Glad Tidings Project Series

Over the last days I worked on a series of five projects created with the new Dovecraft Christmas collection 'Glad Tidings'. Here are now images of all five new cards. Larger images as well as product lists and step-by step instructions for all projects will be available in my Trimcraft gallery by the end of tomorrow.

The Night Before Christmas Scene

Now that I am on my own I need a lot less Christmas cards and find myself more and more often opting for home decor items when I am crafting. And they make it possible to have some more and new decorative Christmas items even if the budget is tight. And Trimcraft's new collection 'The Night Before Christmas' with images by Helz Cuppleditch in combination with some other great new First Edition and Dovecraft Christmas products allows for some unique items with a personal touch that could not be just bought in shops or could be found in countless homes.

This 6" x 6" panel based on a piece of cardboard also brought out a great way of using up loose glitter without mess. I mixed a generous amount of PVA with white Dovecraft glitter and applied it lavishly to the icicle border and the snowflake elements. This leaves the ice and snow elements nice and sparkly - and the glitter is not shedding.

I prepared again a product list and step-by-step instructions, which can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

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.

Dovecraft Serendipity

In this blog post I would like to share three cards wih you that I created with the new Dovecraft Serendipity collection by Trimcraft. The products are great for brightening up the now much cooler, wetter and duller days (although it was still getting pretty warm when I cut the grass today).

The Rugby World Cup was a good excuse for some quality crafting time at home. The creative juices were flowing while I was watching some of the games, but I found it impossible to drag myself away from the TV to write up the instructions ...

If you like my creations, you can find product lists and step-by-step instructions in my Trimcraft gallery.

First Edition Paper Flowers

Today I would like to share a card with you that I created around the beuatiful papers from the First Edition Paper Flowers pads. Dies and stamps from Trimcraft's Santoro collections in combination with First Edition markers seemed to be a good addition.

A product list and step-by-step instructions for this card are - as usual - in my Trimcraft gallery.

Dovecraft Pretty Papers

Today I would like to share a card with you that I created around the Dovecraft value paper pack 'Crowning Affair'. The colours are so pretty and attractive. And the double-sided papers make it easy to match up perfectly co-ordinated sheets.

The sentiment stamp used on this card is from the Dovecraft Sweet Paris sentiment stamp set. The dies for the frame and the tag are from the first Santoro Mirabelle die set by Trimcraft. For the embellishments I reverted to products from Trimcraft's Belle & Boo and  Sweet Paris collections.

A product list and step-by-step instructions are again in my Trimcraft gallery.