Decorative Jar Using Spellbinders Leaf Me Alone Contour Die With Bonus Hair Clips

Evening Everyone! 

As this is my first blog post of 2016 I should start by saying Happy New Year to you all! A little belated, as I can't believe that we're already half way through January! 

Tonight I want to share with you a project I made for Hope and Chances Creativity using Spellbinders Contour Die Leaf Me Alone. Given the versatility of the fabulous Platinum machine I wanted to try a different medium and opted for felt. I have lots of empty glass jars in the garage, so I thought what better than to create a decorative jar. 

The Platinum machine easily cut through a couple of layers of felt and so this halved the time for cutting out all of the flowers. 

I adhered the flowers together by using hot glue and added a dimante in the centre for a bit of sparkle. The leaves and the flowers were then added to the glass jar using hot glue. 

The project was finished by adding some pink ribbon and a bow to the top. This jar is going to make a great gift for my Nan's forthcoming birthday and I intend to fill it with her favourite sweets. It could also be used to hold cotton wool balls or perhaps even would look great with a battery operated candle. 

I had some flowers left over and couldn't resist making a couple of hair clips for my daughter!

I think they would also look great added to a hair band or even a decorative broach. Here's my daughter modelling one of the clips :-) 

Ingredients used:

Spellbinders Leaf Me Alone Die

Felt

Hot Glue

Diamantes

Glass Jar

Hair Grips

As always thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips and bye for now!

Donna.x

Hello ...... with Spellbinders Phrase Set Two

Evening everyone! 

I'm up so late on a school night, but really wanted to share my latest DT make for Hope and Chances Creativity.

The die set I used for this month's make is the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Phrase Set Two, which can be found here.

This card is a great way of using up those scraps of paper, which we all accumulate. If your anything like me I have mountains of them! 

I was really pleased with the way that the card turned out and is very on point if your into current music :-).

The ingredients list is a quite a simple one this time:

Spellbinders Phrase Set Two

White Card

Black Card

Core-dinations 

Collall (Tacky and All Purpose)

Pink Gems

Thanks you for taking the time to stop by!

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Spellbinders 2012 Heirloom Ornaments Card

Evening all! 

Hope you've all got the hatches battened down, as they say, because it's a bit bit breezy to say the least! I'm sure our bins are chasing my daughter's playhouse around our garden right at this very moment. 

Anyway, I'm back tonight with another card I made spreading my Elliott's Angels Wings for Hope and Chances Creativity. This is the second card I have made using the very versatile Spellbinders 2012 Heirloom Ornaments, which is still on sale at a fabulous price. This time I wanted to make a card and here is the result-

I made the card using the waste from cutting out three baubles and then I used different scraps of paper behind the cut outs to create the baubles. 

I added some ribbon to the top of the baubles and then some sporadically placed sequins to give it a bit of bling. 

This is a really quick and simple card, which is great if you've got lots to make at this busy time of year. 

The list of ingredients I used:

Spellbinders 2012 Heirloom Ornaments

First Edition Paper - Stocking Fillers

Centura Pearl - Hint of Silver

White Card

Ribbon

Sequins

3D Foam Hearts

Collall - Tacky Glue & All Purpose

Check out Hope and Chances Creativity's blog here where you will find lots of inspiration from my very talented fellow Angels. 

As always thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Spellbinders 2012 Heirloom Ornaments

Hey everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying a dry and safe bonfire night! I'm back tonight with my second project as an Elliott's Angel for Hope and Chances Creativity. 

My die this month was the gorgeous and very apt 2012 Heirloom Ornaments, which if you're quick to click on the link you maybe able to grab a bargain, as these are currently on sale!

My first thought when I opened the envelope and saw the die set was 3D baubles! I had a few ideas of what I could do and this is what I came up with....

The first bauble I made by cutting the shapes from an old book and then gluing them together, adding a ribbon, bow and a charm, which my mom had given me some time ago from an old necklace.

The second bauble was made by cutting out pieces using two of the dies and then gluing them together as above to form a open work bauble.

My third and final bauble was made by simply alternating two different coloured pieces of card and gluing them together. As I was making this bauble I thought of how you could turn it upside down and perhaps make it into a hot air balloon! A project to add to my ever increasing list! If anyone beats me to it I would leave to see any projects made.

