Picnix Nordic Christmas, Take One Make Three - Part Two. An Acetate Card

Good morning. I'm back again as promised with one of the projects that I made using the Canvas from this post. Sorry for the pictures in this post but acetate is a complete nightmare to photograph!

As I said previously I scanned the canvas into my computer and simply printed it out to create more projects. This curved front acetate card literally took twenty minutes to create and yet looks like you've put loads of effort into into it.

I won't bore you with a step by step, but if you have any questions please do feel free to ask. I always get back to people :)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pile It On - Christmas in July
The Glory of Christmas - Feature a Creature
Little Claire's - Holidays
Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes
Morgan's Artworld - Christmas In July
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenges - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Traditional Christmas Colours
Dies R Us - Christmas in July
Karleigh Sue Challenge - Christmas in July

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Nordic Christmas

You'll never guess who I'm GDT for!!!

Well have you guessed - I bet not!!! LOL

Only STAMPOTIQUE!!! Yep you heard right Stampotique!!! Shocked huh?? But not as shocked as I was!

I really don't know how I've contained my excitement and nerves for this GDT as it's completely out of my normal zone, but I have had a blast and will definitely be incorporating their stamps in more of my makes! I'm still a little (OK well a lot) surprised that they invited me, so I hope that I can rely on your support over the next month cos I kinda feel a little teency bit intimidated by the uber talented designers they have over there! Pop onto to the designers blog to check out some of the work.

For my first project  I thought I'd make an acetate exploding box, but it didn't quite pan out as I'd planned and I'm not entirely sure that there's an easy answer. If anyone who reads this post has managed to make a box without the problems I've encountered, please do let me know where I went wrong!!!

As you can see from my photo the box only opens on two sides. I tried a full explosion, but the walls went wildly out of shape, so I thought the solution would be to give it more stability by making the explosion on two sides only. It kind of worked but still isn't 100% as I would like it!! However, this was a "happy accident" for me, as I actually think I prefer it to a full explosion as it gives me far more scope for scene building!!

The next problem was trialing the caught in crystal technique using floor polish which I personally don't think is as successful as using glue! The alcohol inks don't spread as effectively and the solution struggled to contain glitters, plus it was really, really messy. However, I did make a discovery from this experiment which I'll share on another day, so again, it's not all bad!!!

So in summary, an all acetate exploding box is going to be a no, no for future projects. As is using floor polish to create the caught in crystal panels! So with the wondrous thing that is hindsight, I'll use black card for the box base and the caught in crystal acetate panels will be created using glue!

Anyway, lets move onto the things that did go right! :D The scene in the middle was created using the image Smushasha by Daniel Torrente and Cloud Clay covered in modelling paste and spray inks for the rock. I stamped the acetate panels with the image Daisy Daisy by Jo Capper-Sandon, coloured them with Metallic Promarkers and then placed a tiny pearl in the centre of each one. The text is also by Jo Capper-Sandon and can be found here. I then used a tiny flower punch to create the flowers on the rock and glued them to some cake decorating wire that I twirled around my pokey tool.

Well I think that's about it from me today, if you've got this far I'm impressed!! :D So all that's left to say is "Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've enjoyed your visit!" I'll be back on Friday with another project.

Claire xxx

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Just Keep On Creating - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Hooked On Crafts - All that glitters
Make It Monday - Anything goes
Smudgy Antics - Anything goes
Catch the bug - Anything goes
Crafty Mess - Fantasy
The Secret Crafter - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Texture

Monochromatic Sweet Pea Ching Chou Kuik's Fluttering Butterflies Acetate Card

Yay it's the weekend (well almost) and I can't wait! I'm off to The Craft Barn this weekend and am really looking forward to it! In case you haven't heard they have their extravaganza weekend where basically they take over the whole of Lingfield village with craft demos. The full line up can be found here.

