Dear Santa - FFFC #128 Happy Holidays

Hello.  Happy Friday!  Nearly the end of November and it's less than 4 weeks before Christmas...yikes!

It's time for a new challenge at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.  The lovely Kavitha is hosting this chalenge and our theme is 'Happy Holidays'.  We're being sponsored by Live and Love Crafts.  To get complete details on the challenge, the prize being offered and how you can join in the fun, visit the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge blog.  Don't forget to check out the fabulous cards that my DT teammates have created to inspire you to play along with us.

Here's my DT card--I decided to have fun with this one.

And this is how I've decorated the inside of the card.

I found the message to Santa on internet and I thought it was just so darn cute...tee hee.  

Close-ups of these adorable Magnolia images I am featuring:

- Invitation Tilda from the Special Moments Collection 2013

- Divine Tilda from the Waiting for Christmas Collection 2014

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey, Wild Rose Studio.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.

  

Challenges for this card:
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Xmas Style (Modern or Traditional) and Why (modern for me as I like to add cute coloured images on my cards)
Creative Fingers Challenge #59 - Anything Goes
Simply Magnolia - Layers
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #107 - Use A Die Cut
Dies R Us Challenge #14 - Christmas (see below for list of dies used)
Ooh La La Creations Challenge #170 - Christmas
That Craft Place Ltd - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap Challenge #32 - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge #23 - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More November Challenge - Anything Goes

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful weekend!

Materials and Tools Used: 

Stamps other than mentioned above:  Hero Arts A2325 Joy Stamp

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  My Mind's Eye Be Merry paper pad  

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Thirty-One; Memory Box 98188 Holy Vine; CC Designs Leaves; PoppyStamps 977 Berry Sprig   

Punches: for hellebores petals - EK Success Leaf; for the flower centres - Carla Crafts Small Cosmos, Fiskars Celestial 3-in-1 corner punch and Michaels mini sun   

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Recollections Opaque Embossing Powder Citron 

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Pantone Trias; coloured pencils 

For A Special Couple - Magnolia-licious 'W"ednesday #58

Hello!  Happy Wednesday!

It's time for another "W"ednesday Post at the Magnolia-licious Challenge.  Wednesdays are when the DT gals take turns showcasing on our cards the other stamps beside Magnolia stamps that the Magnolia-licious on-line store carries.  Today it's Katie's and my turns to participate.  This is the last "W"ednesday Post for the year--we'll be taking a break for the month of December.

I'm taking a slight detour from all the Christmas cards and decided to make a wedding card instead.

Don't know why I went with purple/lavender/lilac tone.  Probably just because I haven't made a card with those shades for a while...tee hee.  And this is how I've decorated the inside of my card.

Close-up of the coloured image...

This adorable image is called Love Me Do designed by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps.

The stamp for this image is available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  See the rest of the Wee Stamps collection HERE.

You may also want to check out the other stamps that Magnolia-licious carries--stamps from Magnolia Stamps of course, Wild Rose Studios, Candibeans and Saturated Canary.
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.  Sweet!

For your chance to win a "Leave A Comment" Surprise Package Prize from Magnolia-licious, there is a weekly random draw.  All you have to do is leave a comment--the more you comment the greater your chances.

- comment on any or all the postings on the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog
- comments on related postings on the DT gals' blogs for that week (which includes this one...tee hee)

Challenges for this card:
ABC Challenge - X is for Xtra Special
Creative Card Crew Challenge #75 - Stripes
Creative Fingers Challenge #57 - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Something Old (designer papers from Anna Griffin and DCWV which I've had for years and have been discontinued)
Milk Coffee - Lots of Embellishments Challenge
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #92 - Lots of Layers
Treasured Times Stamps Challenge #29 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #84 - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarker Week 274 - Blooming Marvellous
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Use Die Cuts

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used: 

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Designer Papers:  Anna Griffin paper with damask pattern; DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy paper pad  

Dies:  Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One; Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles; Joy! Crafts Square Flowers 6002/0068 and Bille's Flourishes 6002/0263; Memory Box 98780 Queen of Hearts

Punches: Nellie Snellen Floral Punches Extra Large Leaf and Large Rose Leaves  

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Dusty Concord; pearls from my stash 

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias 

Advent Calendar With A Circular Base Tutorial

Hello!

This posting is to show how to make a circular advent calendar/chest of drawers, similar to the one I created shown below...(originally posted HERE)

It's the same concept as in matchbox crafts.  If you don't know what matchbox crafts is, click on this Pinterest site to get an idea.  It's basically arranging and adhering individual matchboxes to form your chest of drawers and then decorating it.  One matchbox consists of a drawer and a casing.

For this circular advent calendar/chest of drawers, the drawers and casings are of course not rectangular but rather pie-shaped.  To be more exact, each drawer-and-casing is 1/8 of a circle so there are 8 of them on one circular platform.

This is not hard to do...really, it's just very time consuming!

Use heavy weight paper, something similar to what I used here which is this Strathmore 300 Series Bristol paper 100lb. (270 g/m²).

Here are the templates: 

3" Drawer and Casing Template in PDF

3 1/2" Drawer and Casing Template in PDF

4" Drawer and Casing Template in PDF

Front-Drawer Panels PDF

I'm just going to show how to create one drawer and casing.  I won't do the whole advent calendar all over again as I simply don't have the time right now...sorry, but too many things on my plate right now.  But I wanted to get this posted as some of you have asked for it and you may want to get started on your own advent calendar.  I may edit this posting at a later date--'may' being the operative word...LOL.

