Gorjuss in Green

I've been playing with some of the products in the Scribble & Scrap shop and decided to do a bit of colouring. I've made this Gorjuss card.

I covered an 8"x 8" card blank with kraft card and layered a couple of the papers from the Simply Gorjuss 8x8 Paper Pack. I added lace to cover the join. The frame was created with a Whimsy die and Kraft card.

There are 10 different stamps in the Gorjuss - The Fox Stamp set (great value at only £5.95) but I only used three of them. I arranged and stamped the images onto super smooth card and coloured them with my Promarkers. I then dusted some Distress Ink around the stamps to take away the white.

The inside of these paper packs are covered in Gorjuss images, tags, embellishments and frames I've cut out a few and layered them to make this tag. I finished the card with three large buttons and some twine.

Make sure you visit the Scribble & Scrap shop to get your Gorjuss supplies. There are plenty of Gorjuss and Mirabelle products in the shop and from 9am today until 9am Saturday (or while stocks last) there is a 10% discount on those ranges. Just type in the code Santoro10 at the checkout.
Don't forget to enter our "Anything Goes" challenge. And come and find us on Facebook at the Scribble & Scrap Facebook group.

Scribble & Scrap Challenge #28

Welcome to Challenge #28 at Scribble & Scrap. Thank you to all who joined in with challenge #27, the winners have been announced on the blog. The theme for the Scribble & Scrap challenge is always "Anything Goes" Two winners will be chosen. A random drawn winner and a selected winner. They will each win a £10 voucher to spend in the Scribble & Scrap shop.   A full set of the rules can be found on the Challenge blog. We hope you will all play along with the challenge but, please note, that there is a maximum of three entries per challenge and you must be a follower of the blog.

Here is my DT card using products from the shop.

I covered a 6"x 6" card blank with a pretty paper from the Lillibet 6x6 Designer Paper Pack and added a Cream Circular Doily. The art work is from the Janet Kruskamp Cardmaking Collection Pad 1. I used a punch to cut out the paper strip and mounted the sentiment with foam pads in the centre. The flowers are from Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms.

Here is a close up of the delightful image. All the artwork in this collection is suitable for making cards for males and females of any age.

Please visit the Scribble & Scrap Blog and Challenge to see what the other DT members have created for your inspiration. Make sure you visit the new look Scribble & Scrap shop to see the fantastic crafty products available. You can also ask to join the Scribble & Scrap Facebook group to make sure you don't miss out on any of the exciting news about the new products being added to the Scribble & Scrap shop every week.

Scribble & Scrap Challenge #27 Reminder

This is a reminder for challenge #27 at Scribble & Scrap. The current challenge runs until 6pm (GMT) on Friday. A full list of all the rules is on the blog. The theme for Scribble & Scrap is always "Anything Goes".

My DT card features some of the gorgeous products available in the Scribble & Scrap shop.

I covered a DL card with brown textured card and added the topper, tag, sentiment and paper ribbon using a sheet from Janet Kruskamp Cardmaking Collection pad 1.

The topper has been decoupaged and mounted with foam pads.

I embellished the card with a folded, inked doily from the Cream Circular Doilies pack and some flowers from Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms.

Please visit the Scribble & Scrap Challenge Blog to see some more DT cards. And make sure you visit the new look Scribble & Scrap shop to see all the lovely crafty products available.

Docrafts Projects September 2014

Yesterday I showed you cards made with the latest Docrafts collections. Today I have a selection of projects, decorations  and gift ideas that I have been having fun making this week for my demonstration at The Range in Carmarthen on Saturday.

I used Kraft card and the Bellissima range to create this gift pouch. I've stapled a small bag of sweets inside.

The Craft Christmas collection has some useful Memory Pockets that make perfect gift voucher holders and here I've made a cover for one.

I used more Craft Christmas papers and embellishments on this pen holder. I created the holder by inserting a tube into a small box I made. I thought it looked like a chimney so I added a Victorian Christmas Santa.

One of the free gifts with the Creativity magazine this month is a Christmas bauble to make using papers from Victorian Christmas. I used silver Decorative Berries to finish it off.