So onto this weeks challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers which is Monochromatic. We want to see creations using a single colour in lots of shades and tones. We are sponsored by the lovely Lynette from Sweet Pea Stamps who is offering a 3 count grab bag of stamps. If your wanting some inspiration, please stop by the rest of the DT's blogs where they have some amazing projects.

Anyway, here's my offering for the week.

I stamped Ching-Chou Kuik's Fluttering Butterflies onto smooth white cardstock. The image has been coloured with a range of Black and Grey Promarkers and then high-lighted with Stickles and Enamel Accents. I ran a sheet of acetate through an embossing folder to create the card base. The image was then mounted onto black card and attached to the acetate. I then attached matching black mounts the reverse of the image and inside and to the rear of the card. The eyelash fibre, flowers and butterfly were from my stash.

I hope you all have a great weekend, thanks as always for stopping by.

Claire xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Craft Barn - Acetate
In A Sweet Pea Dream - Wings

It's here!!! Delicious Doodles Blog Hop & First Challenge

Well the day has come for the first ever Delicious Doodles Challenge, and what an easy one we have to start the ball rolling!! It's ANYTHING GOES so I really hope that you'll be joining us! To celebrate the launch, we're having a blog hop. 

However, it's not any old Blog Hop - oh no!! Each girl on the DT has an image to giveaway, that's right - GIVE AWAY. It will be the image used to make their creation! So, if you want to win these images, all you need do is leave a comment on the DT members blog. The image I used can be seen on my card at the bottom of this post.

If that isn't enough to get you all excited, Teri is also going to give away TEN DIGI IMAGES on the Challenge Blog. The Challenge winner will get to choose 10 digi's from the Delicious Doodles Shop!! BUT to qualify for this awesome prize there is a small catch! You must comment on ALL of the DT Blogs, AND make a project to enter.

OK, are you ready? Lets go!!! The hop starts here

If you're already part of the hop you should have arrived from Amy's Blog and your next stop is Alex's Blog.

Just in case you get lost, here's the Blog Hop order ( yes I know there are a few of us, but that way we can bring you weekly challenges with plenty of inspiration).

Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog

(Team A):

Keryn

Anita

Pascale

Saskia

Ildiko

Lyn

Anne

Terri

(Team B):

Maria

Amy

Claire (you're here)

Alex

Darlene

Allison

Ruthie

Grace

Teri (Store Owner) and then back to the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog to enter your creation for your chance to win the fabby TEN digi-images of your choice!!

Phew! Hope you got all that peeps!

The Challenge and Blog Hop will finish on Thursday 25th November at 6pm GMT (UK time). Each winner for the individual digi's will be announced on the DT members Blogs, so be sure to follow them if you want to know who their winners are!

The Grand Prize winner will be announced on the Challenge Blog on the morning of Friday 26th November before the next Challenge goes live later that day.

So if your still with me here's my card (I'm so sorry for the pictures, but it was a complete nightmare to photograph). Remember, if you want to be in with a chance of winning this image all you need to do is leave me some love ;)

The image was coloured with Promarkers, then covered with a Hobby Craft adhesive sheet and sprinkled with iridescent ultra-fine glitter. I cut some acetate to size, scored it down the centre and then randomly stamped snowflakes over it with Stazon. Once that had dried the image was layered up and mounted onto the acetate with glue dots. Then mats of the same size were used to cover the rear of the image and the inside/back of the card. This also added some stability to the card. I then added a Marianne Creatables Snowflake die cut coated with Stardust and Gold Stickles. The sentiment is from my new LOTV set.

This photograph is the unmounted image, but it shows the sparkle and glimmer a little better.

If you've got this far, thank you so much for sticking with this epic post, and I wish you ALL the very best of luck.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - Christmas/Winter
2 Sisters - Christmas
Bee Crafty - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Polly craft Monday - A Glittery Christmas

Paper Playtime - p.s. I love you

Lexi's Creations - Traditional colours
DCD - Snowflakes