Kayla’s crafty creations : 2020

Friday, December 4, 2020

Poinsettia Christmas Card

Hello again and welcome to my blog

Todays little treat for you today is my sparkly Poinsettia card

When I first sat this set and the red velvet sheets I knew I had to do a velvet poinsettia but then I saw the balmy blue glitter sheets as well but had a I love it so much I don’t want to cut it moment which left it sitting on my shelf for a few weeks while inspiration grew to a I must cut this paper now and make this card moment!

Well I did it I cut it and the red velvet paper which i must admit i had to stroke a few time before i finally cut it ready for this project

What do you think ? Was it worth it

Yes i think so this card is soooooooo sparkly and Tactile I LOVE it !

So where to begin .......

I will admit this card would have been a lot easier to do if I had brought the dies to match the stamp set !

I however sat and fussy cut out all the elements to this card so it is possible to do without the dies for those of you that do not have a die cutting machine or like me just didn’t buy the dies.

I will however link below the dies for those that wish to buy them

Now I have to say I found stamping onto the red velvet sheet challenging but found that you NEED to stamp it with stazon ink or it just gets rubbed into the felt making a muddy mess (which I found out the hard way)

I stamped all 3 layers of the poinsettia onto the red velvet to make the central flower the largest and only the 2 smaller layers x2 for the side flowers onto whisper white card , which I coloured in using my blends I also stamped coloured and fussy cut out 4 leaves to add to my card

Once I had fussy cut out all my flower layers I gently molded the leaves to give a more natural look before assembling each flower using liquid glue.

I used a standard card base with a layer of the balmy blue glitter paper added to the front.

I found that I had to hold the flowers a few seconds longer than normal to grip to the glitter paper .

I then stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of paper and cut into a Flag shape which I then nestled into the flowers.

To give this card that last little bit of wow factor I added a gem from my stash which wasn’t the gem I intended on using as I wanted to use the poinsettia centres that come with the suite that Ihave somehow miss placed but never mind I think it really finishes the card

I hope that you love this card as much as I do the sparkle is Amazing !

Love

Kayla xXx

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Christmas gleaming box

Hello and welcome back to my blog today I thought I would share a Christmas box ideal for gifting chocolates in fact this one has been designed to go around a 4 pack of dairy milk.

The box measures 5 1/4” x 3 1/4” by 1” high

I decided that rather than use DSP on this box I would do a bit of stamping and water colouring using my wink of Stella pen and am really happy with the gorgeous shimmer over the stamped images, making the box even more festive !

Isn’t it gorgeous I just love the read red ribbon and colour on all the ornaments

I even made the base of the box in real red !

So how to make this box I started with a piece of card measuring 7 1/4” x 5 1/4” and scored at 1” all around

I then got another piece of card that measures 6 3/4” x 4 3/4” scored at 3/4” all round

I frost constructed the larger piece into a box base then using that base I created the lid by wrapping the lid around it so that it fit snugly

I then took a piece of whisper white card measuring 4 3/4” by 2 3/4” and stamped it with one of the ornament stamps from Christmas gleaming to colour the stamped images I added 1 drop of real red re inker to a stamping block and added a few drops of wink of Stella and using my wink of Stella bulrush i water coloured with the mixture. I added this to my box with a piece of real Red ribbon tied around it in a bow using liquid glue

I then stamped another ornament from the stamp set onto a scrap piece of card and punched it out using the coordinating punch set and i then pinched a 1/8” hole in the top to allow for my gold thread to pass through and attached it to the red ribbon

I hope you have found this tutorial helpful and look forward to seeing you again soon

Love

Kayla xXx

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Friday, November 27, 2020

Curvy dragonfly card

Next in my curvy creations Series is this beautiful dragonfly card

using the soon to be release dragonfly garden suite !

I just love this suite as it has a punch for quick and effective cutting out that even the most novice of crafters can enjoy without laying out for a die cutting machine.

Anyway back to the card !

I used a standard card base and layered a piece of the Danny garden DSP measuring 55/8” x 37/8” on to the card which I stamped my sentiment directly on. I used memento ink but in hindsight I should have used stazon for a bolder effect.

I then cut 2 pieced of whisper white card using the curvy dies and stamped onto them using the sprig stamp from the curvy Christmas stamp set in pretty peacock.

I glued the rear piece directly onto my card base with the DSP and then attached the front piece using dimensionals to give it some depth.

Next I stamped 2 dragonflies from the dragonfly garden stampset onto Vellum I then coloured the reverse of each dragonfly using my stampin’ blends in night of navy, seaside spray, Granny apple green , calypso coral and mango melody before punching them out I then attached them to my card using mini dimensionals.

I hope this has inspired you to create you own card

Love Kayla xXx

Note I will add links to the dragonfly suite once it becomes available

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

A sweet selection box

Every year I make something for my children ( who are all grown ups I hasten to add)

That is sweet based this year I found a tutorial by another crafter Sam Callcott

And decided to CASE it and these are the boxes I came up with the tutorial is super easy to follow with amazing results

Aren’t they amazing !

I made 3 for my children and 1 for a friend and love each of them

To begin you will need a several pieces of card stock

Piece 1

8 1/4” x 11”

scoring the long side at 1/2, 11/2”,10”

And the short side at 1”,71/4”

You will need to cut out the center of the card leaving a 1” border

Piece 2

81/4” x 91/2”

Scoring the long side at 81/2”

And the short side at 1”,71/4”

Piece 3

71/4” x 81/2”

Score short side at 1”

You will need a piece of acetate cut to 51/2”x 71/2”

A piece of gold card cut to 53/4” x 8” with the center cut out leaving a 7/8” border

And a piece of cardstock or DSP cut to 71/2” x 51/4” with the center cut out leaving a 5/8” border

You will also needed

X2 pieces of gold cardstock cut to 81/4” x 6”

X2 DSP cut to 8”x 53/4”

To construct the box layer up the acetate and the 2 cut out pieces of gold and DSP /cardstock pieces add them to piece 1 on the outside next add piece 2 to piece one making sure the bottom lines up glue the end without the 1/2 “ flap down