Showing posts with label geek craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geek craft. Show all posts

Saturday, July 26, 2014

WOOHOO!! it's time to blog hop again!!!!


yes!!
it is time again for a hop around some fabulous esad stampin up demos 
and check out what stampin up have on offer from the 
new 2014/15  inspire create share catalogue
welcome from rochelle's beautiful blog
this new catalogue introduces photo polymer stamps to our range of wooden and clear mount sets.
i am a wood girl myself but after seeing the price and having a play i am suspecting that i may be buying more of these than i thought possible because they are so easy to use, easy to clean, durable, stick to my mounting blocks like gloves and are cool!
now if you have been coming here on a regular basis you know that my family are a bunch of nerdy geeks!
we love sci-fi, technology and anything geeky.
hence why i have chosen a timey wimey doctor who theme in preparation for the new doctor appearing on our screens in late august
-oh my-
i have goosebumps already lol
so the photo polymer stamp set i want to show you is the back to basics alphabet on page 98 of the catalogue (RRP $27.95 AUD)
this comes in capital and lower case letters and numbers.
you can stick them to your clear mount blocks to make words
 but the only downfall is you only get one of each letter but it is easy to line them up 
having said that i am a bit of a 
free-hander kinda girl 
so mine are a bit wibbly wobbly lol
i used the alphabet rotary stamp from page 191 of the catalogue.(rrp$25.95 AUD)
this stamp has been chomping on some serious steroids and has 13 wonderful spaces for letters to make words and phrases never before possible!
now this stamp is VERY cool 
but it does come with a user warning of making sure 
that you are stamping 
on a level surface 
so that you get crisp clean messages 
every time. 
i also wipe off any extra ink 
from the spaces 
between words before stamping down
here i stamped onto white card in a variety of colours 
and then cut them out to stick onto the black card
here i used the stamp as a background stamp with versamark and embossing powders
here i used it straight to the card (not for the  fainthearted can i just say)
as a love note for my sweetie
the 

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and is a facebook group just for Australian and New Zealand Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends and
blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD
Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas& friendship and we're always there to help and support each other.

So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I'll contact you with information on how to join our group.

here are the other participants in the blog hop so go visit them all!!
next blog to hop to is tracey's lovely page.
ENJOY!
1.   Emily Campbell

2.   Kelli Gordon

3.   Sharlene Meyer

4.   Delys Cram

5.   Keryn Campbell

6.   Monique Fielder

7.   Kathryn Ruddick

8.   Narelle Hoggard
(work of Art)

9.   Ann Gerlach

10.   Libby Dyson

11.  Kelly Kent

12.  Amity Knight

13.  Christie Kunkel

14.  Louise Layton

15.  Andrea Buckland

16.  Yvonne Walker

17.  Sally Williams

18.  Debbie Lamb

19.  Nerida Carter

20.  Richelle Fletcher

21.  Norelle Targato

22. Rochelle Blok

23.  Clare Mcilhatton
www.crafty-cow.com <<<<<<you are here!!!

24.  Tracy Speight



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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

tardis card whee oooo wheeeee

we are slightly obsessed by doctor who at our house
which is not a bad thing
really
truely
it's all relative on the timey wimey 
wibbley wobbley 
geeky spectrum anyways

 so here is my doctor who card for this week 
based on the tardis
idea for the layout came from a 
bet the girls never saw that one coming lol
 the stripes down the side were made 
using the gorgeous grunge set 
in loads of different blues 
and then sponging the edge 
and then cutting it with my fringe scissors 
to make it all wibbley wobbley 
and then making it all spacey wacey 
with the glitter

now to find me a time lord to give it to

cheers ears

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

supreme dalek birthday

daleks do not take orders
but i do
especially when it involves a 10 year old boy 
who is slightly obsessed by doctor who
this is an updated version of a dalek compared to the old one i did a while back.
this one is bigger and has more details

 i must admit to hardly using any punches-mainly the little circles for it's domes, circle die for it's head and the mosaic punch for it's arm.
the rest is strips of card
 circle upon circle for the domey womey knobbley wobbley bits 
(that's time lord lingo fwiw)
 i also used a bit of silver ink daubered around the edges of stuff to give it a bit of a lift and some depth.
 here's the very simple card front
stamp is from lots of bots-now sadly retired

card from the top
the inside with the dalek saying ce-le-brate, ce-le-brate instead of exterminate
far nicer for the birthday child methinks lol
so that is the card done
now to make the gift
stay tuned :>

cheers ears
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

WOOHOO!!!! a blog hop!!!!

