The Christmas Table

The Christmas Table

Hi there!

Expect you've been too busy

to notice that the final item in

The Christmas Table wasn't

there on Saturday.......mea culpa

so, here it is today and well

worth waiting for I can assure

you!

So over to Louise Thomson to

show us how to finish our table:

"It's nearly Christmas!!! 

My favourite time of crafting :)

Today I'm sharing a technique that 

you can use for a Christmas table

 centrepiece, or to make lovely gifts.

I started by cutting lots of shapes from

Bazill card using Sizzix tiny tattered 

florals and winter greens dies.

On the flowers I tapped my clear

 embossing ink pad, then

 sprinkled with gold embossing 

powder and heated to give them

 a varied texture and colour.

I fixed the flowers together in groups

 of two or three using gold brads.

Next I spritzed some of the greenery 

with colour bloom shimmer spray.

To the holly I added a good coating of

 glossy accents and left them to dry 

draped over various things on my desk

 so they would have a bit of shape.

Finally I added dots of liquid pearl

 to the branches with berries.

With all the greenery prepared and set aside,

 I cut further die cuts from a gorgeous

 Impression Obsession die. 

I laid  the die cut over a large church candle 

and wrapped this in a piece of 

greaseproof paper.

I needed three hands to photograph the

 next bit, so you'll have to take my word for it! 

I used my heart gun to gently heat the surface

 of the candle (through the greaseproof) until 

I started to see the colour on the die cut 

change. It does a similar thing to embossing

 powder, you'll see a corner start to change

 and darken then it sort of spreads across

 the whole image.

 Once the whole image was a solid colour 

again it was done. 

I learnt the hard way... 

DON'T TAKE THE GREASEPROOF 

PAPER OFF YET! 

count to ten slowly giving the wax

 time to set a little, then remove it.

 You should find the die cut has

 embedded itself beautifully on to

 the candle.

I repeated this in the other side

 of the candle too.

I ran a couple of strips of double sided 

tape along the bottom of the candle 

and started to adhere the greenery.

With all the greens stuck down, 

I added the flowers back in.

Here's a close up of the

base of the candle:"

Materials:

Sizzix winter greens die set

Sizzix tiny tattered florals die set

Brads

Clear embossing ink

Gold embossing powder

Liquid pearls

Glossy accents

Colour bloom spray

Impression obsession reindeer die

Heat gun

Sizzix big shot

Thank you Louise, this would

look lovely on anyone's table

Our Christmas Table is now

complete - leave you to cook

the turkey/goose/nut roast

or whatever else is the tradition

in your house - but don't

forget the sprouts!  

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Hi There!

How's the week going?

All good I hope and

there is always the

weekend to look forward

to but first, take a seat

and have a look at what

Hazel Harler has brought:

 "Hi everybody, 

today I'm sharing a card with you

I started by making the background 

using Distress Oxides.

The next step was to stencil some hearts

 and diamonds using Distress Oxides.

I stamped the Paperartsy/Zinsky images 

onto white card and coloured them

 with pencils, then I cut them out. 

I also die cut a heart with a 

Sizzix Thinlits die. 

The images were glued to the 

background, then this was matted 

onto some mauve card and then

 onto a white card blank

I stamped some flowers and a bird, 

coloured them and cut them out and

 glued them to the card, then 

I stamped the sentiment and scribbled 

round the edge with a black marker."

Supplies:

White card blank.
Mauve card.
White card.
Paperartsy/Zinsky stamps.
Black Archival ink.
Distress Oxide.
Coloured pencils.
Sizzix thinlits heart die.
Sentiment stamp.
Glue.

You have really brought 

the cats (?) to life Hazel

Thank you for a lovely

cheery card

Think these two are going

to find their way into my

shopping basket ........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Acetate

Acetate 

Hallo Everyone!

You might want to pay

a lot of attention to 

Louise Thomson's tutorial

today - she has given us

a trio of greetings cards

The fun starts here ...........

"Hi there!

Having been challenged  to create 

something using acetate and enamel

 I decided a clean and simple style would

 work really well. 

I selected a fairly basic set of resources

 to create three different clean and 

simple cards, suitable for lots of occasions.

For card number one

I used a square white card

 and die cut 'bright bubbles' from it. 

Using a steel ruler and a craft knife 

I sliced about an inch off the edge of the card

I then added a piece of acetate the 

same size as the original card front 

and added the die cut bubbles back in.

I blended a few bright distress inks onto 

white card and die cut the bright bubbles 

die again.

I used the coloured die cut pieces to fill

 in some of the holes on the card

I blended a little more ink on to white card,

 and cut out some lettering using another sizzix die.

I stuck these on to the edge of the acetate.

Finally, I finished the card with some dots of enamel.

For card number two

I used the sizzix alphabet dies to cut out 

the word 'celebrate' (For obvious reasons this has 

to be done with a few rolls through the big shot.

I backed them with a piece of acetate

I used some bright distress inks to create

 a rainbow effect panel.

With the rainbow panel cut out, I edged it 

with 3D foam mount tape 

and filled it with sequins and seed beads

then sealed it with a piece of acetate to 

create a shaker and stuck it to the

inside of the card as a surprise

To finish the front of the card I dotted 

some enamel accents around the lettering

 and using the point of my craft knife, 

I dragged out the enamel dots to create a 

splat effect.

For card number three

I sliced the edge off a square white card

Using more of my rainbow inked card 

I cut out the letters 'happy'

I replaced the missing piece of card with 

acetate and added a strip of white card back

 on to the very edge.

I stuck the lettering on to the acetate 

and stamped a birthday sentiment below

Finally, the card is finished off with some more

 lovely dots of enamel accents"

Materials List:

Sizzix die - bright bubbles

Sizzix die - Delicate letters

Distress inks - scattered straw, abandoned coral, wilted violet, lucky clover, mermaid lagoon.

Acetate 

Enamel Acents - Grape soda, Forget-me-not, Lemon Twist

Craft knife

Steel edge ruler

Birthday stamp (by Craft work cards, similar one here)

Thank you very much Louise for

showing us how to make these 

 very effective cards

I feel a purchase coming on

those dies would be such a

useful addition to my stash..........!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx