THE ROBINS NEST DESIGN TEAM ANNOUNCMENT

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Yay, THE ROBINS NEST  has announced their new Design Team. I am so happy to be included, starting in January.

Do come back on January 2nd for a look at my first layout with this great design team.

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DESIGN TEAM FOR 2016

 

Here is a sneaky peak for you

 

Looking forward to 2016

Many thanks

bye for now.

xxx

 

BERRY71BLEU DESIGN TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!

Yay, Berry71Blue has announced their new Design Team. I am so happy to be included for another term. Thank you so much Berry71Bleu.

BERRY71BLEU DESIGN TEAM

 

Do come back on January 1st for another amazing challenge with more fab prizes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

BYE FOR NOW

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CRAFTERS PALETTE DESIGN TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!

 

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog

and my new design team announcement!

I am really pleased to let you know I have been accepted on the

 CRAFTERS PALETTE design team here in the UK.

I am so excited to be a part of this team and look forward to my new challenges.

Each design team member has a different set of challenges each month, so be ready to have lots of inspiration and lots of fun.

 

Have a great Christmas everyone, see you all in the new year with my first challenge.

Bye for now.



BERRY71BLEU DESIGN TEAM REVEAL DECEMBER MOOD BOARD - HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and the latest  BERRY71BLEU MOOD BOARD Challenge.

 Using the mood board as my inspiration, I chose to use the gold and red, the bauble and the swirly plant.

I hope you like it.



HERES HOW

Matt photo

Take a 6 inch doily and adhere to the lower part of the page

Adhere a piece of cream burlap/hessian across centre of doily

Using a sheet of white corrugated card, cut down to 2.5 x 11 inches and add this as your border across centre at slight angle

Cut down a sheet of red corrugated card to 2 x 9.5 inches, layer on top of the white card

Die cut a fence border and adhere

Add some stickers to the fence, a mini bird and flower branch

Attach photo using foam pads

For the top part,

Cut out a white 3inch circle

Die cut a 3 inch bauble in gold glitter card, adhere to circle

Attach to top right side of layout

Add a bow

Add strips of white and red corrugated card beneath the bauble

Add some script paper

Decorate around bauble with flowers, berries, branches, stickers, little bird and a small tag

Decorate around photo with a few flowers, berries, swirly bits etc

Add a chipboard swirl, painted in gold and the title.

I used silver, gold and brown inks on the chipboard pieces.

SCRAPPY STASH

Paper -  Paisley and Vine  from BLUE FERN STUDIOS

Red cardstock

White sparkly cardstock

Gold glitter cardstock

Red corrugated card

White corrugated card

Fence die

Gold doily

Chipboard title - HAPPY from CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

Pine Cone Branch die

Swirly twigs from my stash

Berries

Assorted flowers

Large bauble die

Mini wooden pieces from SCRAPINIEC

Believe tag from HEARTFELT CREATIONS

Cream burlap/hessian from my stash

Stickers - Thoughts Keeper from 7 DOTS STUDIO

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CLOSE UPS

I also used  the December sketch from December Sketch Challenge

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Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

PLEASE DO CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER DESIGNER BLOGS FOR MORE INSPIRATION AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD BECOME A FOLLOWER AND COME BACK AGAIN SOON.

BYE FOR NOW

MANY THANKS.

xxx



CHRISTMAS CARD No 6

Hi everyone, I think there is just time for one more Christmas Card.

If you like this just follow along below.

xxx

HERES HOW

Take a large card blank or fold an A4 sheet of card in half

Cover with Christmas paper

Add a 4 inch strip of sparkly card across the centre

Add a 3.35 inch strip of gold card on top

Add a 3 inch strip of red sparkly card on top

Add a 2 inch strip of white sparkly card on top

Now start to decorate

I started with the three handmade poinsettias

Next add the gold baubles to either side

Add some smaller baubles

Add the large Let It Snow bauble

Adhere pine boughs in white glitter card

Add some twigs

Finish off with some holly swirls and the title.

