CSI 184 ~ Peace, Joy Love

It has been so long since I had a play just for me, and what better way to get the mojo going than to do a challenge.
I had fun with this CSI challenge, it was so nice to be able to play with my forgotten stash.

Case File No. 184

Evidence used: * Stars * Numbers * Animals * Ribbons * Branches * Grid Design
Testimony used: * Hand-write on a series of labels * Inspiration Words – Peace, Love, Joy

Studio M desiGns 2016 VIP DesiGners

I am super excited to officially announce our Studio M desiGns

2016 VIP DesiGn Team!

We have a collective of amazing designers for our KiTs 2 Go to cater to everyone’s taste from classic to grunge styles.
The KiTs2Go come with printed step by step instructions that are great to grab to take to a crop or friends place to scrap.
We are very proud of this design team of up and coming talented artists and can’t wait to share the new kits they have coming for you.
Keep an eye out for the NEW Mixed Media kiTs coming in 2016.

VIP DesiGners 2016

Michelle Grant ~ Mackay QLD

Monique Crisp ~ Mackay QLD

Anguree Jansen Van Rensburg ~ Darwin NT

Chris Johnston ~ Gold Coast QLD

Debbie Kingston ~ Melbourne VIC

Lynn Good ~ Burnie TAS

Michelle McNamara ~ Mackay QLD

VIP Guest DesiGners

We also have some pretty amazing VIP Guest DesiGners too,
We still have a few kits available from these amazing 2015 VIP Guest DesiGners….

Fiona Paltridge ~ Mount Gambier SA

Heather McMahon ~ Yendon VIC

Mistra Hoolahan ~ Perth WA

Introducing a couple of our new VIP Guest Designers for 2016

Geraldine Pasinati ~ Lilydale VIC

Cathy Cafun ~ Brisbane QLD

Stay tuned for more amazing VIP Guest DesiGners coming to this space soon 🙂

Pebeo Fantasy Phone Covers ~ Crafty Crusaders

Do you have a heap of old phone cases lying around that have seen better days??

Why not give them a new lease of life with some Pebeo Fantasy Prisme & Moon Paints as well as some Vitrail Paints and Cerne Relief Outliners. These are super easy to make, you you need to do is pour and use a toothpick to create some patterns.

Some tips to working with Fantasy & Vitrail Paints are:

Don’t overwork/ overblend the colours. adding the colours side by side and letting them do their own dance creates the most spectacular results.
Don’t work directly under a fan with these paints, a fan will develop a dryer skin on top of the colours that doesn’t work as well when dragging patterns through the colours.
Leave the colours over your surface for at least 15min to 40min before dragging patterns through it. You want the colours to settle into each other but not dry to much. You still want the colours to be able to move. Waiting before adding patterns holds the pattern shapes a little better.
Don’t get too attached to the initial pour, they keep working and activating with each other as they dry, that is where the magic happens.

Enjoy this video tutorial on how I created the second cover and how I have used the Cerne Relief Outliner. 🙂

https://youtu.be/v4kcNmvSFas

These are the quick and easy steps to creating the background on the first cover.
These would make awesome Christmas presents that you could personalize with their names.

If you revamp your phone covers we would love to see them over on the Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/craftycrusaders/

Blog Signature Jan 2014 creative journey

Crafty Crusaders ~ Setacolor Fabric Flowers

Creating these gorgeous Fabric flowers with the Pebeo Setacolour Fabric Paints is super easy.

All you need is a some calico, Setacolour Fabric Paints and decorative brads,

I have created a template you can use to cut out the calico flowers.

You can download this template from HERE

Once the template is printed just lay the calico over the template and draw the flowers on the calico with a pen.

Paint the colours you want over the flower I have used Cherry Red and Buttercup on this flower.

The thicker you add the paint and more solid will give you a darker colour.

Spritz the flower with water and then lay another piece of calico over the top to imprint a second flower, this also blends the colour in the flower.

You can keep spraying the original painted flower with water and lay a blank piece of calico over it to create an imprint. You can imprint more than one copy from one flower onto another piece of calico.

While the flowers are still damp cut them all out.

Then roll them up into a ball in the palm of your hand.

Unroll them and layer up the flowers and then attach together with a brad. You will need a craft knife of poker to poke a hole through the calico for the brad.

Oriental Blue, Chamois and Buttercup was used on this flower.

Orange, Chamois and Buttercup was used on this flower.

If you
want your flowers to be darker and richer in colour you can add less
water over the flower and don’t imprint off the original flower.