Looking Glass Layout and Cards

Hi there -Here is a layout and a couple of cards I have made using Kaisercraft's The Looking Glass Collection.

 The arrows I have punched out of the  patterned paper pad with a corner punch.  The Collectables are great for adding embellishments. I have also used a favourite tool (one of Heidi Swapp's as well!)- the Epiphany Punch tool, to create the 2 circles on the bottom right hand corner.

For this card I have used the leftover punched corners. Some Papervine trinkets and Bakers twine.

This card carries on the theme of putting 3 rectangles in a row and backed on black card - love this colour blocking and this paper is great to use !


TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

My Artfull Crafts DT Work

Hi there - over the next few days I will showcase what I have been up to with my DT work for Artfull Crafts. Apologies if you have already seen it but I want a record here as well!

Some cards I have made using Kaisercraft's Gingerbread Collection....

I am usually a traditional Christmas colour person of red and green - but I really love this teal green colour in these papers.  For the first card I have made a rosette with the Tim Holtz die out of white card and before I folded it I added some red washi tape from Papervine and then added a rhinestone sparkler to the centre. I love making fishtail banners so have used them on all 3 cards - great for showing off the patterned papers.

For these 2 cards I have used this lovely Angel - she is a digi stamp from LaLa Land Crafts. I just printed her off onto white card and coloured her in with my Copics. The Merry Christmas sentiments are from the Collectables.


TFL


Happy Creating!


Christine

Lady Rose Wedding Layouts

Hi there!
 I have  a couple of Layouts using the lovely Lady Rose Collection from Kaisercraft up on the Artfull Crafts Blog today - thought I would share them here as well.

For this Layout I have used the latest sketch from Creative Scrappers.....


 I have just used  one photo and have hidden the journalling behind it. The Lady Rose papers I have used are all from the Paper pad so the patterns are smaller than the 12x12 papers, but I rather like that when I use a lot of patterned papers together.
I have used my Epiphany Punch to make the round button and added some pearl flourishes for some bling!

For this layout I just put the patterned papers randomly behind the photo for a more informal look.
I cut out the title using my Silhouette Cameo.
That's my daughter - Leanne- on the left! The 'girls ' looked absolutely gorgeous! I loved how  the dresses were different - 2 of each style and colour.

Finally here is a card I have made based on the above sketch using some of the leftovers! I think a sketch is great if you can use it for both a layout and a card - I will definitely keep this one to use again.


Happy Creating!

Christine

Tea Party Card Set

Hi there
Today I have a set of 4 cards in a box to show you......

Here are the 4 cards...

All have the sentiment 'for you' on them.
Here is the box to keep them in....

I have cut out the box using a SVG file from A Paper Hut on my Silhouette Cameo. This was so easy to put together and I could just resize it so my 4x4 cards would fit it perfectly!
I love to make card sets to give as gifts - I wonder who will get this??

Gorgeous day here so I am off out into the garden to tackle the weeds! Did you know weeds are only unwanted plants!

TFL


Happy Creating!

Christine

Enchanted Ella Cards

Hi there.
Here are a couple of cards  to share with you...

 

I coloured in the Inkling - Enchanted Ella, with my Copics and fussy cut her out. She is a wee sweetie! Layered her up on the cards with patterned paper from Kaisercraft's Enchanted Garden Collection.  Have embellished the cards with a key and some leaf pins from Papervine - I added some beads to the leaf pins to jazz them up a bit!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Project Life for my Dad's 100th

Hi there
I have been doing a bit of PL scrapping lately and before I show it to you I thought I would show you how I used Project Life as a gift for my Dad.
Last year on May 13 my Dad turned 100!  So I included in his party invites to his family and friends some 4x6 & 3x4 PL cards. I asked everyone  to bring a 4x6 photo of themselves and to write a small note on the cards - a memory or something they wanted to tell him! They then had to either send it back to me or bring it to the party!
At the party I had my daughter, Leanne, & niece, Louise, put everyone's cards and photos into the pocket pages as guests arrived. I had it divided into sections - family, relations, friends etc.

