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Introducing Sweet Magnolia from Heartfelt Creations

On By patriciamanhireIn Patricia's Creations8 Comments

Kia Ora Koutou

Spring is in the air with the new Sweet Magnolia collection from Heartfelt Creations. The flowers are gorgeous and easy to make, and there are beautiful images to colour and the paper collection is just stunning. All pinks and purples!!

Products Used:

Sweet Magnolia Blooms Die, HCD1-7346
Sweet Magnolia Bouquet Die, HCD1-7348
Sweet Magnolia Blooms Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3948
Sweet Magnolia Bouquet Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3950
Sweet Magnolia Paper Collection, HCDP1-2126
3D Magnolia Shaping Mold, HCFB1-5005
Ornamental Tags Die, HCD1-7203
Eyelet Oval & Basics Small Die, HCD1-7156
Eyelet Oval & Basics Large Die, HCD1-7157
Decorative Pocket Accents Die, HCD1-7211
Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50 – White, HCPP1-475
Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, HCST1-401
Luxe Silver Cardstock, HCGP1-493
Stack and Store Daubers-Pack of 30, HCDA2-450
Pastel Bead Stamens-Medium, HCS1-457-3
Bright Pearl Stamens-Small, HCS1-458-1
Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, 159723
Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear, PGM15015
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Library Green, RACP475
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Vivid Chartreuse, RACP531
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Cactus Flower, RACP985
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Magenta Hue, RACP614
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Pink Peony, RACP649
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black, RACP468
Double Dots 100pc. -3D Foam Circles, DDOTS
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers – 48 Pack, 478594

Other Products:

Iris cardstock, clear gloss gel medium, hot glue gun, heavy cardboard, white cardstock

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 12” x 7”, score at 6” along the long side and fold to create a base card 6” x 7”. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 6” x 7” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of dark pink paper 5 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 5 5/8” x 6 5/8” and adhere to the dark pink paper. Cut a piece of white cardstock 5 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and adhere to the silver cardstock. Cut a piece of light purple cardstock 5 3/8” x 6 3/8” and adhere to the front of the white cardstock.

Cut a piece of pattern paper 6” x 6” and cut the top and bottom with the straight edge dies from the HCD1-7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die set. Die cut 2 sets of decorative edge dies out of white and silver cardstock from the HCD1-7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die set. Adhere the white die over the silver die and offset them slightly. Die cut the lace edge out of white cardstock and adhere behind the decorative dies. Adhere to the top and bottom die cut edges. Adhere to the card base with heavy cardboard.

Die cut the eyelet oval from the HCD1-7157 Eyelet Ovals & Basic Ovals – Large set and the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Ovals & Basic– Small set out of silver cardstock. Adhere the smaller oval to the larger oval. Die cut an oval from light pink pattern paper using the No. 2 die from the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Ovals & Basic– Small set and adhere to the front of the silver ovals. Stamp the image from the HCPC-3950 Sweet Magnolia Bouquet Cling Stamp Set on Iris cardstock with Jet Black ink. Colour with Zig Clean Colur Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere to the front on the card as shown.

Stamp the leaf images from the HCPC-3948 Sweet Magnolia Blooms Cling Stamp Set in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse and Library Green inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the back of the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse ink and shape using the coordinating mold. Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium. Adhere to the left of the oval and to the top right of the oval as shown.

Stamp the magnolia images from the HCPC-3948 Sweet Magnolia Blooms Cling Stamp Set in Cactus Flower ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Pink Peony ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the flowers with Magenta Hue ink and then shape using the coordinating mold. Assemble using two of each size flowers. Add a single yellow bead stamen and magenta small pearl stamens to the flowers with hot glue. For the buds, stamp the small flowers on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper in Library Green ink. Colour the flowers with Vivid Chartreuse ink and the centres with Library Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the backs of the flowers with Vivid Chartreuse ink and then shape using the coordinating mold. Shape two pink flowers into buds using a hot glue gun and then adhere the green petal to the base of the bud as shown. Add Crystal Clear glitter with clear gloss gel medium. Adhere the flowers over the leaves.

Inside card: Cut a piece of silver cardstock 5 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the inside of the card. Cut a piece of dark pink paper 5 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and adhere to the front of the silver card. Cut a piece of white cardstock 5 3/8” x 6 3/8” and adhere to the inside. Cut a piece of light purple paper 5 1/4″ x 6 1/4” and adhere over the white card. Die cut the outer frame of the sentiment tag from the HCD1-7203 Ornamental Tags Die set and inner sentiment dies from silver cardstock and adhere to the outer green frame. Adhere the tag to the inside of the card as shown.

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

Cardmaking 101

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts12 Comments

Welcome back

I apologise for being tardy with this blog post but Make Shift is now open and looking fabulous, even better than I had imagined.

As promised today’s post is cardmaking 101.  While I have been making paper crafting for many years using a lot of different techniques, including stamping,  I have become aware that a lot of the new Close to My Heart Consultants in New Zealand are more familiar with scrapbooking and have never done any cards or stamping.  So after talking to a fellow CTMH consultant I decided to do this basic cardmaking tutorial for her and them.  This is  a really basic card layout that I tend to go back to when I need  a card in a hurry, or I am lacking some imagination that day to make something different.  I also love mixing and matching coloured paper and cardstock and of course CTMH make it so easy.

Here is the finished card we will be making:

Mount onto base card and embellish as desired

The basic materials required for cardmaking are:

Basic tools for cardmaking as well as the cutter

A good cutting trimmer – I have now got the new Fiskars Surecut Paper Trimmer and I have found it to be really good.  The markings are very clear and the wire line is great for lining up for accurate cuts.  It is also much easier using inches rather than centimetres as it is easier using 1/8’s of inches instead of 10 mms or 20 mms.  Plus most of the materials we use are in inches.

Fiskars cutter close up of the markings to use when cutting paper and cardstock

Adhesive – I love using tape runners as they are so easy to use and have less mess.  Sometimes my hands are very sore and the tape runners mean I can still make at least one card.  I am loving the Tombow adhesives from CTMH as you can still reposition if you are quick but it gives a good ‘fix’ as well.  The Memory Book Glue Dots are also great to use to place your embellishments on your card – they come in two sizes to suit the size of the embellishments.  And the Liquid Glass is excellent for gluing things really quickly – it was excellent for rolling up flowers and giving a lovely finish.

A sharp pair of scissors.  Sometimes you need to trim or fussy cut (by fussy cutting I mean to trim close to the edge of an image) and a good sharp pair of scissors means you end up with a nice clean cut.  The Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors from CTMH are excellent and I don’t get sticky ends of tape etc on the ends which makes it so much easier to cut.

Inks – I love the CTMH ink pads as they do not go dry very quickly and give a great impression.

Stamp scrubber and spritz cleaner – I use this after every stamping.  A quick spray of the spritz on the scrubber is all you need to keep your stamps clean and at the end of the day I rinse with warm water to keep the scrubber clean for the next session.  Always clean your stamps after each use.

Stamps – I have said this before but I am loving the My Acrylix stamps as they are so great and easy to use.  I have always preferred clear stamps as I can see where I am going and I find that I am not making so many mistakes that I have to cover up.

Anyway lets start making a card!

1) Cut a piece of 6 x 12 cardstock out of a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock.

Cutting one 12 x 12 piece of cardstock inton 2 6 x 12 inch pieces

2) Then on the long side of the cut piece cut at 8 inches

Trim the card down to 8 inches to make a single card

 

3)  Score this piece at 4 inches to give you a 6 x 4 card base.

Score the card at 4 inches to create your 6 x 4 card base

 

You will end up with 2 cards out of the one 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock with some card left over to stamp images on.  We now have base cards and envelopes available through CTMH but this is still useful if you want a coloured base card.  You can also get 3 cards out of one 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock and the instructions are on this blog: http://scraphappywithbrenda.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/3-cards-from-12×12-base.html

Two 6 x 4 card basesIt is really important to remember the dimensions of your card base as it make it a lot easier to trim down other papers and cardstock and keep the matting even.  I used to use a pencil and my eye but using a good trimmer like the Fiskars one makes it quicker and easier – especially when I don’t have to keep searching for my pencil.

Place the card to one side to keep it clean while you work on the decoration of the card – especially keep it away from ink pads and other dirty items.  (I am just saying this out of experience – lol).

3) Trim a piece of coloured cardstock to 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 – this will give you a 1/4 inch margin on the base card.

Trim long end to 5 12 inches Trim coloured cardstock to 3 12 inches by 12 inches

 

3) Trim a piece of patterned paper to 3 inches x 5 inches – once again leaving a 1/2 inch margin for your matting.  Here I have cut the patterned paper in half prior to putting on the coloured cardstock.

Trim a piece of patterned paper to 5 inches x 3 inches. Here I have also cut th

 

4) Adhere the patterned paper on the coloured cardstock.  You can use a mat with lines on it to help you line up your paper and get it straight.  Adhere the papers onto the coloured cardstock

5) Cut a strip of the patterned paper to 1/2 inch by 3 1/2 inches (here I have used a piece of scrap paper to get this strip – I never throw out useful pieces of paper.

Trim a piece of coordinating paper to 12 inch x 3 12 inches

6) Cut a strip of coloured cardstock 1 x 3 1/3 to mat the patterned paper on.

Trim a piece of coloured cardstock to 1 inch x 3 12 inches

 

7)  Adhere the patterned paper onto the coloured cardstock and then adhere this strip over the join in the paper.  I have placed the strip lower down so I have space for my stamped sentiment on the top of the card.

Adhere the patterned piece into the centre of the coloured cardstock and then pl8)  Cut a small piece of the base cardstock to 2 inches x 1 1/2 inches.  Here I have used the stamp to help measure up exactly how much I need.

Work out how much white cardstock you will need by measuring out on the cutter.9)  Stamp your image onto the piece of card.

Stamp your image on the card The stamped image10)  Cut a mat 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 for this stamped image out of the coloured cardstock.  For this matting there is only 1/8 inch trim.  Adhere the stamped image on the coloured mat.Mount the stamped card onto the coloured cardstock

11)  Adhere the matted sentiment on the top half of the card.

Adhere to the top of the card12)  Finally finish off the card with any embellishment that you think is suitable.  Remember though that less is more.  Once again here is the finished card.

Mount onto base card and embellish as desiredI hope that this tutorial is useful for you and that it gives you some inspiration to make your own cards with your own twists.  I look forward to seeing some of them on Facebook.

Materials I have used are:

CTMH Chantilly paper

CTMH Chantilly complements

CTMH You are My Happy Stamp set

CTMH Cranberry ink

CTMH Daisy White Cardstock

CTMH Sunset Cardstock

Fiskers Surecut Personal Trimmer

Tombow adhesive

Memory Book Glue Dots

I am going to look at doing another type of architectural card (probably a Christmas one – eek Christmas is not far away!) for my next post so watch this space…  Always good to challenge myself further.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

 

 

 

 

 

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