More kits for QVC and ATC Challenge

Thought I'd pop on a quick post before getting ready to set off to QVC. Dawn has a show this evening, 11pm, urgh! Then tomorrow and a sensible time. I'm also popping on a couple of ATC's so if you fancy a challenge you can participate.

The challenge is

Christmas Tree Time

I've used some lovely paper from one of the DO kits, as the image has been duplicated it allowed me to decoupage the trees. The second ATC was made using a sticker, very quick and easy. I have matted it onto card stock, then set it at an angle on the card - going round the edges with a continuous peel-off. Dig out your Christmas trees....





I worked on a lovely kit from DO, which had papers and really pretty Christmas vellums. Also had a few kits from All About Crafts - okay decoupage isn't my favourite - but I didn't swear (mmmm). The images are really cute, and it wasn't tricky decoupage so no tantrums.

Fab Friday time.........

It's challenge time again, of course with it being a twisted week I had to stick with this theme, so I've used only the top sections of my twisted pyramid sheet for my ATC (using the larger sections would have been to big, this way I can get an ATC and a card for my trouble!). I had a decision to make as to the actual challenge title though, twisted, decoupage or "fitting something big onto something little" (the last one needs a little work with the title I recon). As decoupage is sooooo popular I thought I would go with that, so:
Decoupage Delights
However, to make it a little trickier I would be really impressed if you did have to chop your decoupage to actually fit it onto the ATC, and therefore altering it a little (it could be really funny if you had headless flower fairies!! haha, that's my kinda decoupage). Anyhow, I'm looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations as ever, and please do not feel you have to stick to shop bought decoupage sheets, you can use wrapping paper, patterned paper, even a cool magazine picture photocopied a few times - go for it.

xxx
Leonie

Twisted Pyramid

Mmmm, I think I feel like a twisted pyramid!! We had a massive house hunt yesterday (tricky, there are so few properties on the market for rent!), but we managed to find a house we both liked, filled in the forms and put some money down. Everything was tickity boo, until this afternoon when the Estate Agent rings to say the owner has agreed to rent it privately instead! What a cheek. And how annoying. This means we now have to spend the weekend house hunting instead of going having a surprise meal with my grandparents to celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. We're so disappointed. Anyone want to rent their house? Or alternatively has anyone got lots of spare land that I can pop on a couple of log cabins, grow my own veg, have a little forested area, a pond, chickens, bee's...........it's the latest dream. Wouldn't it be great. I could have craft workshops in one of the log cabins, feed you with my home made honey and sell you some spuds!!

Well on the twisted front, I have been making cards for next week (full week of crafting on QVC - oh yes every day!). I don't think it's a secret that I'm not over keen on doing decoupage - all the cutting out drives me abit mad. How lucky am I that there's plenty of decoupage on then eh!! My scissors were creating sparks with the mad snipping. This time however, I've been able to play with the Twisted Pyramid decoupage, which is a little different (not as fiddly either). Thought I would share a few cards with you.

If you have never tried to do a Twisted Pyramid before (it was my first time as well), it's really easy. As with normal decoupage you are cutting your pieces starting with the largest and working your way down to the smallest. With the pyramid these are squares (I'm sure there are different shapes out there but mine were just squares). Great, makes it easier to cut. All you do it layer them, using 3D foam or silicone glue, allowing them to twist slightly, so the image is placed to correspond directly with the image on the first and larger square:

This is the first two squares, I hope you can see how the squares are not stacked directly on top of each other, but twisted slightly.