The Christina Collection - Grow Through What You Go Through :D

A really bright journal page using one of the sentiments from The Christina Collection as my inspiration :D I had so much fun layering up different elements on this background, they might not all be visible from a distance, but when you look at it up close, you keep noticing different layers of interest :D I really enjoyed using the trellis dies as stencils again too, and they even work with ghosting as well :D :D Hope you enjoyed this journal layout!! I hadn't done one for a while, and was dying for an excuse to spend a few hours creating another :D :D :D

Main products used :D
The Christina Collection:
- Layered Butterflies Stamp Set
- Layered Florals Stamp Set
- Flowers and Tags Stamp Set
- Quatrefoil Trellis Die Set
- Cube Trellis Die Set
- The Complete 5x7" Card and Box Die Set
Cosmic Shimmer Ink Spray Mists - Tangy Tangerine, Lush Pink and Purple Paradise
Distress Oxide Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet
Distress Ink Pads: Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet
Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black
Tonic Studios Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Gunmetal grey
Tonic Studios Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Silver Gem
Tonic Studios Nuvo Glitter Drops - Silver Moondust

To see the process behind this art journal page, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel ArTi PoTeNTiAl :D 

Tonnes more photos below :D

The Christina Collection - Magnetic Butterflies :D

A quick video showing how I made some magnetic butterflies :D I went through a phase a few years back of making and selling magnetic butterflies, and I used to stamp and heat emboss in black onto acetate, then trim them out with scissors and use alcohol markers and nail varnish remover on the back of them to add colour, then I gave them the gem body and a magnet too :D And as soon as I saw this stunning butterfly in Christina's collection, I just had to use it to make some more, and I thought why not make a rainbow of them and use my Gilding Polish to add some shimmer :D You could cut all the butterflies from white if you wanted, but then you would need to spend more time trying to cover the whole thing with gilding polish, having the same colour of card underneath saves time and product too :D :D Hope you liked the video :D :D

You can purchase Christina's entire collection exclusively from CraftStash :D And for a limited time (until Tuesday 24th October 2017) you can use the code WOWCMM10 at the checkout to get 10% off of the Christina Collection :D 

Main products used :D
The Christina Collection - Layered Butterflies Die Set
Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish (in a rainbow of colours)
Creative Expressions Foundations Card
Vellum
Black Gems
Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue
Woodware Fine Tip Applicator Bottle
Spellbinders Tool N One
Tonic Craft Pick
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine

To see the process behind these magnetic butterflies, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel ArTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Lots more photos below :D 

 

Tonic-tastic Shaker Coffin Halloween Decoration :D

I love the 2017 Halloween collection of dies from Tonic, they are so gorgeous, and there's so much you can do with them all!! I had this idea to create a shallow shaker (full of bones) in the top of the coffin box, and I was planning on keeping it as a functioning box, however I decided to use pearlescent card to make my box, and because the frame of the shaker was so thin, the glue didn't want to hold on the pearly finish, so I ended up sealing the box and making it a decoration instead, so if I made this again, I would definitely use regular black card instead, the pearly card would be fine for a regular box, but with the added shaker element, there really needed to be a good bond :D I think it makes a cool decoration though, and it's nice to have the interactive shaker element too :D :D Hope you liked seeing how I made this :D :D

Main Tonic products used :D
Spooktacular Coffin Treat Box
Craft Perfect Onyx Black Pearlescent Card
Craft Perfect Purple Mist Satin Mirror Card
Craft Perfect Ultra Smooth White Card
Spooky Mini Moments Sentiment Die
Boo! Mini Moments Sentiment Die
Rococo Crawly Cobweb
Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Black Diamond
Acetate
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Glass Cutting Mat
Spellbinders Platinum Die-Cutting Machine

To see the process behind this spooky Halloween Shaker Coffin Decoration, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel ArTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Lots more photos below :D

Spellbinders Haunted House Halloween Decoration :D

A cute black, purple and orange spooky haunted house using tonnes of Spellbinders die sets, Lawn Fawn Stamps and lots of Tonic Nuvo products to decorate :D I had so much fun creating this tiny little Halloween decoration :D I loved creating the black and purple scalloped roof, and I think add the Nuvo Mousse and Nuvo Glimmer paste finishes it off perfectly :D Hope you liked seeing the process behind how I made this little house :D

Main products used :D
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Build a House Die Set
Spellbinders Die D-Lites Boo Web Holiday 2017
Spellbinders Die D-Lites Haunted Manor Holiday 2017
Spellbinders Die D-Lites Jack O Lantern Holiday 2017
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Witch on Broom Holiday 2017
Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Border Dies
Lawn Fawn Spooktactular Stamp Set
Halloween Sequins
Tonic Studios Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Royal Aubergine and Gunmetal Grey
Tonic Studios Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Black Diamond
Tonic Studios Nuvo Glitter Drops - Silver Moondust and Purple Rain
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Mini Snips Scissors
Tonic Studios Nuvo Glitter Embossing Powder - Glitter Noir
Black, Slate Grey and Rich Plum Foundations Card
Cosmic Shimmer Glue
Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine

To see the process behind this Haunted House Halloween Decoration, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel ArTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Lots more photos below :D

Ever Wondered What to Do with Your Tonic Packaging Pins? :D

 

I have quite a few of these fab little packaging pins from my collection of Tonic dies, stencils, stamps etc... and I wanted to make them into something I could use rather than them just sitting in a box :D They're such lovely little designs, and obviously the butterflies are my favourite ones :D Apparently they are for security reasons, but I just thought they're such an ingenious little accessory, so I've made mine into magnets :D I did make a bunch of these about a year ago now, but the footage I'd filmed was a little blurry, and I hadn't quite found a glue that worked well, however as soon as they brought out the Nuvo Deluxe adhesive, I tried it to see if it could hold a magnet, and it does brilliantly, the test one is still together after a number of months, so I thought I'd film another video (not blurry lol) just to show what I like to do with mine :D

Main products you'll need :D
The Packaging Pins (basically any Tonic die set, stencil or some stamps)
Tonic Tim Holtz 7" Serrated Scissors
5mm x 2mm Neodymium Magnets
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

To see the process behind how I make my Tonic packaging pins into magnets, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel ArTi PoTeNTiAl :D


A few more photos of them in use below :D