The Craft Table

Goodbye WordPress

Martine — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:48:10 +0000

Yep i have decided to run back home to Blogger with my tail between my legs

WordPress unfortunately isnt for me, here is where you can find me from now on and please do feel free to add yourself as a follower, unfortunately WordPress doesn’t have a follower function so i am not sure how many (if any at all )of you are actually following me, so again please do feel free to follow my old/new blog so i can come and say hello , and i am so sorry for any inconvenience caused with my running back and forward, i promise to stay put on blogger from now on

Here is my old/new home

The Craft Table

Martine

BasicGrey Challenges is officially back :)

Martine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:08:54 +0000

At long last i have managed to sort things out with the BasicGrey Challenges blog and now i can officially say “we are back” yay

In celebration of our grand re opening we have some scrummylicious candy to give away

ooo doesn’t this candy look fabulous, head on over to the BasicGrey Challenges blog now to see how you can win it all for yourself

I hope you like the new look BasicGrey Challenges blog, and please do stay tuned to the blog as we will be starting our challenges very very soon

Just Magnolia Week 15 – A sketch by Tab

Martine — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:05:19 +0000

This weeks challenge over on the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog is to follow a brilliant sketch designed by the fabulous Tab

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Here is my take on the challenge

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Sorry for not being around much,things have been pretty busy but its calming down now and Ii am starting to get back to my crafting, so hopefully I will be able to get back posting on my blog more often now .

I had an order for a baby card from my cousin and thought that Tabs sketch would be perfect for it , I really enjoyed this sketch and know that I will use it again

I have used my new and super cute cuddly horse image from Magnolia and as usual coloured him with my trusty Prismacolour Pencils , the papers are a download from NitWit collections and are from the in the meadow collection

Some news to share now, remember the BasicGrey Challenges Blog ??, I closed it down in June to re – decorate it, unfortunately it took longer than I planned as other things came up, but I can now say that we are very very nearly there , just the few finishing touches and we will bre ready to launch with our re-lauch blog candy , so i’ll leave you with a little sneak peak of what the new blog will look like , as you can see its completely different from what we used to have, and me and the team are all very excited about the re-launch, so stay tuned to the BasicGrey DT blogs as we will be announcing the blog launch very very soon

Right i’ll let you go now, thanks for stopping by and make sure that you stop by the rest of the DT blogs too, to see their amazing creations to this weeks challenge

Materials Used

Card Stock - The Papermill Shop (Cream), Stampin Up (Chocolate Chip)
Papers – Nitwit Collections (in the meadow)
Image – Magnolia (Cuddly Horse)
Inks – Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (old paper, tea dye)
Colouring – Prismacolour Pencils
Tools – Nestabilities (Labels Two)
Accessories – Spotted Grosgrain Ribbon, BasicGrey (Buttons- Archaic), Computer Generated Sentiment

Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge 2 – Brown Paper Bag

Martine — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:55:28 +0000

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A new challenge has been posted on the Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge Blog , The challenge is to decorate a brown paper bag, here is my take on the challenge

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I must admit when i had heard what the challenge would be i panicked, i had never attempted anything like this before, but you know what, i really enjoyed it, now it did take me absolutely ages but it was great fun , and i highly recommend trying it for yourself

I decided to try another first for me , Shabby Chic , i have always loved the Shabby Chic style but have never been brave enough to attempt it for myself, so as i was making this bag/card which was a first for me i thought this would be as good a time as any to try it, i think i still need a bit more practice with it but i am happy with it all the same and no doubt i will attempt it again soon

Here is the inside of the Bag/Card, i decided to make the card a gift too by making a space to insert some money and on the other side i inserted a poem which i found online

Here is the inside of the card again but this time showing what was in the pocket, i made this tag with a space to write a message

And here is the back of the Card/Bag, i kept it simple and just added my personalized stamp which i bought of Ebay ages ago

Well thats all the pictures, i hope you liked my bag/card , i also hope that you can join us with the Monthly challenge, this challenge will run for 2 weeks and it is being sponsored with a massive $50 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp , and do make sure to stop by the rest DT blogs too as their creations to this challenge are AMAZING, trust me they really are outstanding, head on over and see for yourself

