Sweet and Simple Cardsets

I am trying to build up a collection of cute little sets of cards that can be mailed off quickly and without a huge postage cost. Minimize the bulk and you will be able to send these at a reasonable price ;)

1. Start with  a few different colors of cardstock and matching ink pads.
2. Cut the colored cardstock to measure 4’ x 5.25”.
3. Cut card bases from regular white cardstock to measure 4.25’ x 5.5”. Fold in half and round  upper right-hand corner.
4. Using a background stamp, stamp each piece of colored cardstock with the coordinating ink. Round upper right corner.
5. Pick a focal image stamp. I used the gorgeous WoJ  Feather stamp set for my cards. Emboss using white embossing powder.
6. Cut vellum strips to measure 2” x 4”. Sew onto your colored cardstock with white thread. I used a zig zag stitch.
7. Adhere to the car dbases. Add assorted bling and stamp your sentiment with black ink. I used various sentiments from Whiff of Joy.
8. Set aside to dry so that the ink sets and will not smear on the vellum

That’s it. By doing this in assembly line steps, you will have a whack of cards in no time flat!

Hope this has inspired you to make your own set of cards :)
Hugs Jeanette xxo

Christmas Tags

Hi everyone, today I have some Christmas tags to share with you. They are perfect to add your personal touch to your Christmas presents but they are also quick and easy to create!

You simply need some kraft cardstock (can use up your scraps), twine, embossing ink, white embossing powder, heat gun and some Christmas stamps.

Ink Angel Maya with embossing ink, stamp onto kraft cardstock and sprinkle white embossing powder over the image and return the excess powder back to its container.

 

Heat set the embossing powder with a heat gun.

I find its best to make a hole for your twine before cutting out your image, so decide where you want it and punch a hole.

Then cut around your image and hole, leaving a border all the way around. Add some Button Twine and now you have your Christmas tag!

You can use a variety of images, besides Angel Maya I have also used Let It Snow and Wonderful Christmas.

I hope you enjoyed this and have fun creating your Christmas tags!

Chalkboard effect on paper

Hi, this is Katharina with a fun tutorial about how to create a simple chalkboard effect on paper.
You might have noticed that chalkboards are super hot in interior design and in crafts at the moment. The contrast between black and white is a beautiful eye-catcher on you papercraft creations as well.

Hallo, hier ist Katharina mit einer einfachen, kurzen Anleitung wie ihr einen “Tafel-Effekt” auf Papier erzielen könnt.
Ihr habt vielleicht bemerkt, dass Tafeln zur Zeit sehr angesagt sind, sowohl im Innendesign, als auch in der Bastelei. Der Kontrast schwarz/weiss ist ein wunderschöner Blickfang für eure Bastelprojekte.

Start with a piece of black cardstock, opaque white ink and an acrylic block (or a ruler). Press the thin border of the block on the ink and smear it over the black cardstock. Do this several times in no particular pattern.

Beginnt mit schwarzem Cardstock, deckender weisser Tinte und einem Acrylblock (oder einem Lineal). Die dünne Seite des Bblocks zieht ihr nun über das Stempelkissen und drückt oder zieht es dann über das schwarze Papier. Das wiederholt ihr ein paar Mal.

Dry with your heatgun and use an embossing buddy to remove static (this also gives a great chalkboard effect :)

Mit dem Heisluftfön trocknen und mit einem “embossing buddy” darüber streichen, um Statik zu entfernen (dadurch entsteht zusätzlich ein toller Tafel Effekt :)

Now you can start stamping with clear embossing ink. I created a lovely collage using different Whiff of Joy text stamps.

Jetzt könnt ihr mir farbloser Embossing Tinte stempeln. Ich habe eine Collage mit verschiedenen Textstempeln von Whiff of Joy gestaltet.

Finally, distress the corners of the black cardstock with white ink.

Zum Schluss wischt die Kanten des schwarzen Papiers mit dem weissen Stemelkissen. 

I hope you liked my short tutorial. I also created a sketch for you to to follow. Click over to my personal blog to give it a go :)

Ich hoffe, euch hat meine Anleitung gefallen. Ich habe zu dieser Karte auch einen Sketch erstellt, den ihr gerne verwenden könnt. Klick rüber zu meinem persönlichen Blog, um ihn auszuprobieren :)

 

Wine bottle packaging

Hello dear readers. It's so nice to see you here :-)

Today I (Ingrid) want to show you a creative way to give someone a bottle of wine. You do need a sewing machine but don't need much sewing experience for this project, it's very easy!

 First take measurements on your bottle and add a few cm extra. I took 28 cm.

 Also take measurement of two times the height including the bottom, mine was about 67 cm.

There will be no seam on the bottom but a seam on both sides of the bottle. So I need a piece of fabric that is 67 cm high and 16 cm (28 divided by 2, plus a cm seam on both sides) wide. I used linen fabric.

Pin it with the short sides together and the good side of your fabric on the outside.

Don't use a small stitch length (I used 4 mm), 'cause you want to give it a rough appearance.

 When you sewed both sides of the bag, fold open the seams and press them with your fingers/ nails. To give the bag a bottom you fold a little triangle of the bottom and side of the bag and pin that.

Sew about 3 cm (measured from the point).

Cut off the extra fabric with a seam of 1 cm and then you have a bag. It's that simple! Do not turn the bag inside out before you put your wine bottle in it, I think it's great to show the seams on the outside. After filling the bag you can fold back the top.

Now we can start creating a tag to attach to the bag. Inspired by Katharina, who is very experienced in using background stamps to create her own "dessinpaper", I also wanted to give it a try. I stamped a tag with the background stamp "Friendship".

After that I attached a piece of paper from an old book and my colored image. Then I stamped dots with white ink and put clear embossing powder on it. Next time I'll use white embossing powder to let it pop out some more.

Here you can see the finished tag. I used a stamp from the Fall Stamp Kit, which is also available as digi stamp from now.

 Some Prima flowers and blue Petaloo Vine Spray.

The lovely round sentiment stamp from Whiff of Joy fits perfectly to this project! I also attached a wine glass charm which I bought this weekend on a craft show.

And here is a detail picture of the image. I colored it with Copic Sketch Markers. Here are the colors I used:

Henry: E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 13, R21, 20

blue: B99, 95, 93

barrel: E29, 27, 25, 23, 21, W7, 5, 3

wine bottle: YG99, 97, 95, R59, B99, E41

Thanks a lot for visiting us today and I hope to see you again soon, here or on my own blog. Have a nice day!

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