Sunday, 7 October 2012

And so the finale....another amazing Blog Hop

WOW, what a week it's been. We're coming close to the end of our Birthday Celebrations, thanks to everyone that have visited and commented :o)
Just to re-cap the week so far:
To take part in a our fabulous Retailer blog hop just click HERE. The winner will be drawn tonight. 
Gez and Caro started our tutorial series with THESE fantastic projects.
Carol added her great take on the printer's tray HERE.
Karen showed us a fabulous Key Holder project HERE
Dana entered into the party mood with some cupcake toppers and Kaz encouraged some quiet contemplation with a bookmark HERE
Joanne finished off the tutorials with her stunning jewellery piece using Inchies HERE
And now for our Grand Finale.....on to another AMAZING blog hop featuring our wonderful design team members.
To top it all we are giving away ANOTHER fabulous selection of Tando goodies.....with a prize value of over £90.00 RRP.........how amazing is that!!!
Here is a piccie and a list of the prizes:


Included are the following:

Home Sweet Home Plaque
Mini Theatre Stage Wide
Christmas Tree Printer Tray
Layered Rowing Boat
6" x 6" Frame with Stand
Arabian Styled Layered Arch Frame
Tando Mini's: Balloons, Candles, Leaves2, Keys
Small Wrought Iron Gate
Flowers with Stems Grab bag
Works of Parts Kit: Come Fly with me small and Sweeth Tooth small
Karens Frames: Gothic Arches
Scalloped bunting small
Mini house trio
Mini houses and fences
Set of 5 decorative keys
Oriental New Year Symbols
3 Jigsaw tags
Masks: Set of 3 Reindeer, Leaves, Steampunk Tree, Bird and Branch, Distorted Harlequin, Haunted House.

Okay onto the hop itself.....

From here please pop over and visit KAZ and from there follow on to the rest of the team taking part.

In case you get lost here is a list of the fabulous blogs taking part:

KAZ linking to

KAREN linking to

JOANNE linking to

CAROL linking to

GEZ linking to

DANA linking to

CARO linking to

KATHERINE who will link back to us
******* Happy Hopping *******

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Take three - "Weathered Metal" inchies

We're approaching the end of our week of celebrations for Tando Creative's third birthday! In case you're only just joining us, here's a summary of the week so far: 
  • To take part in a our fabulous Retailer blog hop just click HERE. 
  • Gez and Caro started our tutorial series with THESE fantastic projects.
  • Carol added her great take on the printer's tray HERE.
  • Karen showed us a fabulous Key Holder project HERE
  • Dana entered into the party mood with some cupcake toppers and Kaz encouraged some quiet contemplation with a bookmark HERE
When Di asked us to work with three of something to celebrate this week, I thought small. Tando Creative inchies are a lovely weight to work with and make a great base for jewellery.

I've used three inchies with an embossing folder and some VerDay paint to create a weathered copper finish for a pendant base.

If you'd like to have a go, hop over to the Classes Blog for a short video tutorial. While you're there, you could check out the other classes that have been added this week if you haven't already seen them. Don't forget that if you show us your take on any of the class projects you'll be in with the chance of a prize!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, 5 October 2012

Happy Birthday Cupcake Toppers and a Bookmark

 
And there's more......., just a recap of what has happened so far. To take part in a our fabulous Retailer blog hop just click HERE.

Gez and Caro kicked off the tutorials on Tuesday with THESE incredible projects 
 
Carol added to them with her fantastic printer tray HERE.
 
And yesterday Karen showed us her beautiful Key Holder HERE

If you show us your take on the projects then you will be entered into a draw for a prize :o)
 

It's time to party Tando fans!  Dana here today and I'm thrilled to help celebrate Tando Creative's 3rd Birthday!  If you'd like to learn how I created these fun cupcake toppers out of Tando's Small Speech Bubbles, hop on over to the Tando Class Blog and I'll show you how.




and now it's Kaz, don't those cupcakes look yummy?! I made into a bookmark incorporating my 3 things:







If you would like to see how I made it, you can go to the ~{Tutorials}~ page.

Kaz xxx

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Key Hanger Kit

Continuing with our celebrations again today, just a recap of what has happened so far.  To take part in a our fabulous Retailer blog hop just click HERE.

Gez and Caro kicked off the tutorials on Tuesday with THESE incredible projects and then yesterday Carol added to them with her fantastic printer tray HERE.

If you show us your take on the projects then you will be entered into a draw for a prize :o)
Having been with ~Tando Creative Ltd~ since it was a glimmer in Di Olivers eye, its hard to believe the company is 3yrs old this week!!! There are lots of celebrations and goingswith special prizes, tutorials and a Blog Hop at the end of the week! To celebrate we were asked to work with three's and I grabbed the Home Key Hanger Kit to play with. I know I said that I didn't want to see a Tando house again for a while but I couldn't resist this one hahaha!


Everything is included in this kit, even the screws to hold the wooden batten in place. Full instructions are included in the pack but if you want to see just how I did this one my way then take a look  ~here~ where you will find a tutorial. Here is a pic of the kit for you...


