Cameo Creations Episode 1.

Hello, it's Carol here today and I can't believe it is a new month already! Which means it is almost St Valentines Day, so I thought I would share another love themed make.

In my last post I spoke about my "10 Minute Makes" and the other mystery makes...it can only be "Cameo Creations" using Sarah's files from the Silhouette Store. 

This is quite a photo heavy post, so you may want to grab a cuppa and a biccie!

First I picked the file I was going to use, Circle Heart Page Mat, and adjusted it to suit the size of the card I was making. I opted for 8"x8", which is unusual for me, but good to do something different.

I then chose the colours I wanted to cut the shape into.

I make two different mats so that I can mix and match, this will be clearer in later pictures. Pop out all of the wee hearts and keep for later.

Roughly cut pieces of contrasting card and glue them over the back of the hearts.

Once you have as many as you want in place, use LOTS(I used 50 odd) of 3D foam squares to give your card lots of dimension.

I used Kraft Card and a contrasting colour for my matting and layering and popped some inverted corners onto the Kraft card too. 

I also popped some more wee hearts inside the cuts to add some more colour and interest to the card.

Here are the two cards side by side, complete with some of the extra hearts from the cut outs. These will be popped into a wee box and used as confetti in the cards.

I hope you have enjoyed my post, and that it inspires you to dust off your cutting machine and get crafty.  I love using Sarah's Silhouette files as they are so versatile that they can be used for a 12"x12" Scrapbook Lay Out, a 4"x4" card, Project Life, or for whatever crafty project you are working on. Over the next few weeks I will be making lots of different things using Sarah's Files and showing just some of the unique creations that can be made. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Thanks for popping by, Carol x

Super quick Valentines Day Card!

Hello, and Happy Saturday! It's Carol here today and a wee while ago Sarah asked us to have a wee think about things we could do on the blog, one of my ideas is "10 Minute Makes" and the other will be revealed on the 1st of February!

This is a super busy birthday weekend for me, but I thought I would share a very Clean & Simple Valentines Day Card with you all. Though it can be used for any occasion to be honest. I will take you through the various steps I used to make the finished card. 

1 here is my assortment of pretties that I used. I find it easier to look things out first once you have an idea.

2  Wipe your piece of white card with your anti static bag, stamp your Zendoodle Heart from the Zendoodle Fashion Stamps with Perfect Medium Ink or whichever embossing ink you have. Stamp them onto your card, cover with embossing powder, tap off the excess and heat.

3  Measure a piece of red card as a banner across the card, roughly place your hearts where you would like them and add some bakers twine to make them "dangle" from the big heart. Place some foam squares behind the hearts to give you some depth and dimension.

4 Stamp the "Me & You" sentiment from the Sentiments Stamp Set using black ink and there you go.

Ingredients.

Zendoodle Heart from the Zendoodle Fashion Set

Perfect Medium Ink Pad

Sentiment Stamps Set

Card Blank, red card and bakers twine from stash.

Thanks for popping by today and I hope this inspires you to try heat embossing, a 10 minute make, a clean and simple card or all three.

Have a great weekend,

Carol x

Love is all around.

Hello and happy Saturday, it's Carol here with my showcase post. And this time I decided to play some more with my Cameo using some of Sarah's designs from the Silhouette Store.  There are lots of great designs to choose from, and the Valentines Day ones are just adorable.

I thought a "treat wheel" would be a different idea for a Valentines card, though it could easily be used for any occasion, or just when you think someone needs a wee treat.  I used the Heart Viewfinder as the main focus for my card and cut it out in two different colours to layer it up. I printed out a journalling card from the Oz Digi Kit and used it as my treat guide.  I thought mini love heart buttons would be a cute way of marking the wheel, and I used the Heart Arrow as my spinner, and added a love heart brad to it.  For the background I used pink chevron paper from Book Worm Digi Kit and printed it onto glossy photo paper to make is super shiny.  The Set of 3 Swag Heart Banners are so pretty that I used them as a background embellishment, though I only used two of them and pinned them down with the heart cut outs from the viewfinder.

I hope this inspires you to try something different this Valentines Day, or just surprise someone with a treat wheel card.

Thanks for popping by, have a good weekend.