Echo Park - Welcome Easter

 So excited to have unboxed the latest cuteness overload from Echo Park Paper.

I always love their Easter collections!!

Here's a little taste........ pop over to the website to see the full collection (or rather, what I have so far - we'd all be in shock if I actually got the entire collection in one go lol)...

Too cute, right?!

Aunty Vera xx 

Wendy's Inspirational Christmas Projects

 

Inspirational

Christmas Projects

Well, what a year it has been for everyone...a topsy-turvy 2020 that we all somehow survived, whether it was from lacking toilet paper or to keeping ourselves safe from catching the virus. We did it!

I am so looking forward to the fun and games that are going to be held in our Crafty Vera and Friends facebook group for the month of December... #JesusVersusSanta.

 Aunty Vera told us that we were under no obligation  to make any projects but, hey, this is me and I just can't help myself...lol...

For this month, instead of doing different blog posts for each project I made, I have decided to do one blog post to share all my projects. My projects have been made to inspire you to either make the same as me or to use my projects as an inspirational base and create your own projects from it. That's my challenge to you and hopefully, somewhere along the line we can get a point for the Jesus Team.

Challenge 1 project, being the first of December, and if you haven't already, is to make a Christmas Card. This card can be something very simple to something more elaborate. We seem to have lost our ways when it come to pen and paper, in our technological lifestyle nowadays. I have made a selection of Christmas Cards using the Silent Night Echo Park papers, the Tim Holtz Three Wise Men Die Set as well as adding touches of ranger Silver embossing powder and the silver -------. The smaller size cards I am placing on Christmas presents this year.

The video below shows the cards I have made

 using the Silent Night Echo Park paper collection.

Challenge 2 from me is to make yourself a Christmas Tree Ornament. This year I have decided to go for more of a homely country style themed Christmas and I love how my tree decorations have turned out, even if some are from recycled cardboard. The crosses are from the Kaisercraft Cross Die Set.

The video below shows you how easy it is to

 make these wonderful Christmas Tree decorations

Challenge 3 from me is for you to make a small handmade gift for someone. This could take in a variety of projects from the accordion style gift pocket pouch I have made or an altered notebook, a small journal...just something small that will be greatly appreciated or loved by the recipient.

I chose to make my husband a 12 Days of Christmas accordion pocket pouch where in each pocket I have placed one of our scratchie cards. So for each day starting on the 13th December, he will have a scratchie card to scratch up until the 24th December. He is going to love it.

The video below shows a flip through 

and an expanation of how I made it.

Challenge 4 and my last challenge for the month is for you to make a Christmas Wall Plaque. I love the simplicity of my wall decorations in a country theme.

The video below shows my process using the Silent Night Echo Park papers and the four by four cut outs as well as some recycled cardboard...these are going to look wonderful around my Christmas Tree. So take a look and make one for yourself or use my for inspiration to create something similar.

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas 

and a safe and Happy New Year and I would also 

like to thank you all for your much appreciated support during 2020.

Have a great day!

Wendy xox 

The Man Who Won - Donna's ATC Coins: Agents

  Hi all, 

Another project using the wonderful stamp set from Tim Holtz 'Field Notes'.  

I love creating ATC's and ATC Coins and knew this paper pack was perfect for these.

All the parts for the brilliant coins.

I stamped several images and cut them out.  I punched a 2 1/2 inch circle for the back twice for strength and glued them together. I could not find my 2 1/4 inch punch so used a circle die for the mat.. 

I inked around the coins with brown ink then went around the edge with black. The Enclosure and the 785 are popped up with 3D foam tape.  

Agent 1929 is popped up with 3D foam tape with a 1 inch circle cut in half behind it. I cut Agent 1929 in half and popped them up with the 3D foam tape as well. A black bling in his cravat and I Love this.

Not only can you create men's cards but also a feminine feel as well. I stamped the butterfly stamp and fussy cut around it. You cannot see this but it has lots of glossy accents and glitter and looks wonderful. 

All four projects together. 

My favourite would be the Filed card.. What is your favourite?

 Products are:

Field Notes stamp set - Tim Holtz Collection

Nesting Postage Stamp Die - Kaiser Craft

Speckled Egg Distress Embossing Glaze

Dapper Paper Pad - Tim Holtz Idea- Ology

Vintage Pearl Tone Brads- Black 

Double Dot 12 x 12 Papers - Bo Bunny

Entomology Stamps and Dies

Measured Stencil - Tim Holtz 

Tim Holtz Dies

Distress Inks

You get a great discount on all products used by the Creative team this month..

