Up, Up and Away - a quick and easy Gorjuss Girl card.

Here's a little Gorjuss card that I made recently using Santoro's Gorjuss Up, Up and Away and Papermania Capsule Elements - Metallics.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Gorjuss Girl altered notebook

Another little make that I did a while back and forgot to blog!

This time it's a notebook that I've altered using a Docraft's Gorjuss Girl stamps. I thought I'd try using pastel colours as the Gorjuss range tends to be darker shades. I think it works quite well, what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Gorjuss Girl burlap bag

I created this bag a while back and have just realised that I've forgotten to blog it!

I used acrylic paints and one of the mid-sized Docraft's Gorjuss Girl stamps on a pre-made hessian/burlap bag. It was a lot trickier than I thought, but the key is not to overwork the paints.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Gorjuss Girl Mini Matchbox Surprise Card

As some of you know I love the Gorjuss Girl collection from Docrafts but rarely seem to find time to play. Well I had a little time to play and decided I'd try my hand at making a mini matchbox card.

I think I'm quite please with the results and will definitely be making more of these.

I might use a standard depth large matchbox though as it's a bit of a squash to fit everything inside.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything goes
Craft your passion - Anything goes
Our Crafty Corner - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything goes
Card and Scrap - Lace
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Make It Girly

It's that Gorjuss Girl again!

I thought it was about time that I dug out my Gorjuss Girls decoupage as it's been a while since I last used it. This was a super quick and easy make which took about twenty minutes to pull together.

I hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Materials used:                                        

 

Ultimate Decoupage Kit

 

Chantilly Lace

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafting with friends - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Simply Papercrafts - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - 3 or more layers
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Ribbons & Pearls
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Gorjuss Girl 18th Birthday Faux Book Card

It was recently my nieces 18th Birthday and this is the card that I made her. It's a little faux book card and yes I cheated a little - I used that Gorjuss Girl decoupage set again - but do you know what I don't care, I'm still in love with it!

The front cover has lots of heat embossed and shrink plastic embellishments. I added Glossy Accents to the hearts and some Stickles to edge of her dress and the number 18.

Here's the inside of the "book". I used a foliage and star stamp with embossing powder and then filled the star with ultra-fine glitter. To finish I popped on some die cuts, pearls and glitter.

Thanks for stopping by today

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Fancy Folds
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes
Unstampabelles - Significant Birthday
The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Birthdays

Gorjuss Girl 50th Birthday Pop Up Box Card

Well this is something a little different from me today! It's something I've NEVER done before but will definitely be repeating in the future!!! I just hope that no one is going to judge me negatively (well to be honest if they do then tough cos it's not going to change my mind!!!). So what have I done? Well I only went and bought the Gorjuss Girls Ultimate Decoupage Pack!! No wait, come back, it's not as bad as seems!!! I only bought it because it was heavily reduced and contained some lush papers which would go with the rubber stamps. My plan was to snag the papers and give the decoupage to the kids to play with! However when I opened it I soon changed my mind, the decoupage is stunning and ideal for those impressive but quick makes. Hopefully this pop up box card will show you what I mean? Sorry for the picture overload, it's one of those cards that has way too many details to show in just one picture!

I made this card for my SIL's 50th Birthday and  was really surprised at how quickly the whole thing pulled together. I followed Nikky Hall's video tutorial for the no measure pop up box card which can be found here. The image is from the pack and I've layered it up with Pinflair Glue before selecting my papers and potential embellishments.

I cut the papers to size and attached them to the box and then decided that I wasn't completely happy and that something was missing. So I grabbed the Gorjuss Girls stamp set and used the silhouette branch to stamp and then heat emboss directly onto the papers. I then inked the edges of the box and added some silver embossing powder.

Next I die cut lots of leaves in two assorted colours of cardstock and punched some flowers out of a co-ordinating paper. I also cut some railings (which of you look carefully you can just about see peeking out from behind the image) and attached some numbers to fine wire before adding all of the elements to the card.

Once I was happy with the arrangement I decided to decorate the box flaps with some ribbon and more elements from the decoupage kit and stamped a Birthday greeting on the front of the card. To finish I added lots of sparkle with Stickles and a Shake It Glitter Pen.

So what do you think? Decoupage kits rock? Well I think this one certainly does! You can expect to see a few more Gorjuss makes from me in the future using this kit, so keep your eyes peeled!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Claire x

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/One Layer
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
My Craft Creations - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - A product/technique you wish you used more often! Mines the pre-cut decoupage! Paper crafting snobbery has made me totally overlook this fab product!
Sparkle & Sprinkle - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes