Firstly sorry for the blog silence, I did blog but the posts didn't upload from last week. This post is from Monday (16th December)
Now I really ought to start preparing dinner (currently leaning against kitchen sink with a half made coffee!)
A craft blog about paper craft, sewing, knitting and baking. I've always loved making things but started card making in 2012 after I found I could make my own wedding invites how I wanted them and for a fraction of the cost, plus it was fun to do! I love stamps, digistamps, die-cutting, colouring in and just getting lost in my own world while I craft. In 2013 I became a Spectrum Noir Accredited Colorist. I hope you enjoy my reviews and blog posts.
Showing posts with label Papercraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Papercraft. Show all posts
Friday, 20 December 2013
My Bauble in Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine
Saturday, 31 August 2013
[Photo heavy] Crafty Diamond Shape Easel Card Tutorial
A few months ago one of my card was shown in Papercraft Inspirations Magazine letters section and I got a goody bag of craft items because of this so thought I would have a go at making some different shaped cards and made the below by mistake when another one went a bit wrong and transformed into a diamond shape easel card.
To make this card you need:
Embellishments
A4 piece of card
Paper trimmer
Tape
Glue/tape runner
Foam tape
Scoring tool and board/Ultimate Pro
Ruler
Pencil
Ruler
Toppers/embellishments
1. Start with your A4 piece of card and cut it in half so you have 2 pieces of card each 10.5cm by 25cm
2. Take one of the pieces and cut it so you have two 10.5cm x 10cm. Put the the left over bit to one side for the moment.
3. Get the 10.5 x 29.5cm piece and score at 15cm and 26.5cm
4. Now mark in pencil at 7cm and 22cm
5. Now mark half the width of the card (ie at 5.25cm)
6. Now join the points by scoring them so you end up with the below
7. Now chop off the bottom two triangles and trim off 1.5cm from the diamond.
8. Next fold all the lines, where all the points meet put a piece of normal sticky tape over it. This will help keep it strong and stop it breaking when folding.
9. Now cut the middle out of the side triangles leaving about a centimetre
10. You should now have something which looks like the below
11. Now get those two identical squarish pieces we cut earlier and stick them to the bottom flap on each side (this will make the base bigger and make it look prettier)
12. Now cut out a rectangle for your stopper (decorate if you wish) and add two layers of foam tape to make it raise up higher and stick it on the bottom flap at the front.
13. Now decorate how you wish
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| Topper from Polkadoodles Digistamp Heaven CD, coloured with Spectrum Noirs |
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| Topper from Crafters Companion |
To make this card you need:
Embellishments
A4 piece of card
Paper trimmer
Tape
Glue/tape runner
Foam tape
Scoring tool and board/Ultimate Pro
Ruler
Pencil
Ruler
Toppers/embellishments
1. Start with your A4 piece of card and cut it in half so you have 2 pieces of card each 10.5cm by 25cm
2. Take one of the pieces and cut it so you have two 10.5cm x 10cm. Put the the left over bit to one side for the moment.
3. Get the 10.5 x 29.5cm piece and score at 15cm and 26.5cm
4. Now mark in pencil at 7cm and 22cm
10. You should now have something which looks like the below
12. Now cut out a rectangle for your stopper (decorate if you wish) and add two layers of foam tape to make it raise up higher and stick it on the bottom flap at the front.
13. Now decorate how you wish
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Had a lovely surprise this morning
My husband came back from the sorting office with a few parcels for me, one of them I though was maybe some things to test from BuzzAgent but it was full of craft goodies! I'd won a competition from Cardmaking & Papercrafting Magazine!
I received a load of The London Line goodies:
- 8 x 8 Designer Paper pack (half glittered) - full of flowers, cakes, union jacks, umbrella and butterflies
- 8 x 8 glittered pyramid decoupage full of animals doing sports, with presents or with a beefeater
- 2 packs of glitter stickers
- 2 clear stamps
- 3 lots of craft twine
So much stuff... What to make first!
The packaging is lovely, especially the paper packs and decoupage pack as it shows exactly what you get including the glitter! These a lovely girly pictures and they have a few hedgehogs in hehe!
Better order more silicone glue and bigger acrylic blocks!
Saturday, 30 June 2012
Papercraft Inspirations Shrink Plastic Freebies
Yesterday I received my second copy of Papercraft Inspirations from my subscription. Free this time was a sheet of shrink plastic with printed images.
I've never used this medium before but have seen it on tv craft shows and always fancied a go but didn't really want to have to buy the heat guns but only recently found out (in Papercraft Inspirations) that you can also do them in the oven!
I used my Promarkers to colour the images in yesterday at my parents (while making Spaghetti Bolognese) then cut them out once I got home and shrunk them this afternoon. I want sure how much they would shrink and the magazine made them look like they wouldn't shrink much based on the card pictures in the magazine but holding my shrunk items up to the magazine they are true to life sizings (so they must be small cards).
I had my items on the tray ready to put in the oven when my husband said he could probably use his blowtorch which had a heat gun setting. I gave him one of the dodgy bits of plastic (a butterfly button that had gone a bit wrong) and he tried shrinking it which worked well but it went a bit to melty and bubbly (and oval?!). We put the rest in the oven and in a few seconds had finished shrunken pieces!
They are really cool but not really designs I would use but it was a great first insight that I purchased the special promo deal from Handy Hippo! Plain and decorated shrink plastic and pens.
It saves you over £5 on Handy Hippos price and their site says it saves £10!
I'm looking forward to making some keyrings and charms with these.
The photos below show the items before shrinking, after, the butterfly which is my favourite one, and the difference between using a blowtorch/heat gun and the oven.
Update: 04/07/12
Handy Hippo pack came yesterday and made my husband a cute little keyring of him and his fav sandwich filling hehe
I've never used this medium before but have seen it on tv craft shows and always fancied a go but didn't really want to have to buy the heat guns but only recently found out (in Papercraft Inspirations) that you can also do them in the oven!
I used my Promarkers to colour the images in yesterday at my parents (while making Spaghetti Bolognese) then cut them out once I got home and shrunk them this afternoon. I want sure how much they would shrink and the magazine made them look like they wouldn't shrink much based on the card pictures in the magazine but holding my shrunk items up to the magazine they are true to life sizings (so they must be small cards).
I had my items on the tray ready to put in the oven when my husband said he could probably use his blowtorch which had a heat gun setting. I gave him one of the dodgy bits of plastic (a butterfly button that had gone a bit wrong) and he tried shrinking it which worked well but it went a bit to melty and bubbly (and oval?!). We put the rest in the oven and in a few seconds had finished shrunken pieces!
They are really cool but not really designs I would use but it was a great first insight that I purchased the special promo deal from Handy Hippo! Plain and decorated shrink plastic and pens.
It saves you over £5 on Handy Hippos price and their site says it saves £10!
I'm looking forward to making some keyrings and charms with these.
The photos below show the items before shrinking, after, the butterfly which is my favourite one, and the difference between using a blowtorch/heat gun and the oven.
Update: 04/07/12
Handy Hippo pack came yesterday and made my husband a cute little keyring of him and his fav sandwich filling hehe
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| Before shrinking |
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| After shrinking (they aren't arranged in the same way as when they went in the oven as I removed them to flatten them) |
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| Shrunken butterfly |
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| Left one made by my husband with the heat gun, the one on the right was done in the oven. |
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| Keyring I made for my husband with the pack from Handy Hippo and Papercraft Inspirations |
Monday, 11 June 2012
Freebies from Papercraft Inspirations
I brought my first copy of Papercraft Inspirations 2 issues ago, mainly due to the price and the extra freebies being given away via Asda (Forever Friends papers). I found it modern and had lots of unisex ideas as well as the printables available online.
Due to the birthday offer on subscriptions, I snapped up a 50% off deal and am now subscribing to my first craft magazine!
The new magazine arrived two weeks ago now I think.... and came with some see through cut outs of flowers, butterfly's and frames. A few of these were split but not noticeable (one was tapped :os which was a bit strange).
It also came with some papers which were really nice and girly with pokadots, butterflys, swirls etc.
I used some of the free die cuts in the card attached, then added my Marianne Designs cupcake dies and a crafts-too embossed 'Happy Birthday'.
I'm still getting the hang of embossing the Marianne Design dies as they keep moving with the embossing mat as it stretches when it squishes through the Big Shot.
Due to the birthday offer on subscriptions, I snapped up a 50% off deal and am now subscribing to my first craft magazine!
The new magazine arrived two weeks ago now I think.... and came with some see through cut outs of flowers, butterfly's and frames. A few of these were split but not noticeable (one was tapped :os which was a bit strange).
It also came with some papers which were really nice and girly with pokadots, butterflys, swirls etc.
I used some of the free die cuts in the card attached, then added my Marianne Designs cupcake dies and a crafts-too embossed 'Happy Birthday'.
I'm still getting the hang of embossing the Marianne Design dies as they keep moving with the embossing mat as it stretches when it squishes through the Big Shot.
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