Monday, 8 August 2016

Summer Sunset Inspiration from Susan R

The first of August, saw the launch of a new collection at

Summer Sunset

This picture gives you a feel of the collection...


I have used some of the elements to compose another layout:

The photos were taken this week on Anglesey.

You will see lots of other lovely makes on the Inspiration Blog!

And by the way do look for the current Challenge Blog Challenge

Happy Crafting!

Susan



Why not visit some of the other areas in the Dragons Lair Designs family of sites?
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Sunday, 7 August 2016

Janette's Sunday Showcase Challenge & Freebie

What's in this Sunday Showcase?

  • Showcase - I'll be showcasing one of my designs and showing you a few creations made using it.
  • Freebie! - As a thank you for visiting the Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog I give a freebie every week.
  • Challenge - Show us your makes using my designs and you have a chance of winning your choice of item from the Dragons Lair Designs Store.
  • Update/News - catch up with what's going on in the Dragons Lair Designs Land.

Keep reading for more information on all of these!

Showcase

Today I'd like to showcase a new collection great for vintage/heritage projects.

Emphera Journal Card Kit One



Freebie!

Today's showcase freebie is part of the "Coutre" collection.



Collect your freebie - Here!

If you like the freebie, then perhaps you'd like to expand your collection by getting some more pieces of the collection, which you can do by going to the Dragons Lair Designs online store to buy the Coutre mini collection for £2.


You'll find the Mini collection at

DRAGONS LAIR DESIGNS 

Challenge


Show us your makes made using any of my designs -
 - These can be from the Dragons Lair Designs Online Store, Dragons Lair Designs on Etsy, or any of the Freebies I've given away on this blog or the Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group.
  1. Anybody can enter.
  2. Creation should be made up mostly with my products, but you can embelish and add as you wish.
  3. Creation can be in any medium - you can make it digital, hybrid or print out my designs to craft with.
  4. Creation must have been created within the last two months.
  5. Only one entry per person each week.
  6. Creation should not have been linked up to a Sunday Showcase Challenge previously - no duplicate entries from previous weeks.
  7. Remember when you link up at the bottom of this post that you leave a valid E-mail address and details as this will be used to contact the winner
  8. Each Weekly Sunday Showcase Challenge runs from Sunday until the end of the week to give everybody time to make something using this week's freebie even if they have nothing else DLD to work with.

    DONT HAVE A BLOG .. NO PROBLEM SEE HERE ON HOW TO ENTER 
I will use a Random Number Generator to pick the winner at the end of the week to make it completely fair to everybody.  The winner can choose anything from the store worth up to, and including £2, and the winner's name will be posted in my Sunday Showcase post in a fortnight's time.

Update/News


Dont forget to check it out on the 1st August to grab the limited time 40% off
you'll get an extra page kit for free if you buy the elements and papers together

 definitely the better value for money option.

Click Image to go to store.


Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog

Don't forget that at DLD we have a Challenge Blog that runs a monthly challenge on different themes.  These monthly challenges don't have to be made using any of my designs, you are completely free to use anything.  The theme for June is "One For the Guys" - which gives you a lot of scope.


Winner of Sunday Showcase Challenge 17th to 23rd July

A winner has been chosen by random from the entries linked to the Sunday Showcase
post of the 24th July.
Please Contact us for your Prize ( Link not working on image)
stampingdragondesigns at gmail.com


And that's it from me for this Sunday Showcase - come back next week for another Sunday Showcase, with another chance to win your choice of item from the DLD Store, and another freebie!


Janette Padley - Designer at Dragons Lair Designs

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 Other Dragons Lair Designs sites you might like to visit -

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Saturday, 6 August 2016

Inspiration by Gwyneth - August 2016 - Summer Sunset

Good Morning Everybody!


Hi everybody.

The new collection, launched in the Dragons Lair Designs online store on the 1st August, is called "Summer Sunset", and all the DLD Inspiration Blog DT members have been given the collection to work with for their Inspiration posts this month - with many choosing to volunteer to make extra creations - which does show that we really like working with it.

