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Sunday, 3 February 2013

OSAAT #149 Not Square


We have a new challenge at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme this week is

Not Square

We would like to see a shaped project this time.

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In the effort to get ahead on my Christmas cards this week I have used Holly by Hope Jacare Doodles and made my first centre step card. I have made side step ones before but never a centre one. I am very pleased with how it turned out, made a rough template in paper and it worked so I am sure I will be using this design again J

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and boy was I glad I had the fine tips on these colours as the tips of the holly leaves, necklace and hair tendrils are all so intricate. I created a decoupage layer with the skirt and that was some fiddly cutting out but the results were worth it.

The papers are from a Craftwork Cards magazine freebie. I was careful to cut the patterned paper so that it was symmetrical, it seemed important as the whole focus is in the middle.

The holly on the sentiment strip is from a sheet of paper that is in a Forever Friends pad which I have added some red stickles berries to. Simple gems and a sentiment complete this card. I do love the intricacy of the image, there is so much detail in the designs from Hope Jacare and they are a pleasure to work with.

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 Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-
Card Size – 5 ½” Centre Step Card
Image – Holly by Hope Jacare Doodles
Papers – Craftwork Cards & Forever Friends
Embellishments – small gems, Stickles Glitter Glue
Tools – Tiny Fiskars scissors
Techniques – Decoupage and shaped cards

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-


613 Avenue Create – #5 Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations – #26 Anything Goes
Catch The Bug – Anything Goes
Catered Crop – Polka Dots
CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
Challenges 4 Everybody  – #13 Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes

Creative Belli Challenge - #162 Rhinestones (sentiments had for 3 years)
Creative Craft World BTCR – Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
Love To Create – #50 Anything Goes With Sentiment
Mayzyart Challenge – #10 Anything Goes
My Graphico – #144 Anything Goes
One Stop Crafts - #214 Anything Goes
Order of the Opus Gluei - #149 Bring on the Bling
Pile It On – #5 Fancy Folds
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #25 Anything Goes
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Monday, 23 May 2011

Happy 40th Birthday Jill

Today is my Sister in Law Jill's 40th Birthday and I wanted to make something very special to celebrate this event. I would not normally do this but it took nearly 4 days to make so I have combined it as my DT card for Happileigh Scrappin' and Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight.

Leigh has set us a challenge at HLSC to make a card with more than one fold and at the CCM Spotlight it is the Challenging Challenge i.e make something that you haven't done before and challenge yourself.

I found a link on YouTube to this video tutorial for a Circle Flip Up Book and it looked ideal. I made the book larger than the sample and used 4 sheets of 12" Kraft cardstock. It looks fairly innocent when you 1st take it out of the envelope but this is what it looks like opened out and you tie the ribbon in a bow to form the the shape.


Jill opened it this morning and said I quote " Wow! What a card !!!" My job is done, that is exactly the effect I was after :)

For the whole project I have used papers from the new Docrafts goodie bag which are from the new Me To You range. I like the soft colours and thought they would work well and in all used 4 sheets of 12" paper. On the front is a digi from Happileigh Scrappin' called Birthday Cake Candles which is available from the Special Occasions part of the store. I have cut the base layer with the candles ad then a second layer with just the cake is decoupaged with 3D foam. I added some stickles glitter glue, stripes to the candles, some Doodlebug double sided stickers with ultra fine glitter on and a sentiment from my stash. The ribbon is sandwiched in between the 2 papers to neaten it and add strength.

Page 1 is decorated with Forever Friends stickers, rub ons from Sizzix and Poundland, Doodlebug stickers, felt textured letters and a Bugaboo digi called Dottie Cupcake which has been coloured with Promarkers.


Page 2 has rub on lettering, stickers from Doodlebug, chipboard numbers from a Brenda Pinnick kit from QVC, a Forever Friends image and sticker sentiment, and a Happy Birthday digi sentiment (can't find who it is, will let you know when I know)

Page 3 is decorated with Doodlebug stickers, Forever Friends bunting & cupcakes and a digi from Pattie's Creations called Hearts Cupcake

Page 4 is decorated with more felted letters, rub ons from Royal & Langnickel, a Forever Friends sticker, Doodle bug heart stickers, a cute digi from Happileigh Scrappin' called Tatters Let's Love Fly available from the Mice section of the store and the Spring Cupcake digi from Designed 2 Delight.

