tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10788031641278590892024-03-18T09:15:35.592+00:00Pink-Crafty-DevilBy Kelly DawkinsKelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-59539735535234624242014-12-01T07:00:00.000+00:002014-12-01T07:00:05.570+00:00Christmas Again<div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Everyone, </div>
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Kelly
again today and again I have for you another Christmas card, I thought
that I would keep with the Christmas theme, considering we have now
entered December. </div>
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I started with a green six by six card blank that I matted with a white
layer, then a green layer and the top layer is a white layer that I
decorated up, I used the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-holly-swirl-tree.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">"Holly Swirly Tree"</a> stamp and the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-seasons-greetings.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">"Seasons Greetings"</a> Stamp. </div>
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I used the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-holly-swirl-tree.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">Holly Swirl Tree</a>
and just randomly inked sections up using a clear embossing pad, and
embossed using a silver detail embossing powder, I repeated this around
the square. </div>
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I then stamped the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-seasons-greetings.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">"Seasons Greetings" </a>stamp
and embossed using a gold tinsel embossing powder. I added some liquid
pearls to the card to finish it off and left it pretty much as that as I
wanted the sentiment to be the focus of the card.</div>
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I hope you like it and I will see you next week with some more inspiration.</div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-8999636614701146682014-11-24T07:00:00.001+00:002014-11-24T07:00:06.698+00:00Seasons Greetings <div style="text-align: center;">
Morning Guys, </div>
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How are we all today, well it is Monday again already so that means it is my day to share with you some ideas. </div>
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Today I thought I would use some of the Yuletide Stamps.</div>
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For this card I used two stamps, I used <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-holly-swirl-tree.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">Holly Swirl Tree </a>and <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-seasons-greetings.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">Seasons Greetings </a> </div>
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I complemented the stamps with the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/inkables-6x6-template-chainlink-fencing.ir?cName=inkables-templates" target="_blank">Inkables Chain Link Fencing </a>mask </div>
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The card is an A4 blank, which I matted with a red layer and then a white layer, the white layer I used the inkables mask and embossed it using my embossing machine, I only did this for the top of the layer. </div>
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stamped my "Holly Swirl Tree" stamp using a clear ink pad and embossed
it with a gold tinsel embossing powder. I matted this onto a piece of
red card to give it extra layer, next I stamped in black ink the
sentiment and again matted this onto the red card stock. </div>
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I added a ribbon and a bow, placed the "seasons greetings" to the bottom, three card candi and liquid pearls in gold. </div>
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This is a close up, of what the embossing powder looks like, I tried to cature the sparkle.</div>
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That is it for me for today, I will be back next week with more inspiration. </div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-58940247115491783252014-11-17T07:00:00.000+00:002014-11-21T12:09:35.591+00:00Santa is coming to town <div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Guys, </div>
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Today I have for you a card using one of the Yule Tide collection. I have used <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-claus.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">Claus</a> as the main feature of this card. </div>
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The card is a 7x7 card blank that has been matted and layered up using various backing papers, and card stock. </div>
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The image was stamped and then his face was coloured in using promarkers, I used stickles to glitter his beard and white pearls to "pearl" around him. </div>
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I finished the card off with some ribbon, which I tied into a bow and three pieces of card candi.</div>
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I hope you like him and thank you for stopping in</div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-49102435395943302002014-11-10T07:00:00.000+00:002014-11-10T07:00:06.759+00:00Poppy Heads <div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Crafty Friends, </div>
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It is Monday morning again, where are these weeks going, be December soon and then in to the new year. </div>
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card I have for you today is one that I have left blank with regards to
a sentiment, I thought that it could be used for a Birthday, Thinking
of You, Sympathy or just a Hello card. </div>
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started with a plain blank card stock, and used a deep blue ink pad and
inked the background I didn't really take much care with it as I
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I took the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/beautanicals-polymer-stamps-poppy-heads.ir?cName=stamps-beautanicals" target="_blank">"Poppy Heads" </a>I inked them up using a clear ink pad, and heat embossed them with a suttle white embossing powder.<br />
