Over the last few years, my interests have changed a little. I have developed an interest in patchwork and quilt making which seems to have overtaken my interest in card making! I still make cards, but not as much as I used to. Hence the change name for this blog.
Exciting news to announce today! Melin over at Paper Crafting World has announced a new Design Team and I am on it! Yippee! I was part of the Design Team for PCW a couple of years ago and had a great time using the wonderful files Melin has designed. She has even more in her shop now.
So to help celebrate the new design team, papercraftingworld.com is having a special! Just use the code PCW55 at the checkout and you will get 55% off your entire purchase with no minimum! This special offer will close on September 18, 2015.
I am really looking forward to the monthly challenges Melin has set up and it will be fun working with the other members of the team.
Really excited about the CTMH stamp set for September! It is called Paper Garden and it has some beautiful silhouette style flower and leaf stamps that have words and designs as part of the stamped image. Very distressed looking and a bit different from the usual stamps from CTMH.
I made some cards using stamps from this set.
Love the effect with the black ink on the green background.
For the card below, I used the same stamp with Versamark ink and embossed it with white embossing powder. The effect is different, but still lovely.
The last card is one I made for a swap. This is a trifold card. I used the blossom paper pack for this one and stamped the flowers with Pixie Exclusive Ink and the leaves with New Leaf ink. I cut them out using my scissors, but these flowers and leaves are now on the newest Cricut cartridge from CTMH, Cricut Artistry. I am looking forward to purchasing this one very soon. It will be available from August 1.
The greeting on the front is from the Happy Hexagons set, one of the hostess gift sets from CTMH and stamped with Pomegranate, one of the new colours from CTMH.
You may remember I was a member of the Design Team for Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut some time ago before life became a bit busy to continue with it.
Melinda, the owner of Paper Crafting World has put out a call for new design team members so I thought I would give it a go again!
I wanted to showcase some of my work from the past couple of years and have gone back through my photos to see what I could find. The biggest problem was what not to include!
This card was made using a lighthouse stamp I bought because I liked the idea of using it in a scene, which I have done here.
I used distress inks to colour the background, giving a nice gradient to reflect the sun setting over the sea. I coloured the lighthouse using copic markers.
The sand dunes are a background stamp designed by my friend in the UK, Sue Law who also designed the mini set from which the seagulls in the sky are included.
The image was layered onto a toning background then bound with jute twine and layered onto the base card.
To make this card, I inked with distress ink and misted a layering stencil then placed it onto the card base to produce a "negative" effect.
The flower stamp is a favourite from Montarga (here in Christchurch) which I coloured with Copic markers, then fussy cut and layered onto a background card stamped with a text background stamp.
I made this Mother's Day card using my Cricut Explore and Design Space. The sentiment and flowers are included in the subscription to Design Space under the Mother's Day Phrases set.
I cut a background piece from cream card then embossed it using the Swiss Dots embossing folder.
The card base was also cut using one of the card bases found in Design Studio.
This piece is a wall hanging I made for my son and daughter-in-law for their recent wedding anniversary.
I designed the piece in Design Studio using Regal font B which I split, added lines to both sides then inserted the name. I added their names to the bottom of the hanging along with the date of their wedding.
I cut the piece in vinyl and attached it to an 8" x 10" canvas.
My final piece for this DT call, is one of the mini-albums I have made recently. I posted this one yesterday but I really liked it so here it is again!
The mini album is one of Kathryn Krieger's designs from the Foto Folios 2 set that she designed earlier this year. I used Kaiser"s Mix and Match paper to cover the pages. As this was a gift, I did not put any photos in it as it was designed for the receiver to put photos of their trip to New Zealand into.
I did enjoy being part of Melin's Paper Crafting World Design Team and hopefully, she will consider me again for this current call!
The Close to my Heart Stamp of the Month for August is a lovely borders and greetings set called Framed.
For this card, I used one of the frames, stamped on white then cut out and layered on black. The greeting is part of the same set and I stamped it in Pixie to tone with the lovely papers from the Taste of Summer collection. The strawberries were stamps from the Taste of Summer stamp set. Finished it off with washi tape at the top.
This Father's Day card is a simple but effective one using another of the frame stamps and the Father's Day greeting.
The papers are from the Jackson paper pack, a retired collection from CTMH.
The final card is again using paper from the Jackson collection and the greeting was stamped inside the frame. I cut the frame out after stamping it then layered on black to make it stand out.
This stamp set (Framed) is available throughout August from my web shop.
Kathy Orta at Paper Phenomenon designed this wonderful Travel Journal. You can purchase the tutorial by clicking on the link.
I made the journal using the Close to my Heart Wanderful collection. Sadly, this collection is being phased out and will no longer be available in the catalogue. However, I do still have a few papers in my stash to use for other travel projects!
The front of the journal showing the elastic closure with a stamped image from the Reel Life stamp set (CTMH) which is still available in the 2015-16 catalogue.
Inside of the front cover showing the pocket on the left and the cover of the first notebook.
Last week my son and daughter-in-law celebrated their wedding anniversary.
I thought I would have a go at using the Regal font to make a canvas for them
I used Design Space to split the capital B and added the name in the centre. Their names and the date of their wedding were added below the split letter.
I cut it out in white vinyl and applied it to a canvas (8"x10") that I had painted black.
