Would You Like To Be On My Design Team? :o)

Good Afternoon Everyone

Exciting news...!

I am looking to create my own Design Team for when I do Serif shows..

I will choose 3 people to help make samples for my Create & Craft TV shows, (when I am doing Serif shows only...for now)

I will be looking for 3 people who have a good (or better!) working knowledge of Craft Artist Pro 2, the tools within it and what you can achieve with them when working with the Digikits...

I will be looking for creative, inspirational people with a variety of skills, who can create projects other than cards and scrapbook pages eg: gifty type stuff like printed t-shirts, note books, binders, boxes, calenders and of course finished cards and scrapbook layouts etc

I will be able to provide the Digikits for the shows in advance (free) to enable you sufficient time to work with them before hand. I won't be able to provide you with the other items you will need for your samples.

The good side is, you will be named as one of my Design Team (very exclusive!), have your samples on my shows and Blog, have your projects on the tele and who knows....... 

You will, of course, get the Digikits before the general public too! (what a bonus!!)

There will be a few terms and conditions and a confidentiality agreement to sign, we'll discuss these once I have chosen my full team.

Let me know if it's something you are interested in... I'd love you to come on board :o)

Please email me to register your interest and include at least 3 recent photos of examples of your work created using some aspect of Serif Craft Artist Pro 2 (please tell me which bits) :o)

The closing date to apply will be Wednesday 3rd July and I will make my selection by Wednesday 10th July

Many Thanks

I look forward to working with you.... whoever you are! :o)

Create & Craft Shows Next Week...

Good Evening Everyone

I hope you are all ok and keeping well :-)

Just wanted to let you know that I will be bringing you a brand new Serif 4 day deal next week!

These are exclusive kits to Create & Craft until (If I remember correctly!) February next year!

They are also something different to what you have seen before and I love them!

Having had chance to work with the kits for a bit, I can vouch for their loveliness, useability, versatility and wonderful themes!

You will probably know by now that I am a genuine fan of Craft Artist, I adore it and use it all the time in my crafting... I hope you are joining in and learning of the benefits to us crafters of using Craft Artist!

If you haven't taken the plunge yet, I hope I can tempt you next week :-)

Anyhoo... enough rattling on... here are the show times (so far)

Monday 3rd December

8am and 1pm

Tuesday 4th December

9am, 2pm and 4pm

Wednesday 5th December

8am and 2pm

Thursday 6th December

11am and 5pm

I am soooo looking forward to bringing you these kits and can;t wait to hear what you think about them :-)

See you next Monday!

Happy Crafting!

Create & Craft Shows Next Week (lot's of them!)

Good Afternoon Everyone

It looks like next week is going to be a busy one for me at Create & Craft!

I'm kicking the week off in some style with the UK TV 4 Day Deal Launch of the new Cricut Mini Machine!

I've then got some great 1/2 Price Mega-Mix shows that will be packed with great offers on our craft essentials!

I've then got 2 Serif 1/2 Price Shows (You know I love my Craft Artist Professional!) and this is a great chance to get some digikits at half price!

I've also got a fantastic new Hot Off The Press Show with some 1/2 Price EK Success Border punches (once these are gone, they're gone too!)

And on Sunday, a real treat for me... Sunday Scrapbooking :-)

Soooo, here goes with the show times :-)

Monday 5th November -

8am - Cricut Mini UK TV Launch!

1pm - Cricut Mini

Tuesday 6th November -

9am - Cricut Mini

4pm - Cricut Mini

Wednesday 7th November - 

2pm - Cricut Mini

7pm - Cricut Mini

Thursday 8th November - 

9am - 1/2 Price Megamix

10am - Cricut Mini (This hour is still to be confirmed)

12noon - 1/2 Price Megamix

5pm - Cricut Mini

Friday 9th November - 

10am - Serif 1/2 Price

1pm - Hot Off The Press and EK Success

4pm - Serif 1/2 Price

Saturday 10th November -

10am - 1/2 Price Megamix

7pm - 1/2 Price Megamix

Sunday 11th November - 

9-11am - Scrapbooking with DCWV

1pm - 1/2 Price Megamix

7pm - 1/2 Price Megamix Round Up (last chance)

So, I will be a very busy boy, but I am so looking forward to all of these shows too!

Hope you can join me :-)

Create & Craft Shows this week....

Good Evening Everyone

I hope the miserable weather hasn't drained all your crafty mojo!

I, personally, make the most of the bad weather by getting loads of crafting done! 

It's the best time to craft because we're not looking outside at lovely sunshine wishing we were out in it! lol

Anyhoo,

I'm just popping this post on to let you know that I am back on Create and Craft with Serif this week.. :-)

Thursday 14th at 12noon and 5pm

I can say that these brand new digikits are by a BRAND NEW designer and she is soooo talented!

