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WELCOME to Issue 9 of Crafing Ireland!
As always we have a fun tutorial packed issue for you all. We
have another guest contributorFrances Peets. If you would
like to submit to be a guest contributor send us an email with an
outline of your proposed tutorial.

We have excitng news in this issue. We are organising a Crafing
Ireland crop on the 26th May, in Athlone. We want to get all our
readers together for a fun and crafy day out. Best of all it is su-
per adorable at only 5 for entry for the whole day. There will
be a rafe for crafy prizes as well as demos and snacks through-
out the day. Visit our website here for details and booking!

We also have our new submissions email address which is
Submit your work - fnd out more at
www.crafingirelandonline.ie

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submissions@crafingirelandonline.ie.

Dont forget you can keep up to date with us on our BLOG
WEBSITE and FACEBOOK page.

Special Contributors
Frances Peets
Felicia Thomas

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Edi t or s not e. . . . . . . . p2
Des i gn Team Cal l . . . . . . . . p6
About Us . . . . . . . . p8
Faux L eat her Phot o Cor ner s . . . . . . . . p12
Reader Gi veaway. . . . . . . . p14
Pr oduc t r evi ew. . . . . . . . p16
Si ngl e L ayer ed Car ds . . . . . . . . p22
Submi s s i ons . . . . . . . . p27
Al t er i ng Wi t h Embos s i ng Powder. . . . . . . . p30
Al t er ed Addr es s Car ds . . . . . . . . p34
Memor y J ar. . . . . . . . p37

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Cl as s es and Cr ops . . . . . . . . p40
Al t er ed Canvas . . . . . . . p42
Spot l i ght on Kat e Wal s h. . . . . . . . p46
Cr af t y St or age I deas . . . . . . . . p55
Cr af t i ng on a Budget . . . . . . . . p58
Hat box . . . . . . . . p66
Feat ur ed Webs i t e . . . . . . . . p69
Bac k t o Bas i c s . . . . . . . . p74
Pr oc es s i ng Phot os f or Bl ogger s . . . . . . . . p78
Sc r apz vi l l e Swap . . . . . . . . p84
Chal l enge Wi nner. . . . . . . . p86


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Design Team Call
Crafing Ireland is looking for enthusiastc crafers
who have a passion for paper crafing and would
like to share their own tutorials and ideas.

What we are looking for:
Two projects every six weeks with step by step
photo or video tutorials
Good photography skills for suitable images
for publicaton in the magazine
We are looking for card makers, scrapbookers,
altered art creators and any other type of pa-
per crafers out there!
Keep your personal blog up to date
Actve partcipaton on Social Media sites, in-
cluding Crafing Irelands Facebook page and
blog
The term is for fve issues of the magazine,
startng in Issue 11

In return you will be published in the magazine

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and featured as a regular contributor.

You will also have a feature on our website, in-
cluding a link to your personal blog. You may al-
so receive occasional items from sponsors.

To enter:
Submit photos of fve of your favourite pro-
jects that highlight your style and skills
Try to include one project, or link to a blog
post/project that shows your ability to write a
crafy tutorial
Write a short biography about yourself and
tell us why you would ft on our design team
Entry is open to everyone, regardless of geo-
graphic locaton
Email your submission to submis-
sions@crafingirelandonline.ie

Submission deadline: 14th May
Date of Announcement: 28th May


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We decided it was about tme to introduce ourselves fully to our readers as
we have not done this before. We want to tell youre a litle bit about our-
selves and why we set up the magazine.

Nicole Mullen
Hi everyone! So where to begin? I am from Dublin, Ireland. I am Chief Editor
of Crafing Ireland. What does this mean? Mostly that I correct Timis
grammar :) Her English is fantastc and
defnetly much beter than my Hungarian, so
luckily she does not give me too much work to
do!

I have always been crafy, I used to paint a lot
and then progressed into paper crafing a few
years ago. I love anything crafy, even DIY on
my house, but partcularily card making. I love
the fact that it is so quick to get a project fully
fnished, where mini albums etc take much
more tme. I have recently started to get into
Art Journalling and I am hooked. I am not the
greatest artst, but it allows me to throw paint

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and colour onto pages, doodle and
just let my imaginaton go free. It is
very liberatng and great to ft in to a
spare 15 minutes in the the
evenings!

I work full tme as a Training Ofcer
for a Irish charity, so my spare tme
gets flled with crafy fun.

When I frst got the idea to start the
magazine it was because I was
getng frustrated with the UK and
American magazines. They all had
fantastc tps and tutorials. But I
found that I had to spend a fortune
on supplies to create most of the
projects. In the case of the American
magazines, half the tme you could not even get the required supplies here
in Ireland.

So I approached Timi about creatng a magazine that would work for the
Irish market. We use supplies that are available in Ireland, or can be
obtained with reasonable shipping. We also try to get a lot of use out of our
existng supplies because, like everyone, recession has hit us too! We do
make sure the magazine has appeal to everyone across the world though.
Our readership fgures show readers from places like Ireland, the UK,
Europe, Russia, America, South America, Brazil, India, Mongolia, Saudi
Arabia and as far afeld as Trinidad and Tobago just to name a few. It is
really great to see we have such a world wide appeal.

I fnd inspiraton from hopping around blogs, Pinterest and
then just random ideas that pop into my head! I dont
have a set style, it really depends what mood I am in. I
perhaps go with vintage and clean and simple the most.
For me though, anything goes in crafing!

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I am lucky that I have taken over a bedroom in our house for my craf studio.
I have tried to keep to one corner of it. I dont know how long that will last
for though. In my defense my husband has another bedroom for his ofce,
so I reckon I am allowed to take over a room! I love to retreat to my space
and put the radio on and get crafy. I can be found in there most evenings,
and very early on weekend mornings, usually with my pair of rabbits
snuggled at my feet. If I am not crafing then I am on the internet, usually
blogging! You can fnd my blog here.

Ok, that is enough about me now. I hope you have goten an insight as to
why we set up the magazine and why we craf. I look forward to meetng
more of you all throughout the year at all the various crafy events. Happy
crafing!

Timi Konya
Hi All, my name is Timi as you all know and I am one of the editors of
Crafing Ireland. This artcle is to introduce us working behind the scenes, so
let me start with my background.

I am from Hungary, but I have lived in Ireland for 4 years now. And I like it,
despite the weather. My full tme job is
a Health Care Support Worker, so most
of my days are not about creatng,
unfortunately.

I have always been very interested in
diferent crafs like potery, silk paintng,
batc etc... But when I found papercrafs
and scrapbooking I knew that this is
what I really want to spend my tme
with.

As you may already have seen I like to
create mini albums and scrapbook
pages. I am not a real card maker, but

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sometmes I do cards
too.

I also started art
journalling a while ago,
but havent really had a
chance to show any of
the pages I made. It is
fun for me to think
about new ways to
create a mini album or
to alter something to make a mini album from it. One day I will fll my minis
with pictures, but at this moment I just havent got the tme to do so.

My inspiraton comes from great mixed media artsts like Donna Downey,
Dina Wakley, Julie Fei-Fen Balzer and Claudine Hellmuth. That is why my
scrapbook pages are a bit more of a mixed media style.On my pages I like to
use lots of art media and dimension. Texture is something I really love. As a
result it is really hard sometmes to ft my pages into page protectors!
I try something new (for me) all the tme, new products, new art media, new
techniques.

My biggest crafy dream is to have a seperate studio with a sewing machine
in it, where I can hide from the world and leave my mess on the table. Most
of the tme I scrapbook about my travels and about my cat, Mitzee. I have a
blog, but I am not going to
bore you with it, because I
am the worst blogger of all.
That is all about me for
now. I hope you learnt a bit
more about me. I also hope
that I will meet some of you
at crafy events here in
Ireland.

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This is a guest tutorial provided by
Frances Peets. Frances is a crafer
from Toronto, Canada. She is a regular
reader of Crafing Ireland and is al-
ways entering the challenge too. She has provided this very useful method
to create faux leather photo corners....

What you will need
Large self adhesive pho-
to corner by 3M
Embossing Ink - Versa
Mark
Embossing Powder
Heat gun/tool
Sponge
Tweezers

Step 1
Using Versa Mark embossing ink, lightly saturate sponge. Spread ink evenly
across clear plastc photo corner.

Step 2
Generously spread embossing powder evenly over inked photo corner sur-
face. Repeat with a second coat of powder if necessary to cover entre sur-
face.

Strep 3
Hold the photo corner with tweezers. Using a heat gun
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(not too close as plastc will melt), dry the powder and ink by steadily
moving up and across powdered covered surface.

Tip: Try to be steady and slow, moving the heat tool and not shaking it
around. This technique with the heatng tool is faster and more efec-
tve than shaking it.

As you move the heatng tool at a steady pace and slant the item you
are embossing you can beter see when the entre surface is embossed
smoothly and completed.

Step 4
Adhere the photo corner to your layout or card and fll it with whatever
suitable embellishment and youre done!

Here I used punched out
heart shapes in green
paterned paper but I
could see tucking a tag or
journaled note-card. If you
have melted your em-
bossed photo corner in ar-
eas just cover the melted
spots up with butons and/
or other embellishments
for a clustered corner
efect.

Every mistake is meant to
further creatve explora-
ton. Never discard some-
thing that isnt perfect
but rather change it, alter
it, improve it and create
something you didnt ex-
pect.
Frances Peets

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Store printed photos safely and in style while on vacaton or when going to a
crop. Made out of an upcycled cereal box covered in beautful Japanese pa-
per. The inside fap can be stamped and decorated or you can use it to make
a list of the photos
and places you vis-
ited in preparaton
for scrapping when
you return home.

Handcrafed espe-
cially for you by
Frances Peets.

This beautful pho-
to keeper will be
mailed to one lucky
winner.

To be in with the
chance to win
simply email
Frances at
fpeets@me.com
and she will pick a
winner randomly!







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Portolio Series Water
Soluble Oil Pastels
I recently came across this product
and thought it sounded too good to
be true.

However a very forgiving price made
me buy a pack to try out. At 14.95
they were about 18. This was a very
decent price for a pack of 24 colours!

The box they come in is very clever
and a handy way to store them.

I used to use oil pastels a lot back in
my traditonal art days. I love how
smooth they are to draw and colour
with and love the texture. However I
hate the mess they can leave.

Oil pastels are obviously oil based.
The oil in them never completely
dries so anything done with oils can
be difcult to fx and preserve.

So what makes these pastels so spe-
cial?
Well these pastels can be used as tra-
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ditonal pastels. Or you can use water to
blend or wash the colour out. If you com-
bine this with a fantastc range of colours
that comes in the pack you have a very
fun and versatle product.

Art Journaling
To show how easy these pastels are to
work with I did up a quick art journal
page. I started by drawing a rough out-
line on a journal page of a patern I
wanted.

I then coloured in each secton in a colour of my choice.











To blend the colour out you can use your
fnger. If you need to be more precise or
don't want to get your fngers messy you
can use a paper stump instead.

ORBrush over the pastel with a wet
paint brush and watch the colour blend!
Be careful not to use too much water or
the colour will bleed everywhere.



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The beauty behind being able to blend with water is that you can literally
scribble down colour with the pastels and wash it into a lovely painted area.
You can also dip the pastels di-
rectly into water and apply
them wet to your page. This
gives a similar washed efect.

The blue on the botom half was
applied with the wet pastel, the
blue on the top was applied
with the dry pastel.

The completed page can be
seen on the right.

Now comes the cool part!
Normally with oil pastels your
page is going to feel slick and
oily. With these pastels when
you wash them with water this
oily feeling will fade a bit but
will stll be there.

HOWEVERwith these pastels
you can heat set them using a
heat tool. This has two purpos-
es . Firstly it will dry your page.

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But secondly it will sink the oil
down into your paper. This
means no oil pastel will smear
afer its been set.

It also means you will be able
to draw over the top of them,
something not possible with
traditonal oils.

Tip: you will have to use a
marker or similar, pencils wont
work as well as inks or markers
will.

This journal page took about
10mins to create from start to
fnish. I love the ability to lay
down lots of colour really fast!

Tags
I wanted to see the versatlity of the pastels so I created a tag using them
with no water washing involved.
I scribbled on some colour and
blended it out using my fnger. Again
you can use the paper stumps if you
wish.

Tip: A paper stump is a rolled paper
tool that allows you to blend inks/
oils etc. It has a tp on it that allows
you to precisely blend.

When your stump gets dirty you can
simply pare it back to a clean sec-
ton again.


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I scribbled on another colour and blended it again with my fnger. I then
scribbled another colour on and blended again. I started with my darkest col-
ours on the outside and worked in wards with gradually lighter colours.
Before you can do anything further with the tag
you need to again set the oils down into the
paper.

Tip: When you heat the tag with your heat
tool you will see a faint sheen appear across
the paper and then disappear. This is the oil
heatng and then setng into the paper.

When this step is done you can now stamp on
the tag and embellish as you wish.
I created another quick tag using the same
technique but this tme embossed the tag in-
stead of stamping on it.

