Sunday, 29 July 2018
Love to craft challenge
Hello lovely friends, hope you are well!
Today we are showcasing our first ever 'Love to craft' challenge!
This one is for fun only! along side this, we'll still be holding our monthly challenge, with a winners prize and the chance to be
a Guest Designer.
The theme for this challenge is 'anything goes' you can make a card, tag, scrapbook layout, journal page, mixed media project etc. The challenge closes on the 12th August at 11pm BST
There will also be badges awarded to the winner and Top 3 favourite designs chosen by the Design Team.
Rules are simple, create a project following the theme and enter by clicking on the link below, please include a link back to this challenge in your blog post. You can combine our challenge with up to five challenges (including this one) if you are entering through Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, you'll need to include
#craftsdreamychallenge
We would love for you to join in with our challenges and look forward to seeing your creations! Please click HERE to enter them
Thanks so much for supporting us and for leaving your lovely comments, we really do appreciate them.
Hugs from the Crafts Dreamy Team xx
Friday, 27 July 2018
Design Team Spotlight tutorial - Faux stitched mixed media tag
Hi everyone, Christina here with a tutorial on how to create a
'faux stitching' mixed media tag.
Choose your favourite pattern paper, using a 1" square punch, punch out various pieces of the paper to fit an number 8 tag and adhere. Take a paper piercing tool and poke holes through the edges of the squares. Draw random squiggly lines in black and white markers to give the illusion of thread. To give the background more dimension, apply a Tim Holtz distress crayon in Old paper around the squares and rub with your fingers to smudge it.(Hint) use a baby or alcohol wipe to remove some excess crayon for a more subtle look.
To create the layered snowflake, I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz die layered snowflake with the embossing folder, Ranger foil sheets and ran them both through the Vagabond. Next, I coloured the snowflake with alcohol inks in Latte and Blue and added a Tim Holtz idea-ology word token 'frosty' in the centre. Using a distress crayon in Picket fence, rub it into the word token.
For an added touch, I coloured Tim Holtz crinkle ribbon in distress oxides - Iced spruce and Broken china, with a spritz of water, then heat set them. Next attach Tim Holtz clasp and bell to the ribbon.
I hope that you have enjoyed my tutorial. Feeling the Summer heat.... sit back, relax and 'stay frosty'!
Thanks so much for stopping by,
((hugs)) Christina