Core'dinations in Vamp Stamp News

Back in an April post, I chatted about how I'd been playing with Core'dinations cardstock and I wrote about some of the distressing techniques I had tried on it. This is the background from that post but, at the time, I couldn't share the card I made with it as I'd submitted it for a magazine challenge. But at last I can share the finished card. To get this look, I scrunched it, sanded the creases and then inked some of them to add a little more interest. The two moulded pieces are cast from Krafty Lady moulds (AM250 Ornate Vase and AM085 Crest) and the stamps are from Krafty Lady and Stamps in Motion. You can find more detailed instructions on how to make the card in the June issue of Vamp Stamp News in the challege combining stamping with Art Moulds....

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Double Bows with Bow-Easy

Whilst I was demonstrating how to tie perfect bows with the Bow-Easy at the recent Scrapbook Expo in Brisbane, one of the onlookers (a visitor from New Zealand) spoke to me afterwards and suggested I could tie a double bow. She was quite adept at using the Bow-Easy herself so she quickly demonstrated how she did it. I didn't catch her name but I just wanted to thank her for sharing her idea and I thought I'd share it with you too. You need to get to figure 4 on the Bow-Easy tutorial first and then follow the pics below. 1. Wrap the tail around the legs a second time so that it looks like this. 2. Push the tail through the slot and pull it through to the other side. Pull the tail towards you but leave some slackness in the loop you've just formed. 3. Wrap the tail up and over the loop and then back through the loop and out to the right hand side. 4. Tighten the knot by pulling it to the centre and then pull it firmly until the knot is tight. 5. Slide the bow off the Bow-Ea...

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Friendly Plastic and Krafty Lady Art Moulds

How much fun is Friendly Plastic?!! I love this stuff! Those pretty metallic coloured sticks are simply irresistible and once you start playing with it, it's very addictive. I did some more moulding with it over the weekend using two different methods and the results are so different to each other. The first one is really quick. Here's what I did: I cut 3 different colours of Friendly Plastic - two of them are square and the third one rectangular because of how the mould is positioned on the mould mat. Krafty Lady art mould AM344 3 Crowns I worked with one piece at a time, placing it over the chosen shape, metallic side down and heated it with the heat gun until it became shiny and began to droop down into the mould. So that I didn't burn myself and have plastic sticking to my fingers, I dipped them in water first and then worked it into the crevices of the mould and when I was happy that all the mould was filled I placed the mould into a bowl of cold water for about 30 sec...

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Core'dinations samples

As promised, here's some eye candy made from those demo samples I prepared at the Scrapbook Expo. This first one is for everyone celebrating Father's Day this weekend looking for a really quick card for the Dad in your life. Here in Australia (and New Zealand for that fact) we don't celebrate Father's Day until the first Sunday in September so I'm feeling a little bit organised with a card made so many months in advance! I've used an image from Stamp-Its County Life 9up by Rachel Greig. This sheet has 9 wonderful rustic images on it which are really well suited to male cards and they need very little embellishment. I used a sheet of Black Magic which I randomly sanded and then layered onto a sheet from the Vintage Collection. I sponged a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink on a length of printed twill to age the tape a little and then it only needed a few extra touches like the photo corners and studs to tie it all together. I die cut the letters using my favourit...

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Scrapbook Expo demo wrap-up

What a fantastic weekend it was at the Scrapbook Expo....... It was great to meet so many of you at the Stamp Antics stand and be able to demo the Bow-Easy first hand for you. I bet you never thought tying perfect bows could be so simple! Remember, if you get stumped with the instructions that come in the package, then head over to my website and go to the Tutorials page where you can download and print some really clear, easy to follow instructions with step-by-step photos. The Core'dinations card stock was another popular demo. I happily sanded, scrunched, inked and tore away at the card stock and produced lots of bits which will be great additions to cards later on. Here's a bunch of the cardstock I was working on. I'll make them up into cards later on and post those also. As you can see, I really enjoy working with the Black Magic collection..... I just love the contrast between the black and the core colour when you sand it back..... it's definitely my favourite!...

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Scrapbook Expo

This weekend Brisbane plays host to the annual Australasian Scrapbook and Papercraft Convention. Brisbane is the only city this show comes to which is so exciting for all us Brissie girls. I really look forward to it because of it's unique mix of retailers with scrapbooking, cardmaking and jewellery supplies all happily residing under the one roof and the friendly and relaxed atmosphere. I'll be demonstrating for Jenny at Stamp Antics using some of the newest Krafty Lady Art Moulds including that gorgeous frangipani which has been so popular. I know Jenny's stocks are already dwindling so you'll want to be early to get one of these. I'll also be playing with the Core'dinations cardstock range and as I mentioned last month, I'll be demonstrating how to tie bows using the Bow-Easy tool. You won't believe how easy it is once you know how! I hope you'll stop by (stand 18-19) and say hello - I'd love to meet you! So to whet your appetite with a sampli...

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