One Stop Craft Challenge

This week it is Donna's turn to set the challenge, and she has set the theme as.....
'Star's and Stripes'
I have done a quick card this week as I have had so much to do. I have used ribbon to create stripes and 2 different types of star paper for the stars. I have used a template to cut the centre stars from glitter card and layered them to give a bit of dimension.

Please pop over to the challenge blog for details of how to enter and the chance to win a prize. There is as always some great inspiration from our very talented design team.

Also this weekend at http://www.onestopcardcrafts.co.uk/ we have 15% off everything when you order online. This is for a limited time only :-)

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Shelley xx

Doghouse 'New Home' Card Project

My DT Card:

You Will Need:
Craft UK Animal Collection - Dogs 1 Stamp Set
White card blank
Kanban A4 Pearlescent Card - Bronze
Yellow Card
Kanban Bling 3mm Stick-on Gems
Double sided tape & foam pads
Black and Brown inks
Your choice of colouring medium, and a black fineliner pen.

How to make it:

1. Cut a piece of the bronze kanban card to 13cm x 10cm and adhere to the middle of a square card blank. Ink the edges of the blank with brown ink.
2. Cut a piece of yellow card to 7cm x 14cm, ink the edges with brown ink, and adhere across the top of the bronze card. Add a ribbon strip along the length of the yellow.
3. Stamp the doghouse from the set onto white card and colour it in with your chosen medium.
4. Cut out the doghouse and mount on the yellow card using foam pads.
5. Use the fineliner to write your greeting, and embelish the card with bling gems.

Designed & created by Maggie

One Stop Craft Challenge

Hi all, so sorry I have not been blogging for a while but I have been away house hunting. I don't like missing challenges so I have done this card for Sharon's 'Fruity Colours' challenge. (although it is a bit late). I searched high and low for some fruit to add but couldn't find any, so instead I have used orange and lemon colours on the card.

I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine, happy crafting.

Shelley xx

One Stop Craft Challenge

This weeks One Stop Craft Challenge has been set by Paula, and she has chosen the theme......
numbers
I have a 2nd birthday next week for a little girl so I have made this card for her. I have used a Crafters Companion Girls CD, for the backing paper and topper. I have also used glitter card and some gems and stickles to add a bit more sparkle.

I am camping at the moment with my family in Dorset and doing a bit of house hunting, so it is quite an exciting time for us.
My mother is keeping the shop running, bless her while I do the behind the scene's bit here.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Shelley xx

One Stop Craft Challenge 33

This weeks challenge has been set by Nikki and she has chosen the theme..... 'Add some sparkle'

So all you need to do is add sparkly things to your craft work. This weeks prize is a guest designer spot on the One Stop Craft Challenge Design Team.

Materials:

Hampton Art Stamp

White 300gsm Card

Ivory A4 Card

Glitter Card

Lime Green Pearlescent Card

Green Glitter Card

5mm Kanban Bling

2 Black Brads

Silicone Glue

Best Wishes Peel Off

Stickles

Black Ink

Water Colours

Tools:

Crafters Companion Top Score Multi Board

Paper Trimmer

Instructions:

1; Take an A4 sheet of ivory card, crease using your score board on the A5 crease line. Fold and cut to 140mm x 140mm, put this to one side.

2; Take the pearlescent card and glitter card, cut to squares to 130mm x 130mm, then taking the pearlescent card, trim diagonally to create a triangle. Using silicone glue layer the pearlescent card on the glitter card and leave to dry.

3; Get a scrap piece of 300gsm white card and stamp your image in the centre. When the ink has dried use water colours or your preferred colouring medium and colour the image in. When dry highlight with stickles.

4; Get another piece of glitter card and cut both with a die shape of your choice. Then using silicone glue layer them so the glitter card creates a border around the stamped image. Place a brad at each side (optional) and a gem in two corners. Place the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.

5; Using silicone glue place this in the centre of the 130mm card and leave to dry. Once dry place the card in the centre of the 140mm x 140mm card blank and add diamonte etc to finish.

Hope you all like the card and join in with this weeks challenge. Good luck everyone.

Shelley xx

Lavender Flower Fairy Card Project

Materials used to make this card
Crafters Companion Lavender Fairies Friends Rubber Stamps
Crafters Companion Stick and spray
A5 Pre-Folded White Card
Kanban Deco Milno Card
Kanban Mirri Card Baby Pink
Rose Card
Heather Bunch Violet
Gems
Lavender Lace Liquid Pearls
Glitter
Ribbon
PVA Glue or other that drys clear
Double-Sided foam pads and tape
White card for stamping onto
Colouring medium of your choice

Equipment
Scissors, Craft Knife, Ruler, Acrylic Block.
Before you start.
Cut around the small fairy and the words 'Have a fairy happy birthday' To mount the stamps to the acrylic block spray 'Stick and Spray' to the back of the stamps and stick onto the block.
1) Cut 2.5cm from the bottom of one side of the pre-folded card. This is now your card front.
2) Cut a rectangle from the Mirri Card measuring 11cmx14cm and another from the rose card measuring 10cmx13cm.Stick the rose card to the Mirri Card leaving a small border around the outside.
3) Stamp the fairy to white card and colour in the body and the head. Using liquid pearls go round the outline of the wings and any details on the wings. Leave to dry.Once dry fill in the wings with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter over them. Leave to dry. Cut around the image with a craft knife and cut away the lavender in the fairy's hand. Cut down a piece of violet heather to fit in the fairy's hand.
4) Cut two rectangles from the Deco Milano Card measuring 21cmx3.5cm and 21cmx5cm. Stick the larger piece to the card on the inside and stick ribbon along the top.