For the launch I made a digital scrapbook layout showing a photo I'd taken of a flower some years ago.  Having gone digital that time I decided to go into mixed media for this inspiration and decorate a box.

This is what I started with -

These are what I used:

Stamping Dragon Designs Item:
Items from the "Summer Sunset" collection available - here - in the store.

Consumables:
250gsm Super Smooth A4 white cardstock; Tonic Funky Glue; Pinflair Glue Gel; Three colours of Cosmic Shimmer Paint
Equipment:
Scissors; My Craft Studio Elite Software; Baby Blue Die Cutting Machine; Tonic Butterfly Die
Tattered Lace Flower Die; Non-stick Craft Sheet; Paint Brush; Pallette; Sponge; Pokey Tool

Method:
I printed out one of the background sheets from the collection, that had a circular centre panel, a couple of times.  I then took a leaf into My Craft Studio, re-sized it and copied it several times over the working area.  I also added a heart from the digital collection.  I then printed this sheet of elements out as well.
 
As I was using paint I had to de-camp from bed to work on the kitchen table, so tidied a corner and laid down my Craft Sheet to work on.
 
This is what it looked like after I'd finished and was ready to put everything away (I had put the die-cutting machine away before painting as knowing me I'd have got the paint over that as well!)
The first thing I did was cut out the circular panel from one of the backgrounds I'd printed, leaving a border around the circle to frame it.
 
I then took some of the background, cutting panels to the same size as the plate of the die-cutting machine, and cut out three spiral flowers.  I decided to have a splash of contrast so cut the butterfly out of white cardstock.
 
I turned over the outside edge of each of the flower spirals before strating to turn them into flowers so that the "petals" would turn outwards and not show so much white edge in the finished flowers.  After twisting into the flowers I glued the backs in place with Funky Glue and put to one side to dry.
 
I cut out some leaves and the heart from the element sheet.
 
I painted the inside of the box and lid using the gold coloured paint, and when dry stuck the heart in the bottom.
For the outside of the box base and lid I used a sponge, rather than a brush, to add the paint, as I wanted a bit of a textured look. I "pounced" the sponge rather than wiping the paint on.
 
I started with the bronze colour paint all over.  I then used a small amount of gold on my sponge - dabbing it off so that it was practically dry before dabbing the gold at random over the box base and top of the lid.  I finished off by doing the same with the dark brown colour.  This gives the box a bit of a vintage look.
 

 
 Once the paint was dry I used the Pinflair Glue Gel to attach firstly the circular panel and then the flowers.  I used a bit of the funky glue under the centre to attach the butterfly.
 
 And this is what the box looks like from the top.
 

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And that is it from me for today.
Please keep coming back regularly to look at new posts as, over the next few weeks, you'll find various "Inspiration by ..." posts appear on this "Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog", as well as other posts by different Design Team members.  I'll be back with more posts over the coming months as well, so keep an eye out for those.

Till next time - Have Fun Crafting!
Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog Design Team Leader
(And if you are wondering "who's Gwyneth?" - then you'll find an "About Me and My Blog!" piece on my blog.)

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Friday, 5 August 2016

We're Going All "Christmas In August" For The New Challenge That Launches On Our Sister Site Today

It's the 1st Friday of the month and therefore time for the start of this month's new challenge over on the Dragons Lair Designs Challenge blog.

The theme chosen for the Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog for August is "Christmas in August"  - now I know that many of you will already have started on your Christmas crafting (and if not, why not?!) so I'm sure you'll have something to link up to the challenge to enter at some point during the month, so please do join in.

The challenge is open to anybody, no matter what level of crafter and no matter what medium, and your entry doesn't even have to have anything DLD on it.  You are allowed 1 entry per person per month, and everybody who enters is in with a chance of getting the prize as the winner is chosen by "Random".

So go on, click over to the Challenge Blog and have a go, and let us see your creative entries.

You'll also see some lovely creations created by members of the DLD Challenge Design Team to give you some inspiration.

