Cameo Creatives With Cameo Boutique Paper

Hello again, a DL card for a change today just to show they the decorative strips can be used on smaller cards.  This is also one that was made live on air by Jodie.

I cut my own card blank from a sheet of A4 card.  I added a layer or gold card and a layer of patterned Cameo Boutique paper.  Using the Butterfly Bracelet Verso Strip dies I cut my main strip out of the scrap of card I trimmed off my card blank.  I matched up the floral cameo pictures in the apertures and trimmed that to size to fit.  The gold layer behind was cut from the matching outside edge but just a little bit bigger.  These were all layered together and stuck onto the centre of the card blank.

One of the debossed sentiments was cut from the Idyllics die set and layered, again on gold, before being attached to the bottom corner.  The card was finished with a sumptuous hand tied bow.

I hope you like it

Karen x

Cameo Creative Strip Dies and Just For You Essentials

Hello everyone and thanks for popping by again today.  For today's share I'm continuing with my more contemporary twist on the more traditional set of dies.

I've made my dark brown 8" x 8" centre opening gatefold card blank out of a couple of sheets of A4 card that I've trimmed down and stuck together.  For each of the front panels I have layered a pretty light pink card, a cream card and finally some matching dotty patterned pink scrapbooking papers that I've had lying around.  I've cut out one of the Cameo Creatives Twine Buckle strips and layered that on top.  I've cut some of the little ovals in cream which were layered on the top with punched flowers added to the top and bottom ovals and a looped bow to the centre ovals.

I cut and embossed the Just For You out of the Essentials die set and made it into my card closure.

This card was finished off with a few pearls as flower centres and on the circular sentiment panel.

I hope you like it

Karen x

Essential Die Sets Someone Special Card

I've tried to keep this card slightly younger looking and more contemporary with the patterned paper and lack of 'pearly' embellishments, usually a card isn't a card unless it's got ribbon and pearls... lol

I've mixed the die sets here, The hearts and heart strip are from a previous Essentials Die Set but the  Decorative strip on the small panel is from the new Cameo Creatives range with the letters obviously being the Pretoria Duocaps.

I made my card blank by cutting and folding A4 cards and sticking them together.  I completely covered the card fronts with K and Company patterned paper which has been kicking around literally for years.  I die cut one of the Twine Buckle strips from cream pearlescent card and glued it to the smaller front panel.  I die cut the I and U from the Pretoria Alphabet dies and stuck those on top.  The hearts are from the Someone Special Essentials set, the larger one being the ribbon slider embellishment with the tiny heart left over from the heart strip.

The layered heart frame was made by Cutting the large heart from the Essentials set six times then start to cut the layering dies out of each one, finishing off with the embossing die for the last heart which I added a little chalk ink to, just to make the debossed heart stand out.  I finished the card with a decorative strip across the bottom and left it at that!  No pearls, no gems, no ribbon!!

I hope you like it

Karen x

New Cameo Header Die Card Pink Birthday Wishes

This is a little 6" x 6" card I did.  To cut the header dies out of the card front, first I marked the centre point with a pencil line and lined my dies up either side of it so I could get them equally spaced out.  I folded the card back on itself and added a solid backing by just cutting the outer shape of the header die and adding it to the back.  The cameos were die cut out of pink and layered on top, facing away from each other.  I placed some white ribbon and a bow to finish the front.

I layered the back in pink and white and added the large flowery corner out of the new Essentials die collections, this shows that it fits perfectly when added to each corner.  It looks quite striking when the large Birthday Wishes sentiment is paired with it, finished off with some pearls on the larger flowers of the corners.

I hope you like it,

Karen x

Another C.H.A. Exclusive Design Team Card

Just a simple card today.  When I found a few sheets of Kanban printed card in amongst some of my papers, I knew what the perfect use would be.  

I started off with an A4 sheet of gold pearlescent card which I scored in half and folded into an a5 card blank.  I cut a layer of black card slightly smaller and added my Kanban printed card on top which I cut off at an angle, leaving enough room for my sentiment.  I then covered the join with 10mm black grosgrain ribbon and added a simple looped bow.  

The small cameo was die cut from the header die set and layered a few times to make it seem a little larger.   This was them stuck in place.

I cut the large corner from the new Essentials die sets in gold and black and layered them with a small drop shadow.

The 'my friend' was cut from the 'Just Because' wording set and trimmed down.

The card was quite simply finished with some tiny pearls.

I hope you like it and that you continue to enjoy the live shows with Jodie from the CHA.

Karen x

C.H.A. Cameo Creative Die Launch

As the launch show for the new Cameo Creatives die sets is being aired tomorrow I thought it would be OK to share one of the Design Team cards I made.

