New Year's Card

On the last day of the year I want to spend some time progressing storage and home decor items, so this is my final card of 2015. And to round up the year in style it is a card for New Year.

I used products from the Dovecraft Christmas Basics by Trimcraft plus First Edition dies and some small adhesive pearls from the Glad Tidings collection. For a full product list and instructions for this card please refer to my Trimcraft gallery.

Have a great start into a hopefully healthy, peaceful and successful year 2016!

Wintery Snowflake Decoration

Merry Christmas!

Today I would like to share a wintery home decor item with you. I found it perfect as Christmas Day crafty treat, but it could also be a nice gift for a host during the festive period. And as it features snowflakes, it is not just for Christmas but a lovely item throughout the winter. I used Dovecraft Christmas Basics wooden snowflake shapes and white adhesive pearls as well as metallic paints and jump rings.

I am so pleased with the way this snowflake chain has turned out that I will definitely create another one in gold and silver.

If you would like to recreate this project, you can find a product list and step-by-step instructions in my Trimcraft gallery.

Christmas Countdown

Just a short time to go now until Christmas Day. I would like to use the opportunity to share two more Christmas cards with you, which I made recently with Trimcraft collections.

The first card features products from the Helz Cuppleditch range 'The Night Before Christmas'.

The second card is a quick make created with the Dovecraft Christmas Basics collection.

Product lists and step-by-step instructions for both cards as well as larger images can again be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Mini cards with felt die-cuts

Today I would like to share two more mini cards with you. This time I used products from the Dovecraft Christmas Basics collection. The focal points of both cards are die-cut embellishments created from felt.

I must admit that I was initially unsure how die-cutting felt would work, but I should not have worried. With the Dovecraft felt and Christmas dies it worked just fine. I would just recommend to ease the felt carefully out of the dies in case there is a fibre that needs to be cut (and that is better than tearing a fibre and potentially the die-cut). Due to the pressure from the diecutting machine the edges are even finished nicely. By the way, I used a Cuttlebug with a pretty worn out cutting plate.

Product lists and step-by-step instructions for both projects are again prepared and can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

Christmas with Belle & Boo

Belle & Boo Christmas - Winter Magic

The popular and so adorable characters Belle and Boo are making a return in Trimcraft's 2015 Christmas collection. And I could not resist to have a good play with the new products, which I combined with some of the brand-new Dovecraft Christmas Basics products, while watching today's rugby matches.

For the first card that features Belle and a reindeer I have created a faux embossed effect with the fabulous Dovecraft Christmas Basics snowflake dies. I love especially the corner die from this set. And I think I need to organise more of the Dovecraft Christmas Basics A4 cardstock that I used for this project. The card in this multipack comes in kraft, white, red, green and a dark burgundy tone and is so nice and smooth and lovely for die-cutting and embossing.

Belle & Boo Christmas Mini Card

Christmas cards do not always need to be relatively large and time-consuming. Making a Belle & Boo mini card with the new Dovecraft Christmas Basics A7 cards and envelopes was fun, effortless and so quick. And that is just brilliant for those of us, who need to make a significant number of Christmas cards.

Belle & Boo Christmas - Festive Cheer

The final card for today is again based on a 6" x 6" card blank, which I used as tent-fold card. Most elements on this card are coming from the Belle & Boo decoupage pad.

I have again prepared product lists and step-by-step instructions for all three cards. Just click onto the titles below the images and you will be taken through straight to the relevant pages in my Trimcraft gallery.