tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82517902549266574932024-03-14T05:01:53.736+00:00My Crafty Life...Tales from a life of playing with paper. Pics of the stuff I make, and a bit of a natter about what they are. Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger677125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251790254926657493.post-11778171295642877672016-01-29T02:13:00.001+00:002016-01-29T02:47:02.775+00:00Life is like a swinging vine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSpNm6b7LCTWqmodcwbQSS9G2VcjtVp93asPE3C86s3MhCeGmpd0fxlpHZ-B79JKNDVt-GpjrbVdRd7gLLM1l8VSYBSMxtU7k65gh5JLTeoKJor2-2elalY-rIK_wqDk-hGR3uwA0PJVN/s1600/bradblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="drop-shadow" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSpNm6b7LCTWqmodcwbQSS9G2VcjtVp93asPE3C86s3MhCeGmpd0fxlpHZ-B79JKNDVt-GpjrbVdRd7gLLM1l8VSYBSMxtU7k65gh5JLTeoKJor2-2elalY-rIK_wqDk-hGR3uwA0PJVN/s400/bradblog.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />
Hello all and a belated happy new year!<br />
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My (only) new year resolution this year is to sort out my craftroom and pick up where I left off before I was out of action with my ankle injury (over a year ago now - where does the time go?). A by-product of that is that you will hopefully be hearing from me a lot more often on here. Obviously it's difficult to post to a crafting blog when you've done no crafting!<br />
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One thing I have been doing more of during my hiatus is digi-crafting and today I'm posting a journal page I made with CraftArtist software for a challenge on the <a href="http://www.daisytrail.com/index.html" target="_blank">Daisytrail</a> forum. The brief was to use bright colours and at least 2 shapes on your art journal page. These colours are certainly bright compared to my usual palette! I used a range of squares and circles as my shapes.<br />
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I must say, I really enjoy using CraftArtist. Photoshop is great, and it can produce stunning results in skilled hands, but as a paper-crafter, it feels like a different animal, creative but not "crafting" if you know what I mean. Using CraftArtist allows me to be creative and it actually feels to me like a digital form of crafting, though the tools are different I still feel like I'm doing something related to what I'd do with papers, card and inks. Among it's tools are punches, stencils, stamps and scissors, things that we as crafters instantly understand how to use and it means the learning curve is far less steep than something like Photoshop.<br />
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CraftArtist can be bought from the "shopping" section of the Daisytrail site (link above). It's usually £24.99 (a steal for what it can do compared to other, much more expensive programs), but it's often on special offer for £4.99 so it's worth keeping an eye out for that. In the meantime, why not download the <a href="http://www.serif.com/digital-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">free demo version</a> and try it out for yourself? There are scores of tutorials on youtube to help you get started too!<br />
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(Note - I am not being paid or sponsored for this, I bought CraftArtist with my own money and I genuinely love it!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251790254926657493.post-6522786440001783712015-06-17T02:38:00.001+01:002017-07-16T06:41:47.297+01:00Freebie Cutting Files - Holiday OrnamentsThanks go to Erma for contacting me and requesting that I make these fun ornament cutting files available again. These tree baubles are perfect for cards and scrapbooking pages, Christmas cards or even to decorate a gift card envelope! I've cut mine in cream, red and green, but you can use whatever cardstock suits your project! Why not cut them extra large and use them to decorate a wall or window?<br />
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As a special bonus, I'm also including the files needed to make the bauble shaped holiday card below! (apart from the sentiment, which was stamped)<br />
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There are 5 files in this collection, and I have put them into a zip file to make downloading easier. After saving it, open in the usual way, and drag the template out onto your desktop or wherever you wish to save them.<br />
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This week's freebie is these two film strip die-cuts, perfect for scrapping those movie night photos or using as a fun frame!<br />
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Don't forget, if you have any requests, pass them on! I can't promise, but I will take suggestions into account when planning future templates.<br />
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There are 2 files and I have put them into a zip file to make downloading easier. After saving it, open in the usual way, and drag the files out onto your desktop or wherever you wish to save them.<br />
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Cut them out in any size you like, in the cardstock of your choice! Use them to embellish scrapbooking pages and greetings cards!! Why not make them into funky journalling tags or to highlight a stamped image. Add dimension by fixing to your page or card with foam squares! Thread ribbons or fibres through the perforated edges - the possiblilities are endless!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251790254926657493.post-52708755300446755142015-02-18T12:02:00.001+00:002015-02-19T00:59:58.820+00:00Freebie - Accordion/Recipe Wallet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Perfectly sized for 5x3 recipe cards or photos, I've included a separate file containing tabbed dividers so that if it's used for recipes you can separate them into appetizers, entrees, etc, plus a bookplate so that you can put a label of your choice on the front flap.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251790254926657493.post-35878368557890889942015-01-30T21:43:00.003+00:002015-01-30T21:43:59.744+00:00Freebie - Square Gift Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I originally designed the box at 5 1/2 inches square, to fit a set of note cards I'd made, but I've included a sizing chart below, which shows the width and height (in inches) to cut the box and lid to make a range of box sizes. Remember, this is a square box, so the two shapes you cut should be square in proportion. For example, for a 3x3 box, the base should be 5.2 x 5.2 and the lid should be 4.77 x 4.77. <u></u><br />
