FABSCRAPS FRIDAY LAYOUT - MERRY CHRISTMAS - 25th November

Morning everyone and welcome to my blog and 

FABSCRAPS FRIDAY

Today I thought I would go for a Christmas theme as exactly one month today it will be Christmas day!

SCRAPPY STASH

Fabscraps Christmas Snow Collection 

Fabscraps Title chipboard - Merry Christmas 

Fabscraps Baubles chipboard

Heartfelt Creations Poinsettia stamp and die

Heartfelt Creations Lilly Die Stamens

Heartfelt Creations Holly Berry die leaves

FROM MY STASH

Black ink, embossing powder, pearls, green card, dark red card, black card, glitter card, pearls.
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I hope you love this collection 

as much as I do.

Bye for now.

xxx

CARDS AND MORE ANYTHING GOES WINTER/CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGN TEAM CHALLENGE No 6 - 18th November

Morning everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest card for 
CARDS AND MORE Shopblog

 ANYTHING GOES WINTER/CHRISTMAS 
CHALLENGE NO. 6

For this card I  have chosen to make a pretty blue Christmas Card.

HERE IS HOW
Cover a 6 x 6 inch card blank with pretty paper
Take a vintage image and matt onto glitter card
Take a strip of corrugated card and adhere across the center of card,
 Take a piece of lace and adhere underneath
Die cut a pretty frame and adhere to top center of card
Add matted photo with foam pads
Die cut some snow flakes and leafy branches and adhere
Now start to decorate with assorted flowers, butterflies and some ribbon seam binding
Last but not least add a flourish to the top of the card for height.
PRODUCTS USED


corrugated card


Paper roses


Shabby seam binding ribbon


Snow flakes dies


Butterflies


Over the edge die


frame die


Lace

Pearls

I hope you liked my card and followed along.
Don't forget to visit the blog for lots more inspiration andremember there is a fab prize from Janes Doodles.
http://www.janesdoodles.com/ 
Bye for now.
xxx

FABSCRAPS FRIDAY AND JONES CRAFTS DESIGN TEAM - CHIC CHICK - 11th November

Morning everyone and welcome to my blog and 
FABSCRAPS FRIDAY.
Today I have a pretty pink layout for you using the 
C84 Collection from FABSCRAPS
I have used two papers from this collection.
I have also used the spiky flowers chipboard and
leaves chipboard plus the
Chipboard title - CHIC CHICK.
HERES HOW
Matt photo
Cut out a sheet of pretty paper to 9 x 9 inches
Matt onto card
Adhere the matted panel to the center of page
Cut out some layers in three different colour card 
Lightly adhere matted photo
Add layers behind the photo
Start to decorate with flowers and stamens
Emboss all the chipboard, adhere as per the layout
Punch out two butterflies, add pearls
Adhere the title chipboard.
FABSCRAPS COLLECTION C 84
Papers x 2, Spiky flowers chipboard, Leaves and Roses chipboard, Title Chic Chick chipboard.

FROM MY STASH

Flower dies, stamens, pearls, embossing powder, plain card stock, butterfly punch.
CLOSE UPS

Many thanks for visiting today, come back soon.
xxx

CREATIVE INSPIRATION TECHNIQUE TUESDAY ANYTHING GOES - 8th November

Morning everyone, I am so excited to be included as the CREATIVE INSPIRATION GUEST DESIGNER today.

Its Technique Tuesday - Anything Goes.

So, today's technique is LAYERING

A very simple but pretty style that goes with everything.

Choose your image, choose your colours and embellies, then rip and tear and layer away as much as you like.
For this card

You will need

A 6 x 6 inch card blank, vintage image, pretty papers x 5 or 6 different coordinating types, butterfly punch, pearls, sentiment, stamens, stamped and die cut flowers, lace.
HERES HOW
Cover your card blank with pretty paper
Matt a vintage photo
Rip and tear an assortment of pretty papers aprox the same size as photo mat
Layer them up as per my example then add the matted photo
Decorate with lace flowers, butterflies and pearls
Add a sentiment and there you have a pretty layered card.

