Challenge Winner ....

Good morning everyone, it's been a busy weekend for Snazzy's with the Big Stamping & Scrapbooking Show at Alexandra Palace. It was lovely to put names to faces for those of you who stopped by to say Hello.

Thank you for all the entries in our Inspired By Anna challenge, it was lovely to see everyone's own creative take on the theme.

So without further ado as promised the winner of this Mixed Media Journal ....

is comment Number 2 ..... Elaine

Please contact Snazzy's to claim your prize. Thanks again to everyone for their support.

Hels will be back later today (5pm) with her first project, tune in then to see how Hels has been inspired by the Design Team kit this month.

Be Inspired By Anna Dawbrowska Challenge ....

Good morning everyone, as promised earlier in the month this week we are having a challenge .... the theme quite aptly as we are currently working with the gorgeous Sunrise/Sunset Collection from Prima designed by the awesomely talented Anna Dabrowska is "Be Inspired Finnabair Style".

The challenge will run from today through until Sunday 14th April at midnight .... I will announce the winner on Monday 15th April who will be the lucky recipient of this Mixed Media Journal by Anna Dabrowska.

To join in with our challenge, simply upload your project from your blog and show us how Anna has inpired you, please leave a direct link to the project itself. Good luck everyone.

The Design Team have been busy creating projects to inspire you along the way.

LESLEY

GILLIAN

NICKY

HELS

To see more of the design team projects in full click on the DT blog links ..... hope you have been inspired to join in the fun.

DT Project #2 by Minxy, Featuring:

Prima/ Finnabair Sunrise Sunset Collection

Hay lovely peeps, As promised i'm back for another offering of Finn/Prima goodness

This time in the form of a journal spread.

I have to admit when I received the Finnabair mixed media journal in our kit I was both delighted and terrified. I just adore how Finn makes over her covers, but having never given anything like that a go b4 I totally bottled doing it as I didn't want to ruin the journal, so went for the safe option and opted for a double page spread instead! I promise when I do get the cover done I will share on my blog {some time in the distant future lol} 

I started by removing 2 of the kraft pages from the journal to work on, it's much easier without the rings in the way.

I stamped 2 of the opposite corners with the sunrise sunset clear set 4 in black archival.

I then sliced a piece of the A4 sunrise sunset paper in half, and rounded the outer corners to match the journal pages.

I sprayed 'vibrant turquoise' & 'cut grass' dylusions spray through the sunrise sunset 6x6 checkers stencil in a band across the middle of the pages.

Next I scraped texture paste through the sunrise sunset flower stencil, When it had dried, I placed the stencil back over the same place and applied permanent red shade pan pastel to the raised peaks with a sofft tool knife. Replacing the stencil before colouring stops any excess pan pastel from getting all over the page.

I used Tim's checkerboard texture fade on kraft card as I wanted a little more dimension but continuing the same pattern. I wiped it with some 'fire brick' distress ink.

Then it was just as case of layering up the photo's with some extra elements, like the sunrise sunset washi tape and sunrise sunset wood icons, along with some of  my own washi tape made by stamping the checker from the sunrise sunset clear stamp 4 set onto micropore tape.

I also made some mini rosettes from more of the A4 SS paper and finished with a couple of the engraver mini roses I had left over from last months kit and one of the vintage trinket medium flowers that I cut into pieces as the petals looked like leaves. Oh and a final bit of stamping with the ss clear stamp 4 flowers in 'vermillion' archival ink to add a bit more red in between the 2 photo's {which by the way is me and my OH Tony strawberry picking about 2 or 3 years ago.}

So I hope you have enjoyed my projects this month, any/all comments are gratefully received xo

Oh and don't forget on Monday 8th we have the Finn Inspired challenge where myself and the rest team will be showing off how Finn inspires us and where you could be the lucky winner of the Mixed Media Journal by showing us how she inspires you!

Till then..Stay Inky

DT Project #1 by Minxy, Featuring:

Prima/ Finnabair Sunrise Sunset Collection

Hello my lovelies and a very Happy Easter to you all.. Hope you've all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend and not pigged out on too much chocolate!!!

{is there such a thing as too much chocolate!}

So as you are all aware by now we have had some amazing Finn goodies to play with this month.

As well as the kit we got, I was a tad naughty and got several more things from the collection, all of which can be bought at Snazzy's.

