tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63295292679838350762024-03-14T05:13:02.845+00:00Janet and Megans CraftsCard Making and Glass Painting ProjectsJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-59325158624280550602012-12-02T17:13:00.002+00:002014-02-08T18:31:11.426+00:00Christmas Trees Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this Christmas card using some of the new Christmas papers on <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads </a><br />
I decided to use the green /gold papers<br />
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To make the card I used Christmas tree paper 03_l set 2 for the base card<br />
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I half inverted the design then printed it directly on to an A4 sheet of white glossy card and folded it "Tent Style"<br />
I attached a green ribbon with gold spots on across the centre of the card<br />
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and for the central Christmas tree I printed a sheet of Christmas tree paper 03 set 2 again on to some white glossy card <br />
I cut out one of the trees and backed it on to a piece of gold mirri card then cut around the edge to give a gold border then stuck on some gold and green pearl gem. <br />
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<br />Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-67366942111765082192012-11-21T18:48:00.003+00:002014-02-08T18:31:53.873+00:00More Free Papers to make your Christmas Cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lots of New <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">Christmas</span></span> Papers have been added to Free Craft Downloads amongst the older papers<br />
Great for those of you who make your own Christmas cards.<br />
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and of course when Christmas card making is over there are plenty of other papers there suitable for any occasion <br />
<br />Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-35633823392991033272012-09-01T23:36:00.000+01:002014-02-08T18:32:13.426+00:00Sunflower card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Amongst this weeks papers from <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a> were some lovely Sunflower papers <br />
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Earlier today whilst sorting out a box of my craft things I came across a Sunflower decoupage that I had made up a while ago so decided to make a card with it<br />
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I used an A4 sheet of white card, <br />
This was folded in half to make an A5 size card the front part was then folded back on itself <br />
The backing paper I chose for this card was Sunflower 64 lsl <br />
I stuck a larger piece of it to the back of the card and a smaller piece of it to the front edge<br />
I stuck a narrow piece of Gold mirri card to the inside back then added a strip of dark green / gold edged organza ribbon to it,<br />
I also added some emerald green gems to the ribbon and tied a bow at the top I added a gem to the centre of the ribbon<br />
The sunflower decoupage was mat and layered on yellow card and then on gold mirri card this was then stuck in the centre of the folded back front of the card <br />
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<br />Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-15500208489198133652012-09-01T23:10:00.000+01:002014-02-08T18:32:29.215+00:00Megans Teddy Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Megan used a teddy bear aperture card and added a lilac gingham backing paper behind the aperture.<br />
A pair of wobbly eyes were added along with 2 sequinned buttons and a little peach bow<br />
Inside the card she put a backing sheet with a ladybird on a leaf then added a pink ribbon border which had little white hand prints on itJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-76008805690048915652012-08-28T08:05:00.000+01:002014-02-08T18:32:44.503+00:00A couple from MeganLike me Megan hasn't done as much crafting lately, a couple of days ago she decided to make a card and asked me to put it on here <br />
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She used a blank diamond shaped aperture card, added a pink/white polka dot backing paper behind the aperture, she then stuck some peel off corners on and a little butterfly on the bottom left corner, to finish off she added a pale pink / white polka dot watering can with flowers in<br />
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She has also been using the Paddington bear digikits in craft artist (she is really enjoying using craft artist and puts me to shame with it at times )<br />
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This was her first effort with the Paddington digikits<br />
I think she did well with it I hope you think so tooJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-63699683125023369232012-08-17T08:32:00.000+01:002014-02-08T18:32:56.735+00:00HelloIt is such a long time since I put anything on here<br />
Without going in to too much detail I have had Health and Personal problems, my blog has been one thing that has suffered as well <br />
I am aware that most of the links on my blog don't work properly and am in the process of updating them this will take a while but hopefully I will get through them over this next week or two.<br />
When I have the links sorted Hopefully I can start adding things on here again <br />
<br />Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-29952159681667464802011-11-23T11:48:00.000+00:002014-02-08T18:33:41.923+00:00Christmas CarollersI have made this set from this weeks papers off <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a><br />
They are the latest in the Character papers featuring Brewster, Beatrice and Bulmer as Carol singers<br />
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The papers I used were<br />
Christmas Carollers A6 diy decoupage <br />
Christmas Carollers Pyramid 01<br />
Snow flakes 04<br />
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2 sheets of royal blue holographic card<br />
1 x A5 blank greeting card<br />
2 sheets of 350gsm smooth white card<br />
2 sheets of 220gsm white card <br />
2 sheets of 160gsm smooth white paper<br />
5 silver snowflakes<br />
some royal blue ribbon with white spots on <br />
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To make these simple gift tags I printed the Carollers A6 diy decoupage sheet on to the sheet of 220gsm white card<br />
