Dovecraft Forget-me-not Collection

Have you already seen the beautiful new Forget-me-not collection by Dovecraft? The garden themed images in mainly pastel colours are so pretty and great for summer crafting sessions.

I started with the glitter decoupage pad. I just could not resist the gorgeous images with glitter effects. And I also just had to try out new items like the pockets and the adhesive garland flags. A full product list and step-by-step-instructions for this card can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

This is only the first project of many. Other cards are already completed, but are still awaiting their project instructions. It would be great, if you could check back for more projects and inspiration over the next days.

Not just for Father's Day

Oh, I had so much work planned for last weekend only to do in my lower back on Saturday - and I do not even know how I managed to do that ... So instead of crafting I was in absolute agony, feeding on pain killers and trying to find a position that was half-way bearable. Standing, sitting and lying down was just horror. For a few days I even had to get out of bed (and even by doing that I often came close to screaming), if I just wanted to change my position. Turning round in bed was impossible.

But now the back is much better, the mobility is returning (I can even pick up things from the floor again!) and the beloved crafting is back on the agenda.

The card I would like to share with you today is one for dads, who deserve a thank-you now and again - and not only for Father's Day. To create it I used the brand-new Grace Taylor Modern Cabin products, which are distributed by Trimcraft.

I applied distress inks to the maritime posts and added coloured PVA glue around a day later only to discover that some of the ink started to creep up the tiny pearls a bit. But I actually quite like the look. Due to the impact of the sea water, algae, etc. nothing maritime stays nice, clean and shiny for too long anyway.

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

And for those of you, who are interested in the dies I used: the posts are from the ocean set by Marianne Design and the sentiment is created using Britannia dies.

Celebrating Baby Girls

 
The focus of today's projects is the beautiful new First Edition paper pad 'It's a Girl!' by Trimcraft. It contains quality heavyweight papers in gorgeous designs including some sheets with glitter accents, some textured sheets, a foil design, tags that can be cut out and a sticker sheet with matching images. And half of the papers are also double-sided.

Product lists and instructions for both projects can be found in my gallery on the Trimcraft forum. But as I also know that many crafters are interested in the makes of the dies used, here are a few more details around those:

For the first card I used a lily die and a sentiment dies set by Britannia Dies and a heart die by Wild Rose Studio.

For the second card I used the carousel die from the Fun Fair collection by Trimcraft, a gift tag die by Tonic Studios as well as a leaf strip and a sentiment die set by Britannia Dies.

Rockhopper Penguin

The weather is absolutely crazy here. Yesterday we had more than enough torrential downpours, water standing in the streets and even an evacuation of Edinburgh Zoo. I had to revert to wellies for my trip to the Sincerely Yours show, which was very busy despite the awful weather. Crafters just are a tough bunch and always venture out when craty treats are calling :).

And it was not much better today. At some point the rhones just could not take the amount of water anymore (and they were only cleaned recently) and the water just shot over them like a waterfall.

The above card, which features a rockhopper penguin, had its 'premiere' as sample for Crafty Stamps and Stampers Grove at yesterday's Sincerely Yours show in Edinburgh. I was tempted to add a few more layers. But I am conscious that not everybody wants to create cards influenced by Sue Wilson's style, so I opted for a slightly simplified layout to show that this is also possible with her dies.

Product list:
* Crafty Stamps image 'Rockhopper' (AN143B)
* Sue Wilson decorative frames dies from the Italian collection
* Sue Wilson corner, border and tag die set from the Italian collection
* 15cm square white linen textured cardstock by Southfield
* Foundations card in 'Periwinkle'
* White linen textured cardstock by Southfield
* Neenah card
* Wooden shapes
* Household string
* Decorative pins
* Adhesive pearls
* Black Memento ink pad
* ProMarkers
* Adhesive
* Die-cutting machine
* Toolbox essentials

Creations in 'Kraft' with Fun Fair Dies

Fun Fair - Where's the Duck?

What happened to spring? Today was just another chilly, dull and wet day here. I even had to put the heating on for a while, as the house had cooled out so much.

Today I would like two cards with you for which I combined the new Fun Fair collection by Helz Cuppleditch and Trimcraft with kraft cardstock. I really like the combination of vibrant colours, which bring  bit of sunshine into a day with such dire weather, with material in a natural and more neutral tone.

Fun Fair - Fun of the Fair

I have again prepared product lists and step-by-step instructions for both projects.They are again in my Trimcraft gallery, and you can access them by clicking onto the links below the images.

And in case anybody is wondering, the square and rectangular dies that I used for the second card are from layering die-sets by Tonic Studios.

New First Edition Paper Pad

My second blog post this weekend is dedicated to the brand-new First Edition paper pad 'It's a Boy!'. The pad contains not only papers for male new arrivals, but also some that are suitable for a first birthday. The floral and bird papers could also be used for completely different occasions.

This new pad even contains a sheet of stickers. which is perfect for beginners, cards that have to mad in a hurry or for those days when the desired die or stamp just seems to hide in a secret corner. The pad also come swith some sheets full of tags, which can be cut out, and three sheets of a gorgeous patchwork-style paper. It can take quite a while to create the beautiful patchwork effects, so this is a welcome shortcut.

 You can find product lists and step-by-step instructions for all projects featured here in my Trimcraft gallery. But here are also a few more details relating to the dies for all those die addicts amongst you (and yes, I am definitely one of those as well ;) ...).

* Decorative dies by Sue Wilson
* Baby carriage die by Memory Box
* Sentiment die by Cheery Lynn
* Alphabet die set by Britannia Dies
* Baby rattle die by Marianne Design

Animal Kingdom

This is already the end of another busy week - and thankfully the weekend. A training course on Thursday was also a good reminder that I really need to share some projects from the last days with you ...

Let's start with a post dedicated to the new animal stamps by Crafty Stamps. For these two cards I opted deliberately for a more tone-in-tone plus black approach. The beautiful animal images deserve to be the stars of the cards.

The components for the puffin card are:

* Crafty Stamps puffin rubber stamp (AN141F)
* White 15cm square linen textured card blank by Southfield
* Black textured cardstock
* Foundations cardstock in peach
* Neenah card
* Circle dies
* Sue Wilson die sets Basic Frames Set A and Napa Valley from the Californian Collection (I prepared two of the shapes, cut them in half and aligned them with the edges of the card blank)
* Sue Wilson die sets Faux Quilled Blooms and Classic Rose from the Finishing Touches Collection
* Black adhesive pearls
* Black Memento ink pad
* ProMarkers
* Adhesive
* Die-cutting machine
* Toolbox basics

For the zebra card I used:

* Crafty Stamps zebra rubber stamp (AN157M)
* White 15cm square linen textured card blank by Southfield
* Black and grey textured cardstock
* Neenah card
* Sue Wilson corner, border and tag die set from the Spanish collection
* Leaf embossing folder by Crafts-Too
* Black Memento ink pad
* Letraset fineliner 0.1
* Alcohol markers
* Adhesive
* Die-cutting machine
* Toolbox basics

The Edinburgh craft shop 'Stampers Grove' is the home of Crafty Stamps. The stamps are availabe online, in the shop and also at the Sincerely Yours show at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston (Edinburgh) on 25 May 2014.