Crackle Paint Embellishments

A few people have asked me how I made the 'Crackle Embellishments' on my two latest cards

So I will try and explain how I do it

I bought some Tim holtz 'Crackle Paint' the other day just to have a dabble and I am so pleased I did!

Here are the other things I use

First of all I cut three shapes out of card

You can see I have used 'Shapeabilities Butterlies 2'

You can find these here

These are just ideal as they are solid shapes with no holes

I glue the three shapes together with 'Anita's Tacky Glue' and leave to dry

Now here is the secret cover the whole shape with 'Glossy Accents' and leave to set solid (takes a few hours)

I discovered this bit by accident!

At first I  covered my heart with the crackle paint without glossy accents.....although it did crackle it didn't have the effect that the ones on my cards have......the cracks were small and fine

I was still quite pleased but decided to give the heart a glossy appearance too

Big mistake! The cracks filled with the gloss and I was left with a pink glossy heart

So I thought I wonder what will happen if I paint back over the heart with the crackle paint

Wow the cracks opened wide and gave the effects you can see on my cards.....the paint glided over the slippy surface as it dried creating the large cracks!

So that is now why I cover my shapes with the glossy first

The Crackle Paint dries in no time and you can see the cracks appear more or less in front of your eyes

Don't be afraid to wallop plenty of it on to your shape either because the thicker  the paint the larger the cracks

Here is a butterfly I made earlier

You can also sponge some distress ink around the edges to add some dimension

Now I just NEED  more colours in the 'Crackle Paint'!

Challenge 16

Well it's the start of another 'A Gem of a Challenge' today (where did the last fornight go?)

It's challenge 16 and we have this super duper sketch by our lovely Jenny to follow

Don't forget to pop on over and take a look at all the beautiful creations made by our lovely  DT team

Here is my DT card and take on Jenny's sketch

Stamp 'Fairy Chloe' Pink Gem Designs Here

Sentiment 'Sprinkles of Fairy Dust' Pink Gem Designs Here

DP my own design

Nestabilities Here

Shapeabilities Butterflies 2 Here

Memento Ink 'Rich Cocoa' Here

Adesive pearls 3mm & 6mm here

Martha Stewart border and small butterfly punch

This card will be for sale on EBAY later today

The Winner Is.........

The winner of the candy is Number 7 Redrottie

Congratulations sweetie!

If you email me at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com with your details I will send your prize asap

Redrottie was drawn using the random number generator

 

Candy

Stamp 'Ellie with Gingerbread Man'

Stamp 'Spring Chloe'

6mm & 3mm Adesive Pearls

Colour Me White (Button Mix)

Pink Mulberry Petals

Petaloo Wild Roses 'Baby Blue'

It's my birthday on Sunday so to celebrate I am giving the chance of winning some candy to my lovely followers

All you have to do is post the picture above in your side bar with a link back to this blog and............... LEAVE YOUR NAME WITH INKLINKZ

The winner will be chosen at random on Friday 4th March after 6pm

Good Luck!

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Summer Milly

Managed to get a bit of me time today

I have been having a play with some Rangers Crackle Paint for the first time and I love the effect

I will definately use this again!

I have got lots of flowers sitting in my flower box so I thought it's about time I use them up

Digi Stamp 'Summer Milly' Here

Sentiment Stamp 'Birthday Wishes' Here

DP my own design......the main peice is part of 'Slugs & Snails' downloadable papers Here

Adesive pearls here

Please pop back tomorrow when I will have some candy up for grabs!

The Winner Is.........

Anastasia!

Anastasia has won my A Gem of a Challenge Birthday Blog Hop Candy draw

Congratulations sweetie...........please email me at pinkgemdesigns@googlemail.com  to recieve your prize

Challenge 15

Today sees that start of challenge 15 over at 'A Gem of a Challenge'

Mandy is the host again and she would like to see 'Buttons, Beads, Brads or Bows'

One, Two, Three or all of them if you are feeling adventurous

The DT girls have made some gorgeous creations so pop accross and have a look for some inspiration

On to my card which is also a birthday card for my baby girl

She is 27 next week but still my baby lol!

Don't look Emma!

I have made the sentiment especially for her card but it will be onsale as a polymer stamp soon

Stamp 'Sitting Chloe' Here

Memento Ink 'Tuxedo Black' Here

ProMarkers Here

Nestabilities Here

DP My Own Design which will be onsale soon

Martha Stewart Punches

The lovely Seam Binding, Button Twine & Pin came from 'The Ribbon Girl'

Weight Watching!

Why can't I eat what I want and not put on weight!

I need to lose at least a stone before summer arrives or all my clothes will be too tight

I am thinking of joining weight watchers online

I have been to meetings in the past and enjoyed following the programme

Hubby says I can do it on my own which I suppose he is right in theory

I know what to eat and not to but I need motivation

Haven't really got time for meetings and as I am on the computer working all day I thought the online option would be good

Has anyone else followed WW Online......it would be interesting to hear your views so please leave me a comment

........oh and if anyone knows how to make a stone in weight instantly dissapear please let me know lol!

Hubby has bought me an X Box Kinect as it's my birthday this month .......so we can both get fit

It's not set up yet but it looks like fun!

What Are Little Boys Made Of ????

'Slugs n' Snails' n' Puppy Dogs Tails!'

I loved that rhyme when I was a child

It has inspired my 'Andy with Snail' stamp design and my latest download papers 'Slugs & Snails'

I hate making cards for little boys as the papers always seem drab and boring

So I came up with these bright and cheery little boy papers and even though I say so myself they are just fab to work with!

Stamp 'Andy With Snail' Here

Sentiment Stamp 'Puppy Dogs Tails' Here

DP downloadable digi papers 'Slugs & Snails' Here (also soon to be on DVD)

Image coloured with ProMarkers Here

Ink used for image & Sentiment  Memento 'Rich Cocoa' Here

Nestabilities Here

Edges sponged with Distress Inks

Card Candy

Sparkling Windows!

I would love Sparkling Windows!

My window cleaner does a smashing job on the outside.......but when I do the inside they look worse than ever especialy when the sun shines!

So please ladies leave me a comment and let me know your window cleaning secrets lol!

Ellie & Ginger

It's little Miss Ellie again but this time she has her hair swept up in bunches and she is eating a gingerbread man!

The reason I drew this stamp design is because my 3 year old (4 next month yikes......where did that go!) grandaughter Mimi loves gingerbread men

She was also wearing an outfit like this when she last stayed with us.........so you can see where I get my influence from lol!

I bought her The Gingerbread Man book which I had to read over and over because she found it so funny lol!

Ellie has been coloured with Copics & Prisma Pencils

Stamp 'Ellie with Gingerbread' Here

Sentiment Stamp 'Birthday wishes' Here

DP download Digi Papers 'Oh Boy' Here

Ink Memento 'Rich Cocoa' Here

Adesive Pearls Here & Here

Pearl Flourish Here

Nestabilities Here

Shapeabilities Butterfly Here

This card will be for sale on EBAY Later

Slugs & Snails

Well as promised I have designed some digi download papers especially for little boys

They are called 'Slugs & Snails' and consist of 22 papers

These team up lovely with our 'Andy' stamps and download digi 'Andy' decoupage sheet

In fact they go well with any little boy stamps!

They are now for sale on the website and you can see them here

Challenge 14 & Birthday Blog Hop!

It's a new challenge day over at A Gem of a challenge!

It is also one year since we launched the challenge......can you believe it!

To celebrate we are having a Birthday Blog Hop running along side challenge 14

You can enter The Challenge, Blog Hop or both

To enter the challenge enter the fab sketch by Mandy below........and simply link up your creations as normal on the challenge blog

My DT Card

Made using our new version of 'Cutie Pie' polymer stamp you can see her here

& our 'Baby Girl To Love' Sentiment stamp here

DP is 'Cutie Pie' digi download papers from here

The image has been coloured with distress inks

This card will be for sale on EBAY later today

The DT girls have made some beautiful cards so pop over and take a look

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If you are up for some fun and the chance to win lots of prizes, we would love you to join in with our Blog Hop. The winner of the Blog Hop will get these fabulous AquaMarker pens from Letraset who have very kindly sponsored us....

In addition, there are 2 fabulous Pink Gem Designs Digi stamps OR 1 set of Digi papers of your choice up for grabs on each of the DT blogs.

You will need to start at the challenge blog, and visit each DT blog in turn to collect a 'hidden gem' from each. After collecting your answers from each DT blog, simply return to the challenge blog and leave your answers in the comments section. Please be aware there will be duplicate 'GEMS' so make sure that you have 10 when you reach the end.... Comment moderation will be on so there will be no cheating!

If you are here for the hop, you should have arrived from  The Gem of a Challenge blog, and when you have found my 'Gem' you will need to hop over to Mandy's blog to collect her 'Gem'. Or go over to the challenge blog to start the hop from the beginning.

My birthday is this month so that makes my birthday 'Gem' a Amethyst ;)

Simply leave me a Linky below to enter my draw to win 2 PGD digi stamps OR 1 set of PGD Digi Papers. My winner will be drawn at random on 19th Feb.All winners will also be announced on the Challenge blog on the 20th Feb

Good luck and have fun!