Crafters Companion Competition Card - The Snowman

Hello Peeps,

 

I never enter competitions really as I haven't always got the confidence needed to do so but finally decided that even if I do not win it challenges me to create something different the way that I do when I have a customer order.  However fun orders are though it is always nerve racking waiting to see if the it is what was expected.   Most of the time I get it right but there is always that niggling doubt there.

 

Anyway, in the first Crafters Companion Magazine there was a great competition to design a Christmas card only using the products in the free kit that came with it.  What great fun I had and to be completely honest I was really pleased with the finished card.  Of course if I had an embossing & die cutting machine there would be so many more finishing touches that could have been added but saying that sometimes plain can be beautiful as well.

 

For this card I used three sheets of dark blue Centura Pearl card-stock, freebie papers and decoupage from the Inspirations Magazine, two 1p pieces, dark blue/ pale blue/ purple chalk pads, brown fine-liner, Promarkers, Sakura clear star glitter pen, punch & eyelets, bakers twine, the Ultimate Pro, cereal box, blue/ pink/ purple adhesive gems, strip of clear acetate,  3D Collall glue gel, double sided tape, red line tape & foam tape.

Instead of a standard card front I wanted to add something a little different and so scored a piece of dark blue Centura Pearl to make a Gatefold card using the Ultimate Pro and because the inside of the card is going to be quite dimensional I added a centimetre kinda book bind to this at the inside so that when the card closes it does not squash the inside decorations. 

To the front of the card I added a sentiment which says "Snowman" with foam tape.  I also backed a tag shape with cereal box to add rigidity, used a punch and added an eyelet.  Then popped on a piece of twine as a bow and attached to the card with foam tape and finally added three blue gems to the two free corners giving a little Christmas sparkle.

The inside of the gatefold took a little bit of time to complete as I wanted to create a scene but did not have the luxury of just simply printing this from the CD as I had to use only the free papers.  So for the backgrounds I cut a piece of the snowy paper to size, inked around the edges in pale blue and attached to the card with double sided tape. 

I then stamped and coloured using Promarkers the small robin from the free stamps that came with the mag, used a Sakura clear star glitter pen to add snow for the robin to stand on and inked around the edge in blue to fit in with the background.  I then attached to a piece of cereal box, cut around, attached to a 1p piece with 3D collall glue, added two foam pads, one on top of the other and attached another 1p piece, this gave me the penny slider. 

To make the background I cut a piece of cereal box to size and used my cutter to cut out the strip for the penny to fit.  I then covered this with another plainer piece of free paper.  To create the tree outlines I tore up a sheet of paper and used all the various pieces to protect the background while in inked in pale blue, then in purple, this gave hill type effects but I wanted it to look more like they were flying over trees so I used a brown fine-liner to add branches and inked around these in a darker blue just to soften a bit.

The snowman image was built up using 3D collall glue gel and then to give a flying effect cut a strip of acetate and attached to the back of the background with red line tape and then the other end to the snowman, so it wasn't actually attached firm to the card and wobbles about. 

The sentiment was stuck onto a piece of the cereal box with double sided tape, holes were punched so that eyelets could be added, I inked around the edges in pale blue then threaded through some bakers twine and attached at the back with red line tape.

The whole piece was then attached to the card with three layers of foam tape to give height and allow the penny slider to move.

For this page I scored and folded the card so that the blue of the card was in the inside and I inked the spine on the reverse with a dark blue chalk pad so that when the card is put together the spine is not white and sticking out.  I then cut a piece of the free paper to size, and inked around the edges and some ground for the picture using a red and purple chalk pad. 

I layered the sentiment onto a piece if cereal box to give it some strength, punched holes and added eyelets.  I then threaded through some bakers twine and attached at the back using red line tape.  I then attached the whole background piece to the card using foam tape and added the snowman image that had been built up with 3D glue to the card with double sided tape.  To add some sparkle I popped a pink gem in each corner.

The last double page is where I would write my Christmas wishes and maybe a wee poem.  This was a piece of the Centura Pearl card scored and folded so that the colour was on the outside, this meant that the blue colour was on the reverse matching with the front of the card, I also popped on "The Snowman" logo to make the card official. 

Anyway, for these pages I simply cut two piece of the free papers to size and attached using double sided tape.  I then added a strip of the Centura Pearl that I cut of the edge of the card to ensure it was the same size as the front Gatefold card and a strip of each of the pieces of the free paper, I popped these on opposite pages to kind of tie them in with each other, so no waste, even the off cuts were used!! 

