Crafter's Companion On HSN Today!!!

Crafter's Companion is on HSN today!! Here are some sneak peaks for some of the new crafty goodies that are on HSN today.First of all, the Gemini Stamps and Dies range. They are three bundles available and each bundle contains 3 stamps and dies sets. 

Secondly the Crafter's Companion's in house designer stamps set, this set is called Festive Stag colored with the brand NEW Spectrum Noir Holidays Sparkle Markers set!

And have you heard?!! The Advent Calendar is already available now so you can craft everyday starting December till Christmas. An unique die to reveal each day, how fun is that?!

Sara is amazing, she has came out with another fabulous paper crafting collection called SEW LOVELY! So lovely indeed!! Look at the patchwork embossing pattern, I'm in love!

Another Holiday's crafting collection, what?! This is the Sara's A Winter's Tale collection, doesn't it just too cute? You should see the rest of the team designers create with this beautiful collection, you're going to NEED it too!

These stamps are designed to work with the Spectrum Harmony Ink Pads, that's why it comes in bundles with the ink pads! They are two bundles available which makes a total of six new color ink pads! How can you say no to these ink pads? They are so easy to apply and they are water-reactive, I love them!

The last card I'm sharing today is this Christmas card made with the Die'sire Edge'sbles dies! Two bundles available and four dies each (Total eight dies!). I used mainly glittered cardstock on this card, it's so shiny! And the layers, I just love to add dimensions to my card!

These are not the only products being released today by Crafter's Companion, they are much much more such as the Gemini Stitch machine!! You'll have to visit their website to see the complete list of new items, click HERE to check out! 

Sara Signature Winter Wonderland Papercrafting Collection

Last month Sara released one of her popular winter paper crafting collections - the  Winter Wonderland! Everyone fell in love with this collection when they first set their eyes on this because it's so beautiful! It uses the contemporary Christmas colors including blue, silver, white, green. It's indeed one of the kind collection she has ever released!

They are so many dies, embossing folders, stamps to choose from I couldn't decide which one to create first. So I picked randomly which was this very elegant Christmas tree and snowflakes dies. I like the metallic blue mirror cardstock together with the silver glitter-cardstock, they are such a perfect color combo for this card!

It was hard for me to create a 3D tree as the cutting die is really intricate (I tried cutting the same image for like at least six times on mirror, glitter cardstock and adhesive foams and believe me, I was almost had a heart attack when I had to throw out those cutouts) so I decided to glue as it is on the patterned cardstock and fill the blanks with glitter cardstock. The sentiment is absolutely a nice touch to this card though especially along with the stamped sentiments.

Supplies:

- Sara Signature Winter Wonderland  Paper Crafting Colleciton

Stamps and Dies Card Kit

Yesterday was my birthday and today is happy crafting day on HSN!! Sara will be there to show you all the Crafter's Companion including the card kit! The newest kit is called the Stamps and Dies kit, I'm so amazed by the size of dies that comes in the kit, it's huge! Look at the butterfly and the rose dies I used on these cards below, they almost fill up the whole card front. These are the pre-scored card blanks that are included in the kit and I believe the dies will look just as amazing on larger card size.

This first one is a shaker card, as you can see I stamped on a heat-resistant acetate and heat-set it in gold embossing powder. I had so much fun making this! Oh and the sentiment, it can't be more accurate than this. 

The second one is this rose stamp (and a matching die, no fussy cutting!), I used it a little differently which is why it doesn't look like a rose. I stamped and heat-set also in gold embossing powder, it really makes those petals pop don't you agree?

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Stamps and Dies Card Kit

Happy Birthday To Me, and a GIVEAWAY!!

It's my birthday today! And to celebrate I'm giving away this fabulous prize below, a selection of items from the Birthday Party collection by Crafter's Companion so now you can also makes a lot of birthday cards/projects for the ones you care. I'm also throwing in a Tea Party edgeables die, a 5x7 3D embossing folder, an assortment of sequins, a stamp and three rolls of birthday-themed washi tapes for extra crafty time!

I'm also sharing one project I created for Crafter's Companion HSN show tomorrow (yes, it's tomorrow alright!), don't forget to check all the amazing stuffs they have added to HSN website. I'm blessed to have YOU, thank you for supporting my creations all this time. By the way, this tag is created using Gemini Go, the brand new Gemini family addition! If you haven't seen the machine bundle you should keep an eye out on HSN website because they usually add the items before it's on air. All I can tell you is that the bundle is AMAZING, it has dies, stamps and even embossing folders to get you started. One feature I like the most is that it has a battery charger to connect to the machine!! So you can carry it wherever you go as long as you have a portable battery. How can you say no to that?!!

