Moreheads Launch tonight at 6pm

Well its only a few more hours to go until the launch of Moreheads from Crafters Companion at 6pm today on Create and Craft. I am sure that you have seen all the amazing samples that the Design Team have been showing, so here is my last sneak peak. I made this card using the brand new section on the cd of Shaped Cards, its amazing.

Crafters Companion new Moreheads Launch

Morning all well its another fantastic sunny day today and hope you enjoy it whatever you are doing. Today I am going to share with you a card I made using the brand new Moreheads CD from Crafters Companion and also some Moreheads Decoupage. Not long now until Crafters Companion launch this amazing CD, stamps and decoupage on Friday at 12 o'clock on Create and Craft.

Wow Crafters Companion New Launch - Moreheads !!!!!!

 

 

 

Wow I am so excited guess what Crafters Companion are launching on Create and Craft on the 27th July - well its MOREHEADS and these are to die for, I don't know how they do it but every new launch just gets better and better :0).

 

So to celebrate the new launch Crafters Companion are running an amazing competition and giving you the chance to win the new Morehead CD-ROM, plus the everyday decoupage kit and Christmas decoupage kit (total prize value over £50!) All you have to do is go to Crafters Companion website here and log in. The competition will run from the 23rd July till 10am on Friday 27th, so good luck :)

 

Why not go and check out the other Design Teams amazing creations. If you would like to see how to make the card above please pop over to Crafters Companion News Views and Inspiration blog and the instructions will be there sometime this week.

 

 

 

Mulberry Wood Christmas Cracker

Morning all I hope that your weather is better than ours, the thunder and lightning was awful this morning. I have been asked about the Christmas Cracker that I made for the launch of the Mulberry Wood collection from Crafters Companion so I thought that today I would share it with you. For the crackers I used the die cut and scored Paula's Crackers from Whichcraft, click here for the link.  Because the card base was white I used Tim Holtz distress Ink Broken China, which you can buy from Crafters Companion and decorated the very edges with some glitter. For the panels I used some of the Core-dinations card and a sheet of backing paper and some of the small tags from the Mulberry Wood CD. I then tied some matching ribbon around the ends of the cracker and decorated it with some snowflakes again using the core-dinations card from Crafters Companion and for the centres I used some of the Candi from Craftworks cards

Project for Peek-a-Boo/Shutter card - Mulberry Wood

Here is the Peek-a-Boo card project using the Crafters Companion Hunkydory kit from the Mulberry Wood collection as promised. I first made this card a couple of years ago, I got the idea from a magazine unfortunately I can't remember which one but thought that the Mulberry Wood images would be perfect for it. This is a beautiful kit and if you would like to purchase it, then pop over to Crafters Companion.


Things you will need :

Hunkydory Mulberry Wood kit from Crafters Companion
Ultimate Pro and boxer board
Scoring Tool
Glue
Speelbinder die standard circle
low tack tape
manual die cutting machine
2 small bows
Foam pads


1. I chose a piece of the A4 card stock with borders along each side. Using your Ultimate Pro butt your card stock up to the edge of the Ultimate pro and score along the A4 gatefold line. Turn your cardstock 180 degrees and score the same line again. Burnish using your bone folder.

2. Take some coordinating card stock and mat and layer onto the 3 inside panels of your card.

3. Cut a piece of cardstock 10 cm x 21cm, for this I chose a piece of cardstock with a character to give a bit more of a focal feature.

4. Next chose your image for the peekboo-a-Boo, I chose one of the large round images so that I could cut out my aperture using a spelldinder die. From the top of your piece of card measure down 3cm and using low tack tape stick your spell binders die in place and cut out using your die cutting machine.

5. Now cut a piece of matching cardstock to measure 24.5cm by 9.5 cm and cut in half. on one piece of your card mark the centre point and then measure 5cm down. On the back of your cardstock draw a V shape as shown. Now place both pieces of card on top of each other and cut out the V shape. Using your boxer board on the straight edge of both your pieces of card measure and score at 1.5cm across and burnish

6.Firstly to line up your image place this underneath your piece of card with the aperture cut out. Remove your piece of card  and I would then mark this with a pencil line before lifting the image off the card to put the glue on, you will not see the pencil mark as it will be covered up.  Then glue into place.

6. To line up the peek-a-boo mechanism , place your image under the cut out aperture ( do not glue this piece of card at this stage ) and slide in your 2 pieces of card with the V shape cut out at either side, with the folded flaps lined up flush to the left hand edge of your outer panels. When you have them lined up correctly place a small pencil at the top of each piece of V shape card so that when you glue these down you have a guide. Remove your piece of card with the aperture cut out and put to one side. Now for this I used a wet glue as it just you a bit of movement when lining up. I have crossed the V shapes over each other so that when it opens it looks like a camera shutter, now glue these into place just on the folded flaps and gently close you card to make sure that the mechanism works, as at this stage whilst the glue is still wet you can adjust them. When everything is ok let them dry.

7. Place glue just along the top and bottom of your piece of card that has the aperture cut out and stick over your shutter mechanism.

8. To decorate the two inside panels I used two small tags from the kit and two small matching bows.

9. For the front of your card, chose two toppers from the kit and place foam pads on part of the back as shown. Attach to the left hand side front panel.

I hope that you enjoyed making this card as much as I have.

Only one more sleep to go !!!!

