Friday, 21 September 2018

Fabscraps ATC Blog Hop


No blog hop is complete without a prize! There is one FABulous FabScraps gift up for grabs.


To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog post to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize.

The Winner will be chosen at random on the 28th of September 2018 from the comments left on ALL THE POSTS. Our crowned crafty will be announced on the FabScraps blog for all to see.



As you may recall we have done our fair share of paper challenges over the years. We've done inchies, twinchies, moos and artist trading cards among others. Each one was a new opportunity to stretch our creativity in new ways. The ATC (artist trading coin) is the newest format to challenge our use of space and materials.

WARNING THIS BLOG POST CONTAINS CRAFTING THAT MAY BE ADDICTIVE TO SOME PEOPLE

Once you start making these highly addictive mini masterpieces you will find yourself looking at all your supplies and wondering "would this fit on an ATC". You will be suprised how much you can put on these 2.5 inch wonders.

Enjoy the amazing talents of the Fabscraps design team as we each try our hand at creating beautiful artist trading coins.
In making the coins I opted for a coverweight cardstock for my base. I cut out enough circles to use the entire sheet. You can use a 2.5 inch hole punch or a die (like I did).

I used the distress oxides to colour the bases and then stamped random flowers in archival black ink.

Using my Fabscraps design paper I chose my favourite images to cut out using my two inch circle die.

Using walnut distress stain I made the outside of each circle a bit more vintage looking. Once the edges were inked I adhered them together. I offset the smaller circle in different places on each coin.

Using a brown fine tip marker I created faux stitching around the edge of the design paper.
I had some left over adhesive gem circles left over from another project so I used them to highlight my favourite part of each image.
I dug deep in my bead stash to find a variety of pretty colours to showcase the colours in the paper.

As a final touch I added a small angel charm to each coin.





I love how the coins turned out and I am so excited to see what all my other team mates created. I hope you loved the coins and follow me along the blog hop to all the other designers' blogs.

FabScraps the lovely Cailtin Fowle
You Are Here 💖💖Tracy Sagriff ðŸ’–💖
Your Next Stop 💖💖Moira Giloway💖💖

Saturday, 2 June 2018

Southern Ridge Design Team Project: Shaker Dashboard

Hello ladies. Have you been bitten by the planner bug yet? You would not believe how much of my studio is now dedicated to all things planning.




I recently did a project for the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog and I wanted to be sure you popped over and had a look.

This beachy shaker dashboard is such a cute addition to my Classic Happy Planner. I will do a how to video when I can and put the link to it at the bottom of this post.

So off you go to Southern Ridge Trading Company's blog.

Thursday, 31 May 2018

Fabscraps Design Team Project:Prayer Journal

Are you ready for another B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. project using the oh so pretty Memory Lane Design Paper Collection? I thought so!

Memory Lane

-Tracy Sagriff-

For This Project You Will Need:
• FabScraps  Memory Lane paper range : C105 005, 006,
• FabScraps Chipboard Pieces : DC 105 004
• Chipboard album
• Crystal Adhesive backed Accents
• Distress ink (antique linen)
• Crocheted trim


Instructions

1. Use design paper to create dimensional flowers
2. Use a full sheet of design paper to wrap the cover of the album.
3. Attach crocheted lace to front and back cover allowing ends to reach the inside of the cover.
4. Attach a short ribbon on each side of the album to use as a closure.
5. Cover the inside of the album with a coordinating piece of design paper to cover the exposed chipboard and ribbons,
6. Adhere flowers and sentiment to cover.
7. Distress all the edges of the cover with antique linen distress ink.
8. Use extra sheets of design paper to cover the chipboard pages.