A few of my latest creations...

Hope you like them!!
These cards were all made with Close to my heart (CTMH) stamps, inks, pencils, and embellishments :-)

FWAB December Challenge

I've made a few cards that "fit the brief" for the Flourish With A Bling December challenge - to use non-traditional Christmas Colours!
I found this quite challenging!!

I apologise for only posting these now - it's been a difficult few months for me as you know from a previous blogpost...
I won't go into details for each one apart from I used gorgeous Flourish With A Bling Products.... unless someone were to request more info :-)

Thanks for stopping by
Jen
:-)

Dec 25th - Faux Washi

Hello Everyone, I'm here today with my first official post for Stix2Anything!

Being on a tight budget, versatility is a very important thing for me, so today I wanted to show you how versatile the Stix2 products can be!

I have stencil tape, it's a low tac tape designed to adhere, be removed, and re-adhere a number of times for using in stencilling (holding the stencil in place while using different medium for effect)
I'm sure you've seen the popularity explosion of Washi tape - well I have so many stamps - and over 80 ink pads that also I'm compulsive and purchase Washi tape - I also make my own using stencil tape!

First you design your card and decide on the colour and style you need.
Then you adhere a length of the stencil tape to your non-stick crafting sheet and colour with your ink and sponger - experiment with different types of ink and application techniques as water-based inks will have a different effect to alcohol based inks etc... and also taking into account the tape is cream in colour, not white - to begin with.

Then use a permanent ink to stamp your design on the tape - I've used stazon and made sure to stamp off my tape as well so that it's less rigid and 'ribbon-looking' if you know what I mean!
(and don't worry, the permanent ink does come straight off with a bit of stazon stamp cleaner :-))

so now we have made our washi tape we adhere it to our card/project (remember it may still be slightly transparent)

and here's a closeup -

To make the card I have used a pre-scored and folded card - inked the edges of the card and the patterned paper panels with the same colour ink I used for the tape.
I used Stix2 double sided tape to attach the paper panels to the front of the card.
I stamped my 'Dec 25' greeting in the stazon ink for longevity and again used the inks around the edges of the diecut.
This was then attached to the front of the card using the Stix2 adhesive foam tape.

This was a very simple card but the focal point is the eye-catching home-made faux washi tape :-)

I hope you like my first card and enjoy making your own washi tape!
Be sure to visit the Stix2Anything website to grab some stencil tape and get creating!
Jen
:-)

Ingredients:
Adhesives - Stix2Anything double sided tape, adhesive foam tape, stencil tape
Stix2Anything non-stick crafting sheet
Twiddleybits pre-scored and folded white card 13x13 cms
Patterned paper by Alison Ellis Design
Joy stamp by Sparkle n Sprinkle - available through Alison Ellis Design
Tsukineko Stazon innk - Olive Green
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Picket Fence
Kaiser Stamp Set CS727 - Dear Santa Collection
Mpress nesting scallop die

TWBZ Wreath Card

I had so much fun making this card and it all started with a few branches!!

Intructions:

First I sprayed the leaves both sides with green sparkly spray:

 Then I cut a wreath using two circle cutters through my bigshot:

 I cut the leaves so they were separate parts and gave them another spray to really sparkle:

Once dry, I laid the leaves out and began attaching them to the wreath:

 I had a few spare:

 Then I added some bling for berries:

 And a bow at the top (that I later changed to white):

Ingredients:
Cardstock - red
Cardstsock - white embossed
Red Green and White striped Ribbon
Green Tara - White pre-tied bow
Twiddleybitz - Alpha Square (ALP004)
Twiddleybitz - Fern Leaves Set of 4 (FER001)
Flourish With A Bling - Adhesive Pearls - Red
Lindy's Starburst Stain - Green Goblin
Adhesives by Stix2Anything

Thanks for stopping by - I hope to see you creating wreaths of your own - let me know when you do!!
Jen
:-)

Santa's Mailbox

When I saw these new mailboxes from Twiddleybitz I just had to have one right away!  I started on it the second night I had it and colour-sprayed it first thing! Unfortunately I had to put it (and creating in general) aside for a while but I finally managed to finish it the other night.  I am quite please with how it turned out.. I got to use some of my favourite products and I love that I stuck to traditional red and green for Christmas.

