All That Glistens Christmas Unicorn Card - Trimcraft DT

The First Edition ‘All That Glistens’ papers are so beautiful, I love the gold, glitters, creams and warm black tones, wonderful patterns and a vintage feel throughout.

I also have the First Edition Build a Unicorn die set that has been waiting patiently for just the right project, so I teamed the papers with the dies to create this magical Christmas Unicorn.

Here’s a quick link to the video: https://youtu.be/ONjLhEB4tDQ

How To:

Cut glittered snowflake paper 15.5cm square and mat onto slightly larger music pattern paper, inking all cut edges with gold ink first.  Attach panel to front of a 17cm square white base card.

Cut a cream text pattern paper 13.5cm square and mat onto slightly larger music pattern paper, inking all edges of both pieces as before.

Apply a gold glittered photo corner to 3 corners only, omitting bottom right corner, affix panel centrally onto card front using d/s tape.

Die cut Unicorn pieces as follows:  horn from gold glitter card and back onto music note paper and cut out, adhere to centre top on card front using 3D foam pads to give height. Cut 2 large ears from music pattern paper and 2 inner ears from gold dotty paper, ink edges and layer up using 3D foam pads.  Add to card, slightly angled and one either side of the unicorn horn.

Create 2 layered snowflake flowers using 2 different size snowflakes from gold and white glitter cards and vellum.  Create a centre flower by die-cutting the large flower first from gold & white striped paper, and 1 from vellum and inking edges with gold ink, then layer a snowflake on top cut from the gold foil spotted paper. Layer all snowflake flowers and attach across unicorn using 3D foam pads.  Top each flower with an adhesive gem or pearl.

Die cut the Angel Wing die 3 times from gold glitter card and glue one as a forelock just under flowers.  Position the other too as a flowing mane at right hand side.  Only add glue to the top, so the bottom edges are free and can be shaped as desired.

Die Cut Unicorn lashes from black glitter card and glue in place on card front.  Adhere 2 small glitter enamel dots as nostrils lower down the card.

To finish, add the sentiment across top left corner, glue on 2 glitter wooden stars and thread 2 gold jingle bells onto gold thread and attach so they dangle In the mane section.

Here’s a quick link to the video: https://youtu.be/ONjLhEB4tDQ

Products Used:

First Edition All That Glistens 12x12 Paper Pad – FEPAD176X18

First Edition Build A Unicorn Die Set – FEDIE274

First Edition Faith Themed Die Set – FEDIE248X18

Simply Creative Snowflake Die – SCDIE056X18

Simply Creative Gold Jingle Bells – SCMTL001X17

Dovecraft Festive Wonder Wooden Stars – DCTOP100X18

Dovecraft Festive Wonder Sentiment Toppers – DCTOP096X18

Dovecraft Festive Wonder Glitter Enamel Dots – DCDOT036X18

Dovecraft Time To Sparkle Glitter Photo Corners – DCTOP069X17

Dovecraft Gold, White & Black Glitter Cards]

Dovecraft Plain Vellum

Simply Creative Adhesive Gems / Pearls

Plus:

White Card

Gold Ink

Gold Thread

Adhesives: D/S Tape, Clear Drying Glue, 3D Foam Pads

Let’s Celebrate Flamingo Carousel - Trimcraft DT

As soon as I saw the fun loving flamingos on the First Edition Let’s Celebrate papers I just knew they should be on a carousel! 


I cut the carousel entirely by hand with my trusty scissors, constructing it from white card and decorated it using the lovely papers and my favourite Pom-Pom trim. I spotted some gold and white striped paper straws and had to buy them to use in this project.  

This project hopefully shows my sense of joy and fun at creating with just a pair of scissors, no dies or cutting machines.

Products Used:
First Edition Lets Celebrate 12 x 12 paper pad

Lace, pom Pom Trims and mini ribbon bows from across the Trimcraft brands

Dovecraft Glitter Glue

Plus:

White card,

Gold & White striped Straws

Confetti Sprinkles

Toucan Cage and Stand - Trimcraft DT

Hello, Recently I've been working with some absolutely gorgeous papers called Botanical Beauty.  They are by First Edition and as always their papers are just gorgeous, not only in design but in the lovely selection of finishes and effects you always get in each pad.  The Botanical Beauty papers are absolutely stunning and I just knew I wanted to make a bird cage with them, afterwards I decided it just ‘needed something’ and so I made a stand to match!  (please scroll down for video)

How To:

I cut the bird cage itself on one of my cutting machines, but you could cut similar using die cut panels and join theme or use a sharp craft knife and ruler to cut basic grid bars if you prefer.

