Creative Expressions - Dotty Flourish

Just one project today - a lovely Thank You card that uses the lovely Dotty Flourish 3D Embossing Folder from Creative Expressions.

I used a traditional emboss on the back layer, with Milled Lavender Distress Oxide. The green layer is also using the folder. I embossed a piece of wax paper, ironed it onto Faber-Castell Mixed Media paper, and then inked over with Bundled Sage Distress Oxide. At first look you wouldn't believe that the green layer has been created with the folder!! 

The sentiment is Julie Hickey Designs Everyday Sentiment Stamps, and the flowers are Elizabeth Craft Designs 1368 Garden Notes Dahlia. 

Click on the photo to see the video demonstration. Thank you for popping by. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Amy Design - Sympathy Flower

I have three projects in today's post. Two use the gorgeous Amy Design Sympathy Flower. I have included the third as I used the Creative Expressions Paper Panda Petite Fleur Frame on one of the cards, and I had another card to share that used the same frame.

The first card is a small 4x4card, using the Sympathy Flower to create a simple sympathy style card. The sentiment is Julie Hickey Designs Everyday Sentiments. 

The second show that it doesn't just have to be for a sympathy card. This anniversary card uses Card Deco Frame Card Lacy Dots 4K for the base, and Creative Expressions Paper Panda Petite Fleur Frame (cut in half), along with a Julie Hickey Designs Everyday Sentiments stamp.

The final card today shows the Petite Fleur Frame in its entirety, teamed up with Elizabeth Craft Designs 1592 Garden Notes Nasturtium dies.  The colouring is Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide.

Click on the photos to see the video demonstrations. Thank you for popping by. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Petunia Flower Square

A couple of little projects using Creative Expressions Petunia Flower Square by Sue Wilson. It's a cute little die, which makes a great focal point. I have made two quite different looking projects with it - but used the same paper piecing technique.

The first is pastel and pretty and fussy. I have used the Card Deco Frame Card Lacy Dots 4K to cut out the base card from Centura Pearl Snow White Hint of Gold. I have layered pastel card with another piece of Centura embossed using Creative Expressions Dotty Flourish 3D Embossing Folder. 

This one is less fussy and uses just shades of green with white.

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Thank you for popping by and happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Paper Panda Winter Stag

Time for a bit of Christmas for the next few blogs, starting with another Paper Panda die from Creative Expressions today. It's an older one - but I absolutely love it. It's called Winter Stag, and I used it to create two very different projects.

The first is one that would make a really simple Christmas present. You don't even need to do the inky background, as you can replace that with patterned paper. The box frame is 16.5cm square. The background is a combination of Distress Oxide Sprays in Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Prize Ribbon; Pixie Burts - Making Waves; and Pixie Sparkles in Blue Wish and Beyond Blue.  A textured white card is also worth using to add interest.

The second project is a window hanger. I used acetate and Shell Pink Alcohol Ink, Villainous Pearl Alcohol Ink and Snow Cap Alcohol Ink Mixative.  

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Paper Panda Ornate Christmas

More Christmas and more Paper Panda. This time, it's two cards with the same Ornate Christmas die - just different card styles.

The first is a rocker card, using cream card and gold glitter card.

The second is using it to create a more interesting "edge" on the front of the card.

Both the glitter card and the mirror/satin card are from Crafter's Companion Luxury Card Packs. I really love these packs as they give you different finishes that can be used together or separately.

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And I now have a YouTube channel where I hope to add my video content to in the future. Would love it if you could subscribe. 

Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Moonlit Owl

Some inky backgrounds today, teamed up with Moonlit Owl by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. It's really easy to change the mood of a card by changing the colours. 

For the blue one, I used Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Oxides, and cut the elements in black card.

On this one, I used Ground Espresso, Gathered Twigs, Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigold and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide, and cut the elements from brown cardstock.

Click on the photos to see the video demonstrations. Thank you for popping by. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Bee Happy

Two projects today using the Bee Happy die from Creative Expressions Craft Dies by Paper Panda. If you don't know who Paper Panda is, then check out this link.   