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Conclusion
Overall I really think these pastels are a fantastc product. I love how easy
they are to work with and how versatle they can be. The selecton of colours
is great and allows for a lot of creatvity.
The price for a set of 24 colours is hard to beat too, which always helps! I
dont think the pastels will ever replace my distress inks, but for quick and
fun crafiness I adore them.
I bought mine from Paper Artsy online. There are lots of
tutorials available online using the pastels, but they are so
simple and fun to use I feel that they allow creatvity
without needing instructons!

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Normally I dont really do cards. However there are
tmes when I need to do some for family or friends.
In these cases I like to take the quick and easy way
to do so. Here I am going to show you a few ideas
on how to make some quick and simple cards with only one layer without
using any paterned paper.

What you will need
Card base
Watercolours or Inktense blocks
Heat tool
Doily paper
Distress Inks
Sentment Stamps
Stencil

Card #1
Step 1
Pick three colours that you want to work with. Take the frst colour and wa-
ter it down on the craf sheet. With
a wider brush apply some colour to
the top corner of the card base and
let the paint fow on the paper. Dry
it with the heat tool.
Step 2
Repeat Step 1 with the second col-
our., and again with the third colour.
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Step 4
When all the layers are dry stamp a sentment
on to the card.

Card #2

Step 1
Take a card base and a paper doily. Use the
doily as a stencil.





Step 2
Place the doily on the card.




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Step 3
Apply Distress Inks with a Blending
Tool. Use at least two or three col-
ours.

Make sure that you hold the doily
down very well to create a crisp im-
age.

Step 4
Stamp a sentment and some fow-
er details.

Card #3

Step 1
Take a stencil and sponge daubers.





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Step 2
Place the stencil on the card base and start to add colour with the dauber
randomly over the stencil.
Step 3
Take the second colour and contnue colouring in. Try to leave space for the
sentment.








Step 4
When there is only few circles lef change to a contrastng colour and colour
the rest of the circles in.











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Step 5
Stamp the sentment in the line
where you didnt colour in with
the inks.

I hope you found some inspira-
ton in these quick and easy sin-
gle layer cards.














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Birthday Celebraton
Call for submissions.Calling ALL crafers we want to publish you!!

For each issue we will give you a list of themes to work with. We would love to
see what you create inspired by these themes. When you submit an image of
your project, please make sure it is clearly photographed straight-on with a
neutral background or scanned. Please make sure you only submit projects
that have never appeared online or on a blog before, and it can not have been
published previously. The themes for this issue were:
Jessica Fitzhenry
jessicaftzhen-
ry.blogspot.com

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Geraldine Mullarkey

Weenie Thomas Dublin, Ireland

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Issue 10 Submission themes
For issue 10 we have one theme for you to work with. Again you
can submit cards, layouts or altered art projects. The theme is:

Summer Funshow us projects which refect summer fun!

Please email your entries along with your name and blog address
to:
submission@crafingirelandonline.ie by the 14th May

Remember your submited projects can not have been pub-
lished online or in any other publicaton before it is featured
with us. You can fnd guidelines for submitng your work on

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In Issue 8 Timi did a tutorial showing how to al-
ter a tn to create an altered vintage tn. I am go-
ing to do a tutorial altering a sweet tn also, but I
will be altering mine using embossing powder.

What you will need
Metal sweet tn
Gesso
Versamark
Embossing powder and heat
gun
Card stock, DP and embellish-
ments of your choice

Step 1
Paint the tn with a layer of gesso. I paint it with gesso because it is a easier
surface for the versamark to stck to. It also means if I miss any patches with
the embossing powder the white will show up and point this out to me!

Step 2
Apply a very good coat of
versamark to the tn.
Startng on the lid is easi-
est.

Make sure you get a good
coverage of versamark.


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Step 3
Cover the versamark with embossing powder. I used a verdigris colour, this is
a antqued green with copper and gold in it, it gives a lovely vintage efect.
Make sure to work over a sheet of paper to capture all the loose embossing
powder.
Step 4
Heat the embossing powder with a heat tool. Make sure not to hold the tn
when you are heatng it as it will get very hot!








Step 5
Before you can emboss the sides of the tn you will need to put the lid on the
tn and mark a line of where it sits on the base of the tn. Do not emboss
above this line. If we emboss above this line the lid also wont close correctly.

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Step 6
Emboss all around the side of the
tn. Work in small sectons so that
you can get good coverage on the
tn.
Again dont hold it while you are
meltng the embossing powder!
Step 7
Wipe of the excess gesso of from
above your embossed
line to make the tn
look neater.
Step 8
I created a set of
small note cards to
put inside my tn.
To create them I die
cut eight circle
shaped cards and also
eight circles of DP to
mount on the top of
them.
I glued the circles of
DP to the front of the
circle card blanks.
I then created
sentment toppers
with a selecton of
sentments on them,
suitable for
numerous occasions.

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Step 9
Place the notecards inside the tn.
Embellish the tn as you wish.
I kept my tn lid fairly simple as the
embossing powder gives such a stunning
efect in person.





Enjoy recycling any
litle tns you may have
around your house!!


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I love statonary shops and everything that you can
buy in them. I also love making lists of things I like
or do.
This gave me the idea to alter a packet of address
cards. This litle register can be used to hold photos or inspiratonal quotes
or for example a list of why I love you.

This project is great for when you are lef
with small pieces of paterned paper that
you wouldnt be able to use on a bigger
project like a mini album.

What you will need:
Address Cards
Cardboard box to put the cards in
Paterned Paper
Embellishments
Metal label holder
Perfect Pearls and Perfect
Medium
Step 1
Cut the papers to the size of the
address cards. Ink all the edges
and adhere them to the cards.

Step 2
Decorate the cards with some
fowers and chipboard elements.
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Try to place the embellishments in
an alternatng patern - on one page
fx them to the lef and on the next
page fx to the right.
This will make sure that the cards
are nice and evenly spaced when
you put them into the box.

Step 3
Cover the sides of the box with
paterned paper and again ink all
the edges to give it an aged look.

Step 4
Take a metal label holder and cover
it with brown acrylic paint. Dry it
with the heat tool.

Step 5
Apply some of the Perfect Medium
on the label holder and brush some Perfect Pearls on it. Spritz it with water
to make the powder permanent. This will make the labelholder look
weathered.

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Step 6
Place the laber holder
on the front of the box
and secure it with some
brads.

Embellish it with some
fowers and leaves.

Step 7
Place all the cards in the
box and now you just
have to put photos or
quotes in it and its
done!

If you try this
project share it
with us on our
Facebook page.

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I fnd that I end up with a lot of glass jars to recy-
cle in my house. I got fed up of just washing
them out and putng them in the recycling bin so
I started looking for things to do with them.

They can be handy for storing craf supplies. But for this tutorial I decided to
do something a litle bit diferent. I used a photo and some mementos from
a recent trip to create a memory jar. This is like a dimensional mini scrap-
book page.

What you will need
Clean glass jar
Acrylic paint
Photo or mementos you want to display
Embellishments of your choice

Step 1
Make sure your jar is fully clean! I cut a
piece of paterned acetate to ft in the back
of my jar.

To get the size for your acetate place your
jar on the acetate and mark on it where the
back of the jar starts to curve on each side.

Then measure the height of
your jar, just up to the
point of the jar where it
starts to curve at the top. You should end up with a piece
cut that fts just nicely into the back of the jar and
doesn't need any adhesive to stay in place.
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TIP: The reason for this piece of acetate was just
to make my jar look nice from the back with the
gold patern on the acetate showing up. You
could of course use paterned paper instead.

Step 2
Gather your photo/embellishments
of choice. I like to gather a few
things to try them all out, so I wont
necessarily use everything I gather
for the project.

I cut my photo down to a similar
size as the acetate.

Step 3
Place your photo inside the jar. To help keep it in place I used a few pebbles
gathered from a river from the same trip that I took the photo on.

Tip: If you don't want to use stones you could use something like bunched
up fabric, rafa, shredded paper or sand and shells. You could
always glue the photo into place if you dont want to fll
the botom of the jar with anything.


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Step 4
Add your embellishments into the jar. The
embellishments can be anything that re-
late to the photo you put in the jar, feath-
ers, shells, stones, ornaments, small
toysyou are limited only by your jar size.
For my jar I simply put in a small die cut
birdwe spent a lot of tme on the trip
watching birds so it related well to the
photo.

Step 5
Decorate your jar lid. I simply painted
mine with acrylic paint. You could cover it
in paper, ink etc.

You can go as simple or as detailed as you
like on this project. Enjoy preserving your
memories!

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shop running crops and classes or just a group of crafy people looking for like
minded people let us know. Simply email your details to submis-
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Archangels craf club
Archangels Craf Club - we meet in St. Gabriels Clontarf every Tues-
day 7.30 - 9.30pm and do all sorts of crafs - knitng, cross sttch,
card making, beading and scrapping etc.

We are in our 9th year - all very informal but its a place to craf with
like minded individuals. We are always on the lookout for demon-
strators and enjoy the social aspect of crafing (along with the tea
and cake!) If anyone is interested in coming along to join us, or may-
be there is another club out there who would be interested in doing
a Christmas craf day together please do contact me. Contact Chris-
tne at christnehelenokelly@gmail.com or on 0857151759

Create With Kate
Workshops in card making, scrapbooking and mixed media. We also are a
mobile craf supplies shop. Visit createwithkate.com for more informaton
or phone 087 984 1196.

Scrapbooking Limerick
Create beautful scrapbook pages & crafs at our Easter crop & class
Date: 1st April, 11am - 4pm Theme: Litle Chick
Costs: 25 includes full kit, refreshments & prizes
Bookings: 086 3817677
www.facebook.com/scrapbookinglimerick

The Polka Dot Craf Club
Cardmaking and scrapbooking workshop
Sunday 22nd April, 12.00 16.00
The Street Caf, Scots Street, Killarney
The Polka Dot Craf Club Facebook page



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Using quotes on your piece of art is very popular
lately. I found this quote from Albert Einstein and
thought it was a great one to use on a steampunk
inspired canvas piece.

Here I am going to lead you through how to make your own altered canvas.

What you will need:
Streched canvas
Chipboard pieces
Metal Clock Face
Metal gears
Flower trims
Baby wipes
Kraf Glassine
Doily
Old Book Paper/Filmstrip ribbon
Step 1
Take the canvas and gather the pieces that you want to use on the project.

Step 2
Start with adhering the doily, kraf glassine, piece of baby wipe and the old
book paper. Use gel medium for this.

I used an old baby wipe that I had previously used for cleaning
my craf sheet.

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Step 3
Arrange the chipboard pieces and
glue them down. Try to make it
dimensional. Add the lace and
fower trim as well. Dont worry
about the elements not being the
same colour. It doesnt mater at
this stage.

Step 4
Put some gesso on the craf sheet
and add some water to it. Paint everything on the canvas with gesso. Let it
dry, preferably over night.
Step 5
Pick the colours that you want to work with. You will need to colour the
canvas using the lightest colour frst and then the darker colours.
The colours I used were:
Bleached Sand (Americana)
Bahama Blue (Americana)
Gold (Adirondack)
Hazelnut (Adirondack)
Espresso (Adirondack)
Stream (Adirondack)

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Step 6
Cover most of the canvas with the
Bleached Sand.

Then start adding a litle bit of the
Bahama Blue. Use a brush to apply
the colour closer to the edges and a
baby wipe to spread it towards the
centre. Try to keep the centre a
lighter colourbecause that is where
you will need to write the quote.

Tip: Dry the canvas between each colour to make the layers show nicely.
Step 7
Cover the chipboard elements with the
browns so they will pop up from the
background.

Step 8
Add gold paint with your fnger or with
baby wipes to the chipboard elements
and to the edges of the canvas.

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Here are the details up closer:







Step 9
When everything is dried you can start
to glue down the metal pieces. I added
some of the flmstp ribbon and a Tim
Holtz Salvage tcket too.

Step 10
Write the quote with a pencil frst.
Make sure the the spelling is right.
Dont worry too much about the lines
being straight or not. This is a
handmade piece of art, it only
gives interest if it is not perfect.

And there you have it! An
altered canvas with a quote. It
can be a lovely present or a
home decor piece .

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In every issue we will be spotlightng the work of an Irish based crafer. We
will look at paper crafers, scrapbookers, and altered art afcionados. If you
think you know someone who you think sound be spotlighted let us know
at info@crafingirelandonline.ie
This issues spotlight is shining on Kate Walsh.
Here is Kate to tell us a bit about herself and her
work....

I was born Catherine, nicknamed Caf /Cathy and
now go by Kate lol! I grew up in Athlone, spent a
few years each in Galway, Cork and Dublin and
fnished up setling in County Mayo, where I live
with my husband (of 11 years and best friend of
19 years) my 3.75 year old son (the .75 bit is very
important), two West Highland Terriers, 3 cats,
12 cows, 14 sheep and 4 lambs (so far!).

We live in a rural but very beautful
part of Mayo on the shores of Lough
Mask about 25 minutes drive from Cas-
tlebar or Westport. I am primarily a
stay at home mum (although I dont do
the housewifey stuf very well) but I
have been teaching papercraf classes
for the last few years. Recently I just
set up an online shop selling my favour-
ite papercraf goodies htp://
createwithkate.com.

