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    AWARD WINNING Y 2002 DESIGNER, / — -d BRITAIN’ MAGAZINE ; ons BEST-SELLING CRAC om =e Mee Dicital jg ni OW to get Creative “Se ar = On your computer ~™ & Use a generic painted background to create a series of romantic greetings what you [= . © Card Bac white; dle, i rein, ime; gtr, orange, aus ali, purple, a rnuve& Mount board ells Tread, embroidery wied a ; si, Anco, erange (18) : ; @ Inpad lack Stamp, Hero Arts, alphabet, playful lowercase wn enn then be (4) # 9. eam pads ae . 4 Tipe, doubted Ades, =a spray % Scissors © Scalpel $ Bone fle Rule, metal € Cutting mat Pec Paint acy, Anta’, amet (1122), ——— tue ed (11009), cat eange J (1024), fuchsia (11018) — paz wwvw.mycraftweekly.com 14 (Cut bick 4 card in halt Jengthways Place one section on scrap of mount board to protect your work surface. Cut out four smal strips of board, the width ofthe black card, one foreach colour of paint. Onto an ld plate, squirt ins of each acrylic pain, amethyst, rue red, cart orange and fuchsia. Dip the edge ofa pice of board inthe amethyst and print across the blac card, being careful not to smudge Print at inzrvals al the way dow, reloading the colour as requited. Repeat with ed then orango, and fuchsia, Let some lines ‘ovetiap and sightly angle others. Put aside to dry and continue with the ‘other half of black card Curly Heart Make a10em square lak om red duplex ca and matt a purple metal em quae cereal sing spray ge Take the painted background and race on the cutly heart fom the pattem pack Cut out, mount onto Wine cad and trim, leaving a tin boarder all round tach the heart at an angle to the font ofthe blank using 3-D foam pads. Punch out a small ime (ren fol heart and stick to tho card, behind a red heart button ted with rango thread. ‘ake asp ofthe painted Dackground and punch out ne ‘of even spaced small folk hears. Five motifs should it across the ‘width of the banner. Tim, 4em x ‘Sem, and matt decty onto ime green card of the same size, Make a 10cm x 16cm landscape bank rom red duplex card, and ‘mount the band aetess the top, tom down Line up the punch underneath ‘one of the motifs on the banner and tess cut the shape Us the lowercase Ketter stamps and blac ink to print the words love you’ ina he around the heart sata the botom ofthe card blak, Tall Love Card ‘Cutout the pairted backstound, em x 18em, and mat this onto White cad, leaving a thin border all found. Attach tothe font of ‘mauve Bom x 20cm peta lank Punch out 21 hears fom coloured card, four red and the ‘a selection of crange, mauve iter, pink and lime green. Adhere dren the painted pane. Stamp the word Tove’ actos tho ed hears 1 Pant bso er taped box with metalic amethyst, tnside and out Leave to dry and coat the lid ined. Punch out ten folk heans fom bota pain and painted backgrounds. Wearelicomte Designer EMMA BEAMAN When the id is dry, stick the motifs in ros, trimming those ‘hat hang over the edges. Using black:nk, stamp on °¢ to represent ‘soos in the mid fa fow hears ta 1 Sem stip fom the background, lng enough to wrap ‘around the box. Sick onto the base, lowing fo the lid ta be pushed on. Match up the ends. CB iv Out ‘Anita's acrylic paints, small | heart-shaped gift box from HobbyCraft, 0800 027 2387, ‘worwhobbyeratt.co.uke X-Cut punch, small fol heart, ‘Tho Range, visit ‘worw:therange.co.uk to find ‘your local store ‘Red ceramic folk heart button, Button Mad, | worwbuttonmad.com 38 wwnmycratiweetly what you Need. e Card 12°12", reversible, pain, attr ¢ Fibbon, pink, sti, ‘mim wide & Paper, AS, duo- coloured poarescent® Beads, frosted, whi, Siam & Brads, ‘mini, pastel pink, yellow a ae a oe Create a piece of stylish home decoration using scrapbooking aoe tere card and ribbon & Mat, cutting, sel healing — Seisors, small @Pulr, metal ‘8 Glue: PVA; sticky dost Stick, cocinail & Pen, gel ” * oe «. Qyag, | io di pen =e ‘ BME coved inthe pattern pack. s P ‘To make a smaller size reduce the » shape by 25%, using a photocopier. BF Transfer the outne onto the pin side of reversible scrapbooking card Take a craft nile buted against metal ruler, then score