Mimi Copic Project Class

 This is the card we made in the Copics project class I taught last week:



We used a Penny Black Mimi stamp that isn't a dedicated Christmas stamp, so I designed a card that could be used for any occasion if alternative sentiments are used. The paper is one from the new Basic Grey Piccadilly range - gorgeous innit?  Here's a side view (there's more to see inside!):

And here's the inside:

Let me know if you'd like to see the full list of colours we used. I'm never sure how much detail to go into on these posts!

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A couple of birthday cards

 This turned out to be a really really quick card to put together:

It was for Deb, who loves purple. Various papers (contrasting patterns is important for this look), Prima roses and the stamp is from an old Inkadinkado set.

Five minutes later, my daughter came in wanting a card for her friend who was turning 6, so we used the same layout and came up with this:

Too easy! This in fact is the basis of the Card Maps classes we run at Little Bits - we make several cards with the one layout. It's fun to apply lots of different products to the one layout. I treat it like a jigsaw puzzle.

One day soon I'm going to sit and make cards with the one layout ALL DAY. Maybe at camp next year.....

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Cream Darkroom Door hello card

Here's a little break from all the Christmas posts. This is a hello card using some Darkroom Door stamps:

I used the Hello Word Block stamp, with the Mesh Background stamp.   I stamped the Word Block again, and cut out the word "hello." Then I popped it up and added some tea stained gauze under it, and finished it off with some cream paper roses.

If you need a LOTE card for someone (LOTE = language other than English), you could just pop up one of the many other greetings on the Word Block. How's that for versatility?!

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Christmas sparklers

This layout has photos of what we got up to last Christmas night - experiments with long exposures on the camera and sparklers:

There are bits and bobs from My Mind's Eye, and lots of Spellbinders Nestabilities and Bazzill cardstock.  The baubles are JustRite stamps. I've got some close ups to show:

Hidden journaling and one of the baubles:

The banner made with Nestabilities Nested Pennants:

The MME embellishment with a Nestabilities Labels 20 shape underneath:

You can see the complete materials list on the DownUnder Direct Inspiration Blog.

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Another Darkroom Door Christmas Card

I love it when you rediscover an old set of stamps and fall in love again. That's exactly what's happened with Darkroom Door's Christmas Reindeer set. I posted a card yesterday using the same set, and today here's another:

I made the background with one of the stamps in the set - no stamp positioner required yay! It was so easy to line up. Again I used Alison Ellis's Hot Set powder and some black glitter on the reindeer.  For this card I finished it off with some black lace, cream satin ribbon and a couple of gorgeous pins.

This was one of the cards I taught in my Vintage Christmas class a couple of weeks ago. I hope the ladies liked it as much as I do! Love that glitter LOL.

 

Craft Queen November Challenge Entry

Here's my entry for this month's challenge:

I used the Christmas Reindeer set from Darkroom Door, stamped with Versafine black, embossed with Hot Set powder, and sprinkled with black glitter.

The pink twill tape came wrapped around the Authentique pad I bought from Craft Queen at the Melbourne Craft and Quilt Show a few months back. Craft Queen sell all their 6x6 pads with  matching ribbon wrapped around them - gotta love the little extras!

Here's a close up of the rolled ribbon rose I made with the twill tape:

The super shiny silver Sprinkles are from AnnaBelle Stamps.

Thanks for looking, and if you're in the mood, you've still got a few days left to enter the Craft Queen Challenge yourself!

 

Christmas decorations with Nestabilities

Here are a couple of decorations I made using Spellbinders Nestabilities, some Bazzill cardstock and JustRite stamps.

This first one can be made from any symmetrical shape:

This second one is a great idea for a baby's first Christmas ornament:

That's baby Rachel - aint she cute?

All details of materials used can be found on the DownUnder Direct Inspiration Blog. Feel free to leave a comment there - we love the attention LOL.

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Darkroom Door Christmas Cards

I've got so much blogging to catch up on, I can't remember whether I've posted these cards or not. I've had a quick look, but can't seem to find them on the blog, so here they are.
These are the cards we made in the Christmas cards class I taught at Picture to Page in October. We used one of the new Darkroom Door sets - Dear Santa Vol 2.

 This first one is a variation of the card I posted here. Without the lace and other pieces, it becomes a little more mass-production friendly - great for those of us who still haven't got around to doing anything about Christmas cards *wink*

 

The papers I've used for this next one are from Alison Ellis design. The basic layout and colours could be used for a wedding card too:

 The background on this next one is really quick and easy - a spritz or two of a Glimmermist spray and it's done.

