Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday!
I'm so sorry, but this will be my last posting for the design team. I will still post the odd project for you so please check in from time to time.
I've really enjoyed the time I've been on the team but we are getting too many working cruises to be able to post regularly and I felt I wasn't able to give the time to bring you fresh projects that these fabulous products deserve. I'll still be teaching at Martells, having crafty Sundays and working at Ally Pally...all using Creative Expressions products. I hope to see some of you in April...if not before.
Anyway, let's go out with a good one.....
Emboss a rectangle of Coconut White Card using the A4 Leafy Quad Folder.
Matt and layer onto Black Foundations Card.
Die cut 4 Orange Blossom Leaves from Foundations Black Card and glue into position.
Die cut the plain black background using Frames and Tags - Tessa
and the detailed overlay from the same die set using Coconut White card. Glue together.
Stamp the sentiment from the Elements Stamps - Flowers onto white card with Black Archival and heat emboss with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Powder. Glue onto the die cut background.
Attach the whole thing to the card with 3d pads.
Ink up the Shaded Peony stamps with Perfect Medium and stamp onto Black card. Heat emboss with Cosmic Shimmer True White Powder. Cut out and glue into position
Add small black Dazzlers to the flower centres to finish
And there it is! I hope you like it.
I will miss bringing you a project every week...it's certainly made me think!
But on the plus side, we're having a lot of adventures on the cruise ships including flying to Tahiti on Sunday and sailing to Australia. In April we fly to Mexico and spend 4 weeks cruising around the Caribbean...in fact, we leave the day after Ally Pally! So, you can see why being on the team was just getting too difficult.
As I said before, I will pop on here from time to time with a project and of course, the rest of the team will still be coming up with fab ideas for you.
Until next time......
Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday!
Firstly, I'd like to apologise for my very long absence. When we got back from our travels, the computer decided to pack up. Our very nice computer engineer took it away, took it apart and deduced that the mother board had failed. After a lot of work. he was able to retrieve all of the data from the hard drive and re-install it onto a new computer. Anyway, enough of my woes...all is now well!
So without further ado. let's get started on a project....
Start by covering a piece of Craft Consortium paper from the Bloom Beautiful Collection with double sided adhesive.
Die cut using the outer solid frame from Frames and Tags-Tessa Die set.
Remove the backing and cover with Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Snow.
Cut a rectangle of Coconut White Card and draw wavy lines around the edges with a fine line pen. Emboss using the A4 Art Deco Fanfare Folder.
Matt and layer onto Sky Blue Foundations Card.
Die cut the Ornate Frame from the same die set as before. Glue over the patterned paper with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue.
Place on the background with 3d foam pads.
Ink up the sentiment from the Pierced Flag Sentiments Stamp Set with Black Archival Ink. Heat emboss with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Powder.
Cut out using the Frames and Tags-Pierced Flags Die Set.
Draw around the same die on the Sky Blue card and cut out. Matt and layer with the sentiment.
Shape and glue onto the card.
Cover another piece of the patterned paper with Double sided adhesive and die cut flowers from the Orange Blossom-Complete Petals Die Set.
Remove the backing and cover with Diamond Snow. Shape the petals and glue together.
Glue into position on the card and add a small black Dazzler to finish.
And there it is...finished!
I hope you like it...it's such a shame that you can't see the sparkle clearly on this. I'm still getting to grips with the photo editing on the new computer so please bear with me!
Well, that's all for this week, until next time, have a happy crafty week!
Good Morning All and a Very Happy Thursday and New Year's Eve!
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and that Santa brought you everything you wished for!
A little while ago, I was asked how to make a box for 8x8 cards if you don't have a boxmaker. I scratched my head, got my ruler out and came up with the measurements. It's great to make cards with beautiful embellishments but sometimes they just won't go in an envelope!
Anyway, here goes.....
For the base:
Cut a piece of card to 10 and a quarter inches square.
Measure in 1 inch on all four sides and score.
Cut up to the score line on all four corners, alternating the direction of the cuts.
Snip off the corners to make triangle shapes.
Fold along the score lines and glue together.
For the lid:
Cut the card to 10 and 6/16ths of an inch...it's just 2/16ths of an inch bigger than the base.
Repeat all of the previous steps and you'll have a lid that's a good fit!
Do use Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue, it's strong enough to hold the box.
Although in the photo the box looks flimsy, it's actually quite sturdy. It gives a height of an inch for the embellishments and should leave enough room for tissue paper to help protect the card.
I hope that you find this useful. I quite enjoyed working it out! If you want to decorate the lid, do it before gluing it together.
Well, that's all for this week. I'm home on January 4th so I'll try and get something ready for the following Thursday.
Many thanks for visiting and leaving comments...much appreciated.
Until next time, have a happy, crafty week!
Good Morning All and a Very Happy Thursday!
Today, I thought I'd show you a card I taught at a workshop last month. It's a nice contemporary design and quick to make.
So let's get started....
Cut a rectangle of Coconut White card and emboss with the A4 Swirling Holly Folder.
Matt and layer onto Foundations Black Card.
Cut 5 different size squares of Double Sided Adhesive.
I started at 2.75 inches and dropped half an inch in size each time. For the smallest, you need to cut a rectangle otherwise you can''t roll it.
Place the squares onto some copier paper. Cover with different colours of Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitters.
Cut out and roll. Glue together with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue. You will need to hold them until they stick as you're glueing glitter to glitter.
Emboss another piece of Coconut White card large enough to fit the tree on. Matt and layer with black card.
Glue onto the background.
Glue the rolls of glittered paper on. Cut out a small piece of silver card for the tree trunk.
