My Crafty Sentiments Secret Release

Ok so by now I'm sure you've stopped by Crafty Sentiments Designs and seen all the fabulous stamps from the new release but I have to share with you this delightful image that I got in secret and I made a little gift bag to show her off.  In case you haven't checked out all the stamps we've been showcasing them over on the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational Blog so you really should pop over there and see all the incredible makes the DT have been putting together, not only are we showcasing the new stamps but we've also been using them to make other items rather than just cards, this shows you just how versatile these adorable stamps are.

So grab a cuppa as this post is a bit long as I decided to do a little tutorial to the gift bag I made, just be gentle with me, tutorials don't come to me easily! lol

This bag isn't my own design, a friend and I went to a craft show several years ago and she joined in on a Stampin’ Up make & take and made this cute little bag out of a piece of 6x6 cs she then gave the bag to me so that I could undo it and find out how to do it for myself, which I did then I decided to increase the measurements and make it out of a piece of 12x12 so here you go, a little gift bag with no cutting, only a little double sided tape and a few folds.  Hope you like it.

Measure in from 1 side 7cm and score from top to bottom, repeat this on the opposite side.

Rotate paper 90° and measure in 12.5cm and score from top to bottom and repeat on the opposite side.

Next score from where the lines meet to the edge of the paper diagonally to a point 7cms down the outside edge. This bit sounds confusing and I’m really not sure how to describe it but when it comes to folding the bag it should all make more sense (I hope!)

Next you need to start folding so fold in along the first 7cm scores you made.

Then fold along the 12.5 cm score lines

At this point you need to open the bag up again and fold along the diagonals so that as you fold the bag up the sides kind of fold in on themselves.  Sometimes I find it also helps to add a small score line centrally between the diagonals to help shape it. It looks la bit like a mouth! Lol

At this point you need to add your tape to the top and bottom of the 7 cm folds and attach.  Then fold your bag and decorate

I have used the adorable 'Skip Skip' from the fabulous new Lollipop Dreams range of stamps at Crafty Sentiments Deisgns, coloured with copics and I paper pieced her dress with a piece of PM Portobello Road paper from a 6x6 pack and I used the same design paper but in the 12x12 pack for the bag, love how it turned out, I tied my bag with some ribbon but kept the bow on the back of the bag so as not to detract from the gorgeous image. I also used some red wire for her skipping rope for a different dimension, the sentiment is an old freebie from Sentimental Sundays but I thought it fit the image so well.

And here's a close up of the image.

Ok so that's what I made and I had great fun making it.  I hope my tutorial is ok, any questions please feel free to ask.

I would like to enter this bag into the following challenges:
Allsorts #226 ~ How does your garden grow 
2 Sisters #163 ~ Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint ~ Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
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Anything Goes

Good morning, I hope all is well with you where ever you are and whatever you are doing.  Today for me is a very busy one, I have 2 sheduled posts, my dd Ria turns 17 and I'm working a long day (07:30 - 22:00) and doing a sleep in so I wont get home till about 08:00 tomorrow morning and then Ria and I are off to Yeovil for a girly morning round the shops.  Thankfully I have the whole weekend off!  So onto this post.. well seeing as its Friday that must mean its time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our fabulous teamie Janette has chosen everyones favourite 'Anything Goes' and we have an awesome sponsor too ...

BUGABOO

prize...7 images of winners choice

Fabulous, don't you agree!  Right on with my card, the DT were very lucky and got the chance to play with some fantastic Bugaboo images so I chose Stella Belly Button, I just love this.  I decided that the fabulous image needed very little so went with a very C&S design using red mirriboard, black cs, red metallic brads and red & black check ribbon.  It was very difficult to get a decent pic due to the mirriboard!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters #163 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #187 ~ Ribbon

ABC Challenge ~ W is for words

TFL

C&S with Divas

Good morning, well as it's Wednesday that means its time for a new challenge over at Divas By Design and this week its C&S yep clean and simple, we have a great sponsor too in the shape of;

2 Cute Ink

For my card I have used Little Turtle and I really did try and keep it very C&S and it was difficult, I don't always have lots on my cards but I definitely have more than this! lol But I must admit I like how it turned out.  I coloured the image with my copics and added some stardust to the stitching and the sentiment is pc generated.  I did some simple embossing round the edges and mounted it on to some matching cs and there you have it!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity #143 ~ Anything Goes

2 Sisters #163 ~ Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody #30 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAFTY CATZ!

Good morning, well today is a wonderful day over at Crafty Catz, firstly because it's Crafty Catz's birthday 4 this week, and secondly it's our 200th challenge and to celebrate we have a nice easy challenge for you and 3, yes 3 sponsors so that means 3 yes 3 prizes, and  on top of that there is also a prize for the Top 3.  Told you it was a wonderful day!

Our 3 sponsors are:

CHLOE'S CREATIVE CARDS

£20 Voucher to spend at Chloe's 

CRAFTY RIBBONS

PINK GEM DESIGNS

prize 3 digi images of choice

So as I said it's a nice easy challenge, your card/project this week MUST have a Happy Birthday sentiment on it, see easy!

Now when I got to thinking about my card, I thought it would be good to use the same image I used when way back in February I was GDT (and then I stayed on! and love every minute of it)  So my image was the adorable TGF stamp, nicknamed Abby in our house after Abby in NCIS.  This stamp has to be one of my all time favourites and she is coloured with copics and spectrums. This time I went for a monochromatic feel to my card added some lace and ribbon and a button and used a digi background paper from one of my favourite designers, Bearly Mine Designs, finished off with some purple cs that was embossed and used the same cs to stamp the sentiment.  So there you have it, a Happy Birthday card using some of my favourites and now it's over to you, we hope that you can join us in celebrating 4 wonderful years of Crafty Catz.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts #225 ~ Button Up

Sketch Saturday #277

LEJ Designs #72 ~ Lots of layers

BearlyMine Designs #105 ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #186 ~ Button it up

Creative Inspirations #233 ~ Favourite Stamp Brand (well it's one of them!)

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Bingo ~ embossing, sentiment, lace

TFL

Anything But A Card

Good morning, here we are Tuesday morning so that means a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and this week the theme of 'Anything But A Card' has be chosen by Rachel, I really enjoy this type of challenge, certainly makes my grey matter work! lol  There is a fabulous prize this week and one I just know your gonna love, its this wonderful stamp from this months new release:

So this week I decided to do a bit more towards my Christmas projects as scarily the season will soon be upon us! Gulp!

I had this sturdy little Kraft box sat in my craft room waiting for me to play and I thought this challenge was just the perfect opportunity.  I used papers from Bearly Mine Designs on all the panels and added some white pom pom ribbon round the sides of the lid.  Then I coloured the 'O Tree' stamp (available at the Crafty Sentiments Design Store) using my spectrums cut it out leaving a small border and then mounted it on the top of the box.

Nice and simple but I do love how it turned out. And one final view of the cute image.

So I would like to enter this little box into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations #232 ~ Clean & Simple

OSAAT #182 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Oh and don't forget to keep checking out the Inspirational Blog there are some fabulous makes on their using the stamps from the New Release, 1 everyday!

  

New Release # Preview day 3

Oh boy how are you loving the new release of cute and adorable stamps over at Crafty Sentiments Designs don't forget  DT are previewing another 1 of the wonderful 15, yes I did say 15! today so go check out the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational blog and you won't be disappointed!  Then after the days of previews the DT will be showcasing the remainder of the stamps as 'secret makes' so even we haven't seen all of these gorgeous stamps yet but I just know they are all adorable!  The new stamps will all be available to buy on September 22

Today is the turn of 'Walking Tessa' coloured with copics and spectrums, fence is actually a halloween one cut on the Cricut (only a sample though so won't have it at the end of the week!)  Paper is from Bearly Mine Designs, and I've added some heart pearls and butterfly from my stash, sentiment is a new one from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I have added some tiny gems to the dots on the 'i's and the collar for some additional bling.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Created with Love #58 ~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #165 ~ Things with wings

ABC ~ V is for Very Cute

Friday Sketch #52 (Happy 2nd Birthday Friday Sketch challenge)

TFL

New Release ~ preview day 2

Oh boy did you enjoy your first look at the new release of cute and adorable stamps over at Crafty Sentiments Designs don't forget  DT are previewing another 2 of the wonderful 15, yes I did say 15! over the next 2 days so go check out the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational blog and you won't be disappointed!  Then after the 3 days of previews the DT will be showcasing the remainder of the stamps as 'secret makes' so even we haven't seen all of these gorgeous stamps yet but I just know they are all adorable!  The new stamps will all be available to buy on September 22

Today is the turn of 'Witches Broom', coloured with copics and spectrums, paper is from Bearly Mine Designs, heart doily is Xcut, flowers and card candi from my stash.  The sentiment is also new from Crafty Sentiments Designs

Close up of the image

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: (TBA as I'm not around for a couple of days)

Creative Inspirations Paint ~ Inspired by autumn colours

OSAAT #181 ~ Autumn/Fall project

Crazy Challenge #154 ~ colour inspiration

TFL

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New Release Preview day 1

Oh boy it's time for a new release of cute and adorable stamps over at Crafty Sentiments Designs and the DT are previewing 3 of the wonderful 15, yes I did say 15! over the next 3 days so go check out the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational blog and you won't be disappointed!  Then after the 3 days of previews the DT will be showcasing the remainder of the stamps as 'secret makes' so even we haven't seen all of these gorgeous stamps yet but I just know they are all adorable!  The new stamps will all be available to buy on September 22

Today is the turn of 'Me and my dragon'  coloured with copics and spectrums, papers are First Edition Daydream, the papers are glittered too.  I used some green cs and little gems from my stash, the sentiment is also a new one from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I matted it onto a Crafty Cutters die cut again from Crafty Sentiments Designs.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss #201 ~ Stripes

Challenges 4 Everybody #29 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers #100 ~ Winged things

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Colour Challenge

Papertake Weekly ~ Make it Sparkle

Tuesday Throwdown #165 ~ Things with Wings

TFL

Anything Goes with Divas By Design

Good morning, gosh it's turning chilly!  Anyway this week over at Divas By Design we have a brand new challenge and it's everyone's favourite 'Anything Goes', we have a fab sponsor too:

So for my card I decided to try and get ahead with some of my Christmas cards and used this gorgeous image from Kenny K, coloured with copics and spectrums, dp is from Raspberry Road (very old kit!)  Sentiment is stamped and the scroll border is an Xcut die.  The image is matted onto some mettalic paper which I had forgotten I had, then finished off with the little bauble sticker.  I hope you can find time to play along with us.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Created With Love #58 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Make it sparkle, the metallic paper and baubles really do sparkle in the light

LEJ Designs #71 ~ Winter wishes

Creative Card Crew #45 ~ Christmas

Challenges 4 Everybody #29 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Challenge 198 Crafty Catz - Men/Boys

Here comes the weekend (and I'm working it! lol) but that does mean that it's time for a new challenge over Crafty Catz and this weeks theme has been chosen by our super talented Kim and its Men/Boys.  Now we all say we struggle with cards for the males in our lives but I always see such fabulous cards out there in blogland so I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.  Our DT has been beavering away and have made lots of gorgeous cards for your inspiration so do please check them out.

We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week:

MEI FLOWER CRAFT

Either a £20 worth of goodies

or a £20 voucher to spend in our online store.

(added 31/7/13 They no longer post to the USA)

And

DIGITAL DELIGHTS

Wow, fantastic prizes!  So onto my card and I have used one of my TGF stamps that hasn't been out for a while.  This is 'Tank' and he is coloured with my copics, the spotty arrow stamp behind him and on the background is a TGF stamp too, have used Kraft cs and dps are MME Kraft Fun Days Happy Days, finished off with a TGF sentiment stamp cut out with a ticket die and faux stitiching added with white gel pen.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #173

Love to Create #81 ~ Any Hero thank you

Tuesday Throwdown #164  ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #239 ~ Lets Get Krafty

TFL

Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments

Good morning it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and this week it's everyones favourite ~ 'Anything Goes'.  The prize for this week is:

For my project this week I have used the adorable 'Rosie Picking Pears' which is available at the Crafty Sentiments Design Store.  I coloured her using spectrum noirs and then matted on to Kraft.  Background paper is Raspberry Road Designs, the central flourish is a new border die from xcut.  I have covered a chipboard book cover to make a revision book for Ria for her English A level notes and used a sentiment from Sentimental Sundays by Mark Twain.  Finished off with some large yellow book rings and some yellow gems.  Had to keep it pretty flat or embellishments would end up catching in her bag.

I would like to enter this book into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter #127 ~ Back to School

Crafty Creations #238 ~ Back to School

ABC challenge ~ U for Unlimited

Totally Gorjuss #200 ~ Anything Goes

2 Sisters #160 ~ Back to School

TFL

challenge 197 at Crafty Catz

Good morning, it's time for  a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week it was my turn to choose the theme.  Now when I think of challenges I like to see what was happening around the world around the date of the challenge and on 6 September 1852 in Manchester, England the FIRST British FREE library was opened!  Wow I had no idea free libraries had been around that long!  Charles Dickens spoke at the ceremony, as did poet William Makepeace Thackeray.  According to Dickens there were some 20,000 volumes in the stock, volumes that would open the minds of the curious, educate the working men who wanted to improve their lot, or just entertain those with no particular social agenda. In the words of Charles Dickens, it was free to all... "Knowing no sect, no party, no distinction; nothing but the public want and the general good."

Ok with the history lesson over, (lol) it's time for my chosen theme which is 'Bookmarks'  What better way to celebrate than with a good book which of course needs a good bookmark, and here is mine:

I have used an image from our sponsor who this week is 

ALOTA STAMPS

I found a giant paperclip and thought it would make a great starting point for my bookmark so I cut the image and sentiment out using plain circles then matted them onto scalloped circles using First Editions Family Ties then sandwiched the paperclip in the middle and hey presto my bookmark was completed.

I would like to enter this bookmark into the following challenges:

Allsorts #222 ~ Its all about the sentiment

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Water themed with Divas By Design

Good morning, just a quick post today as I'm sheduling as will be at work for long day,sleep in and then early so back home Thursday afternoon!

Anyway the theme this week over at Divas By Design is 'Water' (IMAGE OR PAPERS, ANYTHING WITH WATER IN IT OR FOR THE WATER).  The wonderfully talented DT have made some stunning samples for you.  The prize this week is a mystery package, don't we all love surprise packages!

So onto my card, I have used 'Primrose Splash' stamp from Crafty Sentiments and coloured her with copics and spectrum noirs, added some stardust to the water.  Die cut is Papermania, flowers, ribbon, gems and brads from my stash, dotty paper is Bearly Mine Designs and the stamped sentiment is from PTI.  Have a great Wednesday everyone

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles #51 ~ Anything floral

Challenges 4 Everybody #28 ~ Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #153 ~ Bingo ~ flowers, image, ribbon

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
TFL

Ribbon Pleating

Hello, I'm running somewhat late today, I blame it on work! and the fact that I did the late shift last night then a sleep in followed by the early shift today, so kinda got home sat in front of TV and didn't move again till now and thought I really had better post this!  especially as I have a long day, sleep in tomorrow followed by the early on Sunday! lol

 Anyway it is still Friday which means a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week the wonderful Nick has chosen a theme of Ribbon Pleating and we have a wonderful sponsor this week...

CRAFTY RIBBONS

So onto my card, well ribbon pleating isn't something I normally do so I was a little worried till I remembered some gorgeous ready pleated ribbon I had won sometime ago so that was my starting point for this card!  well we all need a starting point! lol  I loved the muted colour of the ribbon and thought it would work well with the Kraft then I thought those colours we great for the 'In the 20's' image from The Paper Shelter and then matched it all up with the fabulous patchwork paper from Bearly Mine Designs so finished off by embossing the Kraft, added some gems, gem strands and flowers from my stash.  So after being worried I ended up with a card I'm really pleased with. Do pop by and check out what pleated ribbon treats the other awesome members of the DT came up with, they really rocked this challenge, loads of fab inspiration for you.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #171 

Created with Love #55 ~ Anything Goes

Digi Makeover #103 ~ Embossing

Bearly Mine Challenges #101 ~ Digi days

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