All That Glitters Is Not Gold! - Daring Cardmakers Challenge DT

Happy Friday!

I'm all excited as it's the first time I set a challenge on the Daring Cardmakers!  Of course, it wouldn't be a challenge for me unless it had had some bling and sparkle in it would it?  So, I went with a glitter theme - use as much as you can and make it sparkle!

I decided to make an unconventional wedding card.  I recently bought a new Dovecraft sentiment stamp that I was itching to use so I heat embossed it in black glitter embossing powder to begin with.

I used glitter washi tape in different colours and widths and die cut flowers from glitter card, using my beloved Fiskars heart punch for the black glitter hearts.

It's been a glorious couple of days weather wise and although it's wet and miserable today at least it's not cold.  I, on the other hand, have been suffering with a cold - thank goodness for the cold and flu pills!

Hope you'll join in with the challenge HERE and have a wonderful weekend!
Shabneez

Products Used:
Tonic Nuvo Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink Pad
Dovecraft Painted Blooms die set
Dovecraft Sentiment stamp
Trimcraft First Edition Sweet Nothings paper pad
Fiskars medium heart punch
All cardstock and adhesive from Stix 2 Anything
Everything else from my stash

Doodle, Doodle, Do! - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Happy Friday!

I'm sharing a card I made as Guest Designer for the Daring Cardmakers Challenge this week. The theme was to add a doodle. I'm forever doodling! I think I started when I was at school, I used to doodle whilst doing my homework or revising.....thankfully, I still passed my exams!

My doodle was inspired by the intricate henna designs that I love having applied at special occasions like weddings. I've used my trusty Fiskars punches and a sheet from the Trimcraft Love Story pad.

In the past I've doodled frames on cards but never had the urge to do anything larger. This challenge made me use a skill (if you can call it that!!!) that I wouldn't normally use but I'd certainly use again. 

Thank you for looking and any comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez xxx

Products Used:

Fiskars Intricate Love Punch

Fiskars Medium Heart Lever Punch

Trimcraft FE Love Story Paper Pad

Everything else from my stash

Strawberries & Cream - Daring Card Makers

Happy Friday!

The summer holidays are in full swing and it's great we've had glorious sunshine. We've been out for the past couple of days enjoying the sun. 

On to my inspirational card for the Daring Cardmakers, you can see more inspiration here. The theme this week is in line with the summer. Strawberries and cream - yum! I love strawberries, especially with cream, and I remember going to pick your own fruit farms as a child with my family. 

I've used a mini kraft card for the background and my trusty Fiskars punches for the strawberries. I embossed them to give texture. I used an appropriate 'Thank You Berry Much' for the sentiment. 

Thank you for looking and any comments are much appreciated. 

Products Used:

Fiskars medium heart punch

Fiskars eglantine punch

Dotty embossing folder

Everything else from my stash

A Gift Made With Scraps

Happy Saturday!

I almost didn't get round to blogging this week. How regularly should you blog? A friend advised as regularly as possible and she posts a few times a week. I can't manage that. It's not that I don't have makes to blog about, more the time taken to write the blog and of course visit other blogs. Thoughts?

Anyway, today I'd like to share a simple gift I made for a friend. It's a framed project. I've used various scraps of paper in the same colour way under the punched hearts. I stamped a sentiment and used twine and a rose to embellish. 

It's on the Fiskarettes UK FB page today as it was one of my DT submissions. 

Thank you for looking and any comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

Fiskars Medium Lever Heart Punch

Scraps from my stash

American Crafts Twine

Rose from Tiger Tiger

Stamp free from a magazine

Golfing Father's Day Card

Happy Wednesday!

I'm sharing a DT card that was featured on the Fiskarettes FB page on Friday. 

I know a lot of Dads that play golf so I decided to make a card incorporating a golf ball as I knew I could emboss the card to make it look more realistic. 

I used chalk ink for the background which I really enjoyed, using a makeshift stencil for the hill outlines. 

I cut the grass by hand and layered it to give a 3D effect. I did the same with the golf tee, cutting layers by hand. 

For the sentiment I used a stamp from a set I got with a Docrafts magazine - it's a really useful one for Father's Day cards. I die cut the rest of sentiment from the Trimcraft alphabet dies. 

Thank you for taking the time to look at my post and your comments are much appreciated. 

Products used:

Fiskars Lever Circle punch

Trimcraft Alphabet Dies

Versamark Chalk Inks

Personalised Door Hangers

Happy Friday!

June already, where's the year going?! Half term is almost at an end. Despite the dire weather we've managed to entertain ourselves. 

Today, I'd like to share a couple of door hangers I made. The first I made for a birthday present and it was very well received. I think personalised items go down well in general as gifts. I used decomaché papers for the base and added a photo, frame, flowers, ribbon and a brad. 

The second was a project I did for the Fiskarettes DT. This time I painted the hanger then added a paper from the FE Love Story pad. I made the ladybirds using a circle punch. I embossed the wings and dabbed them with an alcohol marker for the spots.  Again, I personalised the hanger using wooden alphabet letters that I painted. 