This range of Kaiser papers together with pages from an old book - a perfect vintage combination!

This last card involves some repeat stamping with the pine branch, and then I tizzed it up a bit with some red adhesive diamantes. If you're a botanist, stop analysing why there are berries on a pine branch - I'm allowed some artistic licence, aren't I? ;).  Again, very easy to mass-produce:

 Thanks for looking!

 

Christmas layout with Nestabilities

I don't even want to know how close we are to Christmas! Yikes - where has the year gone? I'm moving forward with my eyes shut I tell you!

This is a layout using Nestabilities and JustRite stamps of my three kids. The photo was taken a couple of years ago, and it's still one of my favourites:

Unusual colour combination for Christmas - juneberry, aqua and cream ;) Nothing traditional about that LOL!

The baubles are JustRite stamps, and they have been cut out with Nestabilities Heirloom Ornatment dies. The die the next size up would have left too much of a border, so I have hand cut the juneberry cardstock very carefully.  Here are some close ups:

A bit of stitching and distressing:
 

I didn't have the right coloured alpha to match the layout, so I took to the Thickers with a Copic marker. I ran my sewing machine over the letters - in my experience, they tend to fall off when you least expect it (like when you're ready to take photos of the layout grrrrr...).

The full materials list for this layout can be found on the DownUnder Direct Inspiration blog.

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Darkroom Door Garden Inchies

This is a class I ran a few weeks ago as a Stamp of the Month class. I chose the new Garden Inchies set from Darkroom Door.

The Darkroom Door Creative Team had a discussion about how to cut this set up - whether to cut the sheet into individual inchies (which would make it really hard to stamp them in a straight row), or whether to cut the sheet into various combinations (eg 3x3, 1x4 etc). I decided to leave my sheet whole, and do the cutting after the image is stamped, that way I can get a background stamped in one go. The whole mounted sheet fits back neatly into its tin, so storage of such a big unmounted stamp isn't a problem.

We made 5 cards in the class.  Here's the first:

We first stamped and embossed the Garden Inchies with white embossing powder.  We then smooched some Distress Inks onto a Craft Sheet, spritzed with water, and swiped our stamped image and another piece of cardstock to make that awesome background.  We stamped the fern leaf from the Leaves set, and stuck the 5 inchies down the right hand side of the card.
 Here's a close up of the inchies:

The next card featured just the one inchie:

A high concentration of colour, achieved with Copic markers.  The inchie was mounted onto some chipboard for height, and the edges coloured black.  The centre window was cut with a Nestabilities die, and the script comes from the Correspondence set.  Here's a side shot:

The next card is simply layers of squares - so simple and so effective. The smaller squares were cut with punches, and the larger ones with Nestabilities dies, all in a soothing monochromatic green:

I wanted to do a simple black and white card, again the inchies were embossed with white embossing powder, and mounted onto some slightly larger black squares.  The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, and some gingham ribbon was added to the top corner with a white brad:

  

Here's a close up of the inchies:

We used the entire stamp as a background for this last card. Stamped with Saddle Brown StazOn, and the edges of the piece were sponged with Tea Dye Distress Ink. This card can be customised with a sentiment at a later stage is desired. I'm loving the lavender and rust colour scheme!

 Thanks for sitting through this loooong post! Hope you've got some ideas for using the Garden Inchie set - it's really quite versatile.

 

Spellbinders ornament Christmas card

Here's a Christmas card I made with non-traditional colours:

I stacked a number of different shaped Nestabilities under the heirloom ornament, which was stamped with a Just Rite bauble.  I used foam tape in between to add height:

All the materials I used can be found listed on the DownUnder Direct Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by on this very sunny day in Melbourne! Off to spend some time outside now and enjoy this weather while we have it.

 

Treat Bag Tutorial

Hello there!

I put together a little step by step to make this treat bag:

This treat bag is filled with buttons because it's for a crafty friend, but you could pop some home baked goodies in it, or just about anything else. Your recipient will get a little peak of what they're getting through the little window :)  Mmmm my mouth is watering thinking about baked goodies now.

The tutorial and materials list can be found on the DownUnder Direct Inspiration Blog. These are so easy to mass produce! Great idea for Christmas or end of year pressies.

Thanks for dropping in today.

 

Buttons, bows and bling

We organised an ATC swap between our group at Little Bits and the girls at Debling in Design.

The theme was buttons, bows and bling, and here's my ATC:

That's a stamp from the London Underground set from Artistic Outpost, some seam binding for the bow, and a blingy button in the centre. The papers are Girl's Paperie.

I love seeing things en masse! Thanks for dropping in today.