Soft Gold...

Happy Tuesday,

When is gold mirror card not so brash? when you cover it with embossed vellum which is exactly what I did for the background of this card.  I teamed the background with my Snowflake Lattice die using white in the dei cut to soften the gold snowflakes.

I started by embossing a piece of vellum then spray glued this to a sheet of gold mirror card which keeps the glow of the card but softens it.




















I then cut my Snowflake Lattice out of white card and then gold card using the smaller stitch outline die form the set.  I rotated the white die cut and adhered this over the gold one.  The die is designed so that you can build up different patterns or large snowflakes by rotating the cut .  I then added a further piece of vellum behind this and added the panel to the card with foam tape.

I then simply added a set of the Sea Tags and matching sentiment mixing the gold and white together.

Ingredients:
JND Snowflake Lattice die set
JND Star Tags die set
Crafts Too Snowflake embossing folder

Enjoy...

Lattice Love...

Happy Monday,

I thought id share another card made with the Scratch art this time with the holographic backing and using my new Lattice snowflake Christmas die.

I started by embossing the die, rather than cutting it, into a piece of the scratch art paper ( to do this just run the die and card through your die ciutting machine using the embossing sandwich rather than the cutting sandwich)  This embosses the pattern of the die into the card rather than cutting it.  Next I used a sanding block and sanded off the black revealing the holographic silver underneath.

I added a frame made using the Press Cut stitch dot square dies in black and silver mirror card.

I then cut 2 sets of the poinsettia in the scratch art paper and pinched the petals before making them up into 6 individual flowers.  I then sanded around the edges of the petals this gives this shaded look of black running into the silver holographic edges.  I added a Crafts Too diamond embellishment in the centre of each flower.

I added a spray of three flowers on the Swirl Ivy cut in silver mirror card in one corner.  I then cut the smaller swirl ivy dies, that comes in the Holly and Ivy frame die set, and added these in the opposite corner with one of the smaller flowers.

I know silver and black are not traditional colours but I love the way this cane out!

Ingredients:
JND Snowflake Lattice die set
JND Poinsettia Die
JND Swirl Leaves die set
JND Holly and Ivy Frame
Press Cut Stitch Dot square die set
Crafts Too Holographic scratch art paper.


Enjoy...

Deer baubles...

Happy Sunday,

I shaded this project as one of the Sneak Peaks but I thought it deserved its own day on the blog!

This is simple (ish) to make its just a case of making ups the baubles.

 I stared by cutting the outer die in my Time Flies dies et which was designed to be a pocket watch but also a Christmas Bauble ( I love making sure you can do more than one thing with a die)  I then added acute to the front and ran from tape all arround the the circle on the back.  Next I cut the 2 dies in the Deer Scenes die set and added one to each bauble over the farm tape.  I then added a little clear glitter and another layer of foam tape( so that the deer die cut was sealed in following this with another layer of acetate.

 This makes a bauble that is independent of the card backing, you could make them swing iff you want.

Finally i added the Ball Chain die cut in silver and wrapped the end arround the bezel of the bauble.  I arranged these on an embossed backing just adhering them at the top and having them overlap.


Finally  I added a small poinsettia cut in vellum with a diamond in the centre of each and a few gems on the backing!

Ingredients:
JND Time Flies die set
JND Deer Scenes Die set
JND Chains Die set
JND Poinsettia die
Crafts Too A4 snowflake embossing folder

Enjoy...

Silver Deer...

Happy Saturday,

A simple card today made using the snowdrops embossing folder and my Deer Scenes and star tags die sets

I cut the aperture in the centre of a piece of Crafts Too Scratch art paper ( Its silver with a black scratch off topping) then embossed the square using the snowdrops embossing folder.  I then sanded off the top coat which shows the silver through.

Next I cut one of the scene dies in the Deer set and sanded this gently arround the edges.  I added this behind the aperture with a white panel embossed behind.

Finally A added the star tag and sentiment ( from the same set) agin cut in scratch art and sanded.

Ingredients:
JND Deer Scenes Die
JND Star Tags Die
Press cut Stitch dot circles die set
Scratch art Silver / Black

Enjoy...

Deers in the snow...

Happy Friday,

A simple sample today made with the scene card box adding a slightly larger frame to the front makes a really stand out creation.

For this version I made up the back of the box however I didn't add an aperture in the front and used that as the back.  I put a scene in the back which I made using white and sky blue pigment ink onto black card.

I added just one strip of the Deer scenes die set in white foam mounted inside and threw in a handful of shredded foil.

I made the frame using the Rectangular media plate frame and mounted this using the media plate die set which allowed me to mat the frame in silver and black.  I added acetate behind this and sealed the box to make the finished frame.

Ingredients:

JND Scene Card box die

JND Deer Scenes die

JND rectangular media plate

JND media Plate die set

Enjoy...

See the Flowers...

Happy Thursday,

Another card made using the Scene card box die today there will a quite a few of these popping up over the next couple of weeks as I loved making them!

If you missed the video yesterday you can view it here as well as on my you tube channel HERE

Todays card uses the same technique to make the bike iwever I have altered the front by adding a window through this using my media plate rectangle die set.

I stared by cutting the Holly and Ivy die set in gold mirror card.  I spray glued this to a piece of white card and cut the panel out using the rectangle di in the Scene card box die set.  I then cut the centre with the oval die from the media plate die set adding a gold layer cut with the smaller stitched die in the set.


For the inside I embossed a piece cut with the sane rectangle from the set and slid this onto the box.  I used the waste form the front ( the gold and white ovals) and matted and layers these into the centre.  I then simply added the Holly and Ivy sentiment form the Holly and Ivy set and the poinsettias.

I stamped the poinsettias in gold izink pigment ink onto vellum then cut the whole set out using the matching die. I made up three flowers adding white micro beads in the centre of each flower.  I arranged these to one side on gold Ivy cut form them mini swirl ivy dies included in the holy and Ivy die set.

I love the way you can see the sentiment through the window on the front but the flowers wont get crushed!

Ingredients:

JND Scene Card box die set
JND Holly and Ivy die set
JND Poinsettia Clear stamp
JND poinsettia die
Izink pigment ink pad Gold


Enjoy...

Scene Box Tutorial...

Happy Wednesday,

Im sorry its taken longer than I planned but the Scene Box tutorial should be live today  I have added the link below and this should show you the easiest way to put the Scene Box together.  Todays card is the one made on the tutorial with a simple front and all the interest being inside!

If you'd like to see how the box was made watch the tutorial.  I will be filming a video for the inside of the box later in the week but for now its relatively simple.  I embossed the Snowdrops embossing folder by crafts too using izink pigment ink in Sky blue and Aqua using the letterpress technique.

Next I cut the three main dies in the Snow Scenes die set onto white pearl card.  I trimmed these down and painted glue onto the tops of the seven and the main area before adding Crafts Too chunky clear glitter.  I then used foam tape to add the highest hill to the background adding the next 2 layers, with more foam tape, lower down to build the scene.

Ingredients:

JND Scene Card Box Die set
JND Snow scenes Die Set
Crafts Too Snowdrops embossing folder
Izink Pigment Ink Pads Sky Blue and Aqua

Enjoy...