Spectrum Noir Design Team Call

Spectrum Noir Design Team Call

Hi Everyone,

The Spectrum Noir team is looking for a few new designers.  If you love coloring with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, you will definitely want to check this out!  Here are the details:

Spectrum Noir Design Team Call

Spectrum Noir is looking for several new, talented design team members from all around the world!  If you love to color and/or work with alcohol ink, we want to see your art! In addition to card makers, we are looking for mixed media and other alternative artists for our team.

This design team call is open internationally; we are particularly looking for designers from the US, Central and South America, Canada, Australia, and Western, Central, and Eastern Europe.  Don’t worry if you do not live in one of these regions but feel you would be a good fit for our team - submit your application for consideration!

As part of the Spectrum Noir design team, you will be provided with a generous welcome package, and will continue to receive the essentials you need to craft with, free of charge. You will be part of an elite group of alcohol ink colourists and educators; your work will be shared internationally on our web site and other online platforms.

What we expect from our team:

·       Create at least one educational post for the Spectrum Noir web site each month.  These tutorials must be high quality videos or contain step-by-step pictures and instructions.

·       Participate in our monthly challenge.

·       Be active on our Facebook page and willing to share your knowledge of alcohol inks and pens with others of all skill levels.

·       Be an ambassador for the Spectrum Noir brand.

·       Create samples for use at craft and/or trade shows as needed.

What you need to do:

·       Send us direct links to three to five of your best projects using alcohol pens and/or refill inks.  Use of Spectrum Noir is preferred but not required.  Please be sure the medium you have used is listed.  (note: do not send a general link to your blog or online gallery; be sure to send direct links to projects)

·       Make sure what you are sharing with us represents your best work and really showcases what you love to do! We want our team members to take high quality photographs that show a good representation of alcohol ink.  We will also be looking at your writing style and how you share information about the products you use.

·       All work submitted must be original and created by you.

Please submit these links via email to designteam@spectrumnoir.com for review.  Include the following information in your email:

·       Your full name

·       Preferred email address

·       Phone number

·       Address (include country)

·       Blog Link

·       Links to any additional places we might see your work

·       Any other design teams you are currently a member of

·       Preferred crafting style – are you primarily a card maker? Scrapbooker? Mixed Media artist? Manga artist?  Something else entirely?

·       If you currently teach classes with alcohol inks, any relevant information about them.

·       A little about yourself: What do you love about crafting? Why do you want to be a part of the Spectrum Noir team? (Please limit your response to around fifty words)

The deadline for submission is 1^st July 2013.  If chosen for the team, you will be contacted by a representative of Spectrum Noir no later than 10^th July 2013.  Additionally, we are always looking for guest designers; simply note in your email application that you would like to be considered for a guest position should you not be chosen for the full-time team. (Note: we will not be contacting potential guest designers at this time but instead will keep those applications on file and contact you when a guest position is available.)

If you have any questions prior to submitting your application, don’t hesitate to send us an email!  We look forward to seeing your work!

 

Good luck!!

I Made It!!

I'm excited to say that I made it to the final 4 of Colorful Creation's So You Think You Can Scrap challenge!!  Week 23!  WOO HOO!  I was seriously surprised to make it this time.  I was so busy this last week with all of the end of school stuff with the kids that I didn't really have time to scrap at all.  So at the last minute I tried to throw together something that would be worthy.  Here is what I came up with this last week:

 



All the other ladies that were still in the running really brought their "A" game this week and I just wasn't sure if this layout was going to be "enough" to carry me to the next round.  But happily it was!!

 



Most of this layout was made with papers from Webster's Pages - Plum Seed collection.  Yummy stuff!!  The banner are actually a pre-cut embellies from a xmas themed set and I can't remember who it is from but they just went perfectly with my layout so I threaded them with them twine from my stash.  I added some of those super cute mini clothes pins.

 



I used a doilie that I punched out with my Martha Stewart Circle Punch.  I just got that box of goodies from Pink Paislee and used some rubons and a cut up border .  I cute some of the flowers from my papers to make a few embellies.  I also splashed on some Dylusions White Linen.  I finished by doodling around the page and on the banner pieces.

Here is the sketch for this week's challenge:



Wish me luck!!  I will be begging for votes starting on Wednesday!! lol

Look What I Got!