Supplies:
- Crafter's Companion Embossing Folder (Everyday)
- Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock (Gold)
- Gemini Go

Spectrum Noir Metallic Wax

Omigosh!! Spectrum Noir is now carrying their own brand of waxes!! Love these metallic waxes so much!! And the colors are just indescribably amazing, they have purple, turquoise, pink, red, blue and green. These waxes work very well on its own or multi-dimensional surfaces which you can create using the 3D embossing folders. The one I used here is the new holiday's word 3D embossing folders (also coming to HSN in 3 days!) called Joy To The World. Doesn't it look great with those shininess? I like how Spectrum Noir is including the untraditional colors of waxes such as purple and blue in the range because Christmas not necessary always in red and green! 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion 3D Embossing Folder (Joy To The World)

- Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock (Black Pearl)

- Wax

Crafter's Companion 12x12 Paper Pad (Decorative Christmas)

- Gemini Machine

Others:

- Ribbon

- Decorative Dew Drops

Spectrum Noir Metallic Markers On HSN!

They say girls like shiny things that's so true because I'm for one is a fond of the Spectrum Noir metallic markers! Unlike the sparkle markers (which I also love!) the metallic markers give a shimmering effect instead of a glittery one! It's good for hand-lettering project or even coloring, like this one I created here. I used the markers to color in the rose and the background. 

I stamped the same image on the background (used Crafter's Companion black shimmering cardstock - black pearl) and heat-set it with white embossing powder, then I colored the surrounding with metallic markers. I really like how it turned out. These amazing markers will be on HSN again this August 15th, grab them before it's gone!

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Stamps (Roses In Bloom)- Spectrum Noir Metallic Markers- Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock (Gold)- Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock (Black)- Create-a-Card Dies Set (Rosie)- Crafter's Companion Embossing Glue Pad- Crafter's Companion Heat Gun- Gemini Machine
Others:- White Embossing Powder

Gemini Go On HSN August 15th

Welcome August, still hard to believe it's already first week into August. Last month was a busy month for me, mainly I was preparing birthday invitation for my son who had just had his party 3 days ago (his actual birthday is later in August) but since he decided to have the party at the cinema and the show he picked out was just released two weeks ago we didn't want him to wait too long because then everyone would have had seen the movie already. 

And at the same time my DT assignments were sent out so I had to work on those so I could get them send out before due date! It had been a roller coaster for the past few weeks. But anyway, I'm back!! And I'm ready to show you what I'd been working on for the HSN show that's coming in a week - August 15th! All I can tell you is that awesome things are coming!! If you had seen the video Sara shared on Crafter's Companion page you'll know about the Gemini Go! The Geminis, they are just getting more and more adorable! Now I have a family of three of them, the original Gemini, Gemini Junior and now the brand new Gemini Go!

Here is one of the cards I made using the Gemini Go bundle that's going to be on HSN! This bundle has all the stuffs you need to get you started, they include stamps, dies and embossing folders! Check out this:

Supplies:

- Gemini Go Papercrafting Bundle

Birthday Party Collection On HSN!

This Birthday Party papercrafting collection is on HSN today! I created a few cards using the metal cutting dies, embossing folder and foil kit from this collection. This collection is a perfect one for making party decorations, cards, and so on! First of all I have this shaker card which I created using the number dies, the dimensions of these dies are around 1"-1.5" so they are perfect to create shaker card like this. Each of the number on this card is filled with unique sequins! 

Secondly is this easy and simple card using pre-cut decorative pieces from the 12 x 12 paper pad in this collection. All you have to do is punch out the shapes and embellish! For the background I used the non stick plastic film from one of the foil sheets. Killed two birds with one stone!

Lastly is the foiled background (this is the one where I used the non-stock film for card above) card, Another simple card using the pre-cut elements from 12x12 pad. The possibilities are endless, if you are looking for more inspirations make sure to visit Crafter's Companion website or join their Fans Group on FB!

Supplies:
- SS Birthday Party Embossing Folder (Scattered Dots)
- SS Birthday Party Metal Does (Fun With Numbers) 
- SS Birthday Party 12x12 Cardstock Pad
- Gemini Machine

Others:
- Sequins

Find Your Wings Stamps Set - HSN June 13th

Lookie here!! See what's coming to HSN next week June 13th! The stamps set used on all the following cards is going to be on HSN next week. Other than the love for coloring floral images I'm also into coloring living things which of course not limited to this beauty below. Crafter's Companion definitely hired the most talented designers!

For the following card I first stamped the image, colored it with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers then I filled up the rest of the background in a deeper tone color. To create the tiny white splatters I used a clean toothbrush + white paint, it was then let dry before I applied a layer of gilding wax over it.

Supplies:
- Crafter's Companion Stamps Set (Find Your Wings)
- Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers (Vintage Set)
- Crafter's Companion Pabeo Gilding Wax
- Crafter's Compamiom Embossing Glue Pad

Others:
- White Embossing Powder
- White Paint

This is the easiest of all, I stamped and colored the image with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, fussy cut out and then stick it onto a card front.

I used alcohol inks to create the background for this card, stamped over the bird image in black permanent ink then recoloring it Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. What do you think about the result? 

Sara Signature Rustic Wedding - Congratulations Card

Sara Davies's Rustic Wedding collection is one her best collections ever created! This loving couple die is so fabulous for making wedding, congratulations or anniversary cards. The burlap pattern shown on the card below is actually a patterned paper, can you believe how realistic it looks?  I have created quite a number of cards using this die and I can say they all turned out exceptionally nice

(all credits belong to this beautiful die!). 

I might have shared this in the past but just wanted to show you again what other thing you can do with this die - watercolor version. 

Supplies:
- SS Rustic Wedding Paper Crafting Collection
- SS Glamour Metal Die (Congratulations)
- Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock (Gold)
- Gemini Machine
Other:
- Clear Acetate

Believe In Yourself Card Wtih Scraps

Are you one of those who tend to collect the scraps from your card making? Guilty as charged I have accumulated so much scraps over the years I can make so much cards out of them if I really put my heart into it. Sharing with you today is a card I created with some of the scraps from my previous project, it's not bad in my opinion for a card made with scraps. LOL. what do you say?!

I like the effect of the embossed metal sheet in the middle, Sheena's 3D embossing folder is perfect for this! It brings out the dimension so beautifully. I feel kind of a contentment knowing that I have  finally used some of the things I've been collecting.

Supplies:
- SS Rustic Wedding 12x12 Paper Pad
- Crafter's Companion Craft Metal Sheet
- Crafter's Companion Stamps Set (Believe In Spring)
- Crafter's Companion Stamps Set (Spring Is In The Air)
- Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers
- Sheena's 3D Embossing Folder (Clockwork Dasies)
- Crafter's Companion Embossing Glue Pad
- Crafter's Companion Embossing Heat Gun
- Gemini Machine

Find Your Wings With DIY Background

I have recently invested in Ranger's alcohol inks and have been experimenting with it to see the different results. Following is one of the cards I created using the inks for background and stamped over with a stamp from Crafter's Companion named "Find Your Wings". 

After stamping the image I realized the lines on the wings were not as noticeable so I traced them with a white gel pen. I kind of like the background although it doesn't depict my style (I prefer clean look), once in awhile I like to create something out of my elements. Let me know what you think! 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Stamps Set (Find Your Wings)

- Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers 

Others:
- Ranger Alcohol Inks

Sara's New Paper Crafting Collection - Rustic Wedding!!

Sara has another new collection that will be released on HSN this May 2nd - it's called Rustic Wedding and I can't tell you how amazing this collection is! It consists of so much fun elements in this one, 6x6 and 12x12 cardstock, A4 kraft card pack, metal dies (including create-a-card dies), stamps, embossing folders, and so on!!

Made two cards using some of the products in this collection, and they are more things than what you see here! I wish to at least make something with every single one of them but I also have other new stuffs waiting for me to play. LOL. The wedding season is around the corner so grab this collection while you can for when you need some wedding cards!

Suppplies:
- SS Rustic Wedding Paper Crafting Collection
- Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock (Forest Green)
- Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock (Gold)
- Crafter's Companion Construction Cardstock
- Gemini Machine
Others:
- Clear Acetate

Supplies:
- SS Rustic Wedding Paper Crafting Collection (6x6 Paper Pad, Create-A-Card Die, 'Faith' Metal Die)
- Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock (Gold)
- Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock (Forest Green)
- Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock
- Crafter's Companion Construction Cardstock
- Spectrum Noir AquaTint Pens (To Be Updared)
- Gemini Junior Machine

Spectrum Noir AquaTint Brush Pens On HSN!

