Timeless, Elegant Grunge!

Hi all

This past week we had a 4 Day Deal on Create and Craft TV from Serif and Graphic Authority. Unfortunately I wasn't able to be with you all at the beginning of the week but did my Ninja Demo'er trick on Thursday and guested for the last show. I absolutely LOVE the kits we had on:

(exclusive to Create and Craft tv until the end of June 2014)

 

At this point I am calling not only all digi crafters to do yourselves a favour and grab these kits but also I am shouting out to all my other crafty friends .... even if you have never digi crafted or had any desire to, this is an ultimate collection to create your own papers to craft with however you want! And don't think of it as just the titles, yes the 8 Timeless kits have a heritage feel and The Edge Grunge and Elegant suit their names BUT think outside the box! Layered on different backgrounds and using different colours these kits can be any style you want! I think it is genius (while also feeling a little guilty about giving away trade secrets on how layers in papers are created especially when it is so easy at the touch of a button with CraftArtist 2 professional!)

 

 

You will need this software to access the digi kit contents but let me tell you it is soooo worth it! Overlays galore to create with; splats, creases, patterns, distressing, text, flourishes ...... and it goes on! Colour them, blend them, digi stamp them, make them metal .... your creative imagination is your own limit! 

I thought I would share some of my sample pics in this post and then I am planning to do a few tutorial posts soon to show you how easy it is to create unique, professional looking backgrounds with these kits ;)
These 3 projects are mainly created with The Edge Grunge digi kit .... with different colours and effects they all look so different!

 

 

These 3 projects are mainly created from the 4 Timeless 1 kits

 

 

While these 3 are created mainly using the 4 Timeless 2 kits ... look at the variation!

 

 

 

 

And finally these 3 projects are created mainly with The Edge Elegant kit

 

 

And these are pics of some of the other samples on the show created by the Serif DT a beautiful vintage feel to these!

There is hours of fun to be had with these kits and hundreds of bespoke backgrounds to create! I'll be back soon with some tutorials to help you on your way to creating and will be back sooner with some pics of my fabulous floral trip to Chatsworth :)

 

Thanks for popping by and I hope you're all well and happy! So until soon, as ever,

Happy Crafting!

Love

MJM x 

 

 



 

A crazy launch

Hi there and welcome to my little corner of blogdom.

I have been on a catch up of my little life in my last few posts as I was absent from my corner of cyber space for about a month and a half, I thought I would explain that if you have just stumbled across this and wonder what’s going on, however if you’ve been keeping up with me let the story continue .....

Most of September was taken up with the launch of Craft Artist 2 professional

The superb graphic software I demonstrate on Create and Craft TV. We launched it as a blockbuster on the 14^th of September alongside a Pick of the week which was a superb collection of royalty free graphic brushes and stamps (I REALLY like them!) I am pleased to say it was a massive success and a crazy week and a half and thrilled we have welcomed thousands more into the Craft Artist world.

Here are some of the pages I created when I was learning the new bits...

A page about our trip to the Rewind 80’s festival using the new software, the daydream digi kit included and some of those graphic stamps. The background is a full photo blend into the background paper, all done with the touch of a button.

A page about that instant garden I told you about again using the kit included in the software and some of those graphic stamps. Notice the little blue bird in the sky? That’s a graphic stamp re-coloured and digitally decoupaged with one of the new software tools and the clouds are painted with one of the software’s digi brushes.

My nieces when they visited in August when we went to the maritime experience. I’ve used the new re-colouring tools on this one (I really love the new re-colouring capability) alongside the included digi kit and yes more of those graphic stamps

How cool is this? One of the new Digi punches in the software that makes anything into a jigsaw image. I’ve also used one of the graphic styles to ‘stamp’ the background, yes you can actually make things look like they have been stamped and even get the faded look like you do when you need to re-ink the stamp!

So if you haven’t got your hands on this amazing piece of software why not go and check it out, I think it’s amazing and not just because I demonstrate it, as a designer I can do so much with it but don’t need to know how it works as it’s all done with the touch of a button, oh and don’t be put off by the ridiculously low price you will be amazed at what this little beauty does.

Right that’s me for this post I’m going to leave you with a little love

Digi punch, Digi decoupage, graphic style on the middle heart that started out as a black graphic stamp.....you get the picture ;)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope this post finds you well and happy and I hope you’ll stop by soon for a little more catch up (nearly there LOL) Until then as ever

Happy Crafting

Love MJM x