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12 days of Christmas- Snowflake/book table decoration.

Hi Debbie here with an inexpensive table decoration for your Christmas table. My daughter got married last month and after making all the table decorations (here) I am missing having decorated books around, so I decided to make a Christmas version.

I used lots of cut out snowflakes using a sizzix die but I am sure that punched snowflakes would look just as good.

I kept to a vintagey colour scheme using a pale blue and text paper, and added lots of fine glitter glue (I bought an own brand glue similar to the fine glitter to get in stickles).

I made the 3D snowflakes by sticking 4 folded snowflakes together and then added glitter glue.

Thank you for looking at our 12 days of Christmas

Debbie x

12 days of Christmas - A Cup of Festive Cheer!

Well, good morning everyone, and welcome to the next installment of our 12 Days of Christmas special!

(If you've only just joined us, scroll down for the previous posts in this series - They're visions of crafty loveliness that you won't want to miss!)

My post was inspired by a lady at my last crop, who was using templates for her card bases - I know that I often overlook templates, thinking my creations need to be terribly detailed and very complex, when they can provide such a great starting point!

So, using a mug template that Jackie had downloaded from the internet, I made little gifts for friends and neighbours!

A cute mug, with a hot chocolate sachet (actually, a very posh one with marshmallows included... I bought one for display purposes, and one for me to "try"...!), PLUS a candy cane and gingerbread men (well, it IS Christmas...!)

Here's a little close-up of the decorations, and little gingies:

 

The template is available for download from here, and I hope that you all find a little time to have a go - not just for this occasion, but also for others. I've made one, for example, as a coffee mug for  friend that I don't get to see very often, and included a cappuccino sachet. Hopefully, when she gets the card, we'll enjoy a good phonecall adn drink our frothy coffees together :)

Merry Christmas, with all the love and blessings it brings to you and yours,

Leanne xxx

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Flickering Halloween Scene

Hello, Eleanor here, with a sheet of vellum and one of black cardstock, a black, plastic, square edged, slide in file clip, and battery operated tealights (3 pack from the pound shop).

Clips look like this:

I cut some images with the cricut, glued them onto a cardstock strip, which I then glued to one end of the vellum, sliding it into the file clip. To the other end of the vellum I added another cardstock strip, rolled the vellum over, and glued it to the flat base of the file clip, with just enough width to slip in the 3 tealights, like so:

With the lights off (perched on my latest reading pile):

and with the lights on (flutter your eyelashes and you'll see how the lights flicker, not bad for £1):

I'm going to make another, a Highland winter scene, watch this space...

Cheerio for now.

x

Scraptastic Scraplifting!

Welcome to Friday! Leanne here, and I hope that you're all enjoying the start of your weekend, and maybe settling down to do some crafting :)

But sometimes, no matter how ready we are, and how badly we want to create, it just doesn't happen. Mojo deserts us. And for those times, there's CASEing. That's a term I've only learned since joining the SU sisterhood, but a concept that we are all familiar with: Copy And Share Everything!

That was my problem recently, I wanted to make a wedding layout with clusters of embellishments and, whilst musing on what I'd do, I bought my first magazine in over 12 months (honest, I've been so good, sticking to my free Pinterest!). I flicked through and immediately saw the perfect layout- great colours, composition, vintage but not too grungy... And I decided that I could spend hours wondering how to do my own, or I could just give myself permission to make myself one just like it. So I did, using as many scraps as I could, stamping my own paper, and drawing on my Thickers!

Here's the original, a gorgeous creation by Emilie Chamel, on page 40 of Scrap365 Aug/Sept:

And here's my effort- What do you think?!

So go ahead.

