Saturday, 10 November 2012

Postage Due Coasters

The "Postage Due" stamp set is a great collage stamp and I really like the finished effect to create these rustic coasters.


I have stamped the image using Staz-on Jet Black onto some stone tiles that I purchased from my local Bunnings store.  The stone tiles do have holes in them but I really love the rustic effect that this gives the finished coaster.  The finished coasters are 4" x 4".

I sealed the stone tiles with Mod Podge before stamping the image and then put two coats of Mod Podge over the top to seal it.  An acrylic sealer can also be added if desired.  A piece of cork was adhered to the bottom of the tile.

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Midnight Floral Fusion

This card was just for the fun of it and it is a case of a similar card I found a while ago. Unfortunately I did not keep the name of the creative person who designed the sketch, so I must apologise.  The original card was not made using Stampin' Up products, I have adapted the sketch for my card.  The colour scheme is Midnight Muse, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla with the flowers being made using the Floral Fusions die.

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Coloured Soot Stamping

I have been inspired to try the Coloured Stoot Stamping technique as a result of recent posts by Jenny Chilton and France Martin.  This technique is by Beate Johns and can be found on Splitcoast Stampers here.

I made two cards using this technique, the first one was inspired by France Martin who used one of my favourite stamp sets "Clockworks".  Colour scheme of Basic Black, Sahara Sand and Whisper White.


Second card was made using the "Postage Due" stamp set with a colour scheme of Summer Starfruit and Basic Black. 

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Luggage Tags

I have been playing around this last week with the new Candelight Christmas Designer Fabric featured in the new Holiday Catalogue.

I really liked the idea of an unique luggage tags to identify my suitcases when I am travelling.  I designed the following luggage tag as all the other patterns and designs I found on the internet were quite involved and I wanted something that was quick to run up on the sewing machine and did not involve interfacing and wadding.  I have posted the instructions on how I made this at the bottom of this post.

Now that I have created my luggage tags all I need now is the holiday to go with them.




LUGGAGE TAG

Materials

1 fat quarter
Window Sheet
On-Board Sheet

Instructions

1.         Cut 1 piece 3 ¼” x 5 ¼” – put to one side.

2.         Cut a strip 1 ¾” wide by length of fabric.   Cut a piece of Window Sheet 2” x 4”.  Stitch the fabric around the Window Sheet, using a ¼” seam allowance.



3.         Trim down strips around the Window Sheet to 1” wide.


4.         Cut a piece of 3 ½” x 2” piece of fabric.  Turn under ¼” on long side and press, turn under another ¼” and stitch down.  Attach this piece to one short side of the Window Sheet piece (front piece).


5.         Cut a strip of fabric 13 ½” x 2”.  Fold in ¼” on each side and press.  Fold in half lengthwise so that the raw edges are now folded into the middle of the fabric,  press.  Stitch down each side of the strip.   This is the tab strip.


6.         On the backing piece, turn under a 1/4" double hem and stitch down.


7.         Lay the back piece down, right side facing up.  Put the tab strip down, making sure that the tab is on the inside.  Put the front piece down, right side facing down making sure that the end with the overlap is at the other end to the tab strip.  Stitch down both long sides and across the end with the tab strip on it. 


8.         Turn correct side out, press lightly with a warm iron being careful not to melt the Window Sheet.  This is the back view of the tag.

9.         Using the On-Board Sheet, cut a piece 1 ¼” x 4 ¾” for the insert. 

10.       Make a name and address information on the computer for the luggage tag.

Name ______________________________________

Address ____________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

Print the name and address information and glue to the On-Board Sheet.  Insert this into the Luggage Tag, making sure that the piece is behind the over flap so that it does not come loose. The luggage tag is now finished.


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Sunday, 4 November 2012

Happy Birthday - Stippled Blossoms

This card was a quick make for my Aunty's Birthday card.   My Mum and myself were off to my Aunty's today for her birthday, and a realised that I had forgot to make a card. 

I went straight to one of my favourite sketches for the design and the Stippled Blossoms stamp set with the sentiment from the Petite Pairs stamp set.  Colour scheme of Primrose Petals and Whisper White.  The DSP is from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper stack.

I was quite pleased with the finished card, it looked so pretty and my Aunty loved it.

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Cherish Friendshp

This card was inspired by a recent post by Paula Dobson, using the Water Colour Wash technique with the Clear-Mount Blocks.  Paula used the Fabulous Florets stamp set on her card, but I changed things up a bit for my card using the Cherish Friendship stamp set.


Colour scheme of Whisper White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, More Mustard and So Saffron.

I seem to be adding tickets to everything lately, but I like the finished touch (each to their own as they say). I gave instructions in my previous post on how this was done. The button is from the Naturals Designer Buttons pack, which have a lovely wood like finish.  Early Espresso Bakers Twine was added to finish the card.

The goose was stamped in Early Espresso on a piece of Water Coloured card that was made using More Mustard and So Saffron.  It was then fussy cut out and adhered to the card.

The card was quite simple to make and what a great effect the Water Colour Wash Technique creates.


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Christmas Lodge

It has been a few weeks since my last post, I have been making cards but just not posting.  I have also been creating craft items for an upcoming Christmas Market Day that I attend in Moora each year, so I have been busy stitching for that as well.

I recently purchased the Crumb Cake medium envelopes from Stampin' Up and Crumb Cake being a favourite colour of mine I decided to make a Christmas card using it as the base card to go with the envelopes.  I am going to make sets of these for the Christmas Market Day.

I had a lot of false starts before I created this card and with the medium envelope being slightly smaller that the average C6 size I had a few issues with my measurements until I got it correct (I was having one of those days).



The stamp sets used are Christmas Lodge, Petite Pairs and the Take a Ticket Stampin' Wheel.

The Christmas Lodge was stamped with Staz On Black and the snow was coloured using the White Gel Pen.  The border was stamped using the small leaf stamp in the Christmas Lodge stamp set.

The ticket was made by colouring in the outline of one of the tickets on the Take A Ticket Stampin' Wheel  with a Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker and rolling this onto Whisper White cardstock.  The sentiment, from the Petite Pairs stamp set, was then stamped in the middle of the ticket and the ticket then cut out. 

Once the centre piece had been finished, Whisper White Bakers Twine was wrapped around the piece before it was adhered to the card using dimensionals.  The ticket was also layered up with dimenionals and a button from the Neutrals Designer Button added with a piece of Whisper White Bakers Twine tied through the holes.  The button was adhered using a glue dot.

The measurements for the card are:

Crumb Cake - 14cm x 21cm, folded in half to create the base card.
Whisper White - 13.5cm x 10cm, embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder.
Crumb Cake - 10.5cm x 7.5cm.
Whisper White - 10cm x 7cm.
Crumb Cake - 9.5cm x 6.5cm, image stamped on this piece.

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