect. I just colored some scribbles on each piece of paper, then misted it with water.  It was such an easy effect.

 For this photo, I cut the photo with the heart die, and just lined it up with an open area on the lobes of the heart.  Then I cut a second heart with the gold paper and glued the photo to the heart.

 I layered mulberry flowers with chipboard flowers for my cluster.

Using the gold foiled paper and alphabet dies created a title that looks substantial.

I had to use bright pink as one of the colors on this layout, and since it was more masculine, I didn't want it to be floofie pink, so I used a pink chipboard flower, a pink banner (along with two blue ones) and then colored around my journaling with the Spectrum Aqua pen, to tie it all together.  I used a waterbrush to spread the watercolor.

Crafter's Companion Supplies:

Die'sire Classiques - Spring/Summer Metal Dies - Traditional Bunting

Die'sire Classiques - Spring/Summer Metal Dies - Scalloped Bunting

Die'sire Classiques - Spring/Summer Metal Dies - Pennant Bunting

Die'sire Classiques Only Words 1" Alphabet Contemporary-Uppercase

Die'sire Classiques Only Words 1" Alphabet Contemporary-Lowercase

Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock - Pkg of 8 Sheets

Spectrum Aqua: Rose Pink, Aquarmarine, Peacock Blue

 



May All Your Dreams Come True

If you have a few minutes, then you have time to make your own special gift box. Doesn't this look like the perfect princess packaging?  And then, you don't even have to wrap the present.

For the box itself, I used a tutorial that I found online, here.  I did decide that the box was a little hard to close, until I trimmed the edges away to reduce bulkiness.

 I didn't want to use a patterned paper for this box, because I wanted the sentiment to be the star of the show, so instead, I embossed pink paper, and it made the box interesting without being overwhelming.

 To really make my die cut sentiment show up, I lined it with a cream cardstock.

Crafter's Companion Supplies:

Kimono 5 x 7 Embossing Folder Cherry Blossom

 Die'sire Prestige Only Words - Dreams Come True

Big Score 

Collall All Purpose Glue

Shimmering Cardstock: Pink Pearl, Gold Dust 

What Does the Fox Say?

Is this little fox not the cutest thing? Of course I would want to be friends with him! He was colored with the Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens.  He is just my favorite!

Supplies:

Crafter's Companion Forest Friends Stamp Set,

Spectrum Noir Sparkles markers: Harvest Moon, Smoked Quartz

Carta Bella Patterned Papers

Valentine Treats

Are you looking for a cute way to give your Valentine treats?  I've got a tutorial up on the Crafter's Companion Blog for this sweet treat holder.  Drop by to see all of the details.