Give credit where it's due, and then shamelessly recreate somebody else's masterpiece. Why not? It's a ready thought-out project, planned, measured, and composed. You don't have to think, work out a colour scheme, or a title. Just go with what's there! And I promise it will either leave you with a finished item to be proud of, and a sated creative appetite, OR - even better - it might just kick-start your creative juices! You may end up with something nothing like the original, but that doesn't matter; Like sketches and challenges, let them inspire you into creation. And don't forget to thank your muse, and let them know how they have inspired you, because it'll mean a lot to them :)

Thank you for stopping by to see me; Do check back tomorrow and Sunday for our offerings, and link back if you CASE them so we can come heap glowing praise :)

Leanne xxx

 

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Blooming Marvellous!

Hello Everyone - Happy Friday!

Well, hopefuly the sun is shining, the birds are singing (although I'm not happy they're nesting in our roof!), and it's got the makings of a great day - because I've something summery to share :)

It's a quick card that I prepared whilst hoping the weather would work out, using punch art, or in my case die art, where you make your own embellishments or characters from cut shapes.

I simply cut out pieces of blue card using a hydrangea head style die.  I inked the edges in yellow, green and pink, to try and get a more natural colour, as I love the variegated petals, and then added a little sparkle to the centres (Clear gems, coloured with a yellow marker).

I used another die to cut a frame, which I raised up on foam for dimension.  The branches are from my bird punch, and I thought they added a little interest. Finally, a stamped greeting on a few foam pads to curve it finished off the card nicely.

I hope that this - and the gorgeous weather inspires you - Keep crafting, and don't forget to keep checking back all weekend with more from the girls :)

Bye for now, and thanks for dropping in!

Leanne x

www.beautifulimpressions.co.uk

www.craftaholicleanie.co.uk

 

A Card for Wedding Season!

Happy Friday! Leanne here, with your first post for the weekend :)

I know the weekends get busier over the summer (yes, despite all the rain, it IS officially summer!) with days out, barbecues, and WEDDINGS. So, incase you're heading off to one tomorrow and don't yet have a card ready, I thought I'd pop one on to offer some inspiration, if I may!

My inspiration for the colour scheme came from an outfit on Pinterest, and I knew it was fresh, and funky, yet chic - everything you want for a special occasion.

I love this wedding wheel stamp, as it allows me to stamp long, repeated patterns - it also made great wrapping paper, but I forgot to photograph that, sorry - so it came in very useful for an interesting background. I inked the stamp a little sparingly, as I wanted to use it for texture, as opposed to making the words the feature of the card.

That I left to the sentiment "Mr & Mrs". I knew when I saw this in the catalogue that I had to have it! So stylish and versatile :) I simply diecut it, and matted onto grey card before handcutting the border (this die was from a mix and match, rather than a nesting set). The greeting was mounted onto foam pads, onto a matted and layered background, and I added a little bling to finish it off- well, it is a wedding after all!

Anyway, I hope that it has provided you with some ideas for your own makes- Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a lovely weekend, wherever your plans may be!

Leanne xxx

www.beautifulimpressions.co.uk

www.craftaholicleanie.co.uk

 

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Cinco De Mayo

Happy Friday Everyone!

Since Cinco de Mayo is on Sunday, I decided to get the party started at the beginning of the weekend instead of the end.  Today's project is a Cinco de Mayo card that will get friends excited to celebrate.  

I wanted to keep the card simple, and festive.  The pinata and the Cinco de Mayo saying was cut from the Cricut Cartridge Create A Critter 2.  I started out with black and green for my background.  The black cardstock was embossed with Swirls; to make it stand out just a little bit more.  The pinata was cut at size 2 1/2 inches and Cinco de Mayo was cut at 2 inches.  For these two cutouts, I used red, yellow-orange, brown, black and purple cardstock.  I also added a banner with a clear stamp from Studio G.  I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but I used a purple ink pad, to bring out the purple from the pinata.

On the inside of the card, I wanted to incorporate colors from the front of the card.  I again used the black, green and yellow-orange cardstock.  The sentiment inside is from the same clear stamp set from Studio G, and used a red ink pad.

I hope everyone enjoyed my first post, and hope everyone has a great Cinco de Mayo!  I will leave you with one last photo of my card.

We would love to see some of your Cinco de Mayo projects, so feel free to link up in the comments.  

xoxo Felicia