For the first one, I teamed the die up with Creative Expressions 3D Embossing Folder Honeycomb trellis for the textured background, and Card Deco Frame Card Lacy Dots 4K die for the base card. The inky background uses Distress Oxide sprays in Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade, along with Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder Mango Blaze and Pixie Burst Orange Slice. 

I really love these Card Deco card dies. It just gives something different to the base card - and they are pretty good value for money.

The second card uses the same embossing folder, but this time with patterned paper. I cut into the Bee Happy die cut, to give added interest. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Chrysanthemum Stained Glass Circle

Today's share is another Creative Expressions die and, like yesterday, is from a Sue Wilson collection. I have previously used this die in another project which focussed on paper piecing. Click here for that blog post.   

For this project, I wanted to see if I could create something that resembled a stained glass piece, since that's the name of the collection. I used Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour Inks and Glossy Accents.

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Creative Expressions - Peony Floral Panel

Two cards to share today, using the lovely Peony Floral Panel. Sue Wilson from Creative Expressions has a whole load of these floral panels in her collection, and they can all be mixed and matched.

On this first card, I have created an inky background with Distress Sprays. I also used the dies to create masks to ink through. I cut out with one of the panels and cut in with the other.

The second project is a pocket card and tag. The little card opens and there is a pocket in the front for the bookmark. No inking this time, just patterned papers.

 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Pizza Time!!

I do love a piece of pizza - especially when it's homemade! This little pizza box wouldn't fit much pizza in - but is perfect for a small card or gift.

For the box itself, I used Elizabeth Craft Designs - Pizza Box die. To decorate, I used Creative Expressions - Craft Dies by Jamie Rodgers - Tea Bag Folding Collection - Octagons. The fold I have used is from Hand Crafted Greetings, and is called Octagon. Click on either of the pictures to take you to the video demonstration. 

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots more video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

A little paper piecing!

A muted colour pallete today, for this lovely card with a little paper piecing. I used the Creative Expresssions Stained Glass Circles - Chrysanthemum by Sue Wilson. I cut it twice. One piece was left as is, and the other I cut into to add another flower, and additional foliage.

Click on the picture to take you to the video demonstration.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Buttercup Floral Panels

Today's share is a triple whammy - two cards and a box made using the same die set. I used the Buttercup floral panel set from Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson.

Click on the individual photos to see how I made each one.

The box is made with Centura Pearl Hint of Gold, and would hold a pillar candle as a gift.

This foldback card uses Pixie Powders in Mango Blaze, Peacock Green and Candy Pink.

And the final one is a gatefold.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots more video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Medallion Tea Bag Folding

Today's share is another of my teabag folding samples using Creative Expressions Dies by Jamie Rodgers - Tea Bag Folding Dies - Octagons. 

I have adapted the Square Zig Zag fold from Handcrafted Greetings. Click on the picture to take a look at the video of how I made this.

The sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs - Everyday Sentiment stamps.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Tea Bag Wreath

Here's a different way of using the tea bag folding dies from Jamie Rodgers for Creative Expressions. I used both of the dies from the Octagons set to create this. I used the Open Centre Star from Handcrafted Greetings . It's for a square piec, so I had to adapt it slightly -click on the picture to see the video demonstration. 

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cx

Octagons!

This is an octagon easel card I made using the Octagon Tea Bag Folding dies from Creative Expressions Craft dies by Jamie Rodgers.

I used the largest die to draw around and extend, in order to create the easel and the mats and layers. 

The packaging comes with instructions for a basic fold, and a couple of variations on that fold. However, there are many, many more folds out there, and I have used some from Handcrafted Greetings for my cards. 

For the main medallion I have used the Jewel fold - as it looks like a large gem when complete. And for the stopper, I used the Octagon fold with a slight variation.

Click on the picture to see my demonstration on how to complete the whole easel card. 

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Spring Foliage Card

Hello. Have a quick share today. This is an 8x8 card made using a combination of Creative Expressions Forget-Me-Not frame 3D Embossing Folder, and Julie Hickey Designs Floral Foliage Stamps.