I have to add that I had to battle with rain and spiders in the conifer tree to get these photographs! All in the name of crafting lol! 

The ingredients I used

2012 Heirloom Ornaments

Ribbon 

Stickles - Diamond

Hot Glue

Core-dinations Card Red

Old Book Pages

White Card Stock

Collall - Tacky Glue

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

My first Design Team Project as an Elliott's Angel

Hi Everyone!

Hope you've all had good weekends. Mine has been lovely and has been spent enjoying the back end of my Birthday last week :-) 

Anyway my post today is with my first project for Elliott's Angels - such a proud moment! For this project my subject die was Spellbinders Mistletoe Card Front. This die is one of the Card Creator dies and consists of the decorative inner layer with the mistletoe and then a 5 x 7 regular frame. 

For this card I decided to have a two colour tone theme and what better than white and gold.

Rather than have a plain background I decided to emboss the decorative inner plate rather than just cut it out and I quite liked the impression it gave of further leaves in the background. 

I added Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia with a gold diamante for the centre.  

For the sentiment I used Spellbinders Victorian Tags with the word "Holiday" taken from Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments.

The full ingredients for the card:

Spellbinders Holiday - Mistletoe Card Front

Spellbinders Holiday - Layered Poinsettia

Spellbinders - Shapeabilities - Victorian Tags

Spellbinders Holiday - Holiday Sentiments

Centura Pearl - Hint of Silver

Gold Mirror Board

Foam Pads

Collall - All Purpose & Tacky Glue

Gold Diamantes

ps I'm very excited to have received my Platinum machine, as a birthday present from my husband! Can't wait to get experimenting. Thank you Hope and Chances for the great customer service! 

As I always thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle Pips

Donna.x

Exciting News!! I'm an Elliot's Angel!

Evening everyone! Hope you're all well!

I'm back tonight with some exciting news I wanted to share......I'm so pleased and excited to have been chosen to be a part of Hope and Chances Creativity's new Design Team called Elliott's Angels! 

I'm really looking forward to working as part of the Design Team, as I get to use.....wait for it.....wait for it.......Spellbinders dies!!! Love, love, love them! I am literally in Crafty Heaven! 

You can check out their website at the above link, as they have some fabulous crafty items for sale. They also have a blog, which you can find here.

I'm so honoured to have been chosen along with my very talented fellow Angels. Pop on over and have a look for yourselves.

Hopefully I will be back very shortly with my first Design Team Project eekkk!!

Until then....

Toodle pips! 

Donna.x

Teacher's Thank You Box Using Tattered Lace Dies

Hi all!

Hope you are all well! If not a little too cold! I'm sitting here in my Craft Room wrapped up in a woollen shawl with fluffy slippers on and I'm freezing! My husband thinks it's tropical, because we've had the heating on for one hour! 

Anyway, I've not been here for a while, as I've had a most enjoyable holiday in Cornwall, a hen night, a wedding (not my own!), a trip to Blackpool and a change in crafty direction. 

I wanted to share a box I made to put my daughter's nursery teacher's thank you present in, which I made using Tattered Lace Dies and my trusty old Crafter's Companion Box Board. 

I was really pleased with how this turned out and the teacher was over the moon! I made a box using the Box Board and then cut a panel out of the centre. I then die cut from card about five of the Tattered Lace Cherished Hearts Corner and stuck them to the inside of  the lid. 

And le voila! A fancy bow and a few flowers and the box was complete! 

If you're interested in the gift I bought for the teacher then I had this made from a seller on Ebay. They had a similar item with a family tree theme, but I got the idea for the wording from browsing the internet. So putting the two together inspired this.....

That's my teacher's gifts sorted for the next 15 years lol! Big shout out for the Ebay seller who made it :-).

That's all from me for now! I have quite a few things I've been working on over the last few months that I want to share, so hopefully be back very soon!

Stay warm!

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Another Nordic Christmas Card

Hey Everyone, 

Whilst others are outside enjoying the sun , topping up their tans (safely of course!) and bbq'ing the nights away, us crafters are generally locked away in our craft spaces up to our eyes in glitter, fake snow and tinsel! 

And here I am back tonight with another of the cards I made for Crafter's Companion recent Nordic Christmas range. This is a gorgeous range and I hope you've managed to grab some of the products to make a start on your Christmas cards. 

