7:00 Good morning. Woo-hoo. It's Friday. Yay. "So what's happening today?" you might ask. Well, Fridays is the final cut, which means
7:30 I find some lovely tutorials or step-by-steps or how-to guides for you, and I put my own twist on them. So all of that lovely work that a viewer's been doing for the last however many years, which is a long time, there's lots on there, I pick one and then I reinterpret it in my own way, or we change the colorway, or I just inspire you, and that's it. So Fridays is more about inspiration. Of course, if you like any of the products, we will attach them on the
8:00 screen. But equally, you may have them, so this is your nudge to get them back out and have fun with them. I have a little bit of a hidden gem going on as well. So I've got lots of little bits and pieces for you. So just before I get into it, for those of you that are brand new, my name is Toni, and this is the How to Craft Network Studios, the home of Stamps By Me. Now, we have lots of new things happening in the company, on our websites. You've all loved your new accounts.
8:30 Thank you for all of your lovely kind messages and things like that. But there is a few things that I just want to touch on. We have the app, so you never miss a show. So make sure you get in on our app. It's totally free. Just download the app and enjoy the community in there. Get all of the TV updates, the schedules, text messages, everything that's going on at Stamps By Me, you will be notified of. We have our brand-new schedule as well, and if you check the
9:00 schedule daily, I would advise check the schedule every day, probably check it 10 minutes before you sit down. Things are quite dynamic in the company, and we have to flip around on the back of a 10-pence piece, as my lovely our team would say. So always check the schedule 10 minutes before you sit down, and grab your cup of tea to ensure that the live shows are going ahead as well. Don't forget to scan all of the app, all of the good stuff, and don't forget to check back of your account as well, because at the back of your account, there is a dedicated deal of the day just for you.
9:30 And if we've got anything to tell you, good or bad, it will be popped in your account for you to have a look at. And the reason why we do all of these things in the backs of your account is every single person- Who shops with Stamps By Me. You all buy different things. You all do different things. Some of you are in on everything, some of you just dip your toe in little areas. So for me to sit here and educate you all on what's going on for everybody would take a whole day, because there is
10:00 so much going on at Stamps By Me. And if you have any further questions or you want to know anything more, of course, you can ask Toni. There is an Ask Toni bot, and then if you still don't get the answer you're after or you're still wanting more, then you can of course message in and speak to a viewer. But we do ask that you do those things first to prevent a viewer spending three hours of a morning dealing with questions that could be answered by Ask Toni and prevent any frustration if you start waiting for me to go live.
10:30 If it's not on the schedule, guys, I'm not live, okay? I don't want to frustrate you, but you need to get into the habit of having a look for yourselves as well. Don't forget to like, heart, subscribe, share the love of craft. We've got it all going on here. And as you can see, my subscribers are going up so fast, and that's down to you guys from sharing, liking, commenting, and doing all of that lovely stuff as well. Now, I do have a few things to check on this morning for some lovely ladies who are having a few problems in their account.
11:00 I will check those after the show for you and get back to you. So don't worry about that one as well. And then the last thing I just need to touch on is vouchers. Have you got your vouchers ready? Are you sending the link to family members to get the vouchers? And have you checked your wallets as well? We've put credit on your wallets and things like that. If we issue a refund or if somebody buys you something, it all goes into your
11:30 wallet and you can spend it and you can see it going down and what you spent it on, so you don't duplicate buy. Because a lot of you do duplicate buy, believe it or not. You buy it and then you forget, and then you buy it again, and then a viewer has to chase you to give you it back. So it's all there to check in the back of your wonderful accounts. "The new tech is fab," says a viewer. A viewer, it is fab until it's not fab. It is fab, yes. It's all new. I don't expect all of you to
12:00 understand it all straight away. It's just like when we got our new website, you're all a bit of a panic like, "Whoa, we don't know where we're going, what we're doing." And because you're all old and don't like change, it's proving very difficult. But I'm sure you'll all get to grips with it, and wouldn't have it any other way once you do get au fait with how the system works. It is cool. Just going to take some time for everybody to get used to, okay? So enjoy it, guys. It's totally cool.
