Craft Consortium - Dienamix Die Collection

Hi everyone

I hope you are all safe and well my lovelies and haven't succumb to the Coronavirus. Well I've been keeping myself busy creating with beautiful images and in this case gorgeous classic dies, some of which are a mammoth A5 size. So today I'm sharing all 7 of the cards I made using the beautiful new launch of the Dienamix metal dies by Craft Consortium. As I mentioned some of them are A5 in size and other are perfect for square cards, plus a few large sentiment dies. On each of the cards I die cut multiple layers (3/4 layers) of card and glued them together to give the die shape dimension, this isn't necessary I just personally like the look. 

The dies cut absolutely brilliantly, usually one pass through will do it as they are deeply etched and are of a high quality. The dies will work with any of the dies you currently own and the same is said for your paper and card stash. I have added a link under each card to the Craft Consortium website. On the website there is a comprehensive guide to the sizes of each of the dies and their components, which I think is so useful and a nice addition. FYI, the A5 dies are a true A5 size. I hope you them as much as I do.

This collection and other collections are available from the Craft Consortium's website and good craft retailer's websites. In the USA, it will be distributed by Notions Marketing. You can also go direct to the Craft Consortium's website here and sign up for an update on any future product launches. 

A5 Deco Frame

A5 Iron Frame

A5 Ornate Oval Frame & Live Love Laugh

Enjoy Life & Deco Square

Iron Square

Ornate Circle

Thank You

Other Things I Used: 

6” x 6”, 7" x 7", and A5 Card Blanks, Craft Consortium 'Grunge - Light Tones' Paper Pad, Card - White, Black, Teal, Lilac, Purple, Aqua, Cream, Brown, Pink, Gold Mirror Card, Glitter Card (Light Teal, Dark Teal, White, Pale Gold), Marble Effect Paper (my own design), Bow Die (Crealies),  Perfect Peony Complete Petal Dies & Cosmos Flower Dies(Creative Expressions), Copic Pen, Mini Circle Punch, Heart Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Digital Sentiment (LOTV),  Pearls, Pearl Flower, Gems, Glue, Permanent Adhesive Spray, Double Sided Tape, Funky Foam, Computer and Printer

If you purchase any Craft Consortium products could I politely ask that you give feedback on their facebook page or website and let them know what you think.  Please support our Craft suppliers. Thank you. xxx

Why not follow us on Facebook - Craft Consortium Network, Craft Consortium Ltd or our our Instagram page. We'd loved to see you.  Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  

Please Note - I am part of the Craft Consortium's Design Team and I receive their lovely products to play with and share with you; I do not receive any kind of payment for my samples or my participation. Thank you. x

I'll be back tomorrow with another card made using this fabulous collection, so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Men/Boys Collection #3

Hi everyone

Today I'm sharing another of the new digi stamps from the 'Men/Boy's collection along with one of the new sentiment collections, both were launched last week by Lili Of The Valley (LOTV). 

Today's card is using the 'Birthday-Saurus' digi stamp which I coloured with Copic pens, and one of the 'Embossed Labels' which I digitally re-coloured.  The dinosaur stamp set includes 2 versions of the same stamp - the boy and his dinosaur and the boy and his dinosaur with the 'birthday boy' sentiment. The 'Embossed label collection have 82 separate Dymo style sentiments, and a PDF sheet of all the same labels so it can be printed off in one go and the labels cut out as required.  

The 'Embossed Labels' sentiment digi stamps come in black and white, but can be re-coloured in Word or a graphics program. To help with this I have uploaded an instructional sheet to 'We Love Lili Of The Valley' facebook group on how to re-colour digital stamps like the 'Embossed labels'. I hope you find it usueful. x

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

First I trimmed down a piece of purple/blue grunge paper, and added a little purple distressing ink. When the ink was dry I covered the front of a 5" x 7" white card blank.

Next I imported the cute little boy and his dinosaur digi stamp with sentiment into my graphics program, then added a box design around them. The full image was then printed directly onto colouring card stock and coloured in using Copic pens. With a white pens I added 3 dots to each cheek. I die cut the image into a round cornered rectangle and attached it to a purple scalloped rectangle mat, then glued it to the front of the card blank.

The 'Have Fun' embossed label was imported into my graphics program and re-coloured to compliment the image, this was then printed onto white card and fussy cut out. Foam pads were stuck to the back of the sentiment and added to the card front. 

To finish my card I added 2 purple punched out stars, and a little glitter to the yellow stars.

Here's What I Used
Digital Stamp: Birthday-Saurus

Digital Sentiment Stamp: Embossed Labels

Copic Pens: Boy - E000, E00, E11, R20, E13, E99, B00, B14, B32, C2, C3, C5 / Dinosaur - BG11, BG13, BG23, BG34, V01, V05, V06, V12  / Cupcake - BG34, V05, V12, B14, Y15 / Presents - B00, B12, B14, B32, BG11, BG13, BG34, V01, V05, V06 / Stars & Dots - Y15, Y38, YR23, BG1, BG34, VO6, V12 / Text - B14, BG34 / Ground - E31, E33, E35 

Other: 5" x 7" White Card Blank, Make It Color Blending Card, 'Grunge - Light Tones' Paper Pad (Craft Consortium), Purple Card, Stitched Scalloped Layered Rectangles Dies (Creative Expressions), Dusty Concord & Shaded Lilac Distress Ink, Star Punch, Foam Pads, Glue, Double Sided Tape, Computer & Printer

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of ~The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any kind of payment for my samples or my participation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

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x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Boy's/Men #2

Hi everyone

Today I'm sharing another of the new digi stamps from the 'Men/Boy's collection launched by Lili Of The Valley (LOTV) last week and previously released sentiment stamp. So for my card today, I've used one of the cute boy images which I like to call a 'huggable' image from the 'A Big Gift' set.  The stamp set includes 3 version of the same stamp - the boy on his own, the boy with a big gift box with a blank name tag, and finally the boy with the gift box with a tag 'To Dad' on it. 

