Saturday, 17 November 2012

Brighten up your life this Autumn!

There is nothing worse than a dark, bleak winter to make you feel all gloomy. However, I have spotted a great competition from Flowers Direct that will brighten up your day.

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The lovely people at Flowers Direct are giving away 4 x £50 Flowers Direct vouchers presenting you with the chance to win a gorgeous bunch of flowers that you can use to add colour to your living room or as a gift for a loved one (or someone you hope will become a loved one!)

For your chance to win all you need to do is head over to Flowers Direct on Google+ (link to: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117992362164567390250/117992362164567390250/) , pop them in your circle and +1 one of their posts. Easy peasy!

Good luck! Don’t forget, if you are lucky enough to win, remember to shout that you heard about the competition here www.jakheath.com

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Friday, 16 November 2012

Making your images Pop with Letraset

I've always been a firm believer that you do not need to stick to one medium for your art work, mixing and matching can make your images pop off the page and add new dimension's to what would be a flat looking image.

At the moment Metallic Marks have 20% off so there couldn't be a better time to stock up on some of them.

here is how I used both ProMarker and Metallic Markers on the image. you can click on the image to enlarge it.

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I think you'll agree the end result is gorgeous.

I'm giving away a set of the metallic Markers All you need to do is leave me a comment to enter and spread the word so tell all your friends.

Oh yes, if you also leave a comment on the  Letraset Blog you will have two chances of winning.

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Just Inklined Cd Digital Stamp Resizing Tutorial

Since the Launch of The Best of Just Inklined 2012 we have been asked how to resize the images and how to print more than 1 on a page. This tutorial will take you through step by step showing you how to get to the images and get them to work best for you.
An easy tutorial showing how to open up your digital stamp in word allowing you to resize and manage the images with ease.
 






 

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Dream Team Blog Hop of the Month–Gifts

Its that time of the month when the Mo’s Dream Team come together and do a special project to give you a little inspiration and hopefully some Oooo’s and Awes along the way
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This Months theme for the Blog Hop is A card with a little gift inside and Kerttu is our host and that is where the blog hop begins.
You should have landed here from Pops blog.
I decided to make a tea light gift card and boy did I have fun getting it right.
I used the Snowman digi image from Mo’s Digital Pencil for my project.
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The easel card folds down behind the tea light box
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The image is coloured with Copic markers and prisma pencils.
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It was embellished with Stampin Up papers and border stickers and gems from Meiflower and die cut flowers and holly, ribbon was from Ribbon Carousel and button from Dainty Paperie 
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Next up is Gretha and I know she’ll have something amazing to show you
Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there is a couple of spot prizes on comments left
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Whimsie Doodles and Ribbon Carousel Blog Hop

We will be helping to show off some of the amazing digi stamps AND some ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Carousel, of course!
Here’s a little about our sponsor:

Whimsie Doodles is so excited to be blog hopping with the RC! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog, where we also post challenges and tutorials.
We are huge fans of Melyssa here at the RCC! And can you guess why? Aside from the fabulous designs and amazing artwork from the Whimsie Doodles team, Melyssa is the designer of the carousel in our previous logo!
Now, lets talk prizes!
 
Hop along with us today and leave some blog love for our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates and the Whimsie Doodle designers to be eligible to win one of the 2 prizes up for grabs! We'll select 2 random commenters from 2 randomly selected designer blog, so be sure to spread the love around! 
The Whimsie Doodles prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the Whimsie Doodles store, and the RC prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the RC store!
 
Ready to Hop?!
 
For my image I have used Leahs Secret from Whimsie Doodles as I think she’s gorgeous and my ribbon is 1/4" Grey Iridescent with Red Trim Ribbon from Ribbon Carousel
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leah secret was coloured with Copic markers, the papers are from a Kaiser Kraft paper pad.
The gorgeous ribbon was threaded through the dotted border by using a ribbon hole punch by EK.
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