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Thank you for stopping by and all comments are very much appreciated.lilygeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326200931361508428noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174506411672348157.post-21534064124017209722014-01-08T15:26:00.002+00:002014-01-08T15:26:51.770+00:00Altered BoxDear Bloggers<br />
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This is my first post in around nine months - hope you like it; it is a pencil box for my daughter - each side of the box has been decorated differently with a steampunk/vintage feel. Hope you like it. Any questions about products - please email me.<br />
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Just a quick post to let you know that the prize draw winners for our blog hop have now been announced over at <a href="http://blog.creative-expressions.uk.com/2013/04/sheer-inspiration-blog-hop-prize-winners.html">The Creative Expressions News Blog</a> . Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who participated and to the Design Team for taking the time to create those gorgeous, inspirational projects for us.</div>
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lilygeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326200931361508428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174506411672348157.post-26584184480236162932013-04-06T15:26:00.001+01:002013-04-06T15:26:04.773+01:00Silence is Golden<div style="text-align: center;">
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Firstly thanks to all of you who have taken the time to comment on the posts the CE Design Team put up for the CE Sheer Inspiration Blog Hop. It was really nice to hear all of your encouraging comments and ideas and to see some new followers on the blog. Some of you were even kind enough to give me some ideas too about using the ribbons. I hope you will continue to visit us and I know you will continue to find a lot more inspirational projects. A tutorial for the ribbon bag will follow sometime next week but for today I am posting another project.<br />
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I started off by cutting the largest of <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZLF-347">Spellbinders Grand Labels 23</a> in white card. I followed it up with a layer of gold and then blue card with pierced edges. I then cut the largest of <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-175">Spellbinders Card Creator Locking Loops</a> with one of the smaller dies in the set to form a frame in gold cardstock. The smaller die was cut in half and used at the top and bottom of the card. I used <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-152">Spellbinders Fancy Lattice Die</a> inside the frame backed on to some white card. I added some quilled flowers and leaves, a couple of ribbon roses and a rolled felt flower. I added some coloured mosses and a sentiment, some ribbon and a key.<br />
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Welcome Dear Blog Friends to the CE Sheer Inspiration Blog Hop launched from the <a href="http://blog.creative-expressions.uk.com/2013/04/bloghop.html">CE News blog</a>. if you've come here from <a href="http://inkpaintbeads.blogspot.com/2013/04/creative-expressions-sheer-inspiration.html">Trish's blog</a> you are in the right place. The blog hop runs from today,Wednesday 3rd April 10am with a prize worth around £15.00 for each blog and a special spot prize post on Kim Dellow's blog on Friday 5th April. The hop will close and prize winners will be announced on Monday 8th April on the CE News blog. In order to enter the prize giveaway you must leave a comment on all eight blogs and for the separate Spot Prize you must leave a comment on Kim's blog on Friday 5th so don't forget to check DT member, <a href="http://www.kimdellow.co.uk/2013/04/creative-expressions-sheer-inspiration.html">Kim Dellow's blog</a> on Friday for a special prize The order of the hop is listed here: </div>
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Here is my make for the DT ribbon challenge:</div>
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I used <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=RG17">Creative Expressions Grosgrain Ribbon in Pink and White Stripes</a> and <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=RG10">Creative Expressions Grograin Ribbon in Black and Ivory Stripe</a>.</div>
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The ribbons were woven and attached to a sturdy piece of nylon felt; soft wool felt is not suitable for this project. If you wish to use a piece of fabric instead you may do so; I used the felt because it gives the bag a nice padded base to attach the ribbons to. The ribbons were attached using a hot glue gun and then sewn on to a backing for the bag. A tutorial will follow next week for step by step instructions.</div>
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The flower was made by attaching twisted ribbon to a small round of felt and glueing the ribbon in place with a hot glue gun. Add a rhinestone, pearl or whatever you fancy, to your flower.</div>
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Hope you like it and enjoy the blog hop. Your next blog in the hop is <a href="http://inkypinkycraft.blogspot.com/2013/04/creative-expressions-sheer-inspiration.html">Trace Metcalfe</a></div>
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<br />lilygeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326200931361508428noreply@blogger.com155tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174506411672348157.post-76023017180648077022013-03-31T16:49:00.001+01:002013-03-31T21:11:41.017+01:00Simply the Best <div style="text-align: center;">
Good Afternoon Dear Blog Friends</div>
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I've gone for black and white today - sorry I haven't done anything for Easter but I wish you a wonderful Holiday and hope you are enjoying your time with family.</div>
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This card was made primarily using one of Spellbinders Card Creator Dies and the Venetian Accents.</div>