I love the kits already!

It's a bonus for me, getting them sooner lol!

I'm just playing (I mean working) with them now, prepping my shows and I am spoilt for choice!

I'll tell you more about this fabulously talented lady on the shows!

Hope you can watch!

Happy Crafting!

As Promised....

Evening All (well, it nearly is!)

As promised, here are a few more layouts I did using the Serif Butterfly digikits that were a resounding success for me on Tuesday nights Pick of the day (thankyou to you all!)

I just know you'll love those kits as much as I do.

Hopefully they will give you a few ideas :-)

There is one from the Peppermint Creative set (in case you were lucky enough to get those too) 

Just one more thing, before I forget... I'm back on Ideal World next Monday (21st) for 2 hours of Craft o'clock, 5-7pm, and believe me, there are some brilliant bargains to be had! 

So hope you can watch :-)

Anyhoo, here are the layouts for you :-)

Happy Crafting!

Create & Craft Shows...

Good Morning Everyone

I now have my show times for my fabulous Serif Pick of the Day next Tuesday!

I am soooo excited to show you these kits, each and every one is beautiful in it's own right and I just know that they will have your creative juices flowing and those crafty fingers itching to get started!

I know that there are lots of new Serif Craft Artist Professional users out there because you all grabbed it when it was free recently! So I will make sure I spend time showing the basic tools and then the more advanced, so it's a good idea to record some of the shows so you can watch back...

I also have a couple of Hunkydory shows on Monday too! I'm covering whilst Anne-Marie is swanning about in Florida on her honeymoon... I know she'll be loving it and I'm not jealous at all (well, maybe a bit! lol)

Anyhoo, here are my show times... Wednesday is a bit confusing so I'll try and do it the easy way! lol

Monday 14th - 5pm and 7pm on Create & Craft with Hunkydory

Tuesday 15th - Serif POD Launch at 9pm and then 11pm on Ideal World

Wednesday 16th - Serif POD 8am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm (last chance) on Ideal World

Wednesday 16th - Serif POD 12noon, 3pm, 5pm on Create & Craft

Hopefully, I'll see you there!

Remember to email in to say Hi... I will give something away at the end of the pod... probably a collection of some of my samples and I'll be sure to sign them for you lol x

Here are a couple of layouts I've done as samples, to give you a taste of what's to come :-)

Happy Crafting!

New Scrapbook Page...

Good Evening Everyone

I thought I'd share this scrapbook page with you...

The photo is my favourite one from a whole load (that will no doubt be scrapped soon) that were taken on one of the Formal Nights when we were on our Hawaii'n cruise...

I have also used this photo to create a 3d frame (like the ones I do with Tilda and Edwin) as a gift to my partner for his birthday last week... believe me, it took ages to get it 'just right' ... even down to moving the little ink spots on the page so they were right! lol

I also made a co-ordinating card to go with it :-)

I may even show you one day, but at the mo, it's for him to enjoy :-)

I love sharing my Craft Artist Pro scrapbook pages with you and it humbles me when so many of you have sent me messages to say I have helped you to start scrapping your memories and treasured photos :-)

I have used elements from several Digikits, but let me know if you want to know where any of the bits came from lol

Anyhoo, here it is... I hope you like it :-)

Happy Crafting!

Create & Craft Shows....

Good Afternoon Everyone...

Hope you are all well and crafting away!

I just thought I'd do a quick post to let you know what my Create & Craft Shows are for Friday this week (more of a reminder for myself really, as I check my blog so I know where I need to be and at what time lol)

Anyhoo, here goes...

All on Create & Craft

Friday 9th March

8-9 am - Serif Digikits

11-12 noon Serif Digikits

2-3 pm New Combined Crafts Show (lots of different craft products, bit like  craft o'clock)

6-7 pm New Combined Crafts Show

So, I'm going to be busy on Friday :o)

Hope you can watch!

Happy Crafting!

Another New Scrapbook Page ...

Evening All

As promised, here is another scrapbook page created in Craft Artist Pro for you....

This time, I have gone for a completely different colour scheme and 'feel' of the page... and this is an A4 page :o)

The photo was from a visit To Skye (loved it) and yes, it was bliddy freezing!

I have used the Rustic Charm Digikit which I believe is still available on Daisytrail.... well worth getting this one, the colours are beautiful!

Remember, if you want to add me as a friend on Daisytrail, just search on there for me.. phillmmartin 

Anyhoo

Here it is... hope you like it :o)

Happy Crafting!

New Scrapbook Page...

Afternoon Everyone

Just thought I'd pop a photo on here for you of another Scrapbook page I made using Serif Craft Artist Pro.

