tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68010712098062099852024-03-14T06:16:19.381+00:00Seven Hills Crafts BlogTara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323902839923352075noreply@blogger.comBlogger1482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-86885540926258297502020-01-11T01:00:00.000+00:002020-01-11T01:00:02.383+00:00New Year - New Website - New Blog!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02337462612552408354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-24220273504005918162019-12-20T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-20T09:00:01.668+00:00Joyful Winter Skies Christmas CardHi everyone, Taheerah here wishing you a happy Friday! Only a few more sleeps until Christmas!<br />
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I love the sky at night in Winter! Apart from Christmas, it's probably the best thing about this season. If it's a clear night the Winter constellations are easy to identify, and are amongst my favourites to gaze at - whilst wrapped up warm of course!<br />
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It was probably all that I had in mind when I was putting together the final card for the blog this year, reaching for the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/winter-skies.html" target="_blank">Lawn Fawn Winter Skies stamp set</a> to create a festive card fit for the season:<br />
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Stunning, right?!<br />
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I started by stamping my cute fox couple using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/versafine-onyx-black-ink-pad.html" target="_blank">Versafine Onyx Black ink</a>, so I could get the position for the other elements. I then tore a strip of washi tape and placed that on my card base to form a mask for my craggy snowy landscape. I blended a number of different inks to create my night sky then splattered on water droplets and some mists to create my starry backdrop.<br />
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I coloured my foxes using colouring pencils. No fancy blending this time, but I think that adds to the charm of the scene! I wanted my cute couple to catch a glimpse of something magical in the night sky, so I stamped Santa and his reindeer-pulled sleigh using Versafine Onyx Black ink.<br />
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Finally, I heat embossed my sentiment, stamping it using my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/versamark-ink-pad.html" target="_blank">Versamark inkpad</a>. My sentiment comes from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/lawn-fawn/mice-on-ice-stamp.html" target="_blank">Mice On Ice stamp set</a> which is currently out of stock (dotted the 'j' with one of the stars from the Winter Skies set though!), but the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/lawn-fawn/winter-scripty-sentiments.html" target="_blank">Lawn Fawn Winter Scripty Sentiments stamp set</a> is still on the shelves and has a lot of great alternatives in that same whimsical font!<br />
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That about wraps it up for the blog this year, and Seven Hills Crafts will be back in 202 with loads of awesome goodies and inspiration for you all to enjoy! For me though, this marks my final card for the Design Team as I'm stepping down and away from the crafty side of life. I've had the most amazing time representing Seven Hills Crafts and would like to thank Tara and the team for all their support and love while I've been on the team. I'll continue to remain a loyal customer though as really where else can you go to that is so awesome for all your crafty needs?!<br />
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Finally, thank you to all those that visit the blog and have commented on my creations over the years. I've cherished every comment more than you can know. So, for the final time... I'd love to hear what you think of this creation. Is there someone you know who'd love to receive it?<br />
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Thanks for stopping by, and wishing you all the best for a wonderful Christmas and New Year,<br />
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Taheerah x<br />
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Taheerahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387915196033446436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-74695150262965945702019-12-19T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-19T09:00:04.122+00:00BIG, BOLD & BeautifulHey!<br />
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When I saw that the Colorado Craft Company <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/colorado-craft-company/big-bold-winter-wishes-snowflake.html">Big & Bold - Winter Wishes Snowflake</a> was back in-stock over <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/colorado-craft-company/big-bold-winter-wishes-snowflake.html">HERE</a> on the website, I had to share a trio of colourful cards that I had whipped up. I was in need of three cards for my twin boys to write & give to their reception teacher and teaching assistants. This stamp set was perfect, quick to use and makes my snowflake loving heart happy! </div>
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I was running low on precious white card, so I decided to reach for my colourful Hero Hues card instead. I used <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/cardstock/hero-hues-cardstock-azalea-10-sheets.html">Azalea</a>, <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/cardstock/hero-hues-cardstock-paradise-10-sheets.html">Paradise</a> and <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/cardstock/hero-hues-cardstock-amethyst-10-sheets.html">Amethyst</a> and the colours look stunning with <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/embossing/embossing-powder-gold.html">Lawn Fawn Gold Embossing Powder</a>.</div>
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I created a 12.5 cm square card base from each of the colours of card. I decided to keep the layout the same for quickness, but switched up where I placed the sentiment. The sentiment also from the stamp set is embossed onto a small strip of card and adhered to the card using foam adhesive.</div>
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Beverleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06168955168610553016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-83572146748724381472019-12-18T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-18T09:00:02.047+00:00Hap-pea Merry Little Christmas!Hello, Tallie here. The big day is almost here so I thought I'd end this year with a non-traditional punny Christmas card design I sent to some of my closest friends this year. It's a great one for using non-holiday themed stamps in a festive design. I used the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/be-hap-pea-stamp.html">Lawn Fawn Be Hap-pea stamp set</a>, <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/lawn-fawn/say-what-christmas-critters.html">Lawn Fawn Say What? Christmas Critters stamp set</a> and some stitched star dies (<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-stars.html">these</a> or <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-star-stax-die-namic.html">these</a> would be good).<br />
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As usual, I started out by stamping the peas and their pod from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/be-hap-pea-stamp.html">Lawn Fawn Be Hap-pea stamp set</a> in some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/extreme-black-hybrid-ink-pad.html">MFT Extreme Black Ink</a> onto some blending cardstock. I also stamped out some of the small hats from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/lawn-fawn/yeti-or-not-stamp.html">Lawn Fawn Yeti or Not set</a> to dress up the peas. I used some bright greens and reds to colour in the images and cut them out with the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/be-hap-pea-die.html">coordinating dies</a>.<br />