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I'm not going into detail but it is a thank you to my three wonderful children for their love and support over the past months and particularly over the last few weeks. Just posting! </div>
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Here is my second make this month for Creative Expressions using the mounted <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMS008">Rose Corner Single Stamp</a>. I have also used <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMRAMB">The Rambling Rose A5 Stamp Plate</a>.</div>
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But first let me remind you of the details for our first blog hop launching from the CE News Blog on 3rd April. All the members of the DT will be taking part and have been challenged to make an inspirational project using some really beautiful ribbons. <span style="text-align: center;">The blog hop runs from Wednesday 3rd April 10am with a prize worth around £15.00 for each blog and a special spot prize post on Kim Dellow's blog on Friday 5th April. The hop will close and prize winners will be announced on Monday 8th April on the CE News blog. In order to enter the prize giveaway you must leave a comment on all eight blogs and for the separate Spot Prize you must leave a comment on Kim's blog on Friday 5th so don't forget to check DT member, Kim Dellow's blog on Friday for the special prize. The order of the hop will be posted on each blog so you won't get lost. </span><br />
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Wishing you all a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. Here is my first DT creation this month for Creative Expressions. This card was made using one of the new range of single stamps designed by Sue Wilson. All these stamps coordinate with a Spellbinder die and the one I used here: <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMS510">Celtic Feather</a> (image below) co-ordinates with the large die in <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-163">Spellbinders Celtic Motifs</a>. I also used <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-162">Spellbinders Celtic Accents</a> (see pic below</div>
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I stamped and embossed four panels using parts of the Celtic Feather stamp. I used perfect medium and white embossing powder. The panels were then dry embossed using <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=EF-001">Creative Expressions Flourish Embossing Folder</a>.</div>
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I cut a square using one of the smaller squares from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZLF-126">Spellbinders Grand Squares</a> and cut the large Celtic Motif from the centre of the square. with the die still in place I used the Flourish embossing folder to create the central piece of the card. The embossing folder was left open and the sandwich was shimmed with cardstock to make up for the thickness of the open folder. I stamped and embossed the feather on to cardstock, cut it out with a square border, placed it behind the negative and rotated it until it matched the negative piece. </div>
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I used two of the cut out central motifs, one stamped and embossed and cut in two, another dry embossed with the same embossing folder and cut in two, then used them around the sides of the central motif. I added some pearls and cut the small dies from the Motifs and Accents and placed them in the centre.</div>
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A Vintage style card today using <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMSTEADREA">Sam Poole's SteamPunk Dreams A5 Stamp Plate</a>. I started with a large piece of card about 9x9 and covered it in modge podge and added some black crumpled up tissue paper left over from a box of shoes. I highlighted the tissue paper with copper gilding wax. Over that I added a piece of vintage paper and stamped the phrase with black archival and copper cosmic shimmer embossing powder.</div>
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The steampunk dressform was stamped with <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=ARCHBLK">Black Archival</a> and embossed with copper embossing powder on torn velum, inked around the edges with <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=DPVINTAGEPHO">Vintage Photo</a> and the top half of the image coloured with a silver pen. I added some torn and inked text paper and pieces of lace to create layers under the torn vellum. The heart was cut with a sizzix die and embossed with a folder from darice. The key comes from one of the Papermania Chronology Sets.</div>
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The flower was made with some black lacy material from my stash by attaching to a round of cardstock and twisting the fabric and attaching with a hot glue gun. I gathered the lace and sewed it in a round and attached it with the hot glue gun under the flower. I added one of the fancy pearls from Creative Expressions and some feathers and pearls.</div>
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I have another card for you today using the beautiful <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=HCD730">Heartfelt Creations Butterfly Corner Die</a> again. I simply cut four of the corners and put them together. These dies are so lovely I don't think I will tire of using them; they have so many possibilities. The background was a piece of white pearlescent cardstock embossed with Spellbinders A4 M-Bossability Graduated Dots as in the image here showing the two sides. You can see the side B design is quite interesting too. The graduated dots are difficult to see on my card because they are covered by the swirly die cuts but it is a nice idea to have the sizes of the dots graduated. The corners of the card were covered with torn text paper and inked and a little mica added.</div>
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The sentiment comes from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMSPECSENT">Creative Expressions Special Sentiments A5 Stamp Plate</a> and was cut out with one of the dies from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-072">Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents</a>.</div>