I’ve applied a citrus green metallic gilding polish to the cage bars and the matching stand, hopefully giving a hint of Verdigris. I used a gold metallic gilding polish for the top and bottom sections of the cage.

The 12x12 Botanical Beauty pad has birds and flowers In the right size for this make, so I fussy cut out 1 larger Toucan for the top of the cage and 2 smaller toucans on branches to go inside the cage.

The toucans inside have been mounted onto acetate, I created a box section rather than 2 strips as this gave more stability and still allows them to move about if touched.

The blooms have also been fussy cut from the pattern papers and I’ve used foliage dies from 2 different sets to arrange amongst the blooms, I used FE textured cardstock in 2 shades of green for the leafy foliage.

The stand I decided to make to go with the cage is basically 2 small shallow box pieces with a scored and folded section for the stem.  I added a top to the stand by layering up 3 or 4 squares of card sandwiched between pattern paper and applied the green gilding polish around the edges to fill in any gaps in the layers.  I have added cardboard inside the base and top to weight it down so the cage sits securely on top.

Here's a video to show the cage and stand in more detail

Products Used:

First Edition 12x12 Botanical Beauty Paper Pad – FEPAD185

First Edition 12x12 Textured Cardstock Pad – FEPAD062

First Edition Tropical Die Set – FEDIE235

First Edition Foliage Die Set – FEDIE0197

Acetate, Gold Tassel

Gold Gilding Polish, Green Gilding Polish

Adhesives: d/s Tape, Clear drying glue, 3D foam pads

This project has been created for Trimcraft Design Team and also appears in my Project Gallery on The Craft Blog here:

Happy Valentines Day! U & Me 3D Valentine - Trimcraft Design Team

Hello, I'm back!!  I had a little break from blogging recently but I'm back to share my projects with you on a regular basis.  As it's Valentines Day it's appropriate to start with this 3D standing Valentine I made for the Trimcraft Design Team.   I thought the fab papers in the First Editition Wanderlust paper pad would be ideal for a Valentine’s project, especially the pretty heart pattern and lovely pinky –red tones.  For fun I made a 3D standing ‘&’ and decorated it using 2 of the new First Edition die sets.  I have to say the Alphabet Tiles are going to get lots of use, they are easy to use and add a nice effect for sentiments.

How to:

I used my Cricut Explore to cut the 3D ‘&’ shape using the double sided pinky-red design paper from the 12x12 Wanderlust pad.  The 2 inserts on the loops of the letter show the other side of the paper.

I inked the edges using a red ink to define them and also it ‘colours in’ any white cut paper edges that may show. 

The front layer is cut from the heart patterned paper and I have inked in both red and black inks to define this piece.  I’ve also edged it in Crystal glitter glue for a sparkly effect.

The top layer of the letter tiles is cut from a pale wood pattern paper which is from another First Edition paper pad (Sweet Nothings I think) and the letter dies then cut into each square tile.  The backing are cut from black paper in the Wanderlust Pad which is the back of the Heart double sided paper.

Cupid has been cut twice and layered up, once from the foil pattern paper and once from black paper, this adds strength and also by offsetting the black slightly it gives a slight shadow effect.

I used different papers in the pad to layer up the small envelopes, lips, etc and chose a large flower from the bold floral paper to feature in the heart shaped balloon.

To finish, I cut the swirly ‘Love’ sentiment from black card and layered it twice to give it strength.  I used crystal glitter glue to cover the whole word before attaching to the bottom of the ‘&’ shape when it was dry.

