Swedish House Crafts: July 2019

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Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with you today. I'm back with my second and final Guest DT post for Swedish House Crafts.

This time I have created a fun little mini album, featuring the fabulous Laserowe Love - Coffee Time Collection. The base of the album is made from some coordinating cardstock. All the papers and tags are from the Coffee Time Collection.

The album measures 6" X 5 1/2" with 1 1/4" spine.

For those of us that love coffee, this album is the perfect place to house coffee recipes or coffee photos, or both!

Here is the cover spread:

I distressed all the paper edges with a distress tool. All the tags and cards have been inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I've added some card stock tags to use as photo mats, or recipe cards.

I left the centre pages plain because they're so fun!

Here I've added belly bands to hold the tags in place.

On these pages I added coffee colored doilies. They serve as tuck spots for more cards.

Finally, the back cover:

Thanks so much for stopping in today! I hope you enjoyed seeing my little mini album!

Thank you to Suha for having me back as a Guest! :o)

Nancy

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July 31, 2019 No comments

Hi - It's Lynn here with you today on the Swedish House Crafts Blog.

I decorated this Laserowe MDF heart banner with one of my favourite images of a typewriter from the Laserowe Vintage Gentlemen paper collection and I used a variety of paints, inks and gilding flakes to cover the mdf. Below I have taken some pictures to show the steps I followed.

First of all I used black gesso to paint all the pieces. Even though some of them are going to be hidden, this way you can make sure you do not leave anything exposed when you assemble the pieces. Leave to dry.

I then sponged on various colours of acrylic paints and also I used some metallic ink pads brushed over parts of the mdf. You can use any paints you have. To achieve a similar effect to mine stick with golds, oranges, browns. I didn't cover the base of the heart - as you will see in the next picture, this is going to be covered with the papers.

I then took the image of the typewriter and some background paper from the Laserowe Vintage Gentlemen collection, and placed it where I wanted it to show in the frame. You don't need to be neat as the outer edges will be hidden. Place the outer frame over to ensure you have the image where you want it to be. To add interest I also cut out some keyholes using the Roxstamps keyhole dies. These are some of the most useful dies I have, they are particularly good for mixed media work. I used a sealant to stick and cover over all the paper.

I then added some gilding flakes (from my stash) and also onto the cogs that would be going on the top layer of the assembled piece.

Finally I threaded some ribbon and some twine together through the hole in the mdf.

Thanks for looking. You can find my personal blog here.

Links to products I used:

Laserowe MDF heart banner

Laserowe Vintage Gentlemen collection

Roxstamps keyhole dies

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July 30, 2019 No comments

Good Morning all,

It's Lou in with a post for you this morning and I wanted to share the little recipe book I made for my son over the weekend with you. He loves cooking and baking so I thought a little book for him to note his favourite recipes would be a lovely thing to start.

And who better to help me do that than Room Service Edwin. The amazing Edwin stamps are often overlooked for the Tilda's but I adore them so much and he was just right for a recipe book!!

I added a little sparkle to his shoes for fun. The little tags on the next photo are from the Doo Hickey 22 kit. I really love the shape of them. To get the wording on there I die cut the tag first. Then I printed out the words I wanted and then adhered the tag over the top and popped it back through the printer so that the tag was printed with the words. I love doing this. It puts such a personal twist on things, especially when you have a child with a name that you don't often find personalised things for!!

Inside I used the little tab die from the Magnolia Stamps Recipe Card die. I popped one on every page until I got to the bottom and then once he has filled those up, I'll pop some more in!! Having the die to be able to do that was really nice and he can write the name of each recipe on the tab when he writes his recipes in.

Now, I can't find these cream flat sequins in the store anymore but I LOVE them. There are a few other colours left HERE. They are fabulous to just dot around your project for a bit of something to catch your eye and if you love making shakers, they are just magical for those!!

The papers I used on this little book are from the Maja Design Christmas Season 6x6 pad. Blue is my little guys favourite colour and the patterns on these papers are just so devine I couldn't resist!!

Links to Products I used:
Magnolia stamps Let's Go- Room Service Edwin.
Magnolia Stamps Recipe Card die.
Maja Design Christmas Season 6x6 pad.
Flat sequins.