This is the title page

 The Birthday Boy!

He absolutely loves it!  I filled in any gaps with photos taken at the party. Birthday cards I put into the envelope pages at the back of the album. I kept it very simple - no embellishing! It was such an easy way to gather and display these special memories.

He loves looking through it and showing everyone when they come to visit!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Great News!

Hi there!
Well I have some exciting news to tell you today- I am staying on the Artfull Crafts Design Team for another year! I love being on the team and creating cards and Layouts with all the lovely goodies that Liz gets in for the shop! Plus I love to share it with you my readers!  A big team this year so I am looking forward to seeing what everyone creates, make sure you check them all out as Liz has some goodies to give away! You can view my Gallery here.

Here is a card to share with you today....

Made this to welcome my Great nephew, Seth, into the world a few weeks ago! Using Kaisercraft's Bundle of Joy Collection.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Fussy Cutting

Hi there!
I am excited! I have learn't how to fussy cut with my Silhouette Cameo!

This little cutie is Marci with a bunny from La-La Lands Crafts. They have rubber and digital stamps.
She brings back memories of when I was a little girl and had a white pet rabbit called Priscilla!
Any way I found this great tutorial on how to fussy cut around digital stamps with the Silhouette Cameo from Narelle at The Non-Crafty Crafter.
I am so thrilled to be able to do this! I have a pet hate of fussy cutting with scissors!
I have coloured her in  with my Copics and made the background with dies  -The fence, tree and grass -from My Favorite Things.  The sentiment is on a Spellbinders diecut. The patterned paper is Kaisercraft's Enchanted Garden from Artfull Crafts.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Fisherman Fred

Hi there!
Back with another Inkling - Fisherman Fred...

I had to make a bookmark for Millie's brother, Zac, too!  He is a keen fisherman so Fred was most appropriate to go on his bookmark! I cut him(Harry not Zac!) out with a Spellbinders oval die and put him on a Labels 10 diecut, which I gave a wood effect to, using a Kaisercraft stamp. Some black washi tape from Papervine to embellish. Love the tape measure one - being a fisherman he might need higher numbers to measure the fish with though!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Enchanted Ella

Hi there!
I have another Inkling to show you today - Enchanted Ella......

I have coloured them in with Copics - I made a mistake though! I gave her long sleeves on her tunic! So I am just telling you she has her winter outfits on! I have put them onto Prima Tags and turned them into Bookmarks for my great niece Millie and her friend Pippa. They are all into Tinkerbell and Peter Pan, so I have put pixie dust on their wings with a glitter copic pen. Can't see the dust in the photos but it looks lovely. The sayings are from the Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden Collection. Washi tape from Papervine makes a great flat embellishment and a ribbon tie for the top of the tag.

I have made envelopes to put them in using my new envelope maker - how easy were they!! Just found the size I wanted and some old scrapbooking paper and 2 minutes later had these lovely envelopes to put them into to give to the girls!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Hunting Harry

Hi there !  After the post yesterday about the Artfull Inklings I wanted to show you the 2 cards I have made using Hunting Harry...

 

 With the first card I coloured him in with the Kaiser Fusion Markers and fussy cut him out, put him on to a background from Kaisercraft's Sweet Pea paper pad - this Collection works well for my male/deerhunter card! I added a map button from Papervine, the flags from the Collectables and the sentiment is stamped onto a MFT tab die.

For the 2nd card I used my Copics to colour Harry, this time I didn't fussy cut him out but left him on the white card and much to my joy the Spellbinders Oval die fits around him perfectly, I could even go the next size up or cut him out with a rectangle. Again I used the Sweet Pea Collection for the background and some Papervine bakers twine to embellish.

Here is a look at the 2 Harry's just after I had coloured them in....

Coloured with Fusion markers on the left and Copics on the right.

