Paper Crafting World Weekly Challenge

At this time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, schools are finishing their academic year, and it is time to say thank you to the teacher!

For my project, I used the Bookworm and apple digi stamp from PCW here to make the image. I printed it twice then coloured it with Copic markers. I cut selected parts of the image to layer - the head part of the bookworm and the leaf on the apple. I added glossy accents to the eye glasses of the bookworm to make the eyes stand out a little.

For the words, I used the wording that came with the image and made it into a cutting file using SCAL2, welded the letters then cut them from green card. I embossed the words using embossing ink and clear embossing powder. The image and words were then layered onto white card that I had embossed with the Swiss Dots folder in the Cuttlebug then rounded the corners. This was then layered onto a red card.

Pop on over to the challenge at Cooking with Cricut and see what the other great designers have come up with for this week. Look forward to seeing your entries too!

Paper Crafting World and Cooking with Cricut Blog-Aversary

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day this week (May 19-26) we will be bringing you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is Tiaras or Crowns!

I thought this digital image - King of my Heart  from PCW was just so cute - and it had a crown  - so it fitted this challenge so well!

I coloured the image with Copic markers then cut it out. I added Kindiglitz to the crown and the rose.

I layered the image onto two label dies that I cut, embossed and inked with distress inks.

The corner pieces and the tag for the sentiment were cut using the Moroccan Accents Shapeabilities dies. I added a stamped sentiment from my favourite Hero Arts words set and attached the tag to some brown ribbon before adding it to the card.

I made the card base from kraft card and edged it with vintage photo distress ink after rounding the corners.

Please head on over to Cooking with Cricut to see what gorgeous things the other DT members have done for today!

Pearls

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be bringing you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is Pearls and this is how I interpreted the theme!

I downloaded the lovely QT Patootie Tweenz Tori image from PCW and coloured her with Copic markers. I stamped around the image with the Dune Dots stamp designed by my friend Sue, available from The Treasury . I cut the image with a labels die and mounted it on a larger die cut that I embossed with my Cuttlebug.

On the card base, I folded half the front back (outwards) to create a more 3D looking card. I stamped the folded part with Perfect Medium using a flower background stamp, then brushed it with perfect pearls to create a flowery, shimmery background.

The sentiment is from a Gina K stamp set and I cut it with a small labels die and backed it with a slightly bigger die cut from black card. I attached this with foam dots to the front of the card.

For the inside, I cut another labels die from white paper and stamped it with another sentiment stamp from Gina K.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams!

All things girly!

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be bringing you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members.

We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is All things Girly and this is what I created!

I wanted to make a slightly different label-shaped card for this one, so I made a large label and cut it using my Black Cat, then folded it in half. I cut small holes along the edges of the front piece for the ribbon to thread through. I added some white lace to the edge of the front of the card and threaded a narrow white ribbon through the holes.

I printed Melin's lovely BC Bear Princess sitting file and coloured it with my Copic markers. I added some bling to the tiara as well as KindiGlitz, which I added to the heart shape on the stick as well. I cut the image out using a spellbinders labels die, embossed it then added spun sugar distress ink while it was still in the die. This leaves a lovely white edge on the die cut shape. I attached the image to the top of the card so that half of it is above the fold in the card.

I printed the sentiment from the digi stamp and cut it out, then attached it to a fancy tag (Spellbinders) which I placed on the card below the image. To finish off the card, I added a white bow to the bottom of the card and some pearls to the corners of the image and the sides of the tag.


Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams!

Paper Crafting World Blogaversary Blog Hop

Welcome to Paper Crafting World (http://www.papercraftingworld.com) and Cooking With Cricut’s (http://www.cookingwithcricut.com) Blogaversary Blog Hop!  Our Design Teams are so excited to bring you a two-day hop that focuses on projects honoring a second anniversary…..cloth, crystal and or glass.

We think you will be blown away by some of the super creative inspiration and interpretation of our designers. So be sure to come back both days as each day will be a different set of designers and projects!

PLUS, this hop is the kick off of our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week we will be brining your fabulous projects made by our designers and each day we will be giving away free vintage graphics, digital printables and or electronic cutting files! So you will want to make CWC-PCW (http://www.cookingwithcricut.com) a daily stop for the next week!

You should have arrived here from visiting Jessica at The Creative Stamper Spot.  If you’ve joined us in mid-Hop and would like to check out all the other fantastic projects head on over to CWC-PCW  (http://www.cookingwithcricut.com) and start at the beginning.

 My project for the bloghop is a little screen. I cut the gothic arches using my Cricut Expression and SCAL2. The Birdcage is a cutting file from Paper Crafting World and I sized it to fit inside the centre screen. I cut two arches with the centres removed for the centre panel and added two layers of acetate with the cage sandwiched between them. I then fixed the two arches together on top of and behind the acetate sandwich to make a clear window! Glossy Accents makes a wonderful glue for acetate! 

For the other two panels, I cut smaller arches and two frames for each piece. I glued the frames together to make the edges a bit deeper. For all of the frames, I gave the edges a vintage look by inking them with vintage photo distress ink DTP then distress embossing ink and clear embossing powder. The frames have a textured look to them which is slightly rusty looking. 

For the backgrounds of the side arches, I inked the panels with worn lipstick, faded jeans and chipped sapphire distress inks then stamped the sentiments with archival ink. I cut acetate pieces to fit the side panels and stamped the bird images on the acetate with Stazon ink. 

The flowers were cut using spiral cutting files on the cricut and the leaf swirls are also from the birdcage cutting file. I spritzed the leaves and flowers with green and gold mist sprays to give them some sparkle! 

The sentiment on the centre panel was stamped on cardstock which had been coloured using the same inks as in the side panels and cut out with deckle edging scissors.

All of the stamps are from Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz sets.

There are several prizes to be won so be sure to head over and join the fun at CWC-PCW  (http://www.cookingwithcricut.com).

There is a  “cloth, crystal or glass” challenge you can enter to win as well as other super blog candy just for being a follower and commenting, so don’t miss out!

Thanks for stopping by!  Head on over and check out what Natt at Awesomeness of Crafting has cooked up!


Please do leave a comment - I enjoy reading them! Also, I would love to have you join my lovely group of followers.

Mothers Day

This is the card I made for my Mum for Mother's Day last Sunday. It is a double sliding card and took ages to sort out the mechanism. I got the idea from a You Tube video here

The flowers and leaves were cut using the Cricut Expression and I cut the base card using the Black Cat after I did the cutting design on the Funtime software.

The butterfly image is a Tanda stamp and the sentiment is a Darkroom Door stamp.

This is the card when it is opened out.
I stamped swirls on the edges of the card and used a stamp from Montarga for the sentiment on the inside.

Note that the butterfly moves from one side to the other when it is opened out!



Had great fun making the card, so must do some more so I don't forget how to do it!!!

A Couple of Cards

These two cards were inspired by the on-line classes I did in April with Tim Holtz. I really loved the effects from blending the distress inks on the card then stamping over that.







Another really exciting piece of news is that Tim Holtz is going to do some classes in Australia and I am going to one in Sydney in June! Can't wait!

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Spring Flower Garden Challenge

Over at the PWC weekly challenge this week, the theme is Spring Flower Garden!

For this card, I used the birdcage and flowers cutting file, which can be found here. To make the card, I created a shadow of the birdcage using SCAL2 and welded two shadow shapes together for the card base. I then cut the actual birdcage in brown card that I covered with vintage paper distress ink then put clear embossing powder over that and heated it. I then rubbed a dark green inkpad over that to give it a rusty sort of finish.

The flowers were cut from  a First Edition Paper set called Hideaway then inked on the edges to give some depth of colour. The card, birdcage and flowers were all cut on the Cricut using SCAL2.

I embossed the leaves and swirl with the Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls folder and cut the tag using a Spellbinders Fancy Tags die. The sentiment is from a Gina K set - All Occasion Tags.

Pop on over to the Paper Crafting World and Cooking with Cricut blog to check out this challenge.

Next weekend, we will be having a blog hop and during next week, will be celebrating 2 years of Cooking with Cricut and Paper Crafting World with lots of different challenges and prizes. Please do join in the fun!

PCW Mothers Day Challenge Reminder

This is a little reminder post for the PCW Mother's Day Challenge that is currently running here.

For this card, I made a side-opening base card and layered it with white cardstock that I embossed with the Swiss Dots folder in the Cuttlebug and made a fancy edge with scissors.  I wrapped this with a fancy ribbon and attached to the card base.

The image is the Cristel Bear holding flowers digi image from Paper Crafting World and I coloured her using copic markers.

The sentiment is stamped on cardstock then cut and embossed using a Spellbinders Labels die using Vintage Photo Distress ink, which I also used around the edge of the die cut before removing it from the die. I layered this on a larger labels die cut and embossed from a bronze coloured cardstock.

The sentiment stamp is by Montarga.

Please go over to the Challenge to see some of the beautiful cards that our other DT members have made.

Family Easter Eggs

I meant to post this some time ago - at Easter, but with travel and other things, it slipped my mind until today.

These are the Easter Eggs I made using svg files from SVG Cuts. I made one for everyone in the family, including little Eilidh - who had an easter bunny in hers instead of sweets because she is a little young to be eating chocolate!

I did the labels with the Black Cat and Funtime software. I printed the words with a gold pen in the cutting head instead of a blade housing, then I cut them out. I had not done this before and was very pleased with the result, so will be doing more of this, methinks!

I had a lot of fun making these!

Terrific Tuesday Die Cut or Stamp Challenge - Mother's Day

The theme for the Terrific Tuesday Die Cut or Stamp Challenge over at Paper Crafting World this week is Mother's Day, which is coming up very soon!

For this card, I chose the Basket with Flowers cutting file, which I made into a card using SCAL2. I welded together two of the base basket shapes and cut them, then cut another basket shape for the front of the card. I added texture to the basket and flowers by running them through the Cuttlebug using various folders. I also edged the various cut shapes with distress inks to make then stand out!

The stamp is from Montarga, a local company based in Christchurch, NZ.

Enjoy the challenge - looking forward to see your take on the challenge for this week.