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Dragons Lair Designs Links:

We'd love to have you join us in our Fan Group and post up some pictures of any creations you make using any DLD download.  You may not be aware, but on this DLD Inspiration Blog our Designer Janette Padley does a Sunday Showcase post every week and she gives a DLD freebie every week, so even if you've not been to the store to buy something DLD you still have access to DLD digital downloads you can play with and let us see your makes.
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Thursday, 4 August 2016

Summer Sunset Collection

I found some photos by accident while searching for a project and they were of my daddy and me at their 56th wedding anniversary.  I couldn't help but want to use the lovely colors and word with the Summer Sunset Collection to make a quick page, one that I will cherish forever.  My laughing, smiling, loving daddy.  That is what Dragons Lair Designs is so fabulous at...making memories last forever and beautifully, too.


This collection has soooo many fabulous elements; you can play for a whole month and not get bored!  Please check out our links below and also our monthly challenge which is "Christmas in August"....yep August not July..at Santa's request :)
 


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Wednesday, 3 August 2016

DLD Inspiration Post...

Hi ya peeps, it's my inspiration day today
using the...
Summer Sunset Collection


I am loving all the elements in this kit! I love this quick page and the fun floating hearts! This collection has many, many elements for everyone. I just LOVE this new collection, don't miss out!

Now that you have had a look at this inspiration blog post why don't you visit some of the other areas in the Dragons Lair Designs family of sites:


We'd love to have you join us in our Fan Group and post up some pictures of any creations you make using any DLD items.

Dragons Lair Designs supply an eclectic assortment of digital downloads.  These include whole collections of items that work well together, digital stamps, etc.

Buy, download, then either work with the items digitally, start digitally then print out and complete your crafting as a hybrid project, or print straight out and do your usual papercrafting.

Buy your Dragons Lair Designs digital downloads here -
Dragons Lair Designs Store
Dragons Lair Designs Etsy Store
Dragons Lair Designs at Faith Sisters

 Other Dragons Lair Designs sites you might like to
Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog
Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog
Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group
Dragons Lair Designs Facebook Page

Dragons Lair Designs Crafts Group
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Monday, 1 August 2016

Summer Sunset - New Digital Download Collection Launch At Dragons Lair Designs

Some naughty DT members from both of the Dragons Lair Designs Design Teams have already been teasing you with a few creations they've made using the latest new collection from Dragons Lair Designs - even before it was available in the online store -

Well - you can now get your hands on the new collection as the launch day has arrived!
You Can Get The
"Summer Sunset" Collection

DRAGONS LAIR DESIGNS STORE 

and

FAITH SISTERS STORE 



Whether you are into scrapbooking, cardmaking, or other forms of papercrafting, this new collection has lots to offer.  And because it comes in a digital format, that you download as soon as you've bought it, you can print and start crafting immediately, or you could do some digital or hybrid crafting with it.

There's even a

on everything from the collection for a limited period from the 1st to 14th August.



And if you choose to buy the two packs that form the main collection together, as one item, you will get an extra paper pack completely free (ones that are not available any other way.)
AVAILABLE AT

DRAGONS LAIR DESIGNS STORE 

and

FAITH SISTERS STORE 


And if you read to the end of this post you will find a link to get another part of the collection completely Free!
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If you've missed seeing any of the "Sneaky Peaks" around the online crafting world over the last week or so then have a look at them now - I'm sure that they will inspire you to get crafting with the new collection.  There are also a few items you won't have seen, so something new to inspire you even if you have seen all the "sneaky peaks" and "teasers".






Carolyn


Janette


Gwyneth


As you can see, this is a wonderful digital collection that works well for all sorts of crafting, not just digital crafting.

I think that the stunning items made by the Design Team members show the versatility of this collection, so don't miss out on getting it at the launch discounted price and go to the store now to make your choices and get what you'd like.

Freebie!

 As I said near the beginning of this post - we have a freebie exclusively for readers of this blog -


- which you can download by clicking - Here! - it comes as a zipped up file with ToUs etc.

Fan Group

Are you a member of our Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group? If not you might like to join as there's another freebie in there for group members only.

Enjoy Crafting!


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Dragons Lair Designs Links:

We'd love to have you join us in our Fan Group and post up some pictures of any creations you make using this collection, or any other DLD items.

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