I really enjoyed making these and intend to make a couple for my neices who are coming over from America next month.

Thank you for looking and any comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

First Edition Deco Maché glue

First Edition Deco Maché brushes

Santoro Mirabelle Deco Maché papers

Santoro Mirabelle brads

First Edition Love Story pad

Fiskars medium lever circle punch

Everything else from my stash

Flower Posy Trifold Shutter Card Tutorial

Happy Saturday!

I've got a tutorial on a Trifold shutter card today. It was featured on the Fiskarettes UK FB page on Monday. 

I know lots of people use dies for different styles of cards but I don't have a lot of dies nor a large die cutting machine. To be honest, I enjoy working from templates! This is the template I used which my husband transferred on the computer from my handwritten notes (he has his uses!):

Once cut out and folded, it should look like this:

I matt and layered the card using the Trimcraft First Edition Pretty Posy papers which co-ordinate so well with each other.

I made flowers using the Fiskars Large Flower Power Punch and the Eglantine Small Lever Punch and then just pinched them to give them a 3D shape:

I added a stamped sentiment, ribbon, gems and leaves to finish the card:

I was so pleased when another Fiskarettes UK member made a card using my tutorial and sent me a photo - it made my day! Thank you Veronica. 

Products used:

Trimcraft First Edition Perfect Posy pad

Fiskars Medium Flower Power Punch

Fiskars Small Eglantine Lever Punch

Trimcraft Floral Muse Sentiment

Versamagic Chalk Ink

Everything else from my stash 

Fiskarettes DT Cards

Happy Saturday!

I'm super behind on blogging - life just gets in the way sometimes :) I've a couple of cards for the Fiskarettes DT to share today. 

The first is a card that was on the Fiskarettes UK page yesterday for Fellas Friday using the Trimcraft Blue Skies papers. I love that the papers are in a particular colour-way but have so many differing designs in the pack. 

I've matt and layered the papers with silver card stock and used the pale blue frame and buttons from the same Blue Skies range. There are a lot of co-ordinating embellishments in the range including the sentiments which I've used. 

Finally, I added twine, Fiskars eyelets and embossed and distressed a section of the card to add further texture. 

The second card was featured on Fiskarettes UK Scraps Saturday last week. I used glittered card scraps although you can't see the glitter very well on the photo. I didn't want to ruin the pattern I'd created by putting a sentiment on top, so I made a tab on the side that I stamped. Both the butterflies and circles are punched with Fiskars punches. 

I hope you enjoy your weekend, it's supposed to be wonderful weather! We're having a BBQ later. 

Thank you for looking and any comments are much appreciated. 

Hugs,

Shabneez 

Products Used in Both Cards:

Trimcraft Blue Skies papers

Trimcraft Blue Skies Buttons, Frames and Sentiments

Fiskars Eyelet Setter and Eyekets

American Crafts Twine

Sizzix Embossing Folder

Fiskars Small Butterfly Lever punch

Fiskars Medium Circle lever punch

Everything else from my stash

Love Story Anniversary Card

Happy Thursday!

I'm so behind on my blog! I've been away with the boys for the Easter holidays and although I'm back home I'm still playing catch up as they're not back at school until next week. 

Today I'd like to share a card I made for the Fiskarettes UK DT.  I've used the intricate Love punch which you can win on the Fiskarettes page here: http://bit.ly/1S0wjaG

I've also used the Trimcraft First Edition Love Story Papers and embellishments from the Floral Muse range. 

While I was away I got some good news - I've been accepted in the Sarah Hurley Community! So, watch this space..........

Thank you for looking and your comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

Fiskars Intricate Love punch

Fiskars Medium Heart punch

Trimcraft First Edition Love Story pad

Trimcraft Floral Muse embellishments 

LOTV sentiment 

Everything else from my stash

Easter Chickette

Happy Easter!

The school Easter holidays began Wednesday afternoon so my craft time has been cut down drastically! Actually, it's lots of fun doing things with the boys but don't tell them!

Today I'd like to share an Easter card I made for the Fiskarettes UK DT. It's a simple aperture card with a cute chick peeking out. I used the free Trimcraft Easter downloadable papers which are great fun to use. 

Thank you for taking the time to look and any comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

Fiskars Medium Lever Heart Punch

Dovecraft Bow and Peg

Trimcraft Downloadable Papers

Everything else from my stash 

Be Lucky!

As it's St Patrick's Day I thought it appropriate to blog a make with a four leaf clover which is also over on the Fiskarettes UK FB page. It's a simple circle easel scalloped card. 

The clover has been made using a Fiskars medium lever punch and I've glittered and lifted the edges to add texture. 

For extra interest I've added a button with twine and used the same twine for the stalk. 

Thank you for looking and any comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

Sizzix scalloped circle dies

Fiskars Medium Heart Lever Punch

American Crafts Twine

Liquid Pearls

Everything else from my stash

Mother's Day Window Box Card

IHappy Tuesday!