I then added a sentiment with foam tape, "winter wishes" cut from the free paper.  After inking a base on the background with pale blue & purple chalk pads I then attached the snowman image that had been built up using 3D glue gel using double sided tape. 

To finish I added some purple adhesive gems for sparkle.

So the inside card had red line tape added to the reverse of each leaf and sandwiched between the back card and the front gatefold card to complete the project.  This is a view of how the card stands and how it would look, really only a card that I would make for someone special or a family member, great for a child as you could really make each page a piece of The Snowman story. 

The competition entries had to be in today and the winners will be contacted on 10 November, first prize is a craft day at a hotel and runners up were packs of Spectrum Noir pens which I would love as they are refillable unlike my current Promarkers.  I have everything crossed :o)

 

If you would like the images, CD, paperkit etc, these can be purchased for Crafters Companion here - http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/the-snowman-2055.html remember its the 30th anniversary this year. 

 

Happy Crafting!!

Amanda x

Postcard - More Golden than Brown

Happy Friday!!

 

I do hope everyone has some plans for the weekend and would love to hear if you are up to anything crafty?  I am planning on spending some time playing with my new Spectrum Noirs.  I have Promarkers so it will be great to compare and see which I like best.  I love the idea that the Spectrum's are refillable and that the nibs can be replaced, hoping that that will keep the cost down for crafting in the future.

 

So this is the second Postcard with the theme "Golden Brown".  I used a digistamp from Shutterstock, they have loads of photos, illustrations etc and are fabulous if you just need something different from what you have in your stash or stamping range - http://www.shutterstock.com/



As I said this didn't quite turn out the way I thought so this is named "more golden than brown" lol. Pretty simple one really, just a digistamp coloured with watercolour pencils, a quickie glue pen to draw the fishes on the background and then covered with gold glitter and a black fineliner to draw the paw prints, and again the glue pen to do all the highlights with the glitter. I also used a glaze pen for the bubbles a little bit of shine

This just shows the dimension created by distressing the edges and curling the corners then attaching the topper with 3D glue gel. I have inked all the edges with a gold ink pad just to finish.

Well that's me for just now, I have two cards to create over the weekend.  I still have that 40th one for my Other Half's Sister to do and one for a lovely crafty lady so it will have to be perfect and I haven't a clue where to start for either - wish me luck!!

 

Have a great weekend everyone.

 

Much love

 

Amanda xx

Postcard - The Stranglers "Golden Brown"

Good Morning

 

Just a quick post to show you the first of two postcards with the theme "Golden Brown".  I am quite pleased with this one as I love music and it was lovely to be able to put this together from images that I could import into Serif Craft Artist Professional and edit to the size and colours that I required.  It also shows that CD crafting is not a flat and unthoughtful way of crafting.  I was able to use tea to dye the elements of my page, a distressing tool & embossing powder to produce a postcard with multiple layers and texture.

 

The song itself can be found on you tube if you fancy a listen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7R7q1lSZfs



I designed and printed a music backing paper, golden brown song sheet and record cover, I then distressed all the edges and scrunched before staining with tea to age, drying and ironing flat again. The record cover was then embossed to give some texture. I wrote out the lyrics as a final layer

All the layers have been attached with either red line tape or 3D glue gel giving some height and the layered effect.

Well that's all for me today, have fun whatever you are up to.

Amanda xx

Tag - Zentangle Dreams

Happy Hump Day, its all down hill to the weekend now!!

 

Its also half way through the month of October already and aren't the trees just looking stunning, love all the golden yellows, reds and browns.  Love love love this time of year!

 

So as promised here is the second of my Zentangle tags which I have named "Zentangle Dreams".

I used and old cereal box as my base for this and then background has been done with a black graphics pen, pink fineliner, silver fineliner, some lovely sparkly gems and a think layer of embossing powder. The butterfly has been done using a black graphics pen, pink glitter, silver fineliner, pink wire & beads. the basic outlines were drawn and then just filled in with patterns giving the Zentangle effect (although please look up this actual technique as I think mine is more like doodling lol)

A close up of the distressed edge of the word tag which was done using a Quickie glue pen, some fine pink glitter.

