Thank you card

Sharing my DT card for the challenge over on Let's Craft and Create blog this month with a  "Thank you" theme.  

Every now and again I have a rummage through my craft stash and rediscover what I have.  One of my favourites to craft with is Debbi Moore's Bookazines.  I can't emphasize enough just how great these are for inspiration and especially new crafters.

The topper and oriental paper for this particular project was from the Inspiration Bookazine - Issue 3. I have had this particular one for some years now and still haven't used it all up....I think because I wanted to keep it with all its lovely papers and toppers as it is one of my favourites.

I have made a lot of cards from this bookazine and in the past, Debbi Moore put a lot of these collections on disk/usb. With each magazine, there would be a free gift and I have collected many cd collections over the years.

I think these beautiful images speak for themselves and all I have done is mount it on a combination of gold matt mirri card and black card, doing the same with the sentiment.

For the card base, I used the Harlequin die set by Tattered Lace, just the right size for my thank you card. I matt and layered one of the embellishments on the sheet and added some coordinating ribbon with a few metallic gems to finish it off.

Have a look at the inspiration provided by the rest of the design team on Let's Craft and Create Blog this month and the entries for this months challenge.  There is a prize for the winning entry.

Happy Crafting

Oriental Birthday card

Sharing my DT card for the challenge over on Daisy Chains Blog Challenge this month with the theme  "Autumn is coming."

I love Debbi Moore's collections. There's something for every genre when crafting. The images from her many collections are crisp and vibrant as well as being good quality.

I particularly love the bookazines and have had many over the years, which are packed with papers and projects, even including a free gift. Great value for money.  This project was made from an Oriental one, Issue 3, which I have had for a good few years and still have some left.

My card is A5 in size with half of the front cut away. I backed the topper on cream card and attached to the front.

The base of the cream card has been matt and layered with black colour core (lightweight) card and gold matt mirri card. I used the lovely backing paper for the front and inside.

As I had some sumi paper, which has the look and feel of Japanese paper, I wanted to add some texture to the inside of the card to match the backing paper. I used my printer to copy the backing paper onto the sumi paper and it worked really well.  If you wet the edge of the paper slightly, you can tear/ feather the edge for a more natural look. I used my spectrum noir sparkle clear overlay pen to highlight the edges.

Sumi Paper is available from Create & Craft as a pack of 20 sheets but I'm sure there are many other craft retailers out there that stock it.

I added a gold tassel, saved from an old make up bag (I'm always saving bits and pieces like this) and embellished the card with some flat backed white/gold pearl strings by Hobby House. Hobby House have the most amazing embellishments. The button embellishments from the magazine were ideal as a brad for the tassel which I had wrapped around the edge of the topper.

Debbi Moore always gives you more. Take a trip to her page and download some of the wonderful free projects to get you started.

http://www.debbimoore.co.uk/printable_downloads.asp

Have a look at the rest of the design teams inspiration for this month over on Daisy Chains as well as the blog entries.

Happy Crafting

Debbi Moore Designs

Another of my favourite is Debbi Moore Designs. I have made a lot of cards using her products since I started crafting.  I have many of her bookazines which are such good value for money as all the inspiration, papers, toppers, decoupage, embellishments to cut out are inside the bookazine which is made of a good quality coated heavy weight paper. Most came with a CD rom or a mini stamp set.

Although a lot of the older bookazines have been discontinued they are now available on usb, which is the way forward. There are still lots of cd roms around though and check out her website where you will find a free monthly download, available until the download quantity runs out. Also on her website you will find free card templates which are extremely useful for any crafter.

http://www.debbimoore.co.uk/

The candle card was made using toppers from Debbi Moore's Art Deco Christmas collection.
I used card from the Christmas (shimmery) co-ordinations pad and my Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro to score all the measurements for the candle card. I think this was my first of her cards.

These cards were made using the Debbi Moore Christmas Fairies Bookazine. I used glitter and peel offs to embellish them.

This gatefold card was also made using the Christmas Fairies bookazine. I also used ivory centura pearl and Hunkydory mirri board. I used the large roses from one of the backing papers to embellish the card and glittered the edges of the petals with Hunkydory gold superfine glitter.

  

 

This is my favourite image from the Debbi Moore Garden Fairies and on this card I have made acetate front and used the backing papers on the inside. I have also made a handbag gift box to accompany the card.

  

The Garden Fairies bookazine was one of my favourites. I glittered the wings to make them sparkle on this gatefold card and made an envelope box using my Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro envelobox board.

These cards were made using the Debbi Moore Victorian Christmas Snow Globe kit.
These are easel cards with an acetate front to the topper to encase the Debbi Moore glitter flakes.
These are just two of the designs but they were a joy to make and look so effective on the mantelpiece.

 This twisted easel card was made using a topper from the Debbi Moore Art Deco Rome kit and the papers from the CD  .

 This is a storybook card made using the Art Deco Rome CD

I made a rough guide of how to put the storybook template together, I hope this helps if you were thinking of having a go at one. Its a great style of card, especially if you are looking for something different.

This storybook card was from the Debbi Moore Twilight cd. The centre topper has been pyramaged and instead of sticking the backing paper to the template I have printed it onto a piece of centura pearl, which gives the card a shimmery hue to it.

