Giveaway with a difference!

Hello all, time for another Giveaway, but this time with a difference! There is a bit of a challenge to it.

Here is what is up for grabs:) and a list of what it includes.
4 @ 6" x 6" bazzill basics cardstock lakeshore, canvas, romance and pear.
4 @ 6" x 6" Kaisercraft Imagine papers P140, P141, P142, P143 all double sided.
3@ brads from the same range SB1111
Maya road heart ribbon clasp.
metal flower and heart embellishment unknown brand (from my stash)
5@ buttons (from my stash)
2@ strips of kaisercraft square rhinestones in mint and lg. pink SB769 and SB763 (12 in total)
2@ pearl and rhinestone brad (Delish)
1@ metal word ribbon slide (all my memories)
2@ skeleton leaves (unknown brand from my stash)
9@ assorted flowers (mixed brands from my stash)
2@ Prima flowers on stems
3@ cotton cord 1mt each pink, brown and green
Ribbons and raffia (from my stash)
1@ Cristina Re A6 blue card
1@ Porta craft embossed white card (and envelope)
white tag and blue (unknown brand) cardstock.
Please note that as the papers are cut from 12" x 12" they may not be "exactly" the same as with the brads and the words on the ribbon slides.

A few close ups of what is in the kits :) one skeleton leaf and one small green flower is missing from the photos (the wind came out just as I was taking photos)

A list of rules will be sent to the 3 lucky winners of what they can use to make there cards which will need to be emailed to me by the 8th of March 2012.

To enter you need to share this photo you will need to make sure you "share" the photo as public or you won't be in the running. All other rules and details are listed on the photo too.

Any questions please feel free to ask, and good luck.

Tracy 

Pens V's Pencils

Back in December I took part in the December Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking card challenge and this was my entry.

I coloured the image using Whispers Strokes pens, after stamping the image with black Staz-on ink.
I was recently asked by a customer what I had used, but really wanted to show that for a very cost effective alternative you can use water colour pencils.

 

Now as I really wanted to show the difference so I have made two more, but coloured one image (left) with the pens and the image on right with Faber-Castell water colour pencils. I won't go into the "how to" as you can see loads of how to videos on YouTube and each brand of pens or water pencils are different what I tell you may have worked for the brand I used it may not for you. Whats the cost difference? Well again that is going to differ but pens will set you back around $3.50 - $5.00 each and a packet of 24 water colour pencils you can pick up for around $20.00- $30.00 depending on brand. Trial and error and practice before you use on a project.

Hope this helps...Kelli this post was for you :)

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting, Tracy

*note I will pop back later and list the items I used...as right now I must run, the worms are calling and I hope the fish are biting :)

Right so that's it for today, as we are off fishing! (crossing something else off my "goals list"...doing something crazy with the kids)

Items used..

Whispers Strokes pens by Sugar loaf

Staz-on black ink

Sizzix texture plate set 655671 the plate I used was Holiday Trees

Faber-Castell watercolour pencils

Rebekka Erickson paper "Mum's Christmas RE2005.14

Bazzill basics in Ivy and craft (unknown red from card challenge)

6mm rhinestones

Zig two way pen

Pop dots

 

 

 

 

Long time no post

It's been a while since I posted and as I had a few spare moments (been a bit crazy here getting ready for Christmas) I thought I would just stop by with a quick update.
I haven't been doing a great deal of crafting of late as around 8 weeks ago I had a fall. As you do when you are falling you put your arm/arms out, unfortunately for me I dislocated my elbow and damaged tendons and ligaments! Ouch! After around 6 weeks of taking it easy I was able to start back at the gym (with a brace) and had a light weight program to get some strength back into it. Happy to say that after a very long 8 weeks and many visits to the chiropractor today I was given the "almost clear" I have almost full movement back, but will still be 6-8 weeks before I get full strenght back.
Because of my injury I put my weekly sales on hold over on my page, I just wasn't able to get orders out as quick as I would have liked. I will be starting my weekly sales up again very soon in the New year.

Now as I said I haven't been doing a great deal of crafting but here are a few items I have been working on.

I male card I made after I really had to search in my stash for a card when my son was heading to a birthday party. I normally colour the image, but I really liked the black and white on silver and figured my boys can add some colour if they wanted to.

The next is a card I made for a challenge on Illawarra Scrap & Craft comp page the card on the left with the "a note for you" tag is the one I entered. While I had everything out I made another one, I just didn't add a tag. I will do that when I decide who it is going to...and for what reason.

