Introducing Charlie!

Hello to everyone once again!

How lucky I am to be able to work with such a fantastic team who always seem to come up with such adorable things to work with.

I would like to introduce you to a really cute little guy called Charlie.

We are so thrilled to be working with the stories and images from Charlie's Ark, which is based on a four-year-old boy, and his adventures in a world filled with animals that inhabit his magic Ark, Charlie’s Ark transcends generations with its heartwarming storylines and simple moral truths and the images are just plain fun to work with.
Created by internationally acclaimed and award winning illustrator Mike Payne, and illustrated by leading artist Adam Pescott, this artwork so adorable that you will quickly fall in love with Charlie and all his friends. The Charlie's Ark range will be launching later this month but you can get the fabulous pre-launch downloads from the web site www.flower-soft.com and watch Sheena and I demonstrate some ideas on tomorrow's show on www.flower-soft.tv

I used the Sally (that's Charlie's Sister) and Charlie download from our Spellbinders digital section to create this card but there are lots of other examples in our gallery.

I hope you enjoy this new range as much as I have!

Happy Crafting until next time,

Noreen.


BLOG CANDY!


Let us know what you think of Charlie's Ark and we could be sending you this Spellbinders download of Flo the cow as Blog candy.

Don't forget we also pick six lucky winners every week from our registered viewers over on Flower Soft TV and they win something from the show.

Last weeks winners won a pot of the New Gold and Silver Flower Soft and were:

1. Calliandra Medved, WASHINGTON, USA

2. Lauretta See, Quebec, CANADA

3. Mrs Joan Aldis, Creysse, FRANCE

4. YIEN NEE LEW, PERAK, MALAYSIA

5. Lynne miller, Newcastle, England

6. JANIS STONEBRIDGE, DURHAM, ENGLAND

Spooky Sweets!

In my last DT goodie package, I received some Flower Soft Display Globes. My initial ideas for these fun containers were in keeping with a Christmas Theme, but as I was looking at these purple candy corn, I started to think that a sweet treat card might be fun!

The Display Globes come with an Aperture Template so that you can cut through any paper you wish. You can also purchase Premade Oval Aperture cards and envelopes, that are tri fold and ready for you to assemble quite quickly! If you've used these before, I would love to see some of your projects! Just add a link to your comments and I'll pop on over and see your project!

Happy Stamping!

Vicki

Celebrate Card Making!

Did you know there was a holiday just for Card Making?

Today (Saturday, October 2nd)  is World CardMaking day.  To celebrate, I wanted to share a card with you. 

This past week, Flower Soft sponsored Card Positioning Systems blog.  This is my card for this weeks sketch.  You can check out the CPS blog for several other cards created with Flower soft. I used the NEW Cute Christmas PaperCraft CD rom.  Let me tell you, there is almost no end to the great papers and images that are on this CD and it is so easy to use. 

The red, printed, Santa paper that I used for the background on my card is on the CD and what is super cool is that all of the papers can be printed in few different color choices.  I printed the Santa with the little bear image and the patterned paper on Curious Iridescent Cryogen White Cardstock.  Images print so wonderfully on this paper and it has a slight sparkle to it.  I used the image in the jpeg version so I could pick the size I wanted it printed in. 

Here is a close-up of the Santa with Bear image.  I so love to use the Polar Ice Flower Soft, it is perfect for the Santa beard and hat trim.  I added a little bit of two brown shades of Flower Soft on the bear. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson Design Team member

Wow...how many days to Christmas?!!!!!!!

Hi again everyone,

hope I havn't frightened you to death by the title! I know it's not long to Christmas though. Something else that I know is that you are really going to love the 12 Bears of Christmas download available from Friday. The images are so cute they are a real pleasure to work with.

Take a look at the card created by the lovely Sheena, it truly is one of the most sophisticated cards I have ever seen created! You might just guess I love, love, love this card!

When you see how easily Sheena takes us through step by step to make up the card you will be thrilled to use the same techniques time after time.

I personally have learnt so much from this very talented lady I know, like me, that your going to be so pleased to add these tips and hints to your crafting skills.

Materials used; 12 Bears of Christmas download.

Acetate

Rangers Walnut Distress Ink

Ribbon