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How to use Gilding Flakes with Stencils – Christmas

How to use Gilding Flakes with Stencils – Christmas – Perfectly Plaid – Crafting with Ashee – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – Lincoln UK

I was so excited when the gilded flakes came out and couldn’t wait to use them. Of course, I did and then put them away and forgot about them. I was watching a video about gilding flakes and thought I need to pull them out and use them again so I did. Here is what I came up with.

I tacked my piece of basic white cardstock down to the stencil with low tack tape so it wouldn’t move on me. Next, I used versamark ink through the stencil, removed the stencil and applied heat & stick powder. Remember not to overheat the heat and stick powder, move on to the next section as soon as it’s melted. The gilding flakes stick to the heat & stick powder. Buff away the excess flakes and there you go!!

measurements

Real Red Cardstock – A6 Cardstock – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Basic White – 14.35cm X 10cm

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Thank you for visiting me. I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspired you. The supply list linked to my online shop and video tutorial are below. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock £7.75	Stamparatus £46.00	Bone Folder £6.50	Paper Trimmer £23.00	Stampin’ Seal £7.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes £7.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue £4.50	Stampin’ Dimensionals £3.75	Tear & Tape Adhesive £6.50	Simply Shammy £7.50	Take Your Pick £9.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock £9.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock £8.25	Red & Green Foil Sheets £9.25	Stitched Rectangles Dies £33.00	Christmas Trimmings Dies £25.00	Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) £16.00	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad £7.00
Versamark Pad £8.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels £4.75	Heat & Stick Powder £5.50	Blending Brushes £11.25	Adorning Designs Decorative Masks £7.50	Gilded Leafing Embellishment £8.25

You can follow me on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. I also have a Facebook Group where we share crafty projects and chat about all things crafty. I would love you to join and share your creation with us.

I’ve started to run a virtual card club each month in my Facebook Group. We make four to five projects each month. It’s lots of fun and I would love for you to join us. All the details can be found here.

If you would like a copy of the catalogue, click on the contact me button and I will get one out to you. Remember you can shop in my online shop 24 /7 from the comfort of your own home.

I love to read your comments and get feedback on my work so please do comment either here or on my YouTube account.

How to Use the Knit Together Background Stamp

How to Use the Knit Together Background Stamp – Christmas to Remember – Crafting with Ashee – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – Lincoln UK.

At first glance, background stamps can be quite intimidating. They are so big and take up so much space on a card. You can sometimes feel unsure how to use them in a way that doesn’t overpower everything. Tone on tone stamping in the background is a great way to use background stamps. It gives interest in the background but doesn’t detract from the focal image. That is what I’ve done here.

measurements

Thick Base White Cardstock – A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Crumb Cake – 14.35cm X 10cm – You can cut this further down after stamping.

other projects using background stamps

Thank you for visiting me. I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspired you. The supply list linked to my online shop and video tutorial are below. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock £7.75	Stamparatus £46.00	Bone Folder £6.50	Paper Trimmer £23.00	Stampin’ Seal £7.50
Basic White C6 Envelopes £7.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue £4.50	Stampin’ Dimensionals £3.75	Tear & Tape Adhesive £6.50	Simply Shammy £7.50
Take Your Pick £9.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock £9.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock £8.25	Red & Green Foil Sheets £9.25	Stitched Rectangles Dies £33.00
Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) £20.00	Knit Together Cling Stamp Set £16.00	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad £7.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad £7.00	Wonderful Gems £7.50

If you would like a copy of the catalogue, click on the contact me button and I will get one out to you. Remember you can shop in my online shop 24 /7 from the comfort of your own home.

I love to read your comments and get feedback on my work so please do comment either here or on my YouTube account.

Red is Beautiful and not just for Christmas

Red is Beautiful and not just for Christmas – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator based in Lincoln UK.

I do love the colour red and for me red is not just for Christmas. I’m not really into pastels, I love bright and bold colours. Which do you prefer?

Red is not just for Christmas - Thank You Card — Red is not just for Christmas – Thank You Card

I’m really happy with how this card turned out. I love it. It uses a few new items to my stash. The new mini catalogue went live on 4th August. The Heartwarming designer series paper is from a new suite of products called Heartwarming Hugs.

Have you noticed the fantastic bow on the card? This is the new Gift Wrapped stamp set that has a matching gift bow builder punch. There are three different designs of bow that can be punched out. How you colour them is up to you!!!

measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 cardbase. This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Heartwarming DSP – 14.35cm X 10cm

Other Thank you cards

Thank you for visiting me. I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspired you. The supply list linked to my online shop and video tutorial are below. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Bone Folder	Paper Trimmer	Stampin’ Seal	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tear & Tape Adhesive	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Champagne Foil Sheets	Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper	Gift Wrapped Bundle (English)	Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Gift Bow Builder Punch	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad	Regals Stampin’ Write Markers	Gift Wrapped Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)	Stitched Rectangles Dies

You can follow me on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. I also have a Facebook group where we share crafty projects and chat about all things crafty. I would love you to join and share you creation with us.

If you would like a copy of the catalogue, click on the contact me button and I will get one out to you. Remember you can shop in my online shop 24 /7 from the comfort of your own home.

I love to read your comments and get feedback on my work so please do comment either here or on my YouTube account.

Detailed Hearts Die – Valentine’s Day Card

I have this beautiful Valentine’s Day Card to share with you today. This uses the delicate Detailed Hearts Die. Oh my but’s so lovely and dainty. I love it!!

This die is part of the Valentine’s Day suite in the new catalogue. The colours in the paper are Flirty Flamingo and Real Red so I decided to design this card with the same colours.

The Detailed Hearts Die is all one die. Most of the little hearts pop out and I am saving these to use on a shaker card. You can hide the adhesive behind the few hearts that don’t pop out or use an adhesive sheet as I have done here.

I used the Scripty embossing folder on the real red piece to give it some added interest behind the die-cut. All in all, this is a very simple and easy card to make but really has that wow factor.

measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 Cardbase – (This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)
Real Red – 14.35cm X 10cm
Flirty Flamingo – 14.35cm x 10cm

Other projects

Thank you for visiting. There is a video tutorial and supply list below. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Real Red A4 Card Stock	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Heartfelt Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
Silver Foil Sheets	Detailed Hearts Die	Heartfelt Bundle (English)	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder
Snail Adhesive	Heart Punch Pack	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Bone Folder

Magnetic Flap Christmas Card Tutorial

I have this cute Christmas Card to share with you today. The stamp set I’ve used is Christmas Crowd. The sentiment says “Christmas Greetings from the Gang” on the flap. You lift the magnetic flap and find the gang waving hello to you.

I love this stamp set and wanted to use it more than once this year but was unsure how. The gang are coloured in using the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers the same as before. I’ve done the colouring on fast forward but you can slow the video done to see the details. The blends do make colouring easy as the alcohol markers don’t leave lines and make blending super simple.

I adore the idea of this magnetic flap that shows the gang all waving Merry Christmas to you. It is so cute!!

Measurements

Shaded Spruce A6 Cardbase ( This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)
Wrapped in Plaid Designer Series Paper (DSP) 14.35cm x 11.5cm, scored at 1cm on the short side.

Other Christmas Projects

As always there is a video tutorial and supply list below.

Thank you for dropping by. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Christmas Crowd Cling Stamp Set	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Wrapped In Plaid 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad	Cherry Cobbler 3/8″ (1 Cm) Diagonal Stripe Ribbon
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Gold Foil Sheets	Stitched Rectangle Dies	Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack
Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends	Real Red Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends	Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack	Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter
Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends	Snail Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Tear & Tape Adhesive

Come Sail Away Altered Notebook

I have this lovely altered notebook to share with you today. This project uses the Come Sail Away suite of products from Stampin’ Up! This suite includes a gorgeous stamp set; Sailing Home, designer series paper, memory and more cards and of course matching dies.

I am not normally a great sea person. I did think long and hard about buying this set but I’m really glad I did as I love it now. The designer series paper (DSP) is beautiful and is great for cards as well as altered items and mini albums.

measurements

Night of Navy cardstock – 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ scored on the long side at 4 1/8″ from each side
Come Sail Away DSP 3″ X 3 3/4″

I love altering little notebooks, candles and such like. I have a box full of things waiting to be “improved” through crafting. The little notebook used here is a handy jotter from Wilko and cost only pennies. This is a lovely cheap project to make to include as part of a party bag.

As always there is a video tutorial below and supply list

Other Altered projects

What type of projects do you enjoy making?

I hope you enjoyed this project, thank you for stopping by and until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Copper Foil Sheets	Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper	Sailing Home Bundle	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad
3/8″ (1 Cm) Denim Ribbon	Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock	Snail Adhesive
1-1/2″ (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch	2″ (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch	Simply Scored

Tea Bag Holder – Cute little gift for someone special

I have a cute little tea bag holder to share with you today. This is a simple and easy project for any beginner crafter. This little wallet holds two tea bags and will make a lovely little gift.

Tea Bag holder/wallet for someone special made using supplies from Stampin' Up! — Tea Bag holder/wallet for someone special made using supplies from Stampin’ Up!

I am not a huge tea drinker but will drink a couple of cups a day, usually one with breakfast and later on in the evening. The British in general are a nation of tea drinkers. I swear sometimes that this country runs on tea alone. If we were to run out of tea it would a national emergency!!

This wallet holds two tea bags but could equally hold some business cards or even as my mother suggested her bus pass!!

Measurements

Rich Razzleberry cardstock
- 6 1/4″ X 3 1/2″, scored at 3″ on each side on the 6 1/4″ side
- 4″ X 2″ X2 pieces scored at 1/2″ on both short sides and one long side
Rich Razzleberry Family Designer Series Pack
- 3 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ X 1
  - 2 3/4″ x 1 1/4″ X 2

I find people appreciate little gifts like this to brighten up their day. It is amazing how something small makes someone’s day.

My question for you today is what is your favourite drink? Do you prefer tea or coffee? I personally find coffee too bitter and don’t like adding a ton of sweetener to make it drinkable. Neither of my parents drank coffee and so I suppose in some ways it is a learned habit.

I have a video tutorial with the accompanying supply list as usual.

Whatever you are doing today I hope you have a great day and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Tea Bag Holder Tutorial

Product List

Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad	Simply Scored	Silver Foil Sheets
1″ (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch	1-1/8″ (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch	Snail Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Regals 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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