12:30 We've had our training sessions on it, me and a viewer, so, so cool. But today is the final cut. Today really is about inspiration on the products that you might have. You might like the product as well. So today is not a hard sell or selling you anything like such per se. It's time for Toni to breathe. It's Friday, which means she can come down as well from the highs and the blooming lows of the week, but let's get
13:00 into it. So I thought, we're sort of tumbling towards the end of November. If you haven't started your Christmas cards, maybe me just standing here and going, "Guys, come on, we need to get your Christmas cards." And actually, as you can see on the screen there, the third one, Merry Christmas, with those lovely pine cones. I wanted to show you that, and I wanted to show you actually General Chestnut as well, the fifth one along. I said to our team, "How many how-to guides can we attach?" He went, "Love, just please pick one." So I think I'm going to incorporate them all, but the inspiration is still the
13:30 inspiration. And as you can see, here is the inspiration that I look at, what a viewer does for you all, guys. Can you see the inspiration tab across the top? You click inspiration and there are hundreds of how-to guides. And I did see a lady yesterday, not yesterday, last week, had posted in the social media page, "Any inspiration on an 80th card?" Don't forget, guys, you can ask Toni.
14:00 If you ask Toni, "Can I have some inspiration on an 80th card?" It will bring up options for you. It might not be exactly what you want to see, but it might throw something up at you where you can just add 80th. So ask Toni. She's the font of all knowledge. She's pretty cool. She's super intelligent and her maths is incredible. Based on me, so I'm told. A viewer is a superstar. "I won 10 pound on the Halloween night show. Has it been
14:30 added to my account or will it be a gift?" A viewer, that's a great question. We have just updated the facility now where I actually add them live in shows, and it goes across your super-duper screen and ends up in your account. But that Halloween one was when we did the taters, wasn't it? So that was pre-us getting our new tech from our team. So we will sort that for you after the show. I'll add it to your account, 10 pounds. Don't worry, I'll sort it for you. I'll get a viewer on it as soon as I come off the show.
15:00 I've got a little bit of a to-do list. I've got a couple of questions from ladies as well, who have actually done all of the things I've asked them to do before actually contacting me, so thank you for that, guys. So good morning, everyone. A viewer. Hi, sweetheart, I hope you're well. Hope the family's well. Hope your son's okay, too, darling. We have Go Create Craft. We've got Cherylene on. Hi, I hope you're well, darling. "Good morning, Toni and our team. The messaging service on your website is well cool." Isn't it cool? TV - A5 DIE - CHRISTMAS - PERFECT PINE CONES - 120621h
15:30 Cherylene, I have to do a shout-out to you, buddy. She's just so kind is Cherylene. She comments on all of my fashion, on craft, and she reposts and she hearts, and she's probably just as super-duper busy as I am. And I always see your name, so I'm just giving you a shout-out to say thank you. And thank you to you all, really. Even just a heart is like "I've seen you, Tony. I can't comment, I'm busy, but I've seen you." Just those sorts of things are really appreciated, so thank you for that. "Thanks for the info," says a viewer.
16:00 You're welcome. We'll get it sorted after the show. Get it put in your wallet and save it. Isn't it cool to have your wallet? Do you know, I was talking about this wallet yesterday to Timmy, like, it's brilliant because you can either, if anything happens and we need to give you a refund, or for whatever circumstances, or if somebody buys you a voucher and it goes into your wallet, you have a visual of your wallet. It's so cool. I said to our team, "It's like looking in your mum's purse."
16:30 You know when you used to have a look in your mum's purse and your mum-- and you know you shouldn't be doing it, but your mum says, "Take a pound out of your purse." And you're like, "Mum, I don't want to go in your purse." And you're like, "Take a pound out your purse." That's what I saw when I looked at your wallets. I'm like, "I shouldn't really be seeing..." It feels like I'm looking in your bank accounts. Our team's like, "Don't be crazy." I'm like, "Yeah, but it's so cool that you've got a little bit of like..." What do you want to call it? A slush fund. I don't think I should be seeing your little slush funds. It's like a child asking Mum for a pound and she says, "Just get it." It's like,
17:00 "No, that's your slush fund." It's crazy how my mind works, I know. But if you do have vouchers bought from a friend or a member of your family, it all goes into your little wallet. So I get to see it too. So I'll spend it for you if you're struggling. But don't forget as well, recommend a friend, you'll get a tenner, they get a tenner. That goes straight into your wallet. You could build that wallet right up over the year and save it for one of the new advent calendars or when we do the next advent calendar or one of our
17:30 launches. It's good. It's so good. A viewer's back. Her air fryer's arrived. Hey, our team wants an air fryer. I've told him I'll get him one. A viewer's going to get him one. Right. So let's have a look at some of the cool things that I just grabbed before coming to air. I've got wonderful and wow. Now these are all, some actually have got a little bit of a price reduction. We've got wonderful and wow, decorative fall. This just keeps showing, does it?
