Papier mache is a versatile and cheap crafting material. You can use it to create solid items or bowls or to decorate surfaces, eg. around mirror frames. You will need: news paper adhesive: can be pva or wall paper paste. Simple Method 1. tear the paper into strips. 2. paste them onto your form example [...]
Read more →It’s important not to forget that Dad likes to get a card too at this time of year so get crafty now and make those Fathers Day cards before it’s to late! These cards have been made using Funky Hand craft CD V. Funky, which is available from www.funkyhand.com, and a lot of love! Don’t [...]
Read more →With so many different shapes and sizes of bare chipboard available to crafters at the moment it can sometimes be difficult to know how to approach using them in your crafting and get the result that you want. Bare chipboard can be decorated in lots of different ways, painting and embossing with embossing powders are [...]
Read more →Happy St George’s Day! Here are two cute SIzzix characters dressed as bold and brave Knights! No dragons in sight though… Available to buy from TipTopToppers (look under Sizzix People category) Tweet
Read more →How to make a Pin Wheel Card Equipment: Pin Wheel Template – available from www.Lakeland.co.uk, Small Scissors, Pencil, Craft Knife, Eraser, Card Stock, Brad x 2, Glue, Ribbon, Vellum, Pre Printed Birthday Sentiment (optional), Glitter Glue (optional), Metallic pen ink (optional) Time: Approximately 30 minutes 1. Using the largest of the three pin wheel templates, [...]
Read more →What card do you give to someone who is going on maternity leave? A Baby On Board card from Tip Top Toppers of course! Simple, effective and neutral colours! Added yellow and black ribbon bow for a bit of glam. Only problem is, I’ve not yet thought about what I’m doing for the [...]
Read more →I was asked by a work colleague to make a card for her mother as it was her 80th Birthday. She wanted to add a photo of her mother from her younger days. After scanning the photo and a good few hours of thinking about it here’s what i came up with: I’m glad to say that [...]
Read more →Lisa (Candles by Lisa) asked me to make another special Birthday Card for her sister in law to send from her kids. I’ve never used pre printed background papers before so this card is a first! Edged with black ric-rac ribbon with the front of the card cut slightly shorter than its corresponding edge to [...]
Read more →Lisa (Candles by Lisa) asked me to make a special Birthday Card for her sister in law. I wanted to do something a little different so came up with the idea of using a bottle shape. The bottle is hand cut from a template I created, edged with fuchsia glitter, computer printed wording and the [...]
Read more →What card do you send to a Scunthorpe United fan who will be 43? A specially commissioned Tip Top Toppers card of course! Wasn’t given a lot of time to make this (2 days) so had to think fast! Researched the history of the Club and printed it as a background (its also inside in [...]
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