Word Album Friendship

Hi as I have finished my college work for this term, hopefully, fingers crossed, yippee, I can post a few things on my blog.  This is an album I made for my neice for finishing college.  Graduating as the Americans call it but without the ceremony!  I keep saying this but I dont get the opportunity to play in pink very often so when i can I take it.  I am also glad to say my neice loved the album, phew!

The letters were cut from the Old West Cart from DCWV The Sweet stack which has some lovely papers in.  Ribbons from my stash and some vintage lace from my Dad's stash that he left me.  Bound with my lovely Cinch, I love my Cinch!  Its so easy to bind stuff with it.  Letters were cut out at approx 9.5 cms (3.5 inches) with the word "ship" cut from Gypsy Font and welded together.  The box I made from a 12 x 12 peice of paper just fashioned round the album with acetate wrapped round and eyelets fastened on using my cropadile II, then I threaded ribbon through to hold it all together.

This is the Vintage lace.  

Thanks for looking.  

My Son got a thank you letter from Royalty

I wrote in a previous post about how my son won the competition at school when he made a card for the Royal Wedding.  Well he has just received a thank you letter for it on behalf of the happy couple.  Well impressed.

Stained glass panel for college

Just thought I would show you all this.  Its what I have made for my college course.  Although its a ceramics course we can incorporate other materials into it if we want to.  Its not all finished properly just got to glaze the pot but wont look much different.  Thanks for looking.

Fathers day book with box and room for treats.

This is a box and album with space for some sweeties.  I used the box fromTags, Bags, Boxes & More on page 124.  Cut at fit to page on a 12 x 12 size paper then sized it down a couple of millimetres.  I used a pattern from the JT cart.  Using printable acetate I printed a photo of the boys on it and did a few Happy Fathers Day all around it and cut it at fit to page.

The words on the album is from Paper Lace which is a lovely font.  Cut at 1inch.  The word love is from Home Decor and the Tag is cut from TBB&M at about 5 inches, the paper was from a Colorbok stack from Walmart and I just cut the cream square to fit.  A few eyelets on the cover to thread the string through and the cover has been stamped to give a distress look.  Album bound using the cinch.

Thanks for looking.

Home Decor on Canvas

I wanted to make something new for my newly decorated lounge so I made these using some bric a brac that was left to me by my Father.  I am not sure where he acquired it from but I think they are quite old so wanted to make a feature of it.  The Cricut images are from Home Decor Cart and were cut at 1.5inches cut on Gold & Brown 12x12 inch cardstock from Papermania Textured Christmas Stock and I covered a 20cm square canvas with papers from K&Company.   

Step card plastic template

Just thought I would share with you my step card template.  Using the measurements on my previous post I marked out the details on the plastic sheet and snipped out a triangle where the score or cut will start.  Then all you have to do is line it up on your base card and put a tiny dot by the cut out and that is where you need to score or cut. 

This is the page with all my instructions on. It makes step cards so very easy. 

I have also done a step card on the other size for A5 size card.  

The plastic is just the cover from a cheep folder I picked up from WHSmith.  

Thanks for looking.  

Birthday Card using Nursery Tails

When I first saw this cartridge I thought I would never use it as my boys are way beyond the age for these cutesy images but I think it is proving to be a very adaptable one.  This card is for my friend who has got a significant birthday and catching up with me!!

The base card is from WHSmith A4 size, 21cm x 29.5cm.
The step card instructions are as follows:-
Place your card on your work surface with the short sides at the top and bottom.
Measure and mark 5cm, 8.5cm, 14.5cm, 20.5cm and 24cm down the right edge.  Score 11.5cm horizontal lines from each mark.  Score alll the way across at the 14.5cm mark.

Draw a pencil line from the left edge of the top score line down to the left edge of the bottom score line.  Use a craft knife or similar and cut along the pencil line.

Mountain fold the 5cm, 14.5cm (all the way across), and the 24cm score line.  Valley fold the 8.5cm and 20.5cm score lines to complete the step design.

I also made a template using an A4 size bit of plastic so that I dont have to measure to make this sort of card again.  I am not good at measurements, so the less I have to do the better.

The main image is cut at 5inches (13cm approx) all placed on
using pop dots from Lidls to give dimension.
The first mats are from my stash.  Cant remember where I got them from.  Think my friend gave me the one with Friends on.  Then the Party on label is from JT Cart and is on a Tim Holtz die cut.
Hope you like it.  Thanks for looking.