18:00 Foliage adornments, general cheese wig, perfect pine cones large and perfect pine cones small. Now the small one is the one that I'm going to use because I'm thinking this little pine cone, this little bad boy here, might sit in the O of wonderful. Could we create our own little brooch maybe? I'm not sure. We'll have a play. We've got general chestnut. We've got the large one. So let's cut this one first, and then you'll
18:30 see how the system works. Now these baubles have been around the block. They've literally been around the block. Let's get this one out. That wonderful and wow is a tenner. I'll just show you that before. I'm going to use it as well. A tenner. £8.99. A saving £8.99. Look at that. So basically, look how big it is. And wonderful could be for any time of the year. So,
19:00 if I can get into it. Look. So nice, and then I'm going to do the pine cone in the O. I was thinking, in fact, I might do two cards. Have we got time for two? Time for tea, time for two. Right. So we've got the wow, and then we've got perfect pine cones. Now, if you are a little bit behind the curve with your Christmas cards, cut this over and over five, six times, get a ton of STAMPS BY ME DIE SET - WONDERFUL & WOW - 180624C
19:30 pine cones, you can make a ton of cards in the same one. Don't put them away and put everything out and then think, "Oh, I need another Christmas card," and get it all back out again. Whilst you've got them out, grab a load of craft card or white card and cut a ton, then you've got five, six, seven cards for your family straight off the bat like that. Like that. So the pine cone's so cool. So you've got your layers, so your light, your dark, and then you put this little dark jacket on, and you get the realism of a pine cone.
20:00 This is a belter, this one, because it comes with two A5 guys, which would be £39.99. So you get the fern, the flowers, the fillers, and then you get your twig, and then you get your pine cone builders on there. And the big pine cone, I'll just show you the difference if you're thinking, "Well, I could only get one." Maybe you've got both already, but I can only get one. But let me just show you the large pine cone, too, so you can see. So you've got the large one, which could be a center part, and then we've got the little baby, which you could do two stuck-ins behind to
20:30 create a cluster of different sized pine cones. So all of the foliage is different sizing as well. So the branch is different. If you can see here. The branch is different, too. So if you have got both, you could really go to town in building. And if you like to do framework and do the gift of giving that's handmade, maybe you're doing a cluster of pine cones in a frame for somebody for Christmas, then you can do that. So this is now a limited stock. £25.99 to
21:00 £22. Twenty-five actually, by the way, is still a saving price. It's £35.98 because you get two A5 guys. So I'm going to use this one. I've not used the big one today. I've used that one quite a lot. Let's have a slurp at coffee. I think we'll do the pine cone on craft because it just makes life easier, less blending. So let me just grab some craft card or a craft-colored card here.
21:30 Let's just tear this in half, and let's get our plates. So they're big plates, guys. Go create craft pine cones a la motif for this Christmas. They're everywhere in Christmas decor. Well, let's say I'm on trend, am I? Am I trendy this year? A viewer hasn't got the pine cones yet. Well, they're on offer. Make the most of it, sweetheart. PERFECT PINECONES - LARGE EDITION - 141224B
22:00 So let's cut this. So let's grab our-- or in fact, let me just show you how it works first, Becca, because it's quite cool. Machine. Where are my plates? Here they are. Just move this out of the way, put them up there with everything else. So let's see if it'll fit. So I've got a piece of craft card, which I will dress up as well.
22:30 So I'm going to do this plate. When you get them off the plates, just remove all of this and then put it in your packaging as the plates. I love how it's on plates on this one, because those diddly-fiddly bits there, absolutely the bane of my life, getting lost. So they're all on a plate, so they don't get lost as well. So just bear that in mind. A viewer says she loves these so much. You never see these for sale. You know, like, people sell their stash after so long, which is fine.
23:00 You never see pine cones. It's crazy. See if that's big enough. I need a bigger piece for that one. So on this one, we will cut the ferns and the jacket of the pine cone. So you do get the foliage. You get flowers and then some foliage. But if you have your adornment, let me just grab that one,
23:30 this is an even further filler. So you get the leaves and those lovely spines. I cut some the other day, didn't I, these? So these can enhance further and really bulk out your pine cones and things like that. So you've got this one, this one. I'll just grab a few.