Have fun and happy crafting

Bye for Now
xxx

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GUEST DESIGNER FOR CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS MONDAY SKETCH - MAGNIFICENT - 7th November

Good morning everyone, I am so excited to announce I have been asked to be Guest Designer for 

CREATIVE INSPIRATION

for the November 7th Sketch.

Welcome to Creative Inspiration where we share our creations and projects with each other to inspire each other to learn more and have fun while doing so. Daily chat makes us a family where online support is precious. We are all friends here. 

THE SKETCH

This is a fabulous sketch by the beautiful Bev Code, I hope you like it and give it a go.

HERE IS HOW I DID MINE

Choose photos, papers, card and embellishments

Matt photos in coordinating card

Cut a center panel 6 x 10 inches in pretty paper, ink edges

Matt onto coordinating card, adhere to centre of page

Cut a border 3.5 x 12 inches, matt onto a strip of card 4 x 12 inches

Adhere across the center of page

Stamp and die-cut some flowers and leaves

Add centers to flowers, adhere

Add some branches

Adhere the sentiments with brads

Cut out a tag for the journalling, adhere to side 

Emboss the title and adhere.

SCRAPPY STASH

Pretty Papers, tags, flowers and leafy die cuts - Heartfelt Creations

Plain card stock

Branch stems

Stamens

Brown and green chalk ink

Brown brads

Title chipboard

Embossing powder.

SOME CLOSE UPS

Do check out this brilliant site for lots more inspiration and fun.

That's all for now, have a happy scrappy week, till next time.

XXX

CARDS AND MORE DESIGN TEAM REVEAL - November Challenge No 6, Anything Goes with Winter, Christmas

Morning everyone and welcome to my blog and my very first project with CARDS AND MORE Design Team.

CARDS AND MORE SHOP BLOG 

PRODUCTS USED

Edge die

kraft card

Noor Frame Die

 papers

Lace


paper roses

scrapberrys shabby ribbon

chalk ink



I have entered this into the fussy and fancy challenge here

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/fussy-and-fancy-challenge-176-icesnow.html

Many thanks for visiting today

Bye for now.

BERRY71BLEU DESIGN TEAM REVEAL NOVEMBER MOOD BOARD - MIXED MEDIA LAYOUT - HAPPY BIRTHDAY - 3rd Nov

Hi everyone and welcome to my latest design team reveal for 
BERRY71BLEU NOVEMBER CHALLENGE
This month we have a fabulous navy moodboard I hope you like it and join in.

For my layout I used the navy as my neutral, the gold from the stripe paper, the butterfly and the newspaper print for my inspiration.
I chose to do a 

Mixed media style layout incorporating my mists, stencils, micro beads and paints.

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STASH USED
Script background paper in navy and gold, navy and gold papers and card stock, assorted flowers, stamens, butterflies, pearls, chipboard, embossing powder, sisal, netting, micro beads, script stencil, white paint, spray mists in navy and gold.
Main chipboard frame - CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS CHIPBOARD FRAMES
Small strip stickers with day and date - 7 DOTS STUDIO THOUGHTS KEEPER

AND NOW FOR THE PRIZE

PRIZE SPONSOR - JONES CRAFTS WITH FABSCRAPS

Welcome to Jones Crafts, we are a trade only company supplying many ranges of crafts to retailers across the United Kingdom.

If you would like a representative to visit and show the full craft range, please email:

craftsales@jonesnottm.co.uk.

Keep up to date with our Facebook page 
JONES CRAFTS https://www.facebook.com/jonescraftsuk/?fref=ts

We are proud to be distributors for some fantastic new and different up and coming companies.

OUR PRIZE

Our prize this month is sponsored by Jones Crafts UK

It is the BRAND NEW SAFARI COLLECTION FROM FABSCRAPS

FABSCRAPS

"FabScraps was established in 2005 and is South Africa’s largest scrapbooking manufacturer.

We’ve been spreading creativity to the rest of the world for the past 10 years!

FabScraps has over 3000 product lines which include papers, canvases, die-cuts, stickers, stencils, card kits, journals, embellishments and so much more.

We are excited about adding stunning fabric collections to our diverse range of products.

We are now truly Africa’s largest craft manufacturer, producing over 60 new products a month!"

Many thanks for visiting today, don't forget to look out for more fab inspiration from the rest of the team. Bye for now.

XXX