I used white embossing powder with the stamp, as I didn't want a "hard line". 

I used Faber-Castell Goldfaber watercolour pencils (tin of 12) to colour the foliage, and Lucky Clover and Twisted Citron Distress Oxides to ink the edges of the frame.

The lettering is Julie Hickey Designs Sweet Pea Alphabet.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Sparkly Pocket Card

Hello! Am continuing my shares of projects using Julie Hickey Stamps. Today, I have a pocket card with an added tag! I have coloured it all with Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Watercolour Inks for added shimmer. Click on the photo below to see the video demo.

The base card is  6 1/2" x the length of A4. Mark on a line 1/2" from the long edge. 

Score at 2 3/8" from one end, and 3/4" and 5" from the other end. Also, score along the 1/2" line in the place where the flap will be - as shown below.

Cut off the bottom, along the 1/2" line, leaving the tab, then fold and burnish all the scored lines.

  

Attach a piece of card - 4 1/4" x 6" - to the flap on the right to form the back of the card, then glue the tabs and stick to create the pocket on the front.

I stamped the main image from the Floral Fantasy set onto stamping card with Versafine Clair - Nocturne, and embossing with clear powder. I used Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Watercolour inks to colour: Ray of Sunshine, Golden Sunrise, Flamingo Pink, Fiery Sunset, Holly Green and Turquoise. I also used Juicy Orange and Peacock Teal - both of which are not pearlescent.

  

I did the same with the individual flowers. I deliberately went over the edges, to reduce white edges when I fussy cut them out.

 

The base tag is 6 1/2" x 3 1/2", with each layer being 1/4" smaller than the previous. 

The stamp on the front is from the Floral Fantasy set - designed to fit in that little aperture. The Happy Mother's Day comes from Julie Hickey's Everyday Sentiment stamps and the lettering is Julie Hickey's Sweet Pea Alphabet set. 

   

I just love the sparkle the inks provide!!

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Pastel Safari!

Hello!! The weekend is almost over - but not quite!! I have a safari themed card - without the safari sunset colours! The colours for this one were suggested by my lovely crafting friend, Karen, when all I could see were sunsets!!

There are two versions of this card - the one with the giraffes was my sample, and the one with elephants is the one I made on the video (click on either photo for the link). For the shiny, sparkly background, I have used Creative Expressions 7x7 Safari Landscape with Cosmic Shimmer Lunar Paste in Moonlight Ocean and Stellar Lemon. The green was created by mixing the two. The elephant and giraffe came from cutting into Amy Designs Wild Animals - Wild Frame. I cut the frame 3 times, and then layered the colours to match the stencil. The sentiment is from Trimcraft First Edition Sentiment dies. 

Thanks for popping over to have a look. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy Crafting,

Cxxxx

Safari Time!!

Today's project is a combination of inking, stencilling and die cutting, all contributing to produce this bright, safari-themed party card.

The background was created using Distress Oxides - Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and Festive Berries - onto white stamping card. I then stencilled over it with Black Soot, and the Safari Landscape 7x7 stencil from Creative Expressions. 

The frame at the front is Amy Design Wild Frame from the Wild Animals collection. I have put a piece of vellum behind this to diffuse the background, and added sentiments from Trimcrafts First Editions Sentiment die collection. 

Click on the picture to take you to the video.

Take care - and happy crafting!!
Cxxx

Love the life you have ....

It's taken a few days to put this one together. I did the background a couple of days ago, with Kitsch Flamingo and Broken China Distress Oxides, sprayed with Imagination Crafts Fuchsia Mixed Media and Silver Shake and Gilt.

I then found the text in my box of random things, and had already planned on using the Creative Expressions Stamps to Die For - Butterfly Meadow. However, for the third time, I have not managed to get a good impression in this art journal, leaving me having to try to sharpen it up with a fine-liner. Am going to have a think about this for the next one. Will probably stamp it separately on my stamping platform and glue in. 

To even up the blackness, I used Black Soot Distress Oxide with a few different Imagination Crafts Texture stamps to create a black edging all round.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx