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Hello crafty kiddies!

On this Friday’s CCWM LIVE stream, I gave the viewers a choice – either a few Clean & Simple cards, or watch me alter stamped images for Halloween use. It seemed that the CAS option won!

The full streamed video is above but here’s a look at all three cards!

Note – this is a LIVE stream, so not an edited video. Therefore it is a long video- feel free to watch in chunks, skip through it, or put on in the background whilst you are crafting.

 

First off, i made a rainbow inked card, but used a dry embossed background. At the last minute I made this into a chibitronics light up card as one of my new viewers wanted to see Chibitronics in action.

I used the Unbearable Without You stamp set from Heffy Doodle to add the bear and the thought bubbles, and the little PULL ME tab (and heart) is from Heffy Doodle Interactively Yours stamp set.

I used a red chibitronics LED behind the heart. The ‘I love you, i mean it’ stamp is from My Favorite Things.

On the inside I added this perfect little sentiment form Technique Tuesday – i think it works great because of both the bright colours on the front as well as the light up element!

I was not yet finished playing with my rainbow inks. So here’s the next card

I used two stencils for this one, and just layered them up. You get a lot more mileage out of your stencils if you try this- and such awesome results. By the way, I am giving away one of these stencils (a new unused one) in my giveaway. Check out my previous post for details.

I used the Mama Elephant stitched landscape trio for the clouds and added some holographic embossing powder for a little glitzy shimmer, and this sentiment was perfect – also from Mama Elephant – its from the Unicorns and Rainbows stamp set.

I shared on my stream that i FINALLY got some ZIG clean color real brush markers. this was my first attempt, on some bristol smooth card. Practise makes perfect, but I think this Lawn Fawn unicorn turned out alright for a first try!

Next up, I wanted to use some of the gifts that I got for my birthday. The tulle was sent to me by Snow (@marblemine) and the butterflies by Dennice (watts-she-making.com) – THANKS GUYS! I also got an awesome stamp set from Maria (@mycraftwaytohappiness) but I will have to use it another time. <3

I also just got the outside in Lawn Fawn scallop rectangles from Lawn Fawn. Ohhhh they are so PWETTY! Also the Hooray is from Mama Elephant – both purchased with a gift card from Seven Hills Crafts.

To finish off I added the Congratulations from MFT and added some black pearls from Couture Creations and some dew drops from Honey Bee Stamps.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope that you will take a look at the video stream and perhaps join us for another Come Craft With Me LIVE session another time – Friday’s 9pm BST.

NOTE – no CCWM next week as I will be in Orlando hosting live workshops for Aladine and Art Deco. I might do some LIVE IG and FB videos, so keep your eyes peeled!

 

HAPPY CRAFTING!

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No CCWM this week

Just a little announcement…. i’ve been informed that there has been plans made for my birthday this weekend – which means, no Come Craft With Me this Friday I’m afraid.

We are off for a trip, and there may be raccoons involved! SQUEEEEEEE!!

I’m still planning on a giveaway via Instagram, be a sweet and repost to your friends and maybe, just maybe, you might WIN! 🙂 Love you all!

p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (for Saturday) !!

See you Friday, at youtube.com/hungryheffy 9pm BST / 4pm EST for some LIVE crafting and lots of giggles!

 

 

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Sometimes I am surprised at how much an idea can change. As I started my Come Craft With Me youTube LIVE stream last night, I shared a sketch of a card idea. However, throughout the video, you will see that I change my mind several times, and by the end of the show, the card looks completely different!

I think this is a really fun thing to do. You guys get to see WHY I change my mind, you get to see what influences my decisions, and you get to see how I just ‘make it work’.

For this card I was inspired by a stamp set from Newton’s Nook – which has this cute hot air balloon with a kitty in it. I wanted to create a sky behind it, but was torn between a day time scene (primarily because I wanted to use the lawn fawn stitched cloud backdrop diecuts – teehee) and a night time scene. Another idea which has been in my mind for a long time is to use the Go-Press & Foil machine with my Lawn Fawn snowy backdrop die to create a beautiful starry foiled background. I thought it was be AWESOME to do this on top of a galaxy effect inked background. I asked the viewers for their thoughts and we went with a night time sky!

I also decided to change it up this time – no copics! GASP!! Can you even believe it! 🙂 Instead I used my distress inks to watercolour my image. Whilst I had my distress inks out, I used the blending too to create the galaxy / night time background.

So the Go-Press & Foil machine is pretty epic. If you haven’t already seen it – you should check it out! Not only can you use hot foil stamps but you can also use it with your dies – which is what i did. The machine is built to work with manual die cutting machines – it works perfectly with the Go Cut & emboss machine, but i use it with my Big Shot. I will say however, that you need to use a few cardboard shims to get the pressure just right. You will see me experimenting in the video – but the results are WELL worth it!

I also wanted to add the Eiffel Tower – for some added cuteness. I miss France. I need to go back there soon. Anyway…. off track … 🙂

My original idea was to add some chibitronics to the card, but the design changed so much along the way that i thought that i wouldn’t use them…. BUT…. then I decided it would be unfair to tease you and then not deliver… so I added some white stars. It also gave me a good excuse to use some Heffy Doodle stamps! I used the PRESS ME stamp from the Interactively Yours set to add a little instruction to the cloud. 🙂 And just look at the foily goodness!! <3

We have a collaboration coming up soon with Newton’s Nook and Chibitronics, but I have already made another project to share – so that will be coming soon (date to be confirmed). Keep an eye on my YouTube channel as it will appear there (and here on the blog) when it is the right time.

Thank you for joining me last night, I hope that you can join me again next week. It’s the day before my birthday – woohoo! I am also going to have a giveaway over on Instagram so please keep an eye out over there, and help spread the word! 🙂

Happy Crafting!

Lesley

 

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