Live the life you've imagined

Hi there,
thanks to everyone who commented here and on the Letraset blog about my last post featuring white embossing and promarkers.
This time I'm sticking with the grungy theme but using completely different products - this time I'm using Letraset Inks and Aquamarkers.
Here's a sneaky peek...

I'm also giving away some goodies
I have two sets of Aquamarkers to give away - so we'll have 2 winners this time.

All you have to do is leave a comment on my post on the Letraset Blog here and then leave your details on the inlinkz below. The draw closes at midnight (GMT) on Friday 8th August

Debz x

Time Flies

I have a cute wee post over on the Letraset blog today featuring an easy technique that gives some really sharp results - pop over now and leave a comment there and leave your details on the inlinkz below and you will be entered into a draw for this pack of Flexmarkers...

the draw closes at 12 noon GMT on Saturday 19th July 2014 and the winner will be announced soon after
Here's a sneaky peek of my project...

Debz x

Create with your soul

I'm loving altering these notebooks - so easy to do, just decorate an A4 sheet of whatever cardstock or paper you want to use then stick it in the plastic cover which protects your handiwork, then replace the notebook inner. Couldn't be easier!!

materials:
diamond white cardstock from The Papeterie
Visible Image stamps: "create with your soul", "time after time"
Tim Holtz stencils: harlequin, clockwork, shatter
Distress inks, black archival ink

I'd like to enter this into the following:
Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes
Just Inspirational - anything goes

Debz x

Scotland the Brave

I've seen "Scottish" stamp sets before, and they've never really lived up to my expectations -  they're great in theory, but actually using them for anything practical has always fallen flat... until now!
The lovely folks from Visible Image were recently at The Papeterie for a weekend of demos and workshops -  and they have made an exclusive Scotland set for us, you can only buy this from The Papeterie. Click here for details.
So I've made a couple of samples for the shop using distress inks on watercolour paper...

I used: Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserve and Crushed Olive distress inks
I'd like to enter this one into  
Simply Create Too - Celebrate your country 
Just Us Girls - watercolour stamping

I used the same 3 colours of distress ink for this tag.

Debz x

Farewell Ryan

One of the laddies that worked in the IT dept at work left to go to a new job, and as he helped us quite bit, especially with the Sue Wilson charity DVD last year I made a leaving card for him from all of us at The Papeterie.
I really enjoy making male cards - I think it's probably because I was never a pink, girly girl. And I'm really loving using the Tim Holtz layering stencils for various techniques.

materials:

Kraft card

Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Gathered Twigs

Layering Stencils: Croc, Chevrons, Woodgrain

Visible Image sentiment stamp from Scotland set exclusively available from The Papeterie

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology: mini gears, game spinners, long fasteners

Seam Binding

Clear embossing powder

Straight after I inked through the croc stencil onto the tag, I covered with clear embossing powder - even though the Distress Ink looked dry, the embossing powder still stuck to the inked parts, creating this great effect. I also did this on the card panel with the chevron stencil and 2 different colours of distress ink

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

As You Like It - heat embossing, because of the glossy effect it gives this otherwise flat project

Aud Sentiments - any sentiment for a guy

Papertake Weekly - for the boys

Craft Your Passion - for the boys

Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet - just for him

Debz x