arc crease the fold lines. Tim the tray from card and make dots in each come, using a 1/8" circle punch, To decorate, cut four pieces of ribbon for each tay, 35cm per cormet forthe large one, then Sem Jess each time forthe smaller size. ‘Tvead a length through adjacent holes, as. Pin x= } \ \ ’ 3 comnettogethor and 3 the strand tight, securing {about Such a boad to tho ond of cach piece The below the gem to fasten and snip the bottom edge ‘an angle, Seal with PVA or ch polish to provent faving Fora deen fo, adapt ho colour sebum or arblish with beads and ter wwwimycraftweekly.com 16 the sits mplate, taco ssweethoar sat ont reversible SPeetsoont paper. Cut cut four mous “Exeach tay, cept the largest which feats eight, anc construct them ‘exiting to the pan insructons a olen the centre of sii and tay ledge, using a HAG circle punch To finish, secure he two pieces together by pushing ‘brad thiough first the mot, then the ase and fixing it undemeath. “The flower-like pape /The design dito sigh for tho large tay a8 there are thee ss cn each long edge. Fst attach the contre mot, then fix one either side, spacing them both at an equal ‘distance fram the mile decoration, Gift-tag ‘him te pater tom scapckng crt, thn ste and croase the bese fais, excluding the sot oneat the top. Mak a le through both tho lyers using the 118" cle punch, inser mini brad and secure underneath. Fold down the cuved Aecorative lp and do the samo forthe ld, testing a sof crease, Make a sf moi as foc the tay, and adhere tothe cover usinga sick dot. Wsite the message o sentiment on tho inside panel ofthe ag, ung a ‘gel pen. To cose, simpy sie the bd ‘ntothe base. CB C { Fold-Back Swirls tomplato, { scrapbooking card and mint | brads rom Craft Contral, { email crattcontral@aol.com to { find your loa! store Pearlescent papers from | cardcraft Plus Limited, 1 ovr72.272572 {% -wenaapeatneninenn 27 www myetaliiweekly.com what youneed. Storage jars, glass % Paint, eben Touch ght svr 01), silver argent (503), antique pink (504), Parma (404); Vitrea 160, rose (06, mae 4, nine 7) # Pe Mrab Brin Pinter, 1m sve, roma, magenta, Prussian, pine @ Brush, wide @ Sponge ® Card, white, lilac, pink % Paper, white, bright pink Adhesive Studio Tac 2 Ges, ea, pik #Sequi, are iene Stamp, Yous aera Qyay, Sk flop, vr Aan sing sve ink, stamp a large splash heart four times onto bright pink card, n a vertical ine (Cutout, leaving no space on either side of the mots, Adhere centrally conto. white blank, Som x 21cm, using studio tac. Dota line onto the white packgroud tothe lft the pink panel, sing tree-dimensional paint in antique tose To finish, ada few ‘more small spots around the hearts wiere the desin suggests Cover the inside right with bright pink paper. Tim the eigesfush Pipe over the pene lines using thee- dimensional paint inser fegent Leave for an hou o 0, unt dy. When set, draw around the inside ofthe image, about 4m in and leaving a small gap, Use this inner line as a gue to cut around, creating an aperture torevea the paper inside. With pike giter paint form a few random dos, and adda siver sentiment peel ot Aperture Card (Cut white cad, em x22em, ac fl inal to create as Use pene to trace the heart motif from te patter pack ono ‘Trace the hear: template f pattem pack onto white paper and go over witha slver pan. Cut out in a squate around the image and attach omntaly ono aac Plank, Gom x 1lem, using tudo tac With a water-clout pen, colour in between the cu around the bear shade the centre of the design in purple. Stick two iridescent heart sequins tothe Dbowom corners on exher side ofthe ane with cat adhesive Use thee-dimensicnal pain in Parma toad large dot in each corer of the cad. with dee smaller spots on either so. In ivr argent ‘2d four dashed lines on each side Fixa sver peetof sentiment central to finish Lilac Square aig sive ik, stamp a small ea splash image al oer the ofa 10em aque iac Hane Print larger version of the and ut tach towards the right-hand sce of the gesting wath -D foam pads. Apply dots fight siher ‘hvee-dimensional pairt around the cute line ofthe main hear. top fold card blank Takea wi