tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75698350916052138542024-03-14T16:34:15.717+00:00The Crafting CafeNikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14062025653268274333noreply@blogger.comBlogger389125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-88299919505781575742015-07-06T07:00:00.000+01:002015-07-06T07:00:06.954+01:00Final Challenge Winners<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's Dawn here with the final winners post for The Crafting Cafe! *Sad Face*</div>
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We had 16 amazing entries in our June, Black & White Challenge!</div>
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Thanks you all for playing along, it was an honour to visit your blogs to</div>
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As always, I asked Mr Random.Org to help with choosing the winner of our </div>
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Thanks to everyone who has played along with us over the past two<br />
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Thanks to all the sponsors too, the DT had great fun playing with your images.</div>
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If you're not already a member of our Crafting Cafe facebook group,</div>
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The monthly challenges will continue over there, but will be just for fun!</div>
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Now, all that remains is for me to cover everything with dust sheets, make sure the</div>
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459340698156250016noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-83649073310929711442015-06-30T06:30:00.000+01:002015-06-08T16:59:02.022+01:00June Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">We are a family owned art rubber stamp company that has been in business since June of 2009. We are located in the United States in Northeastern, Ohio. We are proud to say that all of our rubber stamps are made right here in the U.S.A. We are dedicated to providing crafters around the world with some of the cutest rubber and digital stamp designs. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">When Inky Impressions originally opened our doors in 2009, we only offered rubber stamps. However, after a few years and many requests from our customers, we opted to offer some of our designs in digital format. All digital stamp images are sent out at 300 DPI. Opting for digital images allows you more freedom to play with image. You can resize it, flip it and print it in any color you choose. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">As for our rubber stamps, each and every stamp made is “extra deep etched” on quality red rubber for a crisp impression every time! All Inky Impressions rubber stamps are sold with EZ mount cling and come to you on a laminated 4” by 6” color card. This color card allows the customer to have a coloring reference when using the image. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">Inky Impressions offers many girl and boy characters, however, our main characters are LiLi, Angelica, Nicholas and Christopher. These characters are cartoon drawings of our children. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> I would like to share with you the story of how Inky Impressions was born. When I first started crafting, I would typically use die cuts and stickers, but eventually started using rubber stamps to create some of my page layouts. I have always loved the cute style! And as you probably know, finding a cute little girl or little boy stamp back in 2002, consisted of a stick figure rubber stamp that was wood mounted. It worked for the time being, but after many years, I felt the need to bring exactly what I had envisioned to life….. This is when we decided to take that leap and go for it! With much excitement, we had the website built and Inky was born. I am very proud to say that Inky Impressions was the first rubber stamp company in the world to offer characters with realistic features. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> Being a stay at home mommy and wife has allowed me the opportunity and the time to devote to Inky Impressions. Without the support of my family and friends, my dream of Inky Impressions would not have been possible. I can’t even begin to express how excited I am to share my dream with you. We are devoted to you, our customers, so please feel free to share your artwork that is made with our stamps, or to just drop us a line to say hello!</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">BIG HUGS!</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">Nicole</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
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This month will be our last month on the blog, but don't worry, you can still play along with us... We are continuing on our Facebook group.<br />
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Thank you so much to all our followers, sponsors and of course all of you for playing along with us.<br />
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Pop back over this month to see lots of inspiration posts from the DT.<br />
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14062025653268274333noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-48087276746523898182015-06-29T00:30:00.000+01:002015-06-29T00:30:01.276+01:00A furry farewell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the last DT post I'll be doing for The Crafting Cafe, and I think I have the honour of being the last to post a DT image on The Crafting Cafe blog too! The image and sentiment are from our sponsors this month, <a href="http://www.inkyimpressionsrubberstamps.com/">Inky Impressions</a>, and I've sized and printed the images onto my favourite coated card stock and coloured in with ProMarkers before cutting to shape and mounting on an 8x8" card, matting onto black card and embellishing with some Deco ribbon.<br />
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To all the friends I've got to know along the way, happy crafting, and enjoy The Crafting Cafe as it moves to its new Facebook home. I'm still going to be crafting away elsewhere, and if you wish to, you can follow me at <a href="http://perfectly4med.co.uk/" target="_blank">my blog</a>, or at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thestudioworkshops" target="_blank">my Facebook page</a>.<br />
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TTFN<br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459340698156250016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-1093848258439279722015-06-12T07:57:00.000+01:002015-06-12T07:57:06.953+01:00Black and White, by AmandaHi everyone, here's my inspiration project for the June challenge - Black and White. The sponsor this time is <a href="http://www.inkyimpressionsrubberstamps.com/index.php">Inky Impressions</a>, and I've used their cute "<a href="http://www.inkyimpressionsrubberstamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=DS13-KWB14&cat=23">Kitty with Bow</a>" digital stamp. Details of the other things I used can be found on my blog, <a href="http://mandmadecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/crafting-cafe-june-challenge-black-white.html">here</a>.<br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459340698156250016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-82408517383517587322015-05-31T06:30:00.000+01:002015-05-03T08:39:02.966+01:00May Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14062025653268274333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-18016842042768975972015-05-29T00:30:00.000+01:002015-05-29T00:30:00.083+01:00Iridescence with ProMarkers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's a bit of a stretch of the 'Around The World' theme this month, but we're off to the Americas to where the hummingbirds do their amazing flying, hovering and most particularly their colour and iridescence. How to capture that on paper? This image from our sponsors this month, <a href="http://www.bugaboostamps.com/" target="_blank">Bugaboo Stamps</a>, needed bright colours, as well as delicate shading, and ProMarkers were my first choice. A light touch with some Star Dust Stickles added the iridescence that I wanted - it also helps to use more than one colour on the plumage.<br />
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Sky: Arctic Blue/Pastel Blue<br />
Bird: Lavender (wings), Denim Blue/Turquoise/Bright Green<br />
Flowers: Maroon/Magenta/Hot Pink/Carmine, Gold/Canary<br />
Leaves: Pear Green/Bright Green<br />
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Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! I've decided to use this cute image for my DT project as it made me smile :) I've coloured it with promarkers and attached it to a little handmade gift box which would fit one or two posh chocolates.<br />
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The sentiment is in Doric, a dialect spoken in North-East Scotland, and means "How are you?" (which I added to the bottom of the card, as you can see.) It's a bit of an in-joke, as my brother - the recipient - is becoming more and more intelligible every time we see him. I'm sure he's making half of it up! ;-)<br />
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I used an image from our sponsor Bugaboo Stamps to create my altered gift box. I do tend to keep empty boxes for recycling and this was a Turkish Delight box from Christmas. I coloured the image with promarkers and matted onto a diecut. I covered the box with chocolate themed papers from my stash and some chocolate ribbon. </div>
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459340698156250016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-70705901203013720562015-05-08T08:00:00.000+01:002015-05-08T08:00:12.048+01:00May Challenge by Janet<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have made most of the card black and white and just coloured the image sketchy style using a Wink of Stella glitter pens. Then decoupaged the flowers.</div>
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459340698156250016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-86649567801206442402015-04-30T06:30:00.000+01:002015-04-03T09:00:04.736+01:00April Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14062025653268274333noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-57640893411759712102015-04-29T00:30:00.000+01:002015-04-29T00:30:00.675+01:00Out of this world!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think it's the first time I have used our design team images to create a digital project. Our sponsors this month for our 'Flights of Fancy' theme, <a href="http://www.doctor-digi.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Digi's House of Stamps</a>, allow their images (in this case, Moon and Cosmo-nut) to be resized, coloured and adapted as long as any posted projects are no longer in line format - which makes them great for digital work.<br />
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I imported the line art into Photoshop and added the colour using the gradient tool (line gradients and radial), overlaid the asteroid texture onto the moon, imported a space image for the background before finally adding the text. Then it was just a case of printing out, chomping the corners and matting onto a 5x7" kraft card and adding the Royal Blue Liquid Pearl dots.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-10624011786449496032015-04-27T06:00:00.000+01:002015-04-27T06:00:01.776+01:00April - Flights of Fancy - AngelieHi everyone<br />
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Hope you are gearing up for the long weekend! For my DT project I decided to use this cute image and picked the sentiment based on the expression on the bird's face :) The image has been coloured with promarkers and compiled in serif craft artist.<br />
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Looking forward to seeing your designs before the end of the month!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-59941076027262527072015-04-23T07:00:00.000+01:002015-04-23T07:00:11.491+01:00Flights of fancy - SammyGood morning everyone, <a href="http://sammyjeancrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">Sammy</a> here with a slightly cheeky card for you this month!<br />
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My husband, who is approaching the ripe old age *cough* of 42, is often teased by our youngsters about how terribly old he is. It is a running joke in our household that dad is in fact 65 million years old (he used to have a pet dinosaur, you know...) and hubby plays along with good cheer, regaling them with stories from over the millennia. If he is to be believed he is responsible for many things, both good (he invented the first language, because the grunts of the Neanderthals were getting too confusing) and bad (he's lost count of the amount of earthquakes he's caused after eating sprouts and beans!).<br />
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So when I saw the images provided for us by our fab sponsor <a href="http://www.doctor-digi.com/">Doctor Digi's House of stamps</a>, there was one in particular that stood out, because it fit so perfectly with out little running family joke.<br />
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This was the result:<br />
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So yes, a little cheeky really, but I know hubby will appreciate the joke, and the kids think it's hilarious!<br />
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Hope you'll find the time to play along with us this month. There's still a week left!<br />
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Sammy-xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-47717719568083842322015-04-20T00:30:00.000+01:002015-04-20T00:30:01.709+01:00Flights of Fancy , with Mr Digi's house of stamps DT post<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
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Two images of the winner's choice from the shop.</div>
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I made a card for my friends grandson who is 4 , I managed to get a photo of him to put in the helmet</div>
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I know he will love it , hope you do too !</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569835091605213854.post-42353744087748641422015-04-17T08:00:00.000+01:002015-04-17T08:00:08.099+01:00Flights of Fancy - Mags<div style="text-align: center;">
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Mags here to share some inspiration for our current challenge 'Flights of Fancy'.</div>
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I used a cute image from our sponsor <a href="http://www.doctor-digi.com/">Dr Digi</a> called Quackers. I coloured the image with promarkers and created the background myself by using my new brushos. To finish the card I added some ribbon, bow and heart buttons.</div>
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For more details just pop over to my <a href="http://www.magagiscraftybits.blogspot.co.uk/">blog</a>.</div>
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Don't forget that you have until the end of the month to join in with the challenge.</div>
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Bye for now</div>
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