Products Used:

First Edition Wanderlust 12x12 Paper Pad – FEPAD164

First Edition Wanderlust  6x6 Paper Pad – FEPAD166

First Edition Alphabet Tiles Die Set – FEDIE238

First Edition Love Themed Die Set – FEDIE239

Dovecraft A4 Black Card –

Dovecraft Glitter Glue – Crystal

Dovecraft Adhesive heart Pearl – Pink

Cricut Explore

Red Ink, Black Ink

Adhesives: D/S Tape, Clear Drying Glue, 3D Foam Squares

I am entering this project in the I Heart You Challenge over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog, link here: https://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/i-heart-you-challenge.html

Pumpkin Tealight Holder - Trimcraft DT

Hello, Today I have a Pumpkin Tealight Holder to share with you.  This is a project I designed for the +The Craft Blog by Trimcraft where you can find the tutorial and a FREE downloadable Template (links at end of post)

I love the Wow gold embossing powder and just had to use it to emboss this fab sugar skull stamp, for a distressed look.

A battery operated tealight is perfect to use inside, I found some that were orange for halloween.  You can find them in different colours and some have flickering lights too.

Why not make one or more for your very own seasonal pumpkin patch? 

You will need:

Download your Free Pumpkin Template Here
Step by Step Tutorial - Link Here
Dovecraft A4 Coloured Card, Twine, Candy Skull Stamp, A4 Kraft Card, Embossing Ink Stamp Pad, Light Brown Ink Pad
WOW! Gold Embossing Powder

 

Halloween Bridge Card - Trimcraft DT

Hello, Today I have a simple Halloween themed bridge card to share with you.  The Free Halloween downloadable papers from Trimcraft are fun, cute and have funky colours perfect for making a simple ‘Bridge’ card design, especially as they have sentiments included too.

I decided to make a little spider and add a web along with a floating Ghost for a fun Halloween greeting.

Step By Step:

Cut Dovecraft black card approx. 11” x 6”

With long side across your scoring board, score from left at 1 ½”, 3”, 8”, and 9 ½”

Download and print off the free Halloween papers, link here: https://www.thecraftblog.com/freebies/downloads?page=2

Decorate card panels by matting pattern paper onto white card and then again onto panels using double sided tape.  I’ve used pink pattern paper for centre and inner panels and turquoise skull paper for the 2 out panels.

Cut a ‘bridge’ strip from white card approx. 8” x 2” and decorate with a strip of ghost pattern paper. 

Attach bridge strip by folding in left side of card and adhering the strip to the first panel, take it across the card and adhere where it meets the edge of the end panel, this will allow the card to fold down.  Use a clear drying glue to allow adjustment.

Cut out Halloween sentiment, bat, skulls and ghost. Adhere sentiment to centre panel at top and bat to overhang left panel. 

Adhere ghost to a strip of acetate and attach to centre panel using clear drying glue on the back, hold in place for s few seconds to prevent it slipping.  Adhere skill trio to acetate and attach under bridge section.

Adhere a piece of white spiders web trim to panel at right hand side, apply adhesive where it will be covered by spider and eyeball)

Make a spider by cutting a circle of Dovecraft black glitter card, adhere black cord ‘legs’ to the back and then cover with a circle of black card. Add 2 googly eyes to spider before adhering to spider’s web.

To finish, add a couple of eyeballs (these were from last year’s Trimcraft free Halloween download papers) add black adhesive gems to ghost’s eyes and centre of eyeballs.  Add a panel to the back of your card for the greeting.

Here’s a little video to show the card:

Trimcraft Products Used:

Trimcraft Free Download Papers - https://www.thecraftblog.com/freebies/downloads?page=2

Dovecraft White A4 Premium Card – DCBS137

Dovecraft Black A4 Premium Card – DCBS138

Dovecraft Black Glitter Card – DCGC01

Dovecraft A4 Acetate – DCBS106

Plus:

Black Adhesive Gems. Googly Eyes, Black Cord, Spiders Web

Adhesives: D/S Tape, Clear Drying Glue

Sweet Winter Season Pop Up Box Card - Cherish The Memory Guest DT

Hello, I was recently invited to be a Guest on the DT over at Cherish The Memory to work with the Sweet Winter Season collection from Studio Light. (All product links and Youtube Video at end of post)

For my first project I created a simple pop-up box card from white card.  Decorating the panels with the 12 x 12 pink snowflake paper.  This pretty paper is double sided, the reverse is a light beige colour featuring a stag.

I selected elements from 2 of the labels sheets and glued to acetate strips using a clear drying glue, then mounted them inside the box design on 2 card supports, decorated to match.

