Merry Christmas!!! The FINAL day of CRaFTi Advent is here! As I say in the video, I really hope you've enjoyed this years advent series! This is quite a long video to end on, but I thought those of you who love your Gelli Plate or need some inspiration to pull it out and play with it again might enjoy it :D :D Christine xxx
Hope you have a wonderful New Year! See you in January for more videos :D xxx
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I wondered why I hadn't edited this video before as I remember really liking how these cards turned out, but I found out why when I was editing... there was a chunk of footage missing haha I must have been having one of those days where I thought I was filming and I wasn't lol I had a few clips of me tidying up hahaha Hope you don't mind the bit of missing footage :D Christine xxx
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Day 23 of Advent is a sped up video I filmed back in September, a birthday card for my Mum from my sibling :D I just had fun picking out lots of different things for this card, the main focus in the Woodware stamp set but there's a few other brands thrown in too :D
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I know these stamps came out a few years back now, but I was sifting through my hard drive and found this Up Close video that I filmed with them when I did samples for their launch, so I thought I might as well add it to this years advent as I'm sure a lot of you got these or have something similar, and the cards might give you some ideas :D
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Here's my Tonic Craft Kit #63 Un-Boxing video which is acting as Day 20 of CRaFTi Advent :D This month's kit contains a card creator die set which is really versatile and can used to create lots of different card blank styles with lots of options for decorations too :D
And here's the Kit #63 Tutorial which is Day 21 of CRaFTi Advent, and for this tutorial I thought I'd show you how to create a mask from one of the die-cuts from the Kit and then use a bunch of the Nuvo items included in the kit to create a background :D
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Day 19 of CRaFTi Advent is another old sped up video again from about 3 years ago, it's using the Merry and Bright Christmas Colour Trend from Tonic to create a Thank You Card with a tropical feel :D Some of the products might not be available any more, but you can always use the inspiration and change the products :D Christine xxx
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Sorry it's an older sped up video for you today, but as I said yesterday, I ran out of time to film my last 5 tutorials, so there's a few older videos coming over the next few days :D This is one I made probably about 3 years ago and I'm not sure you can get the Neat and Tangled stamp sets anymore, but you might have something similar in your stash :D Christine xxx
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Day 17 of CRaFTi Advent is a double embossed background idea using embossing folders and heat embossing :D Plus the added extra of a bit of Nuvo too :D Bar Christmas Day's video, this is the last Christmas themed tutorial for CRaFTi Advent, the remaining videos will be using Tonic Craft Kit #63 and a few older sped up videos that I didn't get round to editing before, as I ran out of time to film the final 5 Tutorials, but I shall keep the ideas for more tutorials next year :D :D Enjoy :D
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Here's my Up Close video for Tonic Showcase #32 and it's acting as Day 15 in my CRaFTi Advent series this year :D It's a 3D Box die-set, but a really unusual one that has a tonne of elements in it that are perfect for your card making too :D In the video I run through the die-set, show you what the dies are designed to create, then I also show some ideas using the decorative dies to create some card backgrounds :D
And here is my Tutorial video which is Day 16 of my CRaFTi Advent series this year :D And for todays tutorial, I decided to have a little experiment with double sided adhesive, gilding flakes and glitter, along with some of the gorgeous dies from the Perfect Pergola Die Set :D Enjoy :D xxx
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For Day 14 of CRaFTi Advent, I thought I'd show a technique using your Pixies, I used a mixture of Pixie Sparkles and Pixie Bursts, but any powder pigment/mica mixes will work :D And all you do is create your pattern with water, add your powder, leave to dry, then dust off the excess powder to reveal your pattern :D Hope you like it :D Christine xxx
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For Day 13 of CRaFTi Advent I thought I would revisit one of my favourite techniques, flooding die-cuts with Nuvo Drops :D It's a slight variation on the technique but I thought it'd work perfectly with the Festive One Liners :D
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Can you believe we're half way through CRaFTi Advent!! Today is Day 12 :D And for today's video, it's another one using my pancake maker to create an embossing powder stag embellishment :D
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Welcome to Day 11 of CRaFTi Advent :D Today's tutorial involves Stamping Foam and the Gelli Plate to create a layered look with some Acrylic Paint and Heat Embossing :D Enjoy :D xxx
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CRaFTi Advent Day 10 gives you a tip on one way to disguise over foiling from hot foiling with hot foil plates :D This was the first time I used this hot foil die so I hadn't got the pressure right, but instead of wasting the almost perfect pieces I thought I'd show you how I disguise them :D
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Day 9 is a re-make of a card I did a while back in a sped up video :D It's been sitting on my shelf since I made it as I couldn't part with it, and I thought it'd be a fab tutorial for this years advent :D Christine xxx
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It's Day 8 of CRaFTi Advent, and I thought I'd try to create a faux 3D Embossing Folder look on my cards, I'm not sure I was 100% successful, but I like the cards I ended up with nevertheless :D Hope you like them too :D
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Welcome to Day 7 of CRaFTi Advent!! This tutorial is a little different as it's kind of comparing different plaid die sets :D I had already brought the Sizzix one ready for an Advent video, then Tonic brought out their own lol so I thought I'd compare them both in the video :D Hope you found it helpful :D xxx
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Day 6 of CRaFTi Advent is introducing a set of Alcohol markers that Ohuhu very kindly sent me to have a play with and I have to say that I love them :D It's a set of Pastel colours which in my opinion are some of the most useful colours you can have, and this set definitely includes some tones that are lacking from my collection, so I'm sure I will be reaching for these a lot as I'm colouring :D :D Christine xxx
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It's Day 5 of CRaFTi Advent already!! And today I am kind of repeating a technique from a previous tutorial using Nuvo Drops, but this time we're using them to create a linear background and using the excess to create 3 extra backgrounds for cards too :D Hope you like :D Christine xxx
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It's Day 4 of CRaFTi Advent and today's video is inspired by a technique that Fran from Stampedous used to demo about 10 years ago, this is the original video of hers that I saw and I thought it was about time that I gave it a go, I sourced the set of embossing powders and tried the beaches, but for CRaFTi Advent I've started by making these cool moons :D Hope you like it :D I'm sure you could just do this on your hobs in your kitchen too, but for me it's easier to have something separate to use in my craft room so I can easily film video for you :D xxx
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Welcome to Day 3 of my CRaFTi Advent series :D This is a technique that you'll find lots of sped up videos on from years ago on my channel, it's one of my favourites! :D And for this advent video I decided to use the technique to make a layered background stamp using Sue Wilson's Fabulous Festive Dies :D :D Enjoy! Christine xxx
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It's Day 2 of CRaFTi Advent! :D And today's video shows how to use a homemade stencil plus Cosmic Shimmer Flake & Glitter Glue to foil with :D It's a great technique if you don't want to use really sticky products with your delicate stencils, you can just create your own stencil so you don't have to stress about being able to get it clean afterwards :D Christine xxx
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Hello :D Welcome to Day 1 of my 2022 CRaFTi Advent series!! :D I've decided to not actually label them as the specific days this year, as most of the videos are tutorials, and it might put people off later down the line if they're called Advent, but I have made all the thumbnails Festive, so that'll be the indicator :D So I hope you enjoy Day 1 :D Christine xxx
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