Hello welcome back I hope you had a lovely weekend. Above is a picture of my makes for my Dad, a paper cup with some treats in, a little box with a book in and a pop up card. I love Fathers day its a great time to spend with family and we have had a very busy weekend so Sunday evening was happily spent making some cards using my country living collection from docrafts. A very simple square card. Lots of layers for this one. A fab chicken card, some Decoupage from the set and a die cut frame. A really simple card using the toppers supplied. I have made loads with this set and I still have loads left so these sets are fantastic value. A little shopping Do you shop in the works? Well if you don't I can really recommend them. I had an email with a 15% code off so I ordered a pack of vintage papers in 12 by 12 for just £3 these are a amazing value they are actually thick enough to use as a card base as well as perfect for boxes. I also got a 12 by 12 folk floral paper pack by docrafs. I've been looking at this range for a while and decided to give the large pack a try. I'm really impressed with this. Double sided pages not thick enough to be a card base but still a good weight. It comes with pattern pieces as well as patterns that could be turned into a card. I love the colours and floral patterns in this range, I've only had a little bit of time to play with this set and whilst you can easily get a lot out of this range I would love to get some more items from the range. The next card took a little longer. Whilst I like this card I just added some die cut flowers. I think this range is great for use with floral dies and would make lovely boxes.
In fact I think I should whip up some boxes soon. If you haven't checked out the works I really recommend that you do. Take care and check back soon. XXX
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Welcome back did you get your copy? If you didn't I recommend you do!, the papers are amazing quality I can tell I am going to get so much use out of them. Before we get stuck into the fathers day projects let me just Highlight a few of the things in this edition to sway you if you're not sure about this one!. This edition features some child friendly projects, floral projects it's usual mix of Card ideas as well as home makes. It's not really telling us about any future products we can expect, although they have just bought out lots of new ranges so that could be why. Fathers Day card So do you remember me saying I was going to use last month's free gift to make a Fathers day card? Well now I have the free papers from this month's let's get started. I wanted to just use the free gifts for this card all I have added is some bakers twine, a white blank card and a hole punch oh plus some foam sticky pads. What ever size your card base is cut a slightly smaller layer to go on your card. I used the wall papers and I stuck this in place with some foam pads. As the Dad stamp is large I covered it in black ink then laid the paper on top of the card in order to get a good image. I used the grey papers and cut out the dad sign. Then using the wood plank card making a sign you want the word dad to fit inside the sign. If you have other stamps you could add more such as your the best or what ever you have. I just wanted mine to use the free gifts. I used the foam pads to stick the dad words on to the sign. Hole punch two holes in the top of the card and thread your twine. I only had blue twine so I ran it over my ink pad. . Using your whole punch make a hole in the top of your card and tie your sign. You can use some sticky tape to secure inside.
So that's my freebie card I do hope you like it. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Xxxx Hello welcome back well I didn't expect to be buying this magazine but the die on the front cover won me over. At first glance it looks like a very large heavily detailed heart die but it's much more than that. You get three dies but what they do is very clever. Sorry it's tricky to see but you get tiny little hearts as well. Now the magazine shows you 15 makes using your die!, you know me I like to get value for money. I just made this quick card which I think would be great for wedding. This die is lovely I am certain to get lots of use out of it. So the magazine is full of product information even a few ranges I haven't heard of which is great. It has a lot of great card ideas and some good techniques.
It looks at a few different cutting machines even some of the new tiny low budget machines as well as electronic machines. This would be a great magazine for anyone who is still new to card making as well as the more experienced crafter. But honistly it was the die that made me buy this edition. Would I buy it again? Only if the free gift was of interest!. As always thank you for reading take care. Xxx Hello thanks for checking back. What do you think of my little bakers box? Cute isn't it!. This week I wanted to use my silhouette it's been a little while since I've used it. I am still working on little teacher thank you gifts and when I saw this little box in the silhouette store I just wanted it. Now if your not familiar with the silhouette cameo it's an electronic cutting machine. Think printer but instead of printing you cut. That's a brief description but you need a computer to work it. You get access to the silhouette store. Lots of clever designers have files you can buy, down load and then make. This particular one is by Lori Whitlock. (I will come back to her in a minute). Once purchased and downloaded it looks like this. Load the cutting mat and card and once cut it looks like this. Fold the score lines and stick together. This looks to be the perfect size for a cup cake.
I'm a massive fan of Lori whitlock who makes both sizzix dies and silhouette files. Plus she has a paper range as well. Her web site is bright and cheery and full of tutorials andideas well worth a look. http://www.loriwhitlock.com/blog/ Well I hope you liked my little box I used some cream card and green glitter card from Create and craft and the ribbon is from do crafts country living collection. Take care and check back soon. Xxx |
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