DT Teresa - Christmas

Hello Everyone!

December is here and you guessed it! Yes, we are sharing projects to celebrate the Christmas season.

I am not organised enough to have Christmas cards well underway, so I usually choose one or two (or a few!) designs and create them production-line style. I keep mostly to a simple design to speed up the process and it is a simple card design I have for you today.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110# Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 1/2" to make a top folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I used the WPlus9 Holiday Trimmings stamp set and coordinating dies and each christmas tree was stamped with three Altenew inks. To create an ombre affect I inked up the stamp with the lightest tone and then covered the bottom of the image with a medium tone, then added the dark tone to the base of the image before stamping. 

The decorative element of the tree was stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with Hero Arts silver embossing powder after swiping the cardstock with EK Tools Powder Tool to prep the surface. The sentiment was also stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger Embossing Powder, White was then diecut with the coordinating die with a Sizzix Sidekick Machine. I adhered the sentiment with foam tape to complete the card.

Thankyou for following along with me today. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110# Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder

WPlus9 Holiday Trimmings

Altenew inks - Sea Breeze, Turquoise, Tide Blue

                           Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon

                           Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris

                           Mocha

Versamark ink

Hero Arts silver embossing powder

EK Tools Powder Tool

Ranger Embossing Powder, White

Sizzix Sidekick Machine

DT Teresa - Shabby Chic 2

Hello! 

I have another shabby chic project to share with you today, catching up now! 

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 1/2" to make a top folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I used the scalloped frame from My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 to place on the card base, moving it slightly above the fold of the card to create a top folding scalloped base card once it was run through the Sizzix Bigshot. I then used the same frame die to cut a piece from Simon Says Stamp cardstock in Audrey Blue and adhered this to the partially scalloped card base. This covered the top fold of the card base - as the frame die was moved above the card base before cutting to retain the fold, the edge was flat. Using the coloured cardstock allowed the opportunity for a complete scalloped card front. Using Versamark Ink, I stamped a floral image from The Ton Fresh Cut Dahlias stamp set numerous times onto the card, providing a subtle background.

I used Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock and stamped various images from Hero arts Color Layering Bird and Branch and WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals to create my own patterned cardstock piece. Altenew Inks provided a wonderful feminine, pastel pallet using Frosty Pink, Buttercream, Frayed Leaf and Peach Perfect. From this I cut a teapot, teapot lid and teacup from My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party and placed aside. 

I then die cut multiple (7-8) tea pots, lids, teacups and (42-48) sugar cubes with the dies from plain white cardstock and adhered the pieces together using Ranger Multi Medium Matte to make sturdy embellishments. Before adding the top stamped piece of the tea pot lid and tea cup I cut away a small area of the plain adhered pieces with my Tim Holtz scissors to allow the pieces to sit flush over the top of the teapot. I then added the top piece and glued the teapot, lid, cup and sugar cubes into place using Ranger Ink Multi Medium Matte.

After brushing over the area to be stamped with an EK Tools powder tool, the sentiment stamp from My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs was cut apart and stamped in Versamark Ink with my MISTI stamping tool. I used Hero Arts white embossing powder for a stand out sentiment, paired with a Wagner Heat Tool.

I die cut a spoon with My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party from a silver foiled piece a had previously made from Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil using a Heidi Swapp Minc Machine. I cut away the lower half of the spoon and placed the handle section against the top of the teacup, adhering it to the card base and giving the illusion of it sitting inside the cup.

The sugar cubes were then swiped with the wonderful Zig Wink of Stella in Clear to provide a shimmer and a sparkle! Finally, I placed some lovely fabric flowers onto the teapot. An elegant, feminine card is the result and would make a great Mother's Day card also.

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa


Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder

My Favorite Things Blueprints 20

Sizzix Bigshot Machine

Simon Says Stamp cardstock in Audrey Blue

Versamark Ink

The Ton Fresh Cut Dahlias 

Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Hero Arts Color Layering Bird and Branch

WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals

Altenew Ink Frosty Pink

Altenew Ink Buttercream

Altenew Ink Frayed Leaf

Altenew Ink Peach Perfect

My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Tonic Scissors by Tim Holtz

EK Tools powder tool

My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs

MISTI stamping tool

Ranger white embossing powder

Wagner Heat Tool

Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil in Silver

Heidi Swapp Minc Machine

Zig Wink of Stella in Clear

Fabric flowers

October - Halloween Colours - DT Deni I Miss Your Face

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to October, this month the Design Team are playing with Halloween Colours on the blog.
Since a lot of us in Australia don't celebrate Halloween we thought why not just go with the colours.. so doesn't have to be anything halloweeny as such.

I couldn't help myself but create a Halloween Card since i love making them :-) But since i don't usually sell a lot of them i decided to make it into a card to send to one of my friends.. i thought shed get a kick out of it.

I have used a few different My Favorite Things stamp sets on this card as i had a few bits and bobs already cut on my desk. My main inspiration image for this card came from the Frightful Friends (2016 halloween release). Everything else sort of fell together around the card.

The images are all coloured using Copic Markers.. i do not have a list this time around as all the images were leftovers from previous cards. As always they were stamped on Mondi Color Copy using Memento Tuxedo Black. (You can use x-press it or nena or whatever you preferred cardstock for colouring is)

Products Used On This Card - Most of these products were purchased from Auzz Trinklets N Krafts

My Favorite Things Frightful Friends
My Favorite Things Magical Dragons
My Favorite Things Farm-tastic
The Craft Stall Mini Stack
My Favorite Things Stitched Fishtail Stax
Lawn Fawn Stitched Circles
W Plus 9 That Is All Stamp Set
Memento Tuxedo Black
Tombow Mono Multi
Fiskars Scissors
Scotch ATG
Collected & Co Fluro Yellow Washi
Lawn Fawn Acrylic Blocks
Twiddleybitz Card Base
Mondi Color Copy
Copic Markers.

I hope you guys have enjoyed my blog post today, feel free to leave a comment below. You can find all my cards for sale on my Angel Handmade Papercraft Facebook page