5)If you want, as I have done, a decorative edge to the second piece of card cut around the pattern on the longer edge with scissors. Stick this to the top of the card front.
6) Stick the fairy to the card panel with double-sided foam pads and using glue stick the heather in the fairy's hand. Attach the finished panel to the card front so it is flush with the back of the card.
7)Stamp the greeting to some Rose card and stick onto Mirri Card using double sided foam pads. Stick onto card.
8)Add ribbon to the bottom of the card front either side of the panel and decorate with gems.
Desinged & created by Nikki

Zinnia Flower Fairy Stamp Project

You will need:
2 x A4 White Card
14.5cm x 14.5 cm piece of ‘In the pink’ Brazzill Basic card
8.5 x 12 cm piece of Dusky Pink Pearlised Card
8 x 11.5 cm piece of Ivory Pearlised Card
3 mm rose pink satin ribbon
5 mm Green Gingham ribbon
Diamante Stick-on Gems
Zinnia Flower Fairy Stamp Set
Frosted Lace Stickles
Black Solvent Ink pad
Colouring medium of your choice

Tools:
Guillotine/paper trimmer/Craft Knife
Scissors
Double Sided Tape
3d Foam Pads
Glue

Instructions:
1. Stamp the smaller of the fairy stamps 3 times onto plain white card using a solvent ink pad (e.g. Stayzon). Colour the 3 images using the colouring medium of your choice (I’ve used Watercolour pencils). Add stickles to the wings, headband and flower centres. Leave to dry.

2. Using the other piece of white A4 card make a square card blank by scoring down the centre, folding the card in half and trimming it to be approx 15 cm square with your guillotine/paper trimmer or craft knife.

3. Take the Pink Brazill Basics card and add green gingham ribbon to one side, tying the ends into a bow. Add double sided tape to the back of the brazzill card and stick it to the front of your card blank.

4. Cut 3 lots of 9cm lengths of pink satin ribbon and stick them at 3 points (near top, middle and near bottom) across the thinner width of the ivory pearlised card. Tie 2 small knots into 2 more pieces of the ribbon and glue to the top and bottom ribbons on the ivory pearlised card. Stick the ivory pearlised card onto the dusky pink pearlised card. Mount these pieces of card onto the pink brazzil card at an angle.

5. When your stamped images are dry, cut them out in the sections shown in the photograph below.

6. Mount the full image of the fairy onto the ivory pearlised card using 3d foam pads. Add the middle layer and then the top layer with 3d foam pads too.

7. Finally add a stick – on diamante gem to 3 corners of the Brazzill Pink Card (missing the corner nearest the gingham bow). Your card is complete.

Designed & created by Sharon

Lavender Fairy Scrapbook Page

Before you start;
Choose your photo and crop to your preferred shape. I have chosen an oval shape as it allowed me to completely remove all the background from the photo.
I am using Crafters Companion Stick and Spray to mount the stamps to the acrylic block. This is so easy to use just spray onto the back of the image leave for a few seconds and it sticks to the block. As easy as that.
Materials;
Crafters Companion Lavender Flower Fairy Stamps
A4 Lilac Card
Kanban Deco Milano Card
Crafters Companion Stick and Spray Temporary Adhesive
Ribbon
Marabou Lilac Feather
Double Sided Tape
Plain white card to stamp the images onto.
You will also needs scissors, craft knife, paper trimmer and eyelet setter.
1) Stamp the large and small fairy images onto plain white card. Colour in using your preferred colouring medium. Cut around both images.
2) Cut the A4 lilac card to 8"x8" and the Kanban Deco Milano Card to 4"x8". Stick the Deco Milano card to the Lilac, so it covers half, using double sided tape.
3) Stick the feather to the center of the page and the photo on top, using double sided tape.
4) Using the Eyelet Setter make 4 holes both above and below the photo so they make a square. Thread the ribbon through the holes so it leaves a cross.
5) Using double sided tape stick the two flower fairies to the page one either side of the photo.
6) Add a title to your page. I have chosen "Where flowers bloom....you will find fairies" which comes with the stamp set.
Designed & created by Nikki

One Stop Craft Challenge 32

This weeks challenge has been set by Maggie, and she has chosen the theme of....
'Under Pressure'
So all you need to do is include either heat embossing or dry embossing techniques.
I have used a fiskars texture plate to emboss the spots on the nestie shapes.

I have used paper flowers, some ribbon I had saved from a bunch of flowers I was sent and some pearls and gems. There is a great prize on offer this week and some lovely inspiration on the challenge blog, so why not pop over and have a look and enter. There is as always plenty of inspiration on our design team blogs.

Good Luck everyone.
Shelley xx

Kanban Music & Dance Topper Card Idea's

Here are some idea's of how the music and dance toppers can be used. The girls behind the scene's at One Stop Card Crafts (Claire & Jane) did these cards when they had a few spare minutes ;-)

Materials used:

A4 Kanban Toppers Rock & Roll

A4 Card Music & Dance - Foiled Notes
Kanban Bling 5mm Stick on Gems

A4 Silver Mirri Card

A4 Kanban Toppers Apple Beat

A4 Glossy Black Card

A4 Kanban Toppers Do You Remember When....1970's

Kanban Bling 3mm Stick on Gems

A4 Kanban Toppers Dance Duo

A4 Pearlescent Card - Frosted Gold

A4 Card Music & Dance Vintage Brass

A4 Kanban Toppers Jazz

A4 Card Music & Dance Key Notes

Hope you find some inspiration from these cards and remember all items available at our online store.... Discount scheme gives ALL orders money off!!!!

Shelley xx