Swedish House Crafts

January 18, 2018 1 comments

January 17, 2018 No comments

Hi guys,

I am here today with yet another card for one of the men in my family. My sons birthday is at the beginning of January, and of course I struggle to know what to make each year for him and something different, so this is where the fabulous products from Swedish House Crafts came in brilliantly!!!

I used the fabulous Denim and Friends papers by Maja Design. I cut out using a Gummiapan old paper die, these dies cut so easily and as you can see they have different sizes so you can layer them up too,

I couldn't resist using the fabulous candles set and die, which I simply added some glitter to the flame at the top after colouring in with some of my copics. These look fabulous for feminine cards too, and of course you can just use the die part or the stamps on thier own.

How cute is this Happy Birthday gift set stamp? and so useful!!! I stamped it once on the designer paper, then again on some white card stock in vintage photo distress ink. Then I cut the Happy section out and layered it over the top of the one stamped on the designer paper. This gives a very easy to achieve 3D effect.

I also used the adorable Little cupcake stamp which I coloured again with my copics then fussy cut it out. This also can be used for females just altering the colours and adding more bling perhaps?

This fabulous balloon stamp is another by Gummiapan, which I coloured with my copics then added some of the cute metal sequin stars on the Balloon as well as here and there on the rest of the card too. For the string section I used a die cut from volume 17 by Magnolia, Suha sells lots of products and kits by Magnolia do check them out!!!

I finished my card off with some larger stars using the die from the middle of the nesting squares dies by Roxstamps, how good is that??

Pop on over to the Swedish House Crafts shop to see all the new Products Suha has in her online store.

Products I used:-

Maja Design papers - Denim and Friends - Stonewashed

Maja Design papers - Denim and Friends - Stars and Stripes

Gummiapan die - Old Paper

Roxstamps - Nesting Squares Die

Gummiapan - Balloon stamp

Gummiapan - Candle set and die

Gummiapan - Happy Birthday Gift stamp

Gummiapan - Little Cupcake stamp

Metal sequin stars

Happy Crafting!!

January 16, 2018 No comments

January 15, 2018 1 comments

Hello everyone, this is my first post of 2018 so I wish you all a Happy New Year, may it be one filled with happiness and love.

Ok so on to what I have made. Well a few years ago I saw something on Pinterest that was a mini album that folded up like a handbag and I loved it...........yes its took me this long to finally make one lol. Actually I've had the base made since last October.......I have a few half done projects in my cupboard lol. The photo above shows the front, which is very foofy compared to the one I saw on pinterest years ago but I love my foofiness lol!

I have used quite a few dies on this, all the leaves were made with different Magnolia dies. Some were from the Magnolia Christmas Calendar (which I opened all at once lol) some are from older Magnolia dies, the white one is Grandpa's Flower Leaf.

I have also used one of the fabulous new dies Suha has recently got in her store, Gummiapan's Feather die. I cut it out twice, once in white card stock and then again in pink vellum. I also cut them down a bit.......they look pretty don't they? I added pretty flowers from my stash and some organza ribbon tied in a bow, then heat shrunk with my heat gun to give it a shabby effect, tucking it behind the flowers.

I brought these Bronze handle sets from Swedish House Crafts a long time ago and finally I have used one, they really are gorgeous. The one I have used here is the mini and with the Handle you also get 4 boxed feet which are great to use on boxes etc. I used tiny brads to attach the handle but all I had was silver and gold. So I used gold ones and painted them with black gesso. You could use a black sharpie or a copic marker.

The photo above shows you as you open the top what you see. The text is a stamp from Gummiapan Love Is Patient. I thought it was suited to this project as it's going to be something from children to their mum and it's a lovely verse. I stamped it with cocoa Memento and cut it out using Roxstamps Pierced Nesting dies and then added a matting layer underneath using Roxstamps Cross Stitched round dies.

I have also used a new die by Roxstamps to go around the text, Heart Wreath die, I cut it out in pink card from my stash and cut it in half so I could place it around the way I wanted. Fabulous die and cuts brilliantly as all Roxstamps dies do.

The papers and cardstock are all Maja Design. The papers are Sofiero and each layer I machine stitched. All the die-cuts are cut from the Maja Design coordinating pink card stock (except the heart wreath). Images are also Maja Design Sofiero. Lace, pearls and corrugated cardboard are from my stash.

This is the inside showing the top....I have just placed an image in there to show you as an example. There will be photos going in there. I can't add them as the person will see and its a surprise ssshhhh lol!

To make the frame I used Roxstamps Square Nesting Cross Stitched dies and then added acetate to use as a window.

Sorry about the photo's I have new software and this is the first time I've used it.....I'm on a learning curve with it lol.

This mini album can hold three photos....although instead of a text you could put another frame and also on the front .... so it could then hold five photos. I was happy with three, one of each child and then a photo of them both together ;-)

The die-cuts I've used are Magnolia, I've used the feather from the Christmas Collection and the hearts are from Magnolia Doohickey Kit Volume 16 (I think). The border that says "Memories" I cut from one of the sheets of Maja Design. I love these borders from the 12x12 sheets. It's the same on both sides of the fold which is the base of the album.

This is how it folds together. I added magnets to keep it closed. The small "Love" die-cut on the front is from Magnolia's Christmas Advent Calendar, but is being released very soon and you can order it now from Swedish House Crafts. I added another heart and added the letters "Mum" are Tim Holtz from my stash. The image on the front I cut out using Gummiapan stitched rectangles as I wanted the stitching to match, and one of the rectangles is the exact size for these images.........perfect!!

That is it from me, hope you like what I've made as much as I enjoyed making it. This really was sooooooo easy to make myself with no instructions. If you follow me on pinterest you will see the original on my board.

Links to products used:-

Maja Design Sofiero 12x12 paper

Gummiapan Stamp - Text Love Is Patient

Roxstamps Nesting Round Dies - Cross Stitched

Roxstamps Nesting Round Dies - Pierced

Roxstamps Heart Wreath die

Gummiapan Dies - Feather

Gummiapan Stitched Rectangles Dies

Magnolia Country Girl - Gra ndpa's Flower Leaf

Magnolia You're Invited - Love Typewrite dies

Bronze Metal Box Feet & Handle - Mini

Crafter's Companion Acetate