Hi it's Sandy with a colourful and graphic layout for you today. I like bold, bright colours and since we are experiencing a heatwave here in Singapore, what is better than scrap about sunshine which is one of my favourite things for this month's challenge.


I've been playful with my embellishments, including a column of assorted buttons and two misted  canvas birds - you can easily create your own using the Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas from the store. Scatter about the page are little stamped phrases from the Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Roller Stamp. Last, but not least, I combine two halves of the DIY Shop Clippings paper to create the sunburst backaground, highhight the radiating rays with some stitching and add a border of orange washi tape.

Wishing everyone lots of fun scrapping and making cards about your favourite things.

Supplies : Crate Paper DIY Shop Clippings, American Crafts Lucky Charm (Roller Phrase Stamp, Falling Star),  LYB Naturals Birds Canvas Sticker, We R Memory Keepers Variegated floss, washi tape, assorted buttons, cardstock,

Hello Tracy here again to show you another selection of "my favourite things" for our monthly challenge at Artfull Crafts. This post will be a bit photo heavy, but there's lots to see.

So first is my little chipboard Mini book, closed, which I covered in Remember Me paper from Kaisercraft. The edges have Distress crackle paint around them and also Distress Ink to age it a bit.

Good morning to you all.

Betsy here today. How can one make the decision of what is our favourite things - there are just so many that this blog post could go on for ever!! Anyway, I am going to share a couple of cards, in which, I have used dies that I really am rather fond of and have used quite extensively. Do hope you enjoy viewing these.




I have used a Marianne Creatables Die LR0112 to make an easel card for this lovely lady, with the Secret Admirer Collection from Kaisercraft, which by the way, is her favourite range - a little bird whispered in my ear!!




A close up of the flower arrangement. These are I Am Roses flowers which are now available at Artfull Crafts - just another of my favourite things!




This is a card made for the same lady and I have used another Marianne Creatables Die, CR1239. It is one of my newer dies, again I'm sure it's going to be a firm favourite!
The paper collection is Forget-Me-Not from Kaisercraft - love the colour combination in this range.

Have you noticed the stand? It is a Joy Craft Die, 6002/0122 cut out using a firmer card. I find it very good when photographing my cards.

Do remember the challenges at Artfull Crafts - it is great to see all your talent and you could be a winner!

All today, happy crafting and many blessings,

Betsy.

Hello Tracy here with a few cards for our monthly challenge at Artfull Crafts, the theme is "My favourite things" Well one of my favourite things.. that is an essential in my craft room is my beloved copics. I don't think I would be a card maker without these... I have used other mediums, but always go back to my trusty copic friends. So here is a close up of the lovely couple.


Here is another quick card I have made with Elegance, but doesn't involve a stamped image, quick and easy.

Hi, it's Sandy with a tutorial on using a visual triangle in card design. This design principle helps me decide where to place various elements like the sentiment and the embellishments. It also guides the viewer  instinctively along the path connecting the three points of the triangle, easily bringing across the message of my design.


1) My starting point is this Crate Paper DIY Shop journal card. It consists of a frame with a floral cluster in the bottom left corner. I add a Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm star die-cut next to the flower to create a base for my visual triangle, aligning it so the tip points along the diagonal of the triangle.

2) The logical place to put my sentiment is the top left corner. However "Thank You Daring" is too lengthy and will disrupt the visual triangle. My solution is to separate it into two lines.


3) To fill the empty gap in the middle of the card, I pop down a little bird which echoes the brown tones in the leaves and branches of the floral cluster. I am careful to place it so that the chest and head is approximately along the line of the diagonal.

If you find this design discussion helpful, please leave a comment. That way I'll include more design tips in future posts.

Supplies : Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Die-Cut Shapes, Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Phrase Stickers & Tag Cuts, Crate Paper DIY Shop Tag Cuts, Kaisercraft Paper Blooms Dusty Pink

Congrats to our April winners announced yesterday. We loved seeing your "Home is where the Heart Is entries". We hope you'll join in our May Challenges...

Challenge Theme - My Favourite Things

The Sound of Music is a classic movie and "My Favourite Things" is a song which cheers up frightened children during a thunderstorm. We want to know what makes you smile? What cheers you up? What do you look forward to? What are YOUR favourite things? Join in our challenge with cards, layouts or crafty projects.

Sketch Challenge

Sketches in Thyme have teamed with Artfull Crafts and have provided a sketch that you may want to use for inspiration. You don't have to stick to the monthly theme if you use these. Sketches are great for cards or layouts - and are perfect for the time-poor crafter, or for late at night when inspiration is lacking...

Prizes

There will be 3 prizes this month:
1) Overall challenge winner will win a $50 prize pack of Artfull Crafts Favourite Things!
2) Sketch winner will win a $30 pack of Kaisercraft's new Summer Breeze products (stamps shown)
3) New entrant winner will win a $20 gift voucher from Artfull Crafts

How to Enter

Entry is SIMPLE!! Click here, upload your image, include a sentence or two and voila - you're entered! Your entry will NOT appear immediately. We will have to activate it from our end - which may take a day or two.

Alternatively, from our website homepage, you can find the challenges and enter by clicking the Gallery Tab along the top menu bar, then click into Competitions. They are all listed there for you to view and enter.

We look forward to being inspired by your work!
Entries close midnight Thursday 30th May, 2013
Maximum of 3 entries per person 

Congrats and THANKS to everyone who entered the April Challenge - Home is Where the Heart is.

Please head to the Gallery to check out the fabulous entries and leave comments to encourage the crafters. We all love positive feedback. And check the blog again tomorrorw to find out what the next challenge will be.

1) Overall Challenge Winner

Congrats to Deborah Watson. Deborah entered 3 projects and we particularly loved the House Shadow box showcasing the things she loves.


She's also lucky to have her own scrap spaces. She writes: "Without question, the summerhouse I brought for my Scrapbooking room is my favorite place to be."


Deborah has won a $50 prize pack of home decor products!

2) Sketch winner

Congrats to Lara Moss for her take on the sketch. We love the simplicity and the way she's given it her own twist (90 degrees anti-clockwise by the looks of it).

Lara is also a first-time entrant! You've won a $30 pack of Kaisercraft's new Needle and Thread products.

3) New entrant winner

Congrats to Julia Prentice. Julia submitted a layout for the sketch showing a piccie of her garden - and it looks so healthy! It's her first time entering the Artfull Crafts Challenge. Congrats ....  you've won a $20 gift voucher from Artfull Crafts.

Morning all! Teresa here with a cute little project using KaiserCraft's Needle and Thread range. This collection really lends itself to sewing themed projects, so I thought I'd make something practical:

I cut some calico to size with pinking shears to use as 'pages' then used my sewing machine to stitch them into the spine of the book.  The outside of the book was embellished with paper from the Cotton sheet of paper, a wooden spool and bits and bobs from the Collectables pack.

Thanks for looking!

Hello Tracy here on this overcast Sunday. After water blasting the house I have managed to make a card using Kaisercraft collection - Hopscotch. Apart from the paper, I have also used Hopscotch Collectables and Rub Ons


Hope you are all having a great weekend

Hi there - Teresa here! On Wednesday I showed you a bright set of cards I made using KaiserCraft's Hopscotch range. You can see that post here.

Today I have another set of cards from the same range of paper, but this time I have pulled all the neutral elements from the range and made a completely different set of cards:


These papers are from the paper pad, the scallop border from the die cut sheet at the back of the pad, and the bird and combi van are from the sticker sheet.


The next card has a couple stylised flowers are from the Collectables pack:


and the chevrons on the last card were cut out of the chevron sheet of paper out of the paper pad.


It's almost hard to believe these cards came from such a bright range!

Thanks for dropping in for a look today :)