You can purchase the items HERE

and check out the facebook group to see everything the Creative Team will be creating throughout November..

  

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things.

Hugs

Donna xx

My FaceBook page Donna's Fun Stuff HERE 

My Pinterest page Donmaree HERE

My Youtube Channel HERE

My Blog HERE

And don't to forget to say hi on Instagram donna.triffitt 

The Man Who Won - Donna's Filed Card

  Hi all, 

I adore the Field Notes stamp set so much I actually used them on everything 

I created this month.. I hope you will join me in creating something 

wonderful..  

All my goodies together for this wonderful card.

I spread a bit of all three inks above onto the glass mat and spritzed with water to place the small white mat on..

Black Card Base

White Mat 3 3/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches

Patterned Mat 3 1/2 inches x 5 1/4 inches

Spotted Mat 2 3/4 inches x 4 1/2 inches

Number Mat 2 3/8 inches x 4 3/8 inches

Blue Mat 2 inches x 3 3/8 inches

Corrugated Mat 1/2 inches x 3 1/4 inches

I stamped the bottom patterned mat with the stamps in blue to make them stand out. 

I inked all the edges and drew a line around the inked mat. I rubbed Gold and Blue Inka Gold on to the corrugated cardboard. I stamped a pen nib and fussy cut it and adhered it with 3D foam tape. I added some die cut cogs underneath the top and bottom corners..

I stamped Filed on a piece of scrap card and cut it out adding a brad to finish it off. 

 Products are:

Field Notes stamp set - Tim Holtz Collection

Nesting Postage Stamp Die - Kaiser Craft

Speckled Egg Distress Embossing Glaze

Dapper Paper Pad - Tim Holtz Idea- Ology

Vintage Pearl Tone Brads- Black 

Double Dot 12 x 12 Papers - Bo Bunny

Entomology Stamps and Dies

Measured Stencil - Tim Holtz 

Tim Holtz Dies

Distress Inks

You get a great discount on all products used by the Creative team this month..

You can purchase the items HERE

and check out the facebook group to see everything the Creative Team will be creating throughout November..

  

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things.

Hugs

Donna xx

My FaceBook page Donna's Fun Stuff HERE 

My Pinterest page Donmaree HERE

My Youtube Channel HERE

My Blog HERE

And don't to forget to say hi on Instagram donna.triffitt 

The Man Who Won - Donna's Tag Folder

  Hi all,

This month for Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft we have the gorgeous papers from the wonderful Tim Holtz 'Dapper'. and they are so much fun.. 

I wanted to do something a little different and started out with one tag but changed my mind to three as you can see.

I cut a slither off the right hand side one.

I cut three more tags buy hand making them a bit smaller and tore two in different shapes..

I used scraps for this one

All three tags with a base on them.

I used the Distress Embossing Glaze for all tags back and front. 

I had these stamps in my stash but you can get them from Aunty Vera in different sets..

Lots of  stamping and fussy cutting for these tags.

I used the Entomology die and stamp set to colour and cut out.

I stamped and fussy cut the crazy Things ties and hats.. 

I love shaker cards as you all know so created one here with bowler hats on top and again I used the homemade stamped vellum that I created with my first card. I do love that postage stamp die set.

This tag has a moveable piece with the brad holding it in place. 

I stamped the man with the umbrella on the actual mat I used then again on scrap paper and fussy cut out sections. I then placed these on the base with 3D foam tape.

The side tag was very basic with a fussy cut piece as the base and two pen nibs , a hat and a dragonfly attached using 3D foam tape,

The back I left bare.

Some close ups..

Adore the Field Notes Stamp Set.. 

 Products are:

Field Notes stamp set - Tim Holtz Collection

Nesting Postage Stamp Die - Kaiser Craft

Speckled Egg Distress Embossing Glaze

Dapper Paper Pad - Tim Holtz Idea- Ology

Vintage Pearl Tone Brads- Black 

Double Dot 12 x 12 Papers - Bo Bunny

Entomology Stamps and Dies

Measured Stencil - Tim Holtz 

You get a great discount on all products used by the Creative team this month..

You can purchase the items HERE

and check out the facebook group to see everything the Creative Team will be creating throughout November..

  

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things.

Hugs

Donna xx

My FaceBook page Donna's Fun Stuff HERE 

My Pinterest page Donmaree HERE

My Youtube Channel HERE

My Blog HERE

And don't to forget to say hi on Instagram donna.triffitt