Tutorial Double Tri Fold Card

As promised here is a quick tutorial for the Double Tri Fold card that I made as a sneak peak from the new
launch of the Beatrix Potter from Crafters Companion. I have used a brightly coloured card for this as I thought it would be easier for you to see it.

To make the card you will need:

Ultimate Pro and Boxer Board from Crafters Companion and a scoring tool
2 x A3 card stock, but this card could be made in any size.
Backing papers
2 x A4 card stock
Glue
Trimmer

Tape

1. Take a piece of A3 card stock the Centura Pearl from Crafters Companion is idea for this project. Trim your 2 pieces of A3 card to measure 8.25 " by 12", I have made this 8.25" inches as I want to use an 8" insert in the centre. Then using the box base side of your boxer board and the longest sides of your card stock top and bottom, score at 4" interviews and fold and burnish with your scoring tool.

2. Now lay your first piece of card out flat and on the first panel measure from the bottom up 3 . 5" and draw a faint line in pencil up to the top of the third panel. You can take the first panel any size depending of the size of the topper you want to use. Trim this off as shown.

3. Now with your 2nd piece of card again lay flat and on the far right hand panel again measure up 3 . 50" and draw another faint line up to the top of the third panel and again trim off.

4. Now lay both your pieces together with the large panels butted up to each other. I held these in place just using some tape.

5. To join your to pieces of card together from your A4 card cut to two pieces measuring 8.25" x 8 3/16th and glue one to the front and one to the back this will then hide the joins.

6. Then fold each side of your card in as shown.

For your mat and layers I found the easiest way was to place your card or paper behind the panel that you wanted to decorate and faintly draw around it, then when you cut this out cut just inside the pencil line, you may find though that you still need to trim this slightly.

Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting

Beatrix Potter 3rd Sneak Peak and Blog Hop and Tutorial for Tea Light Box

To see how to make this click here for the tutorial .

Well today I thought that I would share with you my third Beatrix Potter Sneak Peak. For this I have used one of my favourite Beatrix Potter CD's Appleby Dappleby. I always think that tea lights are a lovely gift with a card , so I thought this was a different way to give them.

I hope that you have all entered the Crafter’s Companion Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the new Beatrix Potter CDs and stamps.
If you have landed here from Ali'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.


Our DT have had a great time creating with the new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Tuesday 20th March as Pick of the Day on Ideal World, we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning a fabulous Prize:

All three new CDs and all three new stamps (worth £74.94)!

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 your link.  Along the way you will notice that each Blog will give you a letter - make a note of these as they will make a phrase which we will ask you for if your number is drawn by Random.Org on the morning of Tuesday 20th March.

My letter is: P

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

PLEASE DO NOT TELL US WHAT THE WORD IS ON THE CRAFTER’S COMPANION NEWS VIEWS AND INSPIRATION BLOG, WE WILL E-MAIL YOU FOR THE ANSWER IF YOUR ENTRY NUMBER IS DRAWN.

Beatrix Potter 2nd Sneak Peak and Blog Hop

Well today I thought that I would share with you my second Beatrix Potter Sneak Peak. For this I have used one of the new Beatrix Potter CD's Benjemin Bunny and used all three sizes of the frames, they were just perfect for this card. You are just going to love this CD and all the others there are so many things on them you won't know where to start :)
I hope that you have all entered the Crafter’s Companion Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the new Beatrix Potter CDs and stamps.
If you have landed here from Ali'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.


Our DT have had a great time creating with the new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Tuesday 20th March as Pick of the Day on Ideal World, we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning a fabulous Prize:

All three new CDs and all three new stamps (worth £74.94)!

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 your link.  Along the way you will notice that each Blog will give you a letter - make a note of these as they will make a phrase which we will ask you for if your number is drawn by Random.Org on the morning of Tuesday 20th March.

My letter is: P

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

PLEASE DO NOT TELL US WHAT THE WORD IS ON THE CRAFTER’S COMPANION NEWS VIEWS AND INSPIRATION BLOG, WE WILL E-MAIL YOU FOR THE ANSWER IF YOUR ENTRY NUMBER IS DRAWN.

First Sneak Peak for the New Beatrix Potter and Crafters Companion Blog Hop

Hi all, and welcome to the Crafter’s Companion Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the new Beatrix Potter CDs and stamps. I have made my first sneak peak using the new Beatrix Potter Decoupage and paper pad with matching ribbons and gems.