Last month's free Creativity gift was a snowflake die. I've used it here to fashion a wreath on an 8"x 8" card. The backing paper is from Victorian Christmas and I used Decorative Berries to embellish it. The leaves are actually made from a small die in the new X-cut Feathers Die set.

There are lots of new X-cut dies available to make gift boxes, tags, bags and envelopes. Here I used the A5 Pillow Box die and embellished it with snowflake die-cuts for a quick gift wrap solution.

Another new die is the Snowflake Cluster. Here I've made a simple card featuring the die-cut but the snowflakes can be used individually as embellishments. 

There are so many wonderful new goodies from Docrafts to help make your Christmas perfect so pop along to your local stockist soon so you don't miss out. And, if you can make it to The Range in Carmarthen on Saturday between 10 and 4, I'd love you to stop by and say Hello.

Docrafts Demonstration September 2014

Well, it's been a busy time in my my craft room again this week as I've been preparing for my Docrafts demonstration at The Range in Carmarthen. I will be in store from 10am till 4pm this Saturday and would love to see you if you are in the area.

This time the collections are centered around Christmastime. There is something for everyone from vintage images and papers to fun and cute woodland animals. There are also contemporary colours and patchwork patterns.

                                         

The Victorian Christmas collection features decoupage, papers, stamps and decorations typical of bygone times.

The Pippinwood collection is full of endearing woodland creatures celebrating the holiday season. 

There are images, papers and embellishments in bright, vibrant colours.

The Bellissima Christmas collection is made up of contemporary colours and delicate images with feminine, lacy touches.

There is decoupage, sentiments, papers, stamps, ribbon and gems.

The final collection is the Nordic inspired Craft Christmas. There is gingham, cross stitch and patchwork inspired papers and stamps.

The papers have a natural fiber look in a classic colourway.

I hope I have inspired you to check out your local Docrafts stockist so you can make your own Christmas creations in any style you prefer. And if you're in the Carmarthen area on Saturday please pop in to The Range and say Hello.

I'll be back tomorrow with some of the projects and gift ideas I've made with these collections.

Notelet Box Tutorial

This is a tutorial I have done for the Scribble & Scrap blog It's a set of notelets and a box to put them in. This is a lovely Christmas or birthday present for crafters to make and can easily be adjusted for any size. All highlighted items can be purchased in the Scribble & Scrap Shop.

I started by using Curiosity Corner Sentiment Stamps and stamped the sentiment on four A6 card blanks. Then, on an A4 sheet, I stamped the sweet Lillibet Clear Stamp Holding Flower four times.

Once I'd coloured the images with my Promarkers I die-cut them and edged with Distress Ink.

I decorated the notelets with Lillibet Die-cut Bunting and Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms flowers.

Now for the actual box. I hate having to measure anything so I kept it simple. First, I made the top of the box. I took an envelope for the notelets and placed it in the centre of a A4 sheet of sturdy card. I allowed a bit of a gap around the envelope and marked the card. I then scored the lines to fold the base. 

Next, I stacked the notelets and envelopes to see how deep the box needed to be. 2 centimetres looked about right so I added that as a border all round and cut the card to size.

To make the bottom of the box, which needs to be just a little bit smaller, I cut a second piece of card a few millimetres smaller than the top. I then measured in 2 cm round the sides and scored those lines. 

At the corners I cut into one line to make a tab and removed a small sliver to make the fold neater.

I folded all the corners up and used a wet glue to stick them into place. Paperclips held them while they dried. Can you see how the top of the box is slightly larger than the bottom so it will slot over the base?

To decorate the box I stamped Lillibet again and coloured and die-cut her as before. I cut a larger shape as a matting layer. I used a paper from  Lillibet 6x6 designer paper pack for the corners and added some flowers from Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms. I finished them with gems and buttons.

And there you have a very simple way to create a little gift. You don't have to put notelets in the box. What about some handmade cards? Or gift tags? You can make a box of any size, just remember to use your envelopes as a size guide. Try making the box from double sided paper so the inside looks pretty too.

If you make one of these boxes I'd love you to show me how it turned out. This tutorial will also appear on the Scribble & Scrap Challenge Blog.
Thank you for looking. I'd appreciate any comments.