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td class="xl6328177" height="20" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 220, 219); border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148); border-style: solid none solid solid; border-width: 0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; height: 15pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">3 x 3</td> <td class="xl6328177" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 220, 219); border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid none; border-width: 0.5pt medium; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">5.2</td> <td class="xl6328177" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 220, 219); border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">4.77</td> </tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td class="xl6328177" height="20" style="border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148); border-style: solid none solid solid; border-width: 0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; height: 15pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">3.5 x 3.5</td> <td class="xl6328177" style="border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid none; border-width: 0.5pt medium; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">6.04 </td> <td class="xl6328177" style="border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">5.54</td> </tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td class="xl6328177" height="20" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 220, 219); border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148); border-style: solid none solid solid; border-width: 0.5pt medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; height: 15pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">4 x 4</td> <td class="xl6328177" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 220, 219); border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid none; border-width: 0.5pt medium; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">6.9</td> <td class="xl6328177" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(242, 220, 219); border-color: rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148) rgb(218, 150, 148) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">6.3</td> </tr>
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<span style="color: firebrick; float: left; font-size: 42px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">A</span><span style="color: firebrick;"><span style="color: black;"> bumper pack of cogs, gears and spinners to use with your digital cutting machines is what's on offer today! </span></span><span style="color: firebrick;"><span style="color: black;">Obviously great for guys/boys projects, be they cards or scrapbook pages. I think these would look really cool cut from acetate too, giving a nice bit of shine to a project or for using as a mask :) There are two versions, SVG or DFX, depending on which works best with your machine.</span></span><br />
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<div class="nopin"><span style="color: firebrick; float: left; font-size: 42px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">I</span> was designing some quick Christmas tags for myself and suddenly thought I'd make a Craft Artist template so that others could use quickly create sheets of tags with their own designs. There are two sizes of the file, A4 and US Letter. <br />
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Speed was of the essence for me here, I didn't want to invest too much time on them because I figure that unlike a Christmas card which goes on display for several days, tags are only looked at for a few seconds and then usually thrown away once the gift is opened. The simple luggage tag shape makes these super quick to cut out too (I hate cutting stuff out)! :)</div><br />
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I'm still pretty new to CraftArtist but, of course, some of you may be even newer. Although the template is easy to use, I've included a quick video on how to use it in Craft Artist 2.<br />
<span style="color: #990000;">The template is for personal use only, please don't share it with others (but by all means send your friends here to download it if they want!). </span>If you make any tags of your own with my template, please come back and share a photo, I'd love to see them! :)<br />
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Unfortunately I am not taking part myself this week - I've torn my achilles' tendon and my leg will be in plaster for the next 3 or 4 months. This means I'm unable to comfortably sit at either my computer or crafting desk for any length of time, so I'm bowing out for the time being. Simon Says Stamp have kindly given me a leave of absence and I'll hopefully return to the fold once things get back to normal here again.<br />
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Adios (for now)! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251790254926657493.post-3322588093127803532014-07-28T05:00:00.000+01:002014-07-28T05:00:01.333+01:00J...j...j...j...journal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started out by stamping the pale dots on the left using the Mixed Media stamp set and a Hero Arts white ink pad. Once they'd dried I blended distress inks over the top, rubbing in a few places with a wet-wipe to lift some of the dots and blend the colours. I dropped some splats of water in places and used a white pen to hand-draw the design in the bottom corner. The large circles from the Psychedelic Grunge set were stamped with Barn Door distress ink. The phrase "Leave ordinary behind" is from the Random Quotes set.<br />
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The red dots were stamped with Fired Brick distress ink and the backwards text from the Reflections set was stamped with black Archival ink. Simon Says Stamp sell some great, vintage dictionary pages, so I used one of those as the base for the stamped face from the Daydream set, which I then cut out and fixed in place. The "silent" gag is cut from dictionary paper, coloured with Fired Brick ink and then hand-drawn with a white pen.<br />
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I started with the stems and branches from the Spring Sprung stamp set, stamping a border around the edge of my card with Peeled Paint distress ink. My card base was from the Kraft Core Shattered collection and colour-matched the ink perfectly. The stitches were from the same stamp set and I used Archival Black for them. The yellow pennant was cut from Tim Holtz's Classics #18 set, coloured with Mustard Seed distress ink and then cut to shape.<br />
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I absolutely love the typography of this sentiment from Tim's Random Quotes set, I really like designs that feature a lot of white space like this, and I made a conscious effort to mirror that feel in my design of the card itself. I coloured the letting with a peeled paint marker and edged the sentiment with peeled paint ink.<br />
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Those of you who visit here regularly will know that I'm not one to make much use of embellishments, my asthetic tends to lean towards flatter designs. On this occasion though, I thought this card needed a little something extra so I decided to make my own flower. I stuck a strip of tissue tape to my craft sheet and then swiped it with barn door distress paint, left it for a second, then wiped off the excess with a tissue. I removed the tape from the sheet and molded it into a rosette shape. I used the same tape, coloured with mustard seed paint to create the flower centre on a custom fastener and cut some leaves from the same Kraft Core card as used as my card base. Isn't it cool how the design on the cardstock suggests the veins on a leaf?<br />
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I decided I was going to use paper piecing for this card. David's face is stamped on Bazzill Kraft card and his hair is stamped on Kraft Cored Shattered Collection. I used a white pen to fill in the white of his eye. I love the uniformity of tone you get by stamping onto pre-coloured cardstock. Don't get me wrong, I love adding colour to white card too, but this made a nice change, don't you think?</div>
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The background is from the French Industrial card stack. I love those faded ticking stripes, they remind me of the mattresses that my grandmother used to have in her house, or those that I used to see in illustrations of books I read as a child. I used a grey alcohol marker to add a shadow to the right of the head and the sentiment is from Tim Holtz's Random Quotes stamp set. I really like how fine the lines are on this image, so delicate.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssScratch3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="drop-shadow" height="200" src="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssScratch3.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>My card is 6.5" x 4.5" (ok, so maybe not a million miles outside of my comfort zone, but far enough!) I believe this is called an A2 card to our American friends (happy Independance Day for the other day btw). I started out with a 9" x 6.5" piece of shattered Kraft-core card, which I scored and folded.<br />
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The theme over on the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</a> this week is "<b>white</b>". I had this white mirror from my local Swedish furniture superstore kicking around in my studio for a couple of years and I sensed that this challenge was the one to finally bring it's waiting to an end! :) We all have white things in our stash, even if it's just plain white card, so why not enter the challenge and you could be the winner of a $50 voucher to shop at <a href="http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/StoreFront" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp</a>.<br />
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My frame was roughly 10" square. I started by cutting an 8" square of cardstock from the Laboratorie card pad, cutting a 4" square out of the middle so that the mirror could be seen, and fixed it to the frame. I cut strips from the black ruler design in the same pad and used them as a surround for the central mirror, using my Tim Holtz craft knife to mitre the corners.<br />
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I used Commute tissue tape as a border to the cardstock panel, again mitring the corners. As a final step, I went crazy with French Industrial salvage stickers - they are another thing that has been eying me up across my craft room for far too long and I felt their time had finally come :)<br />
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<span style="color: firebrick; float: left; font-size: 42px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">T</span>he theme over on the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</a> this week is "<b>I ought to use this more</b>". We all have items in our craft stash that we bought with the best of intentions and just never got around to using them as much as we should. One of those products for me is my Dylusions Art Journal - I absolutely love it but don't seem to have used it as much as I should. I'm going to rectify that, starting today! Why not make something using some of your under-used items? Enter the challenge and you could be the winner of a $50 voucher to shop at <a href="http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/StoreFront" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp</a>.<br />
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Th<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">e page that I made for my art journal is focused around some of my favourite stamps, hence the lyrics from "My Favourite Things" from the Sound of Music.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">I started out by cutting a piece of Tim Holtz's Seasonal card stack to the right size. I stamped 6 of the polaroid stamps, some on white card, some on manilla tags, and cut them out. Next I stamped some of my favourite images and stamped the polaroid frames again, on top of the images, so that I would know where to cut out the "photo" section. I cut them out and fixed them to the plain polaroid frames I had cut earlier.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">My next step was to arrange the photos on the background and fix them in place. I didn't want corner bits sticking out of the edge of my journal so I trimmed it to size. The text was printed from the computer, cut out and fixed in place. Finally I fixed the whole thing to a page of my journal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">That makes 4 completed pages in my journal, still lots to go but it'll be fun slowly filling them up!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: firebrick; float: left; font-size: 42px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">M</span>ore fun with digital crafting today, another 12x12 page. This was for a challenge on the DaisyTrail forum. We had to take our inspiration from a piece of fabric which was basically a snooker table, green background with balls, cues and triangles scattered on it. I gave my page a green background and used spots and circles, along with the colours in the lettering, to represent the balls. It was so much fun to do and I'm surprised and delighted to say I was chosen as the winner!<br />