24:00 So you could really create a beautiful filler with the adornments. The adornments are going to work across the board. We love the adornments. So can you see, these are from the adornment, which is this one. So if you wanted to really go to town with the sprigs and the berries and the buds, this one is brilliant. But you do get some in the kit as well, so you don't need both. Well, you can have both if you want, but you don't need both necessarily. But it is nice to have those extra fillers.
24:30 So I'm going to just cut these two first. So I have the jacket, which has got the branch on there. And then I have the fern, which you really could cut in a lovely, like sumptuous green. That would look cool. But we're going for craft this evening, because I love craft on Christmas cards, don't you? Craft color. I'll run this one through.
25:00 If you've come up with any nice recipes in your air fryer, let me know. So I can see that hasn't cut at all. So I keep saying this, don't
25:30 I? A cool tip for you guys is if your machine does this, it's probably the card stock, nothing else. Just grab another piece and put it underneath like this. Put that underneath, and then what will happen is the die cut will cut into the card stock, not directly into your plate. It just helps it out a little bit. I'm going to put it back on. It should slot back in place. Let me just make sure I've got the right one. That's it. So you'll feel it sort of like
26:00 click. There we go. Click. There we go. And then I'm just going to take this one, make sure I've got it the right way. It clicked back in place. Then we'll run it through again, and this should alleviate a hard cut into the plate. Because could you imagine trying to force metal into a hard plate? Not going to cut. But if it's got a little bit of a cushion underneath, it really does sometimes help.
26:30 Let's have a look at this one. Hey, see, now it's cut beautifully. Whoop-whoop. There we go. So there we've got our lovely branch. Pop these pieces out. So as you can see, if you are, because I can see where everybody's watching the show, if you're watching it on your TV, on your phone,
27:00 here we can see on the phone here, if you just tap it, it comes up there. Can you see if you are doing it on your phone? So, yes. "Added to your basket." How cool is that? And the other one here for the other item. So if you are shopping on your phones, you can do a quick access, quick basket add. Okay, there we go. Thank you.
27:30 You see it's cut through for that one there, so you've got a bit of emboss detail. So I'll give them a wiggle. I'm just going to show you... Oh, got a thumb mark. I'm just going to show you how to build your lovely little jacket. That's it. Be gentle with him, you won't tear his leg. And that one's not going to come out at all, which is fine. This is a card blank I'm cutting into, by the way. But I have one jacket, I have my twig, and I have
28:00 some fern there. So let's just- Move that one from there. And then the second plate for that set. Let's find that one. Here we go. On the other side, is it? And we're going to build the rest of... Where did I put it? Here we go. So this is the layer one, layer two, and then we put his jacket on. So I'm just going to grab a card blank
28:30 again, one that didn't particularly want to cut, to be honest. But I'm going to do it the same, because I want it to be the same shade, so we're going for it regardless. I'll put that underneath to help me out. They cut beautifully on any other cardstock. Trust me to pick one that's pant. Move it beside that might help.
29:00 Oops. Just move those over. And then we'll cut the word "wow." Shall we do the wow in white? I'll show you how to do a 3D embellishment in white. We'll go back as well on this.
29:30 It's now on sellout risk is the pine cones, guys. I'm not ordering this again. I'm done with it now. Think we've ordered it three or four times. In fact, you'll keep saying it, don't I? The baubles as well, I'm not going to order that again. 2021 keepers. Oh, here we go. So you can see it's cut those nicely this time.
30:00 It's been kind this time. Oops. And that's just the base that was underneath. So, let's have a look at the word "wow." So I have the three layers as such, if you can just see. So you've got layer one, layer two, and they've got the
30:30 little legs that pop up with the embossed detail. So as soon as I add the ink, and then we've got his little jacket, which you put on, which adds that really dark under shade underneath, and it really gives the realism of the pine cone. I'll show you. We'll do that. And then I need to cut... Let's just move that one, because it makes two. The pine cone set makes two at a time. And then let's cut the word "wow," and I'm going to do this in white, and I think I might do a lovely just white
31:00 on white. So let's get some white. And this wonderful set can be used across the board, and this is down to a tenner, I think. Is it down to a tenner? Am I telling fibs? Lucky folks using this die at the weekend. Oh, cool. Are we all actually ahead with our Christmas card making? Are we? Are we organized or not?
31:30 That is nice, isn't it? But I do need more. I'm just going to get another one. Yeah, I just did it on a card there.
