S J Crafts June Challenge

Wow the last month has just flown by {I think I must be getting old was going to say I don't know where this year has gone} anyway I digress it's time for the new challenge over at S J Crafts where this month we have a colour challenge for you. Jennifer has put together this lovely picture to help you with your inspiration.

Now I was sat at my desk thinking how the heck was I going to produce something in those colours when I looked over to the right hand side of my desk where I usually have the latest crafty purchases sat waiting to be used and what should be sat there but the new mini distress ink pads that I bought with a gorgeous bright pink and orange in it and the rest as they say is history.



I took a piece of cream card as my base and using a waterbrush  with the  Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade distress ink from the Mini Distress Ink Pads Kit 1 I swiped the colour across the centre of the card. To make this easier and to keep everything tidy I cut myself a square frame which I held over the top of my cream card while I was painting the colours on. Once I was happy with the colours I stamped the  Dandilion head stamp and the sentiment with Versa Mark Watermark Stamp Pad and then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I added 3 orangey/gold gems under the sentiment and mounted the cream card onto some gold card to finish it off.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sparkle & Spinkle - June Challenge

Lawnscaping Challenge - Embossing

Fan - Tastic Tuesday Challenge - Summer (my colours are summery)

Easter Card & Egg Holder

Today I have a quick and easy Easter project that is featured on the blog over at S J Crafts today to show you , I made both the card and the egg holder from 1 sheet of Kraft card and 1 sheet of 6 x 6 paper.

So the card is 10 x 10 cm which was cut from the sheet of Kraft card. The paper is from MME Now & Then Mildred pad. I simply cut a strip from a sheet mounted it onto pale yellow paper and stuck it down the centre of my card blank. I coloured a cute Easter image from Pink Petticoat and mounted it on a die cut yellow scalloped circle which is then stuck to the card on foam pads to give it some dimension. I added some Studio Calico wood grain enamel dots to the corners and also in the centre of the flower on the top of the egg. Lastly I used Glossy Accents to make the chicks beak shiny.

Onto the egg holder I cut a piece of Kraft card 27 x 9 cm and then scored 11 cm, 17 cm, 19 cm and 25 cm. I made up a template below if you want to use it. Between the score lines at 19 cm and 25 cm I die cut a circle for my egg to sit into. Once folded up you can see you have almost a box shape with a flat back. I decorated the back similar to my card adding a strip of paper with die cut image attached. I also added a strip of paper and some enamel dots to the front of the box.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today.

I would like to enter my card and gift into the following challenges:

Digi Haven - Easter with a twist (must use brown)

Cut It Up Challenge - Easter and die cut

Crafts 4 Eternity - Easter

Craft For The Craic - Easter/ Spring

Splendiferous Creations - Easter

Totally Papercrafts - Easter

A Creative Romance - Eggcellent Spring

Teresa Collins Flip Book

Today I have something to show which really took me out of my comfort zone, Sarah recently got the new Teresa Collins Flip Books in stock at S J Crafts and asked the DT if any of us would like to have a go with one. I had been looking at these and thought they would be fun to play with so said yes! Only then did I realise just how far out of my comfort zone I had taken my self, now I’m not ashamed to admit that scrapbooking frightens the life out of me all that space on a 12 x 12 sheet no thank you I’d rather stick to my 6 x 6 cards. These flip books are great they are all ready for you to decorate, they are made from thick black card so nice a neutral for any colour scheme. I decided I was going to use my to record Aimee’s first experience of horse riding. I chose to use the Glitz Wild & Free papers as some of the papers had horses on and the rest had lovely bold patterns which went with my photos. I didn’t mount any of my papers as the black pages looked perfect as a mount for the papers plus it helped not to make the book to thick so the flipping action still worked. Embellishment wise I used some washi tape, Studio Calico wood grain enamel dots, punched flowers and some chipboard shapes with I coloured with my promarkers and ink pads. I’ve keep this post fairly short as it’s quite picture heavy if you have any questions please ask Don’t forget Annie  from the DT also posted about a flip book including some fab video you can find her post here.

Front Cover

Inside cover

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Page 10 & 11

Pull out page

Mothers Day at S J Crafts

Today I've got a little Mothers Day set to show you that I've made for S J Crafts, I made a card and a matching box which holds 4 tea lights.  

For my card I started with a  scalloped card blank, I cut a 14 x 14 cm piece off a 12 x 12 sheet of paper from the new Teresa Collins Daily Stories collection, this sheet is called flowers. I rounded the corners off and inked the edges with Milled Lavender Distress Ink. The sentiment is a digital stamp from Pink Petticoat which I cut out using Labels 1 Nestabilities Dies, again I have inked the edges. To finish the card off I added a die cut rolled rose and swirl, a tiny punched butterfly and some of the gorgeous wood grain Studio Calico Enamel Dots.

