Crafters Companion 'The Diary of an Edwardian Lady and Natures Notes'

On May 20th on Create and Craft TV, Crafters Companion will bring you an amazing collection of stunning art work from the book 'The Diary of an Edwardian Lady' and 'Natures Notes' by Edith Holden.  Below is a little sneak peek at one of the samples that I have made for the shows.

 

 

Products Used

 

Crafters Companion 'The Diary of an Edwardian Lady/Natures Notes' CD ROM

Crafters Companion Embossalicious A4'Tumbling Leaves' folder

Core'dinations Cardstock

Prima gems and embellishments

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 9" Creative Station

Petaloo Flowers

 

 

Don't forget to tune in and get your hands on this amazing CD ROM collection!

 

Show Times:

 

Monday 20th May: 8am, 1pm and 6pm
Tuesday 21st May: 9am and 4pm
Wednesday 22nd May: 8am, 2pm and 6pmThursday 23rd May: 8am, 2pm and 5pm

Sky channel 671, Freeview channel 36 and FreeSat channel 813
 

 

Xyron Design Team Wedding Inspirations

This week the Xyron Design Team bring you some Wedding Inspirations.  To view all the projects made visit Xyron Facebook and check them out.

 

 

 

I designed a wedding set that included a paper wedding cake! and some accessories.  I will attempt to walk you through a tutorial on the Wedding Cake!

 



 

Products Used

 

Xyron 9" Creative Station (Permanent)

Xyron 5" Creative Station (Permanent, Laminate/Magnet,)

Xyron 150 Create a Sticker

Xyron Mega Runner (1.5" Refill)

Xyron Glue Stick

Crafters Companion Die'sire Dies (Sunflower (small), Rose (large and small),Blissful Flower.
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl A3 with a hint of gold

Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle Gold

Petaloo Leaves

Beading and ribbon from bridal shop

Pearl beads and gems mixed

Cake Board covered with Silhouette Vinyl.

(Cake Design by Sharon Callis)

 

 

Lets Make a Cake!

 

I made the basic cake structure using box card, cardboard tubes (recycled kitchen towel roll tubes)

 

To start you need to cut out the followingfrom the box card:

 

 

 

 

Cut out base pieces

 

 

 

Glue the strip around the base circle

 

 

Reinforce the centre of the cake with pillars made some cut pieces of cardboard tube, glue in an upright position and capped with a piece of card.  Run the Xyron Glue Stick around the rim of the top circle and adhere to the top. Repeat this for all three 'cakes'.

 

 

 

 

Three 'cake' tiers stacked, do not glue together until each is covered.

 

 

 

To decorate the cakes I used Crafters Companion Centura Pearl with a hint of Gold A3.  I cut the side strip to the exact height of the cake and the circle pieces slightly larger than the top pieces so I could snip the edges all around and fold fown the sides of the cake before putting the outer band of card on. I ran the larger circles through the Xyron 9" Creative Station and the strips through the Xyron 5" Creative Station BEFORE I embossed them using the Crafters Companion Embossalicious Floral Vine A4 Folders

 

 

 

Stack the covered tiers and glue in place, maing sure they are centered.

 

 

 

 Using the Crafters Companion Die'sire dies make various flowers from Centura Pearl, Velum with gold accents and White tissue paper, I used the Xyron Glue Stick while making them. In the centre of each flower I applied flatback and round pearls.  For information and a video on using the Crafters Companion Quilling Flower dies click the Die'sire logo!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a 12" cake board that I covered in Silhouette Gold Vinyl and a die cut daisy from the Cricut Cake Basics Cartridge.

To start decorating the cake I added three pre-measured and cut lenghts of white ribbon around the bottom of each tier using the Xyron Mega Runner

 

 

Repeat the process with thinner gold ribbon.  The strings of pearls came from a bridal store and because they were heavy I glued every fifth pearl in place using a hot glue gun.

