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Thursday, 14 January 2010

Winner week 32 - Resist

It was a truly great tutorial and lots of fun if you had a go  - obviously quite a challenge!
Random.org this week has chosen the winner as....

Sue C.



Please get in touch and I will pass your details onto Your Special delivery.

A huge thank you and well done to those that gave it a try - your projects were all fab! As a wee thank you for you effort I would like to send you all a little something... so  Suzanne,Chris , Vicki and Sue if you all e-mail us your postal addy I will pop a wee thank you in the post!

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Resist Tutorial

For this week’s C.R.A.F.T Challenge we’re presenting a tutorial as

we are aware that not everyone knows what a ‘Resist Technique is!

There are a couple of different versions and they enjoy various
names so I’m going to name them what I know them by, although
you may know them by another name.

Almost the same supplies—just the card differs.

The first one I’ll call Joseph’s Coat. The reason will become apparent!

Materials
Plain white standard cardstock bigger than your stamp.
Dye ink or inkpad(s) ‘Big & Juicy’ multi–colour are brill or you can
use a variety of smaller pads. Distress inks work well.
Ink blending pads (Cut & Dry works well) or brayer
Rubber stamps(s)
Clear embossing inkpad (Versamark is brill)
Clear embossing powder
Heat Gun
Black pigment ink or inkpad
Kitchen roll or soft cloth.




Method
Using either the brayer or the blending pads, cover the cardstock
with patches of colour in linear (brayer) or random (pads) pattern.

Ink up stamp with clear ink and stamp your image.
Use the clear embossing powder and heat gun to clear emboss the
image.



Wait for the image to cool, then apply black ink to the whole surface
of the ink using either the brayer or the pads—your own preference.



Wipe over the embossed image and the bright colours will shine
through !



That’s why it’s called Joseph’s coat!


The second technique produces a more subtle effect.

Materials
Gloss coated cardstock bigger than your stamp. Colour is your
choice. Astralux is brill.
Dye ink or inkpad(s) ‘Big & Juicy’ multi –colour are brill or you
can use a variety of smaller pads. Distress inks work well.
Ink blending pads (Cut & Dry works well) or brayer
Rubber stamps(s)
Clear embossing inkpad (Versamark is brill)
Heat Gun
Black pigment ink or inkpad
Kitchen roll or soft cloth



Method

This method differs to the first in a couple of ways.
Using your clear embossing inkpad, stamp your image.
‘Set’ the ink using your hear gun.

Then, using either your brayer or your pads, cover the whole of
the card with your lightest colour
Using cloth or kitchen roll wipe over the stamped image and the
original card colour will remain.



Repeat step one with your next stamp.
Repeat step two with the next lightest ink.
Polish with cloth again.

Repeat these steps as often as required for your design to build
up
You can even overstamp with a strong colour at the end, if you’d
like, using your design like a backing paper


Thanks Eileen for two handy tutorials - hope you give it a go and have fun - I'll definitely be doing more! Great for creating your own backing papers if you use tiny random stamps.

Week 32 - Resist technique.....and a fond farewell

I'm sad to say this week we are saying goodbye to
They have all been fabulous members of the DT and will all be missed both for their support as part of the team and for all their great projects, but we all wish them well.

We welcome back Your Special Delivery as sponsors this week and the lucky winner will
recieve a digi bundle from them.


The DT had the option of working with the fab image of rabbit in a plane
from Gina - "Handcrafted" at Your Special Delivery.

This weeks challenge is a little different for us.
A technique challenge which will have attached a fabulous tutorial by Eileen!
RESIST
Eileen has kindly showed a couple of ways to produce resist effects, but if you know others we would love to see them also. My first thought when Eileen suggested doing this was the wax crayon and ink firework pictures we did at school.....but of course there is so much more!

So from the DT this week we have




Just had to show both of Eileens cards in all their glory
- great tutorial work!








