Cosy Fireside

Morning Friends and Crafters, Today I am sharing two cards in one. The main card is made with the amazing Christmas Dimensionals from Crafters Companion. They really are inspirational and although I hate this phrase, the possibilities really are endless, if you can imagine it, you can make it come to life with these. Spending so much time on the inside really does mean that you have to make the outside look great too.

You will Need:

Fireplace Concept Die

Tree Concept Die

Tree Accessories Pack

Fireplace Accessories Pack

Festive Foliage 1

Festive Words 1

Holy Vine Embossing Folder

Fireplace Accessories Acrylic Stamps

Tree Accessories Acrylic Stamps

12 x 12 Plain Paper Pad

12 x 12 Decorative Paper Pad

Centura Pearl for your Base

Step 1: I find the easiest way is to mark your scoreline with pencil first. Then secure the decoration to your scene. Once dry add your fireplace element. Then cut your fireplace a second time with Centura pearl and secure to the fireplace with Tacky glue.

Step 2: Cut the tree in green and secure to the back wall in your room. Then emboss a piece of cream card, this will make a nice rug, add some trim to coordinate with your decor.

Step 3: Stamp, Colour and cut out your extra elements, then add to your scene.

Step 4: Add the mirror, wreaths, baubles and tinsel to the tree, making it feel really festive.

Step 5: Cut out a selection of mat and layers, dependent on the finished size of your card.

Step 6: From the green, cut out the Ivy and the seasons greetings. Cut out the Seasons Greetings a second time in red and layer it up with Tacky glue to give a shadow behind.

Step 7: From the cream, cut out some poinsettias.

Step 8: Arrange and secure your decoration to the front of your card as shown in the photo.

Thank you ever so much for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial along with the finished card. Hope you will join me again very soon, to see what else I have to share. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xxx

Festive Tree Christmas Dimensionals

Morning Friends and Crafters, I have another project to share with you today. I made this for the launch of the Christmas Dimensionals from Crafters Companion. I know that many of you will have already made a lot of these wonderful cards. I hope you have been having fun with them, they really will be treasured by the  people who receive them.

You will need:

Tree Concept Die

Sparkling Snowflakes 1

Tree Accessories Pack

Fireplace Accessories Pack

Festive Phrases

Sparkling Snow Embossing Folder

Christmas Centerpiece Embossing Folder

12 x 12 Plain Paper Pad

12 x 12 Decorative Christmas Paper Pad

Aged Mahogany Distress Ink

Centura Pearl Silver/White

Tacky Glue

3D Glue Gel

Step 1: Cut your base card, including the tree & window dies. Decorate with the plains and patterned paper pads. Cut the windows from Centura Pearl and secure acetate before securing them in place.

Step 2: Cut the trees from the dark green form the paper pad and cover the 3D tree using Tacky Glue

Step 3: Embellish the room with decorations cut from the die sets to make it look really festive and inviting. Cut a circle to a size to fit the embossing folder, then emboss it. Stamp a sentiment in the centre and add depth to it by adding Aged Mahogany too the raised areas.

Step 4: Cut a patterned paper for the front of your card.

Step 5: Create a layer for the patterned paper from white card, emboss this using the Sparkling Snow embossing folder.

Step 6: From the dark blue card, cut a selection of the snowflakes and the sentiment 'Seasons Greetings' Layer these up on the front of your card using Tacky Glue to finish your card.

Thank you for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed what I have shared with you today. I hope you will join me again very soon. There is a lot more to come, For no Take care and Happy Crafting.xxx

Gentleman's Front Room

Im back again with another project using the brand new dimensional dies. I really hope you got to see the shows with Leann and Janice, more importantly, did you order them and are they on their way, How Exciting! It really would be wonderful to see photos of your projects, as I have said before, this has been one of the most inspirational collections I have used in all me years of crafting, they are so much more than cards. Think about personalising the scene for that special person, taking photos of their personal items and resizing them, shrinking down family photos.

You will need:

Chair Concept Die

Chair Accessories Pack

Decorative Motifs Die Pack

Warm Blanket Embossing Folder

Wood Panel Embossing Folder

Brocade Embossing Folder

Chair Accessories Acrylic Stamp Set

Self Adhesive Hessian from Sara's Signature Collection

12 x 12 Patterned Card Pack

12 x 12 Plains card Pack

Ivory Centura Pearl

Copier or Decoupage Paper

Sheena Stamping Card

Faux Leather or Scrap Leather

Walnut Stain Oxide

Stick N Spray

Collall Adhesives

Step 1: Prepare your card base, any size you like. Mark the score line lightly with pencil, (Don Not Score) Position your die using the notches to line up with your pencil line. If you want the windows to be see through, you will need to cut these  as well with  your chosen wall paper.

Step 2: Cut your chosen floor covering to the correct size. Then using the notches on the chair die to give the perfect shape to fit the base. Then emboss using the Wood Panel. TOP TIP: Leave a little extra card to the front and both sides as the the card shrinks slightly when you emboss.

Step 3: Colour and stamp the base of the chair legs, to give the illusion of wood.

Step 4: Cut a circle of Self Adhesive Hessian (Burlap) from Sara's Signature collection. Use Walnut Stain Oxide on the Warm Blanket Embossing folder and run through.

Step 5: Emboss the wallpaper using the Brocade folder and secure to the wall using your chosen adhesive, lining up the window opening.

Step 6: Create a lower strip of wallpaper and rail using the patterned card. Secure the rail to the the lower piece allowing a small overlap to cover the join when you secure it to the wall. Use your chair die as for the Flooring to get the perfect shape. I then used the chair to cut the leather for the chair, I wanted it to looked lived in, a comfy old chair.

Step 7: Cut your window frame fro Centura Pearl Ivory or White to coordinate with you chosen decor. Place acetate behind, I also used a magazine picture at the back for the outside scenery. You can also make your own outside scene using the accessories. 

Step 8: Position and secure your rug.

Step 9: Add all of your accessory dies, curtains, table, lamp etc.

Step 10: Here I scanned and resized some birthday cards that I had made, one of them with Sara's signature collection, you might recognise it.

Step 11: I resized the front of a newspaper, then added some blank pages and folded. The book was made using the waste from the large window panels, for the covers ad pages.

Step 12: I took a photo of the Grandmother clock, resized, cut out. I added Spray n Shine, with Glossy Accents on the face. I also printed a Family Photo for the photo frame, again using Glossy Accents.

I really hope you will share you makes when you get going, I am so excited to see your ideas and projects. I would love to have your comments ad feedback on the tutorial and project I have shared, if you have time, Hopefully you have enjoyed it. For now Take care and Happy Craftingxx