Scribble & Scrap Challenge #27

Welcome to Challenge #27 at Scribble & Scrap. Thank you to all who joined in with challenge #26, the winners have been announced on the blog. The theme for the Scribble & Scrap challenge is always "Anything Goes" Two winners will be chosen. A random drawn winner and a selected winner. They will each win a £10 voucher to spend in the Scribble & Scrap shop.   A full set of the rules can be found on the Challenge blog. We hope you will all play along with the challenge but, please note, that there is a maximum of three entries per challenge and you must be a follower of the blog.

There is a fantastic Candy running this week. The details are on the blog.

My DT card this time features some of the gorgeous products available in the shop. 

I started by covering a 6"x 6" card blank with a pretty paper from the Curiosity Corner 6x6 paper pack. I then added a Dovecraft cream doily and a strip of lace from my stash. The bunting was made with Lillibet Die-cut Bunting and I stamped the sentiment from Curiosity Corner Sentiment Stamps.

The stamped image is Lillibet Clear Stamp, Holding Flower which I cut out with an X-cut die and edged with Distress Ink. I coloured Lillibet with my Promarkers. Although this image is a girl, I've coloured her in boyish colours to match the paper. The flowers are from two sets available in the shop, the  Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms and the  Scribble & Scrap Flowers and Things, White and Sky. I finished the card with some red and blue pearls from my stash.

Please visit the Scribble & Scrap Blog and Challenge to see what the other DT members have created for your inspiration and to join in for the fabulous Candy prize. Make sure you visit the new look Scribble & Scrap shop to see the fantastic crafty products available. You can also ask to join the Scribble & Scrap Facebook group to make sure you don't miss out on any of the exciting news about the new products being added to the Scribble & Scrap shop every week.

Kraftyhands September 2014 Challenge

Today is the start of the September challenge at Kraftyhands. Thank you to those of you who joined in with the August challenge, the winners have been posted on the blog. This challenge is just for fun. The theme this month is "Autumn Colours"

We would love it if you used a Kraftyhands product somewhere on your project, but it's not necessary. Though we do ask that you follow the challenge blog.

I decided to show you something different from Kraftyhands today. I used the Bold Blooms Poppies stamp  to create this card. Poppies are always very popular but this year they are particularly significant as they are being used to commemorate 100 years since the start of WW1. 

I made an A5 card base from cream hammered card. I printed the sentiment directly onto the card before folding. The image was matted and layered onto red card and gold pearlescent card before fixing to the card base.

I stamped the poppies three times using a masking technique and coloured them with my Polychromos. I then used the pencils to create a graduated background. I finished the card with three black pearls in the corner.

Please now visit the  Kraftyhands Challenge Blog for a full set of the challenge rules and to view the inspirational DT creations. Remember to be a follower of the challenge blog to qualify for entry in the challenge. You can also keep up to date with all the latest Kraftyhands news and see sneak peeks on the Kraftyhands Blog.

Lillibet Holding Flower

Have you visited the new Scribble & Scrap shop yet? In case you haven't heard, there is now a fabulous assortment of crafting essentials in stock and more expected later this week. There are paper pads, stamps, embellishments and dies. There is a 20% launch discount available until midnight on Saturday so head over there now to snap up a bargain.

I have been having a play with some of the gorgeous goodies from the shop and created this little card.

I've made a Gatefold Card and scallop cut the left hand gate. I then covered it with one of the papers from the Lillibet 6x6 designer paper pack and one from the Curiosity Corner 6x6 paper pack.

I used the sweet Lillibet Clear Stamp "Holding Flower" and coloured her with my Promarkers. I then die-cut the image and inked the edges before fixing to the left hand gate.

I stamped the sentiment using one of the Curiosity Corner Sentiment Stamps and added some flowers from the Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms pack.

I finished the card with some of my own die-cuts and pearls.

The popular Scribble & Scrap Challenge is still running with the chance to win a voucher to spend in the Scribble & Scrap shop. The theme is always "Anything Goes". Don't forget to be a follower so you can keep up to date with all the new stock being added to the store.