Craftsulove Design Team - September Card and Tutorial

Morning everyone

I'm back with another card and tutorial for you using products available in the Craftsulove store and in their online store. For my tutorial today I'm using the wonderful 'Snowflake Wreath' die set from John Next Door, the gorgeous 'Winter Feelings' Christmas paper pad from Studiolight which I've absolutely fallen in love with, along with Kraft card, glitter and gems. To add extra dimension to my card I die cut several deer heads and wreaths which I then glued and stacked together, this creates a fabulous mount board effect without the expense. Why not try it on a few of your projects. :)

So onto what we are making today....I hope you like it x  You can find the product links below or click here for a direct link to the store.

You Will Need
(Products available from Craftsulove):
‘Winter Feelings’ Paper Pad by Studiolight
'Snowflake Wreath' by John Next Door
Silver Mirra Card

From My Own Stash:
7” x 7” Card Blank
Kraft Card
‘Vintage Photo’ Distressing Ink
Double Sided Tape
Glitter
Foam Pads
Gems

To Make The Card
1. Trim down a piece of Kraft card to 6½” x 6½” and ink around the edges with distressing ink.

2. Separate a sheet of the paper from the pad and add glitter to the snowflakes (as shown in the photo below). Adhere this to the centre of a piece of mirror card 6¼” x 6¼” leaving a border around the edge and then onto the Kraft card. Add them all to the front of a white card blank.

3. Using the snowflake wreath die set cut out a circle from white card, then add distressing ink and glitter around the edge.

4. Die cut 4 deer heads from Kraft card, then glue and stack 3 of the heads together. Add distressing ink to the edges of the remaining head and glue it on top of the stack.

5. Die cut 4 snowflake wreaths, then repeat the steps as above. 

6. Glue the wreath and deer head to the centre of the circle.

7. Add the circle to the card front using plenty of foam pads.

TIP: You can use kid’s white funky foam as an alternative to foam pads, simply cut up large pieces and glue them into place.

8. To finish the card, add large and small gems to the centre of the snowflakes.

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Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) I'll be back next month with another new Craftsulove project/tutorial....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Craftsulove Design Team - September Card #2

Hi guys💙

I'm sharing an extra card with you today for the Craftsulove Design Team. I love this paper pad and stamp so much I just had to make another Christmas card. All the products are available in store and in the online store.

I used a Christmas stamp by Woodware, a patterned paper from a Studiolight paper pad (which has the most stunning papers inside), a banner die set and finally a gold shimmer pen from Tonic's Nuvo range (the links to the products can be found below).

HERE'S WHAT I DID
I stamped and heated embossed a 'seasons greeting' sentiment using gold embossing powder approximately 3/4 of the way down a sheet of the Winter patterned paper. I covered the front of a 6" x 6" white card blank with the paper. Next I die cut 3 banners in decreasing sizes from 2 different patterned papers from the pad, plus one from Kraft card. The banners were layered up and glued in place on the front of the card above the sentiment.

I stamped the poinsettia 4 times onto colouring cardstock, and coloured them up using Copic pens.

On the 1st image I fully colour the bottom leaf and around the edge of the top leaf using a green Copic pen, Then add brown Copic pen around the edges of the poinsettia again using the pen. Cut out the poinsettia and both leaves.

On the 2nd image I fully colour the top leaf with green Copic pen, and again add brown Copic pen around the edges of the poinsettia. Cut out the poinsettia and the leaf.

On the 3rd image I only coloured the poinsettia with brown Copic pen, and cut out.

On the 4th image I only coloured the small centre section of the poinsettia with brown Copic pen, and cut out.

I layered up the poinsettia and leaves pieces using foam pads, and added it to the left hand side of the banner. To complete the card I added gems to the centre of the flower and to the top and bottom of the card.

YOU WILL NEED

(Products available from Craftsulove):
‘Framed Poinsettia’ WoodWare Stamp Set

‘Woodland Winter’ Paper Pad by Studiolight

Gold Midas Touch Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen
Paper Roses 'Banner' Dies

From My Own Stash:
6” x 6” Card
Copics
Gold Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink
Kraft Card
Anti-static Bag
Heat Tool
Foam Pads
Gems
 
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Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) I'll be back on the 30th September with a new Craftsulove tutorial....so watch this space. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Craftsulove Design Team - September Card #1

Morning everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing my September Craftulove Design Team card with you.

For my card today I'm using a beautiful wreath die set from John Next Door (which includes a patterned circle die, a snowflake wreath and 4 corner dies), a mini sentiment die from Creative Expressions along with another beautiful paper pad by Studiolight.

All the links to the specific Craftuslove products can be found below, and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down a piece of silver mirra card to 6½" 6½" and attached this to the front of scalloped card blank. Next I die cut the wreath into a sheet of the patterned paper so it left the outside edge, I kept the cut out wreath for use later on. Using the corner dies I cut out snowflake details in each corner. The paper was then adhered directly on top of the mirra card.

I die cut the snowflake wreath twice from white funky foam and glued them on top of each other, then added the snowflake wreath that was cut from the patterned paper. This was added to the front of the card inline with the die cut wreath shape. I repeated the same process for the sentiment and added this to the centre of the wreath.

To complete the card, I added gems in the centre of all the snowflakes.

Available from Craftsulove
Die Set: 'Snowflake Wreath' by John Next Door
6" x 6" Paper Pad: 'Winter Feelings' from Studiolight
Sentiment Die: 'Tis the Season' by Creative Expressions
Card: Silver Mirri Card

My Own Stash:
7" x 7" White Scalloped Card Blank, Gems, Funky Foam, Glue, Double Sided Tape

Why not, follow us on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on the 30th with a new project/tutorial....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Crafter's Companion Purple Pixies Design Team - Last Post

Hi guys 🎄

I wanted to share one of my last project for Crafter's Companion Purple Pixies Design Team. A few month's ago I was asked to make a card and a home décor project using the beautiful 'A Winter's Tale' collection. So for my home décor piece I decided to try my hand at a Christmas perpetual calendar. I searched for instructions but only found one set and plus a video, however being a typical Brit I found the imperial measurements a little tricky. So to make my life easier I have created my own new instructions based on what I found. I hope you will find the tutorial, photos and diagram useful and easy to use. I will hopefully make another tutorial with diagrams for my New Zealand BB in metric. So watch this space!
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If you do find my tutorial and diagrams useful, and make a calendar using them please let me know as I would love to hear from you, and of course see your project. Hugs xx

You can find the calendar tutorial here on the Crafter's Companion blog along with a list of the products I used.

I will add the full tutorial to my blog along with the metric version to the Tutorial section of my blog soon.

If you would like more information, please let me know.

Hugs

X Janine X

Craftsulove Design Team - August Card & Tutorial

Hi guys💙

I'm back with another card and tutorial using products available in the Craftsulove online store.

This month I am highlighting a beautiful Christmas stamp by Woodware, a paper pad from Studiolight which has the most stunning papers inside, and a gold shimmer pen from Tonic's Nuvo range (find the links below).


You Will Need
(Products available from Craftsulove):
‘Framed Poinsettia’ WoodWare Stamp Set
‘Woodland Winter’ Paper Pad by Studiolight
 Gold Midas Touch Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen

 From My Own Stash:
6” x 6” Card
Watercolour Card
‘Red Brick’ Distressing Ink
‘Peeled Paint’ Distressing Ink
‘Fossilized Amber’ Distressing Ink
Gold Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink
Gold Mirror Card
Double Sided Tape
Anti-static Bag
Heat Tool
Foam Pads
Gems

To Make The Card
1. Using one of the patterned papers from the pad, stamp and heat emboss the ‘Season’s Greeting’ sentiment down the left hand the side using gold embossing powder. Adhere this to the front of a
6” x 6” white card blank.

Tip
 Before heat embossing your image and sentiment dust the surface of the paper/card you are using with the anti-static bag, this will remove any finger prints and grease residue.

2. Stamp and heat emboss the complete image onto another piece of patterned paper from the pad using gold embossing powder. Trim the stamped image down and mat onto gold mirror card.

3. Stamp and heat emboss a further 4 images onto watercolour card with gold embossing powder. Next colour segments of the images as mentioned below using the following technique.

Technique
Add distressing ink to a non-porous surface eg glass mat, stamping block, plate etc. Pick up the each colour using the gold shimmer pen, and paint as you would do with a paint brush. This will make the painted areas shimmer.

Where To Colour


4. On the 1st image fully colour the bottom leaf and around the edge of the top leaf using green distressing ink and the gold pen, Then add red distressing ink around the edges of the poinsettia again using the pen. Cut out the poinsettia and both leaves.