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On a top-folding A6 card base I blended on some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=distress+oxide+ink+pads">Distress Oxide Ink</a> in Broken China, focusing most of the ink in the centre of the card. On another panel, I blended on some Distress Inks in Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey and Squeezed Lemonade and die cut with a stitched star die. With a gold gel pen, I added some dot detail to the star and adhered it centrally to the card base.<br />
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Some foam tape helped pop the peas and their pod up onto the star. For the sentiment, I stamped out the 'hap-pea' sentiment from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/be-hap-pea-stamp.html">Lawn Fawn Be Hap-pea stamp set</a> and the 'merry little christmas' from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/lawn-fawn/say-what-christmas-critters.html">Lawn Fawn Say What? Christmas Critters stamp set</a> in some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=distress+oxide+ink+pads">Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink</a>. I prefer to stamp bright colours in Oxide ink as they don't stain the stamps like dye inks do in the brighter colours. I adhered the sentiments underneath the peas.<br />
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I made two different designs with the two different pod stamps from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/be-hap-pea-stamp.html">Lawn Fawn Be Hap-pea stamp set</a>. A few final touches with a white pen finish it off.<br />
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Thanks for reading and I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a wonderfully successful new year 2020!<br />
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Hello, it's Liz here today. I have a card to share that would be perfect for a winter birthday. I used my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/winter-sparrow-stamp.html">Winter Sparrow stamp set by Wplus9</a> to stamp the sparrow and foliage (<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/winter-sparrow-die.html">matching dies are here</a>).<br />
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I love that the stamps are all individual parts of the image meaning you can totally change things up. I decided on a sparrow this time but you could do a robin, a bluetit, a chaffinch or a brightly coloured bird from your imagination!<br />
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I made a circle frame using two dies from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/a2-stitched-circle-stax-die.html">Stitched Circle Stax set by My Favourite Things</a> to mount the stamped images on to. Everything was attached to the base card using foam squares.<br />
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Well, that's it from me for 2019. I hope you all have a great Christmas and all the best in 2020!<br />
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<br />Liz McGuire,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02993440228048534511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-89715676311631452912019-12-16T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-16T09:00:03.622+00:00Festive Cocktails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello, well it's my last blog post before Christmas and I've just got one more card to share...</div>
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perfect for that friend who loves a festive tipple.... we all have one of those 😉</div>
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I've used the Newtons Nook <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/cocktail-mixer.html" target="_blank">Cocktail Mixer</a> stamp set and chose three of the drinks to colour </div>
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and die cut. The three windows are made using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-triple-peek-a-boo-windows-dienamic.html" target="_blank">Triple Peek-a-Boo</a> windows die which</div>
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Behind the windows on the card base I blended blue ink and added a <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/scenic-safari-die-namic.html" target="_blank">wavy snow bank</a> too.</div>
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The sentiment, which gave me the idea for the card, is from MFT's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sassy-pants-holiday-stamp.html" target="_blank">Sassy Pants Holiday</a>, </div>
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I stamped it over a brushstroke just for a different look... works quite well I think 😊</div>
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I added a touch of glitter, a couple of holly sprigs along with some falling </div>
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Wishing all our crafty readers a happy Christmas </div>
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and all the best for 2020</div>
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Yeah I know I'm a bit early, but I already missed the Christmas posting date for Australia, so I'm sending a new year card instead in the hopes that it will arrive in time for that!<br />
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I used the new <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/lunar-sayings-stamp.html">Lunar Sayings from Mama Elephant</a> for the main sentiment - I really love the chubby balloon letters they used. I stamped it all over my square base card in grey, twisting it to be more of a general patterned background.<br />
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I stamped it again and coloured with altenew markers and then cut it out with scissors and my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/finger-knife.html">finger knife</a> so I could pop it up using pinflair gel onto the party background circle.<br />
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To create the background I embossed the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/fireworks.html">MFT Fireworks</a> set (sorry that's currently sold out but there is a <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/fireworks-mini-stamp.html">mini firework from Altenew </a>you could use instead) and then ink blended some dark blue, black and purple inks over top, buffing the ink off the fireworks. I added some splatters of extra sparkle using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/metallic-watercolor-14-pan-set.html">Altenew Metallic Watercolor Paints</a>.<br />
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We have received all but one of the final deliveries we expect before we close on Friday for Christmas and the store update.<br />
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<li>Colorado Craft Company - restocks are on - I will be adding the new release this morning.</li>
<li>Waffle Flower Crafts - both the binder release, restocks and the latest release will be added today too.</li>
<li>Sugar Pea Design - the latest release and a few restocks will be in store tomorrow.</li>
<li>Altenew - the ink release and lots of restocks were finally shipped on Friday - they arrived at East Midlands today so fingers crossed they will arrive tomorrow and I will get them added as quickly as my fingers can type!</li>
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The store will then close on Friday and there will be no more daily posts on this blog after Friday either - I may do a couple of update posts over Christmas whist we're working on the new website, but when we reopen in early January, the blog will be getting a makeover too and will be "in" the store and should hopefully be easier for you to comment on without the dreaded blogger issues!<br />
