Forget-me-not Tag Card

What a week this has been! Festival time in Edinburgh, some Commonwealth Games events and a number of incidents impacting on traffic have not been a good combination. On two days I actually spent more time trying to get to and from work then I actually spent in the office ... Fingers crossed that this will be better in the new week, but I will not hold my breath just yet.

The card above is again created using Dovecraft Forget-me-not products by Trimcraft. This time I used the beautiful 'bunch of flowers' stamp.

For a perfect ink distribution and impression I conditioned this clear stamp with a high quality eraser before the first use. I stamped the image using a Memento ink pad and coloured it in with ProMarkers. Step-by-step instructions and a product list for this card can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

And for those who are wondering about the stapler: I used a normal office stapler and standard staples to attach the raffia string to the tag. 

Forget-me-not - So Versatile and Useful for Many Different Themes

Forget-me-not - Afternoon Tea

Could somebody please tell this weather that we are in Scotland and should not be bothered about a heatwave? We are just not used to such temperatures over a prolonged period of time. Even crafting is pretty much only possible in the morning. Afterwards it is just getting too warm with the risk of just sticking to card and paper ...

Today I used the morning hours to finish off instructions for the two cards featured in this blog post. They are created with the beautiful Dovecraft Forget-me-not collection by Trimcraft. And the card above does not even have a gardening theme, which shows that these lovely products also cater for summery cards for other occasions.

Product lists and step-by-step-instructions for both projects are in my Trimcraft gallery. Just click onto the links below the images to be taken through directly to the descriptions.

Forget-me-not - Live Love Grow

The dies, which I used for these two cards are a leaf die strip by Britannia Dies and the border, tag and corner die set from Sue Wilson's Italian collection.

Dovecraft Forget-me-not - Gardener's Summer

For the card, which I would like to share with you today, I have opted again for the new Dovecraft Forget-me-not collection by Trimcraft. The lovely images and soft colours are just perfect for a bit of summer crafting.

In this case I have covered both sides of the card blank with patterned paper, a technique that I have not used for far too long although it creates such beautiful and really sturdy base cards.

A product list and step-by-step instructions are again available in my Trimcraft gallery. The decorative border punch that I used is by Tonic Studios. For the leave section I decided on a floral die by Joy! Crafts. The small white fabric flowers and white beads are in fact from a deconstucted piece of white heather.

Further new projects will follow all this week.

Cards Inspired by the Summer

Forget-me-not - Liquid Pleasure

Here are now the next two projects created with the new Dovecraft Forget-me-not collection by Trimcraft.

And at least these cards bring a bit of summer into my life. After a lovely, sunny and warm Tuesday the weather suddenly changed completely. A dull, significantly cooler and very windy day with rainshowers in the evening followed. I really hope that we will get a few more nice days.

Forget-me-not - Birds of Summer

I added again product lists and step-by-step instructions to my Trimcraft gallery in case you want to re-create one or both of the cards. Just click onto the titles/links below the images to go directly to the projects on the Trimcraft forum.

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.