I added some enamel embellishments to the card and a velcro pad to keep the card closed.

This card was made using the Debbi Moore Oriental bookazine, probably my favourite of all the bookazines as there is so much you can add to these cards by way of making your own embellishments using the elements in the magazine.

Using the same magazine I made an easel card and fortunately had some peel offs with oriental writing that I could use with the card. As always with these cards I add some glitter and Debbi Moore's print & enamel magic which work extremely well on these themed cards.

Simply loved making this card also from the Debbi Moore Oriental bookazine. Not only is the inverted topper pyramaged buy I love the shape of it which was taken from one of the projects in the bookazine.

I made this card using the Debbi Moore Nights of Days CD The topper was decoupaged and matt & layered with Hunkydory rainbow mirri card.

This pyramage card was from the same Debbi Moore Nights of  Days CD and make an ideal theme for boys.  Boys and men always seem to be the hardest to find a card theme forAlso from the Debbi Moore Nights & Days cd. The front of this card has been decoupaged.


Also from the Debbi Moore Nights & Days cd. This card has been decoupaged.

I also used one of the scene inserts for the card, which had a panel to print your message on it.
The card base was taupe centura pearl.

I made this card using the Debbi Moore Enchanted Forest cd and printed the papers to make a box to put my card in.

A decoupage card from the Debbi Moore Steampunk cd. I also used enamel magic on the embellishments on the card.

This card was made from Debbi Moore Cards for Men bookazine

Also from the Cards for Men bookazine...men and maps seem to go together!!

A different shaped card from the Cards for Men bookazine



I was looking for something different for my nephew and found this on Debbi Moore's download section on her website. Its a squeeze card  with lots of dimension but squeezes flat to go in an envelope which makes it easy for posting. I used print magic on the gambling chips.and glossy accent on other aspect of the card that I wanted to give texture to.

Print magic is an ultra fine embossing powder, that can be used with fine detailed rubber stamps and to emboss with.   To Use Print Magic with rubber stamps, ink your stamp with embossing powder, then sprinkle the powder ontop.  Once you tap off the excess heat with a heat tool. Print magic comes in various different hues of glitter depending on what finish you are looking for.

I made this wedding card using Debbi Moore's My Fair Lady bookazine. This was a beautiful bookazine to use and wish I had brought two of them.

I made this retirement card using Debbi Moore's Floral Moments bookazine

To finish on, a new home card downloaded form Debbi Moore's website.
I added some glossy accent to make the pain look wet, a glitter pen on the jar of water and a roll of wallpaper to the card

Please have a look on my Pinterest for more examples of my cards. I have made many cards by Debbi |Moore but these are just a selection of them.

I hope you have liked the selection of cards that I have shared

Happy Crafting





Candle Printing

Another use for tissue paper is with candle printing. You can either stamp onto your tissue paper or print onto like I did. This is a little more fiddly. I like to use scented candles.
First I taped a piece of tissue paper smaller than the A4 sheet of copier paper I was using to print on.
I found if my printer detected an uneven edge when the paper was fed through the, it wanted to chew it up, hence why you need a clear edge all the way around. Once your image has printed onto the tissue side of your paper, it can be cut out leaving border.

Position the tissue image over the candle and wrap a piece of greaseproof paper or wax paper around the candle and hold it in place to secure the image firmly and allowing enough paper for you to hold onto whist heating it. Make sure your heat gun is already hot before introducing the heat to the paper around the candle. Do this gently over the whole image. Once you see moisture on the paper, stop and gently check its done. The top layer of wax will melt enough to embed the tissue into the candle. Do it too much and the candle will warp. Allow to cool. On the orange candle I used an IndigoBlu script stamp with Stazon ink onto the tissue paper.

http://www.indigoblu.com/rubber-stamps-c3/a6-rubber-stamps-c7/indigoblu-script-background-a6-red-rubber-stamp-by-indigoblu-p624

I used an image on one of Debbi Moore's cd roms for this candle and added a few gems to it.

This by far was my favourite candle to make, probably because its personal to me.

I scanned a picture of my mother-in-law. Here she is sitting on a log, just a few years old reading a copy of The Dandy. A absolutely love this picture and what a great way of preserving your favourite vintage picture. Printed candles like this also make a lovely gift, whether it be for a special occasion or your favourite image.

It also looks cool printing photos onto the tissue, which make a nice gift. You can decorate it how you wish but just remember, that if you actually intend to burn your candle the peel offs, flowers and ribbon will burn too! You can make gifts to mix and match like with this candle and mini screen.
For this oriental candle (I actually make a card to match too). The images I used can be found on the Debbi Moore Oriental cd rom.

http://www.debbimoore.co.uk/prodpage.asp?ProdID=2952



The topper has been decoupaged and then layered onto a topper and co-ordinating backing papers. The coin paper embellishment has been embossed with crystal glitter magic

For these card I used the Debbi Moore Bookazine, which unfortunately is no longer available

but these images can be found on the cd rom or USB. I have also used Debbi Moores Print Magic in crystal and some glossy accent to add texture.





This is a larger screen card from the Debbi Moore Oriental collection.



A Debbi Moore diagonal gatefold pyramage card from the Oriental bookazine.



Happy Crafting.