THICKERS.... ALL weekend.....

Head over to RED EARTH Scrapping this weekend- not only for some inspiration.... BUT also for some bargains... 40% of Thickers all weekend, (and 20% off everything else).

So here is my blog post with some ideas for using your thickers...... BUT seriously head over to my personal BLOG and you will probably notice thickers on almost every page.... I have an addiction.... big time... wait till you hear HOW MANY packets I currently own.... LOL!

Firstly:

IDEAS: Overlap your thickers

Use the punctuation bits as embellishments...

Try this sketch too... while you are at it!

NEXT:

IDEA: I put crackle Accent (ranger) over the foam thickers for something different!

MORE:

IDEA: Thickers as a MASK, with misting

Thickers as the border

{AND OMG.... Thickers heaven! this was during my trip to CHA in January last year}

ANOTHER:

IDEA: Thickers as a MONOGRAM... NOTE: this is the layout example for our current February Mystery BOX Challenge... still a few days to join our challenge! DO IT!

THANKS everyone.... Have a great Thickery(??) weekend!

Amanda

PS> I also design for Handmade Halo... you may see some yummy handmade goodies, plus resin flowers on these pages... So this is where you head for some of these goodies....HALO

Starts TONIGHT!!!

Runs from Thursday 16^th – Wednesday 29^th February 2012 

20% off ...

Adhesives

Albums

Alphas

Bling & Pearls

Brads & Buttons

Cardstock

Chipboard

Embellishments

Flowers

Die Cutting & Embossing

Tools & Accessories

** Clearance Section **

** 99c papers Section **

30% off ...

Mists & Paints

Stamps & Inks

Ribbons, Trims, Lace

40% off ...

Thickers ... yes, seriously!

Excludes Gift Vouchers, Kits (already discounted) and special orders. 

Sale is not valid with any other offer/voucher/discount.

Flat rate postage applies. Sale discounts applied automatically at check-out.

Hurry!!! Some items are in very limited supply so it's first in best dressed for these! 

Get shopping, don't miss out :-)

February Mystery Box Challenge with Amanda and Liz

Ready for the "February 2012- Mystery Box Challenge"?

Creative team members, Liz and Amanda,  challenge you to invent your own project using mystery box items.

Create a layout OR a card using the following items, and post into the RES gallery by the end of the month for a chance to win a prize.

In your Mystery box this month:

* American Crafts Thickers

* a flourish (of any type - chipboard, bling, hand-stitched)

* brads

* a tag or a ticket

* If creating a layout, use an "OLD"/"older" photo (mine is circa 1991)

* If creating a card, use a Vintage item.

Please note: You may add some staples from your pantry (!!! - ie. ink, stitching, lettering), but please try to stick to the core ingredients as much as possible.

Here are our creations for some RES inspiration:

Liz's card:

In Liz's card you will find: Lily Bee Designs paper, plus:

• flourish with a bling chloe pearl flourish (for the flourish element)
• shipping tag (for the tag/ticket element)
• 2 kaisercraft pearl brads (brad element)
• white American Crafts Rockabye thickers which I've inked (thickers element)
• vintage-looking paper flower from Handmade Halo

Amanda's layout:

Kraft cardstock, combined with Simple Stories (in store now) and pine cone ink and machine stitching.

I made my flourish with brads and bling (labour of love!)

Here's some close ups of the flourish:

Looking forward to what you bake up this month!

Amanda

February Sketch Challenge

Monthly challenges are back!!!

To kick things off it's the first of our 2 sketch challenges from Stuck?! Sketches (used with permission).

So here's the sketch ...

and my sample ...

Upload your entries at Red Earth Scrapping as well as over at the Stuck Sketches blog this month for your chance to win!!!

More Flower Power Fun

Here are my little creations using a selection of fabulous flowers from the shop & don't forget that the 20% off flowers sale ends tonight.....no coupon required, get in before they sell out to create your own L/Os, cards or OTPs!

Check out Amanda's previous post which has 2 of her fantastic sketches & samples for inspiration.




Hope you've had some time to create some floral prettiness this weekend.

Susanne

Happy Flower weekend!

Amanda here.... with some sketches and layouts to inspire you for the weekend.

Over at RED EARTH, all weekend there is 20% off all flowers, so you can save money and then get creative with some projects like these:

Sketch 1:

 And my layout....

White cardstock, with some misting - I used paper doilies as masks behind the photos (subtle!).
Then a stitched circle.
Then it was all about the flowers and leaves, layered around the circle. Flowers I used: Green tara roses and leaves, Prima polka dots, White Ada, Petaloo.
I used the Authentique text words to create the long (and slightly corny) title.
Hope you love it, I think it's kinda sweet, just like my friend Moira....


Sketch 2

Here's my layout:

Papers: Echo Park, these Glitz papers, this authentique paper
Ribbons and my usual clusters of bits!
The flowers weren't quite the right colour, so I painted them with silver ink and paint to make them match the colours of the layout. Flowers I used: Green Tara roses, Prima
I created this layout for the challenge over at 123 - so 1=word JOY (a word that describes my friend Michaela so well!); 2= colour SILVER; 3= paint splatters. Give it a go this weekend!

So have fun this weekend, hope you find some beautiful flowers to create with!

Thanks for looking!

Amanda

Flower Power Product Focus

Hello there ladies, Liz here with a gorgeous pleated satin ribbon flower step by step so you can make some of these yourself.

What you will need

- 1 x 50mm x 50mm circle (cut from cardstock) you will attach the ribbon to this

- approx 40mm of pleated ribbon

- brad, large pearl, paper flower or embellishment of your choice

- hot glue gun (or glue strong enough to adhere ribbon to cardstock very securely)

Twist the ribbon around 2 fingers (shiny side down)

Keep twisting around and around the 2 fingers keeping it nice and neat and tight

It should look like this when you have used all the ribbon, using a hot glue gun apply glue all over the bottom of the ribbon and attach to a 50mm x 50mm card circle

Attach to your card 

Here is a card I have made using this technique, I hope you make some for yourself and make sure to share your creations with us in the Red Earth Scrapping forum/gallery.

Have a great weekend ladies