Thursday 25 July 2013

Cath Kidson inspired

 
My daughter has a lovely Cath Kidson spotty bag and It inspired to make this card.
 
 
 
                      PMA 160212                    
  •                              A4 Paper Pack (24pk) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
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  •                                                                   PMA 160209
  •                          12 x 12" Paper Pack (32pk) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
  •                                                                        PMA 367109
  •                                       1m Ribbon (6pcs) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                                                   PMA 367291
  •                                 Large Ribbon Bows (12pcs) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                                                    TIL 907103                    
  •                          50 x 100mm Mini Clear Stamp - Tilly Daydream - Snowflake
  •                                                                 PMA 1641502
  •                             A4 Textured Premium Cardstock (20pcs) - Capsule - Black
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    I cut a black square to 13 x 13 cm to back the spots onto I then cut a scalloped oval from the centre of this card.
    When it is mounted onto the card with the other papers you can't see it.
    I then cut another scallop in white and stamped the image.
    Because the ovals were the same size I cut the scallops off of the white one.
    I then distressed the edges this smoothed out any rough cuts and the image them fits nicely.

    Wednesday 24 July 2013

    Christmas baubles.

     
    This is a variation of a previous card.
    Unfortunately when I arrived at the store there was no big shot for me to use so I had to use the die as a template this gave me a slightly larger bauble.
    Check the previous card for a list of items I used.
     
     

    Tuesday 23 July 2013

    On trend aprons

    I have been looking about and aprons seem pretty much on trend at the moment.
    I have made several variations this is a basic straight pocket.
    I will put a round pocket on at a later date.
    I used
     
     
  •                                   A4 Paper Pack (32pk) - At Christmas Lucy Cromwell

  •                             A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack (48pk) - Tilly Daydream

  •                                                3m Ribbon - Spotted - Soothing Blue

  •                                                                        XCU 503080
  •                                                    Dies (7pcs) - Nesting Hexagons

  •                                                            5 x 7" Kraftstax (20pk)


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    Monday 22 July 2013

    Tilly daydream

     
     
    Tilly is so cute and there are lots of images that work for Autumn birthdays.
    This one used a charcoal grey card stock to mat the papers and image on.
     
     
  •                                              A5 Paper Pack (32pk) - Tilly Daydream
  •      TIL 169100
  •                             A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack (48pk) - Tilly Daydream       
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  •                                                                    PMA 164400
  •                         12 x 12" Solid Premium Cardstock Colossal (75pcs) - Capsule
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    Sunday 21 July 2013

    Spots and strips

    Love this layout and I will be showing you several more over the coming weeks in different colours.
    I like mixing my spots and strips and this combo really works.
    The oval topper was originally a rectangle one which I cut using my scalloped die I then cut the scallops off so it fit the mat and distressed the edges to round it better.
     
  •                            A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack (48pk) - Tilly Daydream
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  •                              A4 Paper Pack (24pk) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
  •                                                                  PMA 160209
  •                          12 x 12" Paper Pack (32pk) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
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                                                                           PMA 368107
  •                               Big Bloomers (32pcs) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
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                                                                           PMA 367109
  •                                        1m Ribbon (6pcs) - Christmas in the Country
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                                                                           PMA 367291
  •                                Large Ribbon Bows (12pcs) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                                                       PMA 164400
  •                           12 x 12" Solid Premium Cardstock Colossal (75pcs) - Capsule
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    Saturday 20 July 2013

    Patchwork fun

     
     
    I love patchwork hexagons so when the new x cut dies were released I got very excited.
     
  •                                                   Dies (7pcs) - Nesting Hexagons
  • I do realise that not everyone has a die cutting machine so
  • TIL 160102
  • A5 Paper Pack (32pk) - Tilly Daydream
  • is great as you have 2 patchwork pages to cut and use.
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                                                                 I cut a larger hexagon from the
     
    
  •                                                                   PMA 1641402
  •                              A6 Premium Cardstock Textured (75pcs) - Capsule - Multi
  •                                                         and then I cut a topper from
  •                                                                    TIL 169100
  •                              A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack (48pk) - Tilly Daydream
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    Friday 19 July 2013

    Joy to the world

     
     
    Loving the baubles, and loving these Christmas in the country papers.
     There are a few papers in this pack that scream Christmas but the majority of them would be great for those masculine cards.
     
