Butterfly World

Today I wanted to see how the Dovecraft Garden Party products work when they are getting combined with kraft cardstock. And you have so far not seen many butterflies on my cards. But one of the nice things about crafting is that we can play, experiment and discover new things.

And yes, I could not wait to try out my new Cheery Lynn French Lattice Small Frame die (the code is FRM132 in case anybody wonders) and to use the cherry blossom flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts on a card for the first time.

The rosebuds are also from Wild Orchid Crafts while I found the ribbon roses at Hobbycraft. The fabric leaves were still in my stash.The kraft cardstock is from a pack of square kraft card blanks with envelopes by Craft UK Limited. For ensembling the butterflies I used again my trusted Pinflair glue gel.

Those of you, who would like to re-create this project, can find a product list and step-by-step instructions in my Trimcraft gallery.

I hope you like the result and this different look created with products from the Garden Party collection by Trimcraft.

And the Garden Party continues ...

... but only indoors and solely on the crafting front. The month of June was so cold and wet that it ended up being a complete write-off. And July does not seem to be much better - another severe weather warning for rain is already in place. It does not feel like summer at all.

On a more positive note, the bad weather means that I spend more time indoors and crafting. So it is not all bad. And the new Garden Party products by Dovecraft are so nice to work with that they really cheer me up despite the weather being so awful.

And here is an A5 card that I finished last night:

A product list and step-by-step instructions are in my Trimcraft gallery, but here is a bit more information for those who would like to know a bit more about the products I used.

• I found the lace on Joanna Sheen's website.
• The leaves are coloured in using a Tim Holtz distress ink pad in 'frayed burlap'. I applied the ink with Cut-n-Dry foam.
• The swirl die is by Marianne Designs.
• I had the sentiment tag in my stash.
• My chosen adhesive was again Pinflair glue gel.

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.