Craft-A-Long - Star Insert Christmas Card

Welcome to this week's Craft-A-Long.  If you want to join the video call, please click here to access the TEAMS call.

Here are the full instructions for this weeks project and I look forward to crafting with you on Thursday.

Insert Star card

Method

Cut an A6 card blank from Coastal Cabana cardstock.  Cut a second A6 card blank from Coastal Cabana cardstock and score at 2 1/16”, 4 1/8” and then flip it 180 and score again at 2 1/16”.  Fold the middle score as a mountain fold and the other two scores as valley scores.

Cut two pieces of Snowflake Splendor DSP to 1 15/16”x 5 ¾” and one piece at 4 x 5 ¾”.

Cut two pieces of the Balmy Blue Gimmer Paper to 1 15/16 x 5 ¾”.

Take the piece of Coastal Cabana scored three times and line up the largest piece of DSP to the central section and tape down.  Run through a die machine with the second-largest star die that you are using.

Remove the DSP and line up the largest star die around the star already cut and die cut.

Add the DSP to the Coastal Cabana cardstock scored three times.

Add a star embellishment to hang in the middle of the die-cut star shape.

Add the Balmy Blue Glimmer paper to the inside of the A6 card blank, abutting up to the central score line.

Cut a piece of DSP to 3 7/8” x 5 5/8”.  Cut a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock to 4 x 5 ¾”.  Layer the DSP onto the cardstock and add to the front of the card.

Add adhesive sheets to both sides of a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock and run through with three of the snowflake dies.  Run through two to three times to ensure the backing paper to the adhesive sheet cuts.

If you can, remove the snowflakes from the card, otherwise just take the layer of adhesive backing sheet which is on the ‘right’ side of the die-cut and sprinkle with glitter.  If you remove both sides of the backing sheet you will get glitter on both sides and this will make the snowflake difficult to adhere to the card.

Stamp the greeting in Coastal Cabana ink on Whisper White cardstock and die cut out with one of the layering ovals, as well as scalloped mat from Coastal Cabana cardstock.

Add a strip of ribbon to the card front and add the greeting on top with dimensionals.

Add the snowflakes to the card front.

Add glue to the two outer panels of the Coastal Cabana/DSP insert and adhere to the inside of the card.  Ensure the outer edges of the panel’s line up with the edges of the card blank.  Fold closed.

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Craft-A-Long - Backward Easel Card

Sorry for the late arrival of this post!  Here is a super sweet idea for aBackward Easel Card, all ready for Christmas.  To join in the fun visit Facebook at 13.30 (BST) on 15th October.  Click here for the event: Backward Easel Facebook Event

Method

Create an A6 tent fold card blank from Basic Black Cardstock.  Score at 5 7/8” and 2 15/16”.  Fold one as a valley fold and one as a mountain fold.  Cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock to 4”x 2 ¾”

Cut Highland heather Cardstock as follows:

1 x 4” x 5 ¾”

2 x 4” x 2 13/16”

Cut a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock to 3 7/8” x 2 5/8”

Cut pieces of the Snowflake Splendour DSP to:

1 x 3 7/8” x 5 5/8”

2 x 3 7/8” x 2 11/16”.

Layer up the DSP to the corresponding Highland Heather Mats and add to the card blank.  The largest piece goes on the inside bottom of the card and the two smaller pieces go on the top inside, either side of the scoreline.

Die-cut the Joy letter – the smallest part on Basic Black (add an adhesive sheet to the back to make it easier to add to the next layer).  The medium layer in Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper and the largest layer in Highland Heather cardstock.  Layer up.

Stamp the greeting in Memento Black ink on Balmy Blue Cardstock in basic black and die cut out with the smallest Stitched rectangle, create two more layers in Highland Heather and Basic Black. Layer up with black dimensionals between the layers.

Stamp the greeting in Memento Black Ink on the piece of Balmy Blue cardstock already cut to size at the top left-hand corner, lay the layered Joy on the cardstock and work out where the star stamps will go and stamp them in Memento Black ink.  Layer onto the Basic Black Cardstock piece.

Add the Joy in black dimensionals.

Add the layered sentiment to the bottom half of the card about a quarter of the way up from the bottom to create the stopper.

Add glue to the top quarter of the Basic Black topper and line up behind the layered stopper and glue to the top half of the card, above the scoreline.  The bottom of card topper should line up to the centre score line of the card blank.

Decorate with Blue gems.

 

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Craft-A-Long - Have a Hoot Halloween Card - Thursday 8th October @ 1.30pm (BST)

Here are the details for Thursday's card.  You can use whatever suitable materials you have to craft along with me on Thursday.