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Right - I'd best get to work as we still have to decorate the house for Christmas today too!<br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02337462612552408354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-25811891204406050612019-12-14T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-14T09:00:16.006+00:00Have a Holly, Jolly ChristmasHey stampers, Anni here!<br />
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I have a quick and easy Christmas card for those of you who might need a last minute card.<br />
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Overhere in Germany we celebrate (or should I say we start celebrating) Christmas on the 24th of december. So I started by die cutting a<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mega-number-2.html"> 2</a> and a <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mega-number-4.html">4</a> using Altenew's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=Mega+Numbers">Mega Numbers</a>. I love these numbers and I bought the whole bundle and haven't regret it yet.<br />
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I added ink blending in red, pink and orange and darker red only to the edges.<br />
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Then I stamped three penguins from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/little-penguin-agenda-stamp.html">Little Penguin Agenda</a> with an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I coloured the penguins in a cold grey and for the other things like scarf, feet, beak, beely etc. I chose colours that went well with the colour of the 24. To cut out the penguins there are <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/little-penguin-agenda-die.html">coordinating dies</a> available.<br />
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For the panel I die cut a scallop rectangle from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/framed-tags-waverly-die.html">Framed Tags: Waverly</a> from white cardstock. I adhered the 24 and the penguins with dimensional adhesive. Because it looked a bit boring, I stamped some small snowflakes I found in Avery Elle's Snow Much Fun set.<br />
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For the sentiment I chose one from my go to set of this season: Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/holiday-messages.html">Holiday Messages</a>. I heat embossed it in white on a stripe of grey cardstock.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.<br />
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Annihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15925806610379272116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-72984934846861676732019-12-13T10:39:00.000+00:002019-12-13T10:39:05.208+00:00Tag Team Die Cutting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We've got a different sort of post today - Bev and I are sharing it - we both bought the Mod Link Dies from a recent MFT release so we thought we'd do a shared post showing how we used them differently! For a pair of tiny dies they pack a big punch - have a look at what we made with them.....</div>
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Having die cut the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mod-link-2-die.html">Mod Link 2 Die</a> from various off cuts of coloured card, I had lots of spare coloured petal shapes. These were perfect to create rainbow flowers around a black dimensional adhesive circle.</div>
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I started by stamping the sentiment from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/concord-and-9th/everyday-greetings.html">Concord & 9th Everyday Greetings</a> clear stamp set. I love the boldness and impact of these sentiments. I then used liquid adhesive to adhere the petals and add the small dimensional adhesive circles to create the flower centres. </div>
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Lastly, I used the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mod-link-1-die.html">Mod Link 1 Die</a> to create this fun focal pattern accented with a sentiment from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mistletoe-messages-stamp.html">Concord & 9th Mistletoe Messages</a> clear stamp set.</div>
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I really liked the chain and thought they would be brilliant for a paper chain decoration!</div>
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Now you're first thought might be that that's an awful lot of die cutting! Well, I did it from 80gsm paper not card so I cut through 4 sheets at a time and had the red and gold on the machine at the same time side-by-side so it was only a few passes, cutting gold with <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mod-link-1-die.html">The Mod Link 1 Die</a> and the red with <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mod-link-2-die.html">Mod Link 2 Die</a></div>
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One little dab of <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/glue-tube.html">glue </a>on the ends and a happy half hour in front of the telly and you've got yourself a chain to decorate your tree, wall or the traditional "over the mirror on the fireplace"! We haven't had time to get our tree out yet, so for now I trimmed up my big plant in the hall!</div>
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I cut another 4 of each die just from the gold paper this time (you'll find the paper in the 50% off <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/diy-ornament-kit.html">DIY ornament kit from Hero Arts</a>) and crossed them to make two 8 pointed star shapes (one from each die cut shape) and then I layered the two crossed over each other so they filled the gaps and make a full star shape. I used a small die cut circle front and back to hold them together securely and finished with a large gem in the centre and some tiny ones on some points for added bling!</div>
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Again for now it's hung on my plant - but I'm going to make a few more to adorn my tree once we get it put up this weekend.<br />
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I die cut another couple of the dies from teal card and then just pieced the pieces from each colour into the other and made a top and bottom border from them across a card deliberately hanging them off the edge so they paired with the "endless" birthday sentiment which comes from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/birth-yay-stamp.html">MFT's Birth-yay stamp set</a>.<br />
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Hope you've enjoyed this double-take on these dies - its interesting to see how we both took them in completely different directions I think - maybe we'll do more of those posts next year!<br />
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Happy Thursday. I'm back today with a couple more Christmas cards to share with you. Serious panic mode has set in and I need to make as many as I can before the last posting dates. I do this every year and really should be more organised!</div>
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I decided to use the recently released <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/wplus9/winter-greenery-stamp.html">WPlus9 Winter Greenery</a> clear stamp set as I'd not got round to inking it up. </div>
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I am a total sucker and love of grey! I love the Winters night feel this card has and added some white gel pen snowflake dots for that little bit of Christmas magic! </div>
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Beverleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06168955168610553016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-31658920665566530232019-12-11T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-11T09:00:16.015+00:00Jingle Bells Reindeer Games<br />