A close up of the butterfly with its jewel body and wire detail just done using thin nose jewellery pliers and a couple of pink glass seed beads. This and the name tag were attached using 3D glue gel.

The theme for the Postcards is "Golden Brown" and you think with all the lovely colours about at the moment this would have been the easiest to do but I really struggled to make something using this as I didn't want to go with the obvious which would have been a lovely autumnal scene or a leafy decoupage or something similar.  I will be posting my first creation tomorrow so come back to see what my interpretation has been.

 

Happy Crafting friends,

 

Amanda xx

Tag - Zentangle - Motivation 2

Tuesday Tuesday!!

 

Well back to part-time hours for me finally, this makes me very happy.  I took a new job and it was part time but due to the volume of work I have been doing full time hours.  Don't get me wrong I am happy with this as it helped me pick the job up super quick, get settled into the team well and my wages will be good at the end of the month but I am shattered lol.  After a full year of sitting on my bum in the house crafting, being on my feet all day is a bit of a shock to the old system!!

 

As you will know from my most recent posts, I have joined a lovely group who swap ATC's.   This is a lovely new thing for me and I am thoroughly enjoying it.  However, they do not just swap ATC's but also Tags and Postcards. 

 

So my first Tag theme was "Zentangle".  This was great for me as I had done a practice ATC using this method (or something similar, please do not base any Zentangle on my creations you would be better to actually Google it and get the proper instructions) or something similar, just doodling is what I may have ended up with but I have given it a shot.

 

This has been duly named "Motivation 2" due to the words that I have incorporated throughout the design.

The base of the tag or the background has been done with pencil, I just simply drew around my fingers and then split the card into squares and filled in.  All the individual coloured pieces have been done using a black graphics pen and coloured fineliners. all pieces have been covered with embossing powder to add some extra sparkle and attached using 3D glue gel to give some dimension.

Just a photo trying to show the raised coloured bits and some of the wording.

The second tag will be tomorrows post and is something a little different.

Happy Crafting!

Amanda x

ATC - Celtic Heart Knots

Happy Monday!!

 

I don't know about you but that was the quickest weekend ever!!! the weeks are just flying by and I have seen some Christmas decorations out in the shops already, it will be here before we know it.

 

So continuing from yesterday, here is part two of the "Celtic" theme I was given.  I moved away from the football and onto the more traditional meaning of the word and tried my hand at knotting.  This was fab and I learned a new technique that can be used in Jewellery as well!!

 

To make a heart knot you can follow the video that I used on You Tube, which I have now discovered is not just for silly things and is actually such a great source of information for almost everything - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yo5nSXND5o

I have used stamps coloured with watercolour pencils. Both cards were punched and have eyelets attached for strength and the heart knot has been used to attache both cards together using jump rings.

This is just showing the raised stamp, used foam pads but should have used 3D glue, a learn for next time!!

This card has been hand drawn, coloured with metallic water colour pencils & finally coated with a couple of layers of glitter embossing powder, the words are the meaning behind the actual knot.

A Celtic Heart Knot made from cord, the ends were tied with pink wire so that I could attach jump rings, created using the You Tube Video (link above).

The finished ATC connected together with the knot.

Have a lovely week everyone.

Amanda xx

ATC - Cetlic (football)

Hello Bloggers

 

I am having a lovely quiet day.  Today is my only day off this week so I am catching up with some blogs and some crafting, I have a couple of Postcards to finish before attempting to do a lovely 40th birthday card.

 

I have been continuing with the ATC's which I am now well and truly addicted to and really loving working on a small scale.  I am not always getting it right but it is enjoyable and I am learning as I go.

 

So the theme I was given was "Celtic".  I am sure that this was meaning knots etc but how could I not interpret that word in any other way than in my love of a certain Scottish Football Team that I was once an avid follower of.  I am not a religious follower today but still dip in now and again and watch the odd game.

 

Anyway this is my "Celtic" themed ATC, hope you like -



I have imported this into Serif and changed the team name to "you'll never walk alone" and added this years date. I then decoupaged this using 3D gel, added peel-offs and a couple of layers of embossing powder to finish.



Just a photo showing the decoupage, this is flat in the middle so that just the leafs of the clover are raised

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday afternoon, whatever you are up to.

Much love

Amanda

Sister Card using Nigel May's All Kinds of Everything CD

Hello All,

Just a quick post to show a card that has been put together for my other half's Sister before I realised it was her 40th this year.  So now this one goes into stock and I need to go back to the drawing board as this is just a wee card and need to be a bit more special. 

