Showing posts with label Calypso Coral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calypso Coral. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 June 2017

Simply Sketched 20


Thank you for joining us for another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! 

We’re so excited to be sharing this hop with you.  The products used are all available in the current Annual, or seasonal, Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues*. 


Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping.

This time we've been set a colour challenge by Hannah - here are the colours -



I made a card base out of Smoky Slate, picked out re-inkers in the remaining colours and some Glossy White card.  I sprayed the glossy card with water and dropped blogs of ink onto the surface while it was still wet and then - blew on the ink to move it around.  In my days as an Early Years teacher, we used to get the pupils to use drinking straws.  I used the air duster spray you get for cleaning computer components, which was much less like hard work.

Here's the result (embellished with a bit of ribbon and some heat embossing)


There's a YouTube video showing how I did it if you want to see it, visit my channel in a couple of days and it'll be there.  Don't do it now, though, because you really need to see what Hannah has made- click here to go to the 
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Do come back and join me again another day, won't you?  

See you again soon,

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

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Thursday, 18 August 2016

Pootlers Design Team - Lovely Stitching Week 3

Hello bloggists, thanks for visiting.

Wow, week three of my stint as part of the Pootlers Design Team already - how time does fly!

I'm having so much fun playing with this stamp set!  It reminds me of  being a child learning to embroider.  Knitting and embroidery were the first crafts I learned.  When I was a child it was considered perfectly acceptable to teach girls how to do needlework.  I wasn't too keen on knitting - I didn't really begin to enjoy it until I was much older - but I did like embroidery.

Here's the card.


The wonderful thing about photopolymer is that you can see where you're stamping, so building patterns is a breeze.  

I hope you like it and if so, you'll think about adding this stamp set to your stash.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you'll come back again soon.

Crafty Hugs,

Keren


Tuesday, 29 December 2015

My Granny's Apron

Hello blogging peeps! So, Christmas has come and gone for another year and I hope you had a good one.  Ours was quiet, just the two of us and the cat (who had a wonderful time exploring all the boxes).  I mention the cat, because she made filming today's tutorial...interesting.  

Today's project is a a criss-cross card.  This kind of card works very well as a way to present a gift card, so that's what I 've made.


  The Criss-Cross card reminds me of the aprons my grandmother used to wear.  They were almost a sleeveless dress, covering her clothes completely,  and she wore one every day unless she was going out.  Some of the patterns in the  Pretty Petals DSP stack are very like the cotton fabric the aprons were made from.
Here's the tutorial -


Keep watching to the very end  if you want to see a special appearance by Mysti the cat!

See you soon!

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Caught in Crystal

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post today.  I'm going to my first  Stampin' Up! Regional event (where SU Demonstrators get together to learn about new products and how to use them) on Saturday and I'm very excited, and busy making my swaps.  I'll share what I've made with you at the end of the week, but for now, here's a quick technique tutorial.



It's a very CAS card (not my usual style at all) but I like it.  And I've got lots of the Caught in Crystal sheet left over to make other projects with.  Can't say fairer than that!

See you soon!

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Good Clean Fun!

Hello  bloggers!  

I'm still having fun playing with SU goodies and I particularly love re-inkers.  Today's project uses them with shaving foam in a technique I first came across in my days as a nursery/primary school teacher.  
This is one that needs a minimum of materials and clean-up is easy - after all, you're working with soap!  Get the most inexpensive shaving foam you can (don't use the other half's designer-fragranced can - it just causes arguments!) - it works just as well.  I mixed my colours with rubbing alcohol (surgical spirit - you could use vodka but that would be a terrible waste!)  but water will work as well, it just takes longer to dry.


Hope you enjoyed this project - and thanks for visiting.  See you soon!


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Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Come Fly With Me!

Hello everyone, welcome to my paper crafting blog - thank you for visiting.
You may have noticed that I do love kinetic and action cards.  Today's card is a Penny Spinner card - the balloon moves.

It's not easy to show it in a still picture but fear not, I've made a tutorial on YouTube,



I hope you find it useful, but if you have any questions, please do get in touch.  I love hearing from you!

I'm entering this in 

See you soon!

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

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Monday, 2 February 2015

Gift Card Slider

 Hello again, bloggers, and than you for visiting my blog.

Today I've been playing with the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits dies.  
When you pull on the tab at the top of the card, the gift card holder sides out - but not all the way.  and when you've finished, it slides back in again, nice and neat.

You can see the tutorial on YouTube - 


There's the list of materials I used.



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