My DT post for the crafting Cafe December

This is my post for the Crafting Cafe blog DT for December, we have not got a sponsor, so this month its all about posting your favourite things from the year. So these are mine.

 

This was my husbands 60th Birthday card in October, i loved making it and he loved it too

this is a mixture of Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz

This is a favourite scrapbook page, my granddaughter Maia all dressed up in WW1 outfit.

the papers and embellishments are dragons lair designs.

 

And finally a shadow box House for my bestest friends 65th Birthday, with all her family photos in it

Happy Christmas everyone 

Dragons Lair design team post. Victorian Christmas

This is a double page spread using the lovely Victorian Christmas papers, just launched this month.
great for all your Christmas cards and then for scrapping your photos after Christmas.
find these on the Dragons Lair shop here http://dragonslairdesigns.com/shop/
and the Face Book fan page here,  https://www.facebook.com/groups/636646656454888/

Cards made at Art of Craft , December 2014

these first two I made in 15 mins each including the decoupage . You can get a production line going.
If you need to make a few. Cutting out several of the matting and layering elements at once is a good start.

These next two were made in under ten mins each.

Then I made a little gift box using Bellissimo Christmas as above 2 cards

Then if you are sick of Christmas cards , how about the lovely new capsule range 

French Lavender. These following cards are adapted from the December magazine.

Roald Dahl. Gift card holder card

hello, this is an idea for a card to give as a holder for vouchers or gift cards.
I will have it the art of craft demo tomorrow if you want to see it , come and say hello.

Dragons lair December challenge.

This adorable Christmas elf is free on dragons lair to people who join the site & promise to make and post a card using the image before the end of December.https://www.facebook.com/groups/636646656454888/

I started with an 8x8 stepper card. The front fold has a lovely light gold glitter

Card base with a punched red border. This was topped with a red glitter

Ribbon.

The back is covered with an embossed and inked checked paper.

The cute image is matted onto red. Little elf girl is decoupaged

And glittered with red stickles. 

I also printed out the image much smaller to make a matching gift card

Sneak peek of the Dragons Lair Victorian Christmas

this lovely Dragons Lair Vintage range is so versatile , not just for cards but in this case Crackers and a place setting for Dad.

DT post crafting cafe 'not a Card' sponsor Artbymiran

this month, as the title suggest, we are to make anything but a card. So I decided to use the gorgeous Artbymiran image on a canvas, ideal for a little girls room decor.

This image is by our sponsor Artbymiran and the link for this image is

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/185822852/digital-stamp-florina-digi-stamp?ref=shop_home_active_15

The link for the store is

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/artbymiran?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav

I used a white canvas which I painted with Tea rose acrylic paint

DT post , not a card. Crafting cafe , Delicious Doodles

The image is deliciously dark so I made it a bit Gothic ! A wall hanger

This was made using a sort of light wood box that I got a curry in 😀

Painted red, lace ribbons doileys all added

Even a little bottle of beads at the base .

You can find this great Delicious Doodles image, Rosita 

Find the image on the website here :- http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/rosita.html

See the post below for more photo info, I had to re-blog in order to get the right photo to post on FB - lol

DT post for crafting cafe , part 2 not a card

                            The image is deliciously dark so I made it a bit Gothic ! A wall hanger

this month we have 2 sponsors ! So I have blogged them separately for you.
The theme for both is 'not a card' this sponsor is Delicious Doodles
Find the image on the website here :- http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/rosita.html

It all started with a nice curry , the packaging was a sort of light wood case. 

Tasty too :-)

Washed out and painted with red acrylic paint

I lined it with tissue paper and some black lace

Add caption

Dragons Lair design inspiration- Francheska

This month at Dragons Lair designs we are using the lovely new Francheska papers and embellishments. Find the store here to check it out for yourself

Here :- http://dragonslairdesigns.com/shop/  and you can join in chat, challenges and more on the FB page to be found here :- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dragons-Lair-Designs/443643142441261

I decided to make some pretty pillow boxes for gifts like jewellery or gift tokens with a matching card. I hope you like them

i started off printing off all the pretty things i needed from the Francheska range. i chose a pillow box

die, but there are lots of templates on the web for these sorts of boxes bags etc.

 as you can see on the photo above, I decided to emboss one of the boxes with a Tim Holtz folder

as it had some letters and numbers on it and sort of complimented the Bingo image in the Franchesca toppers. See photo below for some of the lovely things you can download and print off. just a bit of cutting out and patience makes a great project all hand made.

Here below is the matching card, lots of distressing on the edges and inking with brown ink

 finally a photo of the little boxes all on their own.

Sneaky peek on Francheska , dragons lair designs

this Francheska range is gorgeous and launching tomorrow! This is a sneaky peek of a
Little bit used on a gift bag . Find it at the store here http://dragonslairdesigns.com/shop/
And join in with the fun on the fan page here https://www.facebook.com/groups/636646656454888/

 I used a plain white gift bag

I printed out some of the Francheska  design elements 

And some papers

Wishing on a star - Hel's sheridans Sunday stamper challenge

here is my card to go to Hel's Sheridans Sunday stamper challenge, wishing on a star
If you want to join in, it's here :- http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/sunday-stamper-week-331-wishing-on-star.html

I love this little Gorjus girl stamp. I used her with a tonic die 

I would also like to enter her into the Dragons Lair designs challenge, just for fun

& loyalty points using the vintage sparkle colour palette mentioned

Here https://www.facebook.com/groups/636646656454888/

     

Crafting cafe 'think pink' challenge

hello everyone, this is my DT card using one of he lovely images from our sponsor Aurora Wings

for this months

Think pink challenge on the crafting cafe blog, find it here :-http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/october-challenge-think-pink.html

And find the images from Aurora wings here

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings

Halloween Lanterns - Dragons Lair

good morning, I managed to finish my Halloween lanterns using the Tim Holtz Lantern die
And The Dragons Lair gorgeous Halloween range , find the papers and more at the shop
http://dragonslairdesigns.com/shop/

Find fun and inspiration at the Face Book page too, here
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dragons-Lair-Designs/443643142441261

Wow embossing powder challenge. One stamp 2 ways

this is my entry for the WOW challenge , use one stamp in different ways
I have made a card and a tag with one kanban stamp and WOW embossing powders.
http://wowembossingpowder.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/october-2014-monthly-challenge-and.html

This card background is stamped and embossed with WOW powders and coloured in with
Pro markers , some extra flowers cut out and 3D'd on top of the others. The hummingbird is also stamped embossed and coloured in in the same way.

The tag below was swiped over with distress stains first, then stamped with

The same flowers on the stamp , I added some paste through a stencil to

Add dimension , 

I then used my tim holtz frameworks die to make the frame which was inked in clear

And embossed with the WOW powders.

The humming bird and some extra flowers stamped coloured and

Cut out. Finished with some glossy accents on the bird some adhesive

Stones and a pretty bow

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