The last one I wanted to share was another male card, I don't have a great deal of male cards in my collection. This was made with lots of new goodies I had got and I wanted to use as many as I could on a card. The checkered washi tape is from Sawyers Place. The stamps are a Stampin up set.

Well that is a wrap, last post of the year. I would like to wish all of you a safe and happy Christmas and hope to see you all back in the New Year. xx Tracy

Another Card Challenge

As most would be aware I like to participate in a challenge and one I have been doing (and don't think I will stop) is one held by Jodie from Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking. Kaszazz products will always hold a place in my papercrafting heart. I used to be a Kaszazz consultant! way back when they were crafty kids, and a little during the change over to Kaszazz.

So these are the products we all start with. We can only use inks, stamps and punches to create a card.

So here is how I went about creating my card.

The punch I used was the large Retro Flower punch by EK Success

I layered the flowers, the brad was only to hold the flower together while the glue dried. All the edges are inked with Charcoal color box chalk ink.I had to punch a mini flower to add to the center and as I had used all the cardstock I punched it out where it was going to be covered then stuck down...no one need know. Well only all of you now reading my secrets! Lol

The stamped image is not the entire stamp, think outside of the box, and only ink up the part of the image you need.

And the completed card! to get the petals of the flowers to pop I rolled them on a paintbrush after sticking them together, it is much easier to do BEFORE you stick together, and I did so with the later ones I made.

You can view the other cards in the challenge here. I just got pipped at the post this time round by Lyn.
I loved the design of the card so much I used it on a few others such as this one. it is more a note/gift card style and is 10.5cm square.

If you like a challenge I suggest you pop over to Jodie's page and take part.

Products used to make card
Challenge kit
EK Success Retro flower punch, large and mini
color box chalk ink - charcoal
Just a note stamp by Anita's (ANT 906214)
fiskars border punch - apron lace
double sided tape

glossy accents (or glue of choice) 

Card Challenge (take 2)

This is take two of the card challenge being held over at Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking.

The Challenge is to make a card using only the products in the kits plus stamps, inks and punches.

I decided I was going to use a stamp from Hero Arts called "Love Birds" K4888 (if you want to use the same stamp) I stamped the black tag with white versa magic ink.

I then stamped the same image twice in black staz on ink on the white cardstock, cut the red cardstock in half and stamped the image again. I used my Fiskars border punch (sorry don't know the name) and edged the white card base, the tag and one piece of the red cardstock. I also trimmed the tag down to be the same width as the card.

I then lined up the red cardstock with one of the stamped images and the cut down tag next to it. Added the ribbon, this covered where the "love" was. With the remaining red cardstock I cut out a love tag, then stamped it again on the back to cut out the second love tag. Added the white stitching to match the ribbon. These love tags are then mounted with magic mount/sticky dots/3D mount anything to make them stick and POP. The last things added was the rhinestone.

Tools used other than items in the kit;
Hero Arts Love Birds stamp K4888
Fiskars border punch
Versa Magic, cloud white
Staz on ink, Black
Inkssentials Opaque pen, white
Brayer (for rubbing over stamp)
Double sided tape
Magic Mount

I hope you enjoyed my "How I did it" if you have any questions or would like to leave a comment please do so.

Read the fine print Tracy!

I am taking part in a card challenge for Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking. Each person who participates gets the same items in the kit and have to then come up with a card. We can only use stamps inks or punches (*oops I used an embossing folder)  but are not allowed to add any extra cardstock or embellishments. Unfortunately I jumped in a little to quick...was just so keen to get to use my Bigshot. As I had already taken the photos I have decided to blog about what could be made with the added extras, but still using the same products.

I had already run the card stock though the big shot when I remembered I needed to take photos! So we each start with a standard white A5 cardstock, I folded mine into a C6 size. The Red bazzill cardstock (precut) a black tag, the black ribbon and the large rhinestone.



Running Cardstock through bigshot




I added white cloud Versa Magic to embossed cardstock

Once I had Run the cardstock and tag through the bigshot I rubbed the embossed areas with the Versa Magic. This really made it stand out and gave it a bit of an aged look. All of my sponge daubers have been used for dark colours so I just used a piece of sponge cut down to size.

The finished card, I used a white pen to add stitching to the tag (I cut that down in size too) used the off cut of ribbon on the tag and added the rhinestone.

Products used to make the card;
Bigshot
Sizzix Wedding set#2 (code 655852)
Zig 2 way glue pen
Inkssentials Opaque pen, white
double sided tape.
cardstock, ribbon, tag and rhinestone from card kit.

This card won't be in the Challenge as I used an embossing folded...stay tuned for later tonight for the card which will be included in the challenge.