Summer Bonnet 

Well what can we say but, look at this amazing card design! It is so adorably cute and such an amazing card to give away to someone lucky. There is a rather large amount of various circle dies involved with lots of layers and a lot of card but other than that it's simpler than it looks, we promise.

See below for materials to recreate:

Materials needed: -

A3 cardstock -score and fold in half. Die-cut a 17 ½ cm circle (placing over edge to create a fold). Score 1 side of card blank in half to create easel.

A4 cardstock- Die-cut another 17 ½ cm circle, attach to folded section of card blank.

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2 sheets A4 Brown cardstock

4 sheets A4 Teal cardstock

Die-cut: - 

2 x circles 17 cm diameter (Teal)

2 x circles 16 ½ cm diameter (Brown embossed)

1 x circle 14 ½ cm diameter (Teal)

2 x circle frames (12 cm outer diameter & 9 ½ cm inner diameter) (Teal)

1 x circle 12cm diameter (Teal)

1 x circle 10 ½ cm diameter (Brown embossed)

Cut a strip of card 40cm x 8cm (you may have to join 2 strips together)

Score at 1cm and 7 cm down the long side and fold score lines. Snip along both edges. Attach circle frames top and bottom and finish with lid.

Layer and decorate as desired.

Happy Crafting

xx

 

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Inverted Triple Layer Cards

We have moved on from tissue paper this week, to the ladies relief! 😆

Instead we were stamping and colouring with Distress inks.

The ladies started by creating the beautifully stamped backgrounds. They stamped the two floral stamps, then applied heat embossing powder and heated to give that raised effect. Once this was complete, they got to work colouring the flowers and leaves in their desired colour.

The backgrounds were die-cut -using two square dies to create frames, making sure that they were nicely aligned, was key! The matt layer was die-cut in the same way , but the square dies were smaller so the each layer became smaller towards the centre.

Happy Crafting

xx

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Tissue Art

This weeks workshop was again a little messy but who doesn't love a bit of messy creativeness every once in a while, especially when its not at your own home and you don't have to clean up after! 😆

Todays focused on using a different technique to create some beautiful inked and embossed tissue paper backgrounds. To do this you:

• First the ladies applied ink to the mask/stencil, either in one block colour or using several different ink pads to give a multi colour effect. 
• Then apply one layer of the tissue paper onto the inked area. 
• Apply watered PVA glue to the back of the paper, ensuring a nice even coverage. 
• Repeat the above steps for two more layers, this allows the finished result to be a little thicker and as such more manageable. 
• Ensure the layers are pressed nicely into the blank mask spaces to give you that embossed texture. 
• Ensure the paper is not to saturated (apply the heat gun if too wet), and then peel of the mask gently. 
• Lay onto a heat proof mat and dry using the heat gun, or alternatively you can allow to dry naturally over a longer period of time. 
• And there you have it a beautiful background!  

Happy Crafting

xx

Altered Box

This monthly workshop was a little messy but such good fun. The ladies constructed a box from scratch using grey board.

Panels were cut to size, along with the hinges and the inside decorative card pieces. They gave a quick gesso layer to the panels for a perfect base layer. The inside was decorated using embossed card, which was then blended with ink, to give a coloured distressed theme. The box was formed using the hinges to hold all the grey board pieces together. The outside was then decorated with scrunched tissue paper using a PVA glue and water mixture, a little like decoupaging to give a nice textured look. Once that has been allowed to dry, they applied a layer of coloured paint.

Now to the decoration, it was all about adding those finishing touches. Firstly two scrunch flowers needed to be made, this was done by having 7 layers of scalloped circle punches ranging from large to small. Punch a whole in the centre of each and then secure together in size order using a brad. Now spritz with water and scrunch into a ball, then slowly peel each layer out flat to create a flower. dry naturally or with a heat gun for a quick result.

Once the floral centre pieces had been made it was then a case of adding die cut foliage. Then onto adding lace edging to the lid.

 

 

Happy Crafting

xx

 Mosaic Magic

This workshop was all about using Peel-off's to create pretty patterns and backgrounds. By placing the Peel-off delicately on the card, you can then use them as a stencil, inking over the top. Once you are finished simply gently peel off and place on some wax paper to store for another day.

The list is endless of what can be created, toppers, banners, panels and so much more. Also if you want to be thrifty then why not use the negative image too!

Once the ladies had finished having a play with the Peel-off's, they then layered there designs onto a embossed white card, which they had also inked using the same colour, to add extra dimension.

(Negative result)

 

Happy Crafting

xx

 

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