A good comparison between the Kaiser Fusion Markers and the Copics.  I have had my Copics for a while now and love them, but after using the Fusions I found them good to work with- especially after Juanita gave me a few tips! It was interesting that on both images I got a bit of bleeding, so I have to put that down to the user not the pens! I think it is a case of practice, practice, practice!

The Artfull Inklings are now on the website and in the store to buy, as are the Fusion pens - such a good deal on them!


TFL


Happy Creating!


Christine

Artfull Inklings

Hi there! I have some exciting news about the new Artfull Inklings that Liz and the Team at Artfull Crafts have put together. There are 12 different images to choose from - and there are Male ones!!
This is the Enchanted Ella one...

 

                      
                                       

Colour them! Cut them! Mount Them! Each package comes with 5 identical uncoloured images printed onto card suitable for use with alcohol markers, pens, pencils, paints, inks and more. Use them on cards or layouts, or give them to anyone who loves colouring.

Package is 7.5cm x 10.5cm. Images approximately 8cm x 6cm.

Artfull Inklings are exclusively manufactured by Artfull Crafts in Timaru with original images hand-drawn by Joe Ramage.

While up at SENZ we had a session of having a go at colouring in some of the Inklings - Ella, Juanita and I were keen to colour in with the new Kaiser Fusion Markers Liz had brought over from Kaisercraft in Melbourne. Ella and Juanita coloured in Enchanted Ella ( Ella's sample is on tag above) I coloured in Boy and Buddy.  We then got Miss Betsy to 'fussy' cut them out and we put them onto Tags and embellished them with 'Goodies' from Lowri's Papervine stall (which was next door to our one at SENZ).

 Mr Madhatter coloured in by Teresa Abjao back in Melbourne

 Boy and Buddy coloured in by me!

Rugby Roger coloured in by Juanita and tag embossed and inked by Robbi Bell!

So keen to have a go????  Check them out in the new product section on the Website or call into the shop and see them on display.

Happy Creating and Colouring!

Christine

Bike Card

Hi there!

Here is the card I made for my son, Philip, for his Birthday last month.  The Bike is a  die from My Favorite Things.  The paper is Kaisercraft's Remember Me Collection.

Off to feed my calves now!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Bundle of Joy Baby Card

Hi there!

A Baby card to show you today, made for a friend of my daughter's who had a baby boy a little while ago.  I used Kaisercraft's Bundle of Joy Collection.   I made the Baby Boy button with my Epiphany Crafts Tool  and used Spellbinders Label four for the die cut.

I had a great time up at SENZ with Liz and the Artfull Crafts team. It is quite a mission for Liz to pack up 2 pallets of goodies and organise all the team to get to Auckland, but she has it down to a fine art!  I also helped out on Lowri's Papervine stall and had an awesome time with all the washi tape and  other goodies. It was just like being in a sweet shop!! My washi tape collection has now grown considerably! Hence I have been googling ways you can use it and there are lots!

I have been crafting since being home, but calving has started with 2 early arrivals - both bull calves! So I must finish my list of things to do before we get too busy!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Silhouette Cameo Card

Hi there!

I have been using my Silhouette Cameo a bit and I love to cut out silhouettes from black card.
So this card has been made using a black silhouette shape.
I have also used Spellbinders 5x7 Elegant Labels four to cut out the card base and then for the frame. The sentiment is stamped on to a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Best Wishes

Hi there!

Here is my card to share with you today....

I have used my Spellbinders 5x7 Enchanted Labels 28 die for the background and I hand cut the patterned paper after using the die as a template.
The awesome leaf pins and Bakers Twine are from Papervine.

I am off to Auckland for SENZ tomorrow to help out with Artfull Crafts.  Liz takes up half her shop and has a fabulous selection of Classes. So I am so excited to be a helper/gofer!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Wedding Cards

Hi there remember me?!! So sorry to any of you out there that look at my Blog and have found I haven't posted anything new for months!!
Will now try to remedy that....

A couple of Wedding cards I made. I have used Spellbinders and MFT dies. The Together Always stamp is from Waltzing Mouse Stamps - love using that sentiment for a Wedding Card.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine