Monday 21 March 2016

Just For Easter | Silhouette Cameo


Hello all, well with Easter just around the corner nearly I'd thought that shared with you what I've made for my friend's grandchildren. I wanted something that was spring like and used the spring colour scheme.


On with the card, started with A2 (US size) tent fold card, using the silhouette cameo software I created stitched rectangle that I then cut out with green linen card using cameo and attached some funky foam to the back of the stitched rectangle with double sided tape, then adhere the matt to the card blank with the same double sided tape.   


Again using a tag from the silhouette store, I added "Happy" to the bottom right of the tag and cut out using yellow linen card using the cameo, next I cut two ovals to act as Easter eggs also cut cameo using blue and pink linen card. Next used my Homemade stamping tool I stamped the eggs with bold diagonal stripes rubber stamp by MFT, using perfect medium and poured over Wow clear gloss embossing powder and heat set with heat tool.


Then stamped Easter from the Clearly Besotted Mini Messages stamps with Versafine onyx black ink pad and poured over the same Wow clear gloss embossing powder and heat set with heat tool. To assemble the card, I tied some wax cord to the top of tag and applied some double sided foam tape to the back of the tag and placed on the card just to bottom right of the card.
(Top tip for embossing is to use ladies pop sock with some cornflour inside and tie a knot at the top, this makes a inexpensive version to anti static bag)


Adhering the two eggs to just above the "Happy" using double sided tape and finally adding a few clear enamel dots and adhering them with Zig fine glue gel, this is where the reverse tweezers and the pokey tool comes in handy lol. ( The clear enamel dots, I created by squeezing some Anita's 3D gloss gel on brown craft mat and peel them off when they're fully dry.)   As you can see I made two of the same cards for the children in question. I don't usually make two of the same cards but thought on this occasion it would save time. 


I decided to whip up some Easter treats for them as well, So I remember what I use to make near Easter when I was child, so made some chocolate cornflake cakes...oh it did bring some memories back for me that's for sure. 


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Saturday 19 March 2016

DIY Alcohol Marker Storage On Budget


Hello all, well I'm back today to share with you my DIY alcohol marker storage on budget, we all have these markers in our craft stash and I am lucky to have full set of Spectrum Noir pens, but as you can imagine it's not exactly easy to store them. I'd been storing them originally in three cardboard shoe boxes, but it was really taking up to much space within my craft space, as I don't currently have a room that is just for crafting, mine is bedroom that is also craft area. So I need things that a space saving, I'd done my research for marker storage online to buy, but just couldn't get my budget to stretch. So I set about looking for alternative that would suit my budget.  


The idea came to me when I was looking for inexpensive storage box for tidying my craft space and had one of those lightbulb moments (yay!) that I could took turn one of these boxes into my very own marker storage. So I decided to purchase one and see if it would work, even better the box only costed £5 so I was so please, even if it didn't work it would not of been wasted as I could use it for storage purposes.  


I thought to myself how am I going to create the shelves, mmmm I thought, this is gonna be tricky a one!!. But yet again I'd had another light bulb moment to use Amazon packaging, we had have tons of these boxes hanging around or ready to be recycled (from craft purchase's lol). So I cut down several pieces of the packaging to fit inside the box, and affixed them in place with re-forced tape, as this is slightly stronger tape which you need for something like this.       


I worked out that thirteen markers would comfortably fitted across, So got out my calculator (as I'm not the best at maths lol) and worked out I needed thirteen rows of shelves to fit the full set of 168 pens. But I decided to add an extra shelf for luck, so I could house some spare pens and nibs. I still have space too, if the Spectrum Noir markers extend their colour range. 


So from a simple inexpensive storage box into the very handy table top marker storage, that will just sit perfectly on my craft desk and make finding my pen colours a whole lot easier than before. Plus create more space for my other craft stuff, so it's a win win all round!. 


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Wednesday 16 March 2016

Eleven | Silhouette Cameo


Hello all, well it's sunny here for the past few days which is such a change from all the wintery weather, spring has definitely sprung. So hope the weather is just as nice too wherever you are world? Today I thought I'd share my latest make with you all, this was especially designed for friend's granddaughter who turns (you guess it) eleven very soon. When I was thinking about this card I really wanted to make it look a little more grown up and sophisticated.  


On with the card, started with A2 (US size) black card blank folded at the top to create a tent fold, Using the silhouette cameo software, I created stitched rectangle and within that created a circle with the word Eleven in the middle and welded the circle to the word and cut out with the silhouette cameo. Next using the release compound within the software, I manage to use the negative and that allowed me to cut that out with silver glitter card to add dimension.  


Using double sided foam tape I adhere the rectangle to the card blank, applied zig fine glue pen to the back of the glitter card cut out and applied this on the base card making sure it aligns correctly. Cut out tag shade with black card, rub over some cornflour (in pop sock - as this makes a great anti static bag alternative) using perfect medium I stamped "Today" and poured over the wow silver embossing powder and heat set with heat tool. Added some double sided foam tape to the back and adhere to the card just underneath the eleven. I think this makes the eleven stand out, don't you think? Finally added a few clear enamel dots and  adhere them zig fine glue pen.. (Top tip - use reverse tweezers and a pokey tool to fix them to the card, this makes your life a whole lot easier) 


I decided to create a little gift for the birthday girl in question, I purchased three nail polishes from local poundland and made gift box to put the polishes in. I did this using the boxer board by Crafter's Companion.   


Afterwards I created a sleeve wrap using the same lilac card and the boxer board. I think both the card and gift as come out really well and I really hope the Birthday girl loves it as much as I've loved creating them.   



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