July 29, 2019 No comments

Hi, Tiziana here and today and I've made a new page in my planner to share with you. I used the stunning Magnolia Stamp " MD-19 Bee you art" Stamp Kit .

I love bees, I remember the maja bee my cartoon? it was my favourite as a child. As soon as I saw this stamp it was love ... how could I not colour it?!?

I used my Distress Reinkers to colour her.

The paper chosen is from the new Maja design collection and is called Denim & Girl I find it fantastic. I love every sheet of it.

The dies I chose to use are from Magnolia, the stamps are Magnolia old and are part of my stash.

Finally to embellish it all I put lace, flowers, ribbon, paper doily, and crystals.

Links to Products I used:

md-19-bee-you-art-stamp-kit/

magnolia-stamps/doohickeys/

maja-design-denim-girls-6x6-pad/

embellishements/ribbons-and-threads/

embellishements/flowers/

I wish you a happy day, I hope you enjoy my project. You can find my personal blog here.
See you soon
Hugs
Tiziana B.

July 27, 2019 No comments

Hello my Crafty Friends, Irene with you again!!!!!
Today I´ve made a Card for a friend and I use this beautiful Stamp from Magnolia. This is the "Yay, It's Your Birthday" Collection and I´ve used the "Sweet Pants Tilda" for my project.

I've usedthe "Christmas Season Collection" from Maja Design, and as you can see we can use this gorgeous collection all year long... And it is not only this collection that is known for its versatility, there are several that I use because of its beautiful patterns and colour palette.

I've used Distress Markers to colour her:
Vintage Photo
Tattered Rose
Abandoned Coral
Forest Moss
Peeled Paint
Black Soot
Fired Brick
Pumice Stone

Links to products I used:
Yay, It's Your Birthday - Sweet Pants Tilda
Special Release - Mini Doily (DooH-SR11)
Get Well - Doctors Notepad Die - Limited Edition
With Love - Peaky Floral Tabs
White Stamping Card (300gsm) - A4/5 sheets
Tim Holtz Stamping Platform
Roxstamps - Nesting Round Dies - Pierced
Nesting Square Dies - Cross Stitched
Nesting Square Dies - Pierced
Christmas Season- 6"x6"

Thank you for stopping by...and have a great day!

July 26, 2019 No comments

Hi there, Irene here today!!! And I´ve another card to share with you, and this time I use the adorable image from Hi Cookie, It´s callled "Nils deer jumper", It´s so gorgeous, don´t you think? And you know what? You can find it here on Swedish House Crafts.

To colour him I used Distress Marker and Maja Design Paper.

Colors:
Vintage Photo
Tattered Rose
Abandoned Coral
Barn Door
Black Soot
Faded Jeans
Pumice Stone
Fired Brick
Tumbled Glass

Links to Products I used:
Nils deer jumper
Nesting Round Dies - Pierced
A Christmas Story - Christmas Tags
Maja Design - Denim & Girls - Summer Outfit
Maja Design - Celebration - Ballroom Dancing
Tsukineko - Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad - Summer Sky
White Stamping Card (300gsm) - A4/5 sheets.

Thank you for stopping by...and have a great day!

July 25, 2019 No comments

Hi guys, I thought I'd show you a card I've created using Lady E Design dies, but this time using some card stock. As you know I usually make my flowers using Foamiran but I thought I'd show you how the dies make beautiful paper flowers too.

I started off by using some of the lovely Maja Design paper Pink Linen from the Denim & Girls papers. Cutting the lower edge with a border die by lady E Design, I also cut one out of white card stock which I placed matching the design underneath. Then I raised the top layer up with some foam pads. I cut a Laserowe Love doily chipboard in half and glued it in place on my card, then I began layering up the Lady E Design die leaves and flowers over the top.

I used Flower 001 for the larger flowers and Tiny flowers for the smaller ones, the leaves are from the Leaves 6 Herbs dies.

To make the card stock flowers I used some medium weight (160gsm) card, then die cut out the flowers and coloured them with some Versa Colour ink. I then lightly sprayed them with a little water, scrunched them up in my fingers and then left them to dry. When dry separate the scrunching using light fingers so as not to tear the card and also to keep in the scrunched look. Then layer up as many layers of the petals as you wish, alternating the petals for each layer. Here I used two for the larger flowers then added some stamens in the centre.