and stamp the smal hear splash ‘nla, thee times along the top, Jeaving equal spaces in between Repeat along the bottom, with the motifs upside down On white card, stamp the small heat thee times ina straight, line. Colour usin promarie pens, cone in Prussian, one magenta, and rectangle kd dots oflight sve paint ‘vesigmer— SHARON BENNETT ‘Take th is off four lass storage jas and wash the Containers ina warm soapy solution, Rinse thoroughly in clean water to remove al traces of dust, grime and| Dy carefully wit a intsfee cloth, Handling should now be kept a ‘minimum ater the preparation process completa Apply the coloured wash by dabbing the paint straight on with other a natural sponge or wide rush, Work fail quickly and ty to koop the coat even all ‘over. However, you can go beck. once dry and add a few extra atker strokes fr texture. It any point you're unhappy, the paint wil wash straight off Ensuring thatthe olor isn't ot, trace the template from the pattem pack and sie inside the jar, securing with low-tack tape Use sver pen to draw the ‘design onto the glass. Remove the template and tidy the ines. Add a fou dots of sver pain, with more around the top indent. Replace the lid when al colours st, CB check (ot of four), Tkoa, wwrwikoa.com tofind your local store Hart Splash stamp available from Yours Truly, worwaurstraly.cosuk [Letraset Studio Tac, (01233 624421, wwrwAotraset.com Pebeo paints, visit ‘wnrw-pabeo.com 29 www.mycrattweekly.com Glam up everyday items with magical meitallics and clever effects Fairy Dust ‘This copper embellished dazzling dolly is sure to delight abe, 10cm, an pl a nao cinder 700 tol Ske aces stat the Fully Booked ‘Transform a notepad with oary Gocoration and fabulous foiling Sle shoct ofrabon adhesive mois with omer ces and oer desig Cutout the reas you wish oe Aub moot the on: pana oa arcback notebook and cover ith erat fo. Taner tho design using a ‘ly stick and pe! aay the Backing. ‘Repeat for the other decorations. Tako a rectangle of enbossng and marke bac wth aio Ader to Sheen oft boa To ish, ada sp of eld bon otha spine www.mycraftweekly.com 32 Foil Proof Organise the dressing table with this funky cosmetics container ‘Take a square of copper embossing fll and draw concentric circles onto the ‘back, Cut around the outer shape with scissors and gue toa fat-sided las ja Fix lsor-cut motif tothe centre Use a smal ower punch o produce ‘several copper fol looms and secure these randomly to the res ofthe a. Cut a tem wide strip of copper fil and attach around the neck of tho jas Joining strips necessary by folding the fends into each other. Velvet Touch ‘add luxury to a special trinket th Night Light nitted wire and beads mak & really sparkle Touch | Grab the tweezers and have fun creating colourful cards with peel-offs fein up a batch for your ‘mearost and dearest. Youll be amazed bow many dfn oaks you can rat sings Paisley Card . saa 10Sem x 14 cm. Pace a pink Colour the moti with 3D ieee Staton: border pesto onto the panel laze ard sou pens ‘Gi20; text, gold (224) ¢ Card, uta paisley sticker im hall 2mm from the edges. eee “gE Pons, souffé, Bruynzeel Butt one section up to the |Add comer decorations and ‘top, bettom and right-hand ‘edges of the top left corner of a ec ve thachateeh, es wy tices da lai Bemis Card dark pink card bani, 105cm* ticker on whitepaper and fil in and sick the remaining 1 Som Starform, outline: gold 14.5em, and apply the other at the with 3-D glaze pens. Cut out ‘ovetiap on the back. Fold the $26), (1065); pink (1004) botiom left. ‘andadhere contaly. ‘omament round to the front ofthe URGar, purple @ Paper: white,‘ Fixthuee more pectolisat card w finish, CB Acetate Card ‘ac Pons gaze 2D Gtaniemandcoloune Acetate Card —. dectuons with pase s0u08 pens. “yin fora patoned paper, Slag Aw the ink to dry complet, ‘| 19m x 14 50m, and adhere ‘Acetate Card then finish with small gold hearts {yg card ban ofthe samme sive, iy . PSeckers,Searform, outline: gold 4 MADPY birthday’ wet. Place a red border peel-ff, 2mm he CcKOUt BIT re, pink (1016) Purple Card Lactose opel iad pee eee $2Card pink @ Acetate & Paper, 4 care