You will need 8 sets of drawers-and-casings per level.

For my advent calendar, the drawers on the top level are 3" deep, the 2nd level drawers are 3 1/2" deep and the bottom level drawers are 4" deep.  But if you prefer, you can make the drawers on all 3 levels the same, then you will get a cylindrical advent calendar/chest of drawers.

MAKING THE DRAWERS

Cut and score as per template.

Slice up the drawer-front section as shown.

Fold along scorelines.

Adhere the 3 side flaps (indicated by arrows) as shown.

Apply glue to a drawer-front panel and adhere as shown. 

Make sure the side of the folded panel that's a wee bit shorter is inside the drawer.

MAKING THE CASINGS

Cut, score and fold as per template.

Adhere the side flaps as shown.

ASSEMBLING

Once you've created the 8 drawers and casings, glue the 8 casings together to form a circle for the one level.

When you've formed the 3 levels, then you can start constructing your advent calendar base. 

Place regular circular cardstocks between the platforms and for added strength also add circular chipboards to the top and bottom.

This is how I've layered the base of my advent calendar starting from the bottom up:
-  8 3/4" circle chipboard
-  8 3/4" circle coloured cardstock (use a colour co-ordinating with how you're going to decorate later on)
-  Bottom level of drawers and casings
-  8 1/2" circle coloured cardstock
-  Middle level of drawers and casings
-  7 1/2" circle coloured cardstock
-  Top level of drawers and casings
-  6 3/4" circle of chipboard
-  6 3/4" circle of coloured cardstock

Okay, there you go...I think you can take it from here.  Decorate as desired...and have fun!

(PS.  I would love to see what you'll make with this, so send me a link to your creation. Thx.)

Warm Wishes - Magnolia-licious 'White On White'

If you're looking for the Magnolia-licious Holiday Blog Hop, click HERE.



Hello.

We're midway in our current 'White On White' challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  It's Team B's turn to post our cards/projects as a midway reminder--Team A posted theirs last week.   Visit the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog for complete details on the challenge and how you can join in the fun.  And have a look at what my DT teammates have created to inspire you.

I have created a shadow box card.

I love making white-on-white cards--it's another favorite style of mine...hmm, I have many faves!  One reason is because I don't have to spend time searching for co-ordinating paper for a colour scheme...ha ha--it takes me forever to do this.  And all those whites make the coloured images you're featuring pop out.

Tutorial on the pine cones you can find HERE.

Here are close-ups of the Magnolia images I've used:

- Tilda on the Roof from the A Christmas Story Collection 2012

- Mini A Joyful Tilda from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013
- Mini Show The Way Baby Rudolph from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013

- Old Swedish Church from the A Christmas Story Collection 2012
I used this image to help me create the background scene.

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store where she carries a large selection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  And if you don't see the particular one you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you.
Check out also the stamps from Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studios, Saturated Canary and Candibeans.
Magnolia-licious also carries cutting dies from various companies including Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia Doohickey, Wild Rose Studio.  Have a look!
Prices are discounted, you get excellent customer service and you also get to earn 2% credit to be applied to future purchases.

Come and join our challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and you will have a chance to win a Special Surprise from the Magnolia-licious store when you follow the rules and theme of our challenge.

For your chance to win a "Leave A Comment" Surprise Package Prize from Magnolia-licious, there is a weekly random draw.  All you have to do is leave a comment--the more you comment the greater your chances.

- comment on any or all the postings on the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog
- comments on related postings on the DT gals' blogs for that week
- like us on Facebook at our Magnolia-licious Facebook page

Challenges for this card: 

Bearly Mine Designs November 2014 Challenge - Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round November Challenge - No Patterned Paper

A Creative Romance - Winter Warmers

Milk Coffee Challenge - Hand Coloured Image

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge #36 - Anything Goes  

Fun With Shapes and More Challenge #169 - Christmas is coming soon (Bald ist Weihnachten)

Dies R Us Challenge #14 - Christmas (see below for list of dies used)  

Penny Black and More November Challenge - Anything Goes 

The Cutie Pie Challenge #81 - Festive Furry Friends
Not Just Cards Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is always very much appreciated.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used: 

Sentiments:  Computer generated

Dies:  Go Kreate XXL Square Frames Frilly #10; Magnolia Doohickey Poinsettias; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery; Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles (pinecones); Impression Obsession DIE021-N Pine Branch; Memory Box 98753 Exquisite Coral; Marianne Design Creatable LR0245 Mistletoe Twigs (pine trees)    

Punches:  Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake edger; Recollections Small Flower (pinecones)

Miscellaneous:  Gesso

Colouring medium:  Alcohol ink markers from Letraset - Promarkers and Pantone Trias; coloured pencils 

Lever Card 6" x 6" (15cm x 15cm) Template

Hello.  This is a very short posting.

This was the 'Lever Card' I posted sometime last month--you can see the posting HERE.

I found a lever-card tutorial at Splitcoaststamper done by Laura Lipe--you can view it HERE. Laura's card size is 4¼" x 5½" (when the card is folded)--that's known as an A2 card size.  My preferred card size, as you may know, is 6" x 6", so I've revised the measurements to those for that card size.

As requested, here's the template for a 6" x 6" (15cm x 15cm) Lever Card:

Printable PDF - Lever Card 6" x 6" (15cm x 15cm) Template

That's it!  Have fun with this.  Happy crafting!