Mini Folded Album

Well!!!!  Confusion confusion - Keep Calm............... And .....................HURRY UP!!!

Late and sorry but things had to be changed on the very last minute and when I say very last I really do mean it however I got there in the end so without the fuss and circumstance here we go for this week.........

The firs project as you may of already gathered is not a card this time but a Mini Folded Album which could be used for a variety of different things.

All I needed to complete this little project was a couple of Distress Ink Pads - Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters, my Collall All purpose glue and some Cosmic Shimmer glue.

 The Mini Album comes on a 12 x 12 sheet and is ready die cut for you so all you need to do is pop it out embellish to your hearts content, there are lots of extra pieces on the sheet for this but I have added in some extras.  The corners and flourishes are all from Xcut Dies. The flower on the front of the album is also made up from an Xcut Die. I used a Sanding Block to remove any little pips left behind once the Album was taken from the sheet.

 I have added some white panels to the inside which I stamped with a Stampendous Cling rubber stamp which is called Wine Labels. The corners have been punched with a Fiskars Corner Slots punch and this would allow you to add in some photo's or things like recipe cards etc....

 Onto our card this week which is a 6 x 6
square base card.

The background which measures 5.5 x 5.5 inches has been created using the same stamp and Tumbled Glass ink pad.
I have used some Cosmic Shimmer Flake and Glitter glue onto cut and dry foam to stencil through my sequin waste and then added my Gilding Flakes for that metallic look.

As you can see I have used the same dies again and the centre panel which is 3 and a quarter inches square has been embossed with my Regency Swirls Die'sire embossing folder.

 I have deepened the edge of the background panel with some Black Soot Distress Ink





Ta! Da!  Didn't think I'd make it this week.

See you soon x

Sheilagh  : )

Heart Doily - With Love

Good morning folks hope it's dry where you are today, I don't know about you but I'm sick of this wet weather wish it would be on it's way to somewhere it's needed rather than here.  As you must all know by now as it is Monday I'm on Grandma duties until tea time so I have to make this post in somewhat of a hurry because my darling little granddaughter is quite mobile now and she seems to think that she can walk off anywhere all by her little self.... But!!! of course she cannot and that is putting a little strain on my poor old back as she no longer wants to be restrained by her very nice baby walker unfortunately for me lol!.

Onto crafty things now and this week we have two cards put together with a very nice Urban stamp and matching Die by Papermania and as you will see it is a rather nice Doily Heart, and the Die is by Xcut both of which are from Docrafts and designed to work together or stand alone, either way they are really good products to use.

So.. card one is a 6x6 square.

I have stamped the heart in Versamark ink and then embossed in Gold Powder.
Next I have used the die to cut it out and then backed it onto some white card.
The background has been created with a floral mask onto cream card and I used Antique Linen Distress Ink and my Cut n Dry Foam to apply the ink.
 

 The With Love stamp is from Papermania and has been stamped in Black Memento and coloured with Promarkers.



Promarkers
Sandstone
Honeycomb
Saffron
Blush

Quickie Glue Pen
Black Glitter


The flowers are from my stash and are by Artemio Magenta  called Fleur

 Card two this week is also a 6x6 and has a double front opening.

Once again the background has been created with the mask and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink onto Tattered Rose Colour Core card.

The heart has been stamped and embossed onto the same card and the front of the card itself has been embossed with a 6x6 folder.

I have used my Soft Peach Promarker to colour my sentiment this time and then added a little pink glitter to contrast.

The flowers have been stamped in Black Versafine.

I will have to call it a day now as I am being summoned by a very small person with a very large cry.......




