Missing in action?

I have been very much absent from both YT and my blog. I'm going through the phase when I just can't dedicate enough time for crafting so I left it be for the time being...but I do miss my craft room and the process of creating something new...

Anyway, just to let you know my dear friends - I am still here. I have just come back from the holiday, it was trully great. Here is a picture from the resort in Cyprus where we stayed.

I will be back soo, promise :)

Anna

A card for sorrow...

One of my friends is going through a very difficult time. I have been thinking long and hard about a card I could make for her. I thought it should be very, very simple as I didn't feel that bows or lots of embelishments would be appropriate. In the end I came up with this card...

2S4Y - Kazan's Sketch 46 - Love and bugs

Horrible Friday. I keep worrying about things and instead of relaxing on my day off I just go over and over everything in my head... Good job crafting room is always so welcoming and I can find my refuge there.

Here is the fruit of today's labour - card based on Kazan's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. When I saw Kazan's card I was instantly inspired! It was so playful and colorful. I also thought it will be the perfect opportunity to use the bug stamp set from"Ugly Bugs". I have picked this one up on one of the craft shows several months ago and have not used it once.

Other supplies are Cosmo Cricket paper from the "Earth Love" mini deck and a bit of lovely but recycled ribbon!

And now I will go downstairs, have a cuddle with my other half and watch a movie. Cause after all there is nothing like "love and bugs"! :)

2S4Y - Laura's Sketch 45

It is the end of the day and I felt inspired - so here is my sketch interpretation! Now off to bed :)

PS. shame I haven't thought about creating this card slightly earlier - I hate taking pictures in the evening, they never look as good as the ones taken with the naural light.

PS2. I've added new picture in the natural light :) Much better! :)

For Him

I have been with my partner for 3 years now...wow, feels like forever. Anyway, my point being - I have made a lot of cards for men recently, mainly orders for work but also personal Valentine's Day orders. On top of this Mark, my partner, had his birthday recently and V Day is coming so had to make cards for him as well.

I have realised that making cards for men is nto that difficult! the only thing is - keep it simple, refrain from adding ribbon (especially bows), lace, decorative punches and pink :)

So here are Mark's cards, blue for bday and red for V Day tomorrow:

2010

What a beginning of the year...I didn’t have a minute for myself as work has been incredibly busy, my craft room was cold and lonely when I opened the door from time to time. It is getting better now though and I have been crafting every evening trying to fulfil the Valentine's Day orders. I have also finalised the postcard making competitions, congratulations Legojenta! Hope you will love your goodies :)

Apart from that, my little family made of my partner and me has just got a new member - cat Milly. I have found her under the bridge, cold and hungry and since people who were passing by said she was there for days I ended up adopting her. She is gorgeous!

Christmas competition!

Hi Guys!

Just a quick note to announce a competition! I have reached over 100 subscribes on YT and also Christmas is coming, so it ia perfect opportunity to have a little competition.

To take part, simply create a Christmas postcard. If you are struggling with ideas, have a look at my latest YT video by clicking on the second still frame from the top on the YouTube strip (blog's main page).

Here are the rules of the competition:

1) Your entry needs to be a postcard
2) It has to be Christmas related
3) Submit your entry by posting a link to the photo of your postcard under the YT video available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18H79ARAhBI
4) The closing date is 29th November 2009

The competition prize is very "christmasy":

You na win Dovecraft 8x8 winter papers
2 DCWV Christmas stacks
3 ink pads by Studio G and
a 3D punch (Angel).

If you don't fancy making a postcard, you can still win a little Christmas pressie (set of 3 sticky ribbon pacs). Simply comment on the competition video for your chance to be "randomly generated" ;)

Hugs,

Anna

New cards and tutorials

It has been two months since my last post and as usual, a lot was happening. First - my holidays, long awaited, first break since 2006. Went to south coast of Italy for a week and then to Rome for 4 days. Loved it! After coming back home, work got very hectic (which is brilliant!) and then I had to struggle with a seasonal cold for two weeks. It is only now that I feel much better.

Ok, enough about this, lets go back to crafting. Here ate two cards created recently, one for my to-be-father-in-law, another for fast approaching Christmas. Both cards have tutorials on YouTube and you can find direct links to these on the left hand side of my blog.

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Very exciting!

Why am I so excited? Well, here are the reasons:

1) I won a competition organised by one of the crafty magazines. Yes, I won again and I'm happy and proud of myself and really, really extatic. It was a ribbon competition and I entered this card.

2) I am going to Manchester tomorrow and will attend the Creative Stitches and Hobbycraft show on Saturday. Last time I've been to this show it was in Birmingham and what feels like ages ago.

3) My partner Mark is going to US next week and will bring me lots of crafting goodies!!!

Could anything be more exciting than this? Ok, maybe... here are some cards I made recently (if you facy to see the creation process, visit my YouTube channel, videos are listed on the right side of my blog). Both cards were created basing on Kazan's and Laura's sketches from 2 sketches for you.

Yay!

