Rachel's Cards and Crafts

Hi all here I have created a project for you on how to make the Beatrix Potter Calendar Project Kit by Crafter's Companion . These are really easy to make. You get 2 complete calendars in the kit to create for £9.99 – less your membership discount of course!!!! If your not already a member why not? Check out there wonderful Club Inspire .   Right then onto the project.   Step 1 Take your Kit and ribbon from the packet. Step 2 Seperate the two calendars Step 3 Take the November page and remove the 4 holes from the top and the section from the main page. Layer ontop of the December Page. Step 4 Remove all of the other pages in this way layering ontop of each other. Step 5 Place the front cover on your project.   Step 6 Make some ribbon loops through each hole on the top, ensuring they are not too tight so your calendar pages will turn.   Step 7 Thread some ribbon through the middle two loops you have just created to make a hanging loop. ...

Hi all I have been making a few Christmas cards this weekend for a friend. She requested the characters to be used on each of the cards. I hope she likes them. The first card is a Mini Mouse Card. I used the sketch from this week’s The Sweet Stop Sketches Card Recipe Pyrimage sheet by Studio Light Mini and Mickie Ribbon Papers from my Docrafts Digital Delights Boofle and Tatty Teddy Spellbinders Oval Die Hollographic Card Crafter’s Companion A3 Snow White Accents Card Stickles Xmas Red Red Satin Ribbon Sentiment Printed from PC   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The next card is a Peppa Pig Card Card Recipe Papers from Crafter’s Companion Mulberry Wood Christmas CD Holographic Card Purple Card – bought a while back from Crafter’s Companion Peppa Pig Ribbon Peppa Pig Image Sentiment Printed from PC Stickles Stardust and Diamond Sparkling Snowflakes Luxury Foiled Embellishments by Hunkydory Crafter’s Companion A3 Snow White Accents Centura ...

Hi all I bet you thought I had vanished. Sorry for not blogging. As some of you may be aware I have not been myself of late and finding things a bit difficult. Well I have been trying to take my mind off it and have made this Christmas card today. I have used a Molly Bloom stamped image. I must admit I started to colour this image back in October but only got the hat coloured. I completed the colouring today using my Spectrum Noir Pens from Crafter’s Companion . I stamped onto Neenah Card Stock with Memento ink. I am pleased with the way the colouring has turned out. Practice and advice from wonderful people like Leann Chiver’s, Marcea Watkins, Louise Welsh and Co. has certainly helped improve my colouring technique. Here’s the card I have used the following products to complete my card Crafter’s Companion Neenah Card Stock Crafter’s Companion Spectrum Noir Molly Bloom Jolly Snowman Stamp Lili of the Valley Set 8 happy Circular Stamps WOW Black Glint Embossing Powder Lil...

Hi all here’s another one from me. This time it’s a framed sample using some of the decoupage elements from the cd. The frame started off like this. I painted it with some silver paint and removed the glass. Here’s the finished Frame. I think you will agree these little characters are so cute!!! I just love them. Here’s one more sneak peak too. It’s part of the decoupage from Reddy which will be launching along with the range. Don’t forget to tune in for the launch tomorrow over on Create and Craft!!! For now I will see you soon Hugs Rachel

Hi all Welcome to the Crafter’s Companion blog hop to celebrate the launch of the Toread papercrafting range! You could win the new Toread CD-ROM, simply by hopping around the Design Team's blogs and being inspired! Pop over to the Crafter's Companion News blog for the full list of Design Team members who are taking part. The Design team have loved crafting with the new range – “I personally love working with it as the characters are so cute!!! The cd is packed full of goodies to create with and you just don’t know where to start to be honest.” So we're celebrating the launch of this gorgeous new collection on Friday 28th September by giving you a chance to see some sneak peeks and have the chance to win a great prize! All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is visit each of the Design Team members blogs. They will each be showing you some of their fabulous Toread creations. Once you've been inspired, simply head back over to the Crafter's Companion ...

