Tonic Stamp Club #28 - Good Times Ahead :D

Hello :D Here's my Up Close video for Tonic Stamp Club #28 :D I kept my samples really simple for this month's stamp club as I was a little short on time, but it's a fabulous set for cheerful thoughtful cards that I'm sure will pair perfectly with lots of previous Stamp Clubs :D 

And for the corresponding Tutorial, I decided to show you how easy it is to create a channel shaker card :D And it's full of tips on how to line up a stamped design behind a coordinating die-cut aperture too :D xxx 

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Tonic Craft Kit #65 - Floral Gate Creator :D

Here's my Un-Boxing video for Tonic Craft Kit #65 :D This month's kit gives you the ability to create easy gate fold cards, however I've got 11 samples to show you and none of them are gate fold cards, so as you can tell it's a nice versatile die set :D Enjoy :D

 

And for my corresponding Tutorial video, I thought I'd show you how easy it is to make your own stencil from one of the gorgeous dies from the kit and show you how to use it with some of the Nuvo goodies too :D 

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Tonic Showcase #34 - Buzzing Bee Hive House :D

Here's my Up Close video for this months Buzzing Bee Hive House Showcase, and I decided to make it into a Windmill :D I also think a lighthouse could work and you could do all sorts of seasonal variations too bringing in some of your stash :D

And for this month's corresponding Showcase Tutorial, I decided to show you how you can create some patterns for your cards using the Trapezium shaped dies from the set :D I think these would be great scrap busting cards, or brilliant masculine makes too :D  

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Tonic Stamp Club #27 - One in a Melon :D

Here's my Up Close video for this month's Stamp Club :D It's a really punny one this month with a fruit theme, I love how you can make the fruit really realistic looking, with the way you colour the images, or you can use the faces and glasses to anthropomorphise them :D

and my corresponding tutorial video for this month's Stamp Club is using your die-cuts to create a background, there are so many variations to this technique, and I'd say this is one of the simplest forms of it, with a little bit of in-laid die-cutting thrown in too :D Hope you like it! :D xxx

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Tonic Craft Kit #64 - Telephone Treat Box :D

Here's my Un-Boxing video for Kit #64 :D I absolutely LOVE this kit! The Telephone Box is fantastic and so easy to create too :D 

For the tutorial that goes along side Tonic Craft Kit #64 I wanted to show a way of using the ink pads, glacier paste and Nuvo drops to create a subtle background, and then as a bonus I show you how to turn the 3D telephone box into a 2D one for the main focus of the card :D Hope you like it :D Christine xxx 

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Tonic Showcase #33 - Heart and Hexagon Split Box :D

Here's my Up Close video for this months Showcase :D I really enjoyed this unique box design and I love that you get a hexagon and a heart version of the box too :D And even better you get some unique dies that work perfectly on your cards too :D

And for my corresponding tutorial this month, I thought I'd take that split idea further and apply it to a shaker card :D Shaker cards are probably one of the most common interactive cards us card makers make, so it's nice to do something a little different and have 2 separate shakers that create on design on a card :D Enjoy :D xxx  

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Layered Foam Stamps on the Gelli Plate :D

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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