See you soon  : )

Sheilagh x
 

Parisienne Blue - The Capsule Collection

Hello folks hope you are all well and in good crafting spirits, I'm a little tired this week what with Grandma duties and the new arrival of our latest edition to the family - wait for it - yes yet another granddaughter which brings the girls to 9 and the boys behind at 2 not that I'm saying we're short of boys no! no! no! not at all (please no more).  Anyway she is absolutely gorgeous and weighed in at 8lbs 12oz  mum and daughter doing fine so far but I think that too little sleep is starting to show as little miss has got a good pair of lungs and she is using them frequently. She was born on Tuesday at 1.45 pm  just before our class started and was home by 8.30 pm so Holly is no longer the youngest of our grandchildren that jobs been filled by Payton at just three days old (unusual name ey!) it will take some getting used too by gum!
Well enough of the baby talk back to business and this week we have got the blue's no not the baby blue's lol! the Parisienne Blue collection by Papermania. This paper pack is a 12 x 12 collection of 32 papers and at £6.95 who could complain and they are all lovely designs, and you've guessed it they are all shades of BLUE!

The first card is C5 Landscape and I have incorporated one of the Wild Rose Studio stamps along with a couple of Xcut dies.. Not much blue to be seen here though as I decided to add a little Tea Dye distress ink to the paper just to show that you can change the look of it if you so desire.

 Here we are with the first card which you can see is a C5 landscape.

The background paper is from the Capsule collection and I have altered it slightly with Tea Dye and just a hint of Walnut Stain distress inks.

The large flower is also from the Papermania  range and the centre has been created with die cut felt. I used the Spiral Blossom One by Spellbinders.
The Flourishes and corner are dies by Xcut  - Leafy Flourishes cut using Kraft card.

The main image is a stamp by Wild Rose Studios and the sentiment was a free stamp that came with a craft magazine.

I have stamped my image with Memento and then coloured it in with a mixture of my blue and grey and caramel Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens. (a couple of shades for the blues and the greys).

I have coloured the message panel with my Chipped Sapphire distress ink before stamping with Versafine Black next I have used my clean Clear Ink Pad and embossed with Clear Powder.

The background paper and the white panel have both been embossed with a Die' sires dotty embossing folder.

 Card 2 is a 6x6 square.

The background panel has be created by using a variety of the papers from the Parisienne Blue Capsule New Collection, this is a 12x12 paper pack and is so useful and so inexpensive which makes it GREAT value!

I have also used a Border Die, a Spellbinders Die, an Urban Stamp and a Flower stamp from Stampendous to create this card.

You will need a Pokey Tool to create the faux stitching that goes around the background panel a long with a fine black pen.
The sparkle is Stickles Sapphire Glitter Glue.
I have stamped and embossed the message this time in White Powder before adding the ink to colour.

Well think that's just about it for now hope you've all had a good weekend see you soon  : )
Sheilagh x

Ornate Butterflies - Butterfly Aperture

Well !! What's going on here I don't get it Naughty Blogger!! would not let me post anything until now. Keeps telling me I've logged out when clearly I have not! Think I should just keep going while the going is good so to speak........

This Weeks class well here goes - hope you all get to see this in time.......

A4 Embossing folders by Die'sire and Xcut using card and vellum....................

Both beautiful designs and lets face it who doesn't like butterflies?

Kept it very simple this week as I think you don't need much when you use theses folders.

This is the folder from Xcut

C5 card base.

Faded Jeans Distress Ink pad.

Black Versafine Ink Pad

Quickie Glue Pen

Crystal Glitter

OH Oooo! Took photo before I have added the centre to my flower and the leaves are missing also, naughty Sheilagh : (

The flower is cut with the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.

I used both folders on this card.

C5 base card.

Spun Sugar Distress Ink Pad.

Black Versafine Ink Pad

Clear embossing powder.

Pink and light Green Pencils


The stamps I used from my stash and are from Kanban.

Hope this post works this time x

See you later : )

Sheilagh.

I'll send you a Post Card - Urban range from Docrafts

Well I'll think I should begin the first post of this 2014 and wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year and also good health to us all  : )
So here we go first class of 2014 - thought I might try something a little different and just give you all a recipe list of what we will be using and then what we do with it all can remain a surprise so you can come to class and not have any idea as to what on earth you will be making, but I decided it wasn't such a good idea after all LOL! just kidding with you all as if I would do that to you he! he! Me! no way I'm not that bad ! Ha! ha!
right so here's the LIST _

The New Urban stamps from Papermania - Talk Urban and Postal frame.
I have to say when I first saw this stamp I had lots of ideas and I think it will be quite useful throughout the seasons including (dare I say the word and it's only just January) Christmas ! OK moving on now.......
 So You are all shouting at me now "Get on with it for heavens sake" ,
Maybe you would like to take a little peek at what I have actually made with this set of two stamps? then here we go -------------------



Oh I'm sorry I forgot to upload the photo's I took onto my computer so you will have to wait a little longer, in the mean time I can tell you all what I did use to make these two cards and to start with -

Black versafine ink pad + Clear Embossing powder.