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SCRAPPY STASH

Sheet of A4 white cardstock

Pretty Christmas paper

Sparkly card, red, gold and white

Let it snow die - X cut

Hand cut baubles see link below

Poinsettia dies - Heartfelt Creations

Holy swirl die - Heartfelt Creations

Pine bough die - Tim Holtz, Sizzix

Sentiment - Heartfelt Creations

Twigs from my stash

Gold glitter - Stickles.

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LINKS

Christmas Bauble and all things Christmasy

https://www.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/christmas/

This is my last card for now, do pop back again soon for another layout.

I really appreciate your comments and would love it if you became a follower

That's all for now

Many thanks.

xxx

SCRAP OUR STASH DESIGN TEAM REVEAL DECEMBER CHALLENGE BEAUTIFUL

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and the

 SCRAP OUR STASH latest challenge.

For this challenge we had to use an item from our stash for each letter in the word DIECUTS.

Here is what I used

 D - Doily punch,  I - Ink, Index card

 E - Envelope, C - Clocks, U -  Uniball pen,T - Tag, S - Shells.

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HOW I DID THIS

Matt photo

Lightly adhere to background card

Cut out a border strip 3 x 9 inches long, adhere below photo

Punch out two border strips one inch wide, add down one side and below photo

Punch out two more border strips with a different punch, repeat

Hand cut a banner border 2 x 9.5 inches long, ink edges and adhere down one side

Start to decorate with flowers, butterflies, clock faces and punched out shells

Add a library card envelope to the top and a tag to the side

Add journaling and the title.

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CLOSE UPS

SCRAPPY STASH USED

Pretty paper by Prima

Cardstock in three different neutral tones

Library Card Envelope from my stash

Tag from my stash

Doily Punch - Martha Stewart

Other Punch - Martha Stewart

Shell punch - Wood ware

Assorted flowers

Mini pearls

Stick pin I made

Clock faces

Brown chalk ink

Title from my stash.

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THE FABULOUS PRIZE

LINKS

Butterflies https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/butterflies/

Stick pins http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/hand-made-stick-pins.html

Clocks https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/clocks/

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Photography by SHEALAN FAERE PHOTOGRAPHY

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING AND FOLLOWING ME

TODAY

BYE FOR NOW

XXX

CHRISTMAS CARD NO. 5

 

Hi everyone, here is another Christmas Card for you with details below on how to make this and what to use.

HERES HOW

Take a large card blank or fold an A4 piece of card in half

Cover with pretty paper, ink the edges

Take a piece of 4 x 8 inch cream burlap/hessian, glue to the front

Glue another piece of  3 x 8 in natural burlap/hessian on top

Glue another piece of 2 x 6 in cream hessian/burlap on top

Now start to decorate

Make a bow with raffia, using hot glue, adhere to centre of card

Now attach various twigs, berries, stamens and pine boughs around the bow

Attach burgundy rose sprigs and lightly paint with white paint

Die cut a little bird, ink and attach

Add the title and a pretty button to the raffia bow.

STASH USED

Large card blank

Pretty dotty paper

Brown, deep pink chalk ink

Three pieces of burlap/hessian in three sizes and colours

Raffia bow

Sparkly button

Twigs and berries on stems

Pine cone die from Tim Holtz

Gold glitter card

Burgundy rose sprigs

White paint

Stamens

Robin - Tim Holtz Birdcage die

Hot glue gun

Christmas sentiment - Heartfelt Creations Christmas Collection.

 

 

 

That's all for now, do pop back again soon for more inspiration.

Bye for now.

CHRISTMAS CARD Number 4

 Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest Christmas card. If you would like to make one like this, please follow along. There is a list of stash used also.

HERES HOW

Take a large card blank or fold an A4 sheet of cardstock in half

Take a piece of pretty paper, distress and ink the edges

Adhere to card front

Take a sheet of corrugated card slightly smaller, adhere

Take a 3 inch strip of red card and attach across the centre

Add a sheet of white card slightly smaller on top

Add a sheet of sparkly card, again slightly smaller

Next add a piece of gold lace  to the lower half of the border

Now start to decorate with a large flower in the centre

Take some twigs and berries and glue either side of the flower

Fill in the middle with small roses, leaves and buds

Fill any extra gaps with stamens

Die cut some sparkly pine branches and add these

Die cut some swirly holly and adhere

Die cut some Christmas baubles, adhere

Now finish off with some white texture paste and the title.

This is quite a heavy card so you will need to use 300gsm card.

 

STASH USED 

White card blank or A4 sheet of card

Red, white card

Red sparkly card

White corrugated card

Gold lace

Assorted flowers, small, medium and large

Twigs from the garden

Berries on stems, rosebuds on stems

Assorted stamens

Pine Cone Die from Sizzix

Swirly holly die from Heartfelt Creations

Mini Christmas Bauble die

A few leaves

Title from Heartfelt creations Christmas Collection

White texture paste - Homemade.

I hope you like my card and followed along and, if so, I would love it if you became a follower

That's all for today, come back soon for more cards and layouts

bye for now 

 



CHRISTMAS CARD 3

 

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog and another Christmas card

If you would like to make one like this, just follow along below.

HERES HOW I DID THIS

Take a large card blank or fold an A4 sheet of cardstock in half

(around 300 gsm)

Cut out a sheet of Christmas music paper to a little smaller than card, ink the edges

Take a piece of corrugated card, rip into opposite ends not quite until the centre so you still have one piece

Ink the edges

Adhere to card front

Attach a large poinsettia to the centre

Using a glue gun attach garden twigs on either side of poinsettia

Next add some berries

Fill in gaps with stamens and mini roses

Now add some die cut pine branches and swirly holly in gold card

Paint everything in white texture paste to look snowy

Add the sentiment.

STASH USED

Card blank or one sheet of A4 cardstock

Music paper

Corrugated card

Brown chalk ink

Poinsettia stamp and die from Heartfelt Creations

Pearl flower centre

Mini white roses

Mini cream stamens

Twigs from the garden

Assorted berries on stems

Gold cardstock

Pine cone die from Tim Holtz

Holly and Berry swirl die from Heartfelt Creations

Sentiment from Heartfelt Creations Christmas Collection

Hot glue gun.

 

LINKS
White texture paste homemade http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/homemade-texture-past.html

Christmas Script papers

https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/christmas/
 

Many thanks for visiting today, I do hope you become a follower and come back again soon for Christmas card no. 4.

BYE FOR NOW.



CHRISTMAS CARD 2

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and Christmas Card No. 2.

This is another large card, half an A4 sheet. I hope you like it.

If you would like to make this card, follow along below.

HERES HOW

First fold a sheet of white cardstock in half (aprox 300gsm)

Cut a sheet of pretty paper to fit this, ink the edges

Cut a strip of hessian/burlap 3 x 10 inches, wrap around the pretty paper, secure at the back with tape or glue

Add a burgundy strip of hessian/burlap aprox 1 x 10 inches to this

Adhere to card front

Now the best bit, start to decorate

Attach a raffia bow to the centre of the card

Add a pretty centre

Glue in some pretty stamens on either side

Add some twigs and berries with glue to either side

Add flowers

Add leaves and pine branches

Die cut a little robin, add inks to colour and attach

Paint a small chipboard chicken wire piece and attach behind robin

Die cut the sentiment and attach to a die cut banner, ink banner

Finish off by adding white paint or texture paste for the snowy effect.

STASH USED

Sheet of A4 white cardstock aprox 300 gsm

Dotty paper

Brown and reddish pink chalk ink

Hessian/Burlap in natural and burgundy

(You could use ribbon)

Raffia for bow

White pearly stamens

Assorted twigs and berries

Burgundy roses and buds

Assorted leaves

Pine cone die for pine branches, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die

Chicken wire chipboard

White texture paste

Banner die

Sentiment die - Happy Christmas

Glittery card for the pine branches

Little bird die, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die

Hot glue gun.