Hello, Tallie here. In the last few weeks in the run up to Christmas, I find I need some quick and simple cards to give to those who suddenly surprise you with an extra Christmas card. With designs like this one, you can colour up a bunch of characters in advance and create the simple scenes as and when is needed.<br />
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This cute little reindeer from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/categories/christmas/reindeer-games-stamp.html">MFT Reindeer Games stamp set</a> is a perfect size for a centre piece in this card design. I stamped him out in some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/extreme-black-hybrid-ink-pad.html">MFT Extreme Black ink</a> onto some blending cardstock and coloured him in with my alcohol markers. I die cut him out with the coordinating dies once finished.<br />
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The background is really simple. I've mentioned before that I have a DIY stencil made from a circle die cut (I used the 2 inch size from this set) from some thick acetate. I blended on some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=distress+oxide+ink+pads">Distress Oxide inks</a> in Picked Raspberry and Broken China. I love the purple-ly blend you get when you mix these two colours!<br />
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A bit of foam tape, some red ribbon and a white jingle bell help to dress up the simple reindeer. The sentiment is a strip from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/categories/christmas/bitty-holiday-wishes-stamp.html">MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp set</a>.<br />
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I hope you've finished all your Christmas cards and there are no last minute panics!<br />
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Hello, it's Liz here today. Call me old fashioned but I still send 'thank you' cards. I know that these days a text or an email is more likely but what could be nicer than a handmade card popping through the letter box to say thank you for a lovely present or dinner or just for being there when you needed them. <br />
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The background papers are from the 6x6 pad <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/home-again-6x6-paper-pad.html">'Home Again' by Carta Bella</a>, I love all the shades of teal in this pad. The flowers, sentiments and the double outlines round the sentiments are all from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/annuals-stamp.html">'Annuals' stamp set by Concord & 9th</a>. <br />
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The double outline and sentiment was stamped directly onto the white cardstock panel. I then stamped the flowers onto watercolour card using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/versafine-onyx-black-ink-pad.html">Versafine Onyx Black</a>, coloured with my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/paints-pens/watercolor-36-pan-set.html">Altenew watercolour paints</a> and trimmed around (the matching <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/annuals-die.html">dies are available here</a>). I drew a freehand line around the edge of the white panel to match the style of the stamped lines. As a finishing touch I added enamel shapes, there's a huge choice in the store <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/embellishments.html?paper_card_type=145">here</a>.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting!<br />
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Liz McGuire,http://www.blogger.com/profile/02993440228048534511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-28345019461946407662019-12-09T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-09T09:00:08.185+00:00Peeking Rudolph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm sharing a clean and simple Christmas card today using older Christmas</div>
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stash..... anyone else love rediscovering all their Christmas stamps each year?</div>
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I've used <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/finleys-abcs-lawn-cuts.html" target="_blank">Finley's ABC's</a> to spell out Rudy's name and used a circle die instead </div>
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Luckily there's no repeat letters so its simple to die cut on a panel of card which is layered </div>
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over a strip of glitter card adhered to the card base. I stamped, coloured and trimmed out the </div>
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deer image from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/polar-peek-a-boo-pals.html" target="_blank">Polar Peek-a-boo pals</a> and gave him a scarf too then tucked him into the circle aperture.</div>
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775730618873226561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-87647772434231115852019-12-08T13:43:00.003+00:002019-12-08T13:43:51.914+00:00Die cut Christmas Backgrounds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm still frantically making Christmas cards (why do I never start earlier!) so today I have 5 to share using die cut backgrounds to add impact to smaller images or just to let the backgrounds sing with a sentiment - quick (ish) and easy but really eye catching! So grab a cuppa and get ready for some last minute Christmas inspiration!<br />
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I started with the fabulous <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/mistletoe-cover-up-die.html">Mistletoe Cover Die from MFT</a> - simply cut from green card, a few drops of <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=stickles">stickles</a> for berries (top tip - i started with icicle for sparkle but for added realism, whilst that was still wet added the tiniest dot of patina to get the green dot that mistletoe berries have on the end) and then finished with a a circle for my sentiment which comes from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sending-smooches.html">MFT Sending Smooches</a> set.<br />
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Next I went for another card where the background is the star of the show - this time using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/hero-arts/decorated-winter-branches-window-die.html">Hero Arts Decorated Winter Branches die</a>. I love this die - a quick snip to remove the decorations and you can easily use it for winter themed non-Christmas cards too and stamp and image in the centre! I die cut it from white but then die cut just the decorations from a scrap of <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/pixie-dust-sparkle-cardstock.html">pixie-dust card</a> so I could add some simple sparkle to the decorations (I just added colour with markers to the decs). The sentiment comes from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/most-wonderful-stamp.html">WPlus9's Most Wonderful</a> stamp.<br />
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Whilst I had the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/most-wonderful-stamp.html">Most Wonderful stamp</a> out, I thought I'd create another card with one of the fabulous snowmen it contains. I wanted an all white card other than him, so I used their <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/pine-frame-die.html">pine frame die</a> to frame him whilst adding some white-on-white interest and texture. The layers to the snowman make him so easy to stamp and he's super-cute! I used <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/inks.html?brand=28">Altenew inks</a> to stamp him (arctic and limestone for the snowman and pompom; teal cave and galactic stream for this clothes; and orange cream and firebrick for his nose) The sentiment from the same set was stamped with teal cave.<br />
