Rachel's Cards and Crafts

Hi all back again, this time to share with you a Thank You card I have made using the Angelica and Friends Range from Crafter’s Companion . I have used the Mariella stamp and coloured using my Spectrum Noir Pens. The Colours I have used are: Dress - IB1, IB2, IB3, BT8, Blender Flowers and Grass - CT1, CT2, CT4, LG4, LG5 Skin - FS2, F4, TN2, FS8 Hair – TN2, TN4, TN7 Wings – IB1 Sky Outline – TB1 Card Recipe Core’dinations – Crafter’s Companion Scalloped 6x6 card base Spectrum Noir Pens – Crafter’s Companion Neenah Card – Crafter’s Companion Embossalicious 6x6 folder Floral Frenzy – Crafter’s Companion Snow White Centura Pearl Cardstock Silver – Crafter’s Companion Butterfly Embellishment - Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Ribbon – Stash Gem’s – The Ribbon Box (coloured with Spectrum Noir BT8) Spray and Sparkle Iridescent – Crafter’s Companion Glammor Dust I also made another 7 cards using this stamp in various other colour ways...

  Hi all I wanted to share with you some cards I made with 3 of the latest Darice embossing folder launch. Firstly here’s some cards I made with the Grass folder.     I picked out the detail on the embossing with my Spectrum Noir pens. Matted onto some Core’dinations cardstock and gold mirror card. I have added a layer underneath which comprises of a core’dinations base, gold mirror card and ribbon from my stash. I have punched some butterflies out using my Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch . These have 3 layers each. The base card is an 8x8 scalloped card and I have matted onto this some of the Foiled acetate from the Toread Range from Crafter’s Companion . Finally I added a sentiment and some stickles glitter glue.   This card I have used a cream speckled a4 basecard folded into A5. Matted and layered using the smae cardstock and gold mirror card. I have created a embossed panel using the folder and highlighted the grass a bit more using distress ink. Ad...

Hi all and welcome to this very exciting blog hop for the launch of the new range from Crafter’s Companion – Angelica and Friend’s which is the 4 Day Deal on Create and Craft this week. To say thank you to you all for hopping there way along everyone’s blogs there is a prize: ONE random commenter on ONE UK team member's blog will win ALL NINE stamp sets in the release (it's a prize worth over £35) You have until Wednesday 6th Feb to leave a comment, winners will be announced on the Crafter’s Companion News blog Thursday 7th February. There are many blogs you need to be hopping over to. If you have come from Taylor’s Blog Your going in the right direction.    Now it’s time for me to share with you my item I have created with this wonderful new range. I have used the stamp Just Like Mum to create a door plaque.      I have painted an MDF base plate with undercoat and primer and then several coats of Pewter Pl...

  Hi all well I have another sneaky peak of the wonderful Angelica and Friends Range from Crafter’s Companion . I must say I’m in love with this range!!!!   Here’s a canvas picture I have create     I have distressed the edges of the frame and backing paper. Added a ribbon element from the cd. The images is one of the toppers from the CD. Once I had complete the picture I sprayed the complete item with silver Spray and Sparkle .   Recipe 20x20 Canvas from Wilkinson’s Angelica and Friends CD Gems – Kaiser Scrapbook Spray and sparkle Glass decorative drop spray – stash Dusty Concord Distress Ink Glossy Accents   Now don’t forget the range launches at 8am on Monday over on Create and Craft . P.s. Keep an eye on the Crafter’s Companion News blog for something exciting!!!   That’s it for now all. Thanks for stopping by as always xxx Rachel xxx

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 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 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 ...

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...

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

Hi all. Well I’m back today with another sneak peak of the wonderful Moreheads Collection from Crafter’s Companion . I have used CD1 of the twin CD to make this cutie. This is a hanging notepad I had so much fun creating. If you keep a look out you will see it popping up as a project on the Crafter’s Companion website. I have used one of the card companions as well as two backing papers from the cd. Then I embellished with various items. Recipe Card base – Snow White Centura Pearl from Crafter’s Companion Flowers – Wild Orchid Crafts Pearls – The Ribbon Box Border Punch – Martha Stewart Ribbon – Dovecraft Crystal Stems – Stash Mirror card – Every Crafts a Pound Scrolls – Marianne Dies Brads – Stash Glitter Spray – Silver Spray and Sparkle Don’t forget about the wonderful competition which is running over on the Crafter’s Companion Website Morehead launch competition To celebrate the launch of Crafter's Companion's Morehead papercrafti...

My 4th card for today is a SWALK card. I have used the Daydream Believer stamp from the SWALK range from Crafter’s Companion . Coloured with my Spectrum Noir Pens. I have used a backing paper from the SWALK CD and a ribbon boarder. The matts are from my Core’dinations   SoMod 6x6 pad. The stamped sentiment is from the Paintbox Poppets range. I have coloured this with Speccy’s and added some iridescent Spray and Sparkle . Final finishing details have been added with pearls from the Ribbon Box and Glossy Accents . Hope you check back soon for the next addition to my blog. Thanks for stopping by this time Rachel xxxx

Hi all here's my creation from last week. It was my Mam's 60th Birthday on friday so wanted to make something special for her. She loves the Debbi Moore art deco cd's so I decided to use the Art Deco Galaxy CD Rom which is in collaboration with the Glitter Girls. I love the way this set has worked out.   The card stands open and all panels are displayed. I have used A4 pearl card and created 2 pieces with tri folds I mounted another piece of card to the centre section to mount these together. My Mam's birth stone is Garnet and her deco in her room is Burgandy so I chose the burgandy colour scheme for her card. I have made each end panel section symetrical. The chocolate box ribbon detail I found a tutorial on Facebook on the I'm a Crafter's Companion Group by (Will add name later as using my mobile broadband and facebook wont load). I just love this detail. I decided to add a buckle slider to give a sparkle effect. For the center p...

Here's a few Snowman cards I made in September using My Crafter's Companion Snowman and Walking in the air CD's. Just didn't get round to blogging. For this first card I have used a Papermania Scalloped edge 8x8" base card. I have matted a BP from the Snowman CD onto some Mirror card. The topper is printed onto some whiten linen card and I have matted this onto some teal blue card stock. The image has be decoupaged and I have added some irredesent spray and sparkle. I have finished the card with some ribbon, snoflakes and a peel off greeting. Again for this card I have used a papermania scalloped edge card base. Matted the packing paper onto some teal car and then mirror card. I have rounded each of these corners with my corner punch. Again the snowman is printed onto some linen card and then decoupaged up. I have matted this onto teal card again and added stickles gliter to The Snowman. I have created a snowflake usinng my cuttlebug with silver mirro...