Jayne Nestorenko is Back

I have had this amazing secret that I have just been itching to tell you all, my new friend and amazing stamper and Designer Jayne Nestorenko is back in town with her own range of stamps and a brand new Website, The stamps will be released at the end of the month when the website will go live. I have been lucky enough to have had 2 weeks playing with these fabulous stamps, they are a colourers dream and although they do take time to colour the end result is so worth the extra effort. So with out more ado I will show you the first card I made with the stamps and tell you a bit more about the collection.

 

The collection is called Just My Imagination “Grand Journeys” and consists of 7 stamp plates - 3 images of ladies from different parts of the world, 3 background stamps and a sheet of accessories. On this card i have used the Indian Princess and the corners are from the same stamp set. You will have to keep popping back to find out the rest of the collection.

I have coloured this with pro-markers. The colours i have used are:

Face-ginger, honeycomb, apricot and saffron. Lips-lipstick red, and blossom.

Clothes-aubergine,plum, and maroon. Fusia pink and pink carnation

Corners- plum, maroon, and mulberry

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Lin

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Another Sneak Peek

 

One more sleep…..

This is one of the  Crafters Companion Swalk Images from a previous release. She has been coloured with Spectrum Noirs of course the backing papers are from the swalk CD1.

The countdown is on now for sneak peeks of the new stamps in the sweetest stuff range from Swalk at Crafters Companion. They will be launched on Ideal World at 9pm on the 8th May which is next Tuesday . There are 12 new sweet stamps and also there is a brand new CD resource to go with the stamps. This will contain tutorials with Leann and all 54 images from swalk will be shown with colouring guides, listing colours of Spectrum Noirs used so you can achieve really good results yourself at home.

AND here's your chance to win the 12 new stamps and the Resource CD which are worth over £60.................
All you have to do is tell us what the S.W.A.L.K. name stands for and the link to the question is:
https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/members/competitions.html

You have to be logged on to be able to see the question and add your answer so if you are not already a member then please register as the winner could be you. The closing date is 8th may at 9am so don't miss out!!!!

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Lin

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Cute Sneak Peek

 

This is one of the new Crafters Companion Swalk Images to be released next Tuesday, more details below.She has been coloured with Spectrum Noirs of course the backing  papers are from Crafters Companion coordination's.

The countdown is on now for sneak peeks of the new stamps in the sweetest stuff range from Swalk at Crafters Companion. They will be launched on Ideal World at 9pm on the 8th May which is next Tuesday . There are 12 new sweet stamps and also there is a brand new CD resource to go with the stamps. This will contain tutorials with Leann and all 54 images from swalk will be shown with colouring guides, listing colours of Spectrum Noirs used so you can achieve really good results yourself at home.

AND here's your chance to win the 12 new stamps and the Resource CD which are worth over £60.................
All you have to do is tell us what the S.W.A.L.K. name stands for and the link to the question is:
https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/members/competitions.html

You have to be logged on to be able to see the question and add your answer so if you are not already a member then please register as the winner could be you. The closing date is 8th may at 9am so don't miss out!!!!

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Learning a new technique.

Yesterday Jacqui and I attended a fabulous course in Maidstone given by the awesome LisaB from Lisa.B Designs, we were learning to use a brayer and working with fabulous Lavina Stamps. It was a really great afternoon and we learnt alot. So i thought i would show you exactly what we learnt.

Here is the card I made at the class, I would love to say I brayed the background, but unfortunately I didn’t it was a one of a number of card blanks that was on sale at the Mobile Shop in the Hall. I did stamp it though I used Milled Lavender and Black Archival Ink to stamp the flowers, fairy and unicorn, then added Gold stickles to the Flowers, the middle was cut with nesties and matted and 3d back on to the card blank, I think it looks great.

 

 

 

 

 

This is my first attempt at brayering,  Thanks Lisa I had a brilliant afternoon and came home really fired up.

All the items used on the card and practise piece can be bought from

Lisa.B. Design

Lisa's workshops are held on the First Friday of each month at

Fant Community Hall,
Fant Lane,
Maidstone, Kent.
ME16 8NN.

For full details of future workshops please click here

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Lin

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J&C Creations First Candy Give–Away

To round off our Penny Black London 2012 collection Week we pleased to be offering some scrumptious Penny Black Candy, The Love London T for Transparent Stamp set

 

and the Wood Mounted MiniFull Stamp

These stamps are like gold dust at the moment selling out everywhere, luckily we have had a delivery from Penny Black this week and they are now available from J & C Creations.

This is a  card created using the Penny Black MiniFull Stamp

 

 

It has been coloured with pro-markers.

The colours are:

Indigo blue, Royal blue,China blue

Poppy, Berry red, Red

Black, IG5,IG3

Terracotta, Apricot, Saffron

Henna, Cocoa, Vanilla

So just pop over to J&C Creations Blog http://jandccreations.blogspot.co.uk/ and follow the instructions on how to enter to win these fab stamps.