32:00 That looks cool, doesn't it, on the inside? Got to emboss it there. Can we see? Show somebody can come up with a creative way to make that look good. Let's just move it out of our way. I'll just grab another card, and what I'm going to do is I'm going to cut this three times. I don't really need to shim this one, really.
32:30 So, this is a card blank though. Let's see if it'll cut without the shim underneath. It should do. I just think that awful craft card blank wasn't very good. Let's cut this first. Let's see if it works with just the one. It should do, to be fair, shouldn't it? It's a good die cutting machine, guys, as we all know. Now, let's run this through. Organized. They don't know the meaning of the word.
33:00 A viewer says she's done all the Christmas cards. She's just playing. Oh, good for you. Make sure you be careful on your little legs, darling. She has got little legs. She's so cute and gorgeous. Like, only don't tell everybody. So here we go. Oh, fine. Look, there we go. So there's another one. Two.
33:30 Cut another one. Keep a tidy station as best you can, she says. That side. So this will be number three. We'll see what it looks like with three. A viewer's got so many orders.
34:00 Oh, your mojo. Well, listen, we all lose our mojos. Just get some stuff out and just start It'll come back, I promise. It will come back. It's just getting it out. I know you look at it, don't you, and you're like, "Ugh, I can't think of anything worse." But actually, getting it out and just doing one gets you back into the swing. That's three. Let me do one more just because I like a larger height.
34:30 So, one more. You can do as many as you want. I'm doing a 3D embellishment, so I'm creating the-- So I don't have to put foam pads underneath to raise it. It's built up. I'll show you. Tidy station, what's one of them? I don't know. Don't ask me. I don't it. I speed it up.
35:00 Right. And there's another one. Right. So let's just make it look like I know what I'm doing. Let's just tidy up a little bit.
35:30 So let's bring in our one, two, three, four. Get rid of that, get rid of that, get rid of that, get rid of that. And then what we're going to do is we're going to stick all four together, and it'll create an embellishment. Get a piece of scrap.
36:00 We'll glue on some scrap like that. And then grab the embellishment, and we'll just tap it in. All over. Like this. And then we'll stick this one on top of this one.
36:30 So you glue all four and stack one on the other. Pull it into place, so that's two. You see? Two. And then we take the next one. Quite...
37:00 There's pros and cons with fast-drying glue. Like now, really dry, but we'll go and get as much as we can. So this is number three. Oh, our team has just sent you a voucher. Oh, he's going to do it live, so keep your eyes peeled for that one.
37:30 He's just been sorting it out for you. Are you from Sunderland? I think you are. Just let me know, if you are from Sunderland, and then our team's going to do it now, as we now can do it live, as I've told you. Now we're all posh. I'm just going to put some more glue on here. I've got one more to do, so just a bit more.
38:00 And then what this does is, you know like if you wanted to raise this, you'd have to put little mini pads behind, and it'd be a nightmare, wouldn't it? And it'd look a little bit uneven. Parts of it would sink because you're not going to be able to put pads underneath. So building it up like this means you get a decoupage piece, and if you color it and vintage it up, if you did it on craft, it can look like a piece of wood as well. And then put it all together, stick it all, put all the little legs
38:30 together. Yes, that's correct, our team. Okay, one minute. I'll just pop that one out there. Get rid of that piece there. So you can see now, it's an embellishment. Can you see? Make sure all its little legs are stuck. Put a bit of glue on it so it's stuck. Press, press, press. And then if you want to put it on your worktop like that and then put something heavy on top, like your plates, just to flatten it a bit so all
39:00 the legs get stuck in place. Then you have the lovely embellishment-esque. And then you have your three. Oh. You're going to be the first person to ever get the voucher live. You'll go down in history. It's happening. He's on it. So this is going to be super-duper cool.
39:30 So I'm going to do the branch, the fern, and I think the pine cone in the O of wonderful. Okay. Just one second, guys.
40:00 That's now available for you to spend in your account. How super cool is that? Did you like that? Yay, all the bells and whistles. Our team's hair looks like it's been brushed with a toffee apple right now, but he is one happy boy. I hope you like that.
40:30 So it should be there now. So have a look if you want to spend it. Will I be able? Now you're just showing off. I hope that's just like a single press of a button and I'm able to do that on my own. Whoop whoop. Whoop whoop. Right. So cool. Yeah. It's nice to be able to- I mean, we love the fun with the victim. It's always nice to be able to do it straight away, so if you see something in your
41:00 show, you can spend it straight away. Yeah. Just excuse the fact that it keeps coming across the screen. It is a bit giddy. Right. I think wonderful lends itself beautifully to a square card due to its formation. But let's have a look what we could possibly do. I think it's going to be too... No, I think that would actually look okay if we did it at the top. But let's do a piece of craft.