My first project is a Canvas

I started by transferring one of the sunrise sunset papers onto the canvas using a matt gel medium,  Just stick your paper, pattern side down with the gel medium onto the canvas, making sure you burnish it all over then let it dry {completely}

Once dry, lightly score the back with a craft knife and spray with water, let it soak in for a second then start rubbing, continue until all the excess paper has been rubbed away and leaves you with the pattern of the paper on your canvas.
Remember, don't rub too hard or your image will also rub away{although you might like that look, I did}, and also text paper will be transferred backward.
Taking colours from the paper I did some random stamping all over the canvas using all of the mini cling stamps and archival ink.
I used some of the epoxy stickers to highlight a couple of the images.

I attached half a vintage doily with more of the gel medium, while that was drying I stuck another of the sunrise sunset papers to card and then diecut the word 'style' from it.
I also used some of the idea-ology chit chat stickers outlined with neoII pastels.

I diecut a dressform from cardboard, coloured the top and stand with black distress stain and the used some of the sunrise sunset fabric tape to fashion an outfit, I also cut some swirls from red card and stamped with one of the sunrise sunset cling stamps.

I coloured a bit of seam binding with more distress stains to create a scarf and finished her off with a spray of cosmic shimmer mist for a bit of sparkle.

To finish I created some paper flowers from yet more of the sunrise sunset papers and a spellbinders die. and used one of the sunrise sunset wood icons in it's natural state.

I hope you have enjoyed my first project. I will be back again on Thursday with my next offering.

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Oh a little heads up: Our lovely teamie Astrid is away on her jolly's so next week we will be hosting a Finn Inspired challenge, so get your thinking/making caps on as you could be in with a chance of winning a very cool Finnabair Mixed Media Journal!

Till Thursday, 

Stay Inky

DT Project #2 featuring Prima Sunrise/Sunset Collection (posted by Lesley)

Hi again lovely Snazzy visitors!

I'm back with my second project using the fabulous Sunrise/Sunset Collection, designed by the equally fabulous Anna Dabrowska for Prima.  I have never dipped a toe in the water with regard to journaling but as part of the DT kit this time was a gorgeous journal I decided it was time to make a start.  So far, I've only got to the point of decorating the front cover but ........... it's a start right?  Lol!  Seriously though, this is a lovely journal and I hope I can get a page done once a little while.

I decided to take a few photos as I went along with this project.  Not exactly step-by-step but they do show a few of the stages.  First of all I applied white acrylic paint to the whole of the front cover and I followed this with blending light touches of Melon, Sand, Rose and Clay Eco acrylics, sometimes using a wet wipe if I got the colours a little too heavy.  I finished off with just a little black in opposite corners top left and bottom right.

I tore two pieces from one of the paper designs in the A4 pad, inked the torn edges with Adirondack Peach Bellini ink and adhered them to the cover with Cosmic Shimmer glue.  I followed this with some random stamping of the tiny flower background stamp from the collection, again using the Peach Bellini.

Before starting to add my embellishments I used a flourish mask and applied some texture paste which I then left to dry.  I was going to use some metallic wax on the raised areas but decided against it as I liked the subtlety of the white .

I then adhered some Grungepaper to the back of metal tape, die cut the letters using my Wordplay die and then put the letters through an embossing folder before applying black acrylic paint.  I rubbed some of the paint off with a wet wipe before it was quite dry and then sanded the letters to take off more of the paint.  I painted some Artemio lazer cut wood leaf sprays with New Grass Eco acrylic paint and when dry highlighted areas with metallic gold wax.  I cut a few words from the flower packaging from last month's kit and then decided what other embellishments I was going to use.  At this point I so wished I had ordered some of the wonderful Prima embellishments that are from this collection but I had left it too late so raided my stash instead.  I hope Snazzy's have some of the Sunrise/Sunset goodies left by the time I get round to my order because they are lovely!

I found the bits of lace in my bit box already dyed to colours that were perfect for this project so that gave me a feel good factor ;D!  I arranged all the embellishments, moving them around until I was happy and then stuck them down to the cover.  I added a bit of pencil shadowing around the little words. 

Finally I gave the flower arrangement (the flowers are from last month's DT kit) a spritz of black shimmer spray which was very nerve wracking, lol! 

When my back cover is decorated I will add some ribbons and lace to the wire binding but for now this is the completed front cover.

