Clarity TV Samples 5th January 2014

Okay - I am sure you are all sitting down in shock that I have managed 2 posts in 2 days - it won't last!!!

Here are some samples I made from the latest set of new releases from the fabulous Clarity Stamps! It is an honour and a pleasure to not only be very good friends with the talented Barbara Gray and her team of merry Clarity'teers! (is that a word?) but also to be part of the very talented design team that I always try and do something a little bit different with the stamps and stencils - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't!

So here goes:

Can you guess what stamp this one is?

Well it is a Hot Air Balloon and yes, it did take a while to colour in!

So how about this one:

Well this is one of the Sea Horses which I stamped out 8 times, then cut them out, chopped the heads off. I then created the background with one of the new stencils, stuck the bodies on to create the pattern, cut a circle out and then stuck the heads on underneath the circle!

 Some more using the Sea Horses, with heads intact!

The bluey/green  one was fab to make - I drew through the stencil and then cut it all out to create a duplicate of the stencil!

This pink one was a quick one to show it could be used for children's party invites.

More pattern building, I loved stamping this one and then colouring it in

Padlock to my heart - this has actually been decoupaged but you can't really see it from the picture - I cut out all the filigree

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting

Paul x

First post of 2014!

Well, what can I say! It sure has been a while, I have no idea where 2013 went! The plan for 2014 is to Blog more than once or twice a year! So I thought I would start off with showing some samples I made during 2013

So lets start with some Clarity and my favourite Kingfisher

 

Loved working with some stamps from my very dear friend, Jayne Nestorenko

 and finally from Katy Sue Designs:

As you can see from some of the samples above, I love to try and do something different with the designs and I love pattern building!

So, 2014 is looking like it is going to be another year of Crafty Madness with lots of new designs from all of the above.

Tomorrow I will be back (yeah, yeah I hear you cry!) with some samples I made for the Clarity TV show on Create & Craft 9am - 11am and 2pm - 3pm

Happy Crafting!

Paul x

Katy Sue Designs Fabulous Fashion Pick of the Week - part 2!

Flower Circle Card

Products Used

·         Fabulous Fashion CD Rom

·         Fabulous Fashion Stamp Set

·         Ivory Paper & Card Stock

I opened Dress Decoupage from Collection 2 and used the Snapshot Tool within Adobe to highlight the skirt and then pasted into My Craft Studio Elite (or any other graphics program)

 

I then copied and pasted the image so that I had 2 the same size in order to create the butterfly

I then copied the image again and resized it to make it bigger and then duplicated the image so that I had 8 of the large skirts in order to create the Flower Circle. I then did the same with one image from the Dress Decoupage Collection 15 to create the body of the Butterfly

Cut out all the skirts from the sheet you have created, then arrange all of the 8 large skirts into a circle and stick together to create a large flower.

Create a square card from the ivory card stock (the size of the square will depend how much you have resized the 8 skirts) and stick the flower you have created to the middle. Then cut out a circle from the ivory card stock (the size will depend on how much you have resized the 8 skirts) and stick to the centre of the flower.

Then use the 2 smaller skirts to create a Butterfly and using the skirt from Collection 15 cut some of the petals to create the body of the Butterfly. Then use a flower stamen or some wire to create the Butterfly antenna. You can then stick to the circle in the middle of the card.

Finally, stamp out the quarter Daisy from the stamps and colour in to match the colour of the skirt, cut them out and apply to each corner

Katy Sue Designs Fabulous Fashion Pick of the Week

Multifunction Die Cut Card Blank

 

Products Used

·         Fabulous Fashion CD Rom

·         Multifunction Die Cut Card Blanks

·         Ivory Paper & Card Stock

Print off any of the Decoupage Dress designs from the CD, cut out and make up the decoupage

Take a sheet of the Ivory card stock and fold in half to create a card blank. Then take 2 of the Multifunction Die Cut card blanks and cut off 8.5cm. Push out the elements at the top of the Multifunction Die Cut card blank.

Choose a complimentary colour from the decoupage and colour in the pushed out elements on the top of the Multifunction Die Cut Card Blank with your Graph It, Promarkers or Spectrum Noir pens. The easiest way of colouring the pushed out elements is to place a piece of scrap card underneath and then colour in, this way, the colour does not bleed onto the background

Stick the coloured Multifunction Die Cut card blank to the card blank you have created – it will overlap at the top.