To make this card I used the Reindeer Stamp and coloured it in using my Spectrum Noir pens.

The full ingredients I used for the card: 

Neenah Card

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Reindeer Stamp

SPECTRUM NOIR PENS

Reindeer – GB8, 9 & 10 and EB6

Sadle – DR3, 5 & 6 and CR7

Fur IG1, 2, 3 & 4

Horns – TN2, 3 & 4

Baubles – BT5, JG1, OR3, CT3, BP5, HB3, DR7 and TB5

Background – IG2

Satin Finish Printer Paper

Cord-dinations

Nordic CD – Design Papers – Design 4 and Colour 1

Centura Pearl – Hint of Silver

Vintage Embossing Folder – “Snowflakes”

Collall – All Purpose & Glue Gel

Ribbon

Foam Pads

Gems

I shall be back very soon with something I've been working on for a friend's wedding, so watch this space! 

Until then, take care and toodle pips!

Donna.x

Nordic Christmas Sample

Evening all!

I'm back tonight with my first post as part of Crafter's Companion's Spectrum Noir Design Team! 

Here’s one of my favourite samples using the new Nordic Christmas collection from Crafter’s Companion UK! I coloured the

stamps with my Spectrum Noir pencils.

The range is being showcased over on Ideal World by the lovely Fiona as we speak, so go check it out!

The ingredients used:

Santa & Reindeer Stamp

Neenah Card

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

SPECRUM NOIR PENCILS

Blender Pencil, 112, 117, 119 and 120

SPECTRUM NOIR PENS

DR3 & CR7, BT2 & 5, OR1 & 3, CR1 & 3, CT3, JG3 and LG5

Die’sire – Chantilly Lace Stamping Frame

Die’sire – Snowflakes

Black Card

Nordic CD – Coluriser – Design 1 – Black

Satin Finish Printer Paper

Foam Pads

Centura Pearl – Hint of Silver

Collall – All Purpose & Tacky

Gems

Stickles

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Flights of Fantasy Sneaky Peak #2

Hey Everyone!

I'm back tonight with another Sneaky Peak from Crafter's Companion's forthcoming launch of the Flights of Fantasy Range on Create and Craft on Monday. 

I tried something a little different for this Sneaky Peak and using one of the images from the "Fabric Companions" section of the CD I decided to make a candle. 

The ingredients I used for candle:

CD1 – Fabric Companions – Design 2

Candle

Tissue Paper

Ribbon

Flowers

Stick on Pearls

Hot Glue

Embossing Gun

I printed the image onto tissue paper and then added it the the candle using my heat embossing gun. The embellishments were added using a hot glue gun,  but you could always use Collall Glue Gel. 

Don't forget to tune in on Monday!

As always thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Flights of Fantasy from Crafter's Companion Sneaky Peak!

Hey Everyone! 

It's been a while, so I am back today with a Sneaky Peak from the forthcoming Flights of Fantasy Range being brought to us by Crafter's Companion! 

Sara Davies & Fiona Clayton of Crafter’s

Companion will be bringing you an amazing Four Day Deal on

Create and Craft TV from Monday 8 June 2015! How amazing is this Flights of Fantasy collection from Crafter’s Companion UK?

So here goes my Sneaky Peak!

The full ingredients I used for the card:

CD1 – Topper Companions – Design 3

Co-ordinating Papers – Design 1 – Colour 4

Sentiments – Design 1

Crafter’s Companion Printable Light Card

Core-dinations

Collall (All Purpose & Glue Gel)

Spray & Sparkle – Silver

Ribbon

Pearls

For your information here's the show information

You can see a selection of my fellow Design Team members samples in the Gallery!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by!

I'll be back tomorrow with another Sneaky Peak!

Toodle Pips!

Donna 

x

Another Times Gone By Sample

Hey Everyone!

Hope you're all well. I've been feeling a lot under the weather this weekend, which is typical as it was my first "work free" weekend in ages! But hey ho, I'm looking forward to the upcoming long Easter weekend! 

I wanted to share another of the makes I made for Crafter's Companion's Time Gone By launch, which is currently being aired on Create and Craft. 

For this one I used one of the stamps set and then papers from CD2. As I'm sure you're all aware by now the papers in this collection are absolutely fabulous and well worth printing out lots for your stash! 