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To finish it off I added ribbon to the bottom, with a fake bow and three pieces of white card candi.<br />
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Crafty Hugs<br />
Kelly<br />
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<br />Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-33502964387975048202014-11-03T07:00:00.000+00:002014-11-03T07:00:00.373+00:00Under My Tree <div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Guys, </div>
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Monday again so it means it is my turn to share with you some more inspiration. </div>
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Today I have a Christmas card for you. </div>
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I created a 6x6 card blank and started with a red card blank. </div>
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The next layer was a white blank card stock, the I repeatedly stamped the sentiment <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-under-my-tree-lg.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">"If you're not under my tree Christmas morning i'm going back to bed" </a></div>
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I next matted it again with a plain red layer and then stamped the sentiment repeatedly on the next white layer again using a christmas red ink pad. </div>
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The main topper was stamped with black inkpad
and then his hair and beard was glittered using a fine glitter glue. I
matted this onto a red layer. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment
again and matted it up, and placed it into the corner, I added a
poinsettia with some gold fibres, and three pieces of card candi, I then fake stitched around the layers to give them further detail. </div>
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Well that is it for me for today</div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-75077199986252305262014-10-27T07:00:00.000+00:002014-10-27T07:00:07.308+00:00Something That Made You Smile<div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Crafty Friends, </div>
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It is my turn again today to share with you some inspiration using some of the stamps from Bee Crafty. </div>
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The sentiment that I have picked today has to be one of my favourites. </div>
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The sentiment is from the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=wordage&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Wordage Range</a> and is called <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-polymer-stamps-never-regret-lg.ir?cName=stamps-wordage-polymer-stamps" target="_blank">Never Regret </a></div>
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I
created a 6x6 card blank using a white hammered card stock, the next
layer is a blue card stock, matted again with another white card stock
that has been embossed using the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/inkables-6x6-template-chainlink-fencing.ir?cName=inkables-templates" target="_blank">Inkables Chain Link Fencing Mask. </a></div>
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used a matting die to create the "toppper" on the white card stock I
stamped the sentiment and used a detailed silver embossing powder using
my heat gun to "set" it. </div>
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Next
I added three butterflies, and liquid pearls to the center of each
butterfly and in the join of the chainlinks on the background. </div>
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Thanks for stopping in. </div>
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Hugs </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-62535962619282215872014-10-20T07:00:00.000+01:002014-10-20T07:00:01.137+01:00Spooky Scrapbooking <div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Crafty People;</div>
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Today
I thought I would share with you a Halloween Scrapbook Layout. I tried
to take pictures at each step so bare with me. All of the stamps I used
were from the new <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/stamps-all-hallows.irc?cName=stamps-all-hallows&pg=1" target="_blank">All Hallows Range</a></div>
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I selected a plain black background and cut it down to 8 X 8 inches </div>
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I used a white card stock and randomly stamped the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/stamps-all-hallows.irc?cName=stamps-all-hallows&pg=1" target="_blank">spider </a>using a black momento ink pad, once I was happy I cut it down to 7.75 x 7.75 inches.</div>
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I had so I had to come up with an idea. I cut this down to 7.25 x 7.25
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So I Decided to
take the Fern stamp and the black ink pad and randomly stamp the fern
around the edges of the card stock I then used the Black Soot distress
ink pad and some cut and dry foam to ink the edges, some of the ink got
on my finger and left random dots but I didn't try and correct these as I
thought it gave a bit more of a "spooky distress" look to it.</div>
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used my explore to cut the border out, I cut it to the size of the card
and left it to size. I added white pen around the "tombs" to give it
some detail</div>
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Next I created my photo mat layer. </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-37665585461018786142014-10-13T07:00:00.000+01:002014-10-13T07:00:07.302+01:00Delightful Judith<div style="text-align: center;">
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This time I have gone for a girly card to share with you and have used one of the brilliant </div>
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This time I did a DL card the base is lilac and I am sure it come from a card blank pack I purchased many years ago. </div>
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it in using a distress ink pad, this time I used Worn Lipstick and then
inked lightly with the Victorian Velvet. To give it some detail I used
