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Where can you buy 'melt dust' and paper?

At the moment it is only available through C & C, however I am sure that in the near future you will be able to buy directly from My Craft Studio / Crafting UK. The paper is specifically designed so as to keep the ink wet but does not bleed therefor giving a very neat finish. I don't think that any other paper would work.

The best of it all is that once you have these products you will be able to use any of your CD's with them.

I think there are more exciting things to come in 2010

MCS 'Melt Dust'

I've been waiting to update my blog with information about the new MCS 'Melt Dust' which was launched last night on I.W. I have been very fortunate in being able to trial this new product and have to say that I was very impressed.

I have sampled the 'original' gold pearl and silver pearl all of which gave excellent results. I was given the vellum type paper to try and this has a slight shimmer on the printing side. The ink does stay wet for quite a few minutes giving plenty of time to apply the 'melt dust'. The 'melt dust' is a lot finer that normal embossing powder and requires a gentle heat. I found it best to heat from underneath. I used the 'hairdryer type' of heatgun.

The above projects were taken from MCS Wings & Things and Flourishes CD's and have been shown on I.W. today. (Some of you may have seen them on the MCS stand at the NEC recently)

One for the men

I've had these stamps 'create a scene' from Creative Expressions for a while but have never used them. The pub has been water coloured. The barrel was stamped using water colour pens. The sign has been triple embossed with UTE and then cracked to give an aged feel.

By the sea - Graphicus Guild ATC swap

This is one of a pair of ATC's for the Graphicus Guild swap. Although I have to admit that the stamp is not from Graphicus this time, it is a very old one, one of the first stamps in my collection but I felt that it suited the theme for this month.

I stamped the lighthouse first, then made a mask to cover the lighthouse. I used cut & dry foam to sponge blue dye ink to make the sky. The rest was then watercoloured. A small amount of glitter was added to the sea for a bit of sunlight sparkle.

Busy Busy Busy!

I've been so busy for the last few weeks, I have been up and down the country both for business and pleasure so crafting has had to take a back seat for a while. After next week I am hoping to settle down and get back into my craftroom and try out a few new items I've purchased on my travels. So hopefully I will get back to posting on a regular basis again!!

You can see from the last post though that I have been making cards for MCS Cd's, I have made some for the last couple of CD launches but have been on such a tight deadline that unfortunately I did not get chance to photo them. Working with the CD's has been a good experience as the graphics program is so easy to use and I find that I can spend ages just going through the images altering and changing them. For anyone who has problems with graphics programs for photo's etc. I would recommend buying one of these Cd's just for the actual program, it's well worth it.

As seen on TV MCS 'Secret Hidaways'

some of the samples I have made for the launch of the new MCS 'Secret Hidaway' CD's.