Faber-Castell WINNER, plus some Authentique news!

I did a random draw, and Random.org picked:

Lee-Anne said...
Love your art journal page JJ! I haven't worked in mine in quite a while and you have inspired me.

July 27, 2012 9:20 PM

Lee-Anne - please email me at   kilroy @ videotron . ca   (remove the spaces), with your shipping information, and I will get this in the mail to you!


And now for the announcement - I've joined the design team at Authentique Paper!

You can read the announcement here.  I'll admit, I'm still a little shocked.  But I'm super excited about this opportunity!

Art Journal page with Faber-Castell PITT Pastels & Helmar - and a GIVEAWAY

This month the Helmar team did a cross promotion with Faber-Castell, so I got to play with some fun products and made a page for my art journal.  

 Using a stencil, I traced my design with a Faber-Castell PITT pen (black, superfine).  Then I coloured it with the PITT Pastel pencils, and blended with a blending stump.  Then I sprayed with Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative, to set the pastels.

I then used the large brush PITT markers and did some stamping.  These markers are awesome for stamps - just rub it over the stamp, and away you go.

Next, I adhered strips of book text, with the Helmar Decoupage:

And added some words using the PITT Brush tip and superfine tip markers:

Now, the fun part for you!  There was a bit of shipping confusion with my parcel from Faber-Castell, and I ended up getting 2 kits instead of just 1, so I'm giving away the second kit:

To win, just leave a comment on this post before next Friday morning (Aug 3). Open to everyone.  Don't forget to come back next week to see if you've won!


Helmar Products used:
Crystal Kote Fixative
Decoupage

Faber-Castell Products used:
PITT Pastel pencils
PITT Brush pens
PITT pens (superfine)

Other supplies:
gesso - Liquitex
stencil - Dylusions by Ranger
book paper, art journal

Winner of the "Creating with Sketches" book

Hi Everyone!  With my crazy week, I just realized I forgot to announce a winner for the "Creating With Sketches" book.  Oups - sorry about that.  Here we go:

Random.org picked lucky number 1:

Maya said...

Beautiful layout! You know how to make really awesome boy layouts!
I use sketches all the time, I love them, especially well designed sketches :)
Thanks for the chance!

February 8, 2012 11:31 AM

Maya - could you please email me at kilroy @ videotron.ca   (minus the spaces), and I'll get you hooked up with Kristine Davidson for your copy.

If you would like to get your own copy, the e-book version is available NOW, and the print version is available for pre-order, shipping in March.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vitamin 'C' - Creating With Sketches book giveaway!

My scrappy pal Kristine Davidson over at Creative Scrappers has just released a book of sketches called "Creating with Sketches".  The e-book version is available NOW, and the print version is available for pre-order, shipping in March.  This publication has 100 plus 1 sketches, 50 talented, international designers, and NO ADS! 50 fabulous pages of inspiration for you.

I was lucky enough to get to participate in this project, and the layout you see here is my contribution.  Kristine has graciously given me an extra copy of the e-book to GIVE AWAY here on my blog - would you like to win it?   Just leave me a comment on this post - tell me if you like to use sketches a lot or just once in a while?

I used some of the new Ruby Rock-it Vintedge collection on this layout.  I'm so happy about the reds in this collection - they are 'cool' reds that really go with a lot of my son's clothing (often I find reds are too orange).  I want to dig up all of those 'too hard to find papers to match' pictures of him in his red shirts, ha ha!

Love, love, love the laser-cut wood from Scrap Désirs.  I painted on a little glimmer glaze to give these a more metallic look.  I went really light with the glaze so the warm shade of the wood would still show through, and it gave a really interesting weathered-metal effect (not sure if that shows in the photo).

And the story behind the title.  :)   These label stickers are also part of the Ruby Rock-it 'Vintedge' collection - awesome for short journaling.

Don't forget to leave a comment here, if you would like to win an e-copy of the book - I will draw a name February 12th.

Supplies:
PP, diecut borders, label stickers, chipboard letters - Ruby Rock-it
CS - Basic Grey
wood cogs - Scrap Désirs
glimmer glaze - Tattered Angels
white paint - Decoart
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Blog Candy Winner!

Hey everyone - I promised to announce my blog candy winner, and here she is:

Emily said...

Congrats on getting published!! I've never read Canadian Scrapbooker, but I do read Scrapbooks Etc. on occasion and I read Somerset Studio most of the time. :)

Congrats Emily! Please email me your snail mail address at kilroy @ videotron . ca, and I will get that in the mail as soon as possible!

Canadian Scrapbooker Winter 2011 issue, and another BLOG CANDY!

If you read Canadian Scrapbooker, you might want to check out page 82 (hint, hint) ;) My friend Erin Morehouse snagged a sweet spot on page 84, too. Just sayin'...)

And, to celebrate being published, I'm offering another blog candy.



To get your name in the drawing, tell me what your favorite scrappy magazine is. (If you don't read any scrappy magazines, tell me what you like to read). Simple as that. Comments are open till Dec 17, 11:59 pm. Open to everyone.

Blog Candy Winner!

We have a winner - Random.org picked comment #15:

Crystal said...

wow! i just found your blog through runs with scraps and am so glad i did. just love your work! such gorgeous layouts...which is what i love to see the most. and fab blog candy too...aren't you just a sweetie! hugs and blessings!
crystal
http://scrapcandydesigns.blogspot.com

Congratulations Crystal (and welcome to my blog - always nice to meet new people!). Please send me an email with your mailing address: kilroy @ videotron.ca (no spaces).

Thanks everyone for your feedback - I really do appreciate it!

How about another Give away?

I've been sorting through some of my supplies, and found a few things that need a new home. And since I've been having some pretty good scrappy luck lately, I thought I would offer these as blog candy.

To enter, just leave a comment telling me what your favorite kind of blog posts are. I do a bit of a mishmash, and I was curious as to what people like to see.

I'll leave the comments open for entries til November 25 at 11:59 pm, and I'll draw a name on Saturday Nov 26. Open to everyone. Thanks for visiting!

Blog Candy Winner!

Random.org picked comment #3:

Hannah said...

"oooh can I have it?" Said Miss Hannah before she fell asleep!

October 26, 2011 9:30 PM

(The little stinker didn't answer my 'survey' because she knows I already know where she found my blog)

Thanks so much for all the kind comments everyone - I really do appreciate it!! (And stay tuned - I have another box of blog candy ready to go, and will post it later this month).

Hallowe'en's coming, so that means time for BLOG CANDY!

I think it's about time I did a giveaway - what do you think?

Would you like to win? All you have to do is leave me a comment, telling me where you first heard about my blog. If you don't remember, that's OK - just tell me that. Call it an informal survey.

I'll take entries til Oct 31 at midnight (EST). I'll draw a name on November 1. Open to everyone.