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Next I stamped Judith on to 300gsm card stock and coloured her with a combination of promarkers. I used a rose chalk inkpad for her cheeks, she was a delight to stamp and colour. </div>
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To finish the card I added foam to some of the layers, some ribbon and a knot bow, card candi and a sentiment from the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-minis-thank-youhugs.ir?cName=stamps-wordage-polymer-stamps" target="_blank">Wordage range "Hugs and Kisses" </a></div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-14800864204578541572014-10-12T13:50:00.001+01:002014-10-12T13:50:13.279+01:00Anniversary Blues<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I have for you an anniversary card that I have made. </div>
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I made this style card previously with black and white card and then bright coloured hearts.</div>
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I got requested to make it again, but using navy blue and white.</div>
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I added little butterflies to the hearts and lots of embossing, with liquid pearls in the centre dots of the embossing. </div>
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I finished it with a "Happy Anniversary" sentiment </div>
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I am going to enter this into the following challenges:</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-75079793882495092792014-10-06T08:00:00.000+01:002014-10-06T08:00:02.106+01:00Scary Spider <div style="text-align: center;">
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So I started with a light blue back ground which I inked with a dark blue distress ink </div>
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I matted a white layer and inked it with black soot and wasn't overally careful about it as I wanted it to be all spooky</div>
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The next layer started with a white card blank, which I stamped the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=hallows&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">spider</a>
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I used a fern stamp and stamped it into the corners I stamped them three times in each corner.</div>
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To finish I added the "danger poison" stamp to the corner. </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-79800137510929558232014-09-29T08:00:00.000+01:002014-09-29T08:00:06.014+01:00To The Moon <div style="text-align: center;">
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How are we all today, slowly getting back into the swing of the school runs?</div>
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I started with a <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=card+stock&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">white card stock</a>,
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Next I created my "moon" this is a circle cut from a circle die cutter and I tucked it underneath the center section to make it look like a half moon. I then cut my "flags" for the bottom and again tucked them under the center. I added my matted sentiment with foam tape to give dimension. To finish I added fake stitching to the moon, flags and center strip. I finally finished it with six pieces of card candi. </div>
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I hope you like it and you can find the sentiment I used <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-polymer-stamps-shoot-for-the-moon-lg.ir?cName=stamps-wordage-polymer-stamps" target="_blank">here!</a></div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-76438582334403994572014-09-28T16:48:00.003+01:002014-09-28T16:48:42.521+01:00True Moment <div style="text-align: center;">
Afternoon Crafty Friends, </div>
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Well if you have been following me on Facebook you will have heard that this week was the start of a new chapter in my life.. I started my three year Finance Degree at University so trying to get into the swing and keep the blog up to date is proving a challenge. So I think a lot of scheduling will be done .. haha - This also means that I will be pulling back on some of my card making as I want to leave myself time to do some Scrapbooking as well as enjoying the new uni life.. I will be using my old supplies just in a new way, so keep an eye out on things to come. </div>
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Anyway onto a card that I have created. I am still trying to get my blog fully up to date, some of these cards have been created and sat photographed just waiting for me to pull my finger out and get them uploaded. </div>
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So this card see me creating an anniversary card. I used purple and white with a hint of silver as I think this combination works really well together. The stamp is from Bee Crafty I purchased this on my visit to them at the beginning of the year. I heat embossed this using a Silver detail embossing powder. I adore this sentiment! I have used it in my smash book as well, I will get a pic of that uploaded at some point.</div>
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Sister Act Card Challenge - <a href="http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-76.html" target="_blank">#76 Anything Goes </a>- 03/10</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-45003685358570971242014-09-22T08:00:00.000+01:002014-09-22T08:00:08.029+01:00Spooky Goings On<div style="text-align: center;">
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I thought today I would share a card I made using the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=hallows&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">"All Hallows"</a> range to try and give you some inspiration ready for Halloween, eek it won't be long now. </div>
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today I started with a white spring card design I matted the front
with a white piece of card stock that was inked with orange ink and then
edged with black soot, the next layer is a black piece of card stock
and I stamped the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=hallows&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">"Danger Poison"</a>