hey there chickens!
welcome to the esad blog hop!!
sooooo........you wonder....what is ESAD?
is it some strange kiwi/aussie/cow thing i have just made up? 
no silly :)

ESAD stands for 
"Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" 
and it's an on-line group for 
Australian and N Z Stampin' Up! demos.
We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors. 
We also share what we love in our ESAD
Demonstrator community, 
through swaps, 
challenges, 
sharing knowledge,
ideas & friendship. 

we're always there to help and support each other.
So if 
you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I'll contact you with information on how to join our group.


my job is to show you the wondrousness that is the label bracket punch 
(page 28 in your 2014 occasions catalogue and  $27.95 aud) 
and the awesomeness of the cool kid stamp set 
(page 29 and clear$33.95 aud)
now you may 
(or may not if you haven't passed this way before)
that i am quite partial to a wee bit of punch art
when i get a new punch i play around with it 
(after i have stopped gazing lovingly at it and drooling over it of course!)
and i explore it's versatility because let's be honest...
the more it can do for you-the better 
I make up a sheet like above and stick all my ideas down so it is a quick and easy reference for me when planning my punch art creations
 so here is my first idea.
my kids LOVE adventure time with finn and jake
finn's body really suits using the label bracket punch to it's full potential
you can see how i have cut it up to use it

 but punch art is useless without something to add it to...riiiight?!!!
so i made a background using a triangle stencil, some daubers and my ink pads
i drew a dot where i wanted the tip of the triangle to go and then just started daubering in a slice of triangle all the way around
here's the final product!
i used the left-over bits of the punch 
to make some tabs on the side.
i also added "awesome" to the card 
because finn says it a lot :)
 strangely my 8 year old son says it a lot too...
 a punch is always good for a stencil too
here i have used the left-over bit to stencil some inky tabs to white card
 when i buy a stamp set i also look for versatility
they have to be used in a lot of different ways.
ones with words are great because you can use the letters to make new words.
the cool kid stamp set is quite good for this.
you can see here that all i do is use a marker to colour in the letters i want
 here is a homage to doctor who
i have used words and letters from the stamp set to make a phrase i want
 and inside the card i have used the punch as a speech bubble and used a marker to put cool in it

 next is a scrapbook page.
stamps are really versatile and 
can be used for many things.
here i have used them to make 
a background for my page 
 you can stamp onto pictures which i like
you can also use partial bits of stamps to get a different look.
on this page i have used the following stamp sets
cool kid
gorgeous grunge
geometrical
tape it
make note rotary stamp
hardwood
plus i have also used the hexagon hive thinlit
and the hexagon embossing folder as a stamp
 have a close look and see if you see them all lol
i have also mixed up the dsp
just because it comes in a pack doesn't mean you only use that dsp together.
mixing and matching is all good :)
here i have used the high tide and watercolour wonder dsp from the 2014 occasions catalogue

or if you are going backwards you came from

enjoy your blog hopping and see you again sometime:)
cheers ears
p.s. if you get lost...here are all the esad demos participating
1.  Jenny Hayward
2.  Libby Dyson
Happy watercolor
3.  Yvonne Walker
4.  Emily Campbell
5.  Delys Cram
6.  Gail Kirby
7.  Monique Fielder
8.  Sharlene Meyer
9.  Amity Knight
10.  Clare McIlhatton
11.  Ann Gelach
12.  Andrea Buckland
13.  Narelle Hoggard
14.  Keryn Campbell
15.  Sally Williams
16.  Liv Ingle
17.  Chloe Evans
18.  Kathryn Ruddick
19.  Nikki Sadler
20.  Kelly Kent
21.  Alisha Watson
22.  Dianne Dunk
23.  Debbie Lamb
24.  Paula Reid
25.  Angela Harders

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