Tonic craft kit 10

Good morning everyone, what a beautiful day it is here in Cheshire today. Now I have two cards to share with you today from Tonic Studios Kit 10 what a fabulous kit and the colours are gorgeous with oranges ,yellows and the stunning green / blues reminds me of the beach  the contents of the kit as always is fabulous and the free gift amazing and so very useful I have to say. I will add the link here for the kit www.toniccraftkit.com

Materials used:-

Tonic craft kit 10

Craft perfect jet black

Craft perfect Bright White

Craft perfect Kraft card

The first card was created with a 5"x7" tent fold card with a centre section removed so it looks like a chalk board this was marked with a pencil  1  1/2"  in from each side and the same upwards and using a ruler and craft knife remove this section.

The frame die  is die cut in Kraft card and white, making  the frame you will need to die cut the centre die.then the frame was placed on a mat & layer cut on a paper trimmer allowing a border then placed onto the card with 3D foam pads.

 Then you will need to die cut the never ending banner in the oranges and yellow card stock &  making little banners stick together again with 3d foam pads and place onto the top of the card die cutting the letters son and adding those to the banners and to finish the card congrats was added to the centre black layer of the frame and the Nuvo drops were added.

Card no two is another 5"x7" card the card has a white layer added and this layer has been randomly  stamped with Nuvo Hybrid ink -  Languna Bay  using the stamps that come in kit 10 this is then added to the card, now you will need to make two frames one is made using the  orange and yellow craft perfect from the kit the centre of this frame has also been stamped with the Hybrid inks in -Carrot Stick & Rubber Duck.

Using the Birthday strip stamp in the kit.

The second frame was created using the fabulous Shimmer powder included in the kit- Atlantis Burst  and also using the Nuvo spray bottle, you need to die cut the frame and lightly spray with a small amount of water then with gentle tapping add the shimmer powder you will see it slightly move on your card stock then add more water with the spray bottle you will now see the colours explode now heat with a heat gun if you want more colour then repeat until your happy with the result.

Now place the yellow frame on top using wet glue and add this to the card with 3mm foam pads to add depth & dimension to your card.

Now die cut a length of banner in orange and white craft perfect shape with your fingers this is placed across the centre with one end slightly tucked under the edge of the frame.

The letters were cut from the glitter Accents to do this you will need a craft sheet ,add a good amount to the craft sheet and spread with a palette knife  leave this to dry over night when dry peel away carefully and you can now place your die on top and die cut the letters you wish be careful removing the letters from the die use a pokey tool and carefully tease the letters out.

Add a little glue to the back of each letter and add to the banner.

I hope you have lots of fun with kit 10 the products included are fabulous and like me you will just want to play and play with these products. 

Now for any inspiration head over to Tonic Studios FB page there are lots of inspirational videos from the DT 

links to all the blogs you will find on the right hand side of my blog where you can find the DT and Tonic.

https://youtu.be/KsVtM_syBTw

Until next time 

A pop of colour

Good morning everyone, sharing another card with you today from the stunning pretty posies die sets from Tonic Studios ,launched last night on Hochanda, Jodie has a show at 1 & 4pm today and of course if you missed last night shows from 6 & 8pm you can watch those on rewind on Hochandas web site.

Materials used:-

Pretty posies -  you brighten my day

White Nuvo drops

Nuvo shimmer powders - Catherine Wheel- solar flare-cherry bomb

Cheap hair spray

Craft perfect Bright White

Craft perfect raspberry

White 3oogsm  card base

The card base is made from A3 card and measures 7"x 5" with mat and layers , the top card stock has been coloured with the gorgeous Nuvo shimmer powders with a real wow!! Of colour added I started off with a piece of water colour card and lightly stayed with a water mister bottle not soaked it just a light spray then gently tap the colours where you want them  and you will see the colour spread ,to spread the colour further spray a little more water and then heat dry with a heat gun if you want more colour you can repeat and then dry once dry spray over the card from a little distance some cheap hair spray all over the card this will  help to seal the colour otherwise the colour transfers a little. Now your ready to cut the detail die  over to the right hand side of the card so it hangs off the edge and not central, this layer is added to the card with 3mm foam pads so you get that depth and dimension through the die cut.

Now you can add all the other die cuts to the card again adding more dimension by adding foam pads ,the corners have just been snipped with scissors to create decoration  and to finish the card white Nivo drops were added. A very simple card but with a real pop of of colour.

Thank you for visiting my blog today

You Brighten My Day

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to my blog.Today i am sharing a brand new launch with you from Tonic Studios - pretty Posies which are very pretty.

Materials used :-

Pretty Posies- die set

Ivory craft perfect

Blossom pink craft perfect

Kraft card craft perfect 

Second edition Kaleidoscope boxes  

Nuvo drops - Party Pink

Baby pink organza ribbon

Natural mini button embellishment

The card base was created cutting 2x of the Kaleidoscope doe sets and placing a score line across the top of the card shape to form a hinge flap to glue the front of the card to.then cut layers in Blossom Pink craft perfect and Ivory. Then the pretty Posies has been die cut in the same colours adding Kraft card  just to make the posies pop off the card make sure you add 3D foam pads to each layer to add depth and dimension to your card. And then place a pretty bow to the top of the card and adding a natural decorative button. And then finishing the card with Nuvo drops.