Materials Used

Paper Bag – A gift from Rach (thank you hunni)
Cardstock – The Papermill Shop (White Linen, Brown and Cream Pearl)
Papers – Pink Petticoat (Big Dots – Blossom, Washed Damask – Ocean), Notebook Paper
Stamps – Magnolia (Tilda in Cross Stitch Dress, Pink Tilda with rose), Prima (Corner Stamp), Stampin Up (Totally Tabs)
Inks – Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tea Dye, Old Paper)
Colouring – Prismacolour Pencils
Tools – Stampin Up (Distresser Tool, Tab Punch, Spiral Punch), Tim Holtz (Blender Tool, Tiny Attacher Tool), EK Success (Retro Flower Punch ) Cuttlebug with Cut and Emboss Combos (Heart and Butterfly), Nestabilities (Scalloped and Regular Oval, Scalloped Circle, Scalloped Rectangle)
Accessories – Mulberry Roses, Lace, Buttons, Feathers, Ribbon, Tim Holtz (Crackle Paint)

Win $1000 at the Cuttlebug Spot

Martine — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:43:24 +0000

I have just seen the biggest blog candy i have ever heard of

The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest and they are trying to reach 1000 followers, when they reach this goal they will be giving out a MASSIVE prize of a $1000 gift certificate to Custom Crops, and if that wasn’t fab enough each Friday until they reach their goal, they will be giving out $5o gift certificates to Custom Crops, How cool is that, so to be in with a chance get yourself on over to The Cuttlebug Spot and put your name into the draw

Just Magnolia Week 13 – Mina’s Sketch

Martine — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:05:30 +0000

Hi all , Its time for another challenge over on the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog, and this weeks challenge is to follow a fabulous sketch which has been designed by our very own Mina

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Here is my take on the sketch

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First of all i must apologise for being such a bad blogger lately, i have been soooo busy and dont have much time to get some crafting done, i really hope it does slow down soon as i do miss my crafting, i have soo many new goodies that i am itching to play with but haven’t had the time to *sigh* , But hey at least i did get time to get my Just Magnolia card done this week , better than no crafting at all eh

I adore these papers i have used on this card, they have been created by Summer Driggs and downloaded for free off her blog, Summer creates the most beautiful digital scrapbooking goodies and as soon as i saw these papers i had to have them hehe, they really are much prettier in real life and my feeble attempt at photography doesn’t do them any justice.

I was a bit worried though as when i was nearly finished this card i noticed that (to me anyway) it started to look like a Halloween card with the peachy orange and black colour scheme, so to try and stop this i added a few pink bits into the mix although i am not sure you can actually tell they are there as they are very pale colours of pink, so i am not sure i stopped it looking like a Halloween card hehe

Right I’ll stop rambling now and let you go hehe, but please do stop by the DT blogs to see their wonderful creations this week, and i do hope that you can play along with us in this weeks challenge

Materials Used

Cardstock – Stampin Up (Basic Black , Blush Blossom and Whisper White)
Papers – Summer Driggs (Bubble Gum & Licorice kit)
Image – Magnolia (Tilda as Butterfly)
Ink - Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Spiced Marmalade)
Colouring – Prismacolour Pencils, Sakura (Gelly Roll Glitter Pen)
Tools – Nestabilities (Scalloped and Regular oval), EK Success (Retro Flower Punch), Woodware (Daisy Punch), Martha Stewart (Frond Leaf Punch), Stampin Up (Spiral Punch)
Accessories – Black Lace, Button, Thread, Dew Drops, Basic Grey ( Rub – On)

Just Magnolia, Challenge 12 – So Charming

Martine — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:28:15 +0000

This week over on the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog , the challenge is to use some charms on your creation

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Here is my take on the challenge

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oooo i love these papers, they are by Craftwork Cards and they have a gorgeous pearl finish to the paper, soooo yummy , i bought these ages ago and i am only using them now hehe , i was clearing out my paper drawer and stumbled across them, lucky eh

I got this adorable Tilda image last week and got colouring her straight away, she is soo cute ain’t she, i coloured her again with my trusty Prismacolour Pencils , i have to admit though i did attempt to colour her with my Pro Markers but eeek i made a complete mess, i have compleatly lost my touch and i soooo need to practice with them again

anyho i hope you can join us with this weeks challenge, there is a fabby prize on offer for the lucky winner, (ooo i so wish i could enter myself ) be sure to stop by the DT blogs to see their wonderful creations and why not say hi while you are at it, i am sure they would love to hear from you

Oh yes before i go, me gots a new light tent to play with for my photos, what do you think, does the photo look better ???, i also added a fab cloudy type border around the edges, i have seen these about and decided to try it for myself, i love it ,to me it draws the eyes to the card and not the background which is what i love most about it , so what do you think do you like my new photos ???? feel free to say no, i wont bite your head of hehe, i do appreciate your comments good and bad

