Christmas Card Madness part 2

Hi Crafty Friends,
Well, you all asked for it so here it is.  I have finally created a tutorial on how I created my Staircase Stepper Card for Christmas 2017.  I have kept some of the basic embellishing in fast forward but if there is anything that you would like help with, please just ask.  I would love to see what you all come up with.  Today is the last day of school for my daughter this year.  She is an amazing crafter and I am so inspired by her creativity.  I'm really looking forward to spending the holidays creating and playing with her.  I don't often talk about my children because of their privacy online, however, each day I am reminded of all thats good in the world.  She is not only beautiful (yes, I'm biased) but such a dedicated student and is always happy to help me whenever I need it.

My fur babies are growing every day too. They are now eating and have just started running and playing with each other.  They look so funny when they run, just like fluffy little Teletubbies. Who remembers those?

Christmas Card Madness!

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I finished off my Christmas cards for 2017 and I am in love with the gorgeous little Dachshunds from the bundle, Ready for Christmas.  I was inspired by a card that was made by Doris Pichler.  I changed min up a bit but you can view hers here. I wasn't able to give credit before as I couldn't find the original post.  These cards did take a while to make but I'm super happy with the result. I love a good 3D project and to be able to put this into a card is right up my alley.  What do you think? What's your favourite 3D project to make?


For this card I used the Ready for Christmas Bundle, At Home with You Bundle, as well as Hardwood background stamp and assorted inks and texture paste.  Classes have finished for the year, however, If you live in the Coffs Harbour region and would like to come along in the new year, just let me know. We are always happy to welcome new crafters to our group.

 Till next time,
Stay Crafty,
XO Tan

Camera Box with Mini Album

Hi Crafty friends,

Today I'm sharing with you my latest project. Well, I actually came up with it for my daughter who just went on her first big camp away from home.  It's a super cute camera styled box complete with a shaker lens.  The lid of the box opens up to reveal a space to hold 2 mini albums including photos.  The albums will hold up to 20 photos each as well as other memorabilia.  Ive used the dashing new paper line from Stampin' Up! True Gentleman DSP.  The colours are so rich and the images are so cute.  I know that this paper is going to be a favourite of mine.  I hope you like this album and if you would like to make it as well, I have a tutorial and step by step video available for purchase.  Once you have purchased the tutorial, you will be emailed with the link.  As always, if ever there is a problem, just let me know and I will try to fix it asap.
What do you have planned for the week?  I'm planing a Christmas party for my lovely ladies and hosting a thank you event for them.  Crafty friends are really the best kind.




Till next time,
Stay Crafty,
XO Tan

Camera Box & Mini Album

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Here is daddy spending time with his babies for the first time.  Mummy is letting the babies see him. Too cute1

Tool Bench Fold Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have a brand new tutorial available for this stunning bench fold card.  This tool bench is a real stand out piece that is surprisingly simple to make.  I hope this is something that you will try yourself at home.  The card folds perfectly flat for mailing.
I hope that I have inspired you to make something like this.  Please share your designs.  I love the creativity of others and we should all inspire each other.

On another topic, My fur babies are growing so much each day.  They are now walking and have discovered there is a world outside their bed.  They are beginning to play with each other.  They are just too cute for words.  I know.....I know......I'm a crazy dog lady.....

Until next time,
Stay Crafty,
XO Tan

Suitcase Mini

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I'm sharing with you a super cute little project.  It's what I call the Suitcase Mini.  The outside looks like a miniature suitcase, but when you open it up it reveals a accordion style mini album.  The finished size of this project is 4 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/4" excluding the handle.  This project can be completed within an hour. There are many occasions when this style gift would be great to give.  If someone is going away on a trip, leaving for college, moving out into a new home or just because.  You can view the complete tutorial here

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Bike Ride Easel Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Tomorrow we are celebrating a special friend's birthday.  I love my extended crafty family and always try to give them something that they will cherish.  This is the card that I made for her.  There is a tutorial for this available here.

Below are the steps for this card. I hope you like it and give it a go yourself.

My fur babies are growing so much every day.  They are now able to walk a little and are starting to want to venture the outside world.  I just love them so very much.  One look into those beautiful round eyes and I'm gone.  We will be adding to our Fur Family at the end of January.  My daughter is going to get her very own fur baby and we can't wait.

Until next time,
Stay crafty,
XO Tan

Ingredients:

Cardstock –

Whisper White  – 6 x 12 (15.3 x 30.5)

                                    5 ¾ x 5 ¾ (14.6 x 14.6)

                                    Plus scraps for stamping

Old Olive  -     5 ¾ x 5 ¾ (14.6 x 14.6)

Silver Foil  -    6 x 6 (15.3 x 15.3)

Inkpads –

Memento Tuxedo Black

Soft Sky

Old Olive

Sahara Sand

Soft Suede

Real Red

Smokey Slate

Dapper Denim

So Saffron

Calypso Coral

Stamp Sets & Dies –

Bike Ride S/S

Sheltering Tree S/S

Birthday Banners S/S

Bunch of Banners Framelits

Layering Ovals Framelits

All the other bits and pieces –

5” Mini Sequin Trim (Silver)

Mini Dimensionals

Stamp N Pierce Mat

Tombow

Sponges

Snips

Trimmer N Scoreboard

Bigshot

Copy Paper

Washi Tape

The Simple Steps –

1.     Score the 6” x 12” Whisper White piece at 6” & 9” on the long side.  Fold piece in half and the half again on one side.

2.     Take the 6” x 6” piece of W/W and secure to your work surface with a small amount of snail on the back.

3.     Tear the copy paper in a curve so that it looks like a hill.

4.     Secure the lower portion of the hill on the lower third with washi tape.

5.     Use a section of sponge and blend Soft Sky ink in a gentle swirling motion.

6.     Remove the lower section of copy paper and place the other piece over the top of the sky you just created.

7.     Repeat this process using Old Olive ink for the grassy area.

8.     Stamp grassy areas with the stamp from Sheltering Tree in Old Olive  randomly throughout the hill.

9.     Gently remove the inked panel and centre on the Silver Foil panel.

10. Place the largest Scallop oval die in the centre of the panel. Run through the Big Shot together.

11. Take only the inked panel and place the largest oval die and centre it over the previously cut scallop oval. Cut in the Big Shot.

12. Adhere the sponged piece to the foil piece.

13. Place sponged image on top of the folded easel piece.  Using a pencil, trace the aperture. Using the same scalloped oval that was used on the foil piece, cut out this folded piece.

14. Adhere the sponged piece to the cut easel piece using Fast Fuse.

15. Take the scrap pieces of Whisper White and stamp the bicycle parts using Memento Tuxedo Black.

16. Stamp the highlights for the bicycle using Soft Sky

17. Stamp the basket and dog using Sahara Sand

18. Stamp the apples and any other items you want to include in your card.

19. Put your bicycle together using Tombow Mono.  Adhere the bicycle using dimensionals in the centre of the card so that it rests just under the oval aperture.

20. Add the front and back baskets using extra dimensionals.

21. Stamp a banner from Birthday Banners using Dapper Denim Ink.

22. Stamp the ‘Happy Birthday’ greeting in Real Red, curving it as needed to fit within the banner. Attach with Dimensionals.

23. Adhere the Old Olive piece to the large open square of the easel piece using fast fuse.

24. Stamp a greeting onto the bottom half of the Old Olive piece.

25. Place some stamped and die cut flowers on either side of the stamped greeting.

26. Place 3 gems above the greeting to function as a stopper for the easel.

Enjoy!