Sabtu, 31 Oktober 2009

Your creations...

Hope your having a great weekend. Lots of you will now have received your new rubber from our first release :-) or will receive them any day! Lacey, myself and the rest of the team would LOVE to see your creations! If you make a card or project using Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber stamps please do leave a link using Mr. Linky below so we can come and visit you at your blog.

If you don't have a blog by all means email a picture of your card to me so I can show it here.

nichola.fairbairn@googlemail.com

Be sure to pop back next Friday, 6th November when our weekly challenges will start!


Jumat, 30 Oktober 2009

Online Radio Interview Today

Tune in Live or Later to Diva Craft Lounge Radio.

Today's show features me and my crafty friend Angela Anderson. Angela will be chatting about some fabby new Plaid products and I'll be exploring all things Mod Podge!



Our first guest is Angela Anderson an ambassador for Plaid Enterprises, Inc., whose products are found at craft and hobby stores world-wide, featured on popular TV shows and in well-known publications. Plaid is the home to over fifty craft brands including two new lines, FolkArt Extreme Glitter and Simply Screen! When she is not representing Plaid, Angela is an artist, designer, educator, demonstrator, and author. She has been creative all her life and enjoys most any craft, but painting is her passion. Angela's work has been featured in books, magazines, on television.


Our second guest is Cathie Filian Cathie is the National Spokesperson for Plaid Enterprises. She created, produces and co-hosts the popular lifestyle shows Creative Juice and Witch Crafts on HGTV and DIY Network. She was Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lifestyle Host for her work on Creative Juice and she was Nominated for her Second Emmy for Outstanding Lifestyle Program for her work on Witch Crafts. Her first book, Creative Juice - 45 Re-Crafting Projects, is filled with fun and funky recycling craft ideas that can be made for pennies. Her second book, Bow Wow WOW! - fetching costumes for your fabulous dog, is filled with patterns and ideas for creating pet fashions. Her latest book, 101 Snappy Fashions features ideas for altering baby onesies.

NOW IN TOWN: JULIA JOHANSEN



Welcome to London to beautiful Julia Johansen. The 20 year old from Finland will be meeting London clients for the next few weeks, and with those pretty freckles and perfect pout we're sure they're going to fall for her straight away!

ONE TO WATCH: KELLY MOREIRA



ANOTHER amazing girl from Elite Model Look? Yes please! Meet Kelly Moreira, who sent her photos in for the contest just 3 months ago. When the SS10 show season got underway she was preparing for the Elite Model Look France Final, and by the time the circus rolled into Paris she was the must-book new face of the season, racking up appearances at Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and Dries Van Noten. Absolutely one to watch, and we can't wait to see her in London soon...



Kelly rocks Lanvin in her debut season

Halloween Cocktails and Treats Blog Recap










Kamis, 29 Oktober 2009

Make it: Halloween Candles!



AMY for NIVEA

Hot on the heels of her work with Bourjois, The Body Shop and Avon, Amy Hanson's latest beauty campaign is for Nivea's cosmetic collaboration with luxury lingerie giant Chantal Thomass. Our very English Amy pulls of this very sexy campaign in style... and we love that trademark Chantal Thomass wig!! Have a look at the print campaign on Nivea's mini-site HERE and see the TV commercial below.

Rabu, 28 Oktober 2009

Now Shipping!!!!!

The Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps are NOW IN STOCK and will be shipping this week!! Yeah! If you have already pre-ordered your stamps, they will be shipped out ASAP!

If you haven't ordered your stamps yet...what are you waiting for? Go order them now here...

Be sure to come back to look at some of the awesome creations the Design Divas have come up with this week...

We have some great news to share too. We will be starting weekly challenges here next Friday 6th November. Nikki, myself and the team are looking forward to seeing your creations too!




Inge - Sweet Danni and Bella



Karen - Furry Friends




Lacey - Ansley's Surprise






Jeanette - Angel Whispers




Jeanette - Zoe and Gemma's Snow Fun




Tina - Sweet Danni and Bella





Danielle - A Good Book





Kristine - Zoe and Gemma's Snow Fun


Be sure to click the links on the right to take you to the designers blog. There they will share more details on the products used on their creations.

Halloween Costumes Recap






Make this bat necklace from a toy bat.

A BIG NIGHT IN CHINA

ELITE MODEL LOOK WORLD FINAL



The contest started with 350'000 worldwide applicants... the final 70 spent two weeks at model boot camp in beautiful southern China and after were eventually whittled down from 70 to15. On the night of the final show, the top four new faces for the Elite network were named... congratulations girls, and especially to our Emily!



The girls can look forward to an exciting future at the very top of the fashion industry, after all they are following in the footsetps of supermodel greats Cindy, Gisele, Christy and Linda, who all got their big break at ELITE MODEL LOOK. And current campaign queens Sigrid, Constance and Denisa all started here too... the future looks bright!