Materials Used

Cardstock - Stampin Up (Kraft, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White)
Papers – Craftwork Cards
Stamps – Magnolia (Spring Tilda, Log (Not 100% sure which collection the log came from as it was an image sent to me by my good pal Jo thanks hunni, but i think it was the Autumn collection 2008 )
Inks – Memento (Tuxedo Black)
Colouring – Prismacolour Pencils
Tools – Nestabilities (Labels 2)
Accessories - Heart Charm, Jump Rings, Papermania (Glitter Brad and Half Pearls), Prima (Flowers and Leaves), Crate Paper (Sentiment Rub – On)

Just Magnolia Tutorial Challenge 1

Martine — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:31:00 +0000

Hey everyone, today was we launched the our first tutorial monthly challenge on the new Just Magnolia Tutorial Challenges blog , This challenge is all about distressing which is following the fabulous tutorial that Kim gave a few weeks ago here

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Here is my take on Kims tutorial

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I loved Kim’s tutorial and i cant believe the amount of distressing i did on this card , i used my distress inks on everything, even the lace hehe, i didn’t follow the tutorial completely though as i didn’t use any glimmer mist, i only have the one colour at the moment and its unfortuantly the wrong colour , but … i will be getting more of them so stay tuned to see a glimmer misted card

I have to admit that this is my most used and favourite tilda , can you blame me, she is adorable and great to colour, but i love to paper piece on her apron rather than colour it as i can never decide which colour to colour it so i go for the easy and effective option of paper piecing with papers used on my card to make her match

I hope you can join in on this 2 week challenge following Kim’s brilliant tutorial, there is a fabulous prize of a $20 gift certificate which has been sponsored by 7 kids college fund for the lucky winner , Be sure to pop on over to the rest of the DT blogs to see their gorgeous creations following Kim’s tutorial

Materials Used

Cardstock - The Papermill Shop (Brown), Stampin Up (Whisper White)
Papers – K&Co (Ancestry – Teal Damask), Prima (Whisper Collection – Secrets), Dream Street Papers (Rue – Ooo La La), Pale Green Gingham
Image – Magnolia (Tilda in cross stitch dress)
Ink – Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Walnut Stain)
Colouring - Prismacolour Pencils
Tools – Nestabilities (Scalloped and Regualr Ovals), Tim Holtz blender tool, Ek Succes (Retro flower punch), Woodware (Daisy Punch)
Accessories – Rose button, Lace, Prima (Leaves), Pink half back pearls, Tim Holtz (Ticket)

Just Magnolia Tutorial Challenges

Martine — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:58:52 +0000

Hi everyone, just a quick post to let you know the news ,

As it was getting rather confusing running 3 separate challenges on the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog, we have decided to create 2 new blogs one for each challenge , this will be soooo much easier in the long run and will hopefully save a lot of confusion for everyone

So, tomorrow we launch our second monthly challenge on the new blog which will be based around the challenges that our Featured Stampers do for us. Last month our Featured Stamper was our fellow DT member Kim, who did the most amazing distressing tutorial for us.

So be sure to pop over to the blog tomorrow and we hope that you can join in on the challenge

Just Magnolia Week 11 – Bev’s Sketch

Martine — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:40:22 +0000

This week over on the Just Magnolia challenge blog the challenge is to follow a brilliant sketch which had been designed by the fabulous Bev

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Here is my take on this weeks challenge

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I loved working with Bev’s sketch this week, simple but very effective , just how I like them ,and Isn’t this Tilda image the cutest , I got her on Thursday and got making a card with her as soon as i could, I have again coloured her with my trusty prismacolour pencils,I cant put these fab pencils down, I even bought myself some more promarkers on Tuesday and I was planning on using them on this weeks challenge, but when I sat down to colour for some reason I couldn’t get it to work right for me, I think may be a little out of practice hehe, so I will be sitting down and having a good colouring in session me thinks .

Anyho hope you can join us in this weeks challenge, and be sure to stop by the rest of the DT members blogs to see their wonderful creations

Materials Used

Cardstock – Stampin Up (Whisper White, Real Red and Chocolate Chip)
Papers – Sweet Shoppe Designs (Zoe Pearn -Haute Spring), Stampin Up (Washington Apple)
Stamps – Magnolia (Tilda in spring rain), Autumn Leaves ( On the edge)
Inks – Memento (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tea dye, Vintage Photo)
Colouring – Prismacolour Pencils
Tools – Martha Stewart (Doily Lace Punch), Nestabilities (Scalloped Circle), Fiskars Shape Cutter, Stampin Up (Paper Distresser), Tim Holtz (Ink Blender tool)
Accessories – Prima (Flower and Leaves), Red Button, Pale Yellow half pearls, Sentiment Ticket created on computer