lac patterned popes, ‘Yom x 14.5om, and fx the from The Art of Craft, ‘patterned, mini flowers & Pens: 95cm x 10.5cm, and attach ‘ornament sticker, 1om from the (01252 377677, (Ge 2; soulle Bruymzeel onto purple hammered Hank, right-hand sie. 38 www.mycrattweekly.com Discover how to create beautiful backgrounds like the experts using Dorothy Walsh's guide to f you aro an experienced rubber stamper you will already know about the variety of effects and equipment available to make wonderful backdrops to ‘enhance or frame your featured stamped image. One of the easiest ways to create ‘unique backgrounds on cards Is using the resist technique. ‘As its name implies the what you N€ {Stamps Al Nght Mad, Ano Chitin Sit: Sumpingron & Co Gentle Touch R559) Cat: A, ht pla: clay, white Back lp: cereit,l ye ot tanto black © Gold pn, Krylon & Sponges ® Heat tool Ink the sui stamp withthe clear resist pa Randomly pent around the outside edges of the ‘AS size card leaving a clear area inthe oente, Dry wit a heat tool for about 15-20 seconds 36 wor craftweekly.com ‘offect is created by applying ‘wo types of ink onto your ‘chosen surface; one resists the colour overlaid by th ‘ther to give the appearance created by inking the background image with the clear pad, then stamping ‘onto white glossy card. Dry the ink with a heat tool for ial ‘about 15 seconds, then & sponge or brayer over the top of the resist with dye ink. You can use a selection of toning coloured inks to add dopth, altornatively try a rainbow ink-pad. CBidea As you sponge the colour over the card the stamped resist image will ‘pop out’ and so appears to be printed over the top layer of ink; the more colour you add the brighter the underneath image will seem. Remove the excess ink by gently burnishing with a soft tissue, then seal with a spray fixative Using the sponges, add different shades of toning | Ink the lady sta | ink tothe stamped card. Blond the colours so ‘here are no sharp eiges cx gaps in the covetone. ‘Use asf tissue to gnty remove any excess ink equipment needed to achieve this layered offect is a cloar resist ink-pad or a clear ‘embossing pad and glossy white card. The pattern is p wth Bak and pint onthe check ens op coms al | foment e isomee 37 If you're new to stamping, follow our g to must-have products, need-to-know; and try outsomessamming designs Uber stamping is a firm favourite with ‘many a card maker 41 www.mycraftweekly.com Ink—pads Use de ik ft staring, nd pigment for embossing, Lakeland Limited, vorlkelanlimted co uke RARE, » ae Stamp cleaning Don't wash stamps afer use, but se appropiate aleohoste cleaning products every ime Top Ups. lo pyy ect slanping Home of your stamps are becoming wom out, y placing a ‘mouse mat ot similar underneath ‘he paper you're printing on to make the detais more visible * When leaning stamps, use lcoholee products as barsh sitions cause permanent damage [Never bing veed-mounted rubber ‘tampe nto contact with water + Sometimes, a estue can bo et ‘round a stamped image. To avoid ‘ts, try applying les ink, or sing reduced pressure on tho ped when rnting the design www.mycraftwoekly.com 42 Vust-have materials Cava aud paper Detroit youl whe but vse dfs nen ore copument wh wn a pet Heat tool Use this to heat an image spine ‘th embossing powder to complete the ek ~ mind you ingest + Fox patil colouring of stamps, ‘rushmarkar pens aro perfect. These ‘low you to shade soectd sections efor printing, rather than simply ‘eating boc outines ‘When embossing a black outine, lays use bick ink with car embossing powder to avoid a fzrng ‘ofthe lines. Use back embessing powder for larger Block eas ‘ Myou find the cxout dies too ‘uicy on anger stamp, uy coating ‘with lear embossing ink before applying brushmackers Alerativey, Juin onto the rubber wil add moist back ‘+ Nover press a stamp zo firmly orto ‘minkpd. Instead, bring the pao the samp, gently tapping it over the roti until al the desited areas are ‘coloured to tho required depth * Clear stamps are usualy ‘unmounted, in sheets of detachable ‘motifs. Tey canbe plac on cleat acrylic blocks, o which they sl. adr, These alr