 OH! here we go managed to get it sorted, this is a C5 Landscape card.

Distress Ink Pads
Wild Honey
Tumbled Glass
Spun Sugar
Weathered Wood

Black Archival ink pad
Plumb Archival ink pad

Glimmer Mist Sunkissed Peach

Black Cosmic Shimmer glue for the Pearl dots.

Pencils to colour stamped flowers, light blue, purple and pink.
All the stamps used to create the background inside each Post Card are from my stash so the possibilities are endless if you get my drift.
The Butterflies are from a cut and emboss set of die and folders from Cuttlebug which I have had for quite some time.If you click on this photo you can see the mica shimmer from the Glimmer Mist spray.

Card no 2 is a 6x6 square, and the background (blue with dots 12x12) paper is also from Papermania.





I have die cut one edge of the paper using a border die by Xcut - Doris

Distress Ink Pads
Picked Raspberries
Chipped Sapphire
Weathered Wood


Black Versafine
Clear Embossing Powder
Anti-Static-bag


The Swirl is cut from  a new set of large dies - Floral Flourishes again by Xcut, and did you know by any chance that these dies come with a lifetime guarantee because it says so on the front of the packet they come in, good eh! and there are seven dies in this set.

Once again I have finished off the postcard main image with a light spray of Glimmer Mist and this time I used Starfish.
Well that's it for this very first post of this very new year I hope we will be able to keep on going for another  twelve months just like last year of fun, mayhem and happy crafting lol!
See you very soon x
Sheilagh : )

Last Class - 2013 - Has to be Christmas!!

Well folks I've kept you in suspense long enough after waiting until now at this time of the day to post what will be our last class of this year 2013 but never the less here it is and I have decided to backtrack you might say, revisit an old 'en thats been done, you will remember this one, it's been played before so to speak and not to mention we might have used this one already, BUT! I thought it might be nice to try it again once more before this year is out and seen as it seemed to please almost everybody because you all, well nearly all! bought this one (stamp that is!) So I thought we should give it another go because who doesn't love Rudolf and his red nose and if you haven't  guessed it by now then .........................................................................
Just look at the photo's to see what it is we will be doing this week LOL!
Sorry couldn't resist this one more time He's sooooo cute and who wouldn't want to colour him in after all!
IT'S The Patchwork REINDEER Yeh!!!! Love this stamp  : ) p.s. I think he deserves another outing before Christmas Eve! lol!
Here is the first card and it's on a 6x6 Kraft card base. The background has been embossed with a Snowflake embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

The second card is C5 Landscape in size on A4 white card.

Baubles are die cut in Light Blue Glitter card.

The trees are from my stash and are from a set of Kanban stamps.

OK, so here's a recipe of what I used to make these cards:-

Distress Ink Pads
Tumbled Glass.
Peacock Feathers.
Tea Dye.

Black Versafine or Slate Adirondack

Light brown Pencil
Dark Brown Pencil
Grey Pencil
Blender Pen

Marine Promarker
Quickie Glue Pen

Crystal Glitter
Blue Glitter Pen
Turquoise Glaze Pen
Clear Embossing Powder.
Anti Static Bag.
Cut 'n' Dry foam for blending.
Sorry the photo's are a little sparse but it has been a long day, no! a very long week or two for me and it's beginning to catch up on me now so I think a little rest is in order over the Christmas hols so on that note I would like to wish each and every one of you wonderful crafty ladies a very Happy Christmas and an even Better New Year, Peace and Joy of the Season and we will all catch up no dowt in 2014................
Have a great Christmas love to all.
Sheilagh x

Flowers in December - but not Christmas!