Hopefully, if I keep adding pages now and again, it will give you some ideas for layouts and colour themes etc..

Anyhoo, this one was created using the Sahlin Studios 'Life's a Beach' Digikit...

I've used various tools to create this page, stencil, shadow, transparency, recolour, photolab, scissors, brush tool for the faux stitching and so on...

The faded photo behind us is one we took on Waikiki beach :-)

Hope you like it :-)

Happy Crafting!

Another scrapbook page ...

Evening All

I've been asked to put a few more of my scrapbook pages on my blog that I made using serif craft artist pro to (hopefully) give you some ideas :o)

So here's a couple more for you to look at...

If you want to know which digikits I used, give me a shout 

Happy Crafting!

Scrapbook Page :o)

Good Evening All

I was just going through my computer (as you do) and found this scrapbook page that I made using my Craft Artist Pro and thought I'd share it with you...

I made it in the A4 size option, which I love as they are a little bit different to the traditional 8x8 and 12x12 ones we get so easily.

This page was created using a photo from when my friends and I went to Ascot last year... I think I showed it on Create and Craft when I did a Serif show recently....

The Digikit I used was one of the American Crafts ones (The Classics) as I thought it suited the occasion! 

Although I did bring lots of elements in from other kits too lol

The leaves were created using the stencil feature.

Anyhoo, let me know what you think :o)

Click the image to open a  larger age in a new window :o)

Happy Crafting!

Create & Craft Shows...

Good Morning Everyone...

Just a quick message (before I forget to tell you) that I am back on Create and Craft this weekend...

I have some more Serif shows! :o) and I don't need to tell you how much I love the Craft Artist Pro and all the fabulous digikits that Serif bring for us to work with because I am always singing it's praises!

Absolutely, by a mile my favourite software for us crafters!

And, I can now also tell you that (after Ann-Marie and I texting and chatting for weeks!) that I will also be doing some Hunkydory shows!

I am soooo excited about this too! You all know I am a perfectionist in my work and that starts with superb quality products to work with in the first place... Hunkydory give us that... Superb quality, superb value for money and superb ideas!

I couldn't do all the shows as I have other commitments too, but I am doing a few ;o)

I'm sure too, that you will be seeing more of me and Hunkydory ;o)

Anyyhoo - It's far too early for me to be rattling on so here are the dates and times (so far!)

Sunday 19th Feb - Serif - 10am and 7pm

Monday 20th Feb - Serif - 9am, 2pm 

and 5-7pm on Ideal World for Craft o'clock

Friday 24th Feb - Hunkydory - 8am and 9am

I also have my February Craftathon at the shop on Sunday 26th so it looks like I am going to be a busy bee next week!

That's it for now, but I will let you know as soon as I know what I am doing lol

Happy Crafting!

Create and Craft Serif Shows Tomorrow...

Good Afternoon Everyone

Just a quick message to remind you that I am back on Create and Craft tomorrow at 

8am (early start!) and 1pm.

I am back with 5 brand new fantastic digikits by Serif... and by a brand new designer!

I simply cannot wait to show you around these kits as they are a little different to what you've seen before!

Different style, different feel, different colourways... and I love them!

I was going to give you a sneaky peek, but I'm not... it'll spoil the fun of showing you tomorrow ;o) lol

I'm planning on spending more time showing you around the 5 kits and creating some fabulous scrapbook pages and a couple of cards on each show... hopefully I will show you how to get the best from them!

As you know, I genuinely, truly love Serif Craft Artist Pro and all the digikits so I am hoping that I can encourage you all to treat yourself and have a go... the possibilities are quite frankly endless!

Enough rabbiting on from me...

Tune in tomorrow at 8am and 1pm and drop me an email to say Hi and tell me what you think of the new kits!

Happy Crafting!

Create and Craft Shows....

Good Evening Everyone (Again) 

Well, two posts on the Blog in one night! means I have much to tell you lol

I'm just bringing you up to date with what's happening and to let you know that I have some shows booked on Create and Craft and Ideal World next week..

Monday 30th - Ideal World - 5-7pm for Craft o'clock!

Wednesday 1st Feb - Create and Craft - 10am and 1pm - BRAND NEW Squeezee CD from Digi Crafts 

(This is a fabulous new CD Rom, with lots of new features too, but I can;t say any more.....til Wednesday) ;o)

Friday 3rd Feb - Create and Craft - 8am and 1pm - BRAND NEW Digi Kit Collection by Serif and by a BRAND NEW designer too! 

You all know how I love Craft Artist Pro and all the brilliant, packed digi kits they bring us.... again, I can't say any more until Friday ;o) 

Anyhoo... that's you all up to date with what I'm up to next week...

I am looking forward to all of these shows and can't wait to show you!

Hope you can watch

Happy Crafting!