I will be using some more of the gorgeous paper designs from the A4 pad for the Snazzy's DT Blog Challenge coming up very soon and I hope to order a few more goodies from this beautiful collection before then ;D!   I hope you'll join in as you could be in with a chance of winning this absolutely fabulous journal by showing us how you are inspired by the talented Anna Dabrowska.

Next week Nicky will be sharing her projects which are always wonderful.  Don't forget to pop back!  Oh yes, and don't forget to leave a comment on Gillian's post HERE to be in the draw for this awesome DT kit!

In the meantime

DT Project #1 featuring Sunrise/Sunset Collection (posted by Lesley)

Hello again lovely Snazzy's visitors!

Wow, are we a lucky bunch on the Snazzy's DT!  We have more fabulous products from the Bosses to work (ahem) with this month and this time they are from the gorgeous Prima Sunrise/Sunset Collection designed by the Oh! so talented Anna Dabrowska (aka Finnabair).

For my first project I've decorated a wooden door hanger and I apologise in advance for the quality of the photos. They were taken in two lots and the weather wasn't good for either of them but the second lot (which has all the leaves added) were taken when we were having a snow blizzard so I had to use the flash because it was so dark.

I covered the front of the hanger with one of the designer papers from the A4 pad then sanded the edges to get a neat finish before edging with a gold Pen Touch pen.   I inked round the edges with Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

I found this lovely image in my stash and did an image transfer onto sticky backed canvas and then adhered the canvas to some medium weight card before using an oval Nestability die.  I then edged with the gold PenTouch again.  I drew an oval using the inside of the die onto the hanger and then used one of the little doily stamps from the Sunrise/Sunset collection to create a lacy frame with Dusty Concord DI and then adhered my image over the top using Cosmic Shimmer glue.

I did a little random background stamping using a lace stamp (Chocolate Baroque) and Shabby Shutters Distress Ink and also a little inking through a couple of masks (a birdcage and a leafy branch) using Dusty Concord DI.

I cut several spiral flowers in two sizes from the same background paper and some flourishes from plain card which I co-ordinated with DI.  When I was assembling the flowers, I poured some clear micro beads into the centres while the glue was still wet  and then I inked the edges of the flowers with Shabby Shutters DI then with glue using Cut'n'Dry foam before dipping them in clear Rock Candy Dry Glitter.  On the photo below you can see the relected shine of the flash on the micro beads but I don't think the glitter shows which is a shame because it's such a pretty sparkle in artificial  light.

I gave the leaves (from my stash) some shape before adding them to my hanger with dimensional glue and then finished off with ties of ribbon and the butterfly at the top.  I used the butterfly from last month's kit again ..... love it ...... onto some of the Sunrise/Sunset paper stamped in Dusty Concord and clear embossed before cutting out and adding to the hanger.  The final embellishments were the lace and teeny die cut butterfly at the bottom.

I'll be back later in the week with another project when I hope you can drop by again.  In the meantime, don't forgot to leave a comment on Gillian's first post HERE to be in the draw for this fabulous kit.

Till next time

DT Project #2 Sunrise/Sunset Collection ....

Good morning everyone .... Gillian here, hope you are all braving the ever changing weather elements that we seem to have right now in the U.K!

The design team are soooo lucky to be working with this amazing collection this month ....

For today's project I have used the #12 size tag from Ranger along with various papers from the Sunrise/Sunset collection.

I've used Distress Ink (Wild Honey and Walnut Stain) through the "Checker" 6x6 stencil to build up the layers in the background along with Dylusion Spray Ink (Cherry Pie)

The paper flowers from my own stash have been spritzed with Dylusion Spray Ink (Cherry Pie, Black Marble & Dark Chocolate). The "Checker" wooden border has been inked with Distress Paint (Wild Honey) and spritzed with some Dylusion Spray (Dark Chocolate).

I've used Archival Ink (Jet Black) to stamp the circles and the "Checker" stamp from Clear Stamp No 4 and then highlighted the circle with an Epoxy Sticker. I've added some metal bits n bobs to the flowers and some Ideaology findings too. The wording on the tag is from the Ideaology Chit Chat sticker book.

Included in this months kit is *squealllll* this Finnabair Mixed Media Journal

To say it is a beauty is an understatement .... to see what I've been doing with this join us for our challenge on the 8th of April and show the design team how Anna Dabrowska's style inspires you .... one lucky person will win this Journal!

Until next time ..........