Scrapbooking!

Hello, Crafters. 
 
  





















TheStitched Shapes Framelits Dies are BACK! If you've been waiting for them, please get your order in as soon as possible. I doubt if they will sell out again, but just in case!

This is a first for me today here on my blog - scrapbooking! I don't normally do this and have only dabbled in the past. But now my daughter is engaged to be married to a really wonderful man, I just had to! I thought it'd make a change from an engagement card and I could get this framed for them.

I started with a 12”x12” sheet of Sahara Sand Cardstock (CS), with a layer of Very Vanilla CS, and a top layer of a design from the Falling in Love Designer Series Paper (DSP) that’s available in the new Spring catalogue. I adhered the top two layers together using Tombow. Then I took two pieces of the Very Vanilla ¼” Satin Ribbon and two pieces of the Very Vanilla ½” Lace Trim; they were all about 14” long. I applied small amounts of SNAIL along one side and and adhered them together. I wanted the Lace Trim to be on top although I’ve found you can put these two layers together either way and it looks lovely both ways.

I put SNAIL all along the back of the Satin Ribbon and then adhered the strips, one at the top and one at the bottom and then I used Fast Fuse to adhere the ends on the back. When I was happy that it was all adhered properly and straight, I adhered the whole layer to the sheet os Sahara Sand CS. I used Tombow and made sure I added a bit more on the ribbon ends as extra security to stop the ribbon from going walkabouts!

I based my design for my scrapbook page on a wedding card I’d made a copy of days earlier. Using Very Vanilla CS, I die cut two flowers and centres using the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. I adhered them together and then adhered each of them onto the fabulous new Lace Doilies – Whisper White on one side and Very Vanilla on the other! In the centre of each flower, I adhered one of the Falling in Love Embellishments - Tombow is amazing!.

I printed several photographs from Christmas Day and played around with the layout. Long story, short! I settled on the three photographs I thought looked best and rounded the corners using my Project Life Corner Rounder. I kept everything in place while I started to adhere everything to my page. The first were the flower doilies, and next were the photographs, together with the plain Lace Doilies that I wanted under them. I adhered Vicki’s photograph with Dimensionals and the next two using Tombow.

My final touch were Leigh and Victoria’s names. I used a freshly re-inked Sahara Sand Ink Pad, together with the fabulous Brushwork Alphabet Stamp Set. I added six Rhinestones to represent the fabulouse solitaire diamond ring Vicki is now wearing on her left hand.

 









If you're a scrapbooker, I'd be pleased to hear your feedback, if I've omitted soomething, or if I've  made any scrapbooking mistakes. Please be honest with me, but kind! LOL!

That's about it for today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting!

JanB.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Video

Hello, Crafters.

This morning I uploaded my Ho! Ho! Ho! video which shows how I made the Christmas card I shared with you here on last Monday.

As normal, I changed the colour scheme from Cherry Cobbler to Real Red and I definitely prefer the Real Red! It's much more vivid, happier!

There are several things I really like about this card.



First of  all, I like the idea of putting the little dots of white on the Softly Falling snow.

 I love this embossing folder and won't be putting the dots on the falling snow every time I use it, but I think it makes a nice occasional change.

I was also very pleased with the Brushwork Alphabet Stamp Set, too. 

It was so easy to get the letters lined up that I really must try using it for personalising cards. 

I'll keep you posted how I get on with that.

Another idea I've used on this card that I haven't used for a very long time is putting the line of Dazzling Diamonds around the edges of the Ho! Ho! Ho! circles. 

I did think about doing it to the wishlist, too but thought it might be overkill.

I know I would have gone on and done it to the sentiment as well! 

Maybe I'll make another one and put glitter around them all! Watch this space! 

This is the first time I've used our Fine Tip Glue Pen to adhere the Dazzling Diamonds and I was really pleased with how easy and how effective it is. 

However, I stocked up with our Two-way Glue Pen when it was on the Clearance Rack and that will keep me going for quite some time!

That's about it from me today. I'm off to finish the last few remaining swaps for the Stampin' Up! OnStage Local Convention in Telford next Saturday. 

It's also hubby's birthday next Saturday so, as a treat, I'm taking him up to Telford with me! LOL!

Seriously, we're travelling up on Thursday and we're celebrating his birthday early by going out together for a special meal!

I wish you all a happy Sunday and until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Hello, Crafters.

I hope you've had a great weekend.

Yesterday we went to see our dear friend Liz in Aylesbury yesterday morning. As we were signing into the nursing home, the fire alarm went off about four feet above my head! All the internal doors automatically closed themselves, all the staff appeared in the hallway and started checking all the rooms one by one. Once they had identified which room had triggered the fire alarm - falsely - the staff went back to what they were doing. I was 110% impressed with how well the staff reacted to the fire alarm, there was no panic, they very calmly and very efficiently set about finding out what had caused it. They were absolutely brilliant!

To create today's card, I've used a stamp set that I haven't used before - it's the Brushwork Alphabet. Although there is a stamp in the Greetings from Santa Stamp Set that says Ho! Ho! Ho!, I wanted to have three separate images.

I started my card with a base of Cherry Cobbler, Cardstock (CS) with a layer of Whisper White CS and a top layer of Cherry Cobbler CS. I dry embossed the top layer using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder and then went over all the "bumps" of snow with my white gel pen making a small white dot. Then I adhered the two layers to the card base using Tombow.


Using the Basic Black Archival ink and some Whisper White CS, I stamped the Santa image from the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set. I also stamped one pompom for Santa's hat. I punched both images out using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. To colour Santa, I used Cherry Cobbler and Basic Grey Marker Pens as well as my retired Blush Blossom Marker Pen for his face. I adhered the pompom to the hat and then added some wet glue to the pompom, the fur around the hat, sleeves, jacket and trouser cuffs and quickly dipped Santa into my box of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. 

Using Cherry Cobbler Ink and some Whisper White CS, I stamped the Christmas wishlist stamp from the Greetings from Santa Stamp Set and cut it out freehand leaving a small gap of white all around the edge.

Still with the Cherry Cobbler Ink and Whisper White CS, I stamped three Ho! Ho! Ho!'s. The first one I stamped was a tad too big for me to punch out with the 1" circle punch, so I tried again, getting the three letters closer together. This fitted much better, but the top of the exclamation mark, and the bottom of the h, were just about on the punched edge.  For my third attempt, I stamped the h first, then inked up the o, and because it's a photopolymer set of stamps, I was able to look through the actual stamp so I could line it up so it joined onto the h perfectly! Likewise, I was able to line the exclamation mark up and leave an absolute tad of a gap with the o! This punched out brilliantly, leaving a visible gap between the edge of the letter and the edge of the circle. I put wet glue all around the edge of the circle and dipped each one into my box of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.


Finally I took a strip of Whisper White CS and stamped the MERRY CHRISTMAS sentiment from the Greetings from Santa Stamp Set, in Cherry Cobbler. I adhered all the images and sentiment to the card base using Dimensionals. I also added one Glue Dot on the wishlist where it lays onto Santa's leg.

That's about it for today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.