 

For this card I used an A5 White Hunkydory Card Blank, Nigel May's "All Kinds of Everything" CD, an A4 sheet of Gold Mirri Card, lemon satin ribbon, a bow maker, gold peel-offs, double sided tape, red line tape and foam pads.

The topper, insert & backing papers were all printed from the CD in matching colours so that I had everything co-ordinating.  I cut and layered a piece of the backing paper on Gold Mirri Card and did the same with the topper.  Before attaching the backing papers to the card blank with double sided tape, attached a strip of red line tape along the bottom, pinched and stuck down the ribbon leaving a flat bit in the centre to add the double bow which was made perfectly using the bow make on the Ultimate Pro from Crafter's Companion.  The topper was attached to the card using foam pads.

The topper took a little while to cut out as there are a few layers but it was worth the effort as is lovely all finished.  I used tiny foam pads to layer up and on the final butterfly I left one of the wings free to let it stand up a bit more.

The insert was left blank when I printed it as I couldn't find a poem that I liked that wsnt to soppy!! Instead I simply added gold peel-offs and added a butterfly using foam pads, it finishes the inside off lovely with a tiny bit of dimention.

Hope you are all well and crafting lots!

Much love

Amanda xx

Do Crafts - Topper created using Enchanted CD

Good Day Everyone,

 

I have finally got around to having a play with the new Cd's that I purchased from Do Crafts.  The Digital Designer is actually a really fab program and although I do have Serif Craft Artist I think that this could be a new favourite as I really really love the digitage option being a huge fan of decoupage.

 

So this is just a topper that I created quickly when messing about. The page was made up using only the embellishments on the "Enchanted" CD.  I then digitaged this, saved as a pdf then printed and because I have saved this option as a pdf I can print multiple times.

 

The topper is 6x6 and will be used on an 8x8 Christmas card, this scene was made up by me using all individual elements, so completely unique and not available on the highstreet and that is why I love CD crafting.
 

Off to work, then home to play some more, might make up all my toppers then leave them till closer the time to make up the cards, love the cutting and building.

 

Happy Crafting!!

 

Amanda xx

ATC - Just Because.....

Morning :o)

 

As you can tell I have found a new obsession, yet another ATC.  Really loving doing these as you can fit them in at anytime of the day or night, sketch the design on the train on the way to work to complete when you get home or when your on a break, in front of the TV etc.

 

This was just a simple one, quick sketch from a photo that I had of a bunch Daffi's from last year.  I then just used the metallic watercolour pencils to colour and covered in the sparkle embossing powder, again this is really just to protect it a little.

Happy Crafting!!

Amanda xx

ATC - Motivation

Good Morning,

 

Just a quick post to say hello and show you another ATC that I worked on. 

 

This one started as Zentangle and ended up being a little cheery card of colour with some little happy words of motivation added into the mix.

 

I used a fineliner black Promarker for the detail, Staedtler Lumocolor Permanent pens & Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Pastel Pens to create the patterns.  To seal and protect I covered in Ink-Up clear sparkle embossing powder, this is clear with a sprinkle of rainbow glitter which has added another layer of dimension.

 

Have a great day, whatever you are up to,

 

Amanda x

ATC - Elf Princess

Hello Peeps,

Can you believe it is Monday already? where does the time go?

I am loving my new job role with Debenhams, what a fantastic team I have settled into to.  Those that know me will say "yip, but Amanda you love everyone" and yes that is the case but genuinely really like my new team so much and what a difference that make getting up for work even at 5am!!

The downside to being back working is that I am shattered, early rise and early to bed and actually sleeping instead of getting up through the night to do something along the crafty lines.  I have been introduced to ATC's and I am now an addict.  Little pieces of artwork that take absolutely no time at all but still have all the love and care of a big piece of work or a card that you have lovingly designed and popped together. 

The ones I have been doing are only 2.5 x 3.5 inches, and when I was given the measurements I did not realise the actual size until I cut my first piece.  Some of the ATC's that I have seen have been so so detailed and the skill involved in that is only something that I could dream of, it will take some time to get used to working on this scale.  The appeal to me is its just a tiny canvas and can be filled really quickly and so satisfying.

