Craft Label DT: Christmas Decoupage

Posted on 27th November 2020 by perfectly4med

A quick and simple decoupage project, these upcycled powdered drinks containers could be used to hold candy canes, breadsticks or even Christmas potpourri. Paint over the drinks containers with black paint/gesso or be prepared to do a couple of layers of the decoupage paper to cover the text/pattern on the containers. Glue on the strips of decoupage paper with the decoupage adhesive and varnish and allow to dry.

Line the pots with paper from the North Star paper pad.

I decorated the blue with the foiled stars from the North Star paper pad in two strips edged with silver peel-off borders. Embellish with a mini gift bow and silver Merry Christmas sentiment. I’ve added a few glittered half-pearls in two sizes as a finishing touch.

I created a wreath effect on the red pot with alternating felt poinsettias and gold mini gift bows before glueing down one of the wooden Merry Christmas sentiments. Quick extra embellishments to finish: gold peel-off borders top and bottom and some gold ‘nail heads’ (sequins would also work here).

As it’s Black Friday, there’s a 3 for 2 promotion over on the Craft Label webshop, so pop over and get hold of the following to do this project!

First Edition Christmas Deco Mache decoupage paper: Sentiments / Snowflakes
First Edition Deco Mache decoupage glue adhesive and varnish: Matt
First Edition Deco Mache brush set
First Edition FSC Christmas Paper Pad: North Star 6×6″
Simply Creative Christmas Mini Gift Bows: Gold & Silver
Simply Creative Basics Felt Image: Poinsettias
Simply Creative Christmas Wooden Sentiments: Merry Christmas

Craft Label DT: Winter Sparkle Cards

Posted on 24th November 2020 by perfectly4med

More Craft Label goodies! In my last DT post, I used the Winter Sparkle decoupage pad and paper pad to make a shadow box. This week, I’m using the same pads to make several Christmas cards for your inspiration…

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LIM DT: Festive OLC

Posted on 21st November 2020 by perfectly4med

Another challenge is live at Less is More. This time it is a one layer card with the theme ‘festive’. As before, one layer cards mean just that: no hiding behind layered papers or mats, perfect printing first time and minimal embellishments. Even die cuts aren’t allowed as they are an added layer. I normally paper-piece the stamp I chose to use, so that was not an option in a one layer card. Instead, I went with some colouring-in:

I stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black using a stamp platform, and then again with Versamark as I then decided to heat emboss the outline with clear gloss to make it stand out a little. I then coloured in with ProMarkers adding lots of layers and then highlights with a correction pen and Posca markers. Finally, I added some stickles and liquid pearls to give a little more interest to the card.

Used for this card

Woodware clear stamp: Huge Noel [FRS219]
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
VersaMark ink pad
WOW! Embossing Powder: Clear Gloss Super Fine
Letraset/Winsor & Newton ProMarkers: Denim Blue / China Blue / Cool Grey 3
Ranger Stickles: Waterfall / Gunsmoke
Ranger Liquid Pearls: Royal Blue
Tippex Correction Pen
Posca Pen [PC1-MR]: White

Craft Label DT: Winter Sparkle Shadow Box

Posted on 17th November 2020 by perfectly4med

As promised in my previous DT post, here’s a project I made using another of Craft Label’s First Edition paper pad designs, Winter Sparkle. This comes in 12×12″ and 6×6″ pads along with an 8×8″ decoupage pad. There is also a plethora of coordinating embellishments. I used both the 6×6″ pad and one of the decoupage designs to make this shadow box:

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Craft Label DT: North Star Christmas Cards

Posted on 14th November 2020 by perfectly4med

Craft Label is stocking several different Christmas themed paper pads, in various sizes, and I’ve had a chance to play with two of them. First up, the First Edition North Star paper pack. This features 48 sheets, 3 each of 16 designs, one glittered design, two foiled, two pearlescent and half are double-sided. The colour palette is grey, silver and navy blue with some cute penguins and polar bears as design elements. Backgrounds are varied from patterns to grungy watercolour. The papers are 200g/m2 weight and are printed with soy inks. The pad is available in 12×12″ (£15.99), 8×8″ (£9.99) and 6×6″ (£7.99). Here are three quick and easy Christmas cards made with the pad:

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Trimcraft/Craft Label DT: Quick Decoupage Baubles

Posted on 9th November 2020 by perfectly4med

After an extended pause, I’ve taken delivery of my Christmas box of goodies from Trimcraft. Well, actually they are now Craft Label and over lockdown have created their own online retail store. There you can find all the Trimcraft brands such as First Edition and Dovecraft, as well as Crafters Companion, We R Memory Keepers and a large Cricut department.

It’s a distinctly Christmas theme with a lot of goodies, including paper pads, decoupage (both paper and 3D) and embellishments. There’s also a couple of clear stamps thrown in too:

I’ve also received 6 balls of bright coloured ombre yarn – the first thing I could think of to make with that is winter socks! I’ve started, so I’ll finish, but they’re looking more like a pair of boots rather than socks… Colourful though!

Here’s my first makes with the kit, a couple of quick and easy baubles.

Start by tearing a strip of First Edition Christmas Deco Mache Decoupage Paper (Sentiments/Snowflakes). Next, peel off the protective film from both sides of the acrylic bauble, then stick down the decoupage paper onto both sides of the bauble with First Edition Deco Mache Decoupage glue. Try and get the paper positioned so that it hides the glue on the other side. I used sandpaper to gently sand any overlapping edges of the paper for a smooth finish (quicker than cutting). Finally, glue on the sentiment and add the embellishment, mirroring the positions on the other side if both sides need adorning. I used Simply Creative Basics Glittered Poinsettias, Simply Creative Christmas Wooden Sentiments Merry Christmas, Simply Creative Basics Christmas Sentiment Toppers and Simply Creative Christmas Mini Gift Bows in gold and silver.

Craft Label offers free p&p if your order is over £15.

LIM: Colour Challenge

Posted on 7th November 2020 by perfectly4med

It’s time for another challenge at Less is More… This time we have a colour challenge: Blue and Silver or Red and Gold. For me, they are classic Christmas colours, so I’ve used that theme for my cards this time around. First up, my choice for my design team card. It’s hard to see with the reflections, but the snowflakes are heat embossed in silver. The watercolour is Chipped Sapphire Distress Stain flooded into water, then splattered with water and blotted dry.

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LIM: More than one type of foliage

Posted on 24th October 2020 by perfectly4med

It’s recipe time at Less is More and the theme chosen is ‘more than one type of foliage’. One of the main aims of the challenge (aside from making sure the card is clean and simple) is to make the theme to be the focus of the card. There was only one stamp set I could think of in my collection that would fit the bill – a set of five fern fronds by Hero Arts. Here’s the eventual winner, from three I made, for my design team card:

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LIM DT: Autumn Birthday CASe Card

Posted on 10th October 2020 by perfectly4med

It’s a CASe challenge over at Less is More. Ok, it was a new one for me too. Apparently, CASe stands for ‘Copy And Share everything’ and the aim is to take inspiration from any or all of the elements of a starter card, all the while keeping to the clean and simple principles. Here’s my card, and below is Sharon’s card that she made as our starter for ten:

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LIM DT: One Layer Card – Cheers!

Posted on 26th September 2020 by perfectly4med

It’s a one layer card challenge at Less is More today – a card made from a single piece of card folded in half where the image is stamped or printed directly onto the card stock. It also has no additional layers and only minimal embellishments. It can be trickier than you think, especially if you are stamping and muck up the print first go (or several goes!). One slip with the pen/ink and you have to start over. Here’s my take on the theme ‘Cheers!’:

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