Silver Foil Snowflake Card

Hello, Crafters.

This week I've spent a lot of time workng with our Foil Snowflakes, not least because that's what we'll be working with during this weekend's classes.

Today's card is quite simple but I picked out a stamp from the Rose Wonder Stamp Set and a die from the co-ordinating Rose Garden Thinlits. 

Unfortunately, my photographic skills don't do my card the justice it deserves, but I think you can see enough to appeciate the beauty of the finished card.
 
I started with a Whisper White Cardstock (CS) card base, a layer of Silver Foil and a top layer of Dazzling Details Glimmer Paper. 

I adhered the three pieces together using Tombow.

Then I took a piece of Whisper White CS, and wiped over it with my Embossing Buddy. 

I stamped the snowflake image from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set using Versamark Ink. 

I sprinkled Silver Embossing Powder over the image, removed the excess powder and heat set the remainder.

Using the Stitched Shape Framelits, I die cut the image. 

I put SNAIL on the back of the image, and then positioned it in the centre of the Silver Foil Snowflake. 

I added some Glue Dots on the back of the Snowflake, but I made sure they were adhered underneath the image circle. 

I adhered this on the top half of the card front.

I chose the sentiment from the Hang Your Stocking Stamp Set, but I wanted it to be framed by something! 

I went through all my current stamp sets and found an unusual shape in the Rose Wonder Stamp Set that was suitable because it was the right size and had a co-ordinating die.

I took another piece of Whisper White CS, and wiped over it with my Embossing Buddy. 

I stamped the sentiment using Versamark Ink, and sprinkled Silver Embossing Powder over the it. 

After I'd removed the excess powder, I heat set the remainder. 

Then I repeated the process with the outline stamp from the Rose Wonder Stamp Set, and stamped it centrally over the sentiment. 

Then I heat embossed it using Silver Embossing Powder. 
 
After I die cut the sentiment, I adhered it to the bottom half of the card front using Glue Dots. 

I added three round Metallic Enamel Shapes in silver.

For the inside of the card, I heat embossed another snowflake using Silver Embossing Powder in the bottom right hand corner of the top Whisper White layer.

I adhered this onto a layer of Silver Foil and adhered the two pieces inside the card.

Now I have to get everything prepared for this afternnoon's class. 

I think I have more or less everything ready, apart from putting the packets for the 3D project together, and setting the room up!

Time to get busy, methinks!

I hope you have a great weekend. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.

Mistletoe

Hello, Crafters.

I'm not sure if these leaves and berries are meant to be mistletoe but they are in my book, so that's what they are! LOL! Next time I see real mistletoe I'll have a good look at the leaves and formation of the berries to see how far out I am!

I started my card with a base of Emerald Envy Cardstock (CS), then a layer of Whisper White CS and a top layer of the pinecone design from the Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper (DSP). I adhered all three pieces together using Tombow


I took a wide strip of Emerald Envy CS and a layer of Whisper White CS that was 1/8" narrower, top and bottom, and adhered the two layers together using Tombow again. I wiped over the top of the Whisper White layer with my Embossing Buddy to remove any static or fingermarks.

The sentiment I used is from the Hang Your Stocking Stamp Set. I inked the stamp in Versamark first, and then with Emerald Envy Ink, and stamped it in the top quarter of the strip of Whisper White CS. I immediately dipped it into my box of Clear Embossing Powder and heat set it using my Heat Tool. 

Using scraps of Emerald Envy CS, I die cut one each of the two mistletoe branches as well as a stem of the berries. Then I die cut a stem of the berries in the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, and cut off the round berries, which I then adhered to the Emerald Envy stem using Tombow. 

I played with the arrangement of the two mistletoe branches and the stem of berries until I was happy with the formation. I made sure I paid particular attention to the base of the branches and stems so that there were only two visible stems at the base. 

I doubt if anybody would notice but I wanted it to look like there were just two branches, meaning that the berries were part of one of the branches. I hope that makes sense - I know what I mean! LOL!!

This left me with a gap in the bottom right-hand corner that needed filling. My thoughts always go to a ribbon bow but I just didn't feel that'd be right with this design! 

I die cut two Emerald Envy and two Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper bows from the Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies. The two bows sit on top of each other beautifully and it was a question of trying, green with white, white with green, two white and two green bows. I decided the two
Emerald Envy bows looked best together. 