I followed the instructions sheet that was included to assemble and started gathering flowers and embellishments to decorate the top.  I started with the gorgeous Elise Flourish:

I made the small Twiddleybitz sleigh - added Santa and made Rudolph a bit fancy with my liquid pearls. I sprayed the Manorhouse Creations flower with the green colour spray from the halloween Lindy's Starburst pack:

I covered the "Santa" with White Opals embossing enamels and completely covered in kindy glitz, it took a while to dry - then attached it with the embellishments from My2Angels.

Then I tied some matching ribbon around the stand and added a leftover flower.

Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Mail box Kit

Twiddleybitz - Chippy Sleigh Kit small (XMAS035)

Twiddleybitz - Santa word

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Red nosed Reindeer

Lindy's Starburst - Freaky franken-lime

Manorhouse Creations - Winter Song - Log Cabin (lrg green flower)

Manorhouse Creations - small silver flowers

Flourish With a Bling - Elise Clear Rhinestone Flourish

Flourish With a Bling - Clear Rhinestones

Crochet By Kim - beaded pins - (Christmas set of 3)

My2Angels - all charms

My2Angels - all bows

My2Angels - all ribbon

My2Angels - all mini bells

My2Angels - Rudolf

Ranger - liquid pearls, ruby red and mint green

Pipe DreamINK - opals, snowgum

Matisse Derivan - Kindy Glitz, christalina

Green Tara - Santa die cut

I also used PVA by Stix2Anything to assemble the sleigh and mailbox.

I hope you like our new mailbox for our Letters to Santa!

Thanks for stopping by -

Jen

:-)

Flourish With A Bling - Nov Challenge

Just realised this never published (from a few weeks ago now!)  Sorry!!

Hello Everyone!

Well I've finally gotten around to showing you my take on the November challenge with Flourish With A Bling - I used the sketch for a Christmas Card...

From this sketch - 

 A close up of the Elise I've cut up and re-set....

Ingredients:
Twiddleybits card
Kaiser papers
"Elise" flourish and flower from Flourish With a Bling!
Doily die from My favourite things
Ink and distresser
Bow from Green Tara

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen

Santa's Chair!!

I think these chairs from Twiddleybitz are super cute and have loved all the soft feminine chairs that people have created with them but I wanted to do something a bit different!  Christmas gave me the perfect opportunity to make Santa's Chair!!

I started by painting the poppy colourspray onto the MDF - spraying doesn't work so well as it beads on the wood.

Then I glued all the pieces together with pva - this was super easy as they slot together perfectly!

Embellishing the chair was again extremely easy as I used a Christmas embellishment pack from my2angels.net!  I didn't have to make any pins, rosettes, tags or do any embossing!!

Here's the gorgeous rosette on the front of the backrest and the two 'star cushions'!

I did however sew the pincushion!!! yay me!  dusted off the sewing machine - it's been a while BUT I cheated with the Santa Sack and put cushion stuffing in a pre-made organza bag :-P.  I added the green sparkly ribbon from the pack and the gorgeous charming chain too.

And a side view too :-)

Ingredients:
Twiddleybitz - MDF Chairs, 2pk (MDF02)
My2Angels - Christmas Embellishment Kit (Brisbane Show Purchase)
My2Angels - Merry Christmas Charming Chain with Glass Abacus
My2Angels - Charming Pins 
My2Angels - Felt Shapes
My2Angels - Green Glitter Ribbon
Colorful Thoughts Sprays - Poppy
Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist, Scarlet
Red Material
Red Organza Bag
Cushion stuffing
PVA Glue

Stay tuned for my next Christmas Twiddleybitz Off the Page Project!  It's so exciting!!
Jen
:-)

Just Believe Centre Step Card

This centre step card was created with papers from the Kaiser range - Just Believe.