Onto the little box 

Starting with a piece of card 14 x 29cm, score at 8 cm, 16 cm, 18cm, 26cm and 28cm along the long edge and 1cm, 3cm, 11cm, 13cm along the short edge. I've drawn up a little template to help to show what your card should look like once you have scored the lines.

The bits I have shaded in purple you need to cut off and discard so that it ends up looking like this

You can see I have cut out a window with my Labels 1 dies and I have rounded and angled some of the flaps. Behind the window I attached some acetate. Fold the box up the and stick it together remembering to leave an open flap so you can fill it with your tea lights. 

I used some more of the Teresa Collins paper to decorate the top inside and outside and around the edges, before I stuck this down I attached a piece of ribbon the the lid which runs down the back of the box and underneath it to tie the box shut. I've printed another digital stamp to add to the top and decorated it to match my card. 

Here you can see the inside of the box with the tea lights.

I hope you have enjoyed my little project and don't forget if you have a go at making one leave me a link so I can come and have a peek.

I would like to enter my cards & box into the following challenges:
The Crazy Challenge - Flower Frenzy
A Gem Of A Challenge - Mothers Day/Female Birthday/ Special Lady
Lexi's Creations - Use Your Punches and Dies
That Craft Place - Flowers and or Mothers Day

Mum Card

 

 Something a little bit different from me today not a promarker in sight!! I can remember seeing this style of card on a blog a long time ago but have no idea what it would be called. I have cut a panel out of a standard 6 x 6 card blank and stuck the letters over the gap. I have used papers from MME Cut Paste Flair pad teamed with some black card I love how the soft colours really stand out against the black. I used the word art function in word to create the letters and numbers printing them onto normal card which I then cut out and stuck onto my patterned paper, you need to use quite thick card to give the card front some strength. I have put stickles all around the edges of the letters and numbers to finish them off. I used my fiskers scalloped lace border punch for the bottom edge.

 

This gorgeous flower has been cut with Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die from some of the pink ombre paper in the pad I love the way this has allowed me to cut the flowers all from the same sheet but with the differing shades. I have used a Basic Grey Candy Button to the centre of the flower and gone round all the edges with stardust stickles.

 

Here's a view of the card slightly open, you can just about see another sheet of that gorgeous ombre paper this time in an aqua green shade.

 I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Just Inspirational Challenge - Girly

Rhedd and Rosies Challenge  - Polka Dots

Miriam's Crafting Blog - Flowers

Crafting By Designs - Birthdays

Lothian Crafts - Female Birthday  using dies

 

Six on the Sixth at S J Crafts

 

 

This morning todays post is for a series which started last month over on the S J Crafts Blog called Six on the Sixth the idea is to encourage ourselves, and you, to get those pesky Christmas cards made in advance. Each month from now until December, on the 6th of the month, there will be a post filled with Christmas card inspiration for you! You will be able to link up your own cards at the end of the post, you can do this anytime throughout the month, and we'll come and take a look to get more inspiration from you! My teamie Jennifer suggests putting a kit together to make it quicker to make your cards here's my attempt at putting a kit together ( not something I would normally do as I craft with all my stuff around me) my kit consisted of MME 6x6 Mistletoe Magic, some sheets of cardstock and some Christmas stamps. To this I then added as I was going along Diamond, Gold & Silver Stickles, scalloped lace border punch, zig zag border punch, tag punch, gems, ribbon, Memento black ink pad , promarkers , various spellbinder dies and six scalloped 6 x 6 square card blanks.

Here's the six cards I made.

The lovely Sarah at S J Crafts  is offering a pizza box full of stash as a prize to one lucky person who links up during the series. The more times you link up the more chances you have to win.

 

I would like to enter my cards into the following challenges:

Christmas Stamping All Year Long - Layers

Sweet Stampin Christmas - Winter Animals

Crafty Little Fairies - Cute & Cuddly Critters

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas

S J Crafts Sketch for National Scrapbooking Day

Over at S J Crafts we have a sketch challenge for you to celebrate that today is National Scrapbooking Day. Of course not being a scrapbooker I used the sketch to make a card which I hope you'll agree follows the sketch.

 

 

If you are planning some crafting this weekend (or anytime soon as this challenge will stay open right up until the end of May!) why not play along using our sketch and enter - you could win a £10 voucher to spend in the shop.

 

 

The image is from Dilly Beans coloured with promarkers and fussy cut out around the flowers. The paper are  My Minds Eye - Collectable -Memorable 6 x 6 Pad,  I also used some Self Adhesive Pearls as embellishments and Diamond Stickles on the flowers.

Also if you  have time why not pop over to the S J Crafts Facebook page Sarah has a giveaway for one lucky liker.

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts - Add Some Sparkle

One Stop Craft Challenge - Flower Power

Stampotique Designers Challenge - SDC98 Pink & Turquoise

2 Sisters Challenge - Bingo Bash ( punch's diecuts/ sentiment/ flowers or gems pearls/ image / sentiment)