Create A Card Dies

This was my second allocation for Crafter’s Companion Design Team.  I worked with two dies from the Gemini Create a Card range, Ornamental Baubles and Christmas Greetings.   These dies cut into the card but they don’t have an outer cutting edge so the design stays within the card.  I loved working with these dies, they are so versatile and cut like a dream.   They make gorgeous shaker cards when used with acetate and look great when coloured with Sparkle pens.  

My favourite make with these dies was this Christmas planner.  I used the die to work out the size of the book and used a die cut as a decoration on the front cover then cut another and snipped out various words which I used to decorate the pages in the planner.  I will be making another one of these for myself for Christmas, I love having everything written down so I don’t forget anything.

The Ornamental Baubles die can be found here

https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/gemini-create-a-card-metal-die-ornamental-baubles.html?nosto=nosto-page-search2

The Christmas Greetings die can be found here

First Design Team Allocation

Above are a selection of the cards I made for my first allocation as part of Crafter’s Companion Design Team.  I just love these dies from the Fancy Nesting Dies range.  I used the Torn Edge Oval, Torn Edge Square and Torn Edge Circles Nesting die sets to make a selection of cards in different styles, including easel cards, dome cards, shaker cards, fancy fold cards etc.  I loved working with these dies as there are endless things you can do with them and they layer right down to a tiny centre die.  All the cards are decorated with a range of Crafter’s Companion paper pads, dies and stamps.

The range of Nesting dies can be found here:
https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=gemini%20nesting%20dies

Crafter’s Companion Design Team

I found out recently that I had been selected to join the 2019 Design Team for Crafter’s Companion.  To say I am overwhelmed is an understatement, I am in shock.  Although I have been making cards and other papercraft items for a long time I have never though my work was good enough to be on a design team.  I feel so honoured to have been chosen and look forward to making all kinds of projects using the stunning products from Crafter’s Companion.

This is a card I made incorporating a range of Crafter’s Companion products.  The cardstock is Centura Pearl in various shades of purple and silver and the embossing folder is called Geometric Roses.  The cute stamp is called Rabbit’s Garden and I coloured it with Triblend markers and the die is the Happy Birthday Circle die.  I coloured the background using Harmony Water Reactive inkpads in Crushed Velvet and Pink Tulip.

Mother’s Day 2

I made this card for my mother for Mother’s Day.  I used papers from Tonic Studios monthly kit and their Butterfly Mosaic die set.  I cut out the daisy from the central die, sticking it onto white cardstock and hand cutting around the edges to make the individual flowers.  I filled the centre of the daisies with Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios which are self-levelling so I used lots to make the centre 3D .  I mounted some of the daisies on to foam pads to lift them up, adding some dimension then added some tiny butterflies and a bow.  

Mother’s Day Card One

Mother’s Day is fast approaching here in the UK.  The above card is for my mother-in-law who loves everything butterflies.  The base card I made using a Tattered Lace Stepper Card die and the patterned papers I cut the decorative panels and butterflies from are from the stunning Roaring Twenties paper pad from Crafters Companion.  The butterflies are cut using the Butterfly Beauty die by Sheena Douglas and I cut it three times in different papers and layered them up so the wings stand out.  I love adding glitter to embellishments so I added glue in various places on the butterflies then dropped the die cut  into my glitter box.  I have added a few ferns behind the butterflies so they have something to rest on  and a few Tonic Nuvo Drops here and there to break the ferns up.  That is one card down, now I need to get my thinking cap on and get cracking on a card for my mum.

Spinning Monkey Jungle Card

I made this fun card for my daughter to give to her boyfriend.  He is car mad so I used a safari jeep type car on both the front and inside with an assortment of jungle animals to complete the theme.  The monkey is attached to the aperture with white sewing cotton and the monkey wound up before closing so it spins when opened.  All the jungle dies are from Elizabeth Crafts Design.

Today I intended to spent a few hours tidying my craft room but I came across this little ballerina bear topper that I made a while back.  The tidying stopped and I found myself inspired to make this card for a friend’s ballet mad daughter.  I used a Crafters Companion Gemini Create a Card Cut On Edge die to cut the design into the card blank then added some Fuchsia Centura Pearl cardstock behind the design.  I added a strip of the cardstock with a piece of ribbon and bow attached and a birthday greeting in co-ordinating colours.  I love the design of the Cut on the Edge die, it is so pretty.

It’s Gin Time

It’s my daughter’s birthday this week and I noticed an early birthday present in her kitchen, a bottle of purple coloured violet gin.  That gave me the idea to make this gin inspired birthday card for her.  I used the gorgeous papers from Crafters Companion Roaring Twenties collection and a stamp from the Quirky Prosecco range of stamps which are so much fun to use.  The bottle is made using Tonic’s A Good Year die set and the glasses are some generic dies I have purchased at some point.  Inside I have used another stamp from crafter’s Companion’s Quirky Prosecco range, it says “I am smiling because you are my daughter, I am laughing because there is nothing you can do about it”.  I hope she likes it.

A Few Recent Cards

It has been a while since I have posted on here so I thought I would post a few of my recent projects as a catch up.  I have been enjoying using dies and other products from a range of different companies recently but I think my style is still fun/quirky and my favourite technique is definitely still die cutting.  I don’t seem to have done much scrapbooking for a while as my printer has been down but that is certainly something I want to reconnect with.