Rachel's Cards and Crafts

  Hi all well have you seen some of the girls sneak peaks for the newest launch from Crafter’s Companion ? It’s the Crisalis Classics addition to the paintbox poppets range from Artist Christine Haworth. It will be the POW on Friday so don’t forget to tune into Create and Craft .   I have a co-ordinating set to show you for my first sneak peak. First a card and box using one of the topper sheets, a sentiment, embellishments and epiphany elements from the CD.     I have used a backing paper and insert from the original paintbox poppets CD.     Card Box     Card and box together     Next I created a matching bubbly gift.     The complete set     Recipe   Crisalis Classics CD from Crafter’s Companion Satin Finish Printer Paper from Crafter’s Companion Light Printable card Crafter’s Companion Epiphany Rounds 14 punch and bubble Martha Stewart Punch around the page punch Gold Pea...

  Hi all I’m back again with another sneak peak for you of the new Angelica and Friends Range form Crafter’s Companion .   This time I have another stamped card to show you.     Recipe   Angelica and Friends Stamp – If Friends Were Flowers – Crafter’s Companion Colouring Medium – Spectrum Noir Neenah Card Stock Pink Card – The Paper Mill Embossalicious Folders – 6x6 Petite Dots and 8x8 Grande Dots eBosser Marianne Design Creatables Die – Frame Circle LR0112 Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch Stickles Glitter Glue – Diamond Spray and Sparkle – Iridescent Dovecraft White Grosgrain ribbon – colour matched using Spectrum Noir GT3 White 8x8 Scalloped Card Base Carl Corner Butterfly Punch   Woodware Inverted Corner Punch   Thanks for stopping by and having a look at my post.   Don’t forget to tune in at 8am UK Time tomorrow to watch the launch of the 4 day deal over on Create and Craft .   Thanks Rachel xxxxx

  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’ve been working on a few sample this past couple of weeks for the next launch for Crafter’s Companion . I just adore this range, it’s called Angelica and Friends. There is a cd, stamps and Hunkydory Papercrafting Kit. This range launches on Monday over on Create and Craft at 8am. Don’t forget to check it out. For now I have a couple of samples to share with you. Stamped image card Recipe Image – Angelica and Friend’s, Time to celebrate Colouring medium – Spectrum Noir pens Neenah cardstock Scalloped 6x6 cardbase Red cardstock – The Paper Mill Backing Paper from Angelica and Friends CD Lace doily and lace from The Ribbon Box Card Companions Card Recipe Card Companions image from Angelica and Friends CD Core’dinations So Mod 12x12 Pad Ribbon – Stash Flower – Wild Orchid Crafts Gems – Wild Orchid Crafts Well I hope you like what you have seen. I will be back tomorrow to share with you some more item’s I have made with the An...

Hi all well I’ve another sneak peak of the Blooming A-May-Zing CD for you. Today’s the day to be watching over on Create and Craft at 8pm. They will be doing a world Launch of the CD all the way from CHA!!!!! I have used the toppers section of the CD for my card here. The embossed section I have done using the A4 plate which came with the Ebosser. This card is a quick shaped card which I have printed onto Snow White Centura Pearl Card Gold tone. I printed a one of the design sheets onto the reverse. I also printed an A6 Note paper for the inside with a verse. Embellished with Ribbon – coloured with Spectrum Noir CR9, then added some gems.   Well that’s it again for now. Happy Crafting!!!!

  Hi all well I’m back to share with you another sneak peak from the wonderful Blooming A-May-Zing CD. This time I have 2 samples for you to look at. Here’s the first This one is an A6 scalloped edge card matted with Core’dinations and one of the pretty design set backing papers printed onto satin finish paper from Crafter’s Companion . The topper is from the elements section on the cd and I have printed this onto printable light card from Crafter’s Companion . I have cut a circle using a spellbinders die and some fancy corners using one of the D-Lites dies from spellbinders. Finally I have added some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts .   The next card is a shaped card.   The main card has been printed onto Watercolour card from Crafter’s Companion . I printed on the reverse of the card a coordinating design from the cd. The insert has been made using printable vellum paper from Crafter’s Companion . I have made a charm using one of the designs in the ephiphan...

Hi all I’m back with another sneak peak from the Blooming A-May-Zing CD from the wonderful Nigel May. This time I’m showing you a card made using one of the six rubber stamps.   Technorati Tags: Nigel May , A-May-Zing , Spectrum Noir , Blooming A-May-Zing   I have used the following Spectrum Noir Pens to colour the image: CR6 CR8 CR9 LG5 JG2 JG3 IG2 I have distressed around the edges using distress ink red brick. The backing papers are from the cd. I have matted onto gold mirror card and used a red base card from The Paper Mill.   Thanks for stopping by 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 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 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

Oooh hi all. Some of you may already be aware but the wonderful Crafter’s Companion are releasing some brilliant Dies of their own on the 19th August on Create and Craft. There’s some fab designs. I have had the privilege to be working with the following two sets of dies. There just fab and I’m sure you will like all of the other sets too. I have made various different samples using the wonderful licenced ranges from Crafter’s Companion. The first sample I am going to be showing you is made using the Moreheads CD. This sample is a decorative Candle. I just love this sweet image from the cd. I have printed onto tissue paper and applied to the candle using the greaseproof paper and heat gun method. Next I have used some core’dinations card stock and the border die and ran these through my Grand Calibur. I have used the off cut as a border along the top and then the main decorative piece along the bottom, edged with some ribbon. I created a base for the candle using a circle wh...

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...

Hi all Well I've got some really exciting news to share with you all. On Friday 27th Crafter's Companion have once again got another stunner of a launch POW!! It's a wonderful Moreheads Collection comprising of a double CD ROM, Stamps, and Decoupage. To celebrate the launch there is a competition running on the Crafter's Companion Website (you have to be logged in to view) starting today. The competition will end at 10am on Friday 27 th .  The prize will be the new Morehead CD-ROM, plus the everyday decoupage kit and Christmas decoupage kit (total prize value over £50!) Here's my first sneek peek of the week.  I have used the decoupage from the Christmas Collection. The backing paper is from the A-May-Zing Christmas CD. Check back later in the week for more sneak peeks and also why not check out some of the other DT's Blogs For now see you later Rachel