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I've said it before, but I'm loving this digi-crafting malarkey :)<br />
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On a trip to Australia last year I was browsing around a bookshop and stumbled across a collection of Soviet propaganda posters from days gone by and absolutely fell in love with it. Needless to say, it found it's way into my luggage for the trip home! This tag is very much inspired by that style, stark, graphically bold with almost a woodcut feel to it. The new Tim Holtz Big Top stamps are a perfect fit for that style, so that's what I used as the focal point.</div>
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I stamped the bottom border, masked it off then stamped the elephant. I masked him off and stamped the spots, rays and Cirque, then stamped the top border. I love the two-colour style of it, almost like a hand printed poster from days of yore. You know, like yesteryear :)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251790254926657493.post-8601229948555073982014-06-09T05:00:00.000+01:002014-06-09T05:17:18.681+01:00Painting the town red. And other colours too.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssPaint1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="drop-shadow" src="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssPaint1.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssPaint3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="drop-shadow" height="174" src="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssPaint3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I wanted my paints to really blur together well so I gave my card a good spritzing with water before dabbing on Barn Door, Mustard Seed and Mowed Lawn paints - a really summery palette and brighter than usual for me, not a hint of brown in sight! I also used Rusty Hinge distress paint on my speckle stamp at the left side of the card.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssPaint2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="drop-shadow" height="200" src="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/sssPaint2.jpg" width="181" /></a></div>I love this photo of these vintage men, I can't help but wonder what the occasion was! It's taken from a sheet from the French Industrial stack. Don't ask me why I crossed out their eyes - it just seemed to be the right thing to do at the time! As a final touch I added the sentiment across the top from the World Traveler stamp set.<br />
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<span style="color: firebrick; float: left; font-size: 42px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">M</span>ore fun with digital crafting today, another 12x12 page. The policeman is a stack of objects, the green is a digital punch I made and the black is a digistamp. The yellow and white are shapes behind the black layer. Most of the background comes from the Urban Grunge digikit from Digital Scrapbooking Place (which sadly closed down the day after I bought the kit), though I've altered several of them extensively.<br />
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Every day I learn a little more, I'm really loving it!<br />
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My tag background is blended Distress Inks, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade. I added texture with stamps from the Mixed Media set and finished it off with the stars from the Big Top set (officially my favourite stars now), stamped with a Hero Arts Unicorn White pigment ink pad.<br />
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I used distress markers to colour the playing card stamp from the Creative Muse set - a technique I should really use more to be honest - too many techniques, too little time! :) I cut out the card and fixed it in place. I stamped the woman from the Classics #5 stamp set on printer paper and coloured it with gently blended distress ink before cutting out and fixing in place. Finally, I mounted the tag on black card for a bit of added oomph :)<br />
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<span style="color: firebrick; float: left; font-size: 42px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">R</span>egular readers of my blog will know that I've recently become a convert to the delights of CraftArtist Professional 2 by Serif Software. On their DaisyTrail forum there are many kind people who share their creations with others, whether it be in the form of digikits, templates or embellishments. As I have benefitted from this I thought it was only fair to have a little payback and to offer something of my own.<br />
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I originally created this file a few years back as a file for digital cutting machines (if you have one of those and want the file in that form, click on "Cutting Files" at the top of the page). Now I've adapted it into a CraftArtist template. It's a party favour box that requires no glue, so it's fast to assemble. If you decide to make an advent calendar like one of the boxes in my photo, as the boxes aren't glued you can flatten them down after Christmas and store them until the following year. As you can see, I styled one as a halloween candy box but this template is perfect for any kind of party or wedding favour.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dan99crafter/photo-album/Dan99PurseTemplate.zip" target="_blank">Download the template here. </a><br />
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I'm still pretty new to CraftArtist but just in case there are some of you that are even newer, I've included a quick video on how to use the template in CraftArtist. Although I only use backgrounds in the video, you can of course add embellishments too, as I did in the two that I photographed. The template is for personal use only, please don't share it with others (but by all means send your friends here to download it if they want!). If you make any boxes of your own with my template, please come back and share a photo, I'd love to see them! :)<br />
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