Festival Madness



 OK so that's a slight exaggeration - but if you have a look

then you'll see that there is still quite a bit of work to do - but after a while - all this will look like this --

 432 workshop kits - all neatly packed in individual plastic bags - ready and waiting for all of you to come and take part in the workshop!! We'll be on stand  E1 and workshops start at 10.15 each day - they're free - chance to have a try out of the Big Shot and Bigz Die. ( also a chance to take the weight off your feet!)

We will also have demonstrators with Abakhan Fabrics, Cotton Patch, Lady Sew and Sew and Popular Patchwork - it will be difficult to miss us.

Now you may be wondering how the table runners are coming on - it has taken me 2 days to cut fabric, 2 days to fuse and iron fabric - so they still all have to be finished!!! How many sleeps do I still have until the show  - 7, well only 6 really because we have to set up on Wednesday.

To find out if I manage to get everything completed in time - you'll just have to come and see me at the show!!!

Don't forget - E1

I'm off to pack some more kits - see you next week.

Angela

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Layout by Karine

Hi!

Here is my new page “Enjoy” made with a picture from our holidays.

Supply list:

Kit Jenni Bowlin Mercantile

Paper: My Mind's Eye, Pebbles

Cardstock: American Crafts

Alphabets: American Crafts

Stickers: Chic Tags

Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Studio, My Mind's Eye

Masking Tape

Spray ink : Poussière de fée Scrap Plaisir

Dies:

658300 : Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

659436 : Sizzix Bigz Die-Garden Greens

This is a simple page built on a wood-patterned paper. All the elements are gathered around my black & white picture.

I played with paper scraps, tickets and small golden accents.

I used my Big Shot to cut a nice foliage pattern out of white cardstock. Then I sprayed my die cut with gold ink as to match my embellishments. To obtain various shades, I mixed my ink with a bit of water. While my die cut dries in the open, I splashed my page with black drops to create contrast and add extra decoration to my background.

Then I added some 3D decoration, for instance small flowers glued with 3D adhesive foam.

Have a nice day,

See you next Thursday,

Karine

Bonjour !

Une nouvelle page aujourd'hui “Enjoy” avec une photo souvenir de vacances.

Matériel :

Kit Jenni Bowlin Mercantile

Papier : My Mind's Eye, Pebbles

Cardstock : American Crafts

Alphabets : American Crafts

Stickers : Chic Tags

Embellissements : Jenni Bowlin Studio, My Mind's Eye

Masking Tape

Encre en spray : Poussière de fée Scrap Plaisir

Dies :

658300 : Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

659436 : Sizzix Bigz Die-Garden Greens

Une page toute simple construite sur un imprimé à motif bois. Tous les éléments sont concentrés autour de ma photo en noir et blanc.

Je me suis amusée avec des chutes d'imprimés, des tickets et des petites décorations dorées.

J'ai utilisé ma Big Shot pour découper un joli feuillage dans du cardstock blanc. J'ai ensuite vaporisé ma découpe d'encre en spray dorée pour être en accord parfait avec mes embellissements. Pour créer des nuances, j'ai mélangé mon encre avec un peu d'eau. Pendant que ma découpe sèche à l'air libre j'ai éclaboussé ma page de quelques gouttes noires pour créer du contraste et habiller mon fond.

Complétez simplement avec quelques décorations en volume, telles des petites fleurs montées à l'aide de mousse 3D.

Très bonne journée à vous,

A jeudi

Karine

Dearly Beloved

Whenever I have been naughty, my wife always starts by saying "You know what you've done don't you?" to which I almost always reply " What now my beloved?" in the vain hope that one little endearment will help to calm the waters.

I'm not that naughty really, just minor day-to-day irritants like forgetting to fill the water filter jug or forgetting to pick up milk or..... it's usually forgetting something or other!..... MEN!!!

 This week I'm going to make her birthday card (21 again!) and I thought I would use some of the new dies/folders from Lori Whitlock and Prima listed below.

• Sizzix Originals Die - Flourish, Beautiful by Lori Whitlock (659714)
• Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Sweet Dots & Florals Set by Lori Whitlock (659726)
• Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Ornate Labels by Lori Whitlock (659711)
• Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Couquette by Prima Marketing (659701)

I started by cutting a 10 x 12 cm rectangle of ivory card and die-cutting a flourish from the same card. I used the flourish as a template and traced around the edge on the base of the rectangle with a pencil before trimming around the pencil line and rounding off the upper corners with a suitable punch.

I embossed the floral pattern onto the card and gently inked over the embossed image using the Weathered Wood Distress Ink pad applied with a blending tool followed by the Shabby Shutters ink pad. I also applied a little Mustard Seed ink which is a very strong yellow so use with caution, it adds a little freshness where needed. I used the same colours on the flourish.

 Remember the beginning of the blog? well this is where the 'Beloved' part comes in. I measured the tab die from the Ornate Labels set and created the word 'Beloved' on my PC before printing onto ivory card. Next I cropped the word with the die and die-cut the ornate label from gold card which I then distressed with a sanding pad. I also cut the label background onto which I matted the ornate label followed by the die-cut phrase. This is a seriously useful set of dies and I urge you to check them out. 

For the finishing touch I wanted to add a pretty little flower and who better to design such a set of dies but Prima. This is one of five different flowers in the same set and they are a die-cut essential in my opinion. I inked the edges of the petals using the same inks as before and set about applying a little texture and dimension to the petals using my trusty tool kit by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. I added a Crystal to the centre as the finishing touch and......

.....Here's the finished card.

I had so much fun I decided to make another one using the same elements but changing the colours slightly. I also used a different ornate label and flower, both from the same sets though.

And here they are together, now all I've got to do is choose which one I think she will like..... and then give her the other one as I'm bound to get it wrong!!!

Hexagon greetings

 

 

 

This week I decided to break the square and make a card with six edges using a few sizes from the Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons.



First step was to make my cardbase and for that I folded a white piece of cardstock and chose the largest die from Framelits Hexagons. I let one edge of the die extend out over the fold of the paper so the die wouldn't cut here. Once I had run my sandwich through the Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) I was left with a hexagon that opened on one side and could be used as my cardbase.

Next step was to make the patterned paper for my card and I chose matching papers and a single solid cardstock and die cut them using a smaller hexagon. Once I had die cut a few of each paper, I traced a hexagon on a piece of white cardstock (using one of the dies as template) and started to assemble my pattern using the traced lines as my guide. When I had filled out the entire traced area, I ran the paper and the matching die through the Big Shot and was then left with a patterned hexagon-shaped piece of paper. Now all I had to do was put my card together.

Using the labels that come with the Big Shot Starter Kit I diecut two labels and sandwiched those with a handcut banner giving my sentiment some interest. I also tied a piece of seam binding around the patterned paper prior to attaching on the cardbase.

And then I called the card done. When doing something like the patterned paper using simple shaped dies, I don't think you need much in ways of embellishments and thus I kept mine to a minimum.

Supply list:
Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons
Cardstock
Patterned Paper
Seam Binding
Stamp (Papertrey Ink)
Ink (VersaFine)

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I denne uge ville jeg springe boxen og lave et kort med seks kanter, og jeg tog Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons til hjælp.

Første skridt var at lave min kortbase, og til det formål foldede jeg et stykke hvidt karton og placerede den største die fra Framelits - Hexagons, så den hang lidt ud over folden. På den måde bliver der ikke skåret dér, hvor dien hænger ud over kanten. Da jeg havde kørt sandwichen gennem min Big Shot, havde jeg et sekskantet kort lige klar til at dekorere.

Næste skridt var at lave mit mønstrede papir, og her valgte jeg en mindre sekskant-die, som jeg brugte til at udstanse sekskanter i forskellige mønstrede papirer og i karton. Da jeg havde skåret nogle stykker af hvert papir, brugte jeg en af diene til at tegne en sekskant på et stykke hvidt karton. Det fyldte jeg nu ud med mine små sekskanter, og da jeg havde fyldt hele sekskanten ud, kørte jeg den og dien igennem min Big Shot, hvorefter jeg havde et sekskantet stykke mønstret papir til mit kort.

Jeg brugte de labels, der følger med Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) til at udstanse to labels, som jeg lagde sammen med et håndklippet grønt banner imellem. På den måde fik kortets tekst også lidt ekstra opmærksomhed. Endelige bandt jeg et stykke seam binding omkring det mønstrede papir. Når man laver kort, som er så busy, som dette, synes jeg ikke, at man behøver alverden af dekorationer.

Ingredienser:
Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons
Karton