Challenge 51....

What a lovely response we had in our last challenge and it was great to see you all join in  - Thank you. :)

Well the festive season is almost upon us and we have decided no more Christmas Themed Challenges now.  We think everyone needs a well earned break from making the Christmas cards..lol.

This weeks challenge is another nice easy one you...

We would like to see some ---------Stitching----Real----or----Faux. 

This Challenge shall run until Saturday 2nd January.

The prize shall be 1 week GDT and a Crafty Pad Digi Stamp

that the DT shall be working with too. :) :)

If you use a Crafty Pad stamp then your name is entered twice.

If you do not use a Crafty Pad stamp then your name is entered once.

Please give a lovely warm welcome to our 2 great GDT's..they are:-

Melissa and Janna - welcome ladies and it is great to work with you both. :)

All the fabulous inspiration from the hugely talented DT's and GDT's have been

created using the new soon to be released 'Roshell' image.  Hope you enjoy browsing

over all the wonderful cards. :) :)

Melissa has made a beautiful clean and bright card :-

Janna has made a gorgeous warm, cosy card :-

Maxine has made a beautiful cheery, bright card :-

 

Rozzy had made a gorgeous zesty calender :-

Debbie has made this bright zingy card :-

 

All entries to be in by Saturday 2nd January 8PM GMT.

Click HERE to see the previews of Roshell and Company. :)

Don't forget to register your interest in the DT call - HERE

Please do go and visit the personal blogs of all the DT & GDT's (links are in the side bar)

You will find all the information on how they created their examples. :)

All email entries - please email me and I shall post up

your entry here. :)

Look forward to seeing all your entries. :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Winner of challenge 50.....

What a great lot of fabulous entries we had - thank you all so much, we had great fun visiting you all. :)

Sounds like most of you are all ready with your Christmas cards - well done.  We have finished ours too. :)

Now onto the winner.......which is number 9..

This translates to Peggy - congratulations Peggy, please email with confirmation regarding doing GDT. :)

Here is Peggy's card :-

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

New Releases coming soon.....

Last week I promised you a peek at the new stamps that are coming up in the New Year.


They will be available in the clear stamps and in digi stamps too. :) :)

So I would like to introduce you to 'Roshell' and Company......

 

 

 Roshell with Brolley will be released and available from the 3rd Jan.

The others will be releases around the 10th Jan - but it has to be confirmed!

I do hope you like Roshell and company....:)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Challenge 50.....

Thank you for all the great entries last week - we had fun checking them all out. :)

Next week we have something to show you - new image..so don't forget to check in next Sunday too. :)

Hopefully you are all getting sorted for the Festive Period and your card list is getting smaller..:)  To help you with your card making, our Challenge this week is :-

Simply a Christmas Card.  A nice easy one this week. :)

The prize shall be 1 week GDT and a Crafty Pad digi stamp

that the DT shall be working with too. :) :)

If you use a Crafty Pad stamp then your name is entered twice.

If you do not use a Crafty Pad stamp then your name is entered once.

It is the last week for our very lovely Sylvia to be with us.  I would just like to say she has been a fantastic GDT and it has been a huge pleasure for us to work with her and I do hope we can work together again. :)  Thank you Sylvia. :)

Please welcome the lovely Katie as this weeks GDT - it has been fun to work with Katie too - thanks for joining with us. :)

Right - on with the fabulous inspiration from the wonderfully talented DT and GDT girls. :) :)

Sylvia - has made this gorgeous circular card using nesties and the Christmas Ted Bauble Text stamp - she also cut off one of the wee snowflakes from a Christmas Ted stamp to randomly stamp it over her card - clever eh. :)

Katie - has made this lovely fun card using Christmas Ted - Sleding and her use of the puffy paint to create the snow is brilliant. :)

Maxine - has made 2 cards this week - this beautiful bauble shaped card, using Percy Penguin sleding.  It looks like it is ready to hang on the tree. :)

and also this fabby shaker card, using Percy Sleding  - all nice and glittery.

Rozzy - had made this gorgeous card using Percy Stargazing - he looks so chilled there all ready for the festive period. :)

Debbie - has made 2 cards this week. :)  The first card is an easel card, following Maxine's tutorial HERE.  She has used Percy Penguin Sleding, but used 2 images to layer together to give the effect of two sleding down the slope. :)

 

The second one from Debbie is a Shaker Card - Christmas Ted - Sleding stamp has been used for this card.  The actual bubble/dome has been recycled from a  Chocolate Tree decoration packet. :)

All entries to be in by Saturday 8PM GMT.

