Its birthday week at Crafter's Companion

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Exciting News

Its exciting news this week!!! I booked some flights to CANADA, I'm off to see my brother on an exciting journey all on my own. I have never flown before and never on long haul. I have a touch down on the way back , which means the plane touches down at Heathrow to let passengers off , and then takes off again to fly to anchester. Anyone who knows me will tell you I am not great at taking off !! so to do 2 Take offs and landing in the same day will be a major achievement for me !!!!!! 10 weeks till take off Debbie's travelogue starts here >>> Tickets bought Taxi to Airport Booked Childcare Sorted Case is out Passport checked till next week, I will also be busy creating so all in all I will need a holiday to recover, till next time xx

Empty Jar to Altered Jar

This weeks crafty make is an Altered Jar, quick and easy to create after your paint has dried. This is simply an old candle jar, cleaned and dried. You pop acrylic paint into the jar in whatever colour you choose and swirl it around until every inch of the jar is covered, take the time to let the excess drip out before setting it down and leaving to dry , at least for 24 hours. o the same with the lid if its glass. When dried you can start to add whatever you desire in your chosen theme. Here i have used some Graphic 45 papers and tissue paper, added embellishments. I added some soft sparkle to the butterflies and I think the result is lovely. I have popped it on my dressing table with cotton wool balls inside, you dont have to put anything inside , it could be purely for decoration. HAPPY CRAFTING.

Sorry there have been no posts

Hi everyone, sorry there have been no posts just recently I have been busy with my design team assignment and will share the pictures as soon as I can. Needless to say I have been inking , sanding, ripping and spraying to my hearts content, yesterdays project took me all day to do and its now safely in a box ready to go. I have one last project to finish up today and then they can all be sent off.

Easy Project with leftover pieces of card and ribbon

This week time has been of the essence and I have been very busy so I got my thinking head on and have just used leftover pieces of card to create this simple Tussie Mussie. Using a scap piece of Graphic 45 I cut a semi circle to form the cone shape you see. Glued it down well with hot glue and attached a card handle which was stapled to each side.

The staples were covered by the leftover ribbon you see which goes all the way round. I used Die'Sire The Leaf 2 die and made some leaves for each side using some card that came from a discarded gift box. The Die 'ire range are available at www.crafterscompanion.co.uk as is the Sentimentals stamp I used and the colour core co ordinations card for the label at the front. All ready now to add some small gifts and give as a present, quick and easy to do and you can readily make these smaller ones from scrap pieces you have lying about. I am doing some design team work over the next few weeks so may be a little quieter than normal . Keep Crafting. xxx

So here is what I used to make this weeks project.

I used a Prima Doll stamped image and coloured it with Spectrum Noir markers, in BG1, BG4, TB1, TB2, TB3, TB9 and TB5. I added a fun ribbon edge to the bottom of the skirt, i think it looks great and gives a good effect. On the background I inked in Distress ink in Broken China and ripped pieces of patterned paper and inked those up to in the same colour, I backed the tag in Blue cardstock from the ColourCore cordinations pad. I chose a Camelia small die and the stamen die to create a small flower in similiar tones to the papers and background, I run them through the big shot in the Make a Wish Embossing folder for a little extra texture and dimension and added a little broken china ink in places. I used a Dylusions stamp for the saying on the side. Glues I used were Collal Tacky and Collall 3d and some crafters companion double sided tape, my must have. Most of the products I used are readily available at www.crafterscompanion.co.uk Happy Crafting xxx

Prima Doll Tag - This weeks Crafty blog item