Cut them out individually, stuck them on to one of the sheets of royal blue holographic card then cut around them again leaving a border of the blue card. I punched a hole in the top left corner and threaded some of the ribbon through <br />
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To make this gift box I printed the snow flakes 04 backing paper on to the sheets of 350gsm smooth white card I then trimmed them to 18cm square. Using the boxer board from crafters companion I scored each side in at 4.5cm this makes it so much easier as the base is made from one edge of the score board and then the lid is made from the opposite edge so you don't have to fiddle with measurements or trying to make sure it fits. I cut to where the score lines joined then folded and stuck together<br />
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The bow for the top was made using some scraps of the blue holographic card I cut 6 strips 1cm wide and 6cm long, glued the edges together and trimmed to a point <br />
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These were then stuck to the back of the snowflake as you will see in the picture<br />
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When it was dry I just shaped it a bit better,<br />
After I had taken the picture I decided to use a small piece of the card left over from making the box folded it in half to make a gift tag, punched a hole in the top left hand corner and threaded some of the blue ribbon through and stuck it to the bottom of the snowflake bow before adding it to the top of the box - this can be seen on the main box picture<br />
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To make the card I used an A5 size blank greeting card as my base card, to this I stuck the snowflake 04 backing paper which had been printed on the sheet of 160gsm smooth white paper, I printed the pyramid sheet on to the other sheet of 220 gsm white card, cut it out and assembled using silicone glue, when dry this was mat and layered on to snow flake 04 l paper and blue holographic card.I stuck it to the right side of the base card and stuck 3 of the silver snowflakes down the left side of the card.<br />
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I chose not to add a Christmas greeting to the front of the card.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-56263727142404126122011-11-02T19:07:00.000+00:002014-02-08T18:34:19.488+00:00Carol singers shaker card<u>Following on from the previous card </u><br />
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I sometimes like to use this type of pyramid paper to make shaker cards<br />
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A4 sheet of white hammered card<br />
2 small square pieces of acetate<br />
Snow 2 backing paper<br />
Carol singers pyramid 2<br />
snowman and present embellishments I had in my bits and pieces box<br />
Happy Christmas peel off and some sparkly peel off snowflakes<br />
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I folded the sheet of white card in half and stuck the snow backing paper to it and trimmed the edges<br />
I made the reverse pyramid paper up in the same way as with the previous card but on layer 4 I stuck a piece of acetate to the top of it (so the snow doesn't fall too far down)<br />
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To the back of layer 5 I stuck some foam pads all around the circle so the snow doesn't fall out then stuck it on top of the acetate on layer 4<br />
A piece of acetate was then stuck to the back of layer 6 which would be the top layer then stuck the foam pads around the edge again<br />
I added a small amount of fake snow to the centre of the assembled layers (on top of the acetate on layer 4) then stuck the top layer down<br />
Give it a shake and it looks like it is snowing on the Carol singers<br />
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I stuck it to the bottom right side of the card and stuck the snowman and present to the left side along the bottom I added some more fake snow and at the top left side I added the Happy Christmas peel off then randomly stuck some of the sparkly snowflake peel offsJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-23354294970143644742011-11-02T00:18:00.001+00:002014-02-08T18:34:47.551+00:00Brewster the singerLast weeks papers from <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a> was Brewster the singer<br />
You will find them <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/paper2/characters/brewster/brewster_singer">Here </a><br />
If you receive the Newsletter from Free Craft Downloads or are a member of the forum you will know there have been problems with the main gallery this past week and there is a new gallery now - which I'm sure you will find much easier to use (The majority of the papers are there some of the backing papers are still being uploaded - all papers will be uploaded by the end of this week) <br />
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This is the card I have made using the latest Brewster papers</div>
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I chose the Round "Reverse Pyramid" sheet because some people are unsure what they are or how to use them Sometimes they are also known as "inverted pyramid" papers</div>
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To make the above card I used</div>
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music 01 ls (From the teen pop papers)<br />
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I folded the A4 hammer card in half to make my base card and on to this I stuck the music 01 ls paper I then cut a piece of the guitar paper and mounted this on to a piece of thin blue card and stuck it to the left side of the card. I then cut an even smaller piece of the (brewster) music paper and again mounted it on to a thin piece of blue card and stuck it on the guitar paper at an angle <br />
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I cut a thin strip of the guitar backing paper, stuck it down the centre of a piece of the thin blue card then added a vertical Happy Birthday peel off <br />
This piece of card was then stuck on the right hand side of the card<br />
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The main image from the reverse pyramid sheet was cut out and mounted on a piece of the blue card and stuck on the music paper. This had been printed on the sheet of A4 white gold shimmer paper - it glistens lovely when it catches the light (difficult to see in a picture)<br />
