I have another fun fold card with the Happy Harvest collection from Craft Consortium today.
There are instructions on how I make this style of card in a previous post here and a link to my YouTube video here
I love that it folds to fit in a 6” square envelope and stands well to show off the cute artwork. I made my own decoupage for the top layer.
This collection is available from Craft Consortium at: shop
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Here is another make with the Christmas Market collection from Craft Consortium Ltd. You know when you get an idea for a project and have to make it! Well, here it is. No dimensions as I had to make and post it - no time to write it all down.
I love how the CC Mirri card sets off the papers.
The main panels were cut from the 4 x 4 topper sheet and the rest is from the 12 x 12 papers - they really do all the heavy lifting with this card,
Hope you like it and can get this super cute collection.
Sorry, I've been MIA lately but Ive been jet-setting off to my daughter in Australia, catching up with friends near Perth and popping into Singapore on the way. We left before the summer here in the UK had even started. We experienced hot and humid weather in Singapore, coooold wintry weather in Melbourne (down to minus two or three), and then pleasant sunny cardigan temperatures in Western Australia. Along the way, we missed a mini heat wave in the UK too. Still, it was all worth it!
Back to my craft table where the new Collection from Craft Consortium was waiting for me. This is another collaboration with Helz Cuppleditch and her whimsical designs never fail to delight us all.
Here are three card designs that I rushed to complete for the launch last week.
As soon as I saw the multi-image page in the 6 x6 pad, I knew what project was top of my list - this block card. I matted the images with some of the new pink Mirri card too! It really is gorgeous! There are several colours now and I think this pink and possibly the deep blue are my present favorites,
I really love the font of the Merry Christmas stamp here. There are 2 photopolymer stamp sets in the collection and lovely big images that you can colour easily. I chose to fussy-cut around those crazy letters; because there are no straight lines with this font, fussy-cutting is easy! I never thought I would be saying that!
A new addition to the 12 x 12 paper pads are larger multi-image pages. Traditionally, we have had
4" x 4" cut-apart images, 9 to a page, but now there are also 6" x 6" ones that are perfect to trim to size for 6" cards. You could simply add one to the front of a card and "Job's a good 'un!". Obviously, I wanted to do a little more that for a Design Team project!
My second card is a corner fold card; I used one of the 6x6 panels inside and chose one with a focal point in the bottom left corner. I the used a 2 x 2 panel in the 6 x 6 paper pad for the corner fold on the top and cut panel strips from a page in the large paper pad. It would be very quick and easy to make lots of these for Christmas, too.
My third project is a split-stepper card. This is another very straightforward card to make. I cut around the houses and made each side of the street mirror the other and fit my card panels. The main card is decorated with chunky images from the ephemera pack and also words trimmed from a "wordy sheet" that I raised with dimensional foam pads to be a similar height as the ephemera, I was going to add a large "Happy Christmas" die cut suspended from the corner joint but decided it would mask too many little additions.
All of these have plenty of room to write on the reverse too.
Hope you like them. See you soon,
If you would like more inspiration with this collection, pop over to the Craft Consortium Official Network Facebook page where all the DT members are sharing their projects.
This project is a delightful card and small gift in
one that I made in February but never published! How did that happen?!! It makes a thoughtful present for an avid reader and would be lovely to
pop inside a book given as a present. I have grandchildren who would love these, so I know how to use the fun Bee Mine suite from the Mini
Catalogue. We don’t make as many Valentine’s cards here in the UK as I
understand are sent in the US, but the designs and stamps are such fun.
This is also a great way to use your punches or any
of the nesting dies to vary the design and you can either fussy cut an image from the DSP or stamp. You could also make these
with young people. What a fun activity for the weekend or school holidays!
What you need:
Imperial
US
Metric
Base card
5 1/2 x 4 1/8
5 ½ x 4 1/4
10,5 x 14
DSP for base
5 ¼ x 3 7/8
5 ¼ x 4
10 x 13,5
Mat for top card
4 ½ x 3 3/8
4 ½ x 3 3/8
8,3 x10,8
Opening top card
6 1/2 x 4 ½
Scored 3 1/4
6 ½ x 4 ½
Scored 3 1/4
17 x 11,3
Scored 8,5
Base coloured circle approx
2 ¾ or 2 5/8 -
Big enough to leave a border around the white circle
2 ¾ or 2 5/8
6,8 diameter
White Circle
2 ¼ or to fit stamp/image
2 1/4
5,8
DSP for Bookmark
5 x 5
5 x 5
12,5 x 12,5
Matching ribbon scrap
2 ½”
2 1/2
7
DSP to decorate the front
scrap
scrap
scrap
Insert video here
Follow the video for the
construction.
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To keep all my Stampin'Up! projects together, I have started a new Facebook group specifically for them. I have started inviting some crafty friends and I hope some other like-minded crafters will find their way to join us too.
It's called Stampin'Up with Elegant Edges and you can find it Here In case you can't see it, here is the URL:
I hope that it will be a small crafty community where we can come together to share our love of crafting. I will be solely using Stampin'Up! projects to create my projects and fun/fancy fold cards that I love. I don't know how many of my crafty friends have actually tried SU so this is where I hope to introduce the wonderful products that I love to them and encourage them to share their own interpretations of my projects.
With this in mind, I will post instructions in the Files on that Facebook page and where there is a YouTube tutorial I will pop a link on here. Not every project will be on YT, but there will still be instructions in the Facebook group's files.
I will continue to post pics of my Craft Consortium projects on here and on my Elegant Edges FB group so I can separate the work I do for the two companies.