Die cut a small snowflake for the top of the tree.
Cut a strip of white card, emboss then matt and layer. Glue into position.
Die cut a matt from Black card.
Stamp the sentiment with Black Archival Ink and heat emboss (the stamp is from one of the Elements sets)
Die cut with an oval die. Glue together and add the sentiment with 3d foam pads.
And that's the card finished! I hope you like it!
I am sorry there are no step by step photos for these projects but I think they're probably easy enough to make. Normal service will be resumed in the New Year when we get home!
Everything used is from Creative Expressions as always...apart from the copier paper and the small strip of silver card!
Well, that's it for this week...many thanks for stopping by and leaving comments, they're much appreciated.
I won't be on here next week as it's Christmas Eve so I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous, Crafty New Year!
Until New Year's Eve.......
Good Morning All and a Very Happy Thursday!
I'm still bobbing around the Caribbean...check Facebook to see where I am (Pam Smith) but do not fear, I haven't gone away and left you without a project!
For this card, I've used a technique called "grouting" which John Lockwood showed me at Ally Pally in September.
Start be embossing a piece of Coconut White card with the A4 Poinsettia Folder.
Turn to the debossed side and spread Cosmic Shimmer Red Berry Sparkle Texture Paste over it, making sure to scrape off the excess.
Leave to dry.
Emboss another piece of Coconut White with the same folder. Matt and layer onto Foundations Black Card.
Attach a piece of black seam binding before sticking onto the card blank.
Die cut 2 of the Labels using the Finishing Touches Collection from the card with the texture paste finish.
Matt and layer onto black card.
Die cut a smaller label.
Ink up the holly border from the Holly Tree Elements stamp set.
Stamp down the side of the tag and heat emboss with clear powder.
Ink up the words using black archival and stamp and heat emboss.
The stamp is from the Peace, Joy Love stamp set.
Matt and layer the tag.
Attach seam binding to the tops of the tags.
Stamp and heat emboss poinsettias from the Poinsettia Elements Stamp Set.
Cut out and glue into position.
Attach the tags with glue on one, then with 3d pads on the others.
Add some Dries Clear Glue to the flower centres and sprinkle Cosmic Shimmer Fire Red Polished Silk Glitter to finish.
Hope you like it!
It's worth making up a batch of the grouted backgrounds at the same time. It looks very effective when done on black card and is so easy to do. It also gives a different way of using your embossing folders.
Well, that's it for this week...I've got another sparkly card next week.
Everything used is from Creative Expressions.
Many thanks for stopping by and leaving comments.
Until next time, have a happy, crafty week!
Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday and a Very Happy December!
I'm still bobbing around the Caribbean but made a few quick cards to tide you over until I get back!
Unfortunately, I don't have step by step photos for this one, but it should be easy to follow.
Die cut a square of Silver Mirror card using the large Noble Pierced Square Dies.
Cut a smaller square of Coconut White card and emboss with the A4 Twinkle, Twinkle Folder.
Pick up some Flake and Glitter glue on a piece of Cut 'n Dry Foam and dab over the embossed card.
Sprinkle Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Snow Glitter Jewels over it.
Matt and layer onto the gold card.
Place a piece of Double Sided Adhesive onto some white card.
Die cut the Festive Collection - Christmas Tree Greeting.
Carefully peel back the protective layer from the double sided adhesive from the base up to the top of the word "Christmas".
Sprinkle Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitters on.
Peel back to the top of the next word and apply a different colour glitter.
Keep going until you've covered it all. I've used a mix of blues and purples.
Glue the tree onto the embossed background and add a star embellishment.
And that's all you need to do!
The good thing is that it's flat so easy to post! It's also handy to be able to make your own glittered, embossed backgrounds!
Everything used (except for the silver card) is from Creative Expressions.
Well, that's it for this week. I'll be back next Thursday with another card. Many thanks for stopping by and leaving comments...always much appreciated.
Until next time, have a happy, crafty week!
Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday.
I've got another Christmas card for you this week that's quick to make and another way to use your Festive Collection - Christmas Joy Wreath Dies.
So let's get started.....
In the Die set, there are 2 holly dies, one is the main background die and the other is the overlay.
Die the cut the background holly using Foundations card Brunswick Green and the overlay from Foundations Ruby Card.
Cut 6 of these and glue together with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue.
Glue the bottom layer of wreaths into position on a square of Coconut White Card. Slightly overlap the wreaths.
Add the next two rows still overlapping.
Cut a tree pot from a piece of the Ruby card. Add a strip of Brunswick Green across it.
Glue underneath the tree.
Emboss a larger square of Coconut White with the A4 Tied Holly Folder.
Matt and layer onto the Green and Ruby card.
Add the main image onto the card.
Die cut a bow using the Finishing Touches - Classic 3D Itty Bitty Bows from the same green card. Glue into shape then glue onto the pot.
Add a small Black Dazzler to the centre of the bow.
Ink up the Noel stamp from the Holly Wreath Elements Stamp Set with Black Archival Ink. Stamp onto Coconut White card. Heat emboss with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Powder.
Cut to size then matt and layer as before. Add to the card with 3d foam pads.
And there's the finished card! Hope you like it! The size of the blank card is 8x8.
While you're reading this, I'll be working on a ship in the Caribbean, in fact I'll be there until January 4th. I do have projects lined up for while I'm away so please stop by and take a look.
I'll be posting photos on Facebook of our travels and checking in on there, to let people know where we are. If you want to see, please add me as a friend...my name on there is Pam Smith.
Many thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. Everything used is from Creative Expressions.
Until next time, have a happy, crafty week!
