Turkey fun and Blog Candy!!!

Hi Everyone... It's another Cuttlebug Blogspot challenge today... This week’s theme is Gobble, Gobble, Gobble... Do something fun with a Turkey... So hop on over to the Cuttlebug Blogspot to see what the other Design Team Members have come up with under this theme and why not take part in the challenge yourself...?Now, we don't really do Thanksgiving here in the UK, so my project is a Christmas Card.This image is a Digital Stamp; unfortunately I can't remember where I got it from, sorry! I coloured it using Copic Pens and then Glazed with Glossy Accents.Once it was dry I cut it out! Which was when....? The Glossy Accents cracked!! Ouch!! I guess that is one of the draw backs when I am using Digital Stamps. My printer does not take thick card stock, i.e. 290 or 225 gsm card stock, so I have to print on 160gsm max. As the Glossy Accents has Water in it, it makes the thinner card stock buckle a little.. Which, on this occasion caused the Glossy Accents to crack when I was cutting the image out. This is the first time this has happened, and guess it won't be the last!! Ho hum!!Whilst the image was drying I prepared my base card.I printed my sentiment from my PC onto White card stock, yes 160gsm card stock!!To tie the colour theme in with my project I coloured around the sentiment using Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce Distress Inks which are part of the Winter 2011 Seasonal set of Distress Inks from Tim Holtz...
BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!!It's been a while since I gave away same Blog Candy! So, seeing as I have just passed my 200th post (Today’s post is 205) and also to celebrate 83,000 visits to our little Blog I think it's time to share some goodies with you all..
So, any comments left on this post "only" will go into the random draw to win either the Autumn (Fall) or Winter Set.. Just state your preference at the beginning of your comment to be in with a chance of winning.. Good Luck!! Entries close at midnight (UK time) on Friday 18th November 2011...The Autumn (FALL) set consists of Gathered Twigs, Ripe Persimmon and Seedless Preserves. And the Winter set consisis of Iced Spuce, Evergreen Bough and Festive Berries..
Anyway, back to the project..Once the card stock was coloured I cut around the sentiment using a die from Spellbinders Labels Four.Edging the shape using the NEW Green Metallic marker from Letraset to add a little bit of definition.Adding the sentiment plate to my card to finish it of...
Well, the brief was to do something fun with a Turkey! And let's face it, after a Turkey Christmas Dinner who wouldn't want to have a little snooozzzee to sleep it off!!
Thanks for checking us out.
See you soon..
Andy..

And the winner is....

Hi Everyone. Today is the day I reveal the winner of my October Blog Candy for the Pink Journey Cricut Cartridge......And the lucky winner, drawn at random is..........
Um Bugging, which I believe is you Lillie!!! Take a look at her amazing Blog, so inspirational..
So, Congratulations Lillie, Just contact me at pinncras@btconnect.com with your delivery details and the cartridge will be winging it's way to you..
Well done to everyone who left comments to be in with a chance of this candy, there will be more chances to win soon...
I'm back tomorrow with a new Cuttlebug Blogspot Design Team challenge, so see you all then..
Have a great day..
Andy.

Everyone loves a bargain!

Hi Everyone, Greetings from one very exhausted Pinnacle Crafter! We had a little bit of a clear out over the weekend by way of our Rummage Sale... And what a clear out it was.You accumulate so much over the years and it was time to get rid of some of the products which just needed to find new homes rather than just sitting in a box..As is the case with the Paper Crafting industry new products and designs are always coming out..So it was out with the old, and not so old and in with the new...
Looking back I can't believe it took soooo long to set up the room we were using here at Barleylands. Our workroom, where we usually have our shop events, was never going to be big enough and now seeing one, how many bargains we had to offer and two, how many of you all turned up, perhaps even the room we were using was not big enough, but we will learn from this one and make the next one even better..You see it just got busierand busierand busierand busierand busierand busierand busierand busierand busierThis is the point I had to stop taking pictures and jump on the till..
So, all in all it was a cracking, albeit exhausting weekend and you certainly cleared us out.These are the empty boxes we sent off to the recycling centre..
But all this could not have been acheived without the help, love, support and friendship of Lyn & Lin,Pauline & Irene.. Otherwise known as the "Simply Gorgeous" Pinnacles Girls Check out their aprons, cool eh!! So thank you ladies xxxPhew! so now we are all cleared away what's next..Oh yeah BLOG CANDY.. And the lucky winner drawn at random for March is..sandyhan7. Congratulations!! Please contact us pinncras@btconnect.com to arrange collection or delivery of your prize..
That's it for now folks, I'm off for a well earned Pint..
Thanks for checking us out, see you soon.
Pinnacles.

Love is in the air...

Happy February everyone.. Where did January go? One minute I was celebrating New Years Eve and the beginning of 2010 and the next minute... whoop there it is! we're in February. I can officially state though that Christmas is well and truly over.. And how do I know that??.. The Quality Street tin now only has those penny toffee's left in it, so that's it for them. I do have plans for the tin though.. Watch this space!!
I was planning to post over the weekend, but I'm afraid I just did not have the time. For those who aren't aware, it was Pinnacle Crafts Club Members Discount Weekend.. and boy was it a Discount Weekend!With walls stripped bare of goodies from one end of the shop to the other..Our Martha Stewart Punches were filled up 4 times and we were still left with bare walls!! Oh well, that gives me a great reason to go off shopping myself with the wholesalers to replenish and find some more goodies for you all..So, now we are in February and it's the 1st of the Month it's Blog Candy time again.And the lucky winner drawn at random is DAGBIRD.. Well Done and Congratulations.. Please contact me pinncras@btconnect.com to arrange collection of your new goodies. I hope you enjoy them..So, as February is the Month of love I wanted to share a card I made recently. Here's how it was made.
Take an A4 piece of card and measure in from one side and make a mark at 2", 4", 8" & 10" and score. On the outside score lines measure 2" from the top and 2" from the bottom and cut across the card.Fold your card up as shown. I also added some mats of Red Mirror card (yes, I know Mirror card again!)I embossed the Forever & Always Sizzix Folder again onto some Red Mirror card,the whole impression was far to big to go on the card so I trimmed it downand matted it on some Gold Mirror cardand applied it to the side of my Quad Fold card.Which I think is pretty effective!I then punched a Red and Gold Heart using Martha Stewart Lace Heart Punch and mounted the Red onto the Gold using Pinflair Glue.The Gold gives the Heart a bit more dimension and stops the Red Hearts getting lost on the card..The far side of the card was looking a bit empty ( a bit like the shelves in the shop at the moment! not for long though!!) so I took one of the Cuttlebug Embossing Borders embossed on Red and matted onto Gold Mirror card to add a little more interest..
Hope you like it & thanks for checking us out.
See you soon..
Pinnacles..

Happy New Year!!!

Hi Everyone, well here we are in 2010 the first day of a new decade.. Are you a Twenty Ten person or a Two Thousand and Ten person?? Me! I'm a Two Thousand and Ten kinda guy... and what do we call this decade? We've had the noughties I guess the next Ten Years must be the teens?? Oh well, Happy New Year to you all..As it's the First of the Month, you know what that means?? That's right BLOG CANDY time.
And the winner, drawn at random is .... missteejay... Now, I know that is you Toni, so well done and congratulations... What a great start to the crafting year for you.. Your goodies will be waiting in the shop ready to collect on your next visit....
I've got several Birthdays to prepare for in January so keep on checking back to see all the up and coming projects...
Until next time, thanks for checking us out and see you soon..
Pinnacles...