This would make an amazing Christmas present I think. You can find a list of stockists ~here~.
Thank you so much for taking a look today, HUGS, Karen xxx

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

October 3rd 2012

It's Tando's Birthday week and we have lots of celebrations going on this week. 
We kicked off with the Retailer blog hop on Monday that you can enter into all week....the link is HERE

And then yesterday Gez and Caro posted up their brilliant tutorials HERE.  If you show us your take on the projects then you will be entered into a draw for a prize :o)

Today is a double post - firstly over on our Challenge Blog we have a new Challenge!! this time its a colour challenge - so do pop on over and see what our new theme is and which member of the DT has tried to get you to join in with us!!  And......in celebration of our birthday we have DOUBLED the prize up for grabs this month!!!

Secondly, following on with our Birthday Week, its my turn to share my "3" piece with you...

I have created a Happy 3rd Birthday Tando Printers Tray...



Further details are on my blog and the step by step instructions are on our tutorial blog...

Don't forget to join us daily as each day produces another DT piece and tutorial to make it...there are also loads of prizes up for grabs too...

TFL xx

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Happy 3rd Birthday Tando!

Many Congratulations to Tando Creative this week as they celebrate their 3rd birthday anniversary!

There are lots of fun activities planned for the whole week which started yesterday with the fabulous
Retailer/Stockists blog hop see HERE!  You can join in the hop ALL week, we'll be doing the draw on Sunday.  All our links on our blog post below to the retailers blogs go straight to the relevant post in the hop,

Today see's two of the newer members including
Caro and myself (Gez) using some of the newer chipboard designs and also sharing a couple of tutorials over HERE of how our creations were made!

We really want to see your take on these projects so guess what.........if you do you will be entered into a draw to win some Tando goodies to a value of no less that £20.00, how fantastic is that!!!  Follow the link to the tutorial blog and read all the details there :o)


 sneak peak!

To help celebrate 3 successful years the Design Team are working in 3's... creations involving the number 3 or 3 of an item or a specific product of 3!


 Here is my creation!


I decided to work with 3 bottles as my main focal point (would you believe the plan was to make a card!) The moment I saw the brand NEW Arabian style layered arch frame from Tando I knew it would make the perfect window sil for my bottles!

For full details on my finished arch and to join the week long Blog Hop pop over HERE and to see my full tutorial HERE.


  And for Caro's gorgeous project, this Triptych is just stunning.  Caro has put together a fantastic video that you will find under Gez's project on the tutorial blog.




 
 Thank you for calling & Good Luck for the prize draw. Caro & Gez
 
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You may remember that last Monday we had our regular monthly product focus blog hop.....well now is the time to announce the winner....drum roll please.....
 
it is congratulations to............
 
 
Well done Alison, please pick 4 masks from our range and email me with your choices and address details.
 
Sorry for the delay in announcing this, I was a little busy on Sunday prepping yesterdays post!!

 

Monday, 1 October 2012

Retailer blog hop

At last, the time has come to celebrate our 3rd Birthday.

We have got an amazing selection of tutorials every day from tomorrow through to Saturday and 2 very special blog hops.  Also the October challenge starts this week on Wednesday.

There are prizes galore all week, just take a look at what is up for grabs today!!!

We kick off the celebrations with a fabulous retailer blog hop.  Just look at the line up below, you are in for a real treat.

If you comment on all the blogs in the hop you will be entered into a prize draw to win an amazing prize.  We will be giving away this fabulous selection of Tando goodies that carry a retail value of over £90.00 so you simply must join in :o)
 
 
The prize consists of the following:
Mad Hatters Top Hat, 4 Horse Carousel, Village in a Box Kit, Multi Panel Frame Kit, Mask-Haunted House, Mask-Poppy Field, Mask-Splatters, Mask-Sequin Waste, Mask-Snowflakes, Works of Parts kit small-Come Fly with Me, Jewellery Pendant Offset, Jewellery Square, Jewellery Heart, Cogs Grab Bag, Butterfly Grab Bag, Mini 3D Birdhouse, Mini Bookplates, Compass Duo, Tando Minis: Bells and Holly, Keys, Snowflakes, Music, Flowers and Leaves 2. 
 
IF YOU ARE THE LUCKY WINNER AND ALSO A FOLLOWER YOU WILL WIN A BONUS PRIZE AND GET TO PICK FROM THE PRIZE LIST ON OUR CHALLENGE BLOG HERE SO DON'T FORGET TO CLICK THAT FOLLOW BUTTON

Now if that wasn't amazing enough 3 of our retailers are also offering up prizes, just take a look at these:

The Craft Barn are offering a Pebeo Fantasy Moon Workbox valued at £39.99.  The paints are amazing and work stunningly well with Tando chipboard.


Crafty Individuals are offering a fabulous selection of their own masks, stamps, tags and some Tando chipboard.







And the Scrapbook Garden have their regular monthly blog candy that you will be eligible to win if you comment on all the blogs.
 
 
 And......you have until Sunday night to enter so there really is no excuse for not joining in!!
 
Okay onto the hop itself.....
 
From here please pop over and visit The Craft Barn and from there follow on to the rest of the team taking part.

In case you get lost here is a list of the fabulous blogs taking part:

The Craft Barn linking to
Crafty Individuals linking to
Barjan B Crafts linking to
The Stamp Attic linking to
Gills Craft Studio linking to
Crab Apple Crafts linking to
3D Jean who will link back to us