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Lin

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Swalk with Hunky-dory Sneak Peek

This is such a cute image from the last swalk release, which i have coloured with Spectrum Noirs.  The card base, ribbons, butterflies, backing papers and sentiments are all from the Hunkydory kits which are Fab. The colours all match beautifully.

The countdown is on now for sneak peeks of the new stamps in the sweetest stuff range from Swalk at Crafters Companion. They will be launched on Ideal World at 9pm on the 8th May which is next Tuesday . There are 12 new sweet stamps and also there is a brand new CD resource to go with the stamps. This will contain tutorials with Leann and all 54 images from swalk will be shown with colouring guides, listing colours of Spectrum Noirs used so you can achieve really good results yourself at home.

AND heres your chance to win the 12 new stamps and the Resource CD which are worth over £60.................
All you have to do is tell us what the S.W.A.L.K. name stands for and the link to the question is:
https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/members/competitions.html

You have to be logged on to be able to see the question and add your answer so if you are not already a member then please register as the winner could be you. The closing date is 8th may at 9am so don't miss out!!!!

Big Hugs

Lin

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Sneak Peek Groovy Grandad

This is one of the new Crafters Companion Swalk Images to be released next Tuesday, more details below. He has been coloured with Spectrum Noirs of course the papers are from the SWALK CD Volume 1

The countdown is on now for sneak peeks of the new stamps in the sweetest stuff range from Swalk at Crafters Companion. They will be launched on Ideal World at 9pm on the 8th May which is next Tuesday . There are 12 new sweet stamps and also there is a brand new CD resource to go with the stamps. This will contain tutorials with Leann and all 54 images from swalk will be shown with colouring guides, listing colours of Spectrum Noirs used so you can achieve really good results yourself at home.

AND heres your chance to win the 12 new stamps and the Resource CD which are worth over £60.................
All you have to do is tell us what the S.W.A.L.K. name stands for and the link to the question is:
https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/members/competitions.html

You have to be logged on to be able to see the question and add your answer so if you are not already a member then please register as the winner could be you. The closing date is 8th may at 9am so don't miss out!!!!

Big Hugs

Lin

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A Brilliant Chance to Win New Stamps and CD

The countdown is on now for sneak peeks of the new stamps in the sweetest stuff range from Swalk at Crafters Companion. They will be launched on Ideal World at 9pm on the 8th May which is next Tuesday . There are 12 new sweet stamps and also there is a brand new CD resource to go with the stamps. This will contain tutorials with Leann and all 54 images from swalk will be shown with colouring guides, listing colours of Spectrum Noirs used so you can achieve really good results yourself at home.

 

AND here's your chance to win the 12 new stamps and the Resource CD which are worth over £60.................
All you have to do is tell us what the S.W.A.L.K. name stands for and the link to the question is:
https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/members/competitions.html

 

 

You have to be logged on to be able to see the question and add your answer so if you are not already a member then please register as the winner could be you. The closing date is 8th may at 9am so don't miss out!!!!

 

. She has been coloured with Spectrum Noirs on Neenah Classic Card. The backing papers, butterfly and sentiment are from the lovely Hunkydory kit. The flowers are just paper flowers coloured with speccies and covered with 3D crystal lacquer.

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Lin

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Crafters Companion Challenge

 

As its the first of the Month it is time for Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge and this week our theme is HERE COMES SUMMER, as usual Sara is offering a £30 Voucher for the winner chosen at random to spend on the Crafters Companion Website.

 

I have coloured the image with Spectrum Noirs on Neenah Classic Card, the backing paper co-ordinations.

Such a cute image.

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Lin

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More Lovely Humphrey

It is so easy to make different shaped cards with this fab CD.

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Lin

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Something Really Different

This is something a little bit different, Jacqui and I found a wonderful craft heaven really near to home, J&C Creations. Wow!!!!!!!!! that place is an Aladdin's Cave full of wonderful and unusual Goodies, well as you can guess my Stash Diet flew out of the window I was like a child in a sweetshop. We also met 2 amazing crafters I am sure lots of you have seen and admired their work at shows, Julie Tidey and Lisa Baker, who despite getting ready for shows at Edinburgh and Newcastle and being really busy spent time showing Jacqui and I lots of new techniques and ideas, thank you both girls, we both came away inspired and ready to try new techniques. J & C Creations have an open day at their Premises in Maidstone at the beginning of each month but of course the website is open 24/7. We had such a good time and it was the lift we both needed.

The butterfly is a Marianne design die.I have made the border down the sides with extra thick embossing powder, and Silver Halo Mix Glitter, the simple White Flowers have been coloured with distress inks  and I have added  Silver Halo Mix Glitter, These products are so new they have not been uploaded to the website yet but will be in the next few weeks, but they will be available at the Shows.

Hope you like it, thanks for looking

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Lin

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More Humphrey Sneak Peaks

I really love all the embellishments on the CD. This one is the framed card section, backing paper is from Humphreys Corner Crafting Collection CD – Allsorts CD they all work so well together.

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Lin

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