Great news to share, Spectrum Noir AquaTint brush pens are coming to HSN this May 2nd! To all Crafter's Companion fans, you don't want to miss out this deal. I myself is a super big fan of Crafter's Companion and very lucky enough to be on their design team, thus I get my first hands on these amazing and super cool AquaTint pens. Following is my first experiment using these brush pens and they are absolutely wonderful! 

Basically these pens are designed similar to the Sparkle markers, they both have brush nibs that allow you to color simple and intricate images. The difference is that the AquaTint is water-based and does not contains sparkle powder like the Sparkle markers do. If you are familiar with the Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers, these AquaTints are the brush nib version. I made a card with the brush pens and loved them! I will upload the tutorial to create this card soon, so stay tuned...!

Supplies:
- Spectrum Noir AquaTint Brush Pens (Blue Topaz, Moonlight, Harvest Moon, Smoked Quartz, Starry Sky, Onyx Black, Amethyst)
- Crafter's Companion Clear Acrylic Stamp Set (Wild at Heart)
- Crafter's Companion Clear Acrylic Stamp Set (Dragonflies)
- Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock
- Crafter's Companion Embossing Glue Pad

Others:
- White Embossing Powder

Sheena's New Sparkle Markers On HSN May 2nd

New Sheena's Sparkle Markers are here soon on HSN! They are two brand new sets - Hot and Spicy, and Cool and Calm colors sets. Also Crafter's Companion designed six (yes, SIX) clear acrylic stamps sets to go with these markers. Made a card using two of the stamps sets and the new Sparkle Markers!

The background was created using the markers as well and the sentiment reads "Do Small Things With Great Love". The flowers are from one stamp set and the butterflies are from another different set but you can definitely mix and match in your projects! Want to see the rest of the stamp sets? Head over to Crafter's Companion website and check their schedule for May 2nd!

Work in progress photo, I heat-embossed the roses in black powder and colored it with Sparkle Markers. 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Watercolour Cardstock

- Crafter's Companion Embossing Glue Pad

- Crafter's Companion Clear Acrylic Stamps (Spring Is In The Air)

- Crafter's Companion Clear Acrylic Stamps (Rose Bloom)

- Sheena New Sparkle Pens (Orange Flame,Chilled Ocean, Warm Basil, Golden Sun, Spiced Cherry)

Others:

- Satin Ribbon

- Black Embossing Powder

Crafter's Companion 3D Tiered Cake Pop-Up Dies

Pop-up dies brought to you by Crafter's Companion are coming to HSN this May 2nd!! They are several designs of them one of them being this super adorable tiered cake pop-up design. Doesn't look fabulous?! I love it so much. I've always wanted to make one of this but never really motivated to do so due to the complicated measuring and fussy cutting! Now I don't need to do any of that, it's as simple as lining up all the different tiers of cake and run it through the machine in one pass and everything comes up perfectly!

The design comes with matching accessories dies such as the candles, mini roses, cake tops, banners and that cute doilies! Not only that, it also has its own matching clear acrylic stamps. The best paper crafting/card making set ever. For other available designs, check Crafter's Companion's website and see what other amazing stuffs are being released on May 2nd. You will want to mark the calendar and make a shopping list beforehand because they are going to sell out fast! 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Paper Craft Concept Die (Cake)

-Crafter's Companion Paper Craft Accessories Pack (Cake)

- Crafter's Companion Clear Stamp (Cake Accessories)

- Crafter's Companion 6x6 Paper Pad (Detailed Decorations)

- Gemini Machine

Crafter's Companion Dome Card Kit

Another fabulous card kit by Crafter's Companion will be visiting HSN this May 2nd! Are you a card kit person? If so this Dome Card Kit is a must-have! Similar to the previous card kit release - Frame Card Kit, this dome card kit feature a boxed envelope as well. The fun thing about kit is that you can make it into something more than just a dome card, such as this fun treat-filled box! The clear acetate sheet to make this treat box is not part of the kit but you can always use any clear packaging acetate as long as it's sturdy enough to hold the shape in place.

They are a few different shapes of window to the dome, the design shown below are oval and scalloped rectangle window but other than this the kit also come in other designs. Make sure to tune in HSN to see all the available designs and grab them before they are gone. :)

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Dome Card Kit

See-through Shaker Card with Heat-Resistant Acetate

Using the same poppy corner dies and stamps I created for this card in this post I also made another using the same products! This time I made use of the heat-resistant acetate sheet I had been wanting to try out for a long time, finally put it into use this time and love the heat-embossed result. The heat-resistant acrylic didn't warp at all from the result of heating from a heat gun! Really amazed with the outcome and can't wait to make more!