The final touch was to use my hand held 1/8" Circle Punch to punch a Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper circle, which I adhered to the centre of the two bows using Tombow. I'm really pleased with the finished effect of the mistletoe and the bows, and wished I'd used them sooner!

This morning I'm off to meet one of my team of demos. I've never met Denise before because she lives in Coventry, which is about a three hour journey from where I live. She's in my neck of the woods visiting family and friends, and I'd said to Denise to let me know if she ever has time to meet up on one of her visits down south, and today's the day! YAY!

Until tomorrow, happy crafting.  

JanB.

Getting back to normality!

Hello, Crafters.

 This morning I uploaded my video showing how I made the Star of Light Moonbeams Card which I shared here on 15th. September 2016. 

I changed the colour from Night of Navy to Elegant Eggplant which I noticed went really well with my lilac top (sleeves) and my nails! 

Purely coincidental! LOL.

Yesterday, I did my first class for four months................and loved it! 

When I planned my return, I decided that, instead of doing two classes on one day, I'd do one on Saturday afternoon and one on Sunday morning. 


This way it would be kinder to my back.  I won't be able to make a decision how I feel about it after today's lesson, but so far, so very good. 






You may remember the card I shared with you on Friday - the two bells which I said was one of the cards we'd be doing in class this weekend! 

It was special because it was meant to be a Christmas card but the sentiment read: "Best Wishes as the wedding bells ring"! LOL. 

I really must be more careful!! 

Needless to say, I changed the sentiment for today's class and used Merry Christmas from Hang Your Stocking - see photographs 3 and 4!

I'd known all week that I wanted to make a magnetic bookmark as the 3D project but didn't get around to designing it until yesterday morning.

I had also been trying to stick to using one stamp set and one pack of Designer Series Paper for all three projects.

I succeeded with this idea and was really please with the outcome! 

That's it for now. My ladies will start arriving soon so must get myself ready. I wish you a happy Sunday. Until tomorrow, Happy crafting. 

JanB.

Cable Knit Dynamic Embossing Folder

Hello, Crafters.

I hope you've had a great weekend.

Yesterday, I finally had a play with the Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and it works brilliantly!

I don't know if it actually shows in the close-up photograph of the actual embossed layer, but the thickness of the embossing is amazing - see the last photograph.
 
The instructions to achieve perfect results are to lightly spray your cardstock with water before embossing. 

I lightly sprayed my top layer on both sides before I put it through my Big Shot.

For the sandwich you need the new Big Shot Platform and just ONE cutting plate. 

As always with these large embossing folders, you should put it through your Big Shot fold first. 

To create today's card I started with a base of Whisper White Cardstock, then a layer of Crumb Cake, and a top layer of Whisper White that I'd embossed using the Cable Knit Dynamic Embossing Folder. 

I adhered all three layers together using Tombow. 

For my images, I chose the small spotted stocking in the Hang Your Stocking Stamp Set, and stamped three onto a piece of Whisper White in different colours. 

The colours I used were Real Red, Garden Green and Crumb Cake.

I die cut them using the small stocking die from the Christmas Stockings Thinlits dies.

This stamp set and coordinating dies are on page 15 of the new Christmas 2016 catalogue and are on offer as a bundle which saves 10% on the individual prices!

I took the small bow from the set of dies and die cut one each in Real Red, Garden Green and Crumb Cake. 

I took another piece of Crumb Cake and die cut the NOEL which looks as if it's sitting on a shelf. 

As the top layer is very deeply embossed, I adhered the NOEL by gluing just the shelf and the tops of the four letters. 

I placed the shelf along the non-cable part of the design and the tops of the letters on the very top of the cable design.

I used Glue Dots to adhere the three stockings, which gives them a minimal extra bit of dimension, and left about 1/8" gap between the shelf and the top of the stocking.

I applied Tombow along the back centre of the bow - the part that is attached to the shelf and the right hand side tail of each bow. 

I'm confident that, with this careful placement of glue with the die cuts, this card with travel through the mail without arriving at its destination having been pressed down into the embossing. 

The final step was I painted the three bows with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.

It's an exciting day for me! At 3.45 pm this afternoon hubby's taking me to the hospital for the injection into my facet joints. I'll let you know tomorrow how it all goes!

Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.