 

LINKS

Homemade Texture Paste

http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/homemade-texture-past.html

Birds

https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/birds/

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CARD AND GIVE IT A GO

I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD BECOME A FOLLOWER THERE ARE MORE CARDS TO LOOK OUT FOR AND  LAYOUTS TOO

MANY THANKS

BYE FOR NOW

XXXA

 

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS CARD

 

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest Christmas card.

If you would like to make one like this, please follow along.

HERES HOW

Take  a sheet of Christmas music paper aprox 8 x 6 inches

Wrap a 3 inch strip of hessian/burlap around the centre

Adhere a red ribbon strip on top of the hessian

Add a white ribbon strip on top of this 

Take a large card blank aprox 8 x 6 inches or fold an A4 piece of white card in half, attach the music paper

Start to decorate by attaching a poinsettia flower in the middle

Add a medium size and a smaller size flower on either side

I gathered some twigs from the garden, painted them with white texture paste and attached with hot glue

Next add a couple of berries, on either side of the flowers

Die cut some white pearlescent card holly swirls, attach

Die cut a snowflake and pine branch and add these

Add a few holly swirls in green card

Die cut a robin, attach to top of ribbon

Die cut the sentiment and glue to a banner, adhere.

Add more texture paste and some small white roses.

STASH USED

A4 sheet of white card - 300 gsm

Pearlescent cardstock

Offcut of hessian/burlap 3 x 10 inches

Off cut of red ribbon 3 x 10 inches

Off cut of white ribbon 3 x 10 inches

Glue Gun with hot glue

Poinsettia die - Heartfelt Creations

Pearl Centres

White mini roses

Twigs from garden

White texture paste

Holly swirl die - Heartfelt Creations

Bird die - Sizzix

Snowflake die - Sizzlitts Sizzix

Berries from my stash

Happy Christmas Sentiment - Die Sire Dies

Banner Die

Pine Cone branch die - Sizzix

White Christmas paper.

CLOSE UPS

 

I have entered this into scrap and craft December Challenge.
 

CHECK OUT MY LINKS TO HELP YOU PUT THIS CARD TOGETHER

LINKS

Christmas script papers free https://uk.pinterest.com/caroleanne345/christmas/

Texture paste homemade http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/homemade-texture-past.html

Hand made mini flowers http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/hand-made-flowers-tutorial.html

Pearl trim

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201476814072?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING TODAY

XXX

ROBINS NEST - BELIEVE

 

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my take on the November

ROBINS NEST sketch challenge.

This is a fabulous sketch by Bev Code which I really love because I get to use lots of flowers. Scroll down for a step by step and to see the stash I used.

 

 

Robins Nest November Sketch

 

 

STEP 1

Adhere a large white doily to pretty background paper

I chose the blue-y greens from my photo

 

 STEP 2

Add another smaller doily

I cut this using a doily cutter

STEP 3

Adhere matted photos

 

STEP 4

Add border strips as per the sketch

STEP 5

Add three chipboard strips (painted white)



  

STEP 6

Decorate with flowers and leaves

 STEP 7

Take some modelling paste and a small lid

 STEP 8

Add the circles with the small lid dipped into the paste

then add the title

STEP 9

Add some micro beads with glue

 

 

 

CLOSE UPS

 

 

 

 

SCRAPPY STASH USED

 

Pretty paper - All Time Favourites, The Works, uk

Plain cardstock - four different colours

White doily

Martha Stewart Doily Cutter

Chipboard pieces by Prima

White acrylic paint

Mini pearls

Assorted flowers, leaves, stamens and stick pins

Tim Holtz Sizzix Pine Cone die -  for the sparkly leaves

Butterflies with stick pin bodies

Modelling paste

Pop micro beads - American Crafts

Title alphas from a Sizzix strip die.
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One lucky winner, selected by a random draw, will receive a $25 prize package of Robin's Nest Scrapbook Products!
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THATS ALL FOR NOW - hope you enjoyed the tutorial and give the sketch a go. Have fun.

XXX