Please do go and visit the personal blogs of all the DT & GDT's (links are in the side bar)

You will find all the information on how they created their examples. :)

All email entries - please email me and I shall post up

your entry here. :)

Look forward to seeing all your entries. :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Challenge 49 Winner

A lovely big thank you to everyone who took part in last weeks challenge. :)

This week our winner is..
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Linda - Congratulations Linda, please email with confirmation for your GDT spot. :)

Here is Linda's winning card :-

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

'Wall Plaque' Tutorial - recycled Pizza base by Suzi

My wall Plaque was made using a saved 10" pizza base which you will find on most supermarket bought pizzas, It would be best if it was the polystyrene type base, its lighter and easy to work with.

1. I use some light sticky tape to position the base on my mat (stop it sliding around)
     Measure 5cm from centre top and draw a line across.

Do the same from the bottom, you now have two lines across the base, you can use scissors or craft knife or guillotine to cut off the excess. You are left with a nice shape to work don't throw the excess away - there are lots of things you can do with it. I use it for tags, mounting sentiments etc if I need a raised effect.

2. At this stage I've used A4 card (you can use paper if you prefer) and double sided tape to adhere the card to the base, just cut around with scissors, decorate as required, but before adding anything that is too raised turn the base over and add your ribbon for hanging.






3. Once decorated cover the back with card or paper to cover brad's ribbons etc. cut round the shape and hey presto you have your wall plaque.

Hope my little tutorial makes sense to you. I promise it's a simple project but it cost's next to nothing and looks so pretty when finished.

Enjoy Crafting

Suzi xx

Please let us know what you think of this tutorial
and how easy is it to follow. ;)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Winner of Decorated Candle......

And the winner is .
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PAT - congratulations Pat - please email me and I will get your candle in the post for you. :) :)

Thanks to everyone who played along. :) :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Tutorial - Altered mini wooden dart board cover.

Here is my tutorial for altering a wooden mini dartboard cover to send someone HUGS or just to cheer them up. :)  Would of course make a great Valentine's Gift etc too. :)

It is a mini tutorial if you fancy giving it a go :-

I have used this mini wooden dart board cover - but

you could use a small box or tin.
The lovely Juliet has been in contact with me and
suggested a cd case - which of course would be perfect...thank you
for your suggestion Juliet. :) :)

I used Tim Holtz alcohol ink - Pool Blue

to dab over all over the wood.

This is the effect it gave

Create the wording on the PC as shown in the picture below -

I used natural coloured card for this.

Using the Ted - Hugs stamp or digi download (from The Crafty Pad Stamp Designs)

HERE

Colour as preferred.

Cut 3 pieces of ribbed card to the size you require

to cover your surfaces and adhere your image,

and wording onto 2 of them.

Cut another smaller piece to suit the size of you sentiment and adhere.

Now adhere all the elements as shown below.

I have added red heart shaped brads and

also silver mirri card punched hearts.

I also used Anita's 3D gloss to the word 'HUGS' on Ted.

That is it - now you have some 'HUGS'

you can give to someone for them to keep

and use as they need them..lol

Thanks for looking - I do hope it is an easy

to follow tutorial and would love to hear

what you think of it. :) :)

EASEL CARD TUTORIAL..:)

Our very own lovely Maxine has made a picture tutorial for an 'Easel' card - now you can follow it step by step with written and pictorial instructions. :) :)

I am sure you will find that Maxine's instructions are easy and clear to follow :)

I will surely be making  one of these - it will be my first...Thank you Maxine. :)



I have used :-

White card stock size 5" x 11" for the base of the card

White card stock size 5" x 5.5" for the front of the card

Percy Sledging Stamp - from The Crafty Pad Stamp Designs
Backing papers

And embellishments.


You can make easel cards in different sizes.





1. Take your base card and fold it in half.

2. Fold one side in half again.



3. Colour your image and make the front of your card using your backing papers
and embellishments.

4. Decorate the base card, using backing papers and embellishments.

5. Add brads to your base, these will hold your card in place when it is standing up.






Now you have a gorgeous 'Easel' card. :)

We hope you have found this tutorial helpful and easy to follow. :)

Here is also a link to make up some labels to show the recipient  how to stand their card. :)
HERE

Please let us know if you use this tutorial so we can come and see your creation. :)

Happy Crafting