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Finally I reached from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/candy-cane-stripe-die.html">Altenew candy cane background die</a> - and the great thing about this die is it's a twofor! One die cut, 2 cards!<br />
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This first card uses the "bits" that fall out of the die cut background. I made this one first by paper clipping the die cut to the front of my card and gluing all the stripes in place through the holes so they all aligned perfectly. I wanted to keep the theme "sweet" so created a fun little gingerbread house for my focal image using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/gingerbread-house-die.html">gingerbread house die from Waffle Flower Crafts</a> (which is on sale at a third off!) This is a super fun die to play with - a few simple layers and some enamel dots to look like candy stuck to the side and hey presto - a fab centrepiece. The sentiment is again from Most Wonderful by Wplus9 I really love the two different fonts in these sentiments.<br />
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For my final card for today I used the main background element from the Altenew die and then made a simple little circular scene using the recently back-in-stock after initial sell-out within hours of release of the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/gnome-for-christmas-stamp.html">Gnome for Christmas set by Sugar Pea Designs</a>. I do love to do detailed colour, but often find at Christmas I just don't have the time - so doing a tiny coloured element on a fun background is a great way to get the colouring in quicker! I just die cut a circle of white card, masked a tiny scene using just stamps from the set (it's got so many fun elements to go with the 3 gnomes!) and coloured it with <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/paints-pens.html?brand=28&paper_card_type=157">Altenew markers</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>NEWS FROM THE STORE</b></span><br />
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As you may already know, we are currently in the process of developing a new online store - updating to the latest technology and affording the opportunity to add more functionality a lot of our regular customers have been asking for. This is a HUGE undertaking as once the new site is set up, we have to transfer all the data from the old store (over 17,000 product records and all the associated images, plus all the customer data so your wish lists etc transfer too) We want to do this in a way that causes as little disruption as possible, but we cannot do it without completely closing the current store as we have to have a "stop" point at which to transfer the data so it is accurate on the new site. Therefore this year when we close for our Christmas break, the store will close completely and you won't be able to purchase or add to wish lists as in previous years. This will happen on the 20th December which is the final shipping date before Christmas for the UK. The development team we are working with are working in between Christmas and New Year so we hope that we will be ready to reopen the first Monday in the New Year (6th January) but we will need a few days of testing and training to ensure we can run the new store effectively, so this date may slide if it's not perfect by the 6th! Watch this space and Facebook for updates.<br />
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Before we close, we will have a few new releases coming to store:<br />
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<li><b>MFT stamps</b> - we will have their brand new release and the latest vault items on Tuesday</li>
<li><b>Waffle Flower Crafts</b> - we are waiting for a couple of items to arrive before they ship our order, we hope that will happen tomorrow so we will have it before the end of the week. </li>
<li><b>Altenew</b> are not having a stamp and die release this month, but have released 3 new ink collections. Our order for those is in with around 3 boxes of restocks too - we are just waiting for them to ship it and hope that will be this week.</li>
<li><b>Concord and 9th</b> have a new release tomorrow - as always they only shop to retailers after they release in the USA - hopefully our order will ship tomorrow or Tuesday and will again be here by the end of the week.</li>
<li><b>Lawn Fawn</b> have their Valentines release on the 12th - it's in transit already so we'll have it ready to go for release day.</li>
<li><b>Sugar Pea Designs</b> - have a new release on the 13th December - we hope it will ship on Monday/Tuesday so we should have it by release day.</li>
<li><b>Colorado Craft Company</b> have a new release this month but although normally they release on the 3rd due to some issues they've moved it back this month to the 13th. Again we hope it will ship this week and we'll get it in store as soon as we can.</li>
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If you want to ensure your items arrive before Christmas in the UK (it is impossible to guarantee delivery to Europe before Christmas now, as the system is really slow and deadlines are already passing for some countries) then orders need to be in by 11am on the 20th to ensure they posted that day. We will do one final postal drop on the 21st for any orders that come in after 11am but they may NOT arrive before Christmas. <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The store will close at 10 pm on the 20th December</b></span></span><br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02337462612552408354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-56754640172510559672019-12-07T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-07T09:00:11.640+00:00Merry ChristmasHey stampers, Anni here!<br />
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Do you have a favourite colour scheme for Christmas? Or for other occassions? I have to say I love untraditional colour combos for Christmas but I really love kraft, brown, creme and red! Is that already a traditional one? Or just red and green! I used these so often for Christmas cards in the last years that for me it goes as a traditional combo. And I used it on today's card featuring cute animals from Lawn Fawn's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/critters-in-the-arctic.html">Critters in the Arctic</a>.<br />
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I started by stamping the moose and the snowbunny. I chose these two critters because I already had the colour scheme in mind. For the colouring I went with alcohol markers. This is the medium I colour the quickest. To cut out the images there are <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/critters-in-the-arctic-creative-cuts.html">coordinating dies</a> available.<br />
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For the background it was a bit hard to pick a colour from the combo! I decided to use a creme cardstock. But it looked quite plain. Then I got the idea of a monochrome snowflake background. I die cut Lawn Fawn's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-snowflake-lawn-cuts.html">Stitched Snowflakes</a> from the same cardstock. I glued the snowflakes down with some liquid adhesive and die cut Lil'Inkers Designs' <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-mats-rounded-rectangles.html">Stitched Mats: Rounded Rectangles</a> from that piece of paper.<br />
With the same die I die cut some scraps of white paper and cut out some snowy hills by hand. I matted the panel with a piece of red cardstock to bring in a little more red.<br />
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For the sentiment I found one that went with my design in Avery Elle <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/merriest.html">Merriest</a>. I love sentiments that I can mix and match especially when they combine cursive and block letters. The Merry I stamped and heat embossed in white on a scrap of red cardstock and the Christmas on a piece of kraft cardstock.<br />