I like the see-through effect on cards, and guess what? I incorporated the shaker element so now you can see the sequins jumping in the air when it's shaken!

Supplies:

- Sheena Perfect Parner Stamps and Dies Set (Poppy Corners)

- Spectrum Noir Graphic Markers (DR7, DR2, CR10, AG5, LG5, CG1, BO3, CT4)

- Crafter's Companion Heat-Resistant Acetate

- Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock (Black Pearl)

- Crafter's Companion Embossing Glue Pad

- Crafter's Companion Heat Gun

Others:

- Mixed Sequins

- Gold Embossing Powder

Die'sire Create-A-Card Heart Easel Die

Who's into purple?? I've always been a teal person but after created this card I think I've started to like purple more (perhaps only apply to cards - lol). This easel card is made with the Heart Easel die by Crafter's Companion that was released on HSN the beginning of the month, I just love this this easel die although I don't usually make easel card. Who would have thought no matter how long you have crafted, how many beautiful things you have seen, you will still find new things to love everyday! Right now my new love is this easel die, I'm going to make more of these with the other easel dies and I will be back soon to share the pictures, stay tuned! 

Supplies:

- Die'sire Create-A-Card die (Heart Easel)
- Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock (Purple)
- SS butterfly Lullaby 6x6 Paper Pad
- SS Floral Fantasy Clear Acrylic Stamps Set (Blooming Sentiments)
- SS Rustic Cottage Decorative Metal Dies (Chic Butterflies)
- Gemini Junior

Others:
- Spray Glue
- Purple Glitter

Crafter's Companion - Frame Card Kit!!

This frame card kit was on HSN couple weeks ago, did you manage to snatch some?! This item is so hot it's already sold out during the show! This kit is one of the cutest card kits I've ever seen and I'm so glad Crafter's Companion decided to sell card kits other than just crafty supplies that are meant for next level crafters. I think this is crucial as to some people who don't know where to start or want to invest time to make a card out from scratch can now use this easy to assemble kit!

I turned one of the card into a card/necklace holder, 2-in-1 function for gift giving! How cool is that? 

For this one below I decided to make a shaker card, simply by adding a clear acrylic cover and you will get a fun shaker card+box! 

Supplies:

- Crafter's Companion Frame Card Kit

Gilding Wax On 3D Embossing Folder

Have you tried the gilding wax with the 3D embossing folder from Crafter's Companion? I have tried it before on light color cardstock but yesterday I decided to experiment on a dark cardstock and guess what?!! I'm loving it!! I used the Black Pearl shimmering cardstock by Crafter's Companion, embossed with the Country Garden 3D embossing folder, applied the wax on and voila - this magical result. It looked almost like metal corrosion. What do you think?! I'm going to try this with other 3D embossing folders as well. I wish they are more colors of the gilding wax to choose from, I bet each will produce spectacular result. 

And btw, as you can see I have changed up my background paper for my photo booth. It's definitely brighter compare to the old one I used. Let's see how long it will last until I decide to make a change again!

Supplies:- Crafter's Companion 3D Embossing Folder (Country Garden)- Sheena Perfect Parner Stamps and Dies Set (Poppy Corners)- Spectrum Noir Graphic Markers (DR7, DR2, CR10, AG5, LG5, CG1, BO3, CT4)- Crafter's Companion Gilding Wax (Renaissance Gold)- Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock (Black Pearl)- Crafter's Companion Embossing Glue Pad- Gemini Machine

Vintage Tea Party and New Spectrum Noir Artliner

Vintage Tea Party and Jennifer's new hand-lettering stamps and pads are coming to HSN today!! Wonder what you can make with new goodies you get?! I made a couple of cards with this collection and below are just a few to share with you today! For more inspirations, join Crafter's Companion's fans group on FB now and start the watch party with awesome CC community! I'm so grateful to be part of this DT and community, everyone is so supportive and talented and we share ideas and fun together!

Look at the stamps!! If you have always wanted to make something like this but worry about your hand-writing might not be as good as the professionals, try this hand-lettering stamps! They make everything looks so easy and gorgeous!! Jennifer Tryon is the mastermind behind all this, isn't she so talented?!! And look she even hand-drawn the images for the hand-lettering pad so all you have to do is adding the sentiment to the empty space! You can find it HERE, it's already on HSN!!