Sheena Dragon Fly Dance

Good morning all!, Well us Inkoids have all started to do 2  blog posts each month using Sheenas gorgeous range of products, revisiting older collections to give some inspiration, we sometimes forget our old stash when new collections come along! we are all taking it in turns.... our fabulous Design Team coordinator Donna has whipped up a rota to get us organised and today it's MY TURN!!

 so......I was looking through all my stamps deciding which set to revisit, when I happenned upon...

Dragon Fly Dance- Check it out on the website just HERE!!

a gorgeous stamp, I love Dragonflies so pretty. This stamp also has a coordinating die too as it is part of Sheenas Perfect partners collection, you can visit the full range just HERE!!

 but for this little CAS style card I decided I just wanted to use the stamp.

Quite simple to create , I have a circle mask and stencil set, so first off I used the circle mask, spraying with stick n spray to hold in place whilst I inked around the edges, once happy with that I removed the circle mask and popped over the circle stencil, so the inking was then covered leaving the circle space in the centre free....I stamped my 2 Dragonflies, and covered up with drawing gum ( amazing stuff this ! if you havent tried it please give it a go, its really usefull great for this tecqnique and lasts months!! here you go if you want to try it pebeo-drawing-gum-masking-fluid-45ml-p26259

once the drawing gum was dry, and keeping the stencil in place, I inked around the circle, 

then rubbed out the drawing gum and coloured up my dragon flies with Spectrum Sparkle pens! you can find those just here on the website http://spectrum-noir-sparkle-pens-c7689  

and here you go! A little simple mat and layer popped onto a white card base

and a quick simple pretty card !

next up on our blogging Journey is my lovely Inkoid teamie Alison, on Monday 1st August, you can find her blog right over http://cardsandcatswithali.blogspot.co.uk/

I do hope you will pop over and see what she has in store for you.

craft hugs Nicole

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Sheena Douglass Home Life Part 2

I'm back! with the rest of my samples from the Sheena Home life coleection.... hope you likes part one!! more bold colours again....welll you expect nothing less now surely lol, once again you can check them out on line just ...HERE!

and... here we go!

 once again all coloured up using distress inks Spectrum Aquatints and Spectrum Aquapens.

my favourite medium at the minute to work with!!

thank you for coming back!!!! hope you have enjoyed looking through them, would love it if you left a little message below!!

hugs

Nicole

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Sheena Douglass Home Life Part ONE

Hi guys!! Time to share some samples from Sheena's Perfect partners collection....Home Life, 

Stamps and coordinating dies you can check the range out just over ....HERE! 

on the Crafters Companion website. I love this set and it was hugely popular when it launched. I made a few samples for this one so I'm doing a part one and part 2 blog!, part 2 being tomorrow!

there were 7 stamp plates in this set, I was lucky to work with the gardening set, they OBVIOUSLY stamp and die cut perfectly,

so heres Part one....

coloured with distress inks and Spectrum aqua tints and Aquapens

 

this collection is brilliant!! the seed packet stamp and die is the cutest thing EVER, and I love all the bold bright colours of the aquatints on these, 

I made quite a few for this launch so part 2 is tomorrow!! I hope you will drop back to take a look

Crafty hugs

Nicole

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Sheena Rock & Roll Collection

Good morning all!,

Back with some more fabulous Sheena Rock 'n' Roll samples for you!!!

This collection quite simply.....ROCKS! its brilliant ! and just flew when it launched which means you all loved it as much as we did!! coloured up with Distress inks and spectrum noir pens this time and as you will see the Pebeo foil kit, superb way of adding foil to your cards this!!so easy to use too.

I love this Rose, and fancied a change from the usual Red, thought the yellow tones were lovely and bright!!

well, its taken a week but i'm almost...( not quite mind) caught up with my Sheena makes, best get making more then!

thank you for taking the time to stop by it is very much appreciated! I always wonder if people read my ramblings :)

love

Nicole

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THE INKOIDS with their debut album .... FLEATHER !!

Hey crafters!! so now time to share my favourite make from Sheenas Rock Launch..... I can't tell you the fun I had making this! I cried I laughed that much...why you ask? making up the song titles of course!! So I had made a few band themed cards .... you saw my singles card.... now our FIRST Album!, brilliant!!  if you know someone who loves music or is in a band! this would be perfect, just think of the fun you could have coming up with song titles that suited them !

THE INKOIDS ... Debut Album FLEATHER!

 so first the album cover...... I used a sheet of Sheena card and printed my wording, then cut it to size and stamped the drum stamp in the centre, coloured up with distress inks, then used the stars and burst stamp from the collection, a little bit of a bokeh technique too! added Pebeo foils. jobs a good un.....then the inside!!!

 isnt it fab!! by base card is an 7 x 7 black card base, I popped on the front cover then to make the 2 side pockets i just printed my song titles on my pc, stamped inked and coloured up, then simply stuck the 3 edges down on each side, made 2 records using a large circle die, or as I did using my circle scissor, added white ink to the edges more foils etc, and done, sooooo what do you think of my song choices!!

next up I decided to make one of those A boards you see out side venues advertising THE BAND!

Very easy to make! but if you were having a music themed party how cool would these be as decorations!

I hope you like my favourite make of this launch!! and thanks so much for stopping to take a look!

Nix

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