I've made a window box card for Mother's Day using Fiskars punches. It's on the Fiskarettes UK FB page today complete with a step by step tutorial. 

I used a heart punch for the leaves and the very pretty eglantine punch for the little flowers. I find punches are a great way to use up scraps of papers!

Thank you for looking and your comments are much appreciated. 

Shabneez

Products used:

Fiskars Medium Lever Punch - Heart

Fiskars Small Lever Punch - Eglantine

Rangers Stickles in Stardust

Dovecraft Sillicone Glue

Dovecraft Adhesive Pearls

Versamagic Chalk Ink - Brick Red

All other items from my stash

Papermania Geometric Neon Cards

Happy Saturday!

I've made a couple of cards using the Papermania Geometric Neon papers. I love these papers as they're bright but not OTT and the gold foiling gives me my bling fix :)

The first card features a birthday girl and her sister. 

The girls' Mum sent me 2 photos so I used one on the back of the card together with the Fiskars intricate love punch and small lever punch for the hearts:

For my second use of the papers I opted for pink neon highlights and made a Mother's Day card. 

On both the cards I used the Papermania neon adhesive gems to embellish the cards. 

Enjoy your weekend!

Shabneez xxx

Giant Lego Bricks

Happy Wednesday!

Well, it looks like the spotlight was taken away by my son in my last post - we were both very grateful for all your comments.

It's my youngest son's birthday today and I made him a giant Lego blocks card - it's an 8x8 card and I used a Fiskars medium circle. I then inked the circles to give more of a 3D illusion and used foam pads to adhere. 

It just so happened the card is on the Fiskarettes UK FB page on the same day - what a coincidence!

Needless to say the recipient was really pleased with it........

We're off on a birthday day out today so will catch up again tonight!

Products used:

Fiskars Medium Lever Circle punch

Acetate

Memory box Alphabet dies

Versamagic Chalk Ink

Everything else from my stash

A Couple of Valentines........

Happy Valentines Day!

My Valentines Day gap card is on the Fiskarettes UK FB page today with details on how to make it:

My eldest son came home from school on Friday with the card below and I said I'd put it on my blog for all my friends to see - he was ecstatic!

Of course he gets his crafting genes from his Mummy.........!!!

Thank you for looking and any comments. 

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

Fiskars Intricate Punch - Love

Fiskars Medium Lever Punch - Hearts

Acetate

All other items from my stash

Mobile Love

Happy Wednesday!

It's been wonderfully sunny for the past couple of days although very cold. The daffodils and crocuses are in full swing in the garden......

This is my first Design Team project for Fiskarettes UK and I really enjoyed making it. 

It's hard to keep certain people away from their mobiles and my husband is one of them! So I thought this card would be ideal!

I used the Fiskars intricate love punch for the focal point on the mobile screen. So far it's cut through everything I've used it on including glitter card. 

As an added focal and textural addition I used an eyelet on the button. I hadn't used an eyelet setter or eyelets before but it was really simple to use. 

Thank you for taking the time to take a look. 

Shabneez xxx

Products Used:

Fiskars Medium Heart Punch

Fiskars Intricate Shape Love Punch

Fiskars Eyelet Setter Set

Fiskars Eyelet Set

Fiskars Eyelet Setter Mat

Papermania Relations clear stamp set

Personal Impressions Big Sentiments stamp set

Versamagic Chalk ink in Red and Black

Double sided tape

Double sided foam tape

Papers and cardstock from my stash

February Good News.......

Happy February Friends!

You'll never guess what?! Give up? I've been selected for the Fiskarettes UK Design Team on a 4 month term. It's still not sunk in! I'm both honoured and excited to be working with a great team of ladies and fabulous products. A huge thanks to Enfys for making it possible. 

So, I had a Valentines card to make and the Fiskars heart punch is one of my favourites at the moment. It's ideal for Valentines Day although I can see myself using it for many other occasions. 

I'm also drawn to gap cards at the moment. I just like how versatile they are so I combined the two together and came up with this:

Thank you for taking the time to look :)

Shabneez xxx

Products used:

Fiskars Medium Lever Punch - Heart

Dovecraft Twine and Adhesive Gems

Everything else from my stash

Snowflake Card Using Fiskerettes Prize

Hello again!

Two posts in such a short space of time - a first for me! 

I was very fortunate to win a Fiskers Snowflake punch from a competition on the Fiskarettes Facebook page. I like their Facebook page as it gives inspiration and ideas on how to use their products and general tutorials which are very useful. 

As soon as I got the punch my two sons were punching out snowflakes galore! When they were safely in bed I created the card below which has a snowflake theme - printed, embossed, coated wooden and the addition of the punched metallic snowflakes.

I used organza ribbon to form a double bow and added a wooden snowflake to the middle of it. A metallic marker and a covering of silver glitter glue transformed the wooden snowflake.  You can see it better in the photo below:

Thank you for looking and any comments you care to leave are much appreciated. 

Products used:

Fiskars Snowflake punch

Everything else from my stash