So If you fancy trying something new or if you do resist (and no I'm not talking about chocolates here) all the time we'd love to see your project. Random .org will choose a winner of the digi bundle from Your Special Delivery. Just have your project with Mr linky by 8p.m.(GMT) on Wednesday 13th January.


Winner Week 31

Welcome back everybody and a Happy New Year to one and all!
May 2010 be an extreamly creative year for everybody.

Than you for all your lovely thank you projects - we spent yesterday finishing off the childrens thank you cards, so pleased thats another job off the to do list.

Anyway Random.org this week has chosen....
Rosette

A very beautiful thank you card indeed!


Please e-mail me your snail mail and I will pop your crafting goodies in the post.

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Week 31 - Thank you

We would like to say a huge thank you to all our participants in 2009!
As a team C.R.A.F.T. DT really enjoy
contributing to challenges and also visiting our weekly entries.
It's lovely to see regulars as well as new faces joining in the challenges.
We hope you enjoy the challenges and that we will see new and old faces on our return in 2010.

This week we have the challenge of

Thank You

It will run for two weeks as I am sure like us you will have plenty of thank you cards to make - amongst other things!

From the Dt this week we have....

Andrea


Anesha


Claire


Eileen


Jo


Magda

Peggy


Rose


Suzi



Our prize this challenge is this fab bundle. Some beautiful Basic Grey papers,
Papermania flower stickers and some mulberry flowers.



To be in with a chance of winning , have your project with Mr Linky by Wednesday 6th January.
Remember this challenge runs for two weeks - so lots of time to enter.

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and all that you wish for in 2010!

Winner Challenge 30

Well what can I say ! 102 entries this week definitely makes it alot easier for you all combining challenges in a free for all! The cards and projects that I have visited were fabulous. Appologies if some of us didn't get to your entry - blogger seems to be giving several people problems.
Without further ado Random.org this week has chosen




Cute snowlady!

Congratulations!!
Please get in touch and I will forward on Magda's fab digi stamps!

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Challenge 30 - Free for all!

Well it's only fair at this busy time of year! The more the merrier so we are having a
Free For all
Any project in any medium and you could be in with a chance
of winning some fab doodles by DT member Magda




the DT this week have been creative as always

Andrea


Anesha


Claire


Ei



Jo



Jude


Julie


Magda


Peggy


Rose


Suzi


Junior D.T.

Enola


I am so badly organized I am now making New Year cards as I know many people will not be recieving Christmas cards this year - have missed post dates to most of my friends abroad and there are so many others I really want to make a card for but not had the chance (still to do my family cards....)
So I was lucky enough to play with Magdas fab funny doodles and whoever recieves them I am sure will be able to put them to good use!

So please have your project with Mr Linky by 8p.m. GMT
Wednesday 23rd December to be in with a chance of winning the
fab prize!


Challenge 29 - Winner

Obviously everyone is getting really busy with plans for Christmas!
Entries were quality rather than quantity this week!
Thanks all of you that entered!

Random.org has chosen as this weeks winner.....

Jackie Edwards


Please contact us with your snail mail and I will pop that fab My Minds Eye
goodie pack in the post - hopefully an extra wee package to open over the holidays!

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Challenge 29 - Happy new year....

The world of crafters is one that always surprises me. I have to honestly say that over the years working and playing in the craft and creative world I have met so many genuinely kind people.
This week our prize has been donated by one such person - who wishes to remain anonymous.
I would like to say a huge thankyou from the DT and myself, we were all really touched
( and the other goodies will be kept for a future prize)
This weeks prize is this lovely bundle


A 6x6 My Minds Eye - wild asparagus paper pack, glitter rub ons and ribbon set!
How fab is that!!

Now all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is share your New Year Project with us...be it a card, gift, party invite...anything crafty you like!

And from the DT this week we have
















So please add yourselves to Mr Linky and who knows you may win those fab My Minds Eye crafting goodies! Please add by 8p.m. (GMT)  Wed 16th Dec to be included in the draw.