stamp in the orange ink and created a background. It doesn't stand out
fantastically but it does look pretty cool when you see it. I stamped
the sentiment <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/all-hallows-polymer-stamps-happy-halloween.ir?cName=stamps-all-hallows" target="_blank">"Happy Halloween" </a>onto
a white card stock and inked it again with the orange ink and edged
with the black soot ink, I very very lightly went over the sentiment to
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Thanks for stopping in and don't forget a different member of the design team showcases a creation every day on the blog and we have our Facebook group that you can share your creations with us. </div>
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Kelly</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-81396745380048857522014-09-19T08:00:00.000+01:002014-09-19T08:00:09.938+01:00Love Is In The Air ! <div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I have for you another card that I have made - I have been storing these up for you all :) </div>
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I thought I would share with you another anniversary card, this time it is one I made for my hubby. </div>
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I decided to use one of my fav wedding photos, I took it into my photo editing software and created it in Sepia so it would match with the colour scheme that I wanted to use.</div>
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I find it really difficult doing male cards, never mind male anniversary cards, I want them romantic but not slushy and mushy. </div>
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The card is an 8x8 square card matted with a light brown and white card. The top layer has been embossed using a heart embossing folder. I matted and layered our photo and cut some "hinges" and hearts using my cameo machine. I embossed one of the hearts to give it a bit of texture. </div>
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He loved it so that is the main thing! </div>
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Thanks for stopping in and I look forward to reading your comments. </div>
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I am going to enter this into the following challenges. </div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-37546289087120778882014-09-17T12:26:00.001+01:002014-09-17T12:26:23.359+01:00Always and Forever <div style="text-align: center;">
<br />Hi Crafty Friends, </div>
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How are you all?</div>
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Today is a card I made for my parents wedding anniversary. </div>
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I used <a href="http://www.birdscards.com/" target="_blank">Birds Card</a>s SVG file for the background - You can find her files <a href="http://www.birdscards.com/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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The image is from Lili of The Valley and I coloured it in with promarkers and the odd flex markers. I cut the balloon out twice and raised this with foam tape. </div>
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The flowers are from Wild Orchard Crafts and the leaves and swirls I believe are also from Birds Cards. </div>
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The gems are from my stash and I used a stamp from I think it was Popcorn the Bear. </div>
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The challenges I am going to enter this in to are: </div>
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Through the Craft Room Door - <a href="http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ttcrd-challenge-september-16-september.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes </a>- 22/09</div>
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Creatalicious Challenge - <a href="http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com.br/2014/09/challenge-67-flower-power.html" target="_blank">#67 Flower Power </a>- 15/10</div>
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Crafting from the Heart - <a href="http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-36.html" target="_blank">#36 Anything Goes </a>- 22/09</div>
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The Crafty Blogger Networks - <a href="http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/september-challenge-at-crafty-bloggers.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a> - 01/10</div>
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Thank you for stopping in I hope you like it and I look forward to reading your comments. </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-24656184054526220022014-09-15T08:00:00.000+01:002014-09-15T08:00:04.704+01:00Everyone Needs A Tin Man <div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I thought I would share with you a card I made from the Wizard of Oz Range that Bee Crafty are so proud off!</div>
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I
love this stamp, he even gets the approval from my other half, whenever
I show him what I have made with this stamp, he is always like "I love
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I stamped him on 300gsm white
card stock and to be honest he doesn't need coloring in, but I used Ice
Grey 1, 3 and 5 for his body and used Red for his bow tie. </div>
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Next I took the red distress ink and the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/backdrop-polymer-stamp-bark-negative.ir?cName=stamps-backdrop-stamps" target="_blank">"Bark Negative" </a>background
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I matted this onto a grey, and a red layer then placed this onto a a6 card blank. </div>
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To finish I matted a red piece to a grey piece and stamped the sentiment "Thank You" using a grey fog ink pad. </div>
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Isn't he great? I don't think I have heard a negative comment about him.</div>
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Thanks for stopping in, don't forget to pop back each day to see what the rest of the design team have to offer. </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-24819274269733870902014-09-08T08:00:00.001+01:002014-09-08T08:00:08.807+01:00Happy Halloween - Gift Card <div style="text-align: center;">
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I am here sharing with you a quick Halloween card that I have made from the new range ALL HALLOWS.</div>
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Okay so we are not in October yet and Halloween seems so far away, but it will be here soon enough. </div>
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My card today doubles up with a gift as well. </div>
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stock cut it down by a 1/4 inch and then used a orange ink pad to ink
the edges to create an orange layer, the orange I had seemed to bright
for a Halloween card, so I used Black Soot and lightly inked over the
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The next layer is again a white card stock I stamped the Sentiment <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/stamps-all-hallows.irc?cName=stamps-all-hallows&pg=1" target="_blank">"Happy Halloween"</a><br /> I
inked around it with the orange ink and then again ran around the edges
with the black soot. I mounted this layer onto foam tap to give some
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pop back tomorrow to see what Sue has on over for you, we would love to
see your creations so please don't forget to pop on over to our Facebook group, or leave a comment in the comment box with a link to your project :) </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-80189891599575920452014-09-04T09:57:00.001+01:002014-09-04T09:57:08.308+01:00Butterfly Birthday <div style="text-align: center;">
Hi Crafty Friends, </div>
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So today I have a card for you a created for a really close friend of mine who recently celebrated her birthday. </div>
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I love the look of the pink and the brown together with the hint of blue, think this might be my fav colour combination at the moment. </div>
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I started with a white card blank, matted it with a brown layer, a white pink layer that I embossed and then topped with another brown layer and blue designer paper, which I matted a pink butterfly on to which I embossed. </div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-84081613686876617772014-09-01T08:00:00.000+01:002014-09-01T08:00:01.227+01:00Poppy Delights <div style="text-align: center;">
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Mind I will be joining them with the nerves in a few weeks time when I
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Today I thought I would share with you a card that I made using a poppy stamp and an <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=inkables&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Inkables </a>mask. </div>
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To start with I stamped my <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/beautanicals-polymer-stamps-poppy-heads.ir?cName=stamps-beautanicals" target="_blank">Poppy stamp</a>
using a black in pad, I then stamped it on to a post it note, and cut
around it to create a "mask" I put the mask over the original stamped
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I used more colour at the top and faded it to a light shade towards the
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the black stamped image just to take the harsh white away, I added a
piece of ribbon to the middle of the stamp and tied a fake bow I matted
and layered this onto white and distress inked pieces of card - You will
notice I do this a lot, I use plain white card stock and then use my
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-68157115504158849692014-08-27T08:31:00.001+01:002014-08-27T08:31:30.751+01:00On Your Special Day <div style="text-align: center;">
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Up early this morning trying to catch up on things. </div>
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Quick thank you for all your support and hello to my new followers; twitter, Facebook and on my blog you are all welcome and thank you for supporting me. Also a quick thank you for all who have taken the time to view my first video, and thanks for the comments as well. </div>
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So today's card is an 8x8 card blank matted with four layers of white and pink card, the top white layer is embossed with a circle embossing folder, the last pink layer is done with a swirl embossing folder, this layer I used the De-Embossed side! </div>
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I stamped the sentiment "On Your Special Day" onto a pink card stock that was cut out using my Spellbinders die. I created a flag to go underneath the sentiment. </div>
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To finish the card of I added "blooms" that I picked up from Lili of the Valley - I think they are Wild Orchard Crafts - I added pink Liquid pearl to the edge of the sentiment and in the middle of each circle. </div>
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So that is my card for today, I hope you like it. </div>
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I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:</div>
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Fan- Tastic Tuesday - Must Be Square - #50 <a href="http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-50.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a> - 02/09</div>
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Through The Craft Room Door - <a href="http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/ttcrd-august-26-september-1.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes </a>- 02/09</div>
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Crafting From The Heart -<a href="http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-33.html" target="_blank">#33 Anything Goes </a>- 01/09</div>
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Kelly</div>
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xxx</div>
Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-42448026131193508182014-08-25T08:00:00.000+01:002014-08-25T08:00:08.466+01:00Here Comes Santa <div style="text-align: center;">
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How are we all today? Hope you are all enjoying your bank holiday weekend.</div>
