Europe Day

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I've something for this Daring Cardmakers' challenge to share:

Celebrating Europe !
This week we've been remembering wartime sacrifices whilst
celebrating the 80th anniversary of the formal surrender of
Hitler's forces and the end of WW2 in Europe on 8 May 1945

Today (9th May) is Europe Day, recognising and celebrating
the huge diversity of the continent.  

So celebrate VE Day OR pick any of the 44 European
countries to feature in some way on your project this week

I watched some of the VE Day 80 parade in London on TV on Monday.  It;s sobering to think of the sacrifices so many people made to bring an end to WW2.

I was very moved by the presence in the parade of a group of soldiers from Ukraine reminding us that another tyrant is waging war and trying to claim a land he has no right to.  They represented Ukrainian soldiers currently training here in the UK, and I can only imagine what was going through their heads as they marched. 

So I made my card to say "Thinking of You" to Ukrainians everywhere and to say. You are not forgotten

Ive used the colours of the Ukrainian flag and the national flower of the country to create this card. Hopefully the sentiment (taken from Google translator) actually does read 'Thinking of You'

 The yellow and blue background was inked on a spare piece of white card, I used a piece of washi tape to keep the colours separate 

The sunflower has several layers of the petal section and I added extra length ot the stem by using two die cuts

To finish I added some matching twine and a few tiny punched hearts

 

 

I used:

 

White card

Blue and yellow ink

green and brown Bazzill cardstock

(very old!) Sunflower die from Joanna Sheen

Yellow and blue waxed twine

pc generated sentiment

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 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx

Celebrate!

 

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

 I've another of my May club projects for Spellbinders to share today and this time I'm using dies fromthe May Small Die of the Month 

This time I'm sharing a card featuring the book and garuation cap dies from the May Small Die of the Month club. I wantef to try and echo the traditional after ceremony habit of everyone throwing their caps into the air 

I started by making a sky-blue background using aone of my new favourite embossing folders with shades of blue ink and mousse, this piece was then matted onto a black card blank

Using the die set I put together 4 books using and the 'congrats' word for one of them.  The others I decorated with small swirl shaped punch outs and some washi tape

Th caps were then cut from black card with gold for the tassels. I arranged everything in place then glued down using some scraps of cardboard under the caps for a bit more dimension and added some gold stars in the ciorner to finish

 

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

May Small Die of the Month

Card scrapBlack and gold card for caps

 

Cross My Heart 3D Embossing folder
White card coloured woth inks and mousse    

Star punch, Swirl punch,washi tape

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Dancing Apple Pencil Pot

 

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

 I've another of my May club projects for Spellbinders to share today and this time I'm using the May Glimmer of the Month as well as some of the dies from dies the May Small Die of the Month 

 I created a Teacher Thank You shaped like a 'pencil pot'

Last week I made my little swatch set of the new 'Colorwheel' cardstock that Spellbinders released recently.  Mine is very simple; I cut a narrow strip from each colour in the pack and then a 6cm piece from each of them. These I mounted on slightly longer strips of white card, wrote the name and colour number on the reverse and put them all on a book ring, with a loop of twine so I can hang them on the knob of one of my craft cupboards

 

I kept all the remaining card strips clipped together so they can be used when the opportunity arises - like making the striped pencil pot for this little card! The pot is actually made using a die from the Arch Labels and Tag die set

To make the base for the shaped card I folded the card stock, placed the top of the die so it hung over the fold then ran it through my die cutter a couple of times, this way the top edge doesn't cut.  I then decided how tall the pot shoud be and cut the curved lower edge off too - so the card would stand up!  I also cut a plain piece of card to the same shape and used this to glue some of those leftover strips too.  

 

Once I'd trimmed the spare from around the edge I added the 'pencils'  to look as though they are in the pot.

The pencils are also  made using some of thoes card strips; this time I used the plate from the Glimmer of the Month, this comes with a cutting die to cut out individual pencil shapes and also some handy sentiment strips

I foiled the strips of coloured card, and also a set in wood coloured card with black foil, then trimmed down the coloured sections to mat onto the wood ones, cutting the pencil points free hand to stick in place!

 

I made the apple using dies from the Small Die of the Month and now I know how to make them, I couldn't resist making the apple dance on a 'wobbler'

Dancing Apple Pencil Pot video:

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

May Glimmer of the Month

Black Foil

 

May Small Die of the Month

 

Arch Labels and Tag die set
 

Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"
 

Brown card for base

 white and other card scraps

Glossy Accents 

Thin wire to make 'wobbler' 

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Well Done!