If you have landed here from Ali'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.


Our DT have had a great time creating with the new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Tuesday 20th March as Pick of the Day on Ideal World, we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning a fabulous Prize:

All three new CDs and all three new stamps (worth £74.94)!

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 your link.  Along the way you will notice that each Blog will give you a letter - make a note of these as they will make a phrase which we will ask you for if your number is drawn by Random.Org on the morning of Tuesday 20th March.

My letter is: P

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

PLEASE DO NOT TELL US WHAT THE WORD IS ON THE CRAFTER’S COMPANION NEWS VIEWS AND INSPIRATION BLOG, WE WILL E-MAIL YOU FOR THE ANSWER IF YOUR ENTRY NUMBER IS DRAWN.

Paintbox Poppets Frame Book Tutorial

I am sure by now that you have all seen the amazing new launch from Crafters Companion called Paintbox Poppets. This is the best CD,stamps and decoupage I have ever had the pleasure to play with and I hope that you managed to get yours. I had so much fun playing with these and so today I thought that I would share with you my Frame Card Book. I was blown away when the artist of Paintbox Poppets Christine Haworth asked Sara from Crafters Companion if she would send her this card I made after the shows on Create and Craft were finished, I thought that Sara was joking st first. So here is the tutorial which is on the Crafters Companion website just click here . The picture below is a longer version of this card but it is very easily adapted from the attached tutorial.

A Little something for my Great Niece's Christening

Well I have had such fun at the weekend playing with Eileen ( thats my amazing ecraft machine ) :) . As I am going to my great nieces christening at the weekend I thought I would share with you a little something I have made for her. I was going to make a card but when I saw this I just had to make it, it is soooo cute. I got the SVG file from svg.com and just made the box to fit, of course using my boxer board from Crafters Companion.

Thanks for looking xx

The Paperlane Blog Challenge

Morning all today I am sharing with you a card that I have made so that I can enter the Paperlane Blog Challenge which this month is Inspired by a Book. I just love this image it can be used for any occasion. Please pop over to the Paperlane Blog and why not have a go at entering, they are giving away Copic Pens this month as a prize , now who could resist. If you are every in Northallerton then why not pop in and say hello to Caz you are always sure of a very warm welcome. The book that I was inspired by is " Little Women "

And the Winner is !!!!!!

Morning all and first of all I would like to thank you all for entering into my very first Blog Candy giveaway and there could be no better prize than Leann's brand new Colouring Technque DVD from Crafters Companion and not only that but it is going to be signed by both Leann and Sara.

Well now for what you have all been waiting for the number of the winner is ..........................

Number 14 (Fourteen)

So congratulations, please can you send me your name and address to pamleng1@hotmail.com and I will arrange for your prize to be sent out to you, Happy Colouring.

Pam xx

MY VERY FIRST BLOG CANDY - SPECTRUM NOIR DVD BY LEANN CHIVERS

 The lovely Sara at CRAFTERS COMPANION has given me the chance to let one of my lovely blogging friends win the brand new Spectrum Noir DVD which is to be launched on Create and Craft tonight at 9pm. Not only that but it will also signed by both Sara and Leann themselves . I am so pleased to be able to give away my first blog candy, so all you have to do is leave your name and link your blog, facebook or twitter page using the link below and one name will be selected at random after 9pm tomorrow night thats Wednesday 15th February.

So all it couldn't be easier, good luck to everyone and I will post the winner on Thursday morning.

Also here is a clip on Leann DVD just to wet your appetite :)









Good Luck

Hugs Pam xx

Thank you Julie

Well what a lovely surprise I got today when one of my Crafters Companion buddies sent me this lovely award, thank you Julie. Julie has an amazing blog over on http://craftyjulie57.blogspot.com/ so why not pop over and pay her a visit.

So I would like to pass this award on to some lovely peaople who also have amazing blogs so please pop over and have a look at their fantastic creations, they are always an inspiration to me.

Jayne - http://jayneyd.blogspot.com/
Cathy - http://cathscrafting.blogspot.com/2012/02/sun-is-shining.html
Nandia - http://nyasroom.wordpress.com/
Louise - http://louscardcreations.blogspot.com/
Ali - http://simplystylishstamping.blogspot.com/

Nominees

Please follow the guidelines below when accepting your Liebster Blog Award.
Congratulations to you all you well deserve this award.
When one accepts the award they agree to:

Thank the person who gave them the award and link back to their blog.