 

 

 

 

Start applying the flowers, taking the time to get the right spread out of large and small, heavy and light flowers.  The lighter ones are held in place using the Xyron Glue stick and the heavier side ones with a hot glue.

 

 

 

 

 

For the finishing touch add some of the green Petaloo leaves.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will come back again soon. 

 

Sharon

 

 

 

Kleenex Box Tutorial

Hi, I have had a few requests about how I made my Kleenex box which is part of the teachers desk set that was shown by Xyron on Facebook.  I made the pattern as I went along, luckily I did take some pictures of the process but I will include some drawings and measurements of the basic structure, all measurements are approximate.  I will attempt to explain it through the photos and diagrams that I drew in publisher and hopefully you will catch my drift!

Products Used

 

Xyron 9" Creative Station

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 150 Create-a-Sticker

 Xyron Glue Stick

Xyron Wishblade

Doodlebug Paper Plus Kits

DCWV 'The Edumacation Stack'

May Arts Ribbon

Websters Pages Trim

Sillhouette Studio Pattern ( Mini Carrier)

Sillhouette Studio School Die Cuts

Crattime Flatback Buttons

Box making card

 

HOW THE KLEENEX BOX IS MADE

 

The structure of the Kleenex box is made from box making card that I drew the measurements on and cut with a craft knife. I used hot glue to hold everything together. Here are the pieces needed to make the base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK I hope that my diagrams have been clear enough to follow so far.  From here on in the fun starts with decorating.  Grab your Xyron Adhesives and lets get covering!.

 

To add a realistic effect and make the books looked stacked, I cut strips of paper and using the Xyron Mega Runner joined them together down the edge on the patterned side and then folded them back forming a seam.

 

I used the Xyron Glue Stick and rubbed adhesive around the protruding edges of the 'book' covers, place the glued seam of the joined pieces of paper along the edges of the 'book' covers and wrap the patterned paper around underneath the book cover edge and pressed down on the top.  This should give you one colour on top and the colour of the other book cover underneath.

 

I Put the final top piece of paper through the Xyron 9" Creative Station and applied, using a craft knife cut the paper over the 2" x 2" hole and fold back inside the box.

 

 

 The fake page effect is done by cutting out strips of paper coredinations beige cardstock and I distressed it with sand paper.

 

 

 I used a ruler and a brown gel pen and drew in broken lines very close to each other, apply Xyron Adhesive by running the strips through the Xyron 5" Creative Station and wrap around the box.

 

 

 

 

I diecut out the subject titles using the Xyron Wishblade.  The patterns were downloaded from Silhouette Studio.  I ran the pieces through the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and applied to the spines of the books!.

 

 

To apply the ribbon around the books, run it through the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and wrap around.

 

 

Finish by adding the ribbon bow and tag.

 

So there you have it, I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and will come back to my blog again soon,  I'd love you to join my followers.  Don't forget to check out Xyron, Xyron Facebook and the Xyron Blog for inspirations, competitions and amazing products.

 

Sharon

Xyron Old to New Inspirations

Ok I know it's waaaaayy early to be thinking about Halloween !.  Stick around and all will become clearer lol.  This week the task of the Xyron Design Team is to take an old Xyron project and use it as inspiration to make something new!.

 

 

 

My project was an absolutely beyond cute Princess hat and yes I could have upgraded her to a Queen but I thought that it would be more fun to take her over to the dark side.  I love the Princess Hat and if you would like to know how to create one of your own, click on the picture below and it will take you to the Xyron web site where you will find the instructions.

 

Princess Hat by Elizabeth Bracco used as Inspiration

 

 

 Other ideas I had for the basic form was a cone shaped Christmas tree, a megaphone and a Tee Pee!.  In the end I made a Witches hat centrepiece for my table.  I am going to take you through the steps in creating this spooky home decor. The tutorial will be broken down into two sections, the first is the construction of the cone and the second is the decorating process.

 

 Don't forget to check back on the Xyron Blog and Xyron Facebook for more inspirations from my fellow Design Team members today and all this week.  OK here comes the good stuff!

