American Eagle Paper Sculpture

With recent 'Presidential' events Stateside, I thought you might be interested to see a paper sculpture I created with an American theme. My Eagle has been lovingly hand-created with individual feathers created from paper.

This was one of my early paper sculptures and something that was particularly difficult to photograph since it is framed and behind glass - I hope there's not too much reflection here in my photo.

The actual piece measures 24" x 22".

Back to Blogging

Just returned from a very interesting and enlightening trade show. The Creative Stitches show at the NEC Birmingham is for the trade only, but is ideal for meeting contacts, viewing the latest products for the year ahead and generally keeping 'on top' of all the new crafty products, gizmos and tools. I even saw crafting King, Tim Holtz whilst I was there!

I'm very inspired by all that I saw and I look forward to the weeks ahead. I almost ran out of business cards -I spoke to so many people!

Welcome to all my new followers/ subscribers/ contacts and fellow bloggers!

Another Milestone

Wow! 4,000 Visitors to my blog!

A big hello to everyone who is new here and a big thank you to all my followers. There has been a sudden influx and popularity in my blog over recent weeks - I think the Valentines projects went down well, so keep checking back for more exciting projects, printables and crafty gossip.
There'll be plenty more where that came from.

Hope you all had a fabulous Valentines day yesterday!
Happy Crafting!

Happy Valentines Day

Wishing all you romantics a very Happy Valentines Day!

It seems my Valentines Bottle Caps have gone down a storm. So keep checking back - they'll be more freebies from time to time.

Love to see any projects you have made with them!

Love Is In The Air

Valentines Day is almost here. I hope you enjoyed creating my Valentines projects over the last week. I certainly enjoyed creating them and designing the papers. Although it was a lot of hard work.

{I would love to see your creations using these projects as inspiration. Please send me the link where I can see your designs.}

Hopefully, there'll be more soon. Please keep checking back.
In the meantime, I'm off to visit the Stitches trade show to see lots of exciting future products from the craft industry. It's always great to meet the people behind these gizmos we like to use!

Creative Crafter UK Featured.....

Pleased to announce Creative Crafter UK has been spotted by other top sites including the Craft Gossip Network and Scrapbook Crazy About Mini Albums Blog. Click on the links to each of these great sites!

Both picked up on my free downloadable Valentines bottle caps designs (see earlier posting). I'm please everyone is enjoying them. I would love to see what you create if you use them!

Sherbet Love Swirly Heart Card

Sherbet Love Swirly Heart Card
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Create this romantic card for your Valentines this year.
You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
A6 White Card Blank
Textured Cardstock - Pale pink
Adhesive Gem Stones- Pale Pink
Pink Dye Ink Pad
Sheer pink ribbon
Sticky Foam Pads
Scissors
Glue Stick
Glue Dot

Instructions:
Print the Sherbet Love collection onto good quality photo paper. Cut numerous medium sized swirl designs from it and randomly position all over the front of a white card. Trim any overlap at the edges.

Cut a swirly heart from the printed sheet and layer onto pale pink cardstock. Trim around the edge leaving an even border and ink the edges of the border with the pink ink pad. Layer onto the centre of the card with sticky foam pads.

Decorate the heart swirls with gem stones in the centre. Tie a bow from sheer ribbon and attach to the centre of the heart with a glue dot.

Cut a strip of pink card and glue horizontally across the bottom of the card. Cut a 'With Love' message and glue towards the right side on the pink strip. Decorate with two mini gem stones either side, and three gem stones in a row to the left of the pink strip.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.


If you make this card, I would love to see your creation. Please send me the link to your card. Thank you.

*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.

Sherbet Love Tall Card

Sherbet Love Tall Card
www.CreativeCrafterUK.co.uk

Create this pretty card for your Valentines this year.

You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
Tall White Card Blank
Textured Cardstock - Bright pink
Adhesive Gem Stones- Pale Pink, Mini round bright pink
Corner Rounding Punch
Pink Pen
Sticky Foam Pads
Scissors
Glue Stick

Instructions:

Cut a strip of bright pink card to 4cm wide and glue to the left side of the card, by the spine. Cut a strip of 'I Love You' text from the printed sheet and glue close to the spine.
Round the corners of the card. Doodle a dashed/ dot line all around the edges of the card using pink pen.

Cut a strips of the coloured border from the printed sheets and glue where the bright pink card meets the white card, to hide the join. You may need to join two pieces of border together to create the length, if so, cover the join with a mini swirl design. Add a mini heart to the centre.

Cut three medium swirl designs from the sheets and layer heart's in the centre of each with sticky pads. Decorate each heart with a gem stone. Layer swirls in a column of three down the card. Position Romatic message between, cut from the printed sheet.


Place four pink adhesive gem stones at the corners of the white section.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.


If you make this card, I would love to see your creation. Please send me the link to your card. Thank you.

*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.

Sherbet Love Altered Oval Box

Sherbet Love Altered Oval Box
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This pretty gift box was created from an oval box blank and decorated using the Sherbet Love Paper Collection.

You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
Oval Wooden Box Blank (available from Hobbycraft stores)
Adhesive Gem Stones- Pale Pink, Bright Pink Large
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Textured Cardstock - Pale pink
Acrylic Paint - Bright Pink
White Pen
Scissors


Instructions:

Paint the box with a layer or two of bright pink acrylic paint. Leave to dry. Ensure you have even coverage.

Draw a white dashed line around the edge of the oval lid and around the base of the box.

Mount a swirly heart from the collection onto pale pink card and cut around leaving an even border. Glue to the top of the box and outline with a dashed white line.

Cut a strip of 'I Love You' text from the printed sheet. Mount onto pale pink cardstock and trim leaving a slight border of pink at the edges. Glue around the rim of the lid.

Cut a number of swirly designs from the printed collection and glue, evenly spaced around the edge of the box. Alternate with large bright pink gem stones.
Decorate the centres of the swirly designs around the box and within the heart, with pink gem stones.

Place your loved ones' gift inside.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.



If you create this project, I would love to see your results. Or any other projects you create with this collection. Please share the link where we can see your creation.

{The card instructions were featured a few days ago.}


*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.

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Free Valentines Bottle Cap Printables

On the Valentines theme, I have also created some bottle caps printables which are available for free download. Here are a couple of cards that have been made using them to get your inspiration flowing.

They have been designed to either fit inside a bottle cap as seen on the 'Love You' card or can be used by punching them out as stickers (if printed on self adhesive paper) or perhaps as a background design. Embellish your cards, scrapbook pages or other altered art projects using my designs.

Simply follow the link here and download the designs.
Print as many times as you want for your own personal use and crafts projects. Please note: the copyright of the designs remains with me, the designer, but you can use these within projects that you sell. Please credit my website if you do. They cannot be used in commercial work or submitted to magazines for competitions or otherwise. Thank you for respecting the copyright laws.

Sherbet Love Corner Tag Card

Sherbet Love Corner Tag Card
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Write your romantic messages onto the tag and slide into the pocket on this card.

You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
A6 White Card
Adhesive Gem Stones- Pale Pink
Sheer Pink Ribbon
Textured Cardstock - Pale pink and bright pink
Hole punch
Pink Pen
White Pen
Scissors
Sticky Fixer Pads
Glue Stick
Ruler
Scoring Tool

Instructions:

Cover an A6 card with bright pink card. Cut another piece the same size and back with pale pink cardstock.
Score a line from the top left corner of the double sided pink card piece, to about 4.5cm up from the base on the right side.

Fold the corner backwards on itself and slightly curl this. Stick the corner into place with a sticky fixer pad and draw around the edge of the pale pink triangle in pink pen creating a dashed line.

Draw a white dashed line all around the edges of the pink card blank and the visible bright pink layer. Glue around the edges of the layer (leaving the diagonal un-glued) and stick to the front of the card, thus creating a pocket!

Cut a swirl design from the sheet and cut a heart to glue in the centre. Add a gem stone to the heart. Attach with a sticky pad to the corner of the pale pink flap.

Cut a strip of text from the paper. Mount onto bright pink card and trim leaving a narrow strip showing at the edges. Glue to the diagonal of the flap.

Attach a piece of sheer ribbon across the bottom of the card, securing the ends in place on the reverse. Tie a knot around this from a smaller length of ribbon. Trim the ends to neat 45°angles.
Add a row of three adhesive gem stones to the ribbon.

Cut out a tag from the Sherbet Love collection. Punch a hole and thread with more sheer ribbon. Add a gem stone to the centre of the heart. Add your message and Slide the tag into the pocket.

Cut a 'Be Mine' message from the printed sheet and glue below the knot.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.



If you create this card, I would love to see your results. Or any other projects you create with this collection. Please share the link where we can see your creation.


*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.

