More Smirk For Her

I have recently created more Smirk For Her projects. Full instructions and a list of required products for the cards below can be found in the Trimcraft Project Gallery.

I hope these projects will again provide some inspiration for other crafters.

Colour Charts for Easy Reference

At the moment I am creating my own colour charts for my ProMarkers, Derwent pencils, Sakura pens and Distress Ink Pads.


For the colour charts I created a layout in PowerPoint, added the details like names and numbers for the individual pens, pencils and ink pads and printed these details onto the cardstock I am using most of the time. Collecting everything in poly pockets and a flexible folder keeps the sheets nice and tidy and keeps it all together for easy reference.

Although I still need to add some pens the folder has already become my permanent 'companion' whenever it is crafting time. I would not want to be without it any more.

Yes, it takes a bit of time to put all the information together. But now it is so much quicker and easier to match up the colours with cardstock, background papers and each other. It saves a lot of time in the long run and leads to better results when colouring in images.

Smirk For Him

I am currently working with the great Smirk For Her and Smirk For Him collections. The products are really crying out for some fun cards.

Full product listings and step-by-step instructions for all cards below are in my Trimcraft gallery and also in the gallery of official Trimcraft projects.

The sentiments on the third and fourth card have been created by myself. Please feel free to use them for cards for your personal use, but do not use them for competitions/challenges or pass them out as your own.

Smirk For Her

I have recently completed the first cards with the new Smirk For Her collection by Trimcraft. The images and colours are even nicer than with the earlier products. And the Smirk For Her products are just crying out for glamourous and girlie cards. It is really fun to work with the collection.

Full product listings and instructions for my first Smirk For Her cards are in my Trimcraft gallery.

And watch this space. More projects are to follow soon.

Masculine Cards with a 'Hint of Tim Holtz'

Many crafters know how difficult it can be to create cards for the men in our lives. Some of the Dovecraft Funky Vintage papers, Golden Oldies stamps by Art Impressions and some of Tim Holtz' techniques can help to give those cards a bit of an edge.

For the cards below I used Funky Vintage papers, the Art Impressions stamps 'Oscar' and 'Harv' coloured in with Derwent Inktense pencils and ProMarkers respectively, Tim Holtz distress ink pads, Distress Stickles in Clear Rock Candy, Tim Holtz embellishments and for the retirement card also a QuicKutz embossing folder, a brass tag, Adirondack alcohol ink in Espresso and Distress Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy.

The sentiments are stamped with the 'Get Well Soon' stamp by Dovecraft and a Hampton Art Studio G alphabet stamp set.

I hope you are enjoying the Art Impressions images as much as I do.

A Farewell to Rainy Days

After a glorious weekend the weather has now hopefully taken a turn to the better. But I could still not resist to work again with the 'Rainy Days' stamp from Little Claire. Their figures are just amongst my favourite stamps.



The Little Claire image is coloured in with ProMarkers. Other materials I used are a white A6 card blank, dark blue cardstock, white cardstock, two pieces of patterned papers, black Memento ink pad, paper flowers in blue and white, card candy, the Tonic Studios border punch system with an edger and an accent punch, We R Memory Keepers shaped corner chomper stubs/deco and adhesive.

I hope you like the card.

3D Spring Project 'Messy Rabbits in the Garden'

Over the last few days I dedicated some time to a more work intensive project - a 3D model.

The model itself comes from the new Crafter's Companion 3D builder, but instead of Flower Fairies I have used two Messy Rabbits for my project. It was a lot of fine creating it, and the finished object has now got a 'place of honour' at home.

Materials used:

• 3D builder 'Flower Fairies Friends - Fairies of the Garden' by Crafter's Companion
• 7 sheets of white lightweight cardstock
• 1 sheet of satin finish paper by Crafter's Companion
• 2 A5 sheets of acetate
• Tim Holtz distress ink pads in tea dye and walnut stain (both applied with the Tim Holtz ink blending tool)
• Joanna Sheen Messy Rabbit stamps 'Bath Tub' and 'Toadstool'
• Black VersaFine ink pad
• Derwent Inktense Pencils (used with Koi waterbrushes)
• Tim Holtz Distress Stickles in Clear Rock Candy (for the foam in the bath tub)
• Gold-coloured metal embellishments
• Gold-coloured jump rings
• 1 gold-coloured eye pin
• 1 antique finish eyelet
• 1 gold-coloured solid ring, 10mm (for securing the embellishment at the back of the pillar)
• Adirondack alcohol inks in latte, espresso and raisin (for colouring in the metal embellishments)
• Paper flowers
• Card candy
• PVA glue
• Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double-Sided Tape - 6mm

I hope you like the project.