This is my very first one.  I used a "Learn to Draw Fantasy" book written by Steve Beaumont, the outcome wasn't perfect as my pencil was not sharp enough for the size that I was drawing - lesson learned for my next attempt.  Great results though from my first try so I would really recommend this to anyone who was looking to teach themselves to draw and can be picked up at really reasonable prices from Amazon.

I am really happy with it as its the first thing i have actually drawn in a while.  It was drawn on watercolour paper/card using a 2B pencil and the background is coloured with two different shades of blue metallic watercolour pencils as i cannot actually find my normal watercolour pencils, they are in the crafty hole someplace.  I have then put on two layers of Stampendous clear embossing powder.

Since the above photo was taken I have popped it into the freezer, then cracked the embossing to give a lovely tile type effect.  To make the cracks more defined, I scribbled on a piece of paper, rubbed my finger over it and then onto the top so that the lead went into the cracks.  I was not to 100% happy with the effect so I then put on another layer of embossing powder and this all bubbled which was great and I just popped these creating a pitted effect just around the edges but down to the actual paper.  Looks much more like I imagined I wanted it to look, you can also see the extra lead that was put on has formed a pooling type effect throughout and I just love it, probably will never be able to create this effect again but I am going to try!!

Well that's me for today, hope you all have a fantastic week.

Much love

Amanda x

Christmas cards made with Crafters Companion Magazine (5)

Morning!!

 

Sunday mornings should be spent in the dressing gown with rubbish Sunday papers & magazines, drinking lovely milky coffee and eating croissants or rolls & bacon, that's my views anyway. 

 

Instead though, isn't it funny how we actually seem to work more at the weekend rather than relax.  For those that work Monday to Friday its catching up with all the household cleaning/ washing etc and the opposite for those who have their days off during the week.  Weekends have lost their definition, it is no longer the time rest & play.

 

These are the final two cards that I put together from the Crafters Companion Magazine.  In total I have made 18 cards of different sizes, plus I could say another 3 that I put together for the competition card.  So that's 21 in total and I have still got lots of little bits and pieces left that could  be used to put a few more together when I have some more time.

 

Now I just have to get all the family cards done, a wee order for my Sister's Christmas cards and then that will be all the cards done for this year.  Onward to other projects after that, I would really love to do the advent box that is also in the Crafters Companion Magazine.  It has the 24 little boxes and then the big box on top for the Christmas gift.   This could be a theme for my gifts this year, means the pressies will all be delivered on 1st December :o)

 

Finding the time though is going to be the issue!

 

Anyway, Happy Crafting and hope this week brings some lovely surprises!!

 

Amanda x

Christmas cards made with Crafters Companion Magazine (4)

Ah the weekend,

 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, still can't quite believe that its October already, this year has just disappeared, is that a sign of old age?

 

Well here are another two cards made with the Crafters Companion Magazine.  It has really given me some inspiration and insight into what projects can be achieved with my Crafters Companion's Cd's.

 

All I have had to add was A5 card blanks, Gold Mirri Card, gems, double sided tape & foam tape.



The first pictures show the completed card front and the second picture shows the decoupage built up with Collall 3D Glue Gel.  I am very happy with both cards, simple but very different colours for Christmas and the subject is something that everyone can connect with as we all have memories in one way or another of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit.

 

All products relating to Beatrix Potter can be purchased direct from the Crafters Companion as the are the licence holders for this wonderful collection - http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/beatrix-potter-19.html

 

Happy Crafting Friends!!

 

Amanda xx

Christmas cards made with Crafters Companion Magazine (3)

Happy Friday!!

 

This Magazine freebie just keeps going and going there is so much that can be made from it and not only that, Crafters Companion also allow you to download them again for you to keep on your computer!!  I haven't even printed a second set as there is just so much in the freebie that they provided.

 

I have made 14 cards so far, plus the competition card and still have six large toppers which I am going to use on 8x8 cards as well as loads of other bits.  Once I have made all the cards I can see I will gather all the rest of the bit together and see what can be made from them, no waste.  I am sure no matter what I put together it will look great as the quality is fantastic.

 

These cards are using the Paintbox Poppets Winter selection which can be purchased from the Crafters Companion Website - http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/paintbox-poppets-1675.html

 

Have a great weekend.

Amanda x

Christmas cards made with Crafters Companion Magazine (2)

Hello Peeps,

 

Just a few more of the cards made with the Crafters Companion Inspirations Magazine with the only addition from my stash being the card-stock, glitter and some gems.