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Today I thought I would share with you a Christmas Gift Bag, I created with two stamps from the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/stamps-yuletide.irc?cName=stamps-yuletide&pg=1" target="_blank">Yuletide</a> range. </div>
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I started with a plain brown gift bag, I matted it with white card
stock and then red polka dot paper, on to this I matted a further white
layer that was matted with a wordy Christmas paper. I added a white
border and a green strip across the center of the bag, the ribbon was
added and attached to it, with a further piece of ribbon tucked in and
pulled to create the Knot. I stamped my Santa onto 300gsm card stock I
used a black ink pad for this and left him black and white, I added fake
stitching around the Santa and added him to a red square. I repeated
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don't forget to leave a comment also for anyone on Facebook Bee Crafty
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Thanks for stopping in, don't forget to stop back tomorrow to see what Sue has to offer for us. </div>
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<a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/yuletide-polymer-stamp-claus.ir?cName=stamps-yuletide" target="_blank">Yuletide - Clause </a></div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-40015022140618759202014-08-21T15:51:00.003+01:002014-08-21T15:51:52.765+01:00First Video - Pretty Style Smash Book<div style="text-align: center;">
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Well I have talked about this for months now that I wanted to start making videos, and I decided to take the plunge and just do it. </div>
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I did a Smashbook for my family holiday back in May, and whilst looking for ideas I noticed that not a lot of people use Smashbooks for themed book, so I thought I would video mine and hopefully give someone some inspiration from it. </div>
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Now it is my first video and it does need some alterations to it so I may upload it again when I have edited it slightly. The main issue is the lighting when I come to do it, I got my lighting just right, but then we had a massive rain storm and it come over all dark which whilst I was doing it I didn't really realise how dark it had got, so I may need to lighten it up again.. I have spoke to hubby tho and he is going to set me some lights up using day light bulbs so that should help. </div>
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Anyway enough of me going on, you can find my You Tube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9vxg0v1R-K9iA_vRq0sjgw" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-78264022589868317252014-08-18T08:00:00.000+01:002014-08-18T08:00:04.531+01:00All About The Fern <div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I thought I would share with you a card that I made with a male in mind. </div>
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I used the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/beautanicals-polymer-stamps-ferns.ir?cName=stamps-beautanicals" target="_blank">BEAUtanicals range - Ferns</a></div>
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I stamped the "Thank You" from the <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=wordage&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Wordage</a> range. </div>
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I added a piece of ribbon and finished with a bow and three pieces of card candi. </div>
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I hope you like this, it is a little different for me and I think it could be used for a birthday card as well. </div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly</div>
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Ferns</div>
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Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-60166750455036068642014-08-11T08:00:00.000+01:002014-08-11T08:00:00.861+01:00Well Hello Shirley <div style="text-align: center;">
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My turn to share with you what I have created to share with you for inspiration. </div>
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This week I am sharing <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=Shirley&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">"Shirley" </a></div>
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<br />I love <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=Shirley&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Shirley</a> she is so cute, with her mad hair and glasses, she is perfect for any age. </div>
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base is an 8 by 8 white card blank with Bright Pink and Lime Green
colour card stock which have been cut down by a 1/4 of an inch to give a
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I used a designer paper from my stash which luckily complimented the image and my colour scheme perfectly. </div>
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I stamped Shirley out onto 300gsm card stock cut her out using a spellbinder die, and coloured her with <a href="http://www.beecrafty.net/?searchStr=promarker&x=15&y=5" target="_blank">promarker pens. </a></div>
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Hair; Walnut, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Sandstone</div>
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Top; Wild Cranberry, Pink Lobster, Rose Pink</div>
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Skirt; Leaf Green, Grass Green, Apple</div>
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Boots; Apricot, Honeycomb, Oatmeal</div>
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Skin; Ivory, Blush, Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink</div>
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Glasses; Apple</div>
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Eyeshadow- Soft Aqua (Flex Marker)</div>
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Lips - Vermillion (Flex Marker)</div>
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Edging - Soft Aqua </div>
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the center of it, I then added a sheer green ribbon and knotted it at
one end. I used a photo corner die in the green added to each corner.
