Welcome to DAY FIVE of the projects from my Summer One-for-One Card Swap. Over the past several weeks, I've been running to my mail box to collect the GORGEOUS cards you've sent for my Summer One-for-One Card Swap. In a series of several posts over the next couple of weeks,
You requested, and I heard you! A beginning to end tutorial for the Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman Card Folio Tutorial is now live on my YouTube channel!
Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a tutorial showing how to assemble the Side Step Card – Birthday Cake. (available here in the Silhouette Store) This is such a cute card and it̵…
It's Make & Take Tuesday and I have our Graphic 45 Flower Market September Folio Tutorial ready to share with you.
Petaloo Poinsettia & Authentique Retro Christmas papers are whipped up into a sweet treat in this Cookies for Santa Retro Recipe Folio. Video Tutorial Link.
Take it on the road with a nostalgic Authentique Pastime Passport Style Mini Album made with fabulous Authentique Papers & Eileen Hull's Passport Book Die.
Do you love pretty stationery? I've prepared this chic and trendy Nature Sketchbook Correspondence Kit for the 3x3 Challenge at Graphic 45.
Let the woof wide world know where your heart lies with Primitives by Kathy "Go Fetch" Box Sign. This decorative sign inspires a can-do attitude in everyone who enters your house. Ask not what your dog can fetch for you, but what you can fetch for your dog! Its 2-D artwork is simple enough to fit in with any décor while the loveable print lends an effortless and eclectic air to any home. Your guests are sure to chuckle as they ask you where you got this hilarious art piece. Plus, the bestselling decorative sign makes a great gift for new pet parents and best friends!
Hello - Happy Friday! The good news is that its very sunny here this morning, the not-so-good-news is that the pollen count remains very high which makes things a bit uncomfortable. Good for the sales of Kleenex Balsam tissues though, I guess.... It's Daring Cardmakers Day today and I couldn't resist making another card using the same Grand Dome dies I used for my Spellblogger project earlier in the week. Joanne's challenge was just perfect for an under the sea sort of card! It's Joanne here with this week's challenge and I'd like to see you using ABW - Anything But White! Using white as a card base is a really easy habit to slip into so I'd like to see what else you can come up with. It could be a chalkboard technique on black cardstock, metallic or opaque embossing powder on a coloured base, coloured pencils on kraft or something like the Joseph's Coat technique. What will you decide on to make your base other than white? Here's what the team came up with: Info First I used the large die as a template and scissor-cut the 6 white card pieces I needed for the dome. These were inked on both sides with various Distress and Distress Oxide Inks. The bits of white card left over were inked in the other colours I wanted to use Once completely dry I die cut the pieces for the Dome, and put it together only using the tabs on one side to allow me to add all the other die cuts to the various layers - it would be very tricky to do this if the 'box' was completely formed. I found that twiggy branches and other tree dies are great for making coral and seaweed - especially those in the Four Seasons Trees collection - don't you just love it when you see other ways to use your dies! Some of the sea creatures were simply glued in place on the various layers of the dome. others were suspended on silver thread. When I was happy that the various layers of the dome had enough bits and bobs added to them, I slotted in the tabs on the other side and glued the tab that closes it all. I won't deny this was was fiddly, but it was fun too. The next picture shows how it just folds flat to fit in a regular sort of envelope - isn't that just soooo clever! Here are the dies I used for this card, all from Spellbinders Grand Dome 3D Card Elegant 3D Vignettes by Becca Feeken Shapeabilities Etched Dies Sea Animals Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Etched Dies That's it for this time, I hope you'll click on the link to see a wonderful array of cards from The Daring Cardmakers DT this week - and I hope you'll be inspired to join in with us.
It's time to share our Graphic 45 Flower Market July Folio Tutorial with our guest star paper from Ciao Bella Microcosmos.
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It's Make & Take Tuesday! I hope you can join me on the blog for a Prima Painted Floral Slimline Trifold Folio Tutorial with a YouTube video!
Hi Doodlebug Friends! It's Traci and I'm back to share my project for our Pinterest Inspired Challenge. I came across this fun little fol...
Fifty and Female and Fearless 36" x 48" I am thrilled to announce that my quilt has been juried into the invitational Beneath the Surface exhibit curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison and Dinner at Eight Artists. This is my second year to participate. Last year the exhibit was Edges and opened at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach and then traveled to Houston. I believe this year's venues are the same. We are extremely fortunate to have two sponsors, Moore's Sewing Centers and Brother International. The quilt is 100% batik. I batiked the yellow central figure first on a yellow whole cloth. Then I etched the design lines and dyed it. Next I made a big stash of blue fabrics by batiking thin lines on commercial blue and turquoise fabrics, bleach discharge, and overdyeing. Each sample was then trimmed and fused into place, in a reverse applique style covering everything except the yellow figure. Lots of machine quilting, everything but the letters are heavily quilted every 1/4 inch. The title comes from the book Silent Passages, which has come in very handy as I enter a new decade and face new challenges. What inner resources will I need to make the passage?