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Today features an Easter card I designed using Spellbinders Celtic Motifs.</div>
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The cross and corner motifs and the negative cut out and embossed centre are included in this set as illustrated.</div>
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I added a flower, a bow and stickpin and a simple sentiment.</div>
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Another Spellbinder card using a die that I'm truly in love with - <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-181">Spellbinders A2 Bracket Border One</a>. There are 7 dies in this set enabling you to emboss and cut various borders, all of which are amazingly beautiful; really nice to have these fancy shaped borders.</div>
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I cut the top and bottom of this card using the above die. The cardstock was edged with Adirondack Raisin.<br />
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The sentiment was cut with <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS4-309">labels 4</a> and I cut and attached 2 of the large dies from the <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=HCD716">Heartfelt Creations Layered Elegant Swirls Set</a> and added pearls.</div>
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The flowers were cut from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-143">Spellbinders Jewel Flowers and Flourishes</a>.</div>
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Hope you like it and let me say dear blog friends how sorry I am that I have made promises to post in the last few weeks and not kept them. I am not going to make excuses; all I can say is I have not done it intentionally or lightly. To ensure that this does not happen again I am now only promising a post when I know it has been photographed and scheduled. I appreciate your visits and hope you will pop by tomorrow as I have another post SCHEDULED.</div>
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<br />lilygeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326200931361508428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174506411672348157.post-17382304570443586762013-03-04T16:19:00.002+00:002013-03-04T16:19:48.730+00:00DT 4 Arthouses for Creative Expressions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is another DT make for Creative Expressions. I used a postcard background paper.</div>
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I stamped the houses in black ink and shadow stamped the background houses with Rusty Hinge distress ink.</div>
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I also used one of the butterfly images from Sam Poole's 'Nature's Wonders' Stamp Set and the postmark stamp from 'Arthouses'.</div>
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I used some markers and stickles to colour and embellish the houses and some Vintage Photo and BlackSoot Distress Inks for the edges.</div>
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Wishing you a good day. This is my DT make this week using Sam Poole's <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMARTHOUSE">Arthouse Stamps</a> and I have also used some Justrite stamps too. I started off with a piece of text background card which I tore, burnt at the edges and distressed with some <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=DPVINTAGEPHO">Vintage Photo</a>. I stamped one of the arthouse images, one of the keys, some of the text and the postage stamp and embossed with gold embossing powder on to dark cardstock and cut the card out with the fourth largest die of Spellbinders <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZLF-347">Grand Labels 23</a>. I added some crumpled paper, a small piece of lace and a small rolled felt rose to the roof of the house. </div>
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I added some more felt rolled roses, a <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=ZR-001"> black zipper rose</a> and some <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=XL1-16">olive green faux suede leaves</a>.</div>
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I used one of the stamps from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=JRCR03625">Justrite Classic Scallop Border 1</a> for the top and bottom border and also used <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=JRCL02210">Justrite Fleur de Lis Labels 20</a>. I stamped on to black cardstock and embossed with gold embossing powder.</div>
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Please forgive me for not posting when I said I would two days ago; some urgent things came up and I wasn't able to keep my promise. I hope you are all having a good day and managing to get some lovely crafty projects made. I have just received some beautiful stamps by Papermania and cannot wait to make a project or two with them.</div>
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For today, I have made a Spellbinders card but I also painted the birds, the butterfly, the frame edge and the plain printed background card with Pebeo's Fantasy Prisma paints. When I say painted, that's not strictly true at all because this paint is basically dropped on to your media and spread around. To do this you can use a cocktail stick but I prefer to use a very fine crochet hook as it gives you a lot more control over where you put the paint. As you can see (this shows most clearly on the birds) you can achieve an interesting effect without actually doing anything. The paints are fabulous and can be used on many surfaces although they are not water based and do give off a fairly strong odour. They make plain backgrounds come alive although these pictures don't really show how nice the paint looks on the background; they give an embossed look to the card. I have also painted a Spellbinder frame with them and will post it up in the next few days to show you more of the effects. If you want to use them like glass paints with cerne relief paste they will give you wonderful results with very little effort.</div>
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I used the largest die from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS6-004">Spellbinders Detailed Scallop Die</a> and a smaller die from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS6-002">Spellbinders Matting Basics B 5x7</a> to make a frame - you cannot see very much of it because I used a fair bit of fancy lace from my stash, but I threaded some <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=SEAMMIMI">American seam binding in mimi brown</a> through the holes. I made some rolled roses and wrapped them in crumpled and distressed tissue paper and added some other colours of seam binding to them. The birds were cut from the <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS5-033">Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary Set</a>. The sentiment comes from Creative Expressions <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMSPECSENT">Special Sentiments Stamp Plate</a>. I added some pearls to the project.<br />
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Here is my second make for Creative Expressions using Sam Poole's <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMARTHOUSE">Arthouse Stamp Plate</a>. I also used the butterfly images from Sam Poole's <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMNATWOND"> Nature's Wonder Stamp Set</a>.</div>
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I added some flowers made with tissue paper and some embellishments and ribbon. I distressed and sanded the card very vigourously to create a worn look.</div>
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Hope you are all well and having a good day. The design team at Creative Expressions are lucky to be working with Sam Poole's fantastic new <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMARTHOUSE">Arthouses Stamp Set</a> this month</div>
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And also by Sam Poole: <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMRULER">The A6 Ruler Stamp Plate</a>. These work so well together and are really versatile and fun stamps to have in your collection.</div>
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The images were stamped on to tissue paper, allowing me to work around the corners of the canvas. They were colourised using acrylic paints.</div>
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The 'roof' was made by sticking several layers of triangular chipboard pieces together. The ruler was stamped on to cardstock and cut out to fit the shape, then painted and slightly distressed.</div>
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I sealed the canvas and chipboard roof with a light sealer.</div>
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I added a flower made with dictionary paper and tissue paper. I added some beads to the roof and a small key to the canvas.</div>
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Please come back again tomorrow to see another make using the same stamp sets.</div>
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This is another sad day for our family. I just want to post this card in memory of my sister-in-law. Not much to say today except that my sister-in-law, Ayten spent her life looking after others; she was one of those women who make the world go round, silently doing what she had to with love and cheerfulness. God bless her and let her rest in peace. My husband loved her to bits; they will be happy and free at last to be with each other in a better place.<br />
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The sentiment reads: Dearest Ayten we love you and will never forget you.</div>
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Here she is in 1967 in Adana, Turkey with her little brood. It is wash day but she still looks cheerful!</div>
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Hope you are having a good day. For all you Steam Punk enthusiasts, hope you don't get too upset with my sweet little hybrid steampunky gals, not SteamPunk in the true sense; just my own fun version. You are allowed to laugh at them, I won't be offended and if you like them and they make you smile, I'm happy!!</div>
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The Steampunk Sweethearts were created using the swirly heart from Creative Expressions Hearts Entwined, cogs from <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMSTEAMCHRIS">Steampunk Christmas</a> and the <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMANTIQU">Antique Dressforms Stamp Plate</a>.</div>
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I stamped and embossed the dressforms first and then married up the swirly heart 'head' to fit the body. The cog 'arms and 'feet' were added last.</div>
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The bookmarks were inked up with several colours of <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/index.php?tid=440&pbid=BRAND&lev=2&did=Distress%20Inkpads">Ranger Distress Inkpads</a>. The corners were rounded with a punch.</div>
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The eye was drawn and some <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=ACCENTMINIGLO">glossy accents</a> added.</div>
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This is another DT project using Creative Expressions' <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMHEARTENT">Hearts Entwined Stamp Plate</a>. A little book to give to your loved one containing all your favourite quotes and poems about love.</div>
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It's not surprising that the Justrite stamps and dies are becoming so popular - have a look at Sue Wilson's blog <a href="http://particraft.blogspot.co.uk/">Particraft</a> and you'll see she has used these stamps and dies extensively recently and they are so gorgeous - you can make the best cards ever with these stamps and dies and I am so in love with the designs. They are not as hardy and durable as the go-on-forever stamps by Creative Expressions but if you are careful with them they are a treat to use. For today's post I have used the <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=JRCR04325">Justrite Antique Valentine's One Stamp Set and Custom Dies</a>.</div>
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A simple card - nothing complicated but the stamps and dies are so chic you can do the job with your eyes closed (you can tell I'm a fan).</div>
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Just cut myself several of the dies that match the keyhole stamp and stuck them together for dimension,painted them with black acrylic and then stamped the matching keyhole stamp on to plain white cardstock. Used a few promarkers to colour the stamp.</div>
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Cut myself a large <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS4-346">Spellbinders Labels 22</a> and inked it wth <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=DPSPCMARMALADE">Spiced Marmalade</a>. Cut myself the next two sizes down of <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS4-387">Decorative Labels 22</a>, one in white and the smaller in a dark shade of brown. Layered them and added the lovely keyhole dimensional piece.</div>
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The card itself was kraft card cut using <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZLF-161">Spellbinders Grand Labels One</a>. Take care.</div>
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Following on from Saturday's make for Creative Expressions using the <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMHEARTENT">Hearts Entwined Stamp Set</a>. Today's make is quite different in mood, whilst the first make was colourful and funky this is much more subdued in traditional black and white. It is often difficult to keep to a colour scheme but this one came together quite well.</div>
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The two large hearts were stamped with <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=ARCHBLK">Black Archival</a> and <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=CSEPVIOBLK">Cosmic shimmer</a> Viola black. The hearts were cut out and embellished with pearls. The sentiment was stamped from the set using black archival.</div>
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The Design Team at Creative Expressions are currently working with a really lovely stamp set suitable not only for Valentine's Day but great for lots of other occasions too due to the popularity of heart images: these, entitled <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=UMHEARTENT">Hearts Entwined</a>, are really lovely designs with a nice selection of heart images to choose from as well as sentiments and fine ornate labels.</div>
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I stamped the large heart images using <a href="http://ww.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=PERPADCL">Perfect Clear Medium</a> and <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=CSEPBRGOLD">Cosmic Shimmer Bright Gold embossing powder</a>. I cut the hearts using <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/detail.php?pid=WIZS4-137">Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Hearts</a>. I decorated them with pearls and used some dimensional paint and <a href="http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/productcatalogue/index.php?tid=636&pbid=BRAND&lev=2&did=Stickles">stickles</a> for the centres of the hearts.<br />
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I called this 'Love in Colour' - come back again tomorrow to see 'Love in Black and White'. Take care and have a lovely day.</div>
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If you're snowed in why not have a go at making my cuckoo creation - here is the second part of the tutorial following on from yesterday.</div>
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Coat your cut pieces AND cut and embossed pieces with the clear medium of your choice and stick them together making sure the embossed piece is on top.</div>
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Here are the pieces you should now have. Coat the black decorative oval with some medium to give it a shine.</div>
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Stick your embossed patterned paper to the plain white card - it is better to use cosmic shimmer pva here so that you can line the pieces up more comfortably.</div>
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Now you need to layer your pieces.</div>
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Take the plain oval and cut it in two as in the picture.</div>
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Stick these to your base using double sided tape.</div>
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Now add the lattice borders to the sides of the base and cut off the overlap at the edges of the base.</div>
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Now add the other two lattice borders to the top and bottom of the base making sure they are central.</div>
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Secure the folded pieces with double sided tape. If you wish you can add a layer of card at the back to make these more secure and to hide the untidy tape.</div>
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Cut yourself some scraps of coloured felt and make some rolled roses. Take a couple of cocktail sticks, paint or distress them, add some stickles for sparkle and add a bead to the end of the stick. Add some beads to the centres of the roses; the best way to do this is to use a glue gun so you can push the bead very firmly down into the centre of the rolled flower.</div>
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Here are some more close ups and pictures of my cat Elmaz making sure I have done everything correctly!! She's the boss - purrrr.</div>
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Hope you enjoyed this tutorial - bye from Elmaz and myself for now and see you again soon. Have a good day.</div>
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