As a
Stampin' Up! demonstrator, one of the best perks is being able to preorder a selection
of new products in the brand-new annual catalogue! I know - it's fantastic!
Well,
my preorder arrived but I have been so swamped getting ready to see my new
grandson that I haven't had any time to play. I can't say "work"
as it's such fun opening all the packets, reordering products in my
craft room and going through all the DSP (that's shorthand for
designer series paper, just in case you wondered).
The first products I opened were the new
2024-2026 In-Colour cardstock, inkpads and 6 x 6 DSP - Just sooo pretty!!!
If you haven't ever used SU, you might not know that everything matches
and coordinates - if you buy the ink pads then it's just the right shade
to go with the cardstock and papers, the Blends = alcohol markers,
water-based Stampinwrite markers, embellishments and, well, everything! (Mind
blown???? )
Today, I am showcasing one of the easiest
cards I have ever made to show off these new In-colours and I chose
"Shy Shamrock". The 5 new colours are called
Peach Pie,
Petunia Pop,
Pretty in Pink,
Shy Shamrock,
Summer Splash.
All the DSP is double-sided so in my packet of 40
papers, there are 2 designs in each of the 5 colours, repeated x 4 to
make 40 sheets, which means it goes a very long way. I added a small
strip of Glimmer paper, and 3 Resin Dots and stamped off the circle with
part of the Thoughtful Wishes stamp set. Cards like these will go out to
my customers who buy through my SU store in May. They may be a little late
(as I have a few new baby cuddles to catch up on first) but I am sure my
customers will understand!
Here are
the products in the new catalogue together with the order numbers:
Mixed pack of 20 A4 sheets of new
in-colour cardstock (4 per colour) #163804
£10.75
6 x 6 DSP 40 sheets #163777
£11.75
12 x 12 5 sheets in colour Glimmer
paper #163771 £10.25
Ink pads are available individually or as
a colour family bundle
#165058 £38.25
Thoughtful wishes stamp set #163305
£31.00 or available as a bundle with the dies and 10% saving #163314
£68.25
BUT! STOP PRESS!
I have some amazing news! Stampin' Up! has announced a wonderful
joining offer for May, that you won't want to miss.
You get all the NEW In-Colour ink
pads, the markers, the patterned paper and card stock for FREE. Plus £130 of
products for £99.
Basically, the value of the free
products is an extra £31 (which you get as standard) plus £78.25 (In-Colour
products) so for £99 you receive £208.25 of products, that is
amazing!
2024–2026 In Color Classic Stampin’
Pad Bundle
2024–2026 In Color A4 Cardstock
2024–2026 In Color 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper
2024–2026 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers
You will also receive free business
supplies and free shipping. Not to mention all the fun that comes with being
a part of our wonderful crafting community. All the In-Colour products will
be automatically added to their Starter Kit.
You may well have questions.........
I would be so happy to chat to you about it. Send me an email or a text 07591
973133 and we can set up a time to chat. Or email me a list of questions. I
know it sounds too good to be true, but it is absolutely true and awesome and
yes I would love you to join my team.
If this is something you think you
have decided to do the link to join is below, BUT WAIT TILL THE 1st
May 2024!
Joining is done online, you just
need the list of products you would like in your kit and your card to pay and I would love to welcome you to my team.
I went
through all my egg-stensive collection
of dies but the oval ones were not quite the right shape. I found a Sizzix set
in my local Hobbycraft and also a set of matching acrylic domes. Result!
Sadly, the Forsythia has been ruined by all the heavy rain we have had lately, but there are plenty of flowering bushes in the hedgerows (complete with lethal thorns too!!)
SKU: CCPPAD041B SKU:
CCPPAD041C
They were very easy to make but I encountered a big
problem and if you take a look at the YouTube tutorial, there is a little
missing section – my phone camera kept changing speed and stopped recording. I
managed to edit the speed and tried to re-record but the technology just failed
me! I am keeping my fingers crossed that the phone problem isn't terminal.
Here are the step-by-step instructions - please read these and fill in the gaps when you watch the YouTube.
1. use the sheet of 4 toppers approx. 3 x 3 and cut out
the egg die from your chosen design, positioning it as close to the bottom of the square as possible.
2. fussy cut off the sky above clouds. Draw in pencil around the largest egg shape in the frame onto
the plain blue paper and cut it out with scissors.
3. stick the first egg die-cut topper onto the centre of the blue
egg to create a scene with more sky showing.
*****Here is the missing part! ***
4. place a few sequins onto the egg shape. Dust inside one
of the acrylic domes with an anti-static bag and remove the backing from the double-sided
tape that is pre-affixed and ready to use on the dome. I added a bead of wet glue
over the tape to give me a little wiggle time and then pressed down firmly over
the centre of both egg shapes, sealing in the sequins. Firm down with the edge of the bone folder to ensure
good adhesion and no leaks.
5. using the frame die, cut a coloured frame from one of
the coordinating premium papers and adhere it over the edge of the dome. Make
sure the edges are neat. Trim if needed.
6. add ribbon to hang the shaker – I cut approximately 4”
(10 cm) and used red liner tape to secure it to the back of the shaker.
7. on the PC, I made a sheet of “Happy Easter” greetings. You could
stamp a greeting onto white card or just leave it blank. I cut these out with the smaller egg
shape and adhered to the back of the shaker with wet glue to neaten and give more stability.
Obviously,
if you don’t have egg-shaped dies you could easily recreate this product using the
same topper sheet – either in the 6x6 pad or the 12 x 12 pad and use nested
circle dies and acetate to make the shakers with foam tape. I love how easy
they are to make (just not to record) and look so cheerful. Let your visitors pick
their own one from the tree for a lovely keepsake.
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