Thank you for visiting my blog today , be sure to pop back tomorrow as i have lots to share with you . Xx

Parfumerie gift boxes galore

Good afternoon  everyone, so who has been rather naughty and put the Parfumerie boxes into their baskets lol, well I don't blame you they are fantastic dies the designs are so well thought through the way they all just click together, today I am sharing some creations with you from this launch I won't really give a detailed blog this time as the boxes fix together so easily but just share mine with you for a little inspiration for when yours arrive,although I bet you are all bursting with ideas .

Materials used:-

Parfumerie Perfect  Panache gift box

Jet Black Craft perfect

Chilli red Craft perfect

Golden Satin  speciality card craft perfect

Craft perfect construction Acetate 

Nuvo Indian  gold Mousse

Red shoe string ribbon 

Battery operated tea light 

And a fair I bottom was added to this boy to raise the light up a little inside as the box is slightly to narrow for the light so a 1" cube was added and the light placed on top.

Parfumerie Perfect - Panache gift box

Craft perfect Coral Pink 

Craft perfect Bright white

Craft perfect jet black

Black satin ribbon

Materials used :-

Parfumerie Perfect Panache gift box

Craft perfect Kraft card

Craft perfect Espresso Brown

Craft perfect Chocolate Brown

Craft perfect Chilli red

Craft perfect Pistachio Green

Craft perfect Blossom Pink

Craft perfect Golden Satin speciality card

Nuvo natural bakers twine

Bird from the bramble frames die set

Flowers from the octagon 2nd edition Kaledescope box set

Materials used :-

Bright White craft perfect 

Mauve craft perfect

 Nuvo -Silver  peciality card

Materials used :-

Parfumerie Perfect Romance gift box

Craft perfect pearlecent   Lime Light   card stock

Craft perfect specialty  Ivory Toile    card stock

Craft perfect  speciality card- golden Satin

White shoe string ribbon

Materials used :-

Parfumerie Perfect Romance Gift box

Jet Black Craft perfect

Bright White craft perfect

Golden Satin speciality  craft perfect

Cherry Red craft perfect

Red shoe string satin ribbon

Materials used :-

Parfumerie Perfect Romance Gift box

Golden Satin  speciality craft perfect

Craft perfect -Raspberry Pink

Ivory craft perfect

Satin shoe string ribbon

Materials used :- 

Parfumerie Perfect Romance Gift box set

White pearlecent craft perfect card stock

Pink polka dot decorative card

Rococo Baby  dummy die

Shoe string ribbon

Materials used :-

Parfumerie Perfect Romance Gift box set

Craft perfect construction Acetate

Craft perfect Nebula Purple   glitter card

Purple satin bows 4x 

Now you will have to cut the construction  Acetate with scissors but place the die onto the Acetate and run it through the die cutting machine 2/3 times this will place all the score lines in the box but it will give you a guide to follow with scissors and it's not difficult to cut out.once cut place red liner tape on the glue flap and away you go the rest is just decoration but these look lovely filled with sweeties.

Thank you for joining me today, I will in the next day or so put how I made the lampshade here on my blog with step by step photos but it's really easy to make I promise xx

Guilded gift bag - kit 9.

Good morning everyone,welcome to my blog ,today i am sharing another gift bag with you all from Tonic Studios kit 9 ,now i have to say watching the tonic craft battle yesterday and our Owain creating a tag with the guilding  flakes well it got me thinking so out came the guilding flakes in gold and copper and away i went and came up with this.

Materials needed:-

Tonic Studios Craft kit 9.

Black card stock

Jet Black Craft perfect card stock

Nuvo double sided sticky sheets - A4

Nuvo -Gold guilding flakes

Nuvo- Bronze guilding flakes

Black shoe lace ribbon

Die cutting machine

Nuvo -Deluxe Adhesive

Nuvo- red liner tape

                                                               I have so say so easy to put together  and not very messy either as all my guilding flakes are in an A5 box so I work over my boxes so very little mess so anyone new to guilding flakes I would suggest putting them in a bigger clear box with a secure lid as the flakes expand you think oh these  tubs are light  but wait until you get them out of that pot you have loads and you need very little on a project.
So the base of the bag is cut from 300gsm black card stock just what i had to hand, 240gsm will absoloutely fine for this bag as you will be building up your layers.
Now you want to use a double sided sticky sheet place the double sided sticky sheet over a piece of black card stock and then die cut the plain backing panels so you need 2x large panels for the front and back and 2x side backing panels.peel off the sticky backing and carefully  place a few bits of the gold guilding flakes randomly  on your backing die cut and rub in leaving gaps you don't want to cover it all brush off the bits until  smooth then cover the rest with the copper flakes and repeat now you should have a two toned colour do this to all the backing pieces now you need to cut them all again but adding the detail die this time and die cut with jet  black Craft perfect card stock once all these are die cut place glue onto the reverse and adhere  to the backing panels, the decoration to the bag with the tags and sentiments were made the same way you will get all the cutting for the guilding flakes from an A4 sticky sheet backed onto card.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, be sure to pop back here on Friday where I will be sharing a brand new launch with you from Tonic Studios you want want to miss this one everyone xxxx