5. On the 2nd embossed image fully colour the top leaf with green distressing ink, and again add red distressing ink around the edges of the poinsettia using the pen. Cut out the poinsettia and the leaf.

6. On the 3rd embossed image only colour the poinsettia with red distressing ink using the pen, and cut out.

7. On the 4th image only colour the small centre section of the poinsettia with red distressing ink and the berries with the yellow ink all using the pen, and cut out.

8. Layer up the poinsettia and leaves using foam pads, then line everything up with the image on the topper, and add to the card front using foam pads.

9. To complete the card add gems to the berries and the 3 stars.

 

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Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) I'll be back next month with another new Craftsulove project/tutorial....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Craftsulove - August Card #1

Morning everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing my August Craftulove Design Team card with you.

So for this card I'm using the ever so cute Owl stamp set 'Owl My Love' by My Favorite Things (MFT) and some of the BoBunny Early Bird 'Notes' patterned paper in the background. I stamped the characters onto watercolour card and coloured them with watercolour pens.

All the links to the specific Craftuslove products can be found below, and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did

I covered the card front with a trimmed down piece of the 'Notes' paper which I edged with black distressing ink, leaving a border around the edge.

The owls, branch (which I extended) and the sentiment were stamped onto watercolour card and cut out. A small circle was die cut from white watercolour card and lightly coloured with blue and yellow watercolour pen, to make it moon like. I die cut a large black circle and trimmed off a little from one side. All the pieces were glued onto the black circle and any excess was trimmed off.  The circle topper was added to the card front using foam pads.

To complete the card, I added 2 circles punched from black card to the right hand side of the card..

Available from Craftsulove
Stanps: 'Owl My Love' by My Favorite Things (MFT)
12" Paper: 'Notes' from the Early Bird Collection by BoBunny

My Own Stash:
5½" x 5½" Black Card Blank, Watercolour Card, Circle Die, Black Card, Foam Pads, Distressing Inks (Black Soot), Zig Clean Color Pens. Circle Punch, Verasafine Black Ink, Foam Pads, Glue

Why not, follow us on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on the 30th with a new project/tutorial....so see you then. TTFN!

Challenges entered:

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps - August Week 3

Hi everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing one of the beautiful red rubber stamps by Deb Davis, it's from her collection of stained glass images and available from the Whimsy Stamps store. This stamp is called  'Stained Glass Flamingos'. It's a beautiful and unusual stamp and fun to colour.

Right, I'm off on my hollibobs again....this time cruising around Norway's Fjords. see you in a week's time :)

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

 

Here's What I Did
The image was stamped onto Kraft card and cut down to fit the card front. The image was coloured using pencils - I added a layer of white pencil before I adding my colour. The eye were coloured using a white and black pen. To completed the card, the topper was added to a cut to size black card blank.

Here's What I Used
New Release Rubber Stamp:  'Stained Glass Flamingos' by Deb Davis

Other: 6" x 5½" Black Card Blank, Kraft Card, Caran D'ache Luminance Pencils (001, 030, 070, 171, 220, 240, 470, 571, 661, 662), White Pen, Black Fineliner

Our new challenge #108 started on the 15th July, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on Thursday 3rd May with another new digi stamp from the release....so see you then. TTFN!

Challenges entered:
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Whimsy Stamps - August Week 2

Hi everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing some of the fabulous digital papers from Whimsy Stamps. This collection is new for this month and it was designed by Denise Lynn (the owner of Whimsy Stamps). The paper collection is called  'Wonky Circles' - I love the name, don't you.

 

 

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All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did
The digital papers were resized to suit my project, I used Microsoft PowerPoint for my graphics work these days. The lilac patterned paper was printed directly onto smooth paper and added to the 6" x 6" card front, the aqua paper was printed onto white light weight cardstock and added to the centre of the card front using foam pads.

 

To create the topper I die cut a 'hello' sentiment from lilac card and adhered it to a die cut white circle, which was added to a pearly edged lilac mat. The topper was added to the front of the card using foam pads.

 

To complete the card I add a few butterflies in complimentary colours, along with a few lilac pearls and gems.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Paper: 'Wonky Circles'

Other: 6" x 6" Scalloped White Card Blank, Aqua Card, Lilac Card, White Card, Circle Dies (Tattered Lace), Pearl Circle Dies (Tattered Lace), 'Hello' Die (Crafter's Companion), 'Butterflies' Dies (Diamond Press), Mini Butterfly Punch, Lilac Pearls, Gems, Foam Pads, PowerPoint; Printer

Our new challenge #108 started on the 15th July, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on Thursday 3rd May with another new digi stamp from the release....so see you then. TTFN!

Challenges entered:
Hugs x

Whimsy Stamps - August New release #2

Hi everyone 💜

It's another Whimsy new release day.  So for today's new digital image I'm sharing 'King Lion' by the lovely Crissy Armstrong.  Don't you just think he is the cutest lion ever....I just want to hug him. As you can tell I've been practicing my flicking technique. :)

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did
First I stamped a sheet of Kraft card with black paw prints, then used it to mat a 6" x 6" scalloped card blank leaving a slim border around the edge.  Using my graphics software (I used MS PowerPoint) I imported my digital stamp and resized it, then printed it directly onto colouring card, coloured using Copic pens and fussy cut out.

A piece of white card was die cut using a rounded rectangle and matted onto a slightly larger rectangle cut from black card.  The word 'Roar' was die cut from black card and funky foam, the foam was glued to the back of the letters and added to the topper. The cut out lion was added just above the letters using foam pads and the finished topper was added to the card front using foam pads.

To the complete the card, glitter was added to the jewels in the crown and yellow enamel dots added to the top left edge.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Stamp: 'King Lion'

Other: 6" x 6" Scalloped White Card Blank, Black Card, Kraft Card, Copic Pens, Rounded Corner Rectangle Die (Tattered Lace), Neenah Colouring Card, White Card, Enamel Dots, Glitter, Foam Pads, PowerPoint; Printer, Funky Foam,  Paw Print Stamp (from my stash)

Copics:
Fur - E31, E33, E35, E37 / Nose - C7, 100 / Crown - Y06, Y15, Y17, G03, YG17, R17, R29

Our new challenge #108 started on the 15th July, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on Thursday 3rd May with another new digi stamp from the release....so see you then. TTFN!

Challenges entered:

Hugs

x Janine x

Hunkydory's For The Love Of Stamps - August Launch

Hi everyone

Today I'm sharing 10 of my Design Team samples with you that I've just made for the August (Christmas) release 'For The Love Of Stamps' By Hunkydory for  Create & Craft TV. The full stamp and mask collection launched today on Create & Craft TV, so check them out. These are my last projects for FTLOS as I've just stepped down from the Design Team. I wish all my teamies continued success and lots of hugs as they are fab group of girlies. Mwah! 

So if you want to know anything about the cards I've created please either email me or leave me a comment plus your email address and I'll send you all the details. :) However I will still list the products use.

I Used:
August Launch Stamps & Masks -'The Nativity’, ‘Furry & Bright’, ‘Nutcracker Kisses’, ‘Santa Claus’, ‘The Sound Of Christmas’, ‘O Christmas Tree’, ‘Sparkling Snowflakes’, ‘Christmas Rose Lantern’, ‘Carolling Cuties’, ‘Silly Snowman’ (only available at Create & Craft atm)
Cardstock, Paper & Pads - Adorable Scorable - Matt-tastic, Hunkydory Card Blanks, Hunkydory Kraft Card, Ink Me Card, Colour Me Card, Christmas Perfect Paper Pads, A4 Masking Sheets, Hunkydory Prism Inks, Hunkdory Pearlescent Powders, FTLOS Magazine Freebie Paper

Some of the above products can also be purchased on the Create & Craft's website.

Other:
Copic Pens, Strong White Card, Colouring card, Gold Mirror Card, Green Mirror Card, Silver Mirror Card, Red Mirror Card, Enamel Dots, Crystal Glitter, Circle Dies (Tattered Lace), Double Dot Circle die (Crealies), Circle & Scalloped Circle Dies (Crealies), Oval & Scalloped Oval Dies (Tonic), White Embossing Powder, Gems, Black Memento Ink, Gold Glitter Pen, Watercolour Card, Black Versafine Ink, Red Stars, Gold Embossing Powder, Pearl Circle Die (Tattered Lace), Foam Pads, Distressing Ink, Pale Yellow Vellum, White Pen, Sparkly Enamel Dot, White Funky Foam, Acetate, Sequins

Hope you like them.

Big hugs

x Janine x