Hi all as promised yesterday here’s another sneak peak of the wonderful Embossalicious Embossing Folders from Crafter’s Companion . I have used an element from the Morehead Rocker Card Kit and mounted it onto the Die’sire Waltz Frame which  I have cut out onto Core’dinations card stock. I have used Snow White Centura Pearl Card for the base card and to emboss the folder with. Finally added one of the sentiments from the kit and some ribbon and stickles glitter Glue. I am entering this into the Oldie but a goodie challenge – Show us your ribbons. My old item is by ribbon which I must have had for about 3 years!!!! Thanks for stopping by. Hugs Rachel xxxxxxx

Hi all well you may have seen that there are some new embossing folders being released by the wonderful Crafter’s Companion called Embossalicious . There are 12 in total, 6 of each size in 2 sizes 6x6 8x8   I have been working on some samples with the Art Deco 8x8 Frame folder. I think it’s fab!! Here’s my card I have made: I have used the new Core’dinations super assortment – limited edition 12x12 pack for my matts and layers. I have distressed the edges using my sand it gadget . The border strip is one of the wonderful Die’sire borders and I have again used some core’dinations which I have sanded. I used a strip of pre printed paper which I think was from the Paintbox Poppets cd. The image is from the wonderful Strawberry Kisses range and I have stamped onto Neenah Card Stock and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens. I added a little bit of Star Dust Stickles for that have to have sparkle. Finally I have added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Some pearls f...

Hi all well you may have noticed that there’s a POTD over on Ideal World Starting tonight at 9pm. Well the wonderful Crafter’s Companion have got yet another brilliant launch. It’s Beatrix Potter , this time and Crafter’s Companion have teamed up with Hunkydory to bring us all 2 fab kits: An everyday kit and a Winter Kit I was lucky to to have the winter kit to work with and these are a few of the samples I have created with it. Firstly there are some fab new 3d Trees:   This one I have made up as it comes and then added some embellishments. ~~~~~~~~~~ This next one I have made into a topper on an A4 card I have used one of the backing cards and added a few of the additional items from the kit. I then printed some papers and a note paper from the Winter Tale CD and decorated the inside of the card ~~~~~~~~~~ This next card I have made into a side stepper I again used one of the A4 card bases and added several pieces from the kit as well as some gems and a spellbind...

Hi all well the theme for the Crafter’s Companion Monthly Challenge is Gold. Inspired by our success at the Olympics this year. This is the card I made for the challenge. It’s a gold and red card as you can see. I have used one of the lovely new Christmas Strawberry Kisses Stamps. Isn’t that cat just so adorable!!! I have stamped onto Neenah Card Stock  and coloured using my Spectrum Noir Pens. The Poinsettia dies and scalloped shapes are from Marianne and I have used distress inks to highlight the detailing of the embossing. I also used the same distress ink on the lace so it would tie in with the card theme. I have used my Woodware Border punch to create the border strip and I have monted this onto gold mirror card and added two different ribbons for detail. The backing paper on the card is from the SWALK winter collection CD. The corner plates are from Wild Orchid Crafts . I am entering this card into the following challenges: Papertake Weekly ...

Hi all I was asked to make some samples for Sheena Douglas for her shows on Create and Craft using the new range of Darcie Embossing folders which can be purchased from Crafter’s Companion . I had the Birch Tree and Flames Folder to use. I have made 6 samples in total. The first three are made using the Birch Tree Folder. Here’s the first one: I have used one of the Die’sire Dies from Crafter’s Companion and created a posy using some flowers and leaves from my stash of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers range. I have used ribbon and pearls from the ribbon box . The base card is a 5x7” scalloped edge from Papermania. I finally gave a the whole card a spray with Crafter’s Companion Spray and Sparkle Pink.   Here’s my second card: For this card I embossed some Core’dinations card stock and then gently rubbed over it with my silver ink it up pad and then sprinkled some snowflake sparkle heat it up embossing powder on. I must admit I like this effect, it’s the first time I have ...

