Grace

Morning Friends and Crafters. Today I am sharing a card that is just perfect for Batch making. Great for making for charities and fund raisers as well as raising funds for yourself too. These would wonderful boxed as a set, maybe a selection make in different colours. They make wonderful Thank You cards and as mentioned, changing the look is as easy as changing the colour strip. This uses just a few stamps from Sara's wonderful Enchanted Forest range along with a stamp from my collection and just 3 Distress Oxides. I hope you enjoy the tutorial.

You will Need:

Craftascope 'Dolphin' A5 Media Stamp Set 1

Enchanted Forest 'Dandelion' Die and Stamp Collection

Enchanted Forest Peg Stamps

Distress Oxides: Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade and Blueprint Sketch

Copier Paper

Stick n Spray

Versafine Black Ink Pad

White Stamping Card 8 x 6'' Approx

Mat Black Card 8 1/4 x 6 1/4'' Approx

Centura Pearl Card Base Silver/White 8 1/2 x 6 1/2

Step 1: Tear your paper to give you a slightly wobbly line. Secure to your card using a little Stick n Spray.

Step 2: Use the oxides to apply the colours either side of your card first, then add the center colour overlapping the one either side to give a nice blend. Remove the copier paper mask and then remove any excess adhesive with a piece of kitchen roll.

Step 3: Position and stamp the large 'Grace' stamp with the black ink. It has a really nice open text, that really lets the colour shine through, tying it together with the background. Next stamp your beautiful dandelions, elongating the centre stem. To do this mask off the dandelion with copier paper, all but the lower part of the stem, ink up your stamp and join it at the base. Add the little seed heads, blowing in the wind, make sure to stamp some off the page.

Step 4: Measure your black matt to make sure it leaves a narrow border around you topper, dont secure just yet.

Step 5: Gut this layer using any of your dies, not only does this save a lot of card, it reduces waste and postage, saves money and can be used for another project.

Step 6: Layer this onto your base card with tacky glue.

Step 7: Add your 'Grace' Topper to your card, it makes a beautiful card for any occasion, there are plenty more wonderful and uplifting words and phrases in my collection. See my live show link below.

My collection is still available at a wonderful offer price on Hochanda with Freedom Discount and Flexi Buy on the full collection. HOCHANDA LINK. I also have the collection available at my CRAFTASCOPE ETSY SHOP.

If you did miss my very first Hochanda show and the launch of my collection, it is still available on Rewind, via the Hochanda Website, it was last aired on Tuesday 20th November so please be quick.

NICK'S FIRST LIVE HOCHANDA SHOW LINK

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Thank you ever so much for popping by today, I do hope you enjoyed the tutorial along with the finished card. I hope you will stop by again to see what else I have to share. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xxx

Happy Birthday With the Enchanted Forest Signature Collection

Morning, I am so excited to be sharing a project I made with the Beautiful New Signature Collection from Sara. Enchanted Forest is a wonderful collection, packed with so many amazing crafting goodies. The card I am sharing is using one of my favourites, the foils and foil transfers.

You will need:

Enchanted Forest Frolicking Fairies Metal Dies

Enchanted Forest Foil Transfers Striking Cyan

Enchanted Forest A4 Luxury Matt Mirror Card Striking Blue

Enchanted Forest A4 Luxury Glitter Card Striking Blue

Centura Pearl White/ Silver

Matching Blue Satin Ribbon

Basic Circle Dies

Collall Tacky Glue

I have cut out all my layers and laid them on top of each other to show first, before I start the step Tutorial. They are not stuck down.

Step 1: Cut your Centura Pearl in to squares measuring 7 3/4, 7 1/4 and 6 3/4. Next cut each of your layers from the Mirror card, leaving only a narrow border. Cut a 5'' circle in the centre of the smallest white layer. Use the next die down in size to cut a circle in the next layer. Gut each piece of the Mirror card, leaving about an inch, this saves an awful lot of card for further projects. Create a circular frame from the front circle using the Circle dies.

Step 2: Use the Happy Birthday transfer on the front panel. I always pass it through my machine as the pressure is so good and you get a much better result, Only because my hands aren't good.

Step 3: On your back panel, position the wonderful Dandelion Strip, the branch and a bird and pass through your Gemini or other machine. Tie and add a matching bow.

Step 4: Cut a fairy from the glitter card, She has open arms which point towards the sentiment. which works perfectly. Use foam pads and tacky glue to mount up your layers as shown.

Here is the finished card:

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I do hope you have enjoyed the tutorial today along with the finished card. I look forward to welcoming you along again very soon, for now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Dandelion Wishes, Sneek Peak of the Brand New Signature Collection

Morning Friends and Crafters, Today is a very exciting day, Sara will be launching here brand new Signature Collection at 10 am this morning on Hochanda as a Weekend Wow. I can certainly tell you it really is a BIG FAT WOW! I have a sneek peak for you along with a tutorial. Once again everything in this collection is superb. Beautiful colours, stunning dies, stamps embossing folders and one of my favourites, the foils and transfers.

You will need:

Enchanted Forest 8 x 8 Paper Pad

Enchanted Forest Fairy Dance Acrylic Stamps

Enchanted Forest Fairy Wishes Die and Stamp Set

Enchanted Forest Delicate Dandelion Die and Stamp set

Centura Pearl Silver/White 2 x 9 x 9''

Basic Square die Approx 5''

Acetate (Heat Resistant)

Silver Embossing Powder

Versamark Ink Pad

Anti Static Bag

Tacky Glue

Foam Pads

Sparkle Pens

Step 1: Make a box with a 1 Inch depth from the Centura Pearl. Trim a sheet of paper from the pad and secure it to the bottom of your base.

Step 2: Score your box lid and fold so the white is on the outside (you will be colouring it). Before assembly cut the aperture using the square die. Colour with sparkle pens to match the paper you have chosen.

Step 3: Cut 4 6 3/4'' squares of acetate, use the waste from the aperture to help you position your stamps. First stamp your sentiment, this will be your front layer, emboss with silver.

Step 4: Place your next piece of acetate over the first, this will help you to position your next stamp, this time the first dandelion. Emboss again in silver.

Step 5: Repeat this with your next dandelion.

Step 6: Repeat once more this time adding your last dandelion and fairy on a toadstool. Use foam pads to secure each layer, place them in order they were stamped, starting with the sentiment, make sure this faces outwards.

Here is the end result lit up, you can really see the depth and dimension, it gives a much better effect with crystal clear acetate, but you have to be extra careful as it's not always heat resistant. I have also decorated the back of the box.

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I do hope you have enjoyed the tutorial today along with the finished card. I really hope you will join me again very soon to see what else I have to share with you. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx