hello everyone,
It feels weird to think that I am not going to talk about calendars any more...
For 2012, we already have quite a few things planned... Actually, believe it or not, we have over 3 months planned. With new features, new projects, lots of tutorials, competitions and challenges and of course blog candies....
With all the new followers now, we have to keep up the good work and make this blog a true source of inspiration. Which means tons of homework for our amazing DT (and they say they miss me when I'm away on vacation... yeah right ... LOL).
Back in December (well... nearly...), we thought about a Christmas cards week, but hopefully (unless you are like me), your cards are made and sent by now... but how about gifts? It's not too late for a handmade gift for someone you love... and it is always so appreciated.
And I tell you, the DT has been busy. They sent me all their projects when I was away, and it was jaw drop time when I got back!! They really want to finish the year with a bang!
So this week is all about gifts... for him... for her... for little ones... for teenagers.... and even jewellery
Ready for it?
We'll start off with
GIFTS for the KIDDOS...
It's not something we often do on this blog... projects/cards for children... maybe we should add this to the 2012 planning... (I can hear the DT from here... "she's going to add to the planning again" lol).
Started with
Gay and two lovely boxes. The first one could be for a small child (or an adult alike.. I would love this box, wouldn't you?), and the second could be for a teenager even. Either way, they are gorgeous and here's how Gay made them...
I painted all the outside faces of the box with gesso, let it dry thoroughly then stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder. Santa was coloured with Copics and then I glittered his beard, sadly the light is not reflecting it:{ It's quite sparkly in real life! The Ornate plate was adhered with Pinflair glue gel.
Gay used:
Impression Obsession Santa stamp
H7648
This box was painted white with gesso then I changed my mind and painted it this fabulous shade of red, it's a really rich deep red. The white embossing paste is perfect as it's so opaque, nothing shows through especially when covered in glitter after you take the brass stencil off! You still can't see the sparkle, this is really glittery !!
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Next up is Michelle, with this lovely Snowman Soup sweets bag. I'm really tempted to make one for my daughter, she will love that !!
Here's how Michelle made it...
Use a fairly heavy card cut a 6x6" tent card and another piece of card measuring 6" x 4"
Score the smaller piece of card at 1" intervals and fold as shown.
Punch a hole or cut a slit to fit the ribbon you are using at the top centre of the card, through both front and back.
Draw lines from corner to corner on the inside of the card and position the circular nestie at the centre.
Hold in place with low tack tape and cut the circle with your die cutting machine.
Either emboss around the nestie with an embossing mat or using a ball tool.
Colouring a white object can be very tricky but here's an easy way to get the shading looking something like.
Colour a fairly fine area around the snowman using a pale grey colour ( I used Promarker cool grey 2) then immediately soften the line of grey with the promarker blender using very small circular movements with the pen. Redefine the shadow at the back of the snowman and blend again.
Whilst blender is still moist on the card colour a line of pale ivory over the edge of the grey and blend until there are no distinguishable lines
Here's a close up of our snowman's head to give you a better idea of the blending achievable.
Using DS tape stick the folded card to the bottom, inside of the 6 x 6 card with the valley in the centre of the card as shown
Cut out the snowman and fox and stick it to one side of the circle on the embossed card. Hide the cut edge with a ribbon across the card.
Cut a piece of acetate slightly smaller than the embossed card and adhere with DS tape to the back of the card.
Stamp some Christmas trees on a piece of card 5" x 5" and pop it inside the card with a sachet of drinking chocolate and some marshmallows in a 5 x 5 cellophane bag. Pop a ribbon through the slits in the card.
Stick the image onto the front of your card, lining up the die cut circles and decorate as desired. Tie a candy stick into the bow with a bell.
So what do you think? Isn't this the cutest project ever?
If you give it a go, we would love to see... Either send us a picture (if you don't have a blog) or pop in on your blog and link in a message below.
Can't wait to read what you think...
See you tomorrow with more gifts ideas
