JOY WREATH

I know I promised another Holiday Line card but I will show you that in the weekend! hehe

Today I have made this really cool wreath so I thought I would give it at a quick tutorial. The full tutorial PDF will be available FOR FREE as soon as I can work out how to attach it to here! LOL

Meanwhile you are welcome to email me direct julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

TUTORIAL

Start with a foam ring and cover it with ink using a stamp pad.

Cut 60-80 leaves in two colours using the Big Shot Leaves #2 Original Die.

Adhere the leaves from the outside edge first, then the inside edge. It is best to bend the leaves for the remaining part to cover with your bone folder to help them bend around the ring.

Attached a piece of ribbon around the outside edge and secure with a pin. Attach enough ribbon to hang it from at top of wreath and top off with a bow.

Cut a piece of card stock and trim the edges to create a ribbon look. Using your bone folder again curl the card a bit then attach it to the wreath with Sticky Strip.
To add more detail I added red brads by the leaves to look like berries.


It's that easy!!

Holiday Line Up - card number TWO

this is the second of three cards that I made for a fellow Stampin' Up! demo for a swap. This card only has two colours - Marina Mist and Whisper White. I used my Aqua pen and ink pad to colour the snowmen, which enables you to get light and darker shades. I used the Petals a Plenty Big Shot embossing folder for the texture and the scallop boarder punch.

The style of card is called an 'easel card' so it can lay flat for posting etc but will sit up like this for display. Come back tomorrow for the third card.

Lots of people weren't able to attend the class on these little boxes last week so we have now made the tutorial available for purchase over on Crafters Anonymous. If you are not already a member and would like to join or know more about our ALL CRAFTS site email for an invitation or information on julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

Holiday Line Up

Over on Crafters Anonymous we held a swap where you get a partner and you make 3 cards using one stamp set. My partner Flo asked for Holiday Line Up (although she can't remember asking me! lol) so over the next few days I will blog the three cards that I sent her.

This is the first card. I stamped the reindeer and then used the Stampin' Up! Markers to colour them I even extended the arms and body down as I wanted them to 'taller' hehe

The background patterned paper I made using the Snow Swirled stamp set with Real Red and Crumb Cake ink. I sponged around the edges and then crimped it with the Stampin' Up! Crimper. Added a greeting from Heard from the Heart set and mounted it all on a Real Red base.

Come and visit tomorrow to see another Christmas card using the same stamp set but COMPLETELY different! lol

ok - not really craft related at all but......

I just HAD to share!! hehe

Over the long weekend here in New Zealand we have had the Mustang Convention where all the Mustang owners in the country got together. There was a car show and on Sunday night we had a banquet and prize giving event. Well my husband 2 years ago rebuilt a 1967 Notch Back (also known as a Hardtop) from scratch. We imported a reck from the States and he did everything on it, the body work, the painting, the engine, the interior - everything! He even used my old sewing machine to make some extra stuff!

This weekend was his first National competition and we were TOTALLY rapt to find we (well, we are a couple! lol) WON!!!!! We got 1st in the 1967-1968 Hardtop section. There was even a trophy and all!

The trophy is really hard to photograph as it is clear glass with the words etched into it but I am sure you can still get the idea! lol

Tomorrow I will be back to paper crafting - but thought you might like to see what another part of my family life is. Thanks for visiting.

getting creative!

Whilst looking for something COMPLETELY different at the local discount dollar store I found these hessian wine bags. I decided that they needed something more - so out came the stamps!

I used Stazon ink as it is the best type of ink to use on something that you don't want it to rub off. Stampin' Up! sell two colours - white and black. You can make your own colours too by putting in a few drops of the white ink from a reinker (the reinker comes with the stamp pad for the white) to a small container and add a drop or two of the colour you are wanting to use. Mix them with a dauber and - **insert drum roll** you have that colour. It will be a milkier version but still the same tone.

I used the a flourish from the Elements of Style stamp set and some letters from the Defining Alphabet stamps. You could personalise them with names etc and the make lovely gifts for Christmas or birthdays. I am going to use these as hostess gifts for my next workshop hostesses so if you would like to host a class or a workshop email me TODAY julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

I LOVE how Stampin' Up! products can lend themselves to SO many great projects for everyday life!

teen birthday card

My son had a birthday party to go to and asked me to make him a card - that is fine but I would of preferred not to be asked as I dropped him off to school the day of the party and when I was going out of town for most of the day!! Any I had a few minutes before my ride was collecting me so this is what I came up with.
I quickly brayered some Whisper White with just about every blue in the Stampin' Up! colour range, then stamped some of the stamps from the Extreme Elements stamp set with Whisper White craft ink. I stamped the Extreme Guitar (cause the party theme was 'ROCK STAR') stamp in Basic Black, tore the bottom of the card, stamped some stars from the Extreme Elements in Real Red on Real Red card, pierced a few holes in it. Then I got to use some of the new mini eyelets and used the cool Crop-o-dile to set them. I hand cut the bracket and tied some mini tags I made on with linen thread. The mini tag punch is cool to use, with the Tiny Tags and Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp sets.


Inside the card I made a small pocket for the gift card (which I had to get after I drop said teenage at school too!!) and stamped some more images from the Extreme Elements set.
I hope next time I have a bit more warning!
Thanks for visiting my blog.

a challange entry

Over on Crafters Anonymous we have a challenge on every second Sunday. These are always fun and they run for two weeks, so there's plenty of time to make something to enter it. And they are not limited to paper crafting either - you can bake, sew, mould, knit whatever!

The challenge this time is - Create a functional holder for domestic use. Your design must include an animal and the colour red.

So I decided I needed a jar to store tea bags - these are for black tea. I am a herbal tea gal but when I have classes etc lots drink 'normal' black tea so I needed a container for it. I think this is much nicer than a cardboard box! lol

I used Real Red, Whisper White and Old Olive card and Real Red, Old Olive and Crumb Cake ink. Stamps were Lovely Letters, Fine Flourish and Butterfly Prints. A bit of ribbon and some leaves from punches (Bird punch & Butterfly) and Stampin' Up!'s Big Shot die - Little Leaves.

Why not come over and join in the fun. The next challenge will start on this Sunday!