Teaming the 'winter wonderland' sentiment with other elements from the label sheets to decorate the 'flaps' of the box.  To finish, I added adhesive clear gems and dabs of glitter glue to highlight the main pop up images.

The Label sheet elements are die cut and easy to press out and add to your makes, there is a great selection of images on the sheets, perfect for your winter themed makes. I do hope you like todays project and please do pop back for more makes with this collection. 

All products can be purchased direct from Cherish The Memory.

Products Used:

Sweet Winter Season 12x12 Paper SCRAPSW502

Sweet Winter Season Labels EASYSWS498

Sweet Winter Season Labels EASYSWS502

Plus:

White Card

Dovecraft A4 Acetate

Dovecraft Glitter Glue - Crystal

Clear Adhesive Gems

Adhesives: D/S Tape, Clear Drying Glue, 3D Foam Pads

Kimono Paper Doll Card – First Edition Floral Fusion Papers - Trimcraft DT

Hello, today I'm sharing a make with my favourite papers at the moment, which are the fabulous First Edition Floral Fusion, I love the oriental style. I also love paper folding and have always wanted to fold a kimono paper doll, it’s really simple and there are guides online. Why not make them with different sleeve and hair styles?

Step By Step:

Create a little folded Kimono shape first, there are guides online but they use washi paper which is a lot thinner than the high quality First Edition papers, so I have made the Obi (belt) as just one layer rather then rolled over.  The Kimono is created in 4 pieces (the Kimono gown, 2 sleeves and 1 Obi belt) and the head is 4 pieces (face, neck, hair, fringe) There are no exact measurements, just play with the paper until you are happy (you could practice with scrap paper first if you prefer)

I started with a sheet of 6x6 double sided paper and trimmed a piece off the left hand side, basically to make it a rectangle.  I then folded over the top about 2cm and then folded it back about 1cm to give a collar of about 1cm.  then took the paper from the top left corner and brought it across the front about half way, lined up the bottom hem and then pressed flat, it will give a slight shoulder fold.  The do the same with the right hand top corner, bring it over the front and line up with side edge of kimono and bottom, crease to give the shoulder fold as before.  Fold over the top layer slighter to give a reveal of the d/s paper.

Next cut a strip of paper to match for the Obi belt (I’m using the other side of the double sided paper used for the kimono so it will coordinate).  Cu the Obi strip approx. 2cm deep and fold around the Kimono.  It needs to sit high up and will cover the top fold details.  Glue the Obi ends together to complete the belt on the back.  (If you are keeping as a doll then be neat on the back too, if it’s going onto a card then you don’t have to worry about the back)  (I understand that the younger a lady is, the higher she wears the Obi, so if yours is lower it just means she’s a bit older: D)

Next cut 2 sleeve shapes for the arms in paper to match the Kimono gown, basically 2 squares, cut into them to create L shapes (left & right versions) and round edges to create shaped sleeves (again you can be creative with the sleeves.  Position sleeves and adhere at back of gown.

To create the head, cut a circle approx. 3cm from white card, and a strip for the neck, colour with First Edition markers.  Glue neck to back of head.  Create front of hair by cutting a 3cm circle from white card and colour with black marker (or use black card), cut into the circle to create chosen fringe shape and adhere to head using 3D foam squares.   Create hair length as desired, coloured to match fringe and adhere to back of head, using 3D foam squares.  Slide neck into kimono body and glue into position.  You know have a little paper doll.

I have added this paper doll to a card as follows:

Create white card base by scoring & folding A4 White Card in half.  Cut Floral Fusion paper approx. 12.75cm x 18.75cm.  Add 2 strips of text pattern and 2 strips of leaf pattern paper across card front.  Mat paper panel onto black card and then again onto card front using d/s tape.  Cut pennant shapes from patter papers using the FE Bunting die set and adhere at top left corner.  Position paper doll on card front and adhere in place.

Products used:
First Edition Floral Fusion 6x6 Paper Pad – FEPAD157
First Edition Floral Fusion 8x8 Paper Pad – FEPAD156
First Edition Bunting Dies – FEDIE147
Dovecraft Black Card – DSBS138
White Card
First Edition Markers (face & hair)
Adhesives: D/S Tape, Clear drying Glue, 3D Foam Squares