Louise Sims Papercrafter

The theme this fortnight over at We Do Dobadoo is "different shapes" and I have been itching to use my teapot Shape Art Stencil .... what a crafty omen ... so that's what I did ....... (must apologise quickly as this is a very photo heavy post) .... The stencil comes joined so that you can cut out both shapes at the same time (which is brilliant). There is also a bit at the bottom to give you the opportunity to join your teapots there, or alternatively, join them either at the handle or the tea pot top. I have used the template to create the opening at the bottom as I wanted to add a storage area to the inside .... more of that later! I layered different papers using the template to cut the shapes and distressed and aged them with my pan pastels. I then began layering up all my "bits and bobs" until I was happy.   The hearts started off with union jacks on them (yep, not a fib), and I covered them with versamark and then pan pastels layering u

The new challenge for the next fortnight over at Polka Doodles is "Men on our minds" and I have used the image from Work and Play 3 .   I have made my card with my dad in mind and as he lives near the beach; it just suits him perfectly. I have deliberately kept the layout simple as wanted the image and sentiment to be the main focal point. The sentiment is actually from the doctor section of the CD but I though it would work great on my card. I have cut it out as a cloud shape to match in with the backing paper. A bit of green torn paper as my grass and a quick card. A bit sad today as the half term week is drawing to a close and the weather has been pants! All plans about doing my garden have not materialised but I will get out there very soon before if turns in to a jungle or the triffids come to take residence !!! Have a great weekend everyone, Lou x x x I am entering my card in to the following challenges: Crafting for all seasons - boys will be

This is my second card for The Sisterhood of Crafters as their GDT for the month of May. The theme is "Tag your it" and here is what I created ....  Boy oh boy have I struggled getting a decent photo of my card as acetate appears to be somewhat camera shy (lol). After many "shots", I finally took some that didn't have a glare across the front or were out of focus ..... a great product to work with but very fustrating to photograph.   I have used the new stamps from Premium Craft Brands for my card and kept the design very simple. The background is a Spellbinders die, which has been mounted on to acetate. The main stamped images have been cut out using an X-Cut nesting die in 3 different sizes: 2 for the images and the remainder for the inside. I have tried to layer the diecuts so they sit equally within each other on the different layers. The images have been stamped in black (with added silver highlights from my GraphIt shaker pen). I have use

Yep, another week of blogger issues here, so again I apologise if my posts appear, disappear and then re-appear. I am hoping that they appear in date order but to be truthful, if they appear and STAY, I will be more than grateful .... hair pulling, shouting at screen, several profanities were the order of the day. Blogger and I are definitely going through a "rocky patch" at the moment and if I see another error message ...... aaaahhhhhhhh! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Over on the Pan Pastel challenge blog , the DT have further inspiration to share for the current fortnights challenge, "Floral" theme. Here is my take on the challenge using the new PCB (Premium Craft brand) stamps ... I have water coloured coloured all the images with magenta and bright yellow green shade pan pastels and love how the vibrancy of the pan pastels is not lost when used as a watercolour medium. Also you need a very, very, very little amount of pan pastel dust to create y

Yep, another week of blogger issues here, so again I apologise if my posts appear, disappear and then re-appear. I am hoping that they appear in date order but to be truthful, if they appear and STAY, I will be more than grateful .... hair pulling, shouting at screen, several profanities were the order of the day. Blogger and I are definitely going through a "rocky patch" at the moment and if I see another error message ...... aaaahhhhhhhh!  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ We are in to our second week for the "Things with Wings" challenge over on Polka Doodle Challenges and the DT have created some fab projects to inspire you to join in with the challenge. I have been inspired by Nikky to create a butterfly card after seeing her demo on Create and Craft using different butterfly stamps ...... so here is my homage to Nikky ....... I have used 3 different butterfly stamps from the Fairy Flutterby stamp range . These butterflies can be added to t

The challenge this week over on PCB Pan Pastel Challenges is "florals" and I have decided to challenge myself even further this week .... I have altered an empty coffee can! " I have used Kaiser Kraft papers which have been embossed with the Chrysanthemum stencil and then on some of the papers, I have added Maimeri iridescent paste to add greater height and texture. All papers have been adhered with Maimeri matt gel and then smothered with it on the top too! Once dry, I stamped over the papers with clock and butterfly images, finishing with a sentiment. All these stamps are from the new PCB stamp range (designed by Nikky Hall). The front (if you can have a front on a circle), has been decorated with roses (tinted with magenta pan pastels and GraphIt glitter shaker pen) and a tag. The tag has been made using the same paper for the outside of the can, stamped with a rose using perfect medium and then coloured with magenta pan pastel. I am very much in love wi