    This time I used
     
     
  •                                6 x 6" Paper Pack (32pk) - Christmas in the Country
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                                                                           PMA 169054
  •                            Mini Decoupage Medley - Christmas in the Country - Joy
  •                                                                   PMA 171203
  •                         20m Bakers Twine (3pcs) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Brights
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    Again I used the
     
  •    to cut the baubles.
        I then matted the joy from the decoupage medley

    Thursday 18 July 2013

    The old deer!!

     
    Well he is a stag really but my warped sense of humour has decided to call it "The old deer" don't ask it's probable the weather.
     
    What I used
     
  •                                4 x 4" Urban Stamp - Christmas in the Country - Stag
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  •                                 A5 Die-cut Toppers (2pk) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                                                  PMA 160149
  •                               12 x 12" Paper Pack (32pk) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                                                  PMA 367109
  •                                        1m Ribbon (6pcs) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                                                        XCU 503080
  •                                                   Dies (7pcs) - Nesting Hexagons
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    I stamped the stag onto white card with chocolate ink cut it out and then distressed it. the rest is just layering.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Wednesday 17 July 2013

    One for the guys

     
     
    The hardest cards to make are the ones we make for the men in our lives.
    So with this in mind I thought an apron would be a good one to do.
     
    So I used
     
  •                                12 x 12" Paper Pack (32pk) - Christmas in the Country
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  •                                       1m Ribbon (6pcs) - Christmas in the Country
  •                                Large Ribbon Bows (12pcs) - Christmas in the Country
  •                   A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack (48pk) - At Christmas Lucy Cromwell
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    The apron was cut from a piece of 5x7 kraft card and then I used my oval x cut die as a template to cut the arm curve.
    The paper was cut and distressed and then I stuck the ribbons to the back of the paper and stuck to the card.
    The pocket was made from a scrap of card and paper.as was the tag.
    The decoupage was a picture style one so I cut the picture to remove all the white and then made up as normal and stuck it to the card.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Tuesday 16 July 2013

    Wow what lovely weather to.........

    Make Christmas cards!!!
     
    I hope you are enjoying this lovely weather.
    I must say making Christmas cards is strange the motivation isn't always there.
      I hope over the coming weeks I can give you a few ideas.
     
    This square card is made using
     
  •                          50 x 100mm Mini Clear Stamp - Tilly Daydream - Snowflake
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  •                                                                   TIL 160102
  •                                             A5 Paper Pack (32pk) - Tilly Daydream
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  •                                                                   PMA 1641402
  •                             A6 Premium Cardstock Textured (75pcs) - Capsule - Multi
  •                                                                    ANT 378408
  •                                             3m Ribbon - Spotted - Soothing Blue
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    A simple layered card.
    The hexagons were cut from one of the sheets of paper in the pack. You could use

  •                                                   Dies (7pcs) - Nesting Hexagons

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    Monday 15 July 2013

    Christmas is here!!

    It's that time of the year that Joe public does not understand.
     As crafter's we realise that we need to get ahead of the game when it comes to Christmas.
    Whether you make cards for resale or just for families and friends you need to get started.
    So with that in mind here are the first of my Christmas samples.
    As usual I will post a new card each day.
     
    This little number uses the
  •                     50 x 100mm Mini Clear Stamp - Tilly Daydream - Snowflake ,
  •                                                                   PMA 160151
  •                             A4 Paper Pack (32pk) - At Christmas Lucy Cromwell
  •                                                                   PMA 160212
  •                          A4 Paper Pack (24pk) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
  •                                                                    PMA 171204
  •                        20m Bakers Twine (3pcs) - Capsule - Spots & Stripes Festive
  •                                                                    PMA 1641401
  •                          A5 Premium Cardstock Textured (75pcs) - Capsule - Multi
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    The Christmas baubles were cut from the
     
  •                               Build A Scene Dies (22pcs) - Vintage Hot Air Balloon
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    I used simple distressing around the edges of all the paper. Tilly was stamped and then coloured with
     
  •                                          Dual Tip Brush Markers (12pcs) - Vintage
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