Yes! I have managed to blog! Yes! it is last minute and Yes! we will have a class and Do the words Fine Line mean anything people? well this is the perfect example of that last statement I just made. I have just returned from a long day at work and without any food or drink to pass my lips before switching on the PC and getting down to the essentials of our crafting this week which I have to tell you has nothing at all to do with the ever present Christmas theme which we have managed to achieve for the last several months now and quite well may I say but the time has now come for a change so for this week we will be using a Stamp called Tall Vase from the Woodware Clear Magic Singles range. Hope you enjoy making this as they do say a change is as good as a rest and I for one could certainly do with having a rest before the full-on job of Christmas so lets take a look at what we have in store ( only one card to show you I'm sorry to say I will put the other one on later after food and drink lol!).

I have used Black Versafine ink to stamp the main image with and Clear Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink and White Embossing Powder for the flower heads.

A Fine Line Black Pen.

  I have just been summoned to collect my food and judging by the aroma that is coming from the kitchen I would guess that it is chicken curry for tea. Will be back after a short break lol!


That's me fed now I can continue and tell you that the second card is 8x8 and I have used Spun Sugar and Dusty Concord Distress Ink pads but you may choose any two colours that you might prefer that will blend well together as they will create the background of the card and the flowers in the vase.












Right I'm off to sort out the photo for the second card so I will be back shortly to update this post so please bear with me and I will get it done as soon as I can.  T T F N.......  : )

Sorry folks it took me a while as the batteries died in my camera wouldn't you just know it so I had to take photo's with my phone and upload them to my google account to retrieve and they are not the best but you get the jist I hope : )


I have stamped the flower vase onto a hessian fabric square and the sentiment from my stash has been stamped onto glossy card once it has been coloured.

Two colours of Distress Inks.
Clear Embossing Powder.

Stazon Black Ink Pad.

Archival Black Ink Pad.

Peel Off Markers.
Purple pencil.







Thank goodness I got that over and done -
cutting it fine people - cutting it very fine  LOL!
See you soon x
Sheilagh.

Papermania - Little Red Robin

Hi everyone hope you are all feeling well this week and as per usual I have had the cold, sore sore throat and now the cough so I have had constant meds all weekend in the hopes to send it on it's way before our next class, fingers crossed and a bottle of Buttercup Syrup later we shall see lol!
Docrafts Papermania - Little Red Robin 4x4 clear stamps are the subject of our next gathering for craftiness and enjoyment or class as you might of gathered and they are ever so sweet, well I think so but you can be the judge and I'm sure you all will agree with me so lets take a look......................

Card 1.
C5 base card.

The background panel has been embossed with one of my new folders from Die'sire called Regency Swirl and is 8x8 in size.

I have used Distress Ink Pads
Weathered Wood.
Stormy Sky.
There are two different stamps that I used on this card, they have been stamped in black Memento Ink.
The main image panels have been coloured in using a variety of Pencils, Spectrum Noir Pens in shades of grey and a couple of Promarkers.

The circles have been cut with my Xcut dies and edged with a dark grey Spectrum Noir.

 My Quickie glue pen has been used to apply the crystal glitter to add a little sparkle.

The small sentiment stamp is by Wild Rose Studios and it's from my stash.

Card 2.
6x6 base card.

 The background has been embossed with the same folder as before and the main image has been stamped onto a die cut panel which was cut using a Spellbinders Die from Captivating Squares, it has been layered onto silver pearl card.



The xmas tree is a stamp from my stash and is by Kanban

I have coloured this image in the same fashion as the one's above on the first card.

The trees have been stamped in Black Versafine and embossed in Clear Powder.

Here is a quick reminder of what has been used on the cards.

Don't forget the Quickie Glue Pen 

Promarkers
Caramel
Lilac
Blender
Pencils
Light and Dark Brown
Light and Dark Green
Red
Light Blue

Well that's all for now I'm off to take some more cough medicine Oh! don't you just love it? NOT!!!!!


See you all soon
Sheilagh x