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When and how di d you get i n-
vol ved wi t h paper craf t i ng?
When I got married in December
2000, I made my own wedding sta-
tonery and hey I was addicted lol!.
Shortly afer sending out our invites I
started getng commissions, so I quit
my job as a microbiologist and Infni-
ty Design Wedding Statonery was
born. I designed and produced wed-
ding statonery for 7 years untl 2008
when I became a full tme sahm. I
started scrapbooking and making
mini books around the same tme, as I stll HAD to play with paper. I also
started teaching on a part tme basis and I set up the Mayo Papercrafing
Club and this led to htp://CreatewithKate.com

What i s your f avour i t e aspect of paper craf t i ng?
There are several things I love about papercrafing like playing with patern,
colour and dimension but probably the driving force behind my addicton is
the social side of crafing. Its such a wonderful community both on and of
line. The fact that you can form great friendships at home and anywhere in
the world all because of paper and
stamps, its fantastc! Its a crafing
revoluton lol!

What are t he t echni ques t hat
you use most of t he t i me?
I always have my stamps at hand as I
fnd I use them in practcally every
project. I do love to make my own
paterned paper so this is a tech-
nique I use a lot, and I always add di-
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edges comes second nature. I also love
working with UTEE, die cuts and ribbon/
trim.

What are your "can' t do wi t hout "
product s?
Where do I start lol! First my stamps and
you have to have inks, so my distress and
chalk inks are a must. Afer that glossy ac-
cents, I fnd I use it instead of double sided
tape. Mustnt forget my big shot, oh and pa-
per, Have I mentoned that Im addicted to
paper!

What i nspi res you?
I live in a beautful part of the world (even when its raining!), and without
sounding clichd, I fnd inspiraton in where I live, who I live with and who I
craf with. I think inspiraton cant be acted upon untl you are in a happy
place and believe me there are plenty of tmes when I need to pick up my
magazines or go to the internet to give my mojo a good kick up the rear lol!

How do y ou descr i be y our
st yl e?
Im not sure if I have a partcular style
when it comes to papercrafing. I like
to keep challenging myself, creatng
diferent things, trying new products
and techniques. My wedding staton-
ery designs always have a clean cut
symmetry, where less is more and
sometmes you can see this carry over
into my other craf projects.

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Do you bl og?
I do, and I love it! I have a wordpress blog,
htp://createwithkate.wordpress.com. I fnd
blogging is a great way of expressing your
human self as well as your crafing self. It
takes me over an hour to write a post
though!

Where can we see your wor k? Ar e
you on any desi gn t eams?
You can see some of it on my blog, htp://
createwithkate.wordpress.com. Im not on a
design team, I just like to play and some-
tmes its a mess and sometmes I do create
something beautful, its the fun of the crea-
tve journey for me!

Have you any pl ans f or t he f ut ur e?
I have lots of plans just not sure yet what
they are lol! Joking aside, I do want to de-
velop my web store so thats where my fo-
cus will be.

I am going to the CHA Summer 2012 show
again this year and would love to do anoth-
er workshop with Dyan Reaveley
(Dylusions). Other than that, I aim to be
creatve every day, whether its creatng a
masterpiece or baking
cookies with my 3.75
year old!

Kate x


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I have a lot of paper bags in my crafy stash, yet
I never seem to make any mini albums with
them. This is despite purchasing them just for
that purpose! So I decided to create a kind of
keepsake journal with them.

What you will need
Paper bags
Acrylic paint or distress stains
Picket fence distress stain or wa-
tered down gesso
Embellishments

Step 1
To colour the paper bags you can use distress
stains in a colour of your choice. I didn't have
any distress stains so I created my own. I
flled a cup with some water and added in
some acrylic paint.

I used a squeezy tube of acrylic and added in
about 1 part paint to 3 parts water. Mix it
well and you can brush it
onto the bags. It will
work just like distress
stainsexcept it will be
much messier!!



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Keep goi ng unt i l you have
t he bags al l cover ed.

Ti p: Don t wor r y about get -
t i ng a per f ec t cover age on
t he bags . The mot t l ed
pat c hy ef f ec t gi ves a ni c e
di s t r es s ed l ook.

St ep 2
The bot t om f l ap of t he bags wi l l need t o be gl ued down t o
c r eat e a poc ket . I s i mpl y added a t hi n s t r i p of gl os sy ac -
c ent s on ei t her s i de of t he f l ap.
St ep 3
I punc hed hol es and s et
eyel et s i nt o t he s i des of
t he bags t o t ake bi ndi ng
r i ngs . You coul d al s o bi nd
i t wi t h a bi nd i t al l i f you
want ed.

Ti p: Tr y t o c o- or di nat e
your eyel et s t o your pr o-
j ec t c ol our s !

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St ep 4
Now i t s t i me t o decor at e your bags . For my cover I us ed a
s t enc i l . On al l my ot her pages I us ed a bubbl e wr ap ef f ec t
s t amp and di s t r es s i nks t o s t amp wi t h.


















St ep 5
I put al l t he bags t o-
get her s o t hat t he cover
pages poc ket i s on t he
i ns i de cover. Al l ot her
pages t hen have t he
poc ket s s howi ng f ac e
up.

On t he non poc ket pag-
es I us ed t he pi c ket
f enc e di s t r es s s t ai n t o
mar k out an ar ea t hat I
can j our nal on.

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St ep 6
Onc e al l your bags ar e t oget her you can f i l l wi t h t i c ket s ,
t ags and ot her mement os you may want t o j our nal about .
The paper bags al l ow you t o s l i de t hi ngs i ns i de t hem f r om
t he t op. You can f i t qui t e a l ot i nt o t he bags .



















Wi t h t he j our nal i ng s ec -
t i ons , t he mi ni poc ket s
and t he l ar ge poc ket s
f r om t he bags t hi s i s a
qui c k and easy way t o
c r eat e a keep s ake j our -
nal .

I t can hel p you keep al l t hos e l i t t l e mement os
l i ke conc er t t i c ket s , t ags , not es and l et t er s
Al l i n one pl ac e!

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In this new series we would like to collect and share
ideas on how to store craf supplies. In the frst part I
am going to show you my craf corner.

As I live in a small apartment I dont have a lot of space or even a separate
craf room. Therefore I have to be creatve on using the space I have. As a big
fan of IKEA I bought most of my storage units there.