 

This wee elephant was my favourite from the Mulberry Wood collection, he is just lovely and can be used for so many different people.  I think the little guy in the first card could be used for a babies first Christmas for example.

 

Mulberry Wood can be purchased from here -

http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/mulberry-wood-1948.html 

and the Humphrey's Corner Christmas can be found here - http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/humphreys-corner-1085.html

 

Happy Crafting!!

 

Amanda x

Vespa Santa MOD Card

Happy Hump Day, all downhill to the weekend now!!

 

Another quick post to show the card that I made using an image that I downloaded from a colouring site.  I was asked to do a Christmas card for a man who loves Vespa's and although I have a small scooter stamp I found it difficult to find a large stamp that I could incorporate into Christmas when I came across this page.  I have used the Image with permission of © Elizabeth O. Dulemba, Children's Book Author/Illustrator, please visit www.dulemba.com to learn more and download this page or other colouring pages.  She is a very talented lady.

 

So for this card I downloaded and used Elizabeth's Vespa Santa Image, an 8x8 shaped card blank, A4 piece of Kanban embossed paper, A4 sheet of red holographic card, Promarkers, Sakura coloured glitter gel pens, Sakura clear glaze pen, peel-offs, Tonic snowflake cutter, iridescent glitter, Quickie glue pen, clear gems, pale blue chalk pad, 3D Collall glue gel, double sided tape & foam pads.

So to start I stamped snowflakes with the pale blue chalk pad and then inked around the edges, I wanted the actual layers to be in the same colour as the MOD Target.  The next layer was a circle cut out of the Kanban embossed opalescent white paper and I used the Quickie glue pen to draw a circle around the outside and covered in iridescent glitter to give a little sparkle.  The final layer was cut out of red holographic card, then stamped randomly using the scooter stamp and covered in red glitter to highlight.  These were all layered using double sided tape and the image was added with foam pads.  The snowflakes were all cut out of the leftover paper using a Tonic snowflake stamp, these were layered up and the clear gems added with 3D Collall Glue Gel just to give some dimension.  The sentiment was made up of silver peel-offs and added to the card with foam pads.

This is just a wee close up of the image itself which was coloured with Promarkers and then highlighted with Sakura coloured glitter pens, Sakura clear glaze gel pen and then iridescent glitter was added after highlighting the small areas with a Quickie glue pen just so that it kept the detail of the image.

The insert was just a piece of Kanban embossed opalescent snowflake paper cut in a circle then inked around the edges with a pale blue chalk pad and stamped the sentiment in the same icy colour.

I couldn't not do a little something on the envelope as I never really get much of a chance to use my scooter stamp, so I used my rock-a-block to stamp the image and then used 3D Collall glue to pop on some left over snowflakes & gems.

Well, work going well and enjoying being out of the house.  Hope you are all well and getting your Christmas crafting all sorted.

Much Love

Amanda xx

Christmas cards made with Crafters Companion Magazine (1)

Morning All!

 

I was delighted when I found out that one of my favourite Crafting Manufacturers were bringing out their own magazine and I was even more delighted when I received it to find that it was the BEST crafting mag that I have read!!  I can say that with confidence as I was a subscriber of four different magazines up until about a month ago and picked up many more along the way as well.  This was the first one that actually made me get all my gear out and just craft, the rest are all still sitting with the freebies all intact as well, not even the freebies inspired me enough to get crafty.  I spent all weekend just flicking through then cutting out all the decoupage and finally actually creating something for their Christmas card competition. 

 

I may have enjoyed it so much as I have alot of their products and could just follow the instructions and things for the projects exactly without having to improvise but also could be down to the quality and the various different types of projects from paper cards, to 3D projects to beading, it really is great and something for everybody to get their teeth into.  I just cannot wait for the next issue!!

 

So using just the free papers and some older Christmas card blanks that I had in my stash i have created a few Christmas cards and will show you these over the next few posts.  I have also downloaded the free papers again onto my laptop for some future projects but to be honest I have all the Cd's and will probably just use them in future for the family cards I am yet to create!!

These are more pastel shades and very much on the cute side of Christmas but I do love them!

The CD, Stamps and more from this range can be purchased on the Crafters Companion Website - http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/mulberry-wood-1948.html

 

Have a great day, whatever you get up to but lets hope it's crafting!!

 

Much love

 

Amanda x