Monday 30 October 2017

Cookie Cutter Santa Blend

This is a very simple Christmas card using the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and the new Stampin' Blend alcohol markers that will be available from Wednesday 1 November.
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The santa from Cookie Cutter Christmas is coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers

The base card is Basic Gray.  The Whisper White layer was embossed with the Holly embossing folder and swiped with a Smoky Slate ink pad.  

Santa was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with the alcohol markers before cutting out with the coordinating Cookie Cutter Builder punch.

To finish the card there's a strip of Real Red cardstock with a line of Black Mini Sequin Trim and a sprinkle of Rhinestones.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday 29 October 2017

Thanksgiving Turkey Table Favour

My American husband and his family like to celebrate Thanksgiving although it's Spring rather than Autumn here - so we celebrate on a convenient Sunday in November and call it a Gratitude Lunch.
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A gang of turkey table favours ready for Thanksgiving

A little while ago I shared details of the table favours I've prepared that include a part to keep for recording reminders of things for which we're grateful.  So I had to come up with something for our little guests who have not yet learned to write!
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Turkey Thanksgiving table favour

These turkeys are harbouring little chocolate treats in the boxes attached to their tails!
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The back of the Thanksgiving turkey table favour


I neatened up the back of the turkey by adding a semi-circle of cardstock to the back of the tail before I adhered the little box.
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Opening the box reveals the treat inside the Thanksgiving turkey table favour

Thank you for visiting today.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who will be celebrating.  Keep scrolling down to find the tutorial for the turkey and box.


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THANKSGIVING TURKEY TUTORIAL:

1.  Cut a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock to 1.75" x 7" and score every 1/2"

2.  Fan fold on the score lines.

3.  Cut a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock to 1/2" x 4"
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The fan folded cardstock and half glued base strip
4.  Add glue to half of the small strip of cardstock and glue one end of the fanned strip to it.
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Ready to attach the other half of the fan
5.  Add glue to the other half of the small strip of cardstock and stick the other end of the fanned strip to it.   (I find the easiest way to do this is to fold the fan up and then tip it to the side so that both ends are aligned side by side and butted up right next to each other).
Cut off any excess cardstock level with the fan.
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The finished fan
Tip:  The base of the tail will not stay at 180 degrees but adding a strip of a strong board to the bottom will help keep it straighter if you wish.

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Preparing the tail feathers using Foil Snowflakes
6.  Cut a gold Foil Snowflake in half.

7.  Cut individual "feathers" from a silver Foil Snowflake

8.  Placing a little glue on the front of the bottom end of the silver feathers, glue them between the gold feathers.
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Ready to adhere the front tail feathers
9.  Place a little glue on the base and lower ends of the "spines" of the Cajun Craze fan and adhere the feathers, face up, to the front.

10.  Place a little glue on the top parts of the "spines" on the other side of the fan and adhere the remaining part of the silver snowflake, face down, so that it sticks up above the cardstock fan.

11.  Cut a Cajun Craze circle with a diameter smaller than the fan, cut it in half and adhere half to the back of the tail to hide all the joins.
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Place turkey template on folded cardstock with beak and chest on fold
12.  Make a template for the turkey.  Fold a piece of 4.5" x 2.75" Crumb cake cardstock in half (to 2.25"x 2.75") and place the template on top so that the beak and chest are on the fold.

13.  Draw around the template and cut it out.  Add a score line about 1/2" from each side.
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Cut around the turkey template and score 1/2" in from each side
14.  Colour the turkey as you wish (I used Real Red and Early Espresso Stampin' Write markers)
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The coloured turkey.  The scored tabs are visible on each side.
15.  Add glue to one of the tabs and fold it to the inside of the other tab
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Turkey table decoration

16.  Add glue to the back of the turkey body and adhere to the centre front of the tail.

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I took this photo before I added the semi circle of Cajun Craze to the back of the tail.
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This is the plan for the little lidded box that I attached to the back of the turkey
Cut on the blue lines and score the black lines
Start with a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock cut to 5.75" x 7.25"
With short side at top, score 1" from each side (at 1" and 4.75")
With long side a top, score at 1", 3.25", 4.25" and 6.5"
Returning the short side to the top again, score 1/4" in from each side from the 3.25" score line to the bottom.
Cut as shown by the blue lines in the diagram above
Use a small circle punch to punch a half circle in the centre of the edge of the lid  (the bottom of the piece that is 0.75" from edge to score line)
Fold
Adhere tabs to create lidded box


Friday 27 October 2017

Hello Color Paisley: Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights this week.  Click here to see the other great projects and vote for your favourites.

I love colouring with alcohol markers, so I'm very excited about the new Stampin' Blends - which will be available from 1 November!  One of the perks of being a Demonstrator is early access to products so I've been having great fun already!
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It's fun to create the illusion of depth using Stampin' Blends alcohol markers

For this multipurpose card, I stamped the image (twice) from the Hello Colour stamp set with Memento ink and then coloured it with Stampin' Blends in Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy colours.

The greeting from Feather Together is stamped with Night of Navy ink and I used the Paisley Framelits to cut some Night of Navy and Gold Foil .  The decorative strip at the top of the card was leftover from a previous project and is made with a die from the Swirly Snowflakes set with a little strip of Gold Foil Sheet behind it.
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Hello Color, Paisley framelits and Stampin' Blends alcohol markers

I was originally planning to use Stampin' Write Markers rather than the alcohol markers and by changing my mind I did create a little problem for myself.  Alcohol markers do bleed through the cardstock (in this case Thick Whisper White) which looks a bit of a mess on the back.  Had I planned (or been thinking straight!) I would have made a layer so that the back would have been hidden.  I did consider chopping this card into a layer (and maybe I'll still end up doing that) but I've mostly hidden the mess with an insert.

Stampin’ Blends artist-quality alcohol markers will be available in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colours. Each of the colours has a light and dark shade and there are also two skin tones and a colour lifter - giving a grand total of 27 markers. For a limited-time (while stocks last) Stampin' Up! will also be offering a Color Me Happy Project Kit and Color Me Happy Stamp Set.  

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


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Wednesday 25 October 2017

Pretty Pines & Washi Tape

I love washi tape.  In fact I have a growing collection of beautiful washi tape - and that's the problem ... it's a collection!  I love it, I buy it and then I don't use it and joins my collection!  So I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and use my latest addition to the collection - the very gorgeous Year of Cheer Specialty Washi tape.
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Washi Tape creates an interesting background for the simple pine cones

I didn't really have a plan in mind, I just started adding strips of washi to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

I then used the Pretty Pines dies to cut some pine branches in Old Olive and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and the pine cones are layers of gold and copper foil sheet.
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The copper holds the design together

I copper heat embossed the banner from the Banners For You stamp set and stamped the greeting from the Star of Light stamp set in Basic Gray.  One of the great thing about photopolymer greetings is that you can manipulate them to fit the shape of the banner.  I watercoloured a little Basic Gray to the ends of the banners and cut it out with one of the Bunch of Banners framelits.

I adhered the grey panel to a Very Vanilla card base (I used the thick Very Vanilla cardstock) to finish this quick, simple but elegant Christmas card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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