Then cut a piece of the ivory paper measuring 12.5 cm x 19cm. Take pen that you used to colour in the Multifunction Die Cut card blank and run along the edge. Then stick on to the front of the card you have created. Finally, add the decoupage you made and then if you want, you can add a greeting.

For a finished touch, you can add some Flower Soft to the centre of the flowers on the Multifunction Die Cut card blank

Check out the Katy Sue Designs Website for more fantastic products

Katy Sue Blog Hop Winner

Well I hope you have been enjoying the shows on Create & Craft with the lovely Noreen McKie showing off the fantastic new double CD ROM - The Christmas Spirit.

We attempted our very first Katy Sue Designs Limited UK Blog Hop to coincide with the launch. We had a few technical hitches, which we managed to sort out and delayed the announcement of the winner.

The winner of our very first Blog Hop, winning a copy of the Christmas Spirit CD ROM is.......................................

The Tidy Crafter from Boston in Lincolnshire

 

Congratulations!

Katy Sue Designs 1st UK Blog Hop

I am pleased to announce to the very first UK Blog Hop from Katy Sue Designs Limited to coincide with the launch of the the brand new Double CD Rom called Wine Buffs - Spirit of Christmas. This fabulous Double CD Rom will launch on Create & Craft (Sky 671) on Friday 7th September 2012 with the lovely Noreen Mckie.

Here are some pics of a very quick sample I made

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this brand new Double CD Rom, then you need to follow the "Hop". You need to leave a comment on my blog, and then a comment on each of the other 3 blogs, launching as follows:

Wednesday - Sue - Inspire Me - Click HERE
Thursday - Vee - Paper, Glue, Create - Click HERE 
Friday - Katy Sue Designs Limited - Click HERE

If you have come here via one of the above blogs, please make sure that you have visited and left a comment on them all under the relevant Katy Sue Designs Limited Blog Hop Post

The competition will finished at midnight on Saturday 8th September. Records will be checked on Sunday 9th September and the winner announced on Monday 10th September

Don't forget to tune into Create & Craft TV on Sky 671 from midday on Friday and check the schedule throughout the week to see some lovely samples and great demonstrations from Noreen.

Thanks for reading and happy crafting!

Paul x

Katy Sue Designs - Multi Function Die Cuts

How to make a free standing card from the Multi Function Die Cut Card Blank

I recently made some cards in a workshop using the Multi Function Die Cuts from Katy Sue Designs and thought I would do some instructions on how them into a free standing card. The following measurements are the same for each of the 4 different designs. For this tutorial, I have used Elegant Flowers (Ivory)

Working on the back of the card blank and measuring from the bottom, mark the card at the following points on both the left-hand side and then on the right-hand side:
·         7cm
·         8.5cm
·         10cm
·         16cm
·         17cm

Then using a ball/scoring tool, score from left to right at the following points:

·         7cm
·         8.5cm
·         10cm

Now fold creating a concertina as indicated in the picture below:

Now go to the mark you made at 16cm and measure in 3cm from the left and make a mark, and then make a mark at 9cm, you then need to cut a line with a ruler and craft knife between 3cm and 9cm (as indicated by the straight line in the picture). Now go to the point where you made a mark at 17cm and measure in 3cm from the left and make a mark and then make a mark at 9cm, you then need to score a line between 3cm & 9cm (as indicated by the dotted line in the picture) Now cut a straight line from the 3cm mark on the 17cm line down to the 16cm line and repeat the same at the 9cm mark – you have now created a flap as indicated in the picture below

The short part of the card blank will now sit under the flap you have created. The images below shows the front and back of the card blank

You are now ready to decorate your card!

The flap at the back can be hidden with different things – have a look at some of the finished samples

Products used in the above samples are as follows:

·         Multi Function Die Cuts - Hearts

·         Mabel Lucie Atwell Vo.2 CD

·         Multi Function Die Cuts - Elegant Flowers

·         Die Cut Dimensions – Wild Flowers Set 2

·         Multi Function Die Cuts – Spring Flowers

·         Wishing on A Star CD

·         Wishing on A Star Die cut Stickers

For the Mabel Lucie Atwell sample, I put the Multi Function Die Cut through my inkjet printer. I have a rear feed printer and I used low tack tape on the reverse of the die cut area. Please be aware that there small parts on the die cut area which may get caught in your printer so you need to make sure that they have been removed. Please note that if you wish to print onto the Die Cut Dimensions, you do so at your own risk and that Katy Sue Designs and I take no responsibility for any damage that may be caused to your printer if you do.

All of the above products are available direct from Katy Sue Designs HERE