Copy and paste the award to their blog ( I linked mine to the one that gave it to me)

Reveal the next 5 blogs they have chosen to receive the award commenting on their blog to break the happy news.

And Lastly, hope the artists nominated  will do the above to keep the award going by accepting and awarding 'The Liebster Award' to 5 special blogger's that they would like to honour

Hugs Pam xx

One for Brians Mum

Well over the weekend I thought as I did not have any DT work on I would try and have a catch up on some cards I need to make, so I made one for my MIL for Mothers Day. For the unusual shape I used the Crafters Companion Enveloplus CD Rom from Crafters Companion and cut this out using my Ecraft machine it makes the matting and layering really easy. I also cut the large butterflies from the Fundamentals 1 cartridge again from my amazing Ecraft machine and for the smaller butterflies used a Martha Stewart punch.

Fingers crossed she likes it :)

Hugs Pam xx

Sheena's new Paint Fusion CD - Todays the day !!!!!

Well today is the day that you have been waiting for, it is the launch of the new CD from Sheena Douglas on Create and Craft at 12 o'clock. You are going to fall in love with this as soon as you see it so get your straight away, you really don't want to miss out, head over to Crafters Companion to get yours.

Only two more sleeps to go to get your Epiphany Tool

Well the time is nearly here, only two more sleeps to go till you can get your hands on the new Epiphany Tool from Crafters Companion. You will really not know how you crafted without it, so watch Leann on Create and Craft on Sunday. For this card I used the Popcorn kids CD from Crafters Companion and I was able to place the Epiphany tool directly over the hearts on the backing paper to make my button embellishments.

3rd Sneak Peak for the new Epiphany tool from Crafters Companion

Well here is my third sneak peak for the new Epiphany tool from Crafters Companion, so don't forget to watch Leann on Sunday on Create and Craft before you go over to the Crafters Companion web site to get yours. Leann will have some amazing demo's on all the things that you can make. For this card I used the Fairyopolis CD and made one of the frame cards and matched the centre of my flowers with matching backing paper from the CD.

3rd Sneak Peak for Sheena's new Paint Fusion CD

Well only one more sleep to go before Sheena lauches this new CD on Create and Craft on Friday so don't miss out on this one and go over to the Crafters Companion on Friday and get yourself this beautiful CD. There are some beautiful images on there and for my sneak peak today I used the lovely heart shapes to make a wall hanging this would be perfect for a Mothers Day gift.

Epiphany Tool from Crafters Companion

Oh I think this is my favourite new tool, it is so easy to use and wait till you see what can be done with it, don't forget to watch Leann on Create and Craft on Sunday, but be quick to pop over to the Crafters Companion web site on Sunday because this is definately one you won't want to miss. I used the stamps and backing papers from the Fairyopolis CD and matched my button using the Epiphany tool

2nd Sneak Peak Sheena's new Paint Fusion CD

Morning all today I am going to share with you my second sneak peak from Sheena's brand new Paint Fusion CD which launches on Friday over on C&C, so  pop over to Crafters Companion on Friday so that you don't miss out on yours.There are some beautiful bookmarks and decoupage on the CD and I triple embossed the Poppies.

Sneak Peak New from the lovely Sheena Douglas

Morning all, sorry I have not been around for a while but don't know where the time goes too. The weather here is cold but sunny and at least we have not had any more snow. Today I am going to share with you a sneak peak from a CD that the lovely Sheena Douglas is launching on Create and Craft on Friday as Pick of the Week, if you pop over to the Crafters Companion site will be able to buy it there also from Friday and this is one not to be missed. I had such fun with this CD the images are stunning and at first could not choose which one to start with first. So I decided to use more than one and make a birthday book, this meant that I could use loads of images and they are all so pretty.

Wow you are going to LOVE this !!!!! New Epiphany Tool

Today I am giving you a sneak peak of a new tool that Crafters Companion are launching on Sunday on Create and Craft. This is an amazing machine that enables you to match you embellishments to all your cards and scrapbook pages. It is so easy to use and you will want to know how you lived without it. For my card today I have used it wilth a stamped image from the adorable Popcorn the Bear and used the same backing paper for my buttons. Oh I just love this amazing new tool :).