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.
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!
Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday!
Back again using the Portuguese Collection-Lisbon Dies for this card.
I thought I'd try and do something a little different this week so let's get started!
Using the patterned die from the set, cut 3 times in a row on a piece of Foundations Rich Plum Card.
Emboss a piece of Foundations Lilac card using the A4 Sea Garden Folder.
Highlight the raised areas with Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Plum Gilding Wax.
Matt and layer onto a piece of the Rich Plum Card. Attach onto the blank C5 card.
Glue the cutout panel into position.
Die cut 2 more shapes from the Lisbon Collection. The frame from Rich Plum using a frame and inner shape and the other from the lilac card.
Stamp the sentiment from the A5 Dandelion Wishes set with Black Archival Ink onto the lilac card. Heat emboss with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Powder.
Stamp around the edges with a small stamp from the Cherry Blossoms Elements Stamp Set by John Lockwood.
Matt and layer using 3d foam pads.
Attach to the card with 3d pads.
Tie a double bow using Creative Expressions Satin Crush Ribbon.
Attach to the card with dry glue dots.
Add a large Lilac Dazzler to the centre to finish.
and there's the finished card. Very different to last weeks but still using the same die set.
Well, I'd better get off here now....packs to prep for the full day workshops at Martells!
Many thanks for stopping by and leaving comments, they do mean a lot to me.
Until next Thursday, have a happy, crafty week!