easy psitining every time LG Pencils (reat or eourng in stamped mis. “ry watercolour version anda damp paintbrash for wash elects Ermbossing ponder Seimei de Seinen eae Seen ian nyse Stamps Brushpens ‘rab ax robe wondouted, hth wie ad nc tin. apy cle, unnauted tam endo. dey ioa tape sae any Wispers stampe, wurudocrai.couk motif Lakeland Limited, 015994 8100 Feminine Charm Cards don't ave to fol = ya walt greeting fora change, ke ‘he endow walt ben hee Stamp vo tba mars, ny overs an vids inary pm embossing ink Heat enboss with Catt tip Gat tale loom the Same amp by tying io on silver powder. Wash fid chalk over “Mri Paste the background Create a 3D decoration for your Designer insert by wacinga shape from a PENNY BEARCROFT, Brus, wire, of either ond Ro eu Som piece Pearl Bracelet crvicanoen ole payin cx ‘The poats are supplied then press several shapes nto the temporary swung; there wil cay using a small ower eating Deencugh foradouble strand or similar. bracelet, even fr bigger wrists Cut outa medium-sized heart “Te two lengths of silk together, shape and add a hole, top and slip a calote crimp over the knot. betzom, with cocitall stick, Once and press down firmly. Thread hall Gry fe and polish, Thtead a waite ‘the beads onto two separate Dea Tieatnad yi. then ibe strands unt there are enough to fit Toand noged pits to atiach tothe around your wrist heart as a drop. Fix the heart tothe Slip the calotte crimp over the bracelet with @ om jump ring two threads and tiethem ina wo large knot. Position this in Notebook ‘timp and press down tosecwe. 4 Gover pink chain stitch paper, ‘Adda bolting and jump ring to 4250m x 27em, with pink organza fabri, sticking it down with double-sided tape. Adhere the organza covered paper to an ‘AS ted notebook in the same way. "Neaten the edges by faxing on two lengths of pale pink organza ‘nbbon. Roll out PMC, tmm thick onto an oiled playing card. Use the cutters to form one ‘medium, tw small and four coxa small PMC hearts, Make bution hoes in the larger hearts wit a cocktail stick. Leave to dry out and fire them. Rub with a wire brush and polish toa minor finish, Use strong glue and stick fou shapes tothe cover bse precous metal oy to fom romantic Bel www.mycraftweekly.com 64 Peete eer ‘cutting out all the heart preteens atte song eng feo | ov the spin otek an hte vx has ion Bookmark fallout PMC, Imm thick onto a paying ear that has ben daubed ighty with ove ot rent stcng, Wrap the opened ay immediaaly to stop ring out. Make a argo ear, then move the cen of te shape with amedum cute, as ‘shown; this can be wrapped immediatly and remodelled aa hen the heart hs dried out thoroughly, canbe Sie on ‘chen ceitant te with a band hed bloworch, Once the pace ‘has cooled, rub with a soft wire bis to reveal gleaming aver ret Fora shiny finish, use a nal bufer, olowed by a st Cloth anda esr posh Complete the ak by tng on 2 length of pale in organza | ‘intertwined with thin pink ribbon, CB check ‘Multi-purpose dye, Dylon International, 020 8863 4801, ‘wrwdylon.cosik ‘Small white pearls and all jowollory findings, 2tst Contury Beads, 0151 356 4244, ‘wor beadmaster.com PMC Studio, 0870 850 0151, ‘wrww.thepmestudio.co.uk. Print your own romantic patterned papers to create original Valentine greetings 87 wwwmyorafrweekly.com yorwatiandsheet ini’ etoscpondanddam'tvih Tan mh at hen wneyouneed Seen ceils y fiancee, erimnuamnin oe Cc iimny Gaol ODS 1 8 Tape mea sv, en ec a ha a mipucindiosandares Sle Rpts Cee a mniecaany SIE UNETE Demi ciaaias Eas ke ence Cee Cerne oes miictmraseteimaee, | teliSeen Rakes semen gan tiras © Thread, silver © Craft wire, ‘intervals, then cut into strips as ‘wthe card. PVA. Attach the decorative panel to a ‘silver ® Gems, self-adhesive, red sexquite for your design. fold of white card, 10cm x 18cm. anoeuer anes , Tall Card iuorouesent pore wmteed” — Mini Card C Rineeeaueaeries * Punch: small ower; plier, Folded heart card, 12am em, n ribbon; small hole @ Punch whee! all Cuta heart-shaped aperare in {PVA Foam pads @ Fiskars 2° fontandplacoa stp of ser tape along the create. 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