Julie: Vintage Image CD Giveaway!

Hi again. 

Over on 'notes on paper' - my personal blog - I'm hosting a project called Going Postal - which you can all join in with and which you can read more about here if you wish!

Part of the postal-themed fun involves lots of giveaways and today Jean has kindly thrown in a giveaway of her own. so, how do you fancy winning a Vintage Label CD?

Edited to add: There will be THREE winners of the Image CD now! 

It would be hard to inspire you by showing you a photo of the actual CD itself [it's round with a hole in the middle in case you're wondering] so here are a few cards I've made featuring bird labels printed from the disc:

These blank labels [carried in their beaks] are especially useful for stamping or writing your own greetings on to:

Along with the cards, I've also grabbed some screenshots of me browsing the files on the CD itself - to give you a better idea of what's on it ... and what you can win!

Here's the main menu - note the last two words in the very top bar ...

[ust click on the image above to see a larger version]

Yep, that's right, there are 2800 images on the disc broken down into the 10 main categories above. Then, when you click on each of those categories, you get another sub-category. 

Here I opened the Animals category to reveal:

And here's the blank animal label section, featuring the birds I used above:

 Here's a shot of the Misc Victorian Goodies Category many of which would work so well with all your Steampunk, Tim Holtz-esque or Crafty Individuals-ish projects:

And finally here's a glimpse of a few floral labels, some of which will be featuring on cards on my blog later this week:

If you like what you've seen here, and you want to be in with a chance of winning one of 3 Vintage Image CD then here's what to do:

• Leave a comment below making it clear you'd like to win! 
• That's it! 
• The deadline for entries is 1pm [UK time] on Saturday August 13th.
• I'll then pick three names at random and announce winners here and on my own blog on Sunday 14th August.

Best of luck! 

If you'd like to see more of the Going Postal project, hop over to my blog where I've got a full list of the postal-themed-posts so far in my sidebar. 

I'll see you here or there very soon.

Julie

Dear Alice

Who doesn't love/like the Alice In Wonderland story but to make things even better Lily made the characters into Octopode Factory Stamps. And I had to have a play.

A little sparkle added by the way of that lovely Vintage Glitter.
The best for me has just got to be The Mad Hatter, so I put him on the front.

Here's the rest of the Alice Gang on the back.

Dont forget if you dont like stamping and colouring in we now stock The Octopode Factory image sheets.

Here Kitty Kitty!

You've got to love this little chap.......he's just looking for trouble!

I've used him here with subduded colours and an unfussy style but he could be as wacky as you like. He's one of my favourite Octopode stamps so I'm sure you'll be seeing more of him.


You can find him here......

Hope you like him
Effie
XXX

Jan: Songbird

Jean has got these delightful mini canvases in the shop. They're so cute and so easy to decorate. I've stamped and then sprayed my canvas with Shimmerz (Bubblegum). Then embellished with an umberella from a sheet of Websters pages(Wonderfall), Bird image from CatsLife and a strip of lace.
What will you do with yours? Leave a link and we'll pop over and take a peek.

Julie: 'Beauty in the Garden' - Scrapping with Studio2Mers

Hello again.

I've been scrapbooking with the new arty, eclectic and wonderfully colourful Studio2Mers papers now available in the shop.

For this page I've used a sheet from the inky-stencilled-looking 'Constellation' range:

For those of you who love the look and feel of inky, painty, messy techniques ... but who don't want to get your fingers dirty then these papers are for you!

You might not be able to tell from the photographs but I haven't added any ink or paint at all to the Studio2Mers backing paper. Everything you see - the stencilled effects - the paint-stamped effects - the spritzed effects ... they're all printed on the paper already, all I needed to do was add embellishments and a photo.

And here's what else I added ...

• 2 Collections Elements Chipboard Hearts;
• Collections Elements Tiny Alphabets;
• A pink rose cabochon;

• A border punched sheet of Collections Elements Noir et Creme 6x6 paper:
• A cluster of embellishments including an inked doily, a die-cut heart, a vintage milk bottle top; baker's twine:

• Wording, appropriate to the photo of flowers in my garden, cut from one of the Vintage Comics in stock; 

• Similarly, I tore an image out of the same vintage comic and slipped that behind my photo;

 All of the Studio2Mers papers are also double-sided and you can see images of both sides of each sheet when you click on each individual design on the website. Seeing as how all of the inky, painty messiness had already been done for you ... the hardest part in using them is deciding which side to go for.

 

 

Unless of course you take the advice DT member Jan has often passed on to us all: 'if in doubt ... buy both'!

Here's to crafting with Studio2Mers and to clean-hands!

Julie

Something new and different

If you are after "NEW" and "DIFFERENT" then pop over to the shop and have a look at the new A4 Image Sheets from The Octopode Factory.

There is something for every one Peter Pan , Devils & Angels , Christmas , David Bowie , Zetti and more

Little Book

I think all the design team loved these little book from Collection Elements. And had lots of fun creating with them.I love having 2 in a pack. I though they might look nice and work well on the front of a card. So I decorated one of the black ones. Using the alphabets from Collections Elements as well I put the words OPEN on the front of it and tied it all on with some black ribbon.

So open the little book up and you can put what ever message you want inside. I used a Happy Birthday banner one.