I use two tables, arranged in an L shape for creatng. These are the VIKA ta-
bles. In IKEA you can buy these trays that fx onto the legs. I use these to
keep my adhesives in. They folds away nicely under the table top, so are al-
ways easy to reach.







Above the table I have three RIBBA picture ledges holding all my
paints and inks. The botom one is fxed on the wall upside down.
This makes it perfect to hold all my ink pads. I always found it
difcult to store ink pads. When I had them in drawers I
always wanted the one on the botom. As a result I ended
up keeping them on the top of table and it was always a
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mess. I screwed the lids of the litle
jars onto the botom of the ledge.
This means that they dont take up
space on a shelf.

Under the picture ledges the BYGEL
rails and containers hold my scis-
sors, brushes, Cropadile and other
smaller tools.

Across from the tables I have three
EXPEDIT units. In these I can store
lots of supplies; from 12x12 papers
to bulky fabrics and boxes full of
lace and alterable items.
I found that paper boxes from MUJI
are great for 12x12 paper pack and
sheets. For 6x6 pads and loose
sheets I use these white boxes
(image botom right) from IKEA.
They are called Ratonell Variera.

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Helmer drawer units by IKEA are superb
to house all the litle bits and pieces,
such as fowers, bling, punches, enve-
lopes, paper doilies etc. I keep these
drawer units under the table and they ft
perfectly.
This was a litle tour of my craf corner; I hope you found some ideas.
In this series we would like you to show of your craf space!
Email us at submissions@crafingirelandonline.ie with some
pictures and descripton to be featured in the magazine!!

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I am sure most of you out there have the habit of bringing bags to the
shops to put your purchase in. Here in Ireland since the plastc bag charge
was brought in a few years ago we all tend to carry shopping bags. My
problem with shopping bags is that they dont looks so stylish. You can get
some fun and funky tote bags, but they tend to be on the pricy side. So I
decided to create my own fun bags at a fracton of the price!

What you will need
Plain shopping totesI purchased mine on eBay for
around 3 for six of them.
Stencil & acrylic or fabric paint
Painters tape
Citra solv, paint brush and images suitable for citrasolving
Sheet of cardboard sized to ft inside your bag

Bag 1Stencilled Bag
Step 1
Place your cardboard inside your bag. This is going to stop the paint bleed-
ing through the other side of the bag.

Step 2
Place your stencil on the front of your bag.
Make sure you positon it exactly where you
want it to be. Tape it in place with the paint-
ers tape. You need to work on a fat surface.
I used the ground and taped my bag to the
ground for extra stability.
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Step 3
Dip a round headed paintbrush or a stencil brush into some paint. Dab the
paint of onto a piece of paper towel to get your brush as dry as possible.
Too much paint on your brush will mean that paint will bleed under your
stencil. Keep going untl all the stencil is flled in.












Step 4
Let the paint dry fully. When it is dry you
can add highlights to your stencil if you
wish. I did this by adding a pearlescent ac-
cent to the centre of the cherry blossoms,
and a gold centre to them again. The birds
on my stencil got a dustng of gold paint.


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Step 5
Carefully remove your stencil when the paint is dry. You want to make sure
to not smear your paint. Now enjoy your new bag....

Tip: If you dont use fabric paint you
can buy a fabric fxatve in a good fabric
and sewing shop to fx your acrylic
paint.
Bag 2 Citrasolv image
Step 1
Prepare your bag as in step one of the stencilled bag. I use a towel on top of
the cardboard just to make sure no citrasolv soaks through the cardboard to
the other side.

Step 2
Pick your images you want to use. Remem-
ber it must be printed on a laser jet printer
or on a photocopier in order for the citra-
solv to work.

Trim the image to ft the area you want to
place them. Make sure not to trim them
too close to the image. You have some pa-
per lef to tape the image down by!


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Step 3
Place the image on the bag and tape into place. Citrasolv the image onto the
bag. I like to do all the images separately, it is easier to work with.

I did my large image frsta vintage bee hive. I then added in the bees afer-
wards.















Step 4
Let your bag dry. Then place a
towel over it and iron it to evap-
orate the citrasolv of.

This just stops the bag from
smelling like citrasolv. My citra-
solv is lemon scented so I don't
mind the smell too much!

Enjoy your fun new custom
bags!



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I love having charms and cute keyrings hanging of bags. But as usual they
tend to be expensive for the really nice ones. I want to show you how easy it
is to make a cute, custom keyring charm.

What you will need
Charms
Jewellry chain
Jump rings
Fine needle nose Pliers
Metal snips
Keyring clips and ringsI purchased
mine from Etsy for about 2 for a
pack of 6

Step 1
Plan what you want on your keyring
charm. I tend to buy some charms
and also take ones of of old jewel-
lery. Some of the charms needed to
have some chain added onto them.

Step 2
To do this cut a piece of chain to
the length you want. Be careful
with the snips, as when you cut the
chain small pieces of it can fy of.
Watch your eyes!

Step 3
To get the layout of your keyring it
can help to lay all the parts out on
your desk separate frst.

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This gives you an idea of how long to cut
chain, and if certain charms work along
side one another.

Step 4
To connect the charms to the chain you will
need to use the jump rings. To open a jump
ring hold it with your pliers to one side of
the opening of it. Using either your fngers
or a second pliers pull the two sides in the
opposite directon from one another.















Step 5
Hook your charm and the length of chain
on the jump ring. Then close the jump ring
the way you opened it.

Tip: It can be a lot easier to open and
close jump rings with two pliers rather
than just one pliers and your fngers!


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Step 6
You should now have all your charms on the end of their chains. Lay it out
once more to make sure the lengths are all ok.

If you are happy with the lengths thread them all onto the keyring ring. You
will also need to thread the keyring ring onto
the keyring clip.











Step 7
Enjoy your completed charm keyring!

Colouring Charms
I also created a second charm keyring. I used charms
that were silver. I used Alcohol inks to change the col-
our of them to look beter on my bag. I followed all
the same steps to complete this keyring then.

I laid all the
pieces out into
my intended
placement and
connected
them all up
with jump
rings.


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You can have great fun making these quick and
simple charm keyrings. I love clipping these on-
to handbag or tote bag handles for that extra
touch!

You are only limited by your imaginaton, and
possibly your charm stash when creatng these.
You can even use fabric scraps die cut into
shapes, or feathers as part of the charms.

If you create some charms of your own make
sure to share your work on our Facebook wall!!





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Everytme I fnd a round shaped box I want to
decorate it in a hatbox style and use it to hold some
of my litle bits that I gather. This is a very easy but
stll an interestng way to alter a box.

