Voting starts now!

First up I need to start with - Oooopppss!!  Yes the Belle who was to do yesterdays Topical Tuesday kind of missed it, but I figure we can give her that one because she has been so super busy with study and training and working!  I get exhausted just reading what Marcia has been up to lol!  I am up next week and I have something already in mind which is so unlike me, so we'll see how I go with that :)

The voting has begun!!

Come and check out this months beautiful challenge creations and place your vote next to your favourite!  We'll be announcing the Top3 this Friday as well as the random winner of our $20.00 Discount Coupon so get involved now!  Find the link to the current challenge in the lefthand side bar :)

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Friday Feature - Printable Pages 1 & 2

Thank Goodness It's Friday!  

I hope everyone has a relaxing and crafty weekend planned because I think we deserve it lol!!!

Today the fabulous Belles are showcasing the new Printable Pages, and for this week you'll save 20% so be sure to check them out! Let's get straight in to it and see what they have to share!

Sue

Marcia

Marion

Therese

Tobi

Kylie

Ladies these are just gorgeous, thank you so much for sharing!!

I hope you've enjoyed taking another look at our Printable Pages!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Printable Pages - Christmas 1 Printable Pages - Christmas 2

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Topical Tuesday #89

Hi there! It's Tobi Crawford here with what I hope to be an informative tutorial using PanPastels and Annabelle Stamps!

Before I got to using the pastels I had to prep the base. 

1) I covered the area with Matte Medium. 

 

2) Cover the area with old book paper and seal with a layer of medium. 

 

3) Once the matte medium has dried, pull off any excess paper.

 

 4) Cover the area with some watered-down gesso. 

5) Mix some acrylic paint with acrylic glazing fluid. It will extend the paint.

 

6) Paint the area with the acrylic paint mix then wipe some away with a baby-wipe. The idea is that the paint will stain the area and provide a colourful base. 

 

7) Now we start with the PanPastels! I used VersaMark as a medium for the pastels. They will stick to the VersaMark.  

8) I used a really fluffy brush to dust on the PanPastels. Magic!!

So I just kept adding layers of PanPastels with VersaMark until I was happy with the background... Here's what I got: 

I used Backgrounds By Design 8 and Splat Attack. Perfect sets for art journalling!! 

Thanks for joining me today!

FF020 -

Hi everyone and welcome to todays Friday Feature!  This week the Belles are using the two brand new 

Scribble Scrabble sets and for this week ONLY you'll find them in store discounted by 20%!

Scribble Scrabble 1 - Round & Round

Scribble Scrabble 2 - In The Square

Let's see how the Belles have used them!!

Therese

Sue

Marion

Marcia

Just gorgeous ladies, thank you so much for sharing!!

Kylie is missing this week and we send her lots of hugs and hope all will be better next week with her dialysis!  Take care Kylie!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesday #88 - Mixed Media Christmas

Welcome to another Topical Tuesday!  This week I've created a Christmas card (always a good thing this time of year!) using a bit of mixed media and watercolouring! 

Here's my card :

I started by creating my background.  I cut a sheet of watercolour card to 11cm x 7cm then adhered a torn piece of designer paper using a gel medium.  The pattern in the paper just peeps through.

Then i covered the entire area with Gelatos and blended with my finger.  

Take a look at the video and I hope you enjoy!  Just yell out if you have any questions :)

Hugs for now,

Andrea

FF019 - Sentimental Bluebells

Welcome to our Friday Feature and this week we are playing with the set Sentimental Bluebells!  You may have seen a beautiful collection of cards by Therese in the August  edition of Cardmaking Stamping and Papercrafts with one of her cards making front cover!!!  Check out the link to see!  They were stunning Therese!!  

So let's see what the Belles have created for us this week and because it's our Friday Feature stamp set it's been reduced by 20% for the next week, so get in quick before all stock goes lol!!

Sue

Therese

Marion

Kylie

Marcia

Tobi

Thank you ladies, you've all created beautiful cards for us once again!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Hugs for now,

Andrea

Sentimental Bluebells

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Topical Tuesdays - Picket Fence meets Kraft!

Hi it's Therese from Lostinpaper, back with the another Topical Tuesday's tutorial.  Today Picket Fence meets Kraft, and I just LOVE how it looks!

Here's my video....

Thanks for joining me today, Happy Papercrafting!

Therese

Other Supplies:  White & Kraft Smooth Cardstock, Anti Static Pad, Heat Tool, Glue Dots, Glossy Accents, Fiskars Stamp Press, Versamark Ink, Versafine - Vintage Sepia Ink, Bigshot, MFT's Die-namics - Vanity Licence Plate. Picket Fence Distress Marker - Tim Holtz.

Remember When (AnnaBelle Stamps)	Hemp Twine - Light Brown 1.5mm (AnnaBelle Stamps)	Toffee Sprinkles (AnnaBelle Stamps)
Opaque White Embossing Powder (AnnaBelle Stamps)	AB Mounting Tape 6mm (Xpress It - AnnaBelle Stamps)	AB Double Sided High Tack 12mm (Xpress It - AnnaBelle Stamps)
AB Kindy Glitz Gem Clear (Derivian - AnnaBelle Stamps)

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