A fond farewell to Christina

Hello everyone, today we say a fond farewell to our Crafts Dreamy DT member Christina  who has stepped down from the team. She has given us some amazing designs and I am thankful to have had the opportunity to work with her, not only is she super talented, but has now also become a dear friend. 

For the past eight months I've been on this incredible journey with other talented ladies on the Crafts Dreamy Design Team. Each month we'd have a challenge based on Mood Boards which inspired us to create and others to join in the fun. Here are my top five designs. 

Even though, I enjoyed being apart of this design team, with the other talented dreamies, and especially Zowie, unfortunately it’s time for me to step down. It was a tough decision to make and I’ll miss you all. This DT gave me courage to step out of my comfort zone and grow with my creativity. The reason being, I need to take more time for myself, and my work load is getting heavier due to different seasons. I had a bit of a break to do some Christmas crafts, which I do most of my crafts during the winter months. I may join a challenge here or there, but for now I have to focus on myself.

A huge thank you to Zowie for giving me the opportunity to be apart of this amazing team.

Thank you so much for stopping by and keep on creating.

Christina

DT Spotlight Tutorial - Christina

 Hi everyone, I'm Christina, here today in the Design Team Spotlight to share an elegant and unique wedding card that I created for a friend of mine. The colours of light blue and royal red, related to their heritages/ancestors, makes this card extra special.  

So let's get started...

Using Tim Holtz mixed media card stock as a base, I ran the TH Sizzix texture fades in sparkle on the top half of the card stock. Then applied distress oxide in Tumbled Glass over the top and lightly sanded it. 

To give it more definition, I randomly applied distress oxide in Broken China over the whole card (I didn't spritz the card with water because I wanted to achieve a chalk like finish)

Next, I created three backgrounds using distress inks in Broken China, Peacock feathers and distress oxide in Candied Apple.

I used Tim Holtz thinlits die in Funky Florals to 

create the flowers.

Now the fun part begins... WARNING.. be prepared to get inky!

I added Tim Holtz distress ink in Candied Apple and H20 spritzer to the TH crinkle ribbon, 'till the desired colour is reached. Then using my hand and a heat tool, I scrunched the ribbon 

until it was dry.

Next, I adhered the ribbon to the card and created a little 'bling'- by using pearls on the centres of some of the sparkles.

Last, but not least, I assembled the flowers then adhered them to the bottom half of the card..

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and it leaves you feeling inspired! Please visit my blog for more photos.

Hugs, Christina.

Design Team Spotlight tutorial - Faux stitched mixed media tag

Hi everyone, Christina here with a tutorial on how to create a

'faux stitching' mixed media tag.

Choose your favourite pattern paper, using a 1" square punch, punch out various pieces of the paper to fit an number 8 tag and adhere. Take a paper piercing tool and poke holes through the edges of the squares. Draw random squiggly lines in black and white markers to give the illusion of thread. To give the background more dimension, apply a Tim Holtz distress crayon in Old paper around the squares and rub with your fingers to smudge it.(Hint) use a baby or alcohol wipe to remove some excess crayon for a more subtle look.

To create the layered snowflake, I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz die layered snowflake with the embossing folder, Ranger foil sheets and ran them both through the Vagabond. Next, I coloured the snowflake with alcohol inks in Latte and Blue and added a Tim Holtz idea-ology word token 'frosty' in the centre. Using a distress crayon in Picket fence, rub it into the word token.

For an added touch, I coloured Tim Holtz crinkle ribbon in distress oxides - Iced spruce and Broken china, with a spritz of water, then heat set them. Next attach Tim Holtz clasp and bell to the ribbon.

I hope that you have enjoyed my tutorial. Feeling the Summer heat.... sit back, relax and 'stay frosty'!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

((hugs)) Christina