My Samples For Leonie Pujol's Launch Part 2

Well, What a great launch with Leonie, I do hope you got to see the One Day Special on Hochanda last night. Don't forget to tune in today for more shows at 9 am, 12 Noon, 4 pm and the Last Chance Show at 7 pm.

I made many cards for Leonie's very first launch which also featured this concept. I have made very different projects for this launch but please take a look at the Previous Projects as these would work so well with any of the new collection or even just to get some more inspiration. The launch was on the 18 April.

For even more inspiration from the rest of the team, please take the time to visit them. We all have very different styles and between us have shared lots of ideas of how to use the collection once you get it home.

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk

Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk 

Katrina - Cornishkat.blogspot.co.uk  &
Natalie - natsplat86.wix.com/splatsplog

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you will stop by again very soon. I will be sharing the step by steps for these project over time and hope you will enjoy them. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Magical Christmas

Morning, The collection that Leonie launched on Hochanda has been a real joy and once again she has brought us something different. The gingerbread stamp is wonderful, I had great fun designing with the stamps. Today I have used the gingerbread men.

I took a piece of watercolour card and stamped the first Gingerbread man (left) and masked it off with Pebeo Drawing Gum. Next I stamped the Santa Hat and again asked off so I could position the second. After covering with Drawing Gum, I stamped the middle Gingerbread Man and masked off with gum.

I took one of Sue Wilson's pierced oval dies, placed over the design and drew around the edge in pencil. I wanted the gingerbread men to appear part on and part off of the design. I snipped away around their legs, anything that was outside the die and cut about 5 mm around the legs to allow me to position the die and cut.

I then took one of the strip stamps and sentiments from Leonie's last launch and positioned on my design

Taking one of Sue's larger pierced oval dies I cut one from watercolour card to be the background.

Before removing the Drawing Gum, I shaded around the design using Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. I stamped some of Leonie's snowflakes using the same inks and then removed the gum.I coloured the Gingerbread men with the Copper from the 'Evergreen' Set. Using very little colour and varying amounts of water to create different tones. I used the copper neat to colour the buttons and eyes. For the other areas, I used a selection of the colours across the collection.

For the back oval, I used Shaded Lilac and stamped snowflakes using Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink. I backed the whole design onto Blue Pearl card. Around the edge of the card I used Cosmic Shimmer glue and covered with Ice Diamond crystals to give an icy feel.

Thank you for joining me today. I do hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared with you and that you like the finished card. Please come by again. Take care and Happy Crafting.

O Christmas Tree

Morning, Thank you so much for stopping by today. The collection that Leonie Launched on Hochanda on August 10th has been a pleasure to work with as always. I have so enjoyed the entwined concept that I decided to use it again with this card. The tree is so elegant and stately that it deserves to take centre stage.

To start with I cut out the Entwined Christmas Tree base from Holly Green Silk Art card. Before I entwined these later, I added some Empire Gold Gilding wax from Pebeo to the green base.

Next I took so red Silk Art card, secured a piece of Stick it adhesive sheet to it and cut it using the Entwined Christmas Tree 'Frost'. When it was cut I removed the backing and covered with 'Festive Red' Diamond Sparkles from Hunkydory. I did the same with the 'Happy' & 'Christmas' from the Entwined Cross Base.

I entwined the tree and set aside. Ten I took a 6'' square piece of Navy Silk Art card and covered it with snow, using a white Sharpie fine liner pen. Then I secured the words and the tree to the base using Cosmic Shimmer. I then backed this onto white gloss card, leaving a 1 1/4'' boarder on all sides.

Then I cut a frame from the same Navy card and placed over my design, This was cut to leave a 1/4'' border of white all around the inner card to frame the design.

Thank you so much for joining me again. I hope that you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared with you and the finished piece. I hope you will pop by again very soon, for now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Christmas Countdown Plaque

Morning, Today I am sharing a fun project which I hope you will enjoy. It's a Christmas Countdown wall hanging. I made it using the stamp and die collection that Leonie Launched on Hochanda recently.

I firstly prepared all of the elements I was planning to use with white gesso, I mixed a little plaster into it as I was thinking of using Distress Ink and this gives a better surface to adhere.

I tore a strip of scrap card to form a mountain range shape. I put this in place and added texture paste (coloured so you can see). I spread it on using a palette knife to add as much texture as possible and left to dry.

Next I painted the tree using Daler Rowney System 3 in Sap Green. I stippled this on to give more texture, System 3 is extremely thick so ideal for adding texture and effects.

From the Entwined Christmas Tree collection I cut 'Baubles' twice from white cardstock, then stuck them together with Cosmic Shimmer. I then coated the tree with Silver Gilding wax from Pebeo to colour it.

Then I secured it to the MDF tree using Collall 3D glue gel.

Next I stippled white gesso over the texture paste, I also decided to use acrylics rather than distress inks. I used some torn copier paper to add hills using Grandma's Teacup Acrylic paint from Indigoblu, again I stippled this.

Next I used a cloud mask from Clarity, I created the sky using the same paint, stippled on to create texture in the clouds.