Happy Friday my friends!  School is finally out for my kids.  Woot!  Now summer can officially start around my house.  I'm hoping to find a bit more time to scrap.  (I can dream right?! lol)

Since I am foolishly thinking I'm going to get to do more scrapping, I thought I should go shopping. {grin} (sounds good right? ha)

I went to my LSS today and got a few things and I got a couple of goodie boxes in the mail this week too.  I love happy mail!  I thought I would share photos with you.

I mostly bought paper and a some embellies at the LSS:

Not the best photo (sorry)  I bought a ton of papers - some of them are papers from MME - Kate & Co Cambridge Court, MME Find your wings and fly -Sky's the limit,Carta Bella - Well Traveled, MME Collectable.  I purchased a few embellies that coordinate and some liquid pearls too.

 

Here are a few chipboard sheets and a sticker sheet to go with some of the papers I purchased.

 

Here is some of my happy mail:

 

My friend, Carri, makes and sells these "Skittles".  I love them!  Look!   I bought a whole bunch of them! LOL   If you want to buy some for yourself you can go check them out HERE.

 

Here is a box of goodies from Crafter's Companion.  I'm on their DT and get a gift certificate to spend in their store each month.  This is what I got for May.  The newest Sheena stamps, some construction acetate, one of the newest embossing folders, two new colors of distress ink and a blender refill for my Spectrum Noir marker.

 

SO there you have it my newest haul. 

 

What is the newest thing(s) you have purchased lately? (doesn't have to be scrappy stuff)

 

Have a fab Friday!

 

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

It is the end of the school year around here and that means that it is crazy busy.  Today I've been to a party and to an awards ceremony already this morning.  My youngest son received two awards at the awards ceremony and was so excited.  I was pretty excited myself! lol

 



My youngest had her last day of school today and next year will start kindergarten!  Woo hoo!  The party was in her class this morning with ice cream and face painting.

my little butterfly!



My 5th grader is having her promotion from 5th grade to middle school tonight.  She is my sporty girl and it was kind of crazy to go dress shopping with her.  And then to have her come home and put on her dress with her shoes and jewelry.  She seemed so grown up and girlie!  I will take photos tonight before we leave to share.  I'm super proud of her.

Tomorrow is the last day for the rest of the kids and then summer will officially start around here!  Woo hoo! ha  I can't wait!  Maybe I will have more time for scrapping! (haha - yeah right!)  But I did have time to make a little something to share here with you today.

 



Crafter's Companion has come out with a new CD-Rom loaded with gorgeous stuff that I was fortunate to get to play with yesterday.  It is The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady.  It is a  beautiful twin CD-ROM containing illustrations from the diary of Edith Holden, dating back over 100 years. The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady records the changing seasons in the countryside during 1906 through exquisite painting, poems, thoughts and observations.

With the tag sticking up a bit so you can see it.

With the tag tucked back down in the pocket.

The tag by itself.

Here is the card I made with this CD-Rom.  Everything is from the CD-Rom except for the ribbon and the Liquid Pearls!  There is so much you can do with these CD's.  You are only limited by your time and imagination.   So go check it out at Crafter's Companion.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until next time...happy scrapping!

Stacy H-W

Butterflies are Self Propelled Flowers - R.H. Heinlein

Hello there! Thanks for stopping and looking.  Want to see what I made?

 

 

I wanted to make a card using this sweet little butterfly stamp from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Flying Colors stamp set that was sitting on my desk.

I pulled out this pre-embossed sheet of paper because I thought I might want to use it on the layout I just made but I didn't end up using it.  So it was just sitting on my desk too.  I grabbed some Kraft paper and made a base card.  I layered it with this pre-embossed paper.

I had an idea of what I wanted to do but I wasn't sure what color of embossing powder I wanted to use so I stamped out the butterfly using VersaMark ink multiple times and then sprinkled on some of the colors I thought I might be interested in using on a test piece of Kraft paper.  I heat set them and after doing this, I decided I wanted to use the more green color. 

So I  trimmed my Kraft paper to the size I wanted and then randomly stamped the butterfly on this piece of paper leaving room at the bottom for the sentiment from this set to be added.  I sprinkled the stamped butterflies with green embossing powder and then heat them with my heat gun.  I did the same thing with the sentiment, this time using opaque white embossing powder.

 

 

Well now, I had those "test" butterflies sitting on my desk just ready to be added to a card.  So I had to make one with them!  (smile)  I used a Kraft paper base and layered on a bit of that pre-embossed paper, literally just using a scrap off my desk (not even trimming it!).  I pulled out my Stamp-It Australia EZMount Stamp Set 61 - Sentiment Swirls set and stamped out this birthday sentiment, again with VersaMark ink, and using opaque white embossing powder I heat embossed it.

 

These two cards went together so fast.  I just love it when I use the "leftovers" that are just sitting on my scrap desk waiting to be put away or thrown away!

 

Until next time...happy scrapping!

 

Stacy H-W

 

 

I'm in Heaven!

I'm in Heaven!!  If you know me at all you know that I'm addicted to mystery boxes/warehouse sales.  Well I couldn't pass up the recent one from Pink Paislee and ordered it last week.  I'm thrilled because it came yesterday!  I thought I would share it with you.

Here is the big pile after I dumped in in my office chair

 



Look at all the goodness!! LOL  I will show it to you in smaller groups so that you can appreciate all the awesome stuff I got.

The whole Luxe paper pack, two packages of rubons and the hearts place mat (wait a minute, as I was looking to see what the silver hearts thing was called I realized that there was another package of goodies stuck to the back of it!  It looks like the hearts but is gold and stars instead)

 

Some wooden Heidi Swapp albums (there is a 4th one but I missed it for this photo and you will see it in another photo as you scroll down.

 

A bunch of Artisan Album goodies - 1 pkg flowers, 2 pkgs ribbon1 pkg butterflies, 1 pkg blinged photo corners, two packages borders/words/shapes, 1 pkg 4x8 tabs

 

6x6 paper pad from Christy Tomlinson - She Art, 2 masks, 3 pkgs rubons

 

Secret Crush photo tabs, photograms, photo frames, and element stickers

 

Missed this 8x8 pad of Artisan papers resist papers and this Artisan Album fabric coated wood. Hope Chest journal cards, Hope Chest butterflies, Cottage Farms Journal Cards, Cottage Farms Photo Frames, City Sidewalks paper garland, City Sidewalks collage sheets and Portfolio Tiny tabs

Here's that other wooden album but I guess it isn't Heidi Swapp it is another Artisan Album.  And finally a bunch of gorgeous 2 sided papers. YUM!

 

Can you believe all of this stuff?!  AMAZINGLY, I did not have any of it before now.  I'm stoked to get started playing with all these lovely things. Did you happen to buy this box?  Did you get the same goodies?  I'm off to go play.

 

Until next time...happy scrapping!!

 

Stacy

Quick and Easy

Sometimes I just love to make some quick and easy cards from stuff still sitting out on my scrap desk after I work on a "project".  Here are a few I recently made

 

 

I had pulled out that washi tape because I wanted to use some on a layout that I was working on but wasn't sure which one I wanted to use.  the bakers twine was also a left over from this same project.  I used the stamp on another card I made recently and it was still sitting on my desk too.  And I always have this big sheet of clear bling that I leave on my desk that my friend, Jose sent me from The Netherlands.  I love to customize it with my Spectrum Noir markers.

So I made one (the top one) and it went together so quick and easy that I decided to make another one. (smile)

 

And finally the last one I made was from a bit of "art" leftover from when I was playing around my Dylusions ink sprays.  I misted the backside (non-shiny side) of a piece of Luxury Centura Pearl cardstock with water.  Then I sprayed Pure Sunshine, Bubblegum Pink and Squeezed Orange Dylusions ink on top in a random pattern.  The water makes the inks start blending together in the most luscious manner! 

 

I played with my inks quite a bit so I had several of these bits of "art" just sitting and waiting to be made into a card or some other project.  And then this cute little bit of cardstock with balloons found it's way onto my scrap desk.  I'm really not sure where it came from but when I saw it I just thought it had the perfect colors to go with this "art" I had made. 

 

I trimmed and layered the "art" on top of a pre-cut cream cardstock base.  I added the topper at an angle for a bit of interest.  Then I pulled out my Copic Opaque White and using the end of a paint brush I made little dots around the edge of the card.  I really like how it turned out.  It is plain but pretty in person.

 

That's all for today.  Until next time...happy scrapping!

 

Stacy H-W