How to cover a journal {tutorial}

Happy Monday Dear Reader, hope you are well? Today our town is going to have a part of the Tour de France coming through, we will be taking our girls to see the spectacle today as its probably the only time it will ever come to us, hopefully it won’t rain like the day the Olympic touch visited us!

Yesterday i shared a This and That book that i had covered with DSP today i am sharing how to do this;

It’s very simple you just need to take your time, but i like how easy it is to change the cover.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

Journaling….

Morning Dear Reader, now does the title of the blog strike fear in to you or are you okay with the whole Journaling thing?

I think a lot of the time we over think the whole journaling thing.  Its personal preference really, but i do think its nice that in years to come our great grandchildren will know what our handwriting looks like.  Even if you only write the date and place where the photo was taken, that IS journaling.

A friend of mine had an upsetting incident at a crop day where she was berated by another scrapper, because she choses not to journal on her pages and doesn’t always add a title either.  Now not only do i feel for my friend a public telling off doesn’t help anyone but no one should tell you how you should preserve your memories. 

I am in two camps with my journaling on my traditional pages i rarely journal, i like the photos to do the talking.  But in my mini books and journals i tend to journal a bit more. 

Here are some examples of my journaling.  This is the inside of my Star This and That.  I don’t plan it to any degree i just collect together the photos from that day and any extra bits like tickets, postcards etc.

Then i just start with adding the date on the photos, including the location. And any bits you can remember about the day, such as funny things that were said or something that went wrong.

That is why i like the journals because they are quick to put together i tend to do them either the day after or even the day of the event {depends on if Boots are open ; ) }

My quick tips are the same as when we had to do comprehension at primary school :)

When, Where, Who and What.

very simple but gives you enough details to create a great page.

I hope that helps, or maybe it was just me waffling again.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

Love and Sympathy {Tutorial}

Happy Monday Dear Reader, I hope that the new week finds you well?  I am looking forward to a day crafting with my lovely friend Sue.

Today i am sharing the tutorial for the sympathy card that i shared yesterday, It is not a picture heavy post as it is quite a simple card.

So to create your background matt for your image use a clear block as your stamp, this is a great way to add a layer of colour without adding an extra layer of cardstock.

I hope you liked the tutorial, i would appreciate any feedback on my tutorials if you would like  to send me feedback then please comment below or email me at craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Many thanks

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

Love and Sympathy …..

Hello Dear Reader, i hope you are having a good weekend?

We are having a quiet one this weekend as next month we have something planned for every weekend, with carnivals, birthdays and the Tour du France coming through the town, we are going to be busy busy busy!

Now onto todays card, the swap that i host on ILWS had the theme of Sympathy this month.

It is a horrible subject but unfortunately we all have to deal with sadness and loss at some point in our lives, so it stands that at some point we will need a sympathy card. I don’t enjoy the reason for needing the card so i make them in advance and have a small selection scurried away, however i actually like making a card that will need to go to someone at the most horrible time in their lives to let them know i am thinking of them.

I tend to make my sympathy cards in muted colours and pare down the ‘fussiness’ so that the thought behind the card is what is the main focus.

I used the Love and Laughter stamp set for this and i will post the tutorial of how to make it tomorrow.

Until next time

ttfn

Charlie x

Blended Bloom {tutorial}

Morning Dear Reader, hope the start of this new week finds you well? Today i am sharing with you a photo tutorial of the card that i shared yesterday.

So here we go…..

This is the card that we are doing today, it uses the new blended blooms stamp from Stampin’ Up! which will be available when the new catalogue launches in July, but you could substitute with any large flower. First i stamped the image in staz on 6 times on Whisper White cardstock.

I like to watercolour but without the mess; the easiest way to do this is to squeeze your inkpad when its closed so that some of the ink goes on to the lid and when you open it this is your pallet.

Watercolour the flowers; but you don’t need to watercolour all of the flowers completely.  On the lowest layer just watercolour all of the furthest out petals, then just colour the next layer in, and so on and so forth.

I hope you liked the tutorial

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

Baroque Thank You Notecard {Photo Tutorial}

Hello Dear Reader, i am back today with the photo tutorial for the card that i shared yesterday.  This will be picture heavy so grab a cup of something yummy, for me todays its Fortnum’s Darjeeling Bop.  Here we go ….

Now as this is a one layer card and we want to use only half of some of the images we need to make a mask on the card.  The easiest way to do this is with post it notes.  Place the post its along the crease of the notecard.

Finish off with a little bling, i just randomly popped some rhinestones on there was no grand plan just where they looked right.

I hope that you enjoyed that tutorial, it is a very quick card i managed to knock up 8 in about half an hour.

Well until next time

ttfn

Charlie. x

Stippled Blossom Birthday Card {Photo Tutorial}

Good Morning Dear Reader, today i thought that i would share some thing a little different for me a photo tutorial of the card that i shared yesterday. Now this is a picture heavy post, so grab a cup of your favourite drink and settle in. 


So to start you will need a card base that has been layered with a card stock layer and a layer of DSP.  I used a Baked Brown Sugar card base, a So Saffron layer and Baked Brown Sugar DSP from the in colour paper stack.

Then on Whisper White card stock stamp your flowers and leaves and ‘fussy cut’ them out.
I used So Saffron For the large roses and Crushed Curry for the smaller flowers and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.  To create the tones i ‘stamped off’ before stamping the first layer.  Stamping off is when you ink the stamp and stamp some of that ink off on a spare bit of paper before stamping on your cards stock.  For the second layer i just stamped straight on to the first layer after inking.  This meant that i didn’t have to worry about matching colours for the details.

Stamp the greeting on a banner piece and roll one end and swallow tail the other.
My strip was 1.5cm and was 4inchs long {i know mixed units but it works for me lol} I stamped the greeting in Baked Brown Sugar.

Adhere the larger leaves to one of the roses.
I used snail adhesive.

Then adhere the greeting banner to the roses and leaves with the top leaves over lapping slightly.

Now we are ready to assemble.
This is how i make all my cards i always get everything ready first then all i have to do i stick them together.


By adhering the first rose flat and the next rose on 3D foam means that you get some dimension on the card.



And that’s the card finished…..all ready to send.
I hope that my tutorial was clear as it was my first i would appreciate any feed back that you have.
Until next time
ttfn
Charlie. x