Hi all, i’m really sorry for deserting you all and not sharing the rest of my Strawberry Kisses sneak peaks last week but I have just not been myself again. I have 4 more cards to share with you for the Strawberry Kisses Christmas Stamp Range from Crafter’s Companion . I just love this cute stamp range. There’s 12 stamps to choose from in total. Here’s the rest of my samples I made for the shows on Create and Craft. Hope you all like. Sorry there late!!! Hugs Rachel

Hi all Today I have a wonderful new range to share with you!!! Crafter’s Companion are extending their Strawberry Kisses range and are launching 12  new stamps with a christmas theme. They are so cute!!! I have made a few samples and this is the first one I would like to share with you. Isn’t this cat just so adorable? I just love her. The stamps are wonderful to colour and of course I have used my Spectrum Noir pens. The Core’dinations collection I have used for this one is so mod. If you would like to see more sneak peaks, check out the other DT’s blogs. Their links are on the right. Well that’s all for today folks but don’t forget to tune into Create and Craft on 7th September to check out the lovely new stamps. I will be back tomorrow with more sneak peaks!!! Happy Crafting Rachel

Well I have a wonderful blog hop to share with you. As you know the wonderful Crafter’s Companion are launching a Christmas/Winter addition to the Paintbox Poppets range on Friday!! I have to tell you it’s just delicious. So in great Crafter’s Companion spirit they are offering a prize of the Winter Collection CD. So how can you win this I here you ask? Through an inspirational blog hop!! Through the week the DT will be posting lots of lovely samples that’ll give you all lots of nice things to look at. Then you have to go to the News blog and leave a comment saying what has inspired you throughout the blog hop. A comment will be picked at random to win the new Paintbox Poppets Winter Collection CD-ROM, on the Friday morning at 9am. If you have arrived at my blog first then you need to go back to the beginning and start at the news blog and then follow the blog hop in the correct order. If you have followed the hop well i’m last on the list so you now need to go to the news blog ...

Hi all I have another challenge to share with you over on beaded jewellery challenges . This challenge is to create something with multistrands. Here’s my creation I have used Semi Precious beads, crystals and silver pearls. I love the effect of this one. Why not pop by and check out the challenge. Gotta dash Take care Rachel

Well today I have a couple of sneak peaks for you of the wonderful new ranges being launched by the one and only Crafter’s Companion . The first one is another of the wonderful Mullberry Wood’s Stamped card. This one I have used 2 papers from the CD and matted these onto core’dinations card stock. I have taken one of my Marriane dies and cut out a matt for the stamped image to sit on. I distressed the edges of the matt to show the red core coming through. I have stamped the image onto Neenah Card Stock and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens. Finally I added a ribbon detail, some gems and glitter. The base card is a 6x6 scallope. ~~~~~~~ My next card is a Die’sire sample.   I have used the cute Morehead’s Wedding image for this card, stamped onto Neenah Card Stock and coloured once again using Spectrum Noir Pens. I sprayed the image with pink Spray and Sparkle . To complete the card I have used backing papers from the CD and matt and layered using core’dinations card st...

Hi all, well the wonderful Crafter’s Companion are launching 6 more brand new stamps for the Christmas Mulberry Wood range. It will be POD on Tuesday over on Ideal World. I have made a few samples and here’s one of them. This first one is of the cute Santa going town the chimney. Isn’t he just adorable. I have coloured this with Spectrum Noir pens on Neenah card Stock. The base card is a scalloped 8x8 and I have used two papers from the Mulberry Wood CD taken into the colouriser and printed in this lovely blue tone. Next I matted all of the different layers onto the Core’dinations card stock. I finally added finishing touches with  a ribbon bow and some snowflakes, along with one of the sentiments from the stamp plate. Check back tomorrow for another sneak peak from me. Hugs Rachel

Have you seen that the Die’sire dies are now available on the Crafter’s Companion Website. Check out the wonderful offers Also until Sunday evening to celebrate their USA Birthday you can get double points on all purchases on the website and 25% off their USA product range. Crafter’s Companion are just Fab aren’t they?   Well onto another sneak peak from me. This one’s a hanging Christmas decoration. I have used the Mulberry wood CD for this one. I cut out three of the embellishments from the CD and sprayed them with Gold Spray and Sparkle . These were then matted onto some gold Glitter Card which I cut using the Ornamental Flower Frame Sorry for the poor photo on this one. Next I joined the three panels together with some ribbon. Finally I added some stickles glitter to the ribbon. Hope you like Hugs Rachel