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All there was left to do was to assemble the card.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.<br />
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We're definitely on the official countdown to Christmas - are you excited yet?! We don't have our tree up yet but I've loved seeing the places I frequent getting all their festive décor up! Christmas is also my favourite occasion to create cards for - I get a chance to play with all different styles, colour combos, supplies and more! For today's card I kept it simple, classy and classic:<br />
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I dusted off an older stamp set from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/altenew.html" target="_blank">Altenew</a> called <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/altenew/bountiful-branch-stamp.html" target="_blank">Bountiful Branch</a>. I didn't get a chance to play with it when I first got it so it was like playing with something new again! Altenew are so well known for their layering stamp sets and this beauty is no exception! I stamped the leaves and branches using coloured inks, but when it came to the berries I used my <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/versamark-ink-pad.html" target="_blank">Versamark inkpad</a> to stamp the images before heat embossing them an off-white and a gold embossing powder to make a glitzy version of mistletoe. So pretty!<br />
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I painted a light wash of white paint over the card front to tone down the colour a bit before spritzing on the Glimmer Mist, adding some splatter then stamping my sentiment. I even dug out some packs of sequins for a little finishing touch!<br />
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Taheerahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387915196033446436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-33641349154870658202019-12-05T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-11T22:21:53.770+00:00Last Minute Christmas Cards!Hey, it Bev Here!<br />
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How is everybody's Christmas preparations going? I seem to be getting slightly worried now that I have left making some of my Christmas cards far too late! So now it's time for some quick, last minute and mass produceable ideas ;)</div>
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Today I am sharing a duo using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/avery-elle/peaceful-pines.html">Avery Elle Peaceful Pines</a>, a clear stamp set which ticks the quick and mass produceable boxes.</div>
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This time I decided to add two hanging baubles, but this time I added glitter dimensional to the berries within the pines. The bases for both cards is my favourite <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/cardstock/hero-hues-cardstock-paradise-10-sheets.html">Hero Hues Paradise card.</a> My apologies for using this colour, that is currently out of stock :( </div>
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Beverleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06168955168610553016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-79939442785367846862019-12-04T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-04T09:00:07.948+00:00Christmas Wishes from a Santa BearHello, Tallie here again today with this cute, clean and simple one layer Christmas card featuring the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/avery-elle/santa-bear-stamp.html">Santa Bear stamp set from Avery Elle</a>. I really am loving these simple designs as I get to practice my colouring and use some of those Christmas sets that haven't gotten as much use as they probably should have!<br />
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This one is ridiculously easy if you like colouring - it's only got two steps! Well, three if you include adhering the finished card panel to a card base.<br />
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I started out with an A6 panel of white blending card stock and stamped out the cute little Santa Bear (don't you just love his beard?) and his bunny onto the top centre section of the card. I used some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/extreme-black-hybrid-ink-pad.html">MFT Extreme Black ink</a> so it wouldn't smudge or bleed with my alcohol markers. Just a tip - if you're using a lot of markers that have high colourless blender contents (e.g. closer to the 00s for Copics or 0s for Spectrum Noirs), you may wish to heat set the ink or leave it for good while to really let the ink set. I find it can smudge sometimes if you don't.<br />
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I then coloured the scene in with my alcohol markers. I paid special attention to the lighting - a top left light source - to give some extra dimension to this simple one layer card. If you've got an area that would really be in darkness but you want to make sure it's differentiated (e.g. for his front arm), use a little reflected light by leaving a small slice free of your darker markers.<br />
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Once finished, I stamped out the main sentiment from the set along the bottom of the scene and it's finished!<br />
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It's my brother-in-law's birthday this week, and he loves his caravan, even in winter, so I thought it would be fun to create a winter getaway birthday card for him using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/camper-die-14899.html">Hero Arts Camper Die</a> as a focal point.<br />
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I started with a background blended with blue oxide inks directly on my base card and added some drops of water for a snowy feeling in the sky. I layered over the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/mama-elephant/winter-forest-cover-die.html">Winter Forest die from Mama Elephant</a> in white and added some textured white embossing powder to give a snowy foreground.<br />
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I die cut the camper but as it has openings for the windows I drew around the die to create a solid piece to go behind it. I coloured with areas that would show behind the door and window with dark grey. I painted the main die cut with the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/altenew/metallic-watercolor-14-pan-set.html">new metallic paints from Altenew</a> in colours to match his caravan and stacked it over the solid piece once dry.<br />
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To give it a celebratory feel I strung a string of lights between the trees using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/build-a-house-christmas-add-on-die.html">Build-A-House Christmas Add-on from Lawn Fawn</a>. The sentiment comes from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/concord-and-9th/confetti-turnabout.html">Concord and 9th's Confetti Turnabout stamp</a>.<br />
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Fun and easy make and a great way to use Christmas stash for non-holiday cards too!<br />
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Liz will be back next week and I'll be back on Sunday.<br />
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I've used Lil Inkers<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/coffee-talk-2-die.html" target="_blank"> mug die </a>and added extras from the<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/comfy-cocoa-die.html" target="_blank"> Comfy Coco dies</a> to</div>
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As it's the 1st December today, I thought it was time to think about getting the house bedecked for Christmas and in my house we have a couple of themes as I cannot walk past a cute wreath not a reindeer if I'm allowed in the decorations department of the local garden centre!<br />
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I like a wreath on every door - not just the external one and that means I can make one out of paper which wouldn't do well in the snow but is fine on an internal door (mine is going on the door to the downstairs loo to welcome guests on route to a pee!)<br />
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I started with one of the lovely <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/wreath-base.html">jute wreath bases</a> we have in store as I wanted to leave areas exposed and I love the rustic look these wreaths give you.<br />
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I used a bit of florists wire to make a hunging loop, but if you didn't have that then some twine would do just as well. I also used the wire to make it easier to fasten the bow in place at the end - I simply threaded a strand of wire through the knot in a my ribbon and then cut the ends to make a faux bow.<br />
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I wrapped more of the same ribbon (recycled from a gift last year but any ribbon you fancy would work) around the middle and secured it with hot glue. I topped that with a die cut sentiment using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/woodgrain-cardstock-neutrals.html">woodgrain cardstock</a> in dark brown and the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/season-s-greetings-die-12452.html">Lil' Inker Season's Greetings die</a>, but you can add any sentiment you like - you'll find <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/categories/christmas.html?paper_card_type=152&paper_theme=202">a selection of seasonal sentiment dies here</a>.<br />
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Then came time to add my seasonal foliage - I did that mostly with a couple of dies - t<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/sizzix/winter-foliage.html">he Winter Foliage die from Sizzix</a> and the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/wplus9/woodland-basics-die.html">Woodland Basics die from Wplus9</a> which is in our clearance section if you're looking for a bargain! I dug out a variety of green scraps from my "it's too big to chuck it away scraps box" and cut out a load of leaves and just placed them on the wreath until I was happy with the shape and then took a quick snap on my phone so I could pop them all back in place with some hot glue.<br />
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For the other side I added a gorgeous poinsettia (at least I can't kill a paper version!) using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/paper-layering-poinsettia-die.html">Hero Arts Paper Layering Poinsettia die</a> - I love the cut detail which matches perfectly with the holly leaves so adds some balance to an otherwise asymmetric piece.<br />
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This week we'll have restocks from Wplus9 in store as well as the latest release from Waffle Flower crafts and over the next few weeks we'll be adding more to our <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/sale/sale-items.html?dir=asc&order=price">clearance section</a> so keep an eye out for a bargain.<br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02337462612552408354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-43283239272891034272019-11-30T09:00:00.000+00:002019-11-30T09:00:15.199+00:00Set of Penguin CardsHey stampers, Anni here!<br />
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Time is running! It is Christmas in just over three weeks. And I still need some more Christmas cards. So I decided to make a set of three small cards. Small cards are perfect for those people in your life who you don't know much to write to, you know what I mean?<br />
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I chose the super cute set <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/polar-playtime-stamp.html">Polar Playtime</a> by Avery Elle. It is a small set so you can get it to a really good price point but it also has so many cute critters in it. I couldn't decide which one to use so the idea of a set was born.<br />
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I stamped all the critters on watercolour cardstock with a water-resistant ink (<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/versamark-ink-cube.html">Versafine Onyx Black</a>). For the colouring I chose Distress Ink reinker and added shadows with coloured pencils.<br />
For cutting out the images there are <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/polar-playtime-die.html">coodinating dies</a> available.<br />
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For the panel I die cut My Favorite Things' <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/stitched-mini-scallop-square-stax-die-namic.html">Stitched Mini Scallop Squares</a>, three times from white cradstock and one time from a piece of patterend paper. To two of the white ones I added a ground for the critters to be placed on with alcohol markers. The third one I free handcut to a snowy hill.<br />
Than I chose two more patterend papers form my stash and added them to the cardbases.<br />
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The sentiment on two of the cards came from the Polar Playtime set. I stamped it directly on the panel. For the third one I chose a sentiment from Mama Elephant's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/holiday-messages.html">Holiday Messages</a>. I stamped it on a piece of red cardstock and die cut it using Neat & Tangled's <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/skinny-strips-die.html">Skinny Strips</a>.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.<br />
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Annihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15925806610379272116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-53894591210584131722019-11-29T10:54:00.002+00:002019-11-29T10:54:29.738+00:00Found on Friday November<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's time for our November edition of Found on Friday where I feature the projects that caught my eye over in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/shcvips/">VIP's group on Facebook</a> where our customers share their makes and chat crafty stuff.<br />
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First up, Vanessa used one of my favourite Christmas sets from this year - the fabulous <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/avery-elle/polar-playtime-stamp.html">Polar Playtime set from Avery Elle</a> and in this gorgeous creation Vanessa has really shown how much fun they're having!<br />
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Lorraine also looks like she's been having lots of fun making this adorable kitty treat boxes using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-gift-box-dies.html">Lawn Fawn's Tiny Gift Box dies</a> and the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-gift-box-cat-add-on-die.html">Cat Add On Dies</a>. I really like the festive addition of the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/tiny-gift-box-holiday-hats-add-on-die.html">tiny hat</a> too! <br />
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This adorable CAS card from Sophie Marsden really spoke to me - the cool colours match the cool sentiment and the yeti delivering presents by snowboard is super fun! She used<a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/yeti-or-not-stamp.html"> Yeti or Not by Lawn Fawn</a>.<br />
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Christiane Wo also shared a fabulous yeti - this time using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/yeti-and-santa-stamp.html">Stamping Bella's Yeti and Santa set</a> - I really loved the fur she coloured on her Yeti it made me want to cuddle him!<br />
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Sticking with the chilly winter theme, I wanted to share this adorable card by Linda - I really liked the birds perched on the sentiment as it adds great balance to the design and the bold sky really makes the penguins pop! She used <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/mama-elephant/fuzzy-hugs-die-15304.html">Mama Elephant's Fuzzy Hugs</a>.<br />