2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 33

Last night I suddenly got inspired and created a card according to Kazan's sketch (2S4U). So here is my humble entry. This has been created using DCWV papers, Papermania cardstock, K&Company die cuts and mulberry flowers. There is also some embossed chipboard, ribbon and Prima flower. :)

New video

I have been crafting away for the last few days to finish the card order I've received. Apart from that I've made two new videos and posted them on YouTube, have a look at the video bar on the right hand side of the main blog page.

New cards

Here are few cards I've made recently. As you cans ee, I'm fascinated with the StampinUp! products! :)

After the long absence - Laura's Sketch 30 (2S4U)

I know, I know. I haven't posted anything for ages and my YouTube channel is kind of empty (although I did post one video recently, just because I had to make a card for my friend's birthay so I filmed the process and posted it on YT). But otherwise I've been quiet. There are few reasons behind it:

1. I kind of lost it for card making. I have those phases when I just don't go to my craft room for few months and then cannot stop crafting again... At this very moment I'm sitting in my little studio so I hope this is a good sign.

2. I've been ill for a while and felt sorry for myself therefore my favourite thing was to stay in bed, read my book (Sookie Stakehouse novels, love the books, hate the TV series) and playing my new toy - Nintendo DSi. BTW, did you know that I work in the computer games industry? Yes, really :)Very few women and plenty of men...just like at Uni (I studied Computer Science). Now, going back to being ill - on weekdays, in the evenings I watched TV wrapped up in the blanket (just in case you are wondering - yes, I did go to work, I generally don't do sickies unless I have a cold just because I believe there is no need to infect everyone else with my germs) and on weekends it was by book and my games.

3. I wanted to spend more time with my partner. Crafting takes a lot of time and we kind of stopped seeing each other in the evenings even though we live together! ;)

But I'm back, at least for now. And Germaine, if you read this - I'm really sorry for being so late with replying to your emails, I know I've been useless but I hope you forgive me and I can still join the craft club :)

So anyway! Here is my card for this weeks sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. I hope you like it!

I won!!!

After slighlty hopeless few weeks finally something nice happened - my "My Prince" card won a reward in the Fairy Tale Challenge organised by one of the craft magazines. Fantastic! Now I'll be waiting for my goody bag reward. Yay!

2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 27

In orange mood this time. :) I bought some K & Company tags and was looking at ways of incorpo- rating them in my card- making. I quite like the result, seems like all my cards these days are very experimental! ;)

Also, exciting news - I have received my MM Slice. I'm yet to decide if I like it, it is my second cutting machine after Cricut and I decided to buy it as I simply had enough of this big chunky machine Cricut is. What I have noticed straight away though is that Slice does not cut all the way through the thicker paper. I've adjusted the blade but still have problem with this... I'll report back as soon as I decide if I like my new machine or not :)

Have a look at 2S4U

This is very exciting - 2 Sketches 4 You is celebrating the first year if its existence therefore:

"On June 1st we are going to launch The 1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ulitimate Card Showdown and it is going to be the biggest and most fantastic card challenge competition imaginable."

This is extremely exciting and I personally can't wait! :) Follow this link for more details.

2S4U Laura's Sketch 26 "AnnaW is a rebel"

It was quite funny yesterday. I spent the whole evening making the card and followed the sketch exactly. When card was done I've decided it was too big and the size didn't work so I cut the whole piece in half and fixed it so that everything fitted. After that I've changed the ribbons and embellishment and added flat back pearls and...here we go, the result is as per pictures. I'm yet to decide if the whole thing works but every time I look at this card I'm intrigued so I hope everyone looking at the pictures will feel the same :)

"Remembering Moments" card and tutorial

Another weekend, another card and tutorial. this time something different - green and brown card with colorful feature - stamped Tilda by Magnolia on a snow white cardstock. I quite like this card although if I did it again I would change some of the elements. :)

On a different subject I ma ekstatic about making the top 5 in the last week's challenge on 2S4Y. I could not believe it and I am so very happy! Also, my YouTube audience has grown and this is equally exciting. I'm so glad that the videos are well received and I'm starting to receive first comments and ratings.

New name, new card and new tutorial

New name - my YouTube tutorials have a new name - "A day in a week with Anna W". I really like it! It has been suggested by one of the ladies from the papercraft forum and she got herself a lovely set of stamps this way. :)

New card - as per picture. I absolutely love the colours and this card is another interpretation of Kazan's latest sketch. Same layout, very similar products but no acetate anymore. Just pure paper.

New tutorial - I have filmed the cardmaking process and you can find in on YouTube!

2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 26

Here is my interpretation of Kazan's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. I love creating cards on acetate and it seems that out of all my YouTube videos, the "Clear base card" tutorial is the most popular one.

I took these pictures this morning and I'm not sure about them. The weather isn't great today, no sun, bit of rain so the picture in natural light is quite dark and grey. Because of this I've decided to take aonther one, this time in artificial light. If the weather gets better this afternoon I'll have another go. :)