Full ingredients for the card:

CD 2 – Design Papers

Kraft Card

Cc Printable Light Paper

Stamps

Memento Black Ink

Die’sire – Cameo Stamping Frame

Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

Collall – All types

Spray & Sparkle – Gold

Ribbon

Gems

Foam Pads

Flowers

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Times Gone By - Sneaky Peak #2

Evening! 

Hope you've all had a good day. Work is really busy for me at the moment, but I've managed to grab a few minutes to pop on here to share another card I made for Crafter's Companion forthcoming Pick of  the Week launch on Create and Craft tomorrow. 

The collection is called Times Gone By and features two CD's and 4 A6 stamp sets, which are fabulous!

Here's a card I made using one of the stamp sets and papers from CD2.

I coloured the image using my Spectrum Noir pens and then made the flower embellishment using clear embossing powder and my Tim Holtz distress ink. 

The full ingredients for the card:

CD 2 – Design Papers

Stamps

Neenah Card

Memento Black Ink

Spectrum Noir Pens

Petals – GB1, 4 & 6 and Blender pen

Centre – TN5, 7 & 8

Leaves – DG3 and CG2 & 4

Background – LY3 and CG1 & 2

Ranger Perfect Medium

Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

Ribbon

Lace

Gems

Kraft Card

CC Printable Light Paper

Collall – All types

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Crafter's Companion Times Gone By Sneaky Peek

Hey everyone! 

I'm still here and I'm back with a sneaky peek from the forthcoming Pick of the Week that is being launched by Crafter's Companion on Create and Craft on Friday 27 March 2015. 

The POW is called Times Gone By and consists of two CD's (paper crafting and a project CD) and 4 A6 stamp sets. This collection is absolutely gorgeous and here's my sneaky peek....

For this card I have used 4 of the stamps (the two blackboards, the decorative edge and the sentiment). I have inked them up and then clear embossed them. To give me the chalkboard look I have inked over the stamped image with my Tim Holtz Black Soot distress ink. The papers are from the second CD.

The full ingredients for the card:

CD 2 – Design Papers

CC Printable Paper

Stamps

Neenah Card

Rangers – Perfect Medium

Clear Embossing Powder

Distress Ink – Black Soot

Black & White Card

Gems

Flowers

Ribbon

Collall – All types

You can take a look at some of my team mates samples here.

Don't forget to tune in on Friday. You're not going to want to miss out on this one! 

Toodle pips!

Donna x

Crafter's Companion January 2015 Challenge Shabby Chic/Vintage

Evening everyone!

Hope you are all well and that the weather is being kind! We were promised snow in the week but like all good weather reports it amounted to nothing lol!

Anyway back to business and just wanted to share a box that I made for this month's Crafter's Companion Challenge, where you can enter here. There's still chance to enter so pop on over and give it a whirl!

The ingredients I used for the box:

Die’sire – Chantilly Lace Stamping Frame

Centura Pearl

Lace

Pink Ribbon

Red Double Sided Sticky Tape

Ultimate Pro

Die’sire – Fringed Flower – Large & Small

Paper – Sweet Treats CD

Die’sire – Blossom Fleurs

Die’sire – Delicate Flower

Die’sire – Lace Bloom

Embossalicious – Rose Vine

Distress Ink – Tattered Rose

Stick On Pearls

Collall (all types)

Liquid Pearls

Anyway got to dash! So take care all! And good luck if you decide to enter.

Toodle pips!

Donna x

Tweedies Sneaky Peek

Happy New Year Everyone! 

Sorry I'm a bit late, but just back to normal after Christmas celebrations! I wanted to share a sneaky peek of a new crafting range being launched by Crafter's Companion on Monday 12th January on Create and Craft! 

All the information relating to the product launch can be found here over on the Crafter's Companion website. To make these cards I used the Shaped Cards section of the new CD and added some twine. Really quick and easy! 

The show times are as follows:

Hope you'll be able to tune in, because you don't want to miss out! Of course there be lots of other Crafter's Companion goodies to be picked up too! 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

A Friend's Wedding Card

Hey everyone!

Just a quick one from me tonight with a card I made for my friend's wedding at the weekend. I apologise for the poor picture, but with the dark nights I don't see much daylight in the winter with working all day. 