Well again it is a dark and rainy day here but at least the thought of the launch of the new Mulberry Wood from Crafters Companion is keeping me smiling. Today I thought that I would share with you another stamped image from the collection and although I am a CD crafter at heart I have really fallen in love with these stamps :)

Not long know till Friday !!!!

Morning all well its only 2 more sleeps to go and I am getting really excited, I can't wait to see all the other DT's amazing cards. If you pop over to the Crafters Companion site and sign in to the project section you can see two amazing projects by Jane and Margaret. Today for a change I thought I would share with you a card I made using the CD Rom and again this is a new section on the CD and there are so many things you could make with them.

Don't forget to check out the blog hop, see my post on 25th June for more details.

Mulberry Wood New Launch another Sneak Peek

Well for once it is a lovely bright and sunny day, so my poor washer is going to be worn out by the end of the day. But who could be sad when the branch new launch from Crafters Companion is only 3 more sleeps away. This is an amazing set of stamps and CD rom which I know you are all going to love. Don't forget to check out my post yesterday to enter into the blog hop with a chance to win these amazing crafting goodies and whilst you are hopping check out the other DT fantastic creations.

I just love the fact that one of the brand new features on the CD is images to match up with your Epiphany tool !!!!

Chrsitmas in Mulberry Wood branch new launch and Blog Hop

As many of you know, Christmas starts in June for many papercrafters, so Crafter's Companion are starting to feel a little festive, launching the first of a new range, with artwork designed by artist Ian Hallows. The ‘Christmas in Mulberry Wood’ range (including six stamps, co-ordinating CD-ROM and two papercrafting collections by Hunkydory) will be Pick of the Week on Create & Craft from Midday on Friday!

To celebrate the launch, Crafter's Companion have organised a Blog Hop around some of the Design Team's blogs! If you have landed here from Beth's blog then you are hopping in the right direction. If not then you need to pop over to the Crafter’s Companion News blog to begin.

Everyone on the Design Team had so much fun creating with this new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Friday 29th June you have the chance to win the brand new 'Christmas in Mulberry Wood' CD-ROM.

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in order and then go back to the Crafter’s Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog to leave a comment about the range and the sneak peeks you’ve seen. On Friday June 29th, Crafter's Companion will pick two comments at random, to win the prize.

From here, you need to hop to Bianca's blog.

Keep popping back each day this week to see more sneak peeks!

Tutorial Double Fold Pop Out Card - A-May-Zing Christmas

Hi, I posted this card a few weeks ago and I thought I would share the tutorial with you as I have used the new A-May-Zing Christmas CD from the lovely Nigel May, and I am so proud to be part of his design team. So here goes :

Items used:

5 A4 sheets of Centura Pear Card
Nigel Mays Amaz-zing Christmas CD
pencil and ruler
craft knife and cutting mat
Bone Folder

Collal Glue

2 sheets of 3d toppers

5 sheets of backing paper

1 A4 insert with verse

4 sheets of A4 mirri board

spellbinders dies

martha stewart punch

gems from my crafting stash

about half a metre of thin ribbon

1 sheet of printed borders

2 sheets of image toppers

1. Print your choosen design onto your 2 sheets of Centura Pearl card and trim to 27.5cm x 20cm. Now fold this is half and then fold each section in half again and burnish all folds. Turn your card over so that the printed side is facing down and in the two centre panels starting at the top measure and place a small mark at the following intervals, 1", ½" , 1", ½" , 1", ½", 1" , ½" and 1". Now using your craft knife and cutting matt, cut these lines on the two centre panels only. Now starting at the top fold your first panel using a valley fold, the next fold using a mountain fold and carry on in this manner into all panels have been folded. Burnish all your folds.

2. Take two pieces of your white Centura Pearl card and trim to measure 27.5cm x 20cm. Now fold in half and then fold one section in half again. Now trim off one of the small panels and fold and burnish along the half fold line. Do exactly the same with your second piece of card. Now taking one of these pieces of card and one of your pieces of card with the cut out panels ,place the two smaller panels side by side, you will see I have marked these A & B. Now place the B panel over the A panel and stick together using a wet glue, as this makes it easier to get in the right place. Do the same with your second two pieces of card and let to dry.

3. Now turn both these pieces over so that the pattern side is facing down and butt the cut out panels together, join these with strips of double sided tape to keep in place. Cut two pieces of white Centura Pearl card 5.5" x 7⅞", now glue one of these over the two panels you have just butted together , this will hide the join and do the same of the reverse side. BEFORE YOU GLUE THESE INTO PLACE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CARD WILL FOLD, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE SLIGHTLY TOO WIDE IT WILL NOT ALLOW THE CARD TO CLOSE PROPERLY.

4. The next step is to make up the front two front panels, I have made both mine the same but that is just personal choice. Glue these onto your two front panels.

5. Now to work on the inside. For the two smaller panels inside use two of the borders from the CD and matt and layer these onto some mirri board.

6. To decorate the larger two panels on the inside, mat and layer your baking paper onto some mirri card and place a gem into each corner. Print out a sheet of image toppers and chose A5 size. I used a larger topper and two smaller ones mat and layered again onto mirri board. Now make another one of these and glue these onto the inside panels of your card.

7. Now chose your insert and verse for the card and print this as A4 size. Trim to fit the centre of your card and glue into place.

I hope that you enjoy making this card as much as I did, but if you have any questions please just ask.

Thanks for looking xxx