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I've the first of my May club projects for Spellbinders to share and as it ties in very nicely with the Daring Cardmakers theme this week I can share it there too

It's the first Friday of the month and time for our
Monthly Sentimental Challenge;

The theme for May is
    WELL DONE!
 it's all about giving a 'pat on the back' to those who've worked hard and deserve some praise
Graduations, the end of school year, exam results, and other reasons too.

Create anything you like cards, tags, postcards or 3D project and share them with us!

 I've used dies from the May Small Die of the Month to make this card

The cream background panel is embossed with the Scribbled Letter Embossing Folder which works well for a card with school/college theme, I think. The apple is super-cute! I cut it from plain white card then inked using green and red before giving it a coat of glaze to make it shine. I added the graduation cap from the die set and made a little scroll from vellum tied round with very narrow ribbon

I made a 'wobbler' attachment using thin wire  and punched circles glued it to the back of the apple and then to the card itself.

Here's a video of the apple in motion

I love the book dies. You get three book shapes and several word layers to use with them - but it would be easy enough  to make your own book titles with a set of tiny alphabet dies, stamps etc

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

May Small Die of the Month

 

Scribbled Letter Embossing Folder 

 
Red card blank 

Red and Green ink

Card: Light Blue, Cream, Red, Gold, Black 

Glossy Accents 

Gold Twine

Thin wire to make 'wobbler' 

Scrap of vellum to make certificate scroll, plus very narrow red ribbon

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx

Desert Island Dream

 

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I've something for this Daring Cardmakers' challenge to share:

Desert Islands and Sailing Ships

This week, be inspired by the book Robinson Crusoe, which  first appeared in paperback on this day April 25th, 1719. 

Written by Daniel Defoe it was based partly on the story of Alexander Selkirk who was marooned on a Pacific island for four years. 

 

Do you have the 'Desert Island Dream? 

Would you like to sail away?

 

 Create anything you like cards, tags, postcards or 3D project

Its up to you

 This was a great opportunity to use Spellbinders'
Summertime Vacay - Large Die of the Month Club,  June 2024

 It's no longer available in the US store, but it is still in the UK store at a bargain £15 - I think you'll need to be quick oif you want to get your hands on it!

 The background is a piece of pearlised aqua cardstock. I made the 'sea' using faber Castel pastels with a good amount of swooshing about with water to acheive a deeper shade than the sky

I cut the little island twice, one slightly darker to look like wet sand and overlapped them slightly.  I added white glitter glue to the white wavelet piece.

The palm trees were made by hand cutting the tree trunkx, and using a die from another set for the leaves - its actually extra leaves for a pineapple from a tropical themed die set, but its good to mix sets up, isn't it!

  

I used:

Summertime Vacay - Large Die of the Month Club,  June 2024

   

 
  Turquoise pear;ised card for background

 White card coloured with Faber Castel pastels

Inked card for island

Scraps of green, brown, white and red card for other elements

Clear and aqua acrylic stones for water bubbles

White glitter glue to highlight 'wavelets'

pc generated sentiment

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx

Little Lambs, Fluffy Chicks and Baby Bunnies

 Hello

welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I've something for this week's Daring Cardmakers' challenge to share

Little Lambs, Fluffy Chicks and Baby Bunnies

We are still celebrating the glories of Spring this

 Easter Weekend!
This time let's see lots of baby animals bouncing

 about on your cards!

 

 Create anything you like cards, tags, 

postcards or 3D project

Its up to you!

 Create anything you like cards, tags, postcards or 3D project

Its up to you!

  

I used:

Duck with Umbrella

   

Scallop Journal Cards 

 

 Flower Cart

 
  Turquoise card blank  

Inked card for die cut duckling, flowers etc

 

Turquoise and clear dewdrops

pc generated sentiment

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx

 

3Club Gift Wallet

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I'm sharing a project that uses 3 of the April club kits from Spellbinders 

I've made a gift card wallet which has a special pop up holder for sliding a gift card, voucher or maybe bank notes into (see top photo)

When closed it looks like this, with a ribbon closure held in place with the lovely deep blue and white seal

I added a foiled layer to the cover of the wallet using the Glimmer plate and blue foil, and used one of the sentiments "Open Me for a Smile" fixed only to the flap section

 

Inside there's a plain white piece for writing a message. Then the flip out holder for the gift card, and the inside back of the wallet are decorated with the lovely tulips from the April Small Die club 

 

 

I used:

 April Wax Seal of the Month 

 (Petal Postage)

April Glimmer of the Month
'Scattered Letters' plate and  sentiment. Blue foil

 

April Small Die of the Month

Tulips

 12x12 Royal Blue card, Blue ribbon, 

scraps of pink and green card for die cutting

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx