Garden Party

I promised you some more projects with new Trimcraft products - and here are already the first two.

  Garden Party - Window Card

Garden Party - Floral Rocker

For these two cards I used the brand-new Dovecraft Garden Party collection. Available in this collection are paper pads, a decoupage pad, ribbons, adhesive gems, 3D stickers, paper blossoms, fabric brads and buttons in beautiful pinks, yellows, creams and greens.

Product lists as well as step-by-step instructions are - as usual - in my Trimcraft gallery, but here is a bit more information for those of you who are interested in more details:

• For the window card I used the frame die FRM 142 by Cheery Lynn Designs.
• I created the circles for the floral rocker card using grand nestabilities.
• As glitter glue I used Stickles in 'Crystal'.
• I ensembled all flowers with Pinflair glue gel.

I hope these projects are providing you with abit of inspiration. More will follow soon.

Relax

Today I have treated myself to a bit of work with one of my favourite stamps. The image by the very talented Helz Cuppleditch is just so adorable and versatile. It is great for birthdays, congratulations of all kinds, Valentine's Day, engagement as well as friendship and patriotic cards.

A product list and step-by-step instructions can again be found in my Trimcraft gallery, but here are a few more details around the products:

• The die that I used for the flourish is the 'Valerian Flourish' die by Memory Box.
• The paper roses and rose buds are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
• I coloured in the image using Spectrum Noir pens and used the following colours: IG1 (CG0.5) and IG2 (CG1) for the greys, CR10 (14), CR11 (11) and CR6 (7) for the reds, TB3 (183) and TB4 (76) for the blues, EB2 (169), GB10 (100), EB6 (102) and EB8 (98) for the browns as well as CG2 (48) and CG3 (124) for the greens.

And please look out for projects with another new Trimcraft collection, which will start to follow very soon.

At the Aquatics Centre

... well, in the Trimcraft/Helz Cuppleditch style.

Last night I could not resist to work on another London Line card. But this time I moved away from the more colourful projects and opted for a simple white and silver look with hints of blue and red.

A product list and step-by-step instructions can be found in my Trimcraft gallery, but here are some more details regarding the origins of the dies for those interested in further product details:

• Decorative square dies by Little Claire (discontinued, but similar dies are available from other manufacturers)
• Four petal nesting dies by X-Cut
• Petite scalloped circle Nestabilities
• Swirl dies by Marianne Designs

Have a good and not too wet weekend!

More London Line projects

 
And my 'playtime' with the London Line products by Trimcraft continues. I love especially that the collection not only contains really lovely images, but also so many sports images. And I must admit that I have really become a fan of Helz Cuppleditch's work due to the Trimcraft collections.

This time I used the pyramid decoupage pad and combined the cute images with other products from the London Line collection, die-cuts created with Marianne Designs dies and further embellishments.

Product lists and step-by-step instructions for both cards are again in my Trimcraft gallery.

Further projects with these lovely products will follow very soon.

Playful Cat

This weekend I had another play with the new London Line collection by Trimcraft. And this cat image from the pyramid decoupage pad is just so cute.

I began to wonder, if this cheeky wee cat might have even done anything cheeky beforehand. So I created a 'ball of wool' and special 'knitting needles' with Union Jack hearts as embellishments.

I added a product list and step-by-step instructions for this card to my Trimcraft gallery. And in case anybody is interested in more manufacturer details: the cutting dies are by Marianne Designs, the border punch is a geared punch by Tonic Studios and the 5" x 7" embossing folder is by Darice.

Sailing

Are you slowly getting into the mindset for the Olympics? I always like this over-indulgence of sport events - and I just love the patriotic sport images, which are part of the London Line collection by Trimcraft. The artwork is once again by Helz Cuppleditch.

One of my favourites is the clear stamp 'Sail Away', which I used for the card above. I coloured in the image using Spectrum Noir pens. And this cute character stamp is also great with more rustic embellishments. In this case I opted for eyelets and simple household string to give the card a more nautic feel.

A full product list and step-by-step instructions for this project can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

I hope you like this card.

To have and to hold

Yesterday I was working on a commissioned wedding card for football fans. I decided to use the colours of their football club as inspiration, so it is mainly held in maroon and white.

Regarding the cardstock I opted for white linen textured cardstock from Southfield, the Tim Holtz and Ranger Distress Collection by Core'dinations and Neenah card for the stamped image. A Darice border embossing folder, decorative dies and a corner rounder helped to bring the cardstock into the right shape. The Distress cardstock is partly distressed, which can be achieved with a distressing tool or simply a nail file.

For the image of the bride and groom I used the small wedding couple stamp by Crafty Stamps, which I coloured in with ProMarkers. I highlighted selected areas with the help of a Sakura Gelly Roll pen in Clear Star.

For the embellishments I decided on a round sentiment stamp. I added this with a good amount of silicone glue, so that I could arrange heather (for a Scottish touch), rose buds and a decorative heart pin. Finishing touches are an organza ribbon bow and clear adhesive gems.