The stamp is an All Dressed Up stamp and it was perfect for my friend's wedding card. In fact after showing it to her a few months back she insisted that I made her card using it. 

It was coloured using my Spectrum Noir pens and then I added frantage to the background. The image was cut out using Spellbinders Pierced Circles and the banner die is from La La Land Crafts. The embossing folder is a Crafter's Companion Embossalicious Rose Vine. 

As always thank you for taking the time to stop by. 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

All Dressed Up - Anything Goes

Toodle pips! 

Donna.x

Crafter's Companion November Challenge - Winter/Christmas

Evening Everyone! 

Hope you are all keeping well. I've noticed that winter is well and truly on its way with the drop in temperature over the last couple of days, so just wanted to share a card I made for this month's Crafter's Companion Challenge, which is Winter/Christmas and where you can enter here.

I used one of the Bebunni stamps for the topper and coloured it in using my Spectrum Noir pens. 

I added a product called Snow Tex to the flowers and edge of the card to give it a wintry feel. I also added some Twinklets to the centres of the flowers to give the impression of frost/ice.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set.

Ingredients:

Bebunni Snowy Hugs Stamp and Sentiment

Memento Black Ink

Neenah Card

Spectrum Noir Pens

Bebunni – IG1, 2 & 3 and Blender

Nose – CR3

Ears – CR3 and FS2 & 6

Suit – DR1, 3, 5, 6 & 7

Fur – IG1 & 2

Boots – IG5, 8 & 10

Snowman – IG1 & 2 and Blender

Scarf – CG1, 2, 3 & 4

Nose – OR1 and CT4

Pot – GB4, 6 & 8

Bird – DR1 and TN3, 6 & 8

Background – BGR2 & 3

Spellbinders – Lacy Circles & Pierced Circles

Die’sire – Snowflakes & Ivy

Flowers

Ribbon

Black Lace

Black Card

Bebunni 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Diamond Dust Twinklets

Snow Tex

Stickles

Diamante

Snowman Charm

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

Ribbon Girl - November Challenge - Christmas Card

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

Christmas Wreath

Hiya!

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. I went on a day trip to Blackpool yesterday and spent way too much on grabber machines. I did manage to win my daughter two teddy bears, so she was more than happy! Intended to drive through the lights, but no sooner set off the car park and she was fast asleep! There's always next year :-). 

Anyway, I'm back tonight with a project I  made from the materials in the recent Crafter's Companion Inspiration 5. I'd seen these wreaths on browsing Pinterest and that's where I took my inspiration from. 

Instructions

1. Using 2 sheets of centura pearl cut out 2 rings with an outer diameter of 21cm and an inner diameter of 10cm. 2. Print 3 A4 sheets onto satin finish printer paper (double sided) from free CD and then cut (width ways) into 5mm strips. Divide into 2 piles of each colour. 3. Starting in centre of each strip curl paper outwards using bone folder and then curl other end. 4. Once all paper curled glue onto one of the rings using collall (tacky glue) until all covered. 5. Glue bow to the top using collall (glue gel) and tape ribbon onto back of ring to make a loop. 6. Spray with spray and sparkle (silver) and then glue other ring to the back. Materials free CD satin finish printer paper ribbon (wide and thin) spray and sparkle (silver) centura pearl tape Thank you as always for taking the time to stop by. I'm on the count down this week for the NEC craft show, which I'm going to on Friday. Have booked the day off work and have been stashing my cash for a few months now. Hopefully will be back with the results of my haul! Toodle pips! Donna.x

Crafter's Companion October Challenge Buttons & Bows

Evening everyone! 

I'm back with a quick reminder that there's still chance to enter this month's Crafter's Companion FB challenge, which is Buttons & Bows and which you can enter here. There's an opportunity to win a £30 gift voucher, so go on and give it a whirl! 

For my card I used my favourite character of all time Party Paws. 

Although we are all in Christmas mode it's my wedding anniversary at the end of November, so this may just come in handy ;-). Using the paper kit made it quite a quick and easy card to make.

Ingredients used:

Party Paws Paper Crafting Kit

Core-dinations

Die’sire Beautiful Butterflies

Ribbon

Buttons

Glue (All types)

Glitter Glue

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Toodle pips! 

Donna.x