The details for the Facebook Event are here - Have a Hoot Event - click on the event and then the ROOM at the top, which will be open a few minutes before 1.30pm.  If you do not have Facebook, just email me at fispapercraft@hotmail.co.uk and I can email you the link (unfortunately the link is only available once I have opened the Room).

Have a Hoot Halloween Card

Cut an A6 card blank from Whisper White cardstock.

Cut a piece of Basic Black Cardstock to 5 ¾” x 4” and cut a piece of Gold Foil Cardstock to 5 5/8” x 3 7/8”, lastly cut a piece of Whisper White to 5 ½” x 3 ¾”.  Layer the black and gold card onto the card blank.

Stamp the three owls in Black Memento Ink onto Whisper White and die cut out.

On to a craft mat swipe the three ink pads and spritz with water.

Place a piece of scrap paper lightly onto the spritzed ink first, then lay one half of the Whisper White topper on.  Dry with a heat tool, spritz some more water onto the craft mat and lay the Whisper White cardstock on again and dry with a heat tool, repeat until all the ink has gone or you are happy with the result.

Stamp the two owl images in Stazon Saddle Brown at the top and bottom (two of the images you die cut left additional designs out of the die-cut part, those are the two you are stamping).

Add the sentiment in Stazon Saddle Brown to the bottom right-hand-corner and to the centre of the card.

Add the die cut images to the card topper and layer onto the card blank.  Add a couple of the Playing with Patterns Resin Dots.

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Craft-A-long - Amazon Inspired Gift Cardholder - Thursday 1st October @ 1.30pm (British Summer Time).

This Thursday I will be hosting my very first craft along on Facebook, where you can join me in making a project.  Below you will find detailed instructions on making the gift card-holder, with all the dimensions and links to the materials I have used.  Please note, that in the Facebook Messenger Room I will be using a different set of DSP and colours.

To join please visit my Facebook Business Page> Events>Thursday 1st October (clickable) ask to join the room and we can craft together (fingers crossed!).  

Here are the instructions:

                                    

Cut a piece of Gray Granite cardstock to 8 ¾” x 5”.  Score along the long side at 2 ¾” and 7 “.  Score ½” at each edge along the short side.

Using scissors or a trimmer cut along the 1/2” score lines on each side until you reach the 2 ¾” score lines (should be at right angles to the score lines you are trimming down).  This will leave you with two flaps to form the pocket with.

Fold along all the score lines, fold the two flaps over to form the pocket and glue.

Cut a piece of Misty Moonlight (MM) Cardstock to 6”x4 ½”.  Score along the long side at 1 ½” and 4 5/8”.  Score along the short side 1/2” on both edges.

Using scissors or a trimmer cut down the two ½” score lines until you meet the 1 ½” score line (at right angles to the score lines you are trimming).  This will leave you with two flaps to for the pocket with.

Fold all the score lines, fold the two flaps over to form the pocket and glue down.

Add glue to the back of the smaller pocket at the top and to the scoreline at 4 5/8”.  Glue this pocket to the inside of the larger pocket at the top and centralised.

Slip the smaller pocket inside the large pocket, so that when you open the larger pocket the smaller one moves to present the gift card to the recipient.

To decorate:

Outside

Back of the gift holder – MM 3 7/8” x 4 1/8”, the DSP layer – 3 ¾” x 4”.

Lid of the gift holder – MM 3 7/8” x 1 5/8”, the DSP layer – 3 ¾”x 1 ½”.

Bottom front of the gift holder – MM 3 7/8” x 2 5/8”, DSP layer 2 ¾” x 2 ½”.

Inside

Inside Lid – Seaside Spray cardstock – 3 3/8” x 1 1/8”, The DSP layer – 1 x 3 ¼”.

Middle section – SS – 3 3/8” x 1 ½”, the DSP layer – 3 ¼” x 1 3/8”.

Cut a piece of Snowflake Splendor Ribbon wrap around the gift cardholder and tie at the front, just above the edge of the lid.  I placed double-sided tape in a strip down the middle of the back, bottom front of the gift card and on the lid to hold the ribbon down.

Die-cut an oval from GG cardstock and stamp ‘to and from’ on it and add to the back.

Die-cut just the ‘Joy’ from the Balmy Blue Glimmer paper (with a self-adhesive sheet on the back to help) and the shadow from GG cardstock, layer together and add to the front of the gift cardholder.

Add a few gems from the Holiday Rhinestone set.

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