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To use these reverse pyramid sheets you need to cut out the white centre before layering them up <br />
You will see from this picture how I choose to cut the centre out<br />
I find it easier to use a craft knife and cut from near the outside in to the middle going all around the circle <br />
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Here you can see I snipped away the inner part this makes it easier to get the scissors in and doesn't crease your paper / card then you just cut around the edge of the white circle on all 5 pieces<br />
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After cutting out all the white circles I added foam pads to the back and layered them<br />
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The finished cardJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-81394835123204532782011-10-18T21:48:00.000+01:002014-02-08T18:35:38.272+00:00Thanksgiving Napkin Holders / Place NamesThis week on <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a> there are some new thanksgiving papers for you<br />
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Occasionally I like to make something other than a card with the new papers so this week I came up with the idea of making some Napkin holders / Place names with a couple of the Decoupage sheets<br />
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They were easy to make and the combination of a Napkin holder and Place name card is ideal if table space is limited because you have either a small table or a table laden with goodies<br />
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This is something I will be doing for my Christmas table with some Christmas decoupage papers as I only have a small table<br />
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These were printed on 350gsm smooth white card A4 size<br />
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I cut the layers out but instead of layering them all up I put a spacer in between the first and second layer.This was a piece of card 6m long by 3cm wide and each end was folded up 1cm. One end was attached to the front of the largest piece of decoupage and the other was attached to the back of the second layer with double sided tape so there was a 4cm gap inbetween this is where the folded napkin goes, the rest of the layers then were decoupages on the front.<br />
On the front of the pumpkin one I added a name in gold letter peel offs and on the Turkey one I added a name in silver letter peel offs to the back layer <br />
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-58418925138596173032011-10-10T23:59:00.000+01:002014-02-08T18:36:14.960+00:00Bea the witchLast week Bea the fairy made her debut on <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a><br />
This week she is all dressed up as a Witch ready for Halloween <br />
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I have made two cards using some of the papers <br />
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To make this first card I used </div>
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1 5 x 5 inch square white base card </div>
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I also used a small black strip of card </div>
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I printed out a pumpkin picture that I had on my computer as well </div>
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I decided to make a 5x5 inch easel card </div>
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I stuck the backing paper to the base of the card and also to the bit that stands up</div>
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I cut out and made up the decoupage but decided to cut off the small pumpkin which I kept to one side as it was going to be used elswhere </div>
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I cut out the larger pumpkin and stuck it to the piece of white 5x5 card and cut around it </div>
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Along the bottom of the card I stuck a thin strip of black card and added the letters to say Happy Halloween</div>
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To make<b> </b>this second card I used </div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-939127920451518082011-10-04T23:04:00.004+01:002014-02-08T18:37:08.510+00:00Bea makes her début on Free Craft DownloadsWe have a new character on <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a> this week<br />
Bea the fairy<br />
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I have made a couple of cards using some of the papers<br />
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Starting with the decoupage I printed it once on a sheet of A4 smooth white paper<br />
I then printed it again on a sheet of A5 smooth white paper<br />
I then mirrored the decoupage and printed it again on another A5 sheet of smooth white paper<br />
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The Bea backing paper I printed on two sheets of A4 smooth white card <br />
On the back of one of the sheets I printed the flower template <br />
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The present backing paper was printed in draft on A4 white paper I chose to print it in draft as I only wanted a pale image to show through the apperture in the inside of the card<br />
I printed the frame on an A5 sheet of smooth white card <br />
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To make the card up I folded one sheet of bea backing paper in half to make an A5 size finished card <br />
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The second sheet I cut out the flower shape from the back of the card then folded it so it would pop out when the card was opened I stuck the faded present sheet to the middle of the main outer card and trimmed the top and bottom<br />
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I cut out and made up the two smaller decoupage sheets and stuck them back to back with a piece of silver grey thread between them so it would hang from the centre of the inside of the card<br />
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I suspended the Bea decoupage from the top and stuck it down with a small piece of tape then stuck the two small presents to either side at the bottom of the flower shape<br />