Finally to finish the card I punched out four flowers two in each colour
and added gems to the center of the flowers and to the center of the
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I am going to enter this into the following challenges</div>
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Thanks for stopping in </div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly</div>
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xxx</div>
Kelly D http://www.blogger.com/profile/16120615632612611342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078803164127859089.post-15889871886284114402014-08-07T12:00:00.000+01:002014-08-07T12:00:05.121+01:00Beary Christmas Fun <div style="text-align: center;">
Good Morning Crafty Friends,</div>
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Today I have for you a Christmas Layout that I created and finished yesterday.</div>
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(Sorry be-warned it is a long post so a cuppa and a biscuit might be needed) </div>
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The page is a standard 12 x 12 page and the layout was created with the help of both my Cameo and explore.</div>
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The bear was cut using the Cricut Explore, I will show more of him in a moment.</div>
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The rest of the layout was created on the Cameo, and I photographed my sketch to share with you all</div>
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The layout is not in these colours but it gives you the idea of how I start creating my layouts - Now some of my layouts I have taken inspiration from other blogs (which I have owned up to) and have some I have followed sketch challenges.. This one I managed to create all by myself and I am so happy that the idea I had in my head, come out exactly how I wanted it to.. Normally this does not happen.</div>
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The measurements are (Inches)</div>
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White Layer - 12 x 12</div>
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Red Polka Dot - 11.75 x 11.75</div>
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Top Green Strip - 11.5 x 3.5</div>
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Top Stripe Strip - 11.5 x 1.75</div>
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Middle Section - 11.5 x 5.00</div>
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Bottom Green Section - 11.5 x 3.5</div>
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Bottom Stripe Section - 11.5 x 1.5</div>
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Wave Section - 11.5 x 1</div>
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This is how the papers all layered together</div>
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Next I started cutting my Bear out, I used my Explore for this as the cameo was busy cutting away the elements I had asked for it to cut.
This is what he looked like when he was cut out, I cut him out in plain white card stock and used distress markers to colour him. He is from Kadoodle Bug Designs.
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The bear was cut at 7.5 inches high by 4.5 inches wide
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The bear was coloured using Brushed Corduroy for the main body and Vintage Photo for his ears. I used a Peachy Keen Character Face Parts Stamp for his eyes and chalk for his cheeks. I added glossy accents to his nose which was also coloured with Vintage Photo. The hat was coloured using promarker pens and I used Berry Red and Stardust Stickles Glue on the white to give it some sparkle. The holly was coloured using the Holly promarker pen and a red gem was added in the center.
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Once everything was cut out I layered it all up on to the page to check everything fit and to see if I needed anything else cutting. (please don't worry nothing is stuck down at this point, that is why some of it is a bit wonky)
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The title was cut using "Santa Sleigh" font this is a free font I got from Dafont.com and downloaded to my computer ( I will try and do a short post tomorrow about how to do this)
The title was cut at 7.106 inches wide by 2.472 inches high
I coloured this in with Fired Brick distress ink for the off set and used the Holly marker for the wording - this is the same for the 2009 at the bottom of the layout, the "2009" is cut at 2.808 inches long by 1.211 inches wide.
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The Holly was cut using a "Miss Kates Cuttables" die I believe it has come from the "Christmas title" I cut this at 1.400 inches high by 2.278 inches wide. The holly was coloured with promarkers and I used Holly, Pine and Forest Green, the "Berry" was coloured using Cardinal Red and Berry Red.
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This is the completed page!
I think I have mentioned everything I have done with the page, I used a Resplendent Rectangle for the journal piece, unfortunately I don't have any photos for this year. </div>
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If there is anything you want to know and I haven't said what it is, then please leave a comment or email me and I will get back to you. </div>
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The challenges I am going to enter this into are: </div>
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Crafting for all Season - <a href="http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-83-feature-creature.html" target="_blank">#83 Feature a creature</a> - 21/08</div>
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Fan-Tastic Tuesday - <a href="http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-47.html" target="_blank">#47 Anything Goes </a> 12/08</div>
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Paper Take Weekly - <a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a> - 12/08</div>
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Through the Craft Room Door - <a href="http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/through-craft-room-door-challenge.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a> -12/08</div>
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Glitter and Sparkle - <a href="http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-96.html" target="_blank">Add some Glitter and Sparkle</a> - 10/08</div>
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Scribble and Scrap - #24 <a href="http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-24.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a> - 10/08</div>
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That is it for me for today. </div>
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Sorry about the long post it is just hard to get a layout explained in detail without it getting really long</div>
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Crafty Hugs</div>
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Kelly</div>
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xxx</div>
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