The Potting Shed

Hi everyone, today for my design team post at Craft Consortium I am excited to share an up-cycling project using wooden packaging that contained a sauce bottle from Christmas time.

I started by adding some brown paint to all the edges of my box and then measured sections of paper from our Wood Textures pad and cut to size. Onto all these sections I stamped on my flowers and foliage.

My watering can was stamped and fussy cut out adding my stamped caterpillar and a little glossy accents to it. My flowers and butterfly I added a decoupaged layer for extra dimension. My spade is cut from the Metal Textures Pad for the handle and the base part was cut from cereal box and coloured with a silver Promarker finishing off with some Distress Powder to look like soil.

My plant pots have been cut again from the Metal Textures Pad and using the Stamp Set from The Herbarium Collection I stamped onto coffee stirrers. I filled with fussy cut foliage from The Herbarium Pad adding my gardening tools and some 3D moss for modelling.

My table was made from the Wood Textures Pad adding some more Distress Powder for soil, die cut gloves and metal embellishments also from The Herbarium Collection.

The windows were die cut again from the Wood Textures Pad adding some Satin Miri card behind them. My cat was die cut using the metal textures pad adding a shadow layer of dark grey behind it.

My roof was cut into rectangles from the Metal Textures Pad, inked at the edges and added on the roof to look like quarry tiles.

Some more photos to look at.

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Craft Consortium Products Used -

The Herbarium Paper Pad 

Herb Scissors 

Trowel Metal Charms 

Herb Stamp Set from this Collection.

Wildflower Meadow Stamp Set

Wood Textures Paper Pad

Metal Textures Paper Pad

Thanks so much for stopping by to look at my post today.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Gardeners Notebook - Craft Consortium

Hi fellow crafters. Today for my Design Team post at Craft Consortium I have been playing with the beautiful Wildflower Meadow Paper Pad and Stamp sets making a little vintage garden note book.

I used Eileen Hull’s Passport Book die to make this. So let me show you my photos.

I covered Greyboard with papers from my Wildflower Meadow Pad gluing on both sides and once dry die cutting the shapes of the covers. I added ink to the edges and stamping on the corners.

My Greyboard for my spine was covered in Hessian on the outside and paper on the inside.

My Wildflower image also comes from a selection of toppers in the paper pad, diecutting it, inking and layering onto a few diecuts along with some cheesecloth.

On my inside covers I added a couple of pockets with some faux stitching at the edges, a touch of lace and a button. My insects were heat embossed with Wow Powders and coloured with Copic Pens.

I stamped some small faux seed packets and placed in the pockets.

I finished my book by adding more of the beautiful papers into my book along with some plain papers and fixed in place with Twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and do check out Craft Consortium and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for regular inspiration and giveaways. 

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Craft Consortium Products Used-

Wildflower Meadow Paper Pad

Wildflower Meadow Stamp Collection

Wildflower Meadow Gift Bags

Hi everyone, thanks so much for stopping by today to see my DT post for Craft Consortium whilst I take a break from social media. Your visits are always so appreciated and I hope to be back following all your Social posts in the next few weeks.

I have used the exquisite papers and toppers from our latest released pad Wildflower Meadow and if you are a nature or flower lover this pad is definitely for you.

I used the die from my Tonic Craft Club Kit 9 to make these bags and think it’s a perfect combination with these papers to give someone a small gift, this is a photo of the back and sides of the bags.

I added a little Distress ink and Stickles onto my edges to give a vintage feel.

I die cut my topper layering onto a die-cut Doily, both from Cheery Lynn adding a little Stickles into the centre of my flowers to give them a sparkle.

Also adding some stamped sentiment tags and a few 3D flowers to finish.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and do check out Craft Consortium and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for regular inspiration and giveaways. 

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x

Wildflowers

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog today. Did you see the beautiful Wildflower Meadow Collection on Create and Craft last week ? Unfortunately it sold out but the good news is it will be back in stock on 25th April on Create and Craft on their show at 8am GMT.

My card today uses some of the papers from this pad tearing and tattering my layers adding some hessian onto the layers as an accent and layering on with foam strips.

My topper is also from the pad, along with a selection of other beautiful Wildflower florals. I added a little twine, some Stickles to the borders and a fussy cut Daisy.

Finishing with a cute little Bird on a Branch from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and do check out Craft Consortium and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for regular inspiration and giveaways.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x 

Sneak Peak - Craft Consortium Wildflower Meadow Collection

Hi everyone, I am very excited to be sharing with you all my first sneak peak of the stunning Wildflower Meadow Paper Pad by Hackney and Co for my Design Team post at Craft Consortium. Please tune into Create and Craft on the 7th April at 2pm GMT where I can guarantee you will drool over the beauty in every sheet of paper designed in this pad and stamp sets.

I haven’t made a 12 x 12 Inch layout in a very long time but wanted to show you all the versatility of these papers and how they can adapt from cardmaking to scrapbooking and even home decor/mixed media.

I started by tattering the edges of my first two layers adding some torn areas which I layered a lacey die cut behind for an extra detail.

I added Embossing paste through my stencil adding Gold Embossing powder on top and heat setting in place to add some texture.

My centre layers were torn and tattered at the edges adding some lace between the layers to give a vintage feel and compliment the pretty feminine flowers.

My flower toppers all come in the paper pad. I tattered the edges and heat set Gold Embossing powder to the edges and mounted my centre image onto a die cut frame.

My leafy chipboards were coloured with a Copic Pen and glued in position adding lots of flowers and a chipboard bird which I coloured with Gold Gilding Wax and added lots of gems.

My rabbit has been fussy cut from the pad and layered to the side of my stamped sentiment from the new stamp sets that compliment the range.

Finishing with fussy cut dragonflies from the paper pad and Bronze Micro beads along the centre of my design to help make it pop.

Please remember to watch Create and Craft on the 7th April to see this whole collection launch.

Craft Consortium Products Used:
Wildflower Meadow Paper Pad
Rhinestone Gems
Elegant Lace Ribbon - Flower Chain

Thanks for stopping by today and do check out Craft Consortium and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for regular inspiration and giveaways.

Crafty Hugs, 

Julie x