For my card I used Copic pens to colour the image and included a sentiment from the 'Spring Mix of 32 Sentiments' collection. I hope you like it. x

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down a piece of green patterned paper, and covered the front of a 6" x 6" white card blank.

First I imported the cute boy digi stamp and sentiment into my graphics program, then created a box design in which I added the sentiment. The boy stamp was added onto the edge of the box. The full image was then printed directly onto colouring card stock and coloured in using Copic pens. I cut around the box with my trimmer, then fussy cut around the boy. 

I trimmed down a piece of strong white card, and die cut the centre with a square die to create a frame. Funky foam was added to the back of the frame to give dimension, and then glued to the card front. 

The boy and the sentiment box was glued into the centre of the frame.

To finish my card I added green punched out stars to the box, and enamel dots to the bottom of the frame.

Here's What I Used
Digital Stamp: A Big Gift

Digital Sentiment Stamp: Spring Mix of 32 Sentiments

Copic Pens: Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20 / Hair - E13, E99 / Cap & Socks - YG00, YG01, YG03, G94 / Jumper - B00, B01, B05, YG00, YG01, YG03, G94 / Trousers - B00, B01, B05 / Shoes - B00, B01, B05, W1, W3  

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Make It Color Blending Card, 'Graphic Grid' Paper Pad (MFT), Green &  White Card, Square Dies (Tattered Lace), Star Punch, Enamel Dots, Funky Foam, Glue, Double Sided Tape, Computer & Printer

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of ~The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any kind of payment for my samples or my participation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Challenges entered:

Hugs

x Janine x

Craft Consortium 'Circus' Collection

Hi everyone

Sorry I've been quiet lately, but I've been really busy with my hubbie trying to get some household stuff sorted out while the lockdown is going on. However, I did manage to get a little crafting down on the side, so today I'm sharing a sneak peek of some of the stamps and the paper pad from the new 'Circus' collection by Craft Consortium (in partnership with Clare Therese Gray). The collection includes 3 x A6 stamp sets, paper pads, wooden shapes, metal charms and adhesive embellishments. The collection  will be officially launched on Monday 11th May on Create & Craft TV (12.45pm UK time), and hopefully you will spot my cards on the show.  I will added the links once the products have been launched. 

For each card I have used Copic pens and a variety of dies, card blanks and elements.  If you have any questions about the collection, just leave me a message with your email address, and I will get back to you. x

This collection and older collections are available from the Craft Consortium's website, Create & Craft TV and good craft retailer's websites. In the USA, it will be distributed by Notions Marketing. You can also go direct to the Craft Consortium's website here and sign up for an update on any future product launches. 

Fortune Teller

Greatest Show

The Circus

Fortune Teller

The Circus

For All The Cards I Used: 

Stamp Sets - The Circus, Greatest Show, Fortune Teller

Paper Pad - 6" x 6" Circus, 12" x 12" Circus

Embellishments - Adhesive Stars

The 'Circus' collection can also be purchased from Create & Craft here.

6” x 6”, 7" x 7" & 5" x 7" Card Blanks, 6" x 6" Scalloped Card Blank, Copics, Make It Die (Honeybee), Butterflies Dies Set (Diamond Press), Stitched Indented & Indented Rectangles (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Noble Dies - Double Pierced Background Rectangle (Creative Expressions), Stitched Scalloped Square Dies ( Creative Expressions), Stitched Scalloped Circle Dies ( Creative Expressions), Scalloped Layering Square Dies (Tonic), Lace Frame Die (Sweet Dixie), Red & Orange Fineliner, Clear Glaze Pen, Blue Glitter Card, Yellow Glitter Card, Glitter, Gold Glitter Pen, Gold Pen, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, Pearls, Black Hybrid Ink (Picket Fence), Star Punch, Funky Foam, Sequins, Glue, Double Sided Tape, Electronic Cutting Machine, Circus Tent Cutting File

If you purchase any Craft Consortium products could I politely ask that you give feedback on their facebook page or website and let them know what you think.  Please support our Craft suppliers. Thank you. xxx

Why not follow us on Facebook - Craft Consortium Network, Craft Consortium Ltd or our our Instagram page. We'd loved to see you.  Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  

Please Note - I am part of the Craft Consortium's Design Team and I receive their lovely products to play with and share with you; I do not receive any kind of payment for my samples or my participation. Thank you. x

I'll be back tomorrow with another card made using this fabulous collection, so see you then. TTFN!

Challenges entered:

Hugs

x Janine x