Mechanical cards - Michelle

Hi everyone, 

This week will be all about "mechanical" cards, you know.. those cards that will move/rotate/flip when you open them. And I must say that, once again, the DT did a great job, especially as it's not easy to photograph. 

Those cards are nicer when you hold them and see them "in action". Still, they pulled it off once again :)

This week, the DT has based their work on Kathy Byrne's PDF, which you can download HERE.
It is made such a way that you can print it and fold it and you will have a little A5 booket. 

Bear in mind though, that these instructions were meant to be used in classes, where you can actually see the project and therefore understand better. 
But hopefully, the samples from the DT will help you out a bit. 

Let's start with Michelle today and a super cute girly never ending card

Make the base of the card with 4 rectangles (3" x 6") Stamp the images on watercolour paper and colour with distress inks thinned with water. Choose and cut your papers. Ink edges. Glue the papers to the base and decorate with flat embellishments and add some stamped sentiments.

And here I played a bit. Mini never ending cards. 3" x 3". Made from watercolour paper, some drawings and Distress inks. 

Materials

White cardstock

Watercolour paper

StazOn jet black

Kanban stamp set: Little friend, Big Hugs

Distress inks: Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Rusty Hinge, Brocken China, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain

Prima paper pad 6" x 6" song bird

See you tomorrow

Letter M winner and Wall of fame

Hi everyone, 

Well, what a selection to choose from this week... Those Altered dictionaries/Alpha pieces are turning out to be more beautiful each week. Which means that I really have a hard time selecting 5... As a matter of fact, it was so difficult this week, that you will have 6 to praise :-). I am sure that those who are featured below will be pleased about this. 
So we had quite a few masks, mermaids, machines, march (in several languages)...
Well done everyone! 

so the winner is... 

I wanted to ask my daughter to pick a number as she loves doing this, but she's at school. 

So as I am on Skype with Sandy as I type this, I asked her to pick a number 

she has picked 19

Cathylynn

Ink, thread and paper

Congratulations! 

Please get in touch so I have your email to send you your £20 voucher

Maisy Moonshine

Scrapmate

Annie

Keren/Altered Ego 

Valerie/Canonbury Creations

The Doghouse

If you are listed above either because you won the voucher or because you are on the WALL OF FAME, get in touch and I'll send you a little logo or blinkie to add to your blog ;-)

See you tomorrow

Mini album week - Isa

Hi, 
No Simply Saturday this week as I had so many gorgeous mini albums this week to share with you (and no Clean and Simple ones either), that I though we could skip it for once. 
And when you see Isa'sArt's project, I'm sure you will go "wow"!
She upcycled some toilet paper rolls and turned them into a lovely vintage mini album

Flatten the toilet paper rolls

To keep the vintage look, I will leave them as they are, but you could make a bright and fun album by painting them, or covering them up with scrapbooking papers

To bind them, I placed one of my stencils (Tando Sequin Waste) on the paper rolls, traced the circles, punched them out with the Crop-a-Dile and bound the mini album with a thick thread or small cord.

You can then add pages inside and/or tags to decorate your mini album

Sizzix Tim Holtz die: Tiny tabs & tags

SizzixTim Holtz Alterations: On the Edge Die - Sewing edge

Tim Holtz Sizzlits Decorative Strip Alphabet Die - Inside out

Mask Tando Masks: Sequin Waste

Crafty Individuals Stamps  CI-256 - CI-306 - CI-328 - CI-335 - CI-342

Versafine inks: Sepia, Onyx Black 

Distress Stains: Black Soot, Antique Linen 

Distress inks: Black Soot, Vintage Photo

Gesso

Sakura pen: Identi-pen brown

Crop-a-Dile

Ink blending tool

Glue, hot glue

 Natural calico

Habico ribbon - Mini Bobble Fringe: White

Eyelet Outlet brads: Dress form

Self-adhesive gems

This weekend is a Spend to Save weekend on the internet.   

Spend £30 or more (excluding postage) and use the discount code BIGSPENDER at checkout.

See you tomorrow