A New Year with Creative Expressions
HAPPY NEW YEAR and Welcome to 2016!
Welcome to my blog and the beginning of a new adventure for me this year as a member of the Creative Expressions Design Team.
I’m really looking forward to using the many products that Creative Expressions have available, and I hope you will join me every Friday, when I will be sharing my latest creation with you.
My first post for you today, I was inspired by the quote on John Lockwoods Rosebud Elements Stamp set.
‘Remember you can do Anything, but you can’t do Everything’
I have decided that this will be the saying I will live by this year – I am guilty like many, of thinking that I can do everything, and on the most part (somehow) I can, but at the end of the day I am shattered. So this year, I will try and slow down a bit and focus on the essentials.
So this is the card I have created and here a few step by steps.
1) Take a 9 cm square of design paper, and use Susan Wilson’s Diagonal Lattice Die across the central section. Using a corner rounding punch to shape the top right hand corner.
2) Mount onto a piece of 9 cm square contrast design paper, before matting and layering onto black cardstock.
3) Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of 5.5 cm square design paper, and use the lace edge die from Sue Wilson’s Diagonals Set to shape the left hand side, and round the top right corner again using a punch. Ensure that the straight edge is nearest the stamped text.
4) Create a matting layer from black cardstock. and shape the edge as in step 3, before attaching the two layers together. Adhere to the card front using 3D foam pads.
5) Create some embellishments by stamping, colouring and cutting out three small butterflies from John Lockwoods, Rosebud Elements stamp set. Arrange and adhere to the card front (as shown) using silicone glue gel. To create extra dimension gently fold the butterflies wings upwards, and apply the glue just along the reverse of the body.
Complete the card by hand tying a seam binding bow, and adding a Creative Expression Vintage Black button to its centre.
Please click the link below to see what the other members of the Creative Expressions Design Team have been creating!
Many thanks for joining me, see you next week.
14 Comments
Tracey
Happy New Year Claire and welcome to the Creative Expressions Design Team! A well detailed blog post – John (Lockwood) is always coming out with lots of these sayings, so I’m sure this won’t be the last time his words inspire us all 🙂
Claire Newcombe
Thank you Tracey, Happy New year to you too x
Scottydog
Looking forward to seeing your cards. Well done to Being chosen as a design team member.
Claire Newcombe
Thank you, I hope you will join me each week. Looking forward to working with all the fabulous products x
Joan Macdonald
Great card Claire, looking forward to seeing all your designs and those of the team.
Mum x
Claire
Fanks Mum x
Carol
Happy New Year Claire! Beautiful card, looking forward to seeing your new creations xx
Claire Newcombe
Thank you Carol, and for all your support and kind words x
Linda Simpson
Fabulous card and step by step. Congratulations on your new design team post. So well deserved.
Crafty Hugs
Linda xxx
America
Hi Teamie!! Happy New Year! Fabulous First Post. What beautiful techniques and lovely designed project. So happy to be working alongside you at CE!
Sandra carey
Absolutely gorgeous Claire Hugs Sandra xx
Jackie T
Hi this is a stunning card. Congratulations on your design team post. Hugs Jackie
Lorraine Freeman
A great start to your adventure. I look forward to following your progress. Congratulations.
Wishing good things to all xxx
Lynn Brown
A great card. Thanks for visiting my blog and I look forward to working with you.
Happy New Year
Lynn x