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Sue's card also gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling - the hugging foxes from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/lawn-fawn/winter-skies.html">Lawn Fawn's Winter Skies</a> and I just love how she popped them with their tails hanging down from her circular sky background. Adorable!<br />
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And talking of warm winter feelings - what could be better on a snowy day than a steaming mug of marshmallow topped hot chocolate and a pile of Christmas cookies? Well Kimberley's version is calorie free but no less delicious! She used <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/cookies-cocoa-stamp.html">Wplus9's Cookies and Cocoa set</a>.<br />
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Felix had a great idea for batch producing her Christmas cards - a textured white background decorated with fabulous sparkly baubles using the fabulous layering set from <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brilliant-baubles-stamp.html">Altenew - Brilliant Baubles.</a> Adding gold embossed details on the final layer is a fabulous way to make them pop. <br />
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Anne Marie Wilson also had a really great way to make interesting baubles - she's cut baubles from card she's stamped with festive florals using the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/pine-and-posy-stamp.html">Mama Elephant's Pine and Posy set</a>. Really elegant and beautiful!<br />
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It's not entirely been Christmas projects that were shared this month though - Katya shared this adorable gate fold card using <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/modern-peonies.html">Wplus9's Modern Peonies</a> for the focal image as well as <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/snowfall-background-stamp.html">MFT's Snowfall Background stamp</a> on the front and <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/nesting-heart-infinity-dies.html">Hero Arts Infinity Heart dies</a>. Love the belly-band sentiment to keep it closed too!<br />
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Kate Orme is new to cardmaking and this is one of her first cards - we think you've found your perfect hobby Kate! Picking the colours for her images from the rainbow backing papers shows she has a great eye for colour and the different shaped elements are a great design! She used the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/my-favorite-things/sweet-birthday-wishes-stamp.html">Sweet Birthday Wishes set from MFT stamps</a>.<br />
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Finally in this issue we'll finish with this fabulous floral design from Helen Bates. Helen used the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/build-a-flower-fuchsia-stamp-and-die-bundle.html">Build-a-Flower Fuchsia set from Altenew</a> and framed it to perfection using their <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/altenew/frilly-frame-die.html">Frilly Frame die</a> in her tone-on-tone background.<br />
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Hope you've been inspired by our customers fabulous makes - and if you want to be featured in December then pop on over to the group and share your makes - please leave a note of what sets you used in the comments on your photo to make it easier for me to share your makes and link to the products in store. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/shcvips/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/shcvips/</a><br />
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I'll be back on Sunday with my make.<br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02337462612552408354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801071209806209985.post-15150052443714729792019-11-28T09:00:00.000+00:002019-11-28T09:00:07.626+00:00Let it Snow!Hey!<br />
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It's Bev here today. I can't believe I have done two months of DT posts here and that we are less than a month away till the BIG day! Who else is on full on Christmas mode? Mild panic is starting to set in with all the cards I still need to make and all the other Christmas creativity ;)</div>
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So, I'm back today with some more Christmas cards to share with you. You've probably got to know me a little by now and some of my favourite things. </div>
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Snowflakes! I love snow flakes and all things snow. They make me so happy and inspire me to create, especially when I feel under pressure or my mojo is lacking a little. Do you have a theme or something that inspires you?</div>
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For my snowflake duo I used <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/new-arrivals/mini-snowflakes-stamp.html">Flora & Fauna Mini Snowflakes</a>, this cute set is a bargain at £3.95 and my favourite Altenew ink colour collection, <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/products/inks/sweet-dreams-oval-ink-set.html">Sweet Dreams</a>. </div>
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For this first card I wanted to replicate a snowflake flurry and used the three lightest shade of inks to stamp the snowflakes. The sentiment is from another of my current favourite sentiment stamp sets, Concord & 9th <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/new-arrivals/mistletoe-messages-stamp.html">Mistletoe Messages</a>.</div>
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You can just about see that I added a little detail to the snowflakes using a white gel pen. It wasn't particularly necessary, but I was inspired to do it! </div>
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For my second card I was inspired by the current sketch over at <a href="http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/">CAS Colours & Sketches</a> seen <a href="http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2019/11/challenge-349-sketch.html">HERE</a> and below.<br />
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This time I used all the stamps from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/new-arrivals/mini-snowflakes-stamp.html">Flora & Fauna Mini Snowflakes</a> clear stamp set, even the cute little 'let it snow' sentiment.</div>
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As I already had the colours out on my desk, it seemed practical to use them again on this second card. I used some foam adhesive to raise the sentiment panel up and create more of a focal point.</div>
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I started out by stamping the large stamp from the <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/brands/avery-elle/crafty-kids-stamps.html">Avery Elle Christmas Kids set</a> onto some blending card stock using some <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/extreme-black-hybrid-ink-pad.html">MFT Extreme Black ink</a>. I stamped the corresponding sentiment underneath the scene at the same time, though depending on how much of a scene you want to do, you may want to stamp this towards the end as sometimes the ink can smudge if you're using markers with lots of colourless blender in them.<br />
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I then took out my alcohol markers and coloured the scene in. I stuck to bright, Christmassy colours as I knew the background would be lighter.<br />
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This type of design is perfect for stamping out a bunch and then sitting in front of the TV and just colouring away!<br />
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