 

 

Trick or Treat Witches Hat Centrepiece

 

Products Used

 

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron Glue Stick

Crafters Companion Die'sire Large Rose Die

Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle Iridescent Glitter

Sillhouette Studio Cobwebs and Trick or Treat Designs

Black A1 Sheet of Card

Fiskars Paper Edger 'Seagull' Scissors

Bazzil Basics Grey Cardstock

K&Company Jen Yanok Halloween Papers

Purple, Green and Black Tuile Fabric

Black Lace Trim

Green and Orange Polka dot Ribbon

Crafttime Flat Back Buttons

Doodlebug Sugar Coating Glitter

 

 

How the basic hat is made !

 

Start by making the basic cone shape on the A1 black card. Cut  a piece of card 22" by 19".  Apply adhesive using the Xyron mega runner down one 19" side and roll into a cone and place to one side.

 

 

Cut out two circles 13" in diameter and mark the centre points with a pencil

 

Draw a line from top to bottom and from left to right through the centre of both

 

Draw a 7" circle in the centre of both circles

 

Cut out the centre of ONE of the circles

 

Take the ring and place it down over the cone. On the underside of the rind draw around with a pencil

 

Remove the ring and open up the cone, leave a 1" strip under the pencil line and trim away the excess.  Cut slits into the 1" strip up to the pencil line.  Apply more adhesive with the Xyron Glue Stick and form back into the cone shape

 

Turn up the tabs

 

Apply adhesive around the pencil outline on the base card

 

Adhere the cone to the base

 

Secure in place by covering the base with more adhesive using the Xyron Mega Runner and the place the ring back over the cone and down onto the base.

 

Spray the finished hat with the Crafters Companion Spray and sparkle.

 

OK there we have the base for our Centrepiece.  I made this hat rather large and did the cutting by hand but smaller ones can be done using an electronic cutting machine.

 

Right it's time to decorate!

 

 

How it's decorated!

 

Now for the fun part!.  we can now decorate or centrepiece.

 

Pinch the top of the hat and flatten it down about four inches and curl over.

 

 

Apply adhesive to the rim with the Xyron Glue Stick and sprinkle with the glitter

 

cut two 12" x 3" strips of paper, trim with the Fiskars Scissors

 

Ink the top edges with the purple ink and then seal the ends together using the Xyron Mega Runner

 

Apply adhesive around the base of the cone with the Xyron Mega Runner

 

Drop on the band and press in place

 

Cut two strips of the green and purple tulle 1mtr long and scrunch together and knot around the band.  Secure in place.

 

 

make a smaller black tulle bow and tie the orange polka dot ribbon around it.  Secure in place.

 

I decided a little too late to add the black lace so I pleated it and then tucked it into the banding and secured in place.

 

Die cut the large cobweb and secure to the banding using the Xyron Mega Runner

 

Die cut the smaller cobwebs and run through the Xyron 5" Creative Station

 

Adhere the cobwebs to the cone of the hat 

 

 

To make the feathers I hand cut two strips of black paper and cut the feathering down the edges and shaped them.

 

Secure to the tulle using the Xyron Glue Stick

 

Die Cut three Die'sire strips of rose petals, assemble together using the Xyron Mega Runner

 

Spray with the Spray and Sparkle

 

 

Die Cut the 'Trick or Treat' in orange and in black.  Run the orange die cut through the Xyron 5" Creative Station.

 

layer the orange on top of the black slightly to the right to create a shadow.  Spray with Spray and Sparkle

 

Apply some adhesive to the centre of the die cut and adhere to the hat

 

Secure a green ribbon bow to the rear of the flower, place a gem in the centre and then secure to the middle of the black tulle bow.

 

And there you have it, one spooky Halloween centrepiece.  thank you so much for stopping by and i hope you enjoyed my tutorial.  check back with Xyron all this week for more projects and inspirations.

 

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