I used a selection of snowflakes for Leonie's collection to stamp on to the snowflake using Memento Summer Sky and  Cloudy Blue Adirondack ink.

I sprayed the snowflake with Spray n Sparkle from Crafters Companion to give a frosty sheen.

I added some snowflakes to the sky using Shaded Lilac Distress Ink and Cloudy Sky Memento ink.

I created a tag pocket, using Centura Pearl 'Hint of Silver' which would be used to store ll of the numbers. I stamped this using a sentiment and a couple of the lovely strip stamps from the collection.

I masked all of the elements with Pebeo Drawing Gum, including the holly. When this was dry I blended the colour using Shaded Lilac and a very small amount of Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

I removed the drawing gum and coloured using Spectrum Aqua Markers from Crafters Companion.

I added burgundy organza ribbon as a hanger and also to attach the numbers pocket. I added the mini pegs to hold the numbers. Before assembling I added Cosmic Shimmer 'Berry Red' to the 'Baubles' on the tree and secured everything with Collall 3D glue gel.

I hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared today and the finished project. I hope you will join me again very soon. Take care and Happy Crafting.

Cracker Box

Morning, Here is the Cracker Box for the cracker I made yesterday. Leonie's stamp and die collection made it so easy to create little extra's for Christmas, that all coordinated. If you missed any shows, they are still available on Catch Up via Hochanda's website.

Laid side by side the crackers I made measured approximately 6 x 7'', so the box needed to be this size when finished, I also wanted it to be 2'' deep. Therefore I took two identical pieces of white Centura Pearl card measuring 10 x 11''. Using my Big Score, I scored at 2'' on all sides, one box lid and one box base. On the base piece, I  cut the corners to form tabs, I did not score and fold at this point. I was also going to use the pearlescent side for the inside of my box.

Taking the box lid, I cut 1 1/4'' from all sides to make the lip shorter, I then cut a square aperture in the centre using a basic square die. I also cut a square of acetate that would form the window.

I calculated where the lid would sit and just below this mark I stamped one of the line sentiments on each of the four sides. I used an anti static bag, versamark and fine detailed embossing powder in silver.

I decorated the box lid and base using a selection of the snowflakes, The inks I used were the same as the other coordinating items: Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch Distress inks and Summer Sky Memento.

From white Centura Pearl, I cut the Entwined Snowflake Base, twice.

I assembled the box base and lid using Cosmic Shimmer glue. I secured the acetate inside the box lid using red liner tape and then arranged the snowflakes inside using 3D glue gel.

Thank you so much for your visit today, I hope you have enjoyed this project and the step by step I have shared. Hope to see you again tomorrow. Take care and Happy Crafting xx

Christmas Crackers

Morning, The project I am sharing today was made using Leonie's new collection of dies and stamps that she launched on Hochanda. This is actually a set but I though it was best to divide the project into two posts as it would be easier to follow.

To begin with I used a Christmas Cracker Die, this one is by Tonic Studios, I cut four. This size makes great decorations for the tree also. I took the stocking strip stamp and using Versamark in and silver detail embossing powder I embossed the end on my first cracker (dont forget the anti static bag). I then stamped each of the other crackers using a different strip for each one.

Taking a sentiment stamp I added this to the centre of each cracker using Versamark and Silver detail embossing powder. I took each cracker in turn and randomly stamped the snowflakes all over the crackers, making sure some were over the edge. I used Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink and Summer Sky Memento ink. 

Using Shaded Lilac distress ink I blended around all of the edges, I then blended a little Blueprint Sketch to darken slightly.

I then assembled the crackers using Cosmic Shimmer, I then ties them with burgundy satin ribbon.

I stamped some of the mini holly leaves from the coordinating stamps, coloured them with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and cut them out. I shaped them with a small ball tool and arranged them on to the crackers using 3D glue gel. Ii then dded the berries, using Berry Red Cosmic Shimmer PVA, then put them in the box.

Thank you for taking the time to visit today, I hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared. I will be making the box tomorrow that these go into, I hope you will join me. Take care and Happy Crafting.

Christmas Pillow Box

Morning, Thank you for visiting today. I do hope you got to see Leonie's One Day Special on Hochanda. This collection of dies have been great to craft with. Here is have used the stamps to decorate some Christmas Pillow Boxes. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have made some coordinating Christmas Fripperies and this is one of the set, these stamps are brilliant for this.

I die cut my pillow boxes using 300gsm Super Smooth card. If you dont have a die, they are very easy to make from scratch. I dusted the die cuts with an anti static bag, stamped the beautiful background with versamark and then embossed with ultra fine silver embossing powder.

On half of them I had die cut an oval from copier paper and used this as a mask, I secured this in place with Stick n Spray (temporary adhesive) before stamping the background. I then used a fine liner to add faux stitching around the oval, then stamped 'Joy' from one of the stamps sets.

Using Shaded Lilac and a small amount of Blueprint Sketch, I blended the colour from the inside out. For the ones I stamped I replaced the oval before adding the colour to leave the cartouche white.

I do hope you have enjoyed the step by step and the finished boxes. I have more to come and hope you will join me again. Thank you for your messages, I really do appreciate them  and read them all. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx