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Introducing Kaylee

Hi Everyone,

Hope you had a great weekend.

We are still going through all of the applications for our Design Team, a huge thank you to everyone who applied. We will get back to everyone later this week, I PROMISE.

Today, we would like to introduce Kaylee Snell to our Design Team.

Please pop in and say Hi, to Kaylee and give her a warm welcome.

Here's a little bit about Kaylee:

Thanks for joining me on my 'papercraft' journey.

I caught the bug with this craft just a bit over 2 years ago now and I am loving where it is taking me. It gives me such a good feeling to make something with the intention to bring joy to the receiver.

I never really know how my project will turn out - it just evolves and it is a surprise to me when it is finished.

I am a novice at this craft and social media, which is good because you don't have to be perfect to enjoy it.

I hope my posts bring you a little joy.

Kaylee has created a very masculine card the Rusty Old Ute Die (ULT157321).

Her second submission, again a great masculine layout featuring The Gentleman's Emporium Collection. All the detailed instructions are below for this stunning layout.

I really do love trying new things and meeting challenges – even though it is a tad bit scary. With this little project I have put my toes into the waters of ‘Layouts’, ‘Video editing’ and the whole new world of all the ‘Social Media’ platforms. So here goes... hope you can find something in it to try for yourself.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut a square from the centre of the Brown cardstock leaving a 2.5cm wide frame.
Place the ‘Sheet 02A’ onto your cutting mat, using the craft knife, fussy cut around the image as shown to allow a photo mat to slide under it.
Using the GoCut and Emboss machine and the GoPress and Foil machine with the Metal conversion plate on platform, foil the ‘Flourish’ die twice. Once with Chocolate Copper foil and the other with Rose Gold foil on black card. Keep one of the negatives to transfer onto black card.
Continue and foil the ‘Pocket Watch’ die with Rose Gold foil on black card and kraft card. The Creative Detailer is perfect for removing any over-foiling on your pieces.
Still using the 2 machines, omit the foil to create a ‘letterpress’ effect using the ‘In Spade’ die on brown and kraft card, ink the edges with brown ink.
Remove the metal conversion plate from your platform and foil the ‘Sentiment’ with Chocolate Copper foil on white card.
The last thing to do using these machines is to transfer the negative onto black card. The sandwich layers that I get the best results is to place the thin Metal Shim plate onto the platform, negative foil piece with foil side down, card stock, embossing mat, platform lid then 1 or 2 cardstock shims on top of lid. Wait for green light on platform, run through GoCut and Emboss machine slowly, peel away clear film and fussy cut around image.
Cut the image ‘Playing Cards’ from the centre of the postcard. Ink the edges of the postcard and the cut-out with brown and black ink. Cut the ‘Playing Card’ in half, mat onto black card with a 2mm border.
Place a photo or a text label onto front of postcard. Using double-sided foam tape mount this onto a glitter card and black mat.
Mat up the ‘sentiment’ label the same way as above.
Ink the edges of the corrugated cardboard strip and randomly over it with the Golden Black pigment ink. I really love how this ink shines.
On black card, stamp the ‘Whiskey’ with Versamark, sprinkle the gold embossing powder over that then use the heat tool to set it. Fussy cut around this stamp.
Assemble all the elements as shown. Tie a knot in the string then tape the edges using double-sided tape to the back of the corrugated cardboard and the postcard mat. Off-set the ‘In Spades’ pieces and glue together. Place double-sided foam tape behind the whiskey stamp, the label, the stopwatch and the ‘Flourishes’. Finish by tucking/gluing torn strips of muslin in place.
Optional to place this layout into a frame as I have.