Claudia's Acordian Card Tutorial!

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the lovely embossed cards you made for last weeks challenge! They were fab! The winner of the embossing board from Diamond Card Craft is: Helen so if you could please email me with your address, I'll get it sent out to you!
This weeks challenge is one of Claudia's fab tutorials. It's being sponsored by Andrea - Kaboodle Doodles and the winner will get to choose 2 downloads of thier choice! There are some fab downloadable papers so do go and check them out! The winner, as usual will be picked at random and announced with next weeks challenge! Just leave a link to your card for a chance to win!

Claudia: Todays card project - is on demand a faster one to create. The only challenge for you on this card style i would say, is how to decorate it.

here are the measurements:
cut CS at 8.5 x 5.5 inches
score at 4.25 and fold
fold the front back in half (see pic below)
cut a second piece of cs 8.5" x 5.5 "
fold in half
fold each panel again in half - so it looks like a "M" attach with tape together with your first CS piece. Now you are ready to embellish and layer CS.


Here are the DT's cards for your inspiration!

Claudia



Dawn


Mandy



Steph




Andrea

Elegant Embossing!

Hi everyone!
Wow, there were some fabulous cards (and layouts!) last week using Katharina's sketch. Thanks to all who took part! The winner of the Bella stamp from First Class Crafts is Kathy(so if you could please email me with your address - we'll get it sent off to you!)
We have another sponsored challenge this week!
Phyllis at Diamond Card Craft has kindly sent us this folding and embossing board!

It's a great prize and to enter for a chance to win, you just need to make your project with the 'Elegant Embossing' theme (wet or dry embossing!). Then leave a comment with a link to it! A winner will be picked at random and announced along with next weeks challenge!
And if you don't win, Phyllis is offering PTW participants 10% off their order and free P+P! Just enter PTW10 at the checkout! Good Luck!
Here are the DT's cards to inspire you!

Andrea


Kim


Nikki


Dawn




Mandy


Steph


For those without blogs:

Lieve Marien sent us this gorgeous card! Thanks Lieve - it's lovely!

Katharina's Sketch #2

Hi everyone! Thanks to all of you who took part last week! There were loads of glittery cards, boxes etc to look at! The winner of the stamps from Aunty's Store (chosen by random.org) is Juliet! Well done! (Please could you email me with your address?! link on right!)
Onto this weeks challenge - another fantastic sketch from Katharina. This challenge is being sponsored by Tracy at First Class Crafts and we have a fab Bella stamp up for grabs!! Thanks Tracy!

Do check out First Class Crafts - there's a great selection of crafting goodies and loads of stamps!! All you need to do is make a card using the sketch and link it in the comments section (a winner picked from all the enteries will be chosen at random and announced next week!) Good Luck!


Katharina


Andrea


Nikki


Dawn



Caroline



Mandy


Steph


For those without blogs!
Val Phillips sent in this lovely card! Thanks Val!

All that glitters!

Hi everyone! Thanks to those of you who gave the box a go! There were some really gorgeous ones! This weeks challenge 'All that glitters' is simply to use glitter on your projects! This weeks challenge is sponsored by Sally at Aunty's Store. There are two of Sally's fab new stamps up for grabs!

All you have to do is share your creation with us this week (by leaving a comment with a link!)and we'll pick a winner at random from the enteries (using random.org). Don't forget to check out Aunty's Store for some great crafting products! Good luck!
Here are the DT's cards for your inspiration this week!

Andrea


Nikki


Caroline


Dawn



Mandy



For those without blogs!
Lieve Marien sent this card - thanks Lieve it's lovely!

Claudia's Box Challenge!

Hi everyone! Some fabulous scalloped and zig zag cards from you all last week! Thanks so much for joining us! This weeks challenge is one of Claudia's tutorials! It looks a little complicated at first glance but do have a try as once you start putting it together it's quite easy! The design team have come up with some fantastic idea's for your inspiration!

Claudia: Todays challenge for you is to create a big box out of 2 sheets of paper. Don't worry it is very easy. I will give you 2 scoring measurements to give you as much freedom as possible on what you can use this box. The first measurements are perfect for the small US size cards (you can use the box to add like 10 cards with envelopes as a present) the bigger size box is for the size cards i make my Magnolia cards. You can also use this box sort of as a nice decorated file folder box for your stamped images you got from friends.
It's all up to your imagination - think outside the box :-)



You will need:
2 sheets of 8.5 x 11 cardstock
Hint: 1 sheet will make half of the box (look at pic no 2 this will help)

Small version
Score Vertically at 4 3/4 (this devides the top of the box from the bottom)
Score Horizontally at 5 3/4 and at 9 1/2.
You are left with a 1 1/2 inch tab that you use to glue the two sheets togehter. You will need to cut the bottom corner off (see pic below for cutting)

Bigger version
Score Vertically at 6"
Score Horizontally at 6.5 / 10"

Hint: when you glue box together make sure that the tab is at the inside of your box and fold the smaller bottom parts first in and than the bigger one on top- this will give you a nice box on the outside.
Decorate your box.
This is how half of your box will look like. Now simply attach the other half of your box with double sided tape on the flap.
Enjoy!

As you can see, Mandy has made a lid for her box too! You can see how she did this on her blog!
Mandy


Dawn


Andrea


Nikki


Steph