Gorjuss Docrafts May 2016

Sorry I've been MIA lately. It's been a busy time for me and the family. I hope you've all been keeping well and enjoying your crafting.

Today I want to show you some of what I've been busy doing these past weeks. I've been preparing for a Docrafts demo at The Range in Carmarthen on Saturday. I shall be in store from 10 am - 4 pm and if you're in the area I'd love to see you.

There are lots of exciting new Docrafts, Papermania, X-cut, Papier Patch and Anita's products released this month and three fabulous new collections. One of them features the popular Santoro Gorjuss. This new range is called The Vintage Rose Collection.

These samples were made using the Vintage Rose A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack which comes in a fabulous triple folder. I added some of the pretty coordinating Gorjuss ribbons and some of the Gorjuss Rose Charms which are wonderful moulded roses in four different colours and sizes.

The Gorjuss Vintage Rose collection also includes four new rubber stamps. The one I've used is called Heartfelt. Each character comes with a coordinating frame and extra embellishments. There are also two new sets of Watercolour Dual-tip Pens to colour these pretty stamps with. Or you could paper piece the stamps to fully coordinate with the pretty papers and vellums.

There are also lots of new X-cut dies like the fabulous Filigree Tea Time set and the Woodland Flourishes I used on some of the Gorjuss cards.

Look out for the new Papier Patch papers, Papermania Colour In Glitter Stickers and Glitter Dot Stickers. They work fabulously with Anita's Foiled Decoupage.

Also, the new Cut and Emboss Folders will let you quickly and easily create fabulous, elegant cards. 

All these new products means lots of samples which, hopefully, means lots of inspiration for you. I hope you now go and check out your local Docrafts stockist so you can grab some of these fabulous new goodies for yourself. You can also see more of my samples by viewing my Docrafts Gallery. Simply click on the link in the sidebar.

Remember to pop into The Range in Carmarthen on Saturday if you are nearby. I'll be back in a couple of days to show you two more of the new Docrafts collections.

Gorjuss Nightlight

Time has been rushing by again and I've been kept very busy behind the scenes but the main reason for my lack of blogging lately is that I've been having an absolute nightmare with Blogger. I have to switch browsers from Chrome to upload photos and no one's Followers show - including my own. If anyone has any suggestions please don't hesitate to share them.
Today I've braved my frustrations to show you a little project I made for my recent Docrafts demonstration. 

I have made a nightlight. It started off as an empty cardboard tub. I glued one of the lovely papers from the new Santoro Gorjuss range all round the tub and painted the lid with Artiste black acrylic paint. I then made a circle template and drew round it on opposite sides of the tub and used a craft knife to cut the circles out. 

I used a wonderful Gorjuss Deco Sheet - it's tissue paper - to line the inside of the tub and die cut two scalloped circle frames from green Papermania textured card to fit around the cut out circles.

The image is the new Gorjuss Nightlight stamp. I stamped her twice, coloured both with Copics and loosely cut them out. I added lace around the tub before I fixed the girls to the tub on foam pads. 

I finished the nightlight with buttons, bows and bits from the A4 Ultimate pack. I placed the lid on the bottom of the tub and turned it upside down. The actual light is a battery operated LED light that fits perfectly underneath.
I hope I've inspired you to have a go at creating your own nightlight. All my other Docrafts demo samples can be seen in my gallery by clicking on the Docrafts tab on my sidebar.

 I'd like to enter this project in the following challenges:
http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.nl/2015/09/challenge-75-anything-goes-option-hat.html x
 http://craftytimechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/september-with-sherri-baldy.html x
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-164-anything-but-card.html x

Scribble & Scrap Challenge #45

It's half-term week here in England and Wales and I have my two grandchildren and their mum staying. There won't be much, if any, crafting being done by me but the children do love colouring and making things - including a mess!
On to today's business which  is Challenge #45 at Scribble & Scrap. Thank you to all those who entered our previous challenge, the winners have been announced on the blog. Please see the blog for the details and the prize that's up for grabs for this challenge.

Our theme is always
"Anything Goes"
I love the new Santoro Gorjuss range by Docrafts and have been having a play with the papers and images. Here is an 8"x 8" card I've made.

The base layer is card I coloured with DI Weathered Wood. I then matted and layered two of the new Gorjuss papers, a piece of card coloured with DI Antique Linen and two more papers. I wiped black ink over a doily and added a length of lavender lace.

The image is one of the decoupage ones from the Ultimate A4 Die-cut & Paper Pack and I layered it up with foam pads. I cut an oval base from plain card and coloured it with DI Weathered Wood.

There are lots of coordinating tags, images, embellishments and sentiment panels in the Ultimate kit and I made a little montage with a few of them. I finished the card with buttons in the corners.
Now head on over to the Scribble & Scrap blog to see the inspirational makes from my talented team mates and to enter your crafty creations.

I've entered this card in the following challenges:
http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/challenge-83-surprise-colour-challenge.html x
http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/23-may-challenge-81-anything-goes-with.html x
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/challenge-5-and-design-team-call.html x
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/challenge-107_22.html x
http://www.a-step-in-the-darkness.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/challenge-22.html x
http://www.creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/2015/05/team-mel-anything-goes.html x
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/new-challenge-shabby-chic.html x