This one started life as an A4 sheet of cream card that I marked with a pencil on the half A4 line on my score board.  I used the one of the header dies along this line then scored the sides which were left uncut.  I lined up the same header die along the both sides and trimmed off any excess I had left on the bottom.

I cut a matt gold textured card on the inside which shows up the detail on the card front. The front of the card was layered with the same gold followed by a layer of cream card before adding one of the beautiful 'Just Because' sentiments which was trimmed down to fit.

Punched layered flowers were added to the sides and one of the die cut cameos from the header dies was added to the top.  A thin ribbon was stuck in place along the fold with a triple looped bow.  The card was finished off with some pearls as corners and in the centres of the flowers.

I'm sure you will be watching the new shows live from the C.H.A. in California to catch up with Jodie and all of these beautiful new dies.

I hope you like it
Karen x

Hello again!!

Just a quick note to apologise for leaving my blog unattended for so long.  There is an awful lot going on behind the scenes at Tonic Studios which requires a lot of work and when you throw Christmas into the mix as well, lets just say my crafting has gone out of the window.  I hope to get creating later on this week and get something uploaded :)

Hope you all had a great Christmas and look forward to a Happy and Prosperous 2015.

Karen x

Tonic Gold Christmas Mega Make

Hello Everyone, you need to head over to https://www.tonic-gold.co.uk/s/the-christmas-mega-make-the-christmas-double-pop-out-card for the new tutorial, it's the Christmas Mega Make and its a beautiful double pop out card that I made for the release of the Pretoria Duocap Alphabet Dies and the Topper Dies.  There are step by step instructions and photographs and if you get stuck I am around and about if you need any help :)

Hope you like it

Karen x

Cascading Card with Beautiful Buckle Strip Dies

I've been waiting for the perfect dies to come along for me to make a cascading card so I was thrilled when these Verso Strip Dies were designed as they are perfect for the card tops. 

I took two sheets of A4 white pearlescent card and marked where I wanted to cut them, I marked one side at 8" and the other at 4".  I then joined these marks up with a pencil and cut along them diagonally.  I placed each one on my scoring board and scored at half A4.

As die cutting gives you a right side and a wrong side you need to decide where you are going to place your dies, to do this you just need to line your cards up on your workspace with the smallest edges meeting together and make a little pencil mark that can be rubbed out later.  Take one of your cards and tape the scalloped edge from the beautiful buckles in place and run it through your die cutter, match the die back up along the length to continue the scalloped edge and run it through again.  Repeat this for your other sheet remembering to place your die on the right side of your card.  Next you need to tape the pattern die down in place and die cut this, match your die up again and repeat for the rest of the card.  Again, you need to duplicate this on your other sheet making sure its facing the right way.

To make the slits for your cards to fit together you need to place each card back on your scoring board and make a tiny pencil mark at the gate A4 line on the bottom of your card.

Now you need to turn your card around and do the same for the other side but this time placing your mark on the top of your card.  As you can see from the photographs I have measured to the centre of my card then cut from these pencil marks to that centre line.

For the other sheet you need to do the exact opposite so if you've cut from the bottom to the centre on the smaller side, you need to cut from the top to the centre on the second sheet so that they will slot together.  The same goes for the other side, if you've cut from top to centre, for your second sheet you'll need to cut from bottom to centre.  Your cards will now slot together and stand up.  

You will need to measure your panels to cut your layering pieces, angling them as needed.  

As the card is so decorative in it's own right, I've kept the added decoration to a minimum with some die cut layered flowers, a gathered bow and a 'niece' die cut out of the Family Members die set.  I added the 'I Miss You' out of the Just Because Sentiment set just gluing down the curly flourish at either end so that the card will stand and the sentiment will kind of stand out on its own away from the body of the card itself.  I added a few pearls as the flower centres to finish the card.  

I hope you like it and that you continue to catch up with Jodie for more demonstrations and ideas during the coming days.  

Karen x

My Friend Card with New Release Dies

A nice simple design today on an A5 card blank.  This is another that Jodie made live on air yesterday just to show how simple but effective these dies are to use.

The Lych Gate Wish was die cut in cream card and the outer edge was die cut to the same size in gold mirror card for a backing.  This was stuck directly to the card front aligned with the bottom.  The waste that was left from that die cut was trimmed, layered and used for the top of the card and glued in to place.

I Die cut a scalloped oval from the layering set in gold mirror and a matching plain edged oval in cream which I then embossed using the small pattern on the Garland Fancy embossing folder from the Idyllics range, these were layered and stuck to the card with 3d foam pads.

The wording was die cut from the new Just Because Sentiments and trimmed down to fit in both both burgandy and gold and drop shadowed then glued to the oval.

I cut three burgandy and two gold flowers from the Windsor Widebrim die set and added pearls to the centres.  I finished this one off with a chunky hand tied bow.