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For the front of the card I cut around the frame and cut out the centre then stuck it on to the small sheet of silver metallic card I cut around the main Bea image on the A4 size backing sheet and stuck it in the centre of the frame <br />
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This was then stuck to the centre of the front of the card<br />
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Mirror mirror on the wall ......<br />
Bea fairy card 2 <br />
For this card I decided to combine old and new<br />
I used the pink version of Bea decoupage <br />
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the 5x5 square frame resized to 7cm x 7cm<br />
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a speech bubble with words mirror mirror on the wall......<br />
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I printed the present backing paper onto a sheet of<br />
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I printed both the old and new fairy decoupage A5 size on white smooth paper<br />
The pink speech bubble on to smooth white paper<br />
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I printed the frame on to smooth white card, cut it out and stuck it on to a small piece of silver mirror card<br />
In the centre I stuck the fairy decoupage (we had quite a while ago on FCD)<br />
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This is the finished card<br />
I stuck the small present from the decoupage sheet on to the bottom right side of the card <br />
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-88677614291889751662011-09-23T15:07:00.000+01:002011-09-23T15:07:51.520+01:00A few cardsJust sharing some cards I have made over the past couple of days to use up some bits and pieces<br />
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The first one I used a Mandala design which I shrunk down and printed 3 of them<br />
I was going to colour the mandala images but decided to make a black and white card instead so used a white base card DL size and layered the mandalas on to black card<br />
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This I used up a piece of black and white floral backing paper and a silhouette die cut from way back when which I found in my bits box <br />
I added some black ribbon along the bottom and a white ribbon on the left side of it<br />
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This card used up some lacy backing paper and a floral decoupage I had made up a while ago but not used<br />
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Some of this weeks papers on <a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/">Free Craft Downloads</a> are Teen pop papers<br />
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Normally I would not have chosen purple and green together but picked up on the colour of the stage lights in the decoupage sheet and felt on this occasion the colours went well together.<br />
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A4 sheet of ivory hammer effect card<br />
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I folded the sheet of card in half to make an A5 size card<br />
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To this I stuck the purple pearlised paper (trim edges if necessary)<br />
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Megan decided she would like to make a card from one of this weeks papers so she used the saxophone player decoupage <br />
She folded the base card in the same way that I did mine then cut out the decoupage sheet and used foam pads to layer it up <br />
Instead of using pearl paper Megan decided to use some purple foam then stuck the decoupage to this<br />
She also decided to use 2 small rectangles of mulberry paper in a mustard colour (to go with the saxophone) <br />
Then on these she stuck two mini mandala images I printed and she coloured in <br />
On the left hand side she stuck 3 flower peel offs which she coloured the centres in a deep purple<br />
A Happy Birthday peel off was used in the top right corner of the decoupage <br />
Because the front of the card was quite colourful she decided to leave the inside of the card plainJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-85544411191171209322011-09-12T20:24:00.000+01:002011-09-12T20:24:21.956+01:00Mini Mandala CardIn my crafting I like using mandalas either to glass paint or shrink down and use like digi stamps on my cards<br />
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I really like Tigers and have a favourite image of one in tribal flames<br />
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It took two attempts - for now I have just put it on a clip frame back until I find the right frame for it<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used solvent based glass paints for this project and just added a gold peel off border to take the plainness off the clip frame until I find the frame I want to put it in </div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-27852446654904591112011-09-10T11:33:00.000+01:002011-09-10T11:33:30.819+01:00I'm still aroundI knew it had been quite a while since I posted anything on here but didn't realise how long!<br />
I have been quite busy this past few of months or so with personal stuff and becoming more involved with the KIM Project I have been lucky enough to facilitate a few craft sessions and have thoroughly enjoyed it and it has helped me no end with confidence building not only in myself but in my crafting as well. I did Card making, Glass painting and Watercolour Mandala Painting <br />
I have another Card making session coming up in a couple of weeks for them and I am really looking forward to it and am starting to "prep" this weekend<br />
I will also be starting a self employment business course so that is something else I am looking forward toJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-42394703103667736152011-06-07T14:54:00.000+01:002012-07-29T09:32:39.479+01:00K.I.M. would like your vote<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">K.I.M. stands for Kindness In Mind and they provide Mental Health Support to Women <br />
More info <a href="http://www.kim-inspire.org.uk/site/index.php">Here</a> <br />
Part of their funding comes from The Big Lottery fund <br />
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The National Lottery Awards of 2011 is looking for the UK's favourite lottery funded projects and K.I.M. has been lucky enough to reach the semi finals <br />
The winner will be revealed on a special BBC1 show in the Autumn<br />
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K.I.M. would like your vote </span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">If you would like to vote for them they you can do so here <br />
<a href="http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards/best-health-project/126/"><b>Best Health Project - K.I.M.</b></a><br />
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Thank You</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-59570490278157688662011-04-11T17:59:00.000+01:002011-04-11T17:59:51.738+01:00Laptop card<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lFz3qcptWPk/TaMwX0DddaI/AAAAAAAABEg/R_UblENxoTw/s1600/Laptop+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lFz3qcptWPk/TaMwX0DddaI/AAAAAAAABEg/R_UblENxoTw/s200/Laptop+4.jpg" width="200" /></a> I thought I would show you this card which I made a few days ago<br />
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I made it as a little Thank You for the Tutor of a computer course I have been attending<br />
Great course and great fun, met some lovely people too<br />
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It was made from a template I have<br />
I printed out a Thank you message on some white card to use as the "screen" and made the card up following the instructions <br />
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The Laptop case was made from black card as well<br />
I cut out a window in the centre, covered it with acetate so the Thank you would show through<br />
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The finished card in it's caseJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-47653891948645350982011-02-08T23:01:00.000+00:002014-02-10T13:13:58.862+00:00A Good Innings<div style="text-align: center;">
Brewster is back this week on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1564225736">Free Craft Downloads</a><a href="http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/"> </a> sporting cricket whites</div>
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This is a circular white retirement card (just shown against a green background) </div>
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I used an A4 sheet of white linen card folded in half and cut out a circle with a 14cm diameter (<i>making sure not to cut on the fold of the card</i>)</div>
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I cut out a smaller 12cm circle of the cricket 2 backing paper and stuck it in the centre of the white base card</div>
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Using the score board sheet I used the "Retired" wording and also the number 35 these were stuck on to the scoreboard and in a white souffle pen I added the words "years a good innings and now" </div>
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Here are a couple of cards she has made with 2 of the cat ones<br />
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She used 6 x 4 cards with a printed bow down the left side and some gems of various colours and sizes<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hope you like them </div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-68775184538725423352011-01-27T20:11:00.000+00:002011-01-27T20:11:27.872+00:00With Love<div style="text-align: center;">Thought I would show you this I made using a hexagonal template</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">They are quite easy to make up I decorated it with some pink ribbon, red roses, red heart beads and silver bows</div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-48129442770364493342011-01-05T14:23:00.001+00:002011-01-05T14:25:00.840+00:00Tiger Birthday CardsAlthough I enjoyed making my Christmas cards it is nice to get back to making other cards now<br />
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I have started by using one of my favourite Cd's being a huge fan of Tigers I love using this disc<br />
It is available to buy on <a href="http://www.craftcds.co.uk/">Craft CDs </a> it is called <a href="http://www.craftcds.co.uk/hannah_hays_tiger_tiger_cd_rom?category_id=0&manf=15">Tiger Tiger</a> by Hannah Hay<br />
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This one was made A5 size on a black base card, I mat & layered with the backing paper & some black card edging with gold border peel offs I added a gold Happy Birthday to the top right and bottom left of the black layer <br />
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Hope you like these cards and have a look at the disc There are 10 Tiger images as well as backing papers, tags, inserts borders decoupage and much moreJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-17658893177930914502011-01-05T13:55:00.000+00:002011-01-05T13:55:51.088+00:00Back to itWhere has the time gone to!<br />
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I hadn't realised it was so long since I posted on here, I was very busy leading up to Christmas and then have enjoyed the School Holidays relaxing and having fun with Megan <br />
We had a lovely Christmas and New Year Hope you did too <br />
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It is nice to get back to making cards again (and not Christmas ones)<br />
I will post the ones I have made this last couple of days in a separate postJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599553996699737833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329529267983835076.post-82075265772034228882010-12-06T22:15:00.000+00:002014-02-10T13:14:57.208+00:00Teen Christmas Card<div style="text-align: center;">
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To make this card I used an A6 base card (used tent fold)</div>
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One of Lukes snowflake papers Snowflake 13</div>
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A piece of silver mirri card embossed with the cuttlebugs snowflake embossing folder</div>
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I printed the snowflake backing paper A5 size and stuck it on the base card and trimmed the edges</div>
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The blue bow was added at the bottom in the centre</div>
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I think this is more suited to a girl teen because of using the gems and Bow</div>
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