Hello Friend - Tonic Studios Craft Kit Launch

Happy Tuesday!

As it's the 20th of the month it's time for the reveal of the latest monthly Craft Kit from Tonic Studios.  Here are my affiliate links at no cost to you, with thanks:

UK and Europe - HERE

USA - HERE

A very feminine and floral Kit this month from Tonic Studios.  The elements are perfect for friendship themed cards or even Mother's Day which is just around the corner.

For my first card I opted to use the spotlight technique and I have a reel on my instagram showing how I made this card using this technique.  I added a heat embossed sentiment to the die cut 'friend' from the Kit and Nuvo Dream drops to finish.

For my next card I made a fancy fold card and used cardstock strips to make a background before adding one of the die cut panels from the Kit and a sentiment.

Finally for my last card I used the Nuvo Glimmer Paste from the Kit.  I die cut one one of the panels making it into a stencil.  With the spatula from the Kit, I spread the paste through it.  I added a die cut sentiment from the Kit to finish.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my creations using the contents of this month's Kit.

See you again later in the week,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Tonic Studios Hello Friend Craft Kit

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Craft Perfect Black Cardstock

Nuvo Ink Pads

CrafTangles October Blog Hop 2018 - Eid Cards

Happy Tuesday,

It's the CrafTangles October Blog Hop and I hope you'll join in as there are only 3 blogs to hop plus a British blogger won one of the prizes last month.  As they say, you have to be in it to win it!

We were tasked with using a range of new stamps and stencils to include the Hindu festival of Diwali, the Muslim festival of Eid together with the Warli tribes and Faces of India.

I chose to concentrate on the Eid stamps and stencils.  Actually the next Eid isn't for another 8 months but at least I'm ahead of my cardmaking for a change!  It's like starting Christmas cards in July........

There are actually very few companies that I know of which have produced Eid stamps and stencils so I was most excited about getting these!

For my first card I used glimmer paste through a stencil on top of a distress ink blended background.  I heat embossed the sentiment and added bling to finish.

Next up I used distress inks again for the topper background creating a sunset.  I used black gesso through a stencil for the card base and distress inked the edges.  Finally, I heat embossed the stamped image finishing with some star gems.

My final card is a more modern one - I loved creating the background on this one by using distress inks through a stencil and a simple gold heat embossed Eid sentiment was all it took to finish.

Below are the blogs you need to comment on for the October hop and you can find more information HERE:

1. Paru Mahtani

2. ME! You are HERE.

3. Deepti Stephens

Good luck!

Shabneez 

Products Used:

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Ranger Embossing Powders

Everything else from my stash

Celebratory Cards Using CrafTangles Products

Happy Tuesday!

I'm up on the CrafTangles blog today with a selection of cards using their October new release products.

I actually had to investigate the warli stamp set I was sent as I'd never heard of the warli tribe that are featured on it.  So I learnt warli painting is a tribal art form and the warli tribe originated from the mountains on the coast in northern India.  The warli style reminded me of paintings done in caves.

The stamp set went well with a tribal stencil in my mind so that's what I used!  I made a distressed oxide background then used oxides through the stencil too.

My next card was funnily enough made using an Eid stencil to make a Diwali card!  A versatile stencil for sure!

Once again I chose to use distress oxides through the stencil on black card this time, finishing with a gold heat embossed sentiment.

For my final card I chose a red background and silver glimmer paste through a stencil.  I wanted to keep it simple so just added a sentiment to finish.

I have more in depth details on how I went about making there cards on the CrafTangles blog HERE.

See you again soon,
Shabneez

Products Used:
Distress Oxides
Versafine Black Ink
CrafTangles Glimmer Paste
CrafTangles Tribal Stencil
CrafTangles Eid Stencil
CrafTangles Diwali Stencil
CrafTangles Warli Borders Stamp
CrafTangles From All Of Us Stamp Set
Everything else from my stash

Upcycled Badge Tutorial - CrafTangles DT

Happy Weekend!

How's your weekend been so far?  I'll be taking a break from nursing today (both boys have been ill, one after the other) and you can find me at The Range in Luton from 11am today demonstrating the new Trimcraft Christmas ranges. 

I decided to have a go at something a little different today.  I was asked to make a badge for a little girl who loves pandas and so I decided to use my CrafTangles products along with an image from the internet to upcycle a badge!

I have got a step by step tutorial over on the CrafTangles blog here if you are interested in how I made it.  You can find it HERE.

You'll be pleased to know the little girl who I made the badge for loved it and wore it to school on her birthday after I personalised it further so it looked like this:

See you again soon!

Shabneez

Products Used:

CrafTangles Art Wax

CrafTangles Art Spray

CrafTangles Stencil

CrafTangles Art Stones

DecoArt Gesso

Trimcraft Deco Mache Paste

Free Panda Image from the Internet

Everything else from my stash