What you will need:
Paper mach box
Paterned paper
Grunge paper
Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners

Step 1
Cover the side and the top of the box
with paterned paper. To make it
prety you could cover the edge of the lid with some lace in a matching col-
our.
Step 2
Take a wide piece of grunge paper and colour it an aged leather colour. I
used Distress Stains in diferent brown colours to get this efect.
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Step 3
Add an eyelet to each end of the grunge paper strip and round the ends as
shown in the picture below.
Step 4
Using hot glue adhere the strip onto
the box as if it was a handle on it.

Step 5
Place four of Tim Holtz Hitch Fasten-
ers on the side of the box. These will
act as the legs of the hatbox.

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Step 6
To fnish it of you could place a fower (or any embellishments of your
choice) on the top of the lid.

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A bit more about
Etsy

I have admired the deco-
ratve banners that other
Etsy sellers have and
ofen thought about
adding one, but, honest-
ly I didnt know how to
so my shop was looking
a litle plain.

It turned out to be simple; the hardest thing was choosing a design. You can
use a photo that you already have, but none of mine looked right once they
had been resized, (the image needs to be 760x100 pixels) so I went in search
of a one online.

I did a Google search for Free Etsy banners and had a huge selecton to
choose from I eventually chose one from
www.sweetlyscrappdart.blogspot.com there is a great choice there and Emi-
ly (the designer) only asks that you display her buton on your blog if you
take one of her designs.
The banner was blank so that I could add my own
ttle, the frst thing I did was click on the banner I
had chosen, and saved it to my pictures as
a .jpeg fle.

Then I opened Photoshop and added the text. You
do this by clicking fle, open and then browsing
for the image you have saved.

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On the lef click the T and draw a text box on your banner. You can choose
your font style and size at the top of the page.

When you are happy with your text save it as a jpeg fle.
Now, open your Etsy shop
and click your shop at the
top and then info & ap-
pearance.

This will bring you to this
page click browse and se-
lect your banner picture. At
the botom of that page you
must click save changes


Click back to your shop
and afer a minute of
two your banner will ap-
pear!






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Etsy Community

There are all sorts of Etsy Teams; these are groups of people who are con-
nected by what they sell, geographically, or similar interests. The advantage
of joining a team is that it makes it easier for people to collaborate and
make everyones shop more prominent. I belong to The Crafy Ireland
team, they keep a blog at etsyireland.blogspot.com

Currently the team has over 8,000 products for sale on Etsy, what a creatve
bunch!

There are plenty of team jobs to do, all of which get your name known to
the readers which leads to more shop views and hopefully more sales.

My job on the team is the Tea & Chat spot I interview members of the
Crafy Ireland team, I give them a list of informal questons and then they
send me the answers and some photos of their work. It gets published on
the blog every second Saturday.

If you are a member of the team Id love to interview you, drop me a line!!

The other team blog writers cover topics from introducing new members,
How to Tuesdays which has great litle tutorials and Crafy News which
has all the details of upcoming fairs and exhibitons.

You also have a circle on your page; this is a way of keeping up to date
with friends or sellers you like. If anyone likes something new it shows up on
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trawl through the whole of Etsy so for this reason its good to keep adding to
your circle.

If you have a blog then you can menton that you have added new items to
your shop, the same goes for Facebook and Twiter that is probably the easi-
est and most efectve way of advertsing, Dont forget to add a link to your
shop on your blog.

So, now you know all about selling on Etsy be warned it may not be an over-
night success but you never know when someone will fnd exactly what
theyre looking for on your shop and you make a sale!

Best of luck!

htp://www.etsy.com/

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If you would like to advertse in Crafing Ireland email us at
info@crafingirelandonline.ie with advertsing in the subject line for
more informaton.

Below are a list of some shops that we shopaholics like to order all those es-
sental supplies from. All these stores are either located in Ireland, or else
ship to Ireland with reasonable rates.
Ireland

CardznScraps Cork Art Supplies
htp://cardznscrapz.com/

Scrapbook Store
htp://www.thescrapbookstore.ie

Crafy Angels
htp://www.crafyangels.ie/store/
Scrapbook Store
htp://www.thescrapbookstore.ie
An Siopa Bui The Yellow Shop
htp://www.ansiopabui.ie/
Create With Kate
www.createwithkate.com


LillyPad Craf Supplies
htp://www.lilypadcrafsupplies.ie/
Crafy Cutng
www.crafycutng.com

United Kingdom

Artst Trading Post
htp://www.artstradingpost.com/

Artstc Stamper
htp://www.theartstcstamper.com/

Craf Barn
htp://www.thecrafbarn.co.uk/

Craf Emporium
htp://www.craf-emporium.co.uk
WOW Embossing Powders
htp://
www.wowembossingpowder.co.uk/
Wild Orchid Crafs
www.wildorchidcrafs.com

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In the last part of our Advanced took kit series we
are going to discuss electronic cutng machines.
These electronic cutng machines are on the more
expensive end of die cutng machines. It can be difcult to decide which
machine suits your needs.

One of the smallest machines that you can
buy is the Making Memories Slice. With its
built-in handle and light weight it is
extremely easy to bring along to crops and
classes if needed. It is made for
scrapbookers and cardmakers and it is
limited in the materials that you can cut. It
is made to cut paper, vinyl and vellum. It
can draw paterns and emboss as well,
which is great for a litle machine like this.

The next machine we looked at is the Sizzix Eclips. This machine can work
independently from the computer, however it needs cartges which make it
fairly expensive. Especially if you want to own a lot of designs.
It is not as lightweight as the Slice but
the handles on it help with portability.
It will cut only lightweight materials
like cardstock and vinyl, but since it is
possible to adjust the blade pressure it
will work with some lighter chipboard
as well.
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Timi Konya
The Silhouete CAMEO is next on
our list. This machine is able to cut
paper, cardstock and vinyl but
wont pierce, engrave or emboss
metal. It is a great machine for
paper crafers who do not wish to
cut a whole range of materials
other than paper. It cuts really
nicely and also is able to draw. It
hasnt got handles on it, so it can be a litle bit tricky when you want to bring
it out of the house. You can however buy a wheeled tote to help you carry it
to classes and crops. It comes with computer sofware and it is easy to
create your own designs on it.

The Cricut Expression machine has a
large 12x24 cutng mat which
allows you to create large projects. It
can work independently from the
computer, but even when you use it
with computer you have to insert a
cartrige into it. The designing
possiblittes are a litle limited, but
there are plenty of designs available on the diferent cartriges. It is not a
very portable machine, weighs 21 pounds and has no handles to help you
carry it around. Cricut Expression will cut a number of materials such as
cardstock, chipboard, foam, felt, balsa
wood, vellum, fabric and more.

The Crafwell eCraf die cutng machine
features a mat free cutng technology,
so you dont have to spend money on
buying new cutng mats when they get
old. The eCraf can be used with or
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designs on SD cards that are inserted in the machine . You can create your
own designs using its sofware.
The blade pressure is easy to adjust and there are plenty of materials that
you can cut with the eCraf: chipboard, cardstock, magnet sheets, rubber,
blasa wood, vinyl and even thin metal and leather. This machine is designed
to cut, it is not able to emboss or engrave.

If you want to learn more about the eCraf or see how it works in
real life join us on our Fun Crop on 26th May in Athlone, Co.
Westmeath. More informaton can be found on our website.

The Black Cat Cougar is one of the most expenive electronic die cutng
machines that you can buy today. It comes with a sofware that you can use
to create your own designs. It is able to cut many material.
The usual cardstock and vinyl are not a
problem for it, it can also cut rubber,
leather, sponge, and even faux fur. It is
also able to draw, emboss and egrave
into several materials. It can also punch
holes or distress items. All these
capabilites will give you endless
possiblites!

I hope that we have given you a litle
insight into the world of electronic
diecutng machines. If you are just
about to purchase one hope this gave
you a bit of a help to make the perfect decision!

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In issue 7 I looked at photography for bloggers. In
this artcle I want to show you some very easy
ways to process your photos. Sometmes you may
feel that your images need just a few tweaks to be just right. Luckily you
dont need to be a Photoshop master to get your photos touched up. Below I
am going to introduce you to a free photo storage and editng sofware
Picasa. You can download Picasa totally free here.

Picasa allows you to make a lot of tweaks to your photo. These range from
photo touch ups to fun photo efects, such as making your image look like a
sketch, poster or a polaroid.

When you open Picasa you can get it to import all your photos on your com-
puter. You can then see them all listed in folders and organised by date. You
will need to fnd the folder of the images you want to process.
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Double click on the image you want to process to open it up in edit mode.

You will see a task pane on the lef of the screen. On here there is fve tabs
of processing optons. By default you will be on the frst one, the commonly
needed fxes tab. In here you can crop and straighten your image, fx the
image colours and even reduce red eye in photos.

There is also a retouch opton in here and it
is very user friendly and useful!

This will allow you to clean up any dust, dirt
or scratches on your images. More im-
portantly it will allow you to remove things
from your photos. In my picture there is a
pin lying on the craf mat. You can see it on
the right of the image just at the base of the
paper bag. I should have moved it before
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When you click on the re-touch buton you will see the screen below.















Here you can pick your brush size. The brush size needs to be big enough to
cover the blemish you want to remove, but not too big. Simply drag the slid-
er to the lef for smaller and to the right
for larger.

If you then move your mouse over to
your image you will see the cursor is now
a circle. To use the retouch feature;

Single lef click on the area you want to
retouchthis will select the area to be
repaired.

Then move your cursor to another area
on your screenyou will want to pick an
area that matches the area you are trying
to replace. In my case I selected a part of
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When you move your cursor you will see it previews what the repair will
look like. If you are happy with your choice then single lef click again to fx
the area.
Select area to fx
Click area to copy

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When you are happy with the repair then click the Apply buton to set it.

The other tabs in the pane are flled with
more processing optons. On the second
tab you will fnd opton to fnely tune
the lightng and colour on your image.

You can adjust the fll light, highlights,
shadows and colour temperature of the
image.

The easiest way of seeing what each of
these do the best thing to do is to move
the sliders one by one to see the efect it
has on your image.

If you dont like the efect you can undo
it or drag the slider back to where it was
previously.
The pin is now gone!

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The remaining tabs contain fun and useful image processing features!













Again the best way to explore these all is to simply click on each of them to
see what efect it has on your image.

When you are done with your processing make sure to save your image as a
copy. Click on File/Save As and give your fle a new name. This will make
sure you don't over write the original image.

Have fun processing your images!

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We have decided to replace our regular challenge with a Swap instead. The
wonderful Felicia of Scrapzville has kindly agreed to host the swap. Some
of you may know that Felicia used to run Scrapzville Swap. Well we can hap-
pily say that Scrapzville Swap is back in conjuncton with Crafing Ireland!!

For the swap you will be assigned a partner and a theme to follow. You then
create a mini album to send to your partner, and you will receive one in re-
turn. We will start of on mini albums frst and will look at other projects
shortly.

The rules for the swap are quite simple;

The album should be no bigger than 6"x6"
It should have at least 6 pages including the front and back covers.
Please remember that your swap partner (probably) doesn't know you
and the work you send will be their frst impression of you - so make
sure that you are proud of your work and would be happy to receive
something similar.
Please do not sign up for this swap unless you can complete the swap,
your partner may be overseas and you are responsible for postage fees.
You must have an email address to enter - this means you can contact
your swap partner to discuss favourite colours etc.
Sometmes people send extra goodies with an album, this is a
lovely gesture but NOT compulsory, therefore it
is up to you. Please do not expect to receive extras!
The last and most important rule is.... Enjoy creatng!!

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To join the swap you will need to email your details to Felicia at;
felicia@crafingirelandonline.ie
How to join in
Issue 9 Swap ThemeSummer Colours
Sign up deadlineSunday the 22nd April by 1pm GMT. You must
have emailed Felicia your details by this date and tme to be includ-
ed in the swap.
Swap partners announcedMonday the 23rd April. You will be told
who your swap partner is, and given their email address so that you
can get in contact to exchange postal addresses, style preference,
etc
Albums must be in the post by Monday the 21st May (or soon-
er). Try to get the album posted as soon as you can so that your
partner can hopefully receive it before the next swap is announced!
The swap is open to everyone, no mater where you live.
When you have fnished your album consider taking a photo of it be-
fore postng it, and email this photo to Felicia. We will then publish
these photos along side the next swap announcement. We will pub-
lish them without names just in case your partner has not yet re-
ceived your albumwe wouldn't want to ruin the surprise!!
We will set up an Inlinks on our blog
where you can post up your album
details once your partner had con-
frmed they have received it. This
way we can all see the fantastc
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According to random.org the winner of Issue 8s
sketch challenge is Val Thorpecongratulatons
Val! Vals beautful layout using the sketch is below.
It is an adorable layout with super adorable dogs,
we love it!

We will be in touch to organise getng your prize
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For the next issue we would love to see more of your work. Remem-
ber the submission theme is:

Summer Fun


Submi ssi on deadl i ne i s 14t h May


Artcle submission
If you have an artcle or tutorial you would like to get published
please email us about it at submissions@crafingirelandonline.ie
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Make sure to check out
www.crafingirelandonline.ie for more
informaton on future issues