Find Delight - DT Project by Hels

Gooodly Morning Snazzyfans!  I am back again with another taggy offering using the gorgeous Prima Engraver Collection that we DT girlies have been using this past month.  Before I waffle on, please do remember that Snazzy's very kindly offer a discount on the DT Kit that we are using... so  you can grab yourself the same kit we have used... and get a bargain into... erm... the bargain!  HERE are all the deets how to snaffle one for yourself :O))

Another tag from me, this time a smaller one.  This is a normal size 8 manila tag from Ranger.  I used Distress Inks to colour the tag:  starting with Antique Linen, I blended over the entire tag and then added Frayed Burlap DI around the edges.  Around the very edgy bits I added Brushed Corduroy DI - this colour tones perfectly with the Engraver collection.  Next I did a bit of stamping for the background using the Engraver stamps and Ochre Archival Ink.  I added a smidge more interest using a clock stencil and Frayed Burlap DI.

Next I used some of the offcuts of paper from my previous project and made a little banner piece... adding stickyback metallic pearls for a bit of bling and then sticking it directly to the tag base.  I had a Grungepaper diecut hinge kicking about on my desk, so I coloured that with Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain DI and popped that onto the bottom of the tag.  The flowers in the kit are to die for so I had to use those aswell... spritzing them with Black Marble Dylusions and Cosmic Shimmer Ancient Copper to add a bit of sparkle.   The sentiment was made up using Idea-ology Chit Chat Stickers and popped onto 3d foam to make the sentiment pop a little more.  In the kit are some little pearly swirls so I stuck those on after adding a smidge of gilding wax to them to tone them in... how pretty!

Anyways, that's all from me for now... don't forget you could be in with a chance of winning the fabby DT Kit that we have been using too... simply leave a comment on this post HERE.   Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Memories - DT Project by Hels

Goodly Morning Snazzyfans and a very happy Monday to you all!  If you have been following the blog this past month you will have seen some gorgeous creations from my teamies using the fabby Prima Engraver Collection of papers, stamps and flowers.  CLICK HERE to see the collection we have been working with and also... remember you can grab yourself a goodly bargain because our DT kit is for sale at a bargain price too :O))  

My first offering this month is a mahoosive Size 12 tag from Ranger.  The tag base is manila in colour and to make it match with the colour theme of the Engraver papers, I used Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain DI's to blend around the edges.   I cut the tag into two pieces so I could then attach it back together with eyelets and a bit of hemp.  I cut some of the papers (they are so gorgeous... almost too difficult to cut them lol) to fit onto the tag in layers... making a focal point on the bottom half of the tag with the clockface.  I added a Tim Holtz Fragment to the centre of the clock to make it pop more.

The cut papers were all edged with Walnut Stain DI and I scruffed up the edges to make it a little more shabby looking.  I added a couple of pieces of the ruler papers so the top bit of the tag as an arty addition.

The sentiment was stamped onto an offcut of paper using Jet Black Archival Ink and then edged with Vintage Photo to make it blend in nicely.   One of the papers has some fabby circle designs on it... and it just so happened that I had three more Fragments that fitted over the circles perfectly... so they were glued on with Glossy Accents and when cut out, edged with more Vintage Photo just so there weren't any white cut bits showing.

The embellishing was fun indeedily... the flowers in the Engraver collection are stunning... the larger ones have a broken glass style of glitter attached to the petals, once I had given them a good spritz with Black Marble Dylusions and Ancient Copper Cosmic Shimmer they really came to life.

The butterflies are also from the stamp set... stamped onto the papers again, using Black Archival and Walnut Stain DI to edge them around to make them match in... and I added some metal spinners to the middles for bodies.

Don't forget that you can still win this fabby collection - just CLICK HERE for the details... easy peasy!   Please do scroll back to see the other beautiful creations that the team have made with this fabby collection...


Thanks for looking... have a fabby day!

DT Project # 3 by Astrid ....

Hi everyone Astrid here sharing my 3rd and final project this month using the beautiful Prima Engraver Collection.

 This project was ideal in using up the last little snippets of the wonderful paper collection we have been working with.

I used a Paper Mache Hanging Board and covered it with random strips of paper left over from my previous two projects. Next I added some texture paste (plain old Polyfilla) through a stencil from my stash and when it was dry I covered it all with some thin washes of white acrylic paint to make the different papers blend together. I mixed two different colours of Dylusions Spray, Black Marble and Melted Chocolate in a mini mister with some water and sprayed it here and there over my hanger. I then stamped the numbers stamp in random places in Coffee Archival, added a vintage image from Land of Nod Studios, to be the vocal point and added the word "Memories" which I had stamped in Black Archival on a piece of scrap card. The last step was to add some flowers from the Collection, I also highlighted the raised bits and edges of my hanger with some Treasure Gold.

Here are some close ups:

I shaded around the image with a charcoal pencil to make it "pop" a bit more.

Well, that's it, - hope you liked my hanger and don't forget to come back on Monday to see what the wonderful Hels will do with this collection!

Don't forget to leave a comment HERE to be in with a chance of winning this months Random Comment prize. 

See you next time!

DT Project #2 by Astrid, Featuring:

Hello everyone and welcome again, - so nice to see you. For my second project I am going to show you another little mini album. Minxy showed one last week, if you haven't seen it yet, make sure to scroll down, she even made a fab video on how she made it. Unfortunately I have neither a video camera nor the skills to make a video, so this is just going to be a boring photo post.

I made my book using the so called meandering book technique. It's very similar to Tim Holtz "W" book, just larger in size as I used 2 sheets of 12 x 12 paper. Here is a diagram of how to make it:

Take two bits of spare 12 x 12 paper (don't use the Engravers Collection papers, they are far too beautiful, just some old papers, you are not going to see them anyway).

Score each one in half one way and then every 4" the other way. Tape them together using washi or any other kind of tape and cut to the center fold as shown in the diagram. Then fold and tape it just as Tim shows in his W book video, HERE is a link.

So now you have a little book with six pages and pockets and the fun of decorating them can begin.

I created the cover with elements from the collection and embellished further with a little rusty heart and a piece of metal string from my stash.

I then covered all the other pages with parts of the papers and embellished with cut outs and stamps etc as shown in the photos:

I stamped the word "memories" in Versamark and then embossed with Wow White Embossing Powder. The ephemera is cut from the papers and the pen and postage stamps were stamps from my stash.

Here I added some stenciling, a rusted up die cut key and a key stamp that is part of the collection but not the DT kit, it is a clear stamp set. (I'll put a link at the bottom of this post).

Papers and stamps as before, this time all part of the DT Kit

Here are the next 4 pages, all done pretty much in the same way. For the bottom right hand one I added a few bits from the Prima Printery collection (the stamp and the tag)

Below are the last two pages:

{crown and pen stamp from my stash}.

{Words cut from the packaging that comes with the flowers in the collection.}

Well that's it. I am still going to make tags for all the pockets to do journaling on and will take this along as a little travel journal when I go off at the end of the month to visit my Grand daughter in Australia ☺

Hope you liked my little album, - I'll be back with one more little project on Saturday.

"Positive Affirmations for Life" Snazzy DT Project #1 Prima Engraver Collection by Astrid

Hello everyone, welcome and thank you for visiting!!! Astrid here and I am guessing that as I am the 4^th in line for showing you this month’s DT kit that by now you will know that we are show casing the most wonderful Prima EngraverCollection!!!

I had so much fun creating my first project, it almost made itself with these lush papers. The hardest bit was cutting into them, they are soooooo gorgeous.

However, needs must, so cutting into them I did, and this is what I came up with: A Positive Affirmations for Life tag card. This is what I used:

Two papers from the collection: Atlas and Roulette. I also used a #12 Ranger Tag , a piece of Ranger Manila Card Stock, Walnut Stain Distress Ink and the Sizzix Alterations Tattered Doily Die also by said Mr Holtz and a piece of vintage seam-binding which I died with Antique Linen and a tinsy bit of Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Then I used all of the stamps to embellish my card, some of the roses and words cut out from the packaging the stamps came in. Prima always make the most gorgeous packaging for their stuff! I also used one of the clear stamps that comes with this collection but is not actually part of the kit, but then at the cost of £2, that's not a big deal...

