Addicted to Craft

Studio Calico Anthology Challenge

The design team has been having fun playing with the new Studio Calico Anthology Range.

Monique

 

Kell

 
 

Trina

 

Mel

 Aren't they great !!  If you would like to win a Scrabpook pack of Studio Calico Anthology collection, then post a comment, and we will randomly select 3 winners to receive the full collection.  Winners will be chosen Friday 20 August !

Easel Card using Scribble Scrabble

Trina has created this gorgeous easel card using Scribble Scrabble papers and chipboard

Distressing Tutorial with the Creative Cutter

  I hadn’t really thought about how I would use the distressing tool, but I was given the opportunity to have a play with it and am totally hooked.  I chose the 'Hibiscus' font as I have always loved these flowers they remind me of bright sunny days. After choosing the designs, I imported them onto a blank screen. 

• Goto the SHAPE dropdown menu click on Engraving then click on inside.  A new box titled engraving fill will appear. 
• I set my tool at 0.02 as I wanted to really distress my flowers, (if you only want a light finish then set it higher).  I then chose an s-sweep for the motion of the tool. Apply this to your image( if you are doing multiple images do them separately as it will be a lot faster than trying to do them all at once).  You will see that your image changes and has lots and lots of fill lines inside the image. You are now ready to distress. 
  
   
    
  
  If there is no distress feature in your cut menu, the best way to start I found is to use draw, once you have perfected the right settings for your machine you can then set up the distressing feature by adding it using the media button in your cut menu.
• I found that I had to repeat the distressing process 3 times to get the desired effect I was after, but I did reduce the pressure of my tool for the last pass through.  I was really happy with the finished flowers this will also work well with border images and lettering fonts.  The best cardstock to use is white core cardstock or the new whitewash cardstock from Co-Ordinations.
  
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When I was finished I added an .03 outline to my images (Tools - then Outline) and cut them out, remember to change back to your cutting blade for this. 




This tool definitely needs to be in your Inspiration tool kit, it adds so much dimension to the project.  One final thing always give your machine a quick vacuum to remove the debris left behind after using the distressing tool.

 Any questions regarding this tutorial just email wholesale@addictedtocraft.com.au I would be happy to help.    

  Till next time, have fun with your Creative Cutter     
 
Darelle xx

Christmas Smiles with Kellie

Kellie has created this cute Christmas layout using Scribble Scrabble papers

Christmas pretties with Sarah

Look at these wonderful creations Sarah has made with October Afternoon papers

A little gingerbread men fun with Renee

Renee shows us some gorgeous little projects using October Afternoon.

 


 
 
 

Cute little parcels using October Afternoon

Tatum shares some cute little pillow boxes and tags using October Afternoon Christmas Papers

 
Tatum made small pillow pack boxes from PP cut 8.5" x 6"

 

The tags are based on small shipping tags which you can get for a few cents each at the newsagent.

I stamped with the Prima music script stamp and embossed in silver then misted them red.

I backed each tag with some patterned paper and stitched the edges.

To decorate I added:

• A strip of patterned paper
• A label Sticker
• A letter (there is one for each of my children...it has taken a bit of explaining for them to understand that there is nothing in them...yet!)
• A prima flower for each of the girls and a gingerbread man mounted on a glue dot for Sebastian.

I tied a tag to each box using some coloured bakers twine.

 

I think I might make 24 of these pillow boxes to use as an advent calendar this year!

 

Thanks for the great idea Tatum.

Monique gets into the Christmas Spirit

Monique has created some lovely Chrissy projects using Scribble Scrabble papers

A little October Afternoon Christmas Magic with Sonia

 

For the Christmas Tags I used the Pazzles Creative Cutter Tag Shapes and cut three tags from the October Afternoon Trim the Tree paper. Using the Creative Cutter meant that I had three tags cut to exactly the same size very quickly and yes it does cut the hole for you as well! You can also alter the size of your tag before you cut so no matter what size tag you need it’s right there at your fingertips (well at the end of your Creative Cutter really!!) I then cut various elements from the patterned papers and the Very Merry Label Stickers to embellish my tags. Using a bit of foam tape added some extra dimension to my tags.

 

Harmonie CHA Summer 2010

The beautifully classical designs from this Canadian company are just that - "beautiful!"

Below is  their sneek peek for Summer 2010, each collection will come with matching accessories, stamps and chipboard, can't wait !!

Spring Collection

Bella Bohemia

Noel Noel Christmas