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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - 15
Creating beauty can be easy and light. These tags are so incredibly easy to make you can't believe it.
You'll need: - A tag (or hand made one)- vintage book page- a doily (coffee dyed)- paper flower or lace- optional: pearls, silk ribon, glitterTutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8VslPG0oyWc
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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - Day 17
Our Design Team member Taru of @jehkotar has a special tutorial for you!
Today I'll share with you how to create gorgeous vintage backgrounds wit Distress Oxide inks.
Tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/KkyLi6DtRGc
Materials used:- Distress Oxide inks: Vintage photo, Antique linen, Tea Dye, Ground Express- Tim Holtzin stencils THS059 ja THS047 - ink blending tool- spray bottle for water- Sizzix die - green scrapbook paper- Vellum- cheese cloth- Tim Holtz stapler- Glamour Dust: gold (glitter glue) - Deco art Media fluid acrylic: titanium...
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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - Day 20
Greetings from our Design Team member Riikka of Paperiliitin!
I was thinking about hellebores when creating this card. I know, the rose pictures I used look nothing like hellebores, but the idea came from the Finnish word of the plant – jouluruusu, “Christmas rose”. So, when I realized I had a bunch of glossy rose pictures, I thought to turn them into a rosy Holiday greeting!
I used pink cardstock to make the card base, then added a piece of patterned paper on top and on top that I added an old invoice. I made the base for the composition using washi...
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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - Day 21
Easy Christmas ornaments using Tim Holtz & Sizzix dies.
You'll need:
- cardboard (from a cardboard parcel etc.)
- book pages
- Finnabair Soft Matte Gel or decoupage gel
- Gesso (Finnabair)
- Distress Ink (walnut stain, gathered twigs or other brown ink)
- glitter (Distress Glitter)
- embellishments & lace- Sizzix Christmas ornament die or similar
Tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wkv34GmVDyU
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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - Day 22
Our Design Team member Taru of @jehkotar has a special tutorial for you!Today I'll share with you another tip of using Distress oxides for creating vintage backgrounds.YouTube tutorial here: https://youtu.be/_fCDiAv9HfE
Materials used:
- Distress Oxide inks: Vintage photo, Ground Expresso ja Candied Apple
- Old background stamp (Hero Arts)
- Ink blending tool
- Spray bottle for water
- Vintage lace, lace flowers, feathers
- Tim Holtz Christmas stickers
- New Classiky label cards
- Rubber stamps
- LCN stamp for framing
- Jieyanow Atelier In the...
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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - Day 23
It's the most wonderful and busiest time of the year, but here's a lovely, light, easy, and quick idea for last minute decorations, or better still, for a moment of your own, to relax for a few minutes.
This tutorial is for the vintage paper baubles, but with the same technic and idea, you can use laces, any papers, or like I did for one bauble, old Finnish vintage Markka banknotes...
Tutorial video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uuqhwyb9L-g
Materials used:- paper mache baubles- gesso- Finnabair Soft Matte Gel or other medium, like decoupache...
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2019-12-12
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A Little Christmas Cuppa - Day 24
Hyvää Joulua! Merry Christmas!
This is the day we celebrate Christmas in Finland.
Today our Design Team member Sofia of @fishearring inspires us all with her stunning Christmas card collages. These beautiful Christmas collages and the harmonious flatlay photos are perfect way to set the mood for celebrating peaceful, wonderful Christmas time.
(Pssst! The Paper Garden Create Magic rubber stamp will be available for sale after Christmas!)
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