HAPPY BIRTHDAY TUESDAY TAGGERS!!!!

One of the blog challenges we sponsor is the Tuesday Taggers and it's now their 1st Birthday!  There's no better way to celebrate it than to make a tag!!!

Pop over to  the Tuesday Taggers blog to find out about their celebrations which includes a free digi stamp and you can take part in the birthday tag swap.

I decided to use the free digi stamp along with Moonshadow inks to follow the chocolate and cream theme, although I added a touch of mint as they are such a mint team:)

Jill

Tuesday Taggers Blog Hop here today & tomorrow!

Good morning and welcome to all the Tuesday Tagger blog hoppers!

I mentioned in yesterday's post about the prizes we are sponsoring, so scroll down if you missed that info yesterday.  Basically Tracey, Debbie and I are each sponsoring one of Tracey's recent unmounted stamp sheets each.  My sheet is the Classical Instruments from which the above card has been made.  I'll give more details about it after the blog hop info.

If you would like to join in the Blog Hop, then you will need to go to the Tuesday Taggers Blog which is your starting point.  You will find the instructions there.

For those that have already started, well done on getting this far.   I'm going to hop along too just for the fun of it and I'm sure I will be tagging along at the end as I'm sure to get sidetracked reading everyone's blogs along the way!

Just to check you are hopping in the right direction, you should have arrived here from Avril's Blog, if you have missed any of the hops you may want to go back to the beginning and check through from the Tuesday Taggers blog which is the starting point.

The letter you need from me is an O!  Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!

Your next visit should now be to Janet's Blog.

Thank you for joining in and I hope you have enjoyed your journey so far!

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OK, back to the card...

The next couple of pictures shown the fold for the easel card, it is so simple to do.  You can use any shape or size card, I've used a 4" square card (that was already folded in half).  Now fold the front of the card in half so that the mountain fold is at the front.

This is how the fold should be made. 

You will need to cut a separate piece of card that is the same size as the folded card, I used a 4" square piece cut from a sheet of Starburst Stain/cling film technique.

Here's the same technique but in a different colour.  Both are from the French Country set.  Amaryllis Burgundy and Jack in the Pulpit Teal.

You can decorate as much of the card as you like, I did the back top panel and half of the bottom base with the same stain card but left the inside triangle part blank. 

I embossed the trumpet and all the wording with gold embossing powder.  I then layered them onto gold mirri card. 

I added double-sided tape to the back of mirri card then cut thin strips for borders (they aren't peel offs), so it would all match, I also added gold brads.  Here is a side view of the finished card.

I used wording on the bottom piece, lifted with foam pads, to hold the front panel in place.

To close the card to put in an envelope, lift the front panel and it will lay down to form the original 4" square card.

Thanks for visiting,

Jill

Blog Hop here on Sunday, do join in for prizes!!

Something really different to share today... about something happening here tomorrow!!

We are sponsoring some prizes for the Tuesday Taggers Blog Hop tomorrow, which is a celebration event for St. Nicholas day.

So, settle down in front of your computer with maybe your first mince pie of the season and get visiting some blogs that you perhaps haven't visited before.  I'm sure you'll find lots of interesting stuff on the blogs as you follow them through on your guided tour!

Just brief details today, you will find out more tomorrow as you follow along with the actual hop!

Tracey, Debbie and I are sponsoring prizes from Tracey's recent unmounted stamp collection, here's a sneak peek of our prizes. 

Debbie is giving away a sheet of Starburst Fairies

Tracey is giving away a sheet of Butterfly Beauties

and I am giving away a sheet of Classical Instruments

There are other prizes to be won too, that you will find out about along the way if you take part in the blog hop! 

You will need to start at the beginning, we'll all be posting about your start point tomorrow (the first blog to go to) and from there you will find out which blog to hop to next, and so on... 

Follow the instructions and visit all the blogs in the correct order.

On each of the blogs you visit, you will find a clue, collect the clues, put them all together and at the end of your blog hop you'll have an answer! 

We will be giving details of where you need to contact at the end to enter your answer into the competition for a chance to win a prize.

We will all be posting a card that features the prize we are sponsoring, mine will be with the Classical Instruments stamp sheet from last Saturday's Create and Craft telly show.

I hope you won't be shy and will join in, it should be fun along the way!

So, see you tomorrow as you hop by...

Jill

Sepia travel themed mini suitcase for Tuesday Taggers

The Stamp Man is sponsoring the Tuesday Taggers Challenge this week and I couldn't pass the chance of joining in with this theme, it had my name on it!! SEPIA!

It gave me a good excuse to get my suitcase out... no I'm not going anywhere... it's one of those mini ones I posted about previously.

Apart from decorating the suitcase with lots of travel stickers, I made a double-sided mini concertina book to go inside. There are 11 panels each side, 22 atc(ish) sized pages. I left a blank page on each side for notes or a greeting. I had intended it to have 10 panels but thought it would be nice to have somewhere to write in it too. I have just shown a selection of the pages here, I don't want you nodding off half way through the photos!! I will post more photo's in a separate post that will be at the end of this one so I don't bore you with too much detail here. I also have one of the pink cases that I will do a similiar idea with another time, but with a different theme. I have really enjoyed this project....

The main colouring is from using various pieces of card/paper I have made with Moonshadow inks. I used rubber stamps, stickers, rub-ons, mini postcards, printed word papers, brass charms, and even managed to fit in a bit of Cuttlebugging too.

I made the actual base concertina from the paper we have in our concertina card packs which starts as a metre long piece. I didn't want to leave it white so I used Ranger's Tea Dye Distress ink for a sepia look. I made all the separate panels then laid them all out on the paper before deciding the order I wanted to place them, so that similiar panels were not next to each other.

I made some tags to adorn the handle that are attached with gold jump rings, one is a suitcase brass charm, another is a tiny tag decorated with a cigar label and a TH discover word bubble. The 3 metal dog tags have a separate word on each, saying 'pick a place'. As these were silver metal and I wanted gold/copper, I used alcohol inks on them which toned them down alot.

If you'd like to join in the challenge too, I know you will be most welcome, so visit the Tuesday Taggers blog for the info.

Jill

More sepia/travel themed suitcase photos

I bought these suitcases for the shop a while ago, I thought they would be good for presents where you could make something to go inside, my thoughts were a mini concertina book, jewellery you have made or even as they are for use as travel jewellery cases.

Some of the inside panels.

The suitcases had sat in a box under a table in the shop for a while then blow me, T!m Holtz blogged about a class he took where they made mini books to go inside. It inspire me to get them out to at least show we had them in stock.

I was delighted when Janet told me about the sepia challenge for the Tuesday Taggers, it got me all fired up to actually get on with it.

Thanks for looking!

Jill