So this is what I did: I scored my tag 3” from the shaped side and 2.5” from the other side, this gave me a basic gatefold card. Next I cut the doily die from my manila cardstock and adhered it to the shaped side of the tag.I then covered both the inside and the outside with the papers and edged everything with the Walnut Stain Distress Ink. When that was done the fun of embellishing began. I’ll let the photos tell the story.

Here you can see some of the detail of the doily and the lush flowers. I used computer generated words for "Affirmations", and for the word "Living" this was cut from the packaging.

Here is one of the yummy brads that I used to help close my booklet.

 Here you can see the inside of the booklet. The butterfly is one of the stamps which I cut out. The words are all from the packaging apart from the word Memories which was one of the stamps. Another doily makes the pocket for the tag, the embellishments on it are all stamped images cut out. The closure is a little magnet hidden under the heart on the left.

Here are some more close ups:

And here finally are the front and back side of the tag. Again, it was covered with the papers, stamped on and embellished with stamps and words from the packaging.

Last of all, here you can see the tag inside its pocket.

Well that's it for today, hope you liked what I made and remember, if you want to be in with a chance to win this super collection, leave a comment here. Oh and just if you are wondering, clicking on the thumbnails below will take you straight to the products in Snazzys online shop!!

Thank you for visiting and I will be back later on in the week with another project.

 

Snazzy's DT project #3 showcasing Prima Engraver Collection (by Lesley)

Hello Snazzy's friends

It's my final blog post with the fabulous Prima Engraver Collection of goodies.  I have to say I wish I could come back after Hels' rounds us off this month and I've had more time to play with these beautiful products.  They lend themselves to almost any papercraft project and I think the next one on my list would be a mini book/album.  Although I haven't seen what the other girls have in store for us I'd like to bet at least one of them has done something along those lines and who knows what else.  I can't wait to see!

For my final project I have made another card but this time a feminine one.  Well, I just had to didn't I?  All those beautiful flowers ........ what's a girl to do, ;D!

When completely folded and the ribbon tied the card is 18 cm sq.  You'll see what I mean shortly.  I took one of the lovely flower images and tore round the section I wanted.  I just love that beautiful script in the background!  I did quite a bit of highlighting with a Sakura clear Sparkle pen but no matter how I tried I couldn't really capture it in a photo.  On the dark panel I stamped the pretty little flower from the stamp set with Versamark Ink and then dusted with Ranger Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls.  I very lightly inked the edges with Walnut Stain DI, then Versamark and then dusted with the PP.  I distressed the edges of a co-ordinating square of card, lightly inked the edges and then tore a darker co-ordinating square and dusted the edges with the PP again.  Before layering up onto the cream base card I used a lace fragment stamp from a Chocolate Baroque set with Sepia Versafine ink to stamp a background.

This photo shows the extra side panel which folds over the front for the ribbon to tie and keep closed for presentation in a box.  I again used the lace fragment stamp and then attached the ribbon before arranging all the beautiful flowers and blingy flourishes together with some die cut leaves I already had in my stash.

I think this card would have to be for someone very dear to me to deserve using all those beautiful blooms on one card, lol!

And here is the card folded and tied ready for it's box.  I wonder if you can spot the very undeliberate mistake?  It wasn't until I had nearly finished typing this post that I realised I'd forgotten to use the lovely blingy flourishes.  I particularly wanted to put them on this feminine card so added them and retook a pic of the side panel so there aren't any on all the other photos, lol!  Sorry about that! I had intended making a presentation box too as part of this post but unfortunately I went down with the lurgy at the beginning of the week and only managed to finish the card today.  Keep your eye on my blog and I'll try to do one over the weekend.

Don't forget to leave a comment HERE on Gillian's first post with this kit if you want to be in the random draw to win the same.  Believe me it's well worth trying for!

Next week it's our Nicky's turn and I know ('cos she said) she's been having a lot of fun with this kit so I'm really excited to see what she's done.  Till next time, bye and

Snazzy's DT Project #2 Prima Engraver Collection (by Lesley)

Good Morning All,

I'm back with my second project for this wonderful collection of products, the Prima Engraver Collection.  Today I have a card to share for those difficult to make for men.  These beautiful papers are so versatile.