On first glance I thought the papers would be a little hard to use - not my "usual" BUT with a bit of distressing they are more me than I thought!!  This card was one of the easiest to create, and while 3dimensional, the only raised embellishments are the gorgeous new 

Silver Christmas Baubles n Chain and Christmas Mistletoe Charming Buttons from My2Angels.

The perfect time to plan and purchase for your Christmas projects is NOW! Tracy at My2Angels is running another special - with your first paid order for November you get a FREEBIE (and who doesn't lose freebies)!!  The brand new Sanding Tag Set is what I used on this step card to distress the edges.  Easy to use and great to keep on hand, so place your order now and one of these Sanding Tag Sets can be yours for FREE!!

If you've never visited My2Angels before - put the kettle on and scroll through the store at a nice slow pace, because you won't want to miss a thing!!  Apart from awesome prices to start with, Tracy makes the most gorgeous hand-made embellishments I have ever seen.  And while it's true - I'd be able to make a lot of them myself, I prefer the convenience of having the embellishments made already - waiting for me to use them! And use them i do, as you will see them featured in many of my projects :-)

Ingredients:
Twiddleybitz card & envelope - Cream C6
Kaiser Patterned Paper - Just Believe
My2Angels Sanding Tag Set
My2Angels - Silver Christmas Baubles n Chain
My2Angels - Christmas Mistletoe Charming Buttons
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Antique Linen
Ranger Liquid Pearl - Red Rouge
Kindy Glitz - red and green
Stix2Anything - Double-sided Tape

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen
:-)

May The Joy of Christmas

I've finally started my Christmas Cards!!  This is really a simple, quick and easy adaptation from the basic step card - I made the side step 5cm in, and only on one side.  This left room for the beautiful Twidddleybitz Doily Frame to hold my greeting,

and the Christmas tree on the inside step.

I love the way the charms and bling add that touch of movement to the card and really draw the eye.

• cut and score the cardstock
• cut the 3 panels of patterned paper
• ink all edges for the card and the patterned paper
• colour the chippy pieces and set aside to dry
• colour the ribbon and bow with the same green used to colour the tree (distress stains)
• attach all patterned paper to the card
• stamp the greeting using black stazon
• add the charming chain to the doily
• add the ribbon to the card
• attach the chipboard tree and doily to the card - add the present charm
• add the ribbon bow to where the charming chain is attached
• Add some bling to your card and you're done!!

Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Shimmer Cardstock

Twiddleybitz - Circle Doily #2 (FRA019)

Twiddleybitz - Christmas Tree (TABZIG6)

Kaisercraft - Paper Pad , December 25th

Eclectic Images Stamp - May the Joy (CAT 3902 E)

My2Angels - Silver Christmas Charming Chain

My2Angels - Present Charm

Flourish With A Bling - Adhesive Rhinestones: Silver

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Peeled Paint & Fired Brick

Stazon Ink - Black

Stix2Anything - Double-sided Tape

Green tara Pre-tied bow (white)

Miscellaneous Ribbon (white)

Thanks for joining me - stay tuned for more Christmas Cards!!

Jen

:-)

Christmas iPhone Case

I'm getting into the Christmas Spirit, not the Christmas Spirits!!  I made this one in the same way as the other iphone case - full instructions.

• I used alcohol inks to colour the white base.
• I coloured my Christmas Ornate Star.
• Then I stamped the saying on the case and waited for it to dry.  
• Stuck on the Christmas Ornate Star using the gloss medium.
• Painted it entirely in the gloss medium. 
• Then adhered the Rhinestones and pearls.
• Then painted another coat over the whole lot.

Ingredients:
Generic iPhone hard case
Twiddleybitz - Christmas Ornate Star (XMAS021)

Flourish With A Bling - Adhesive Rhinestones (silver)

Flourish With A Bling - Adhesive Pearls (olive green)

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Meadow

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Gold (mixative)

Stazon Ink - Black
Stylish Images Stamp - J2684

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Festive Berries

Ranger/Claudine Helmuth - Studio Multi-Medium Gloss

Thanks for coming, and don't forget to leave me a link when you make a case for your phone!!

Jen

:-)