Sherbet Love Romantic Tag Card

Sherbet Love Romantic Tag Card
www.CreativeCrafterUK.co.uk

Write your heartfelt messages onto the tag and slide into the heart pocket on this card.

You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
A6 White Card
Adhesive Gem Stones- Pale Pink
Sheer Pink Ribbon
Texture Pale Pink Cardstock
Hole punch
Pink Pen
Scissors
Glue Stick

Instructions:

Cut a piece of pink card to 10.5cm x 8cm and glue along the sides and bottom only. Stick to the bottom of an A6 card. This creates a pocket on the front of the card.

Doodle dashed lines in pink pen around the edges of the card. Draw a zig-zag line along the join to create fake stitching.

Cut out a swirly heart and stick to the pocket. Draw a dashed line around it. Cut four smaller hearts and glue to the corners of the card. Add adhesive stones to the hearts to decorate.

Cut out a tag, add an adhesive stone to the swirl design and punch a hole at the top. Thread with sheer ribbon to finish the tag. Handwrite you message on the tag and slide into the pocket behind the heart.

Add a 'With Love' message bar to the centre of the swirly heart.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.



If you create this card, I would love to see your results. Or any other projects you create with this collection. Please share the link where we can see your creation.


*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.

Sherbet Love Tags and Panel

Sherbet Love Tags and Panel
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Create this elegant romantic card for your Valentines this year.
You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
Adhesive Gem Stones- Bright Pink Mini hearts and Round
Sheer Pink Ribbon
Pink Thread
Gold Eyelet and Eyelet Setting Tool
Sticky Foam Pads
Scissors
Glue Stick

Instructions:
The Sherbet Love Panel
Suitable as a large bookmark, door hanger or even to go on a tall card, this panel could be laminated and you could write hand written messages on it in the space provided as a reminder.

Print designs onto good quality photo paper and cut out. Cut a medium sized swirl from another sheet and layer onto the swirl design attached to the top of the panel with sticky foam pads.
Repeat the process by cutting smaller and smaller sections of the design from the sheets you have printed. Later these all up with sticky foam pads.

Cut a heart from the sheet and layer to the centre of the design. Cut a valentines message and layer with more sticky foam pads to the bottom of the panel.


The Sherbet Love Gift Tags
Cut out each design and either layer into a decoupage, by cutting swirl sections from the same printed designs printed on other sheets of paper. Or decorate with bright pink adhesive mini heart and round gem stones. Add a heart cut from the sheets to the centre of the design if you wish.

Punch a hole at the top of the tag and thread with sheer ribbon or thread.



Round Gift Tag
Cut out one of the medium swirl designs. Layer a heart onto it with sticky foam pads. If you've used a permenant ink for printing, you could also decorate with glitter glue for extra sparkle.
Punch a hole at the top of the tag and insert a gold eyelet. Set into position and thread with embroidery thread to create the tag.



Heart Tags
These have been cut from the printed sheet and (optionally) backed with the white heart image for strength.
Decorated with gem stones and a message added to the centre, which has also been cut from the sheets.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.



*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.

Sherbet Love 3D Heart Card

Sherbet Love 3D Heart Card
www.CreativeCrafterUK.co.uk

Create this elegant romantic card for your Valentines this year.

You Will Need:
Sherbet Love Paper Collection
A6 White Card Blank
Textured Cardstock - Pale pink, bright pink
Adhesive Gem Stones- Pale Pink
Corner Rounding Punch
Pink Pen
Sticky Foam Pads
Scissors
Glue Stick

Instructions:

Cut a strip of pale pink card to 5cm wide and glue across the bottom of the card.
Round the corners of the card. Doodle a dashed/ circle line all around the edges of the card using pink pen.

Cut a strip of 'I Love You' text from the printed sheets and glue to bright pink card. Leave a narrow border of bright pink card showing at the edges and glue border across the join where the pale pink card meets the white card.

Cut out the large heart. Cut smaller swirl designs from the sheets and layer onto the heart's swirls with sticky pads. Decorate the centre of each swirl with a gem stone.

Layer the heart onto the card towards one side with foam pads.

Cut the 'I Love You' message from the printed sheets and layer with sticky foam pads to the top right of the card.

Place five pink adhesive gem stones in a row across the bottom of the card.



Sherbet Paper Collection is available here.


If you make this card, I would love to see your creation. Please send me the link to your card. Thank you.

*Please note, as always, these designs are created for your own personal use. They should not be submitted to magazines or entered into competitions.
Thanks.