I've used my favourite 21cm x 21cm format white base card and then cut a 20cm square from co-ordinating cardstock.  I stamped the ruler from the Engraver set of stamps all round the edge using Walnut Stain Distress ink to get the patchy, random look.  I lightly distressed the edges and blended a little Walnut Stain DI and attached it to the card with double sided tape.  I followed this with a smaller square of the Caligraphy paper design from the Collection, again distressed and inked around the edges and I wrapped some hemp thread to one side too.

Next I took some more of the co-ordinating cardstock for another smaller still square, ran it through an Alterations embossing folder and then highlighted the embossing with Walnut Stain DI.  Then came a piece of corrugated card from which I ripped some of the surface layer before lightly covering with watered down tan acrylic paint.  I then stamped it with the number stamp from the kit and inked the edges again using the Walnut Stain DI.  I attached it to the embossed square and again wrapped some hemp thread.before attaching it to the card.

I cut the watch image to size from the paper, distressed and inked the edges and attached it to the card.  I cut the word 'LOVE' from a scrap from my first project and the tickets, inked all the edges and attached them to the card with 3D foam pads.  Finally, I highlighed the area on the watch face with Crackle Accents which very obligingly went a nice sepia colour all by itself as it dried, lol!

That's it from me for today but I'll be back in a couple of days with my final piece for this week. I hope you get chance to drop by.

Snazzy's DT Project #1 Prima Engraver Collection (posted by Lesley)

Hello again lovely visitors,

Wow, I can't believe we're half way through February already.  Slow down world you're going too fast, lol!

Anyway, it's soon come round to my second week of projects for 2013 and if you visited last week to see Gillian's design you will know we are showcasing gorgeous papers, stamps and wonderful embellishments from the Prima Engraver Collection.  From the Ooohs and Aaahs to be heard when we got our DT kits this month I think the whole team is unanimous in loving this collection and if you go back to Gillian's post and leave a comment you will be entered into the random draw after the rest of the team have shown us their inspiration and might be lucky enough to win this fabulous kit.

For my first project this week I have decorated a blank wooden frame which the DT received from the Bosses a while back in our box of 'bits and bobs'.  It does come with the support at the back so that it's free standing but I chose to take that off and make it wall hanging.

First of all I drew round the frame onto the back of the paper design I wanted to use, in this case I used Atlas and I drew inside the aperture too and then cut the paper out and set it aside.  I then covered the frame with Black Gesso (I used Claudine Hellmuth's Studio).  Once it was dry I adhered the paper 'frame' using Cosmic Shimmer dries clear Glue.  After a few minutes when it was well and truly stuck I sanded all the edges including inside the aperture to make it look a bit weathered and I put some Picket Fence Distress Stain onto my craft mat, picked it up with Cut n Dry and streaked it lightly across the frame.

I took an Ideology Word Band which says 'Capture Life's Moments' (the light reflection makes it difficult to read on here) and smeared some white acrylic paint over it and then wiped it off with a wet wipe so that it just stayed in the etched letters.  I used some hemp thread to tie it round the frame and secured the band itself with a little Cosmic Shimmer Glue.

I then took some Studio 490 leaves, painted them with green acrylic paint and then overstamped with a Studio 490 background stamp using Archival Black ink.  I then arranged them on the frame, adhered with Cosmic Shimmer Glue and then arranged some of the fabulous Prima Engraver Collection flowers over the top ....... these flowers are absolutely lush!

Now, I did have a specific photo in mind which I wanted to put in the frame but it's one my Son took of his Daughter and his partner and I forgot to get him to send it to me :-( which is why the aperture has been empty so far, lol!  But, at the last minute I decided to stamp something to fill in for the time being.

  I stamped the quote, which is from a Dark Room Door set using Onyx Black Versafine ink and then using the same ink I stamped the flower which is from the Engraver stamps in the kit.  I blended some Pumice Stone Distress Ink round the edges and then used Distress Markers and a water brush to colour the flowers.  Finally I stamped the script (from my own stamps) using Smokey Grey Versafine Ink and here is the completed frame.

I shall be back towards the end of the week with another offering for you but in the meantime, have a lovely week everyone and thank you for stopping by.