If you fancy having a go at one of these my main piece of advice is to not underestimate how long it will take to decorate all the individual sides of the card. I have to admit, even though I thought I had given myself plenty of time I was a bit close to the wire getting it finished as I gave it to Jill when we went for a meal at Chateau Impney on Saturday night.

I hope I have inspired you to have a go at something different and if you make a multi fold card you can enter it into the challenges at both Happileigh Scrappin' and Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight. Come on over and join the fun

I would like to enter this into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order):-

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Forever Friends Gift Tag


For Jill's birthday gifts I used a shop bought gift bag but added a handmade gift tag to make it a bit more special. I must admit it isn't often that I make a tag but I should do really as it is a great way to personalise gifts and also to use scraps up

The pink tag is from the latest Docraft goodie bag but it is very thin so I matted this onto cream card and cut around it. The lettering and sticker are both from the Docrafts Forever Friends range and the yummy ribbon and lace trim is from my stash. I punched a hole in the tag and threaded a thin ribbon through it which has been recycled from a clothing loop.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order):-
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Monday, 28 March 2011

Forever Friends New Baby

This is the second card I made to go along with my decoupage tutorial at the Crafty Cardmaker's Spotlight this week. It was my first ever tutorial and I hope I made it clear without waffling on TOO much LOL.

The image is a Forever Friends die cut decoupage which has a lot of layers so I used 1mm thick foam pads to put it together. I used a sketch from Paperminutes for the layout and the colour scheme from the Forever Friends Challenge of green, lilac and yellow. I don't have very many baby cards and it is always useful to have one for when you don't know what sex the baby is going to be

The yellow gingham paper is by Papermania and the other 2 are from My Mind's Eye. I have used dies from Marianne's Creatables and Nestabilities for the mats. The buttons are Papermania and they have waxed cord knotted through them. The embellishments are from various Let's Make Cards packs, the Congratulations chipboard is from a Colorbok pack from QVC and 'Welcome to the World' sentiment sticker is my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges :-
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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Forever Friends Envelope Bag


I made this gift bag to contain the tin I made Paul for Valentine's Day as well as some Face Masks for men so I can pamper him when we go away for a hotel break soon. It is made from a large envelope which has been re-folded to give it a base like a shop bought gift bag.

I have decorated it using a Forever Friends clear sticker on some Nestabilities mats. The papers are from the Love Letters pad from Trimcraft. I have added some faux stitching around the edges with some little kisses - you've got to have kisses for Valentines day :)

The little puffy hearts are from Paperchase and the punched border and hearts are courtesy of Martha Stewart. The sentiment is digi from Doodle Pantry and I tied the bag with an organza ribbon which has been threaded through punched holes courtesy of my Cropadile.

Paul is a keen amateur photographer and has just been invited to take part in a photo shoot with a real life model and everything. There is only a small number of people invited so it is a real achievement for him. I am so very proud of him as when he takes up a hobby he spends a lot of time learning and researching and he has taken some lovely photos. He has a very good eye for depth of field and has taken some amazing portraits. Only trouble is the shoot is on his Mom's birthday and he's yet to break the news to her........

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
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Sunday, 19 December 2010

Candle Box


This is the gift Box I have made for the candle for My MIL. I have stuck with the Forever Friends theme and decorated an old Mini Cheddars canister with some gorgeous snowflake paper by K & Co I had in a smashing bargain pack from the NEC last November!!! It was just slightly too small to go all around the canister so I covered the join with blue ribbon and incorporated it as a decorative feature :)

I used a thin velvet ribbon to trim the bottom and some lovely pompom trim for the top. The centre image is a FF sticker added to a piece of card I cut from an old gift card. I used a Promarker to add a coloured edge and it bled into the card with a kind of mottled effect that I quite liked. I added a bit of stickles twinkles for good measure.

For the top I covered the date up (Christmas 2006, I've obviously had the canister for a long while....) with a scrap of card, added another FF sticker with some stars and splodged some stickles snowflakes inbetween. I added a tag to match the backing paper and Voila

I used some scrunched up tissue paper inside to cushion the bottom, wrapped the candle up with another sheet and then another scrunchie on the top so it is well protected.

All in all, a lovely gift which has cost next to nothing to make. I've even included the batteries :)

I would like to enter this project into the following Challenges :-

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