41:30 I'll just get a craft card, and we'll do like a matte and layer white. So it's like a really clean card today with some sparkles, of course. We got our sparkle, guys. So let's do a matte and layer. So I'm just using one of the craft card blanks that I have. So I'm just going to trim this down. That was so fun. Yeah, listen, we're full of these games.
42:00 Nice to see, it's nice to see me money working. It's nice when it works, isn't it? Our team, can you sort Microsoft out so I don't have to work till midnight tonight? I know. I was like thinking to myself today, "Is this going to affect us in any way?" But our team seems to have managed to able to get us to sort. So here we have a
42:30 craft, and then we need to do a white. So we'll do a white matte and layer. I need to keep this as small as possible because I'm really pushing it with the... But I do like my rectangle cards. But of course, the formation of it is such, it does work for both. So you can make whatever size cards you like, whatever works for you. You don't have to be governed by the shape of it. Just putting this. I'm having a real thin craft frame, of course.
43:00 So card blank, craft, white. Now, before we do all else, I need to start doing this because I want to put some sparkles on here and show you it dry. Now, if you don't have, I'm sorry I didn't add this to the show, but I'm sure we can. It's this one, the media glitter. This gives you that lovely like crystal clear sparkle, but no color.
43:30 So it actually looks like ice. Okay. And this is the one that I'm going to, most of you might have this, just take the lid off. But you can see it's chunky. It looks like ice. It's absolutely mega. And as you can see, I work my way through this a lot. And, yeah, I have a few backups and all that I'm halfway through as well. Nobody's taking this off me. So I wanted to color this up, and then we'll put some sparkle on him. Now, you have your flat piece, your next piece with the little legs
44:00 that all stand proud like a real pine cone. I'll just show you. You see that? There we go. And then this sticks on here, and then we put his jacket on. But we need to add some color. So we'll do the base layer, leave as is. The next layer, we'll color up a little bit. Let's use, I'll just use this one from Tim Holtz, frayed burlap. Now, all of these are on the website. Everything I use, including the inks and everything, are on the website. But have you seen this, guys? Who started the trend with this one?
44:30 Emboss jewel pen. Now, do you know like when we do our embossing and we've got our embossing ink pad? So this is like a flat pad, isn't it, scuff wear. Look at this one, it has two ends. It has like a little chisel and a brush. So if I want to emboss the ends of this in gold, obviously, I wouldn't be able to do it with a big flat pad. So having the capability to add the embossing ink onto the ends of this, if I wanted to, I'm going to do my MEDIA GLITTER - COLOURLESS GLITTER - 050923A
45:00 sparkle today. But somebody ordered 15 of these, must be for a class or something. But dual-ended emboss pen. Blooming brilliant, guys. So have a check of this, $2.59. $2.59. I'd get a few of these. I'm keeping this one for myself. I will use it in a demo, I'm sure. But I hadn't seen it like this in a pen form before, but when a viewer was packing orders, I'm like, "Oh, what's this?" She's like, "Oh, it's the emboss pen. Somebody's ordered 15." I was like, "Right.
45:30 Give me one of those, please." And it's from Tuxedo, which is a fantastic brand, as you know. So have a look at that one if you like that sort of thing to emboss as well. Awesome. So let's blend this pine cone. You watch, now I've mentioned it, you'll all buy them, and it'll be sold out within a heartbeat. Now, I just need to get a brush that's got brown on maybe, or here we go. Looked like one. So a bit of scrap. Dual Emboss Pen II Clear - Brush Tip
46:00 Don't want red. Let's get rid of red. Has somebody already got, has anyone got one of these? Oh, what's your thoughts on it? I'm keeping it. It looks really good. The brush end is beautiful. Let me know what you think. Let's listen to what a viewer says, whether you're going to buy one or not.
46:30 Just getting rid of the red here, guys, off my brush and going into a brown. Although the red would look really nice, I guess. So let's get some brown on. So we'll do light, the next one. A viewer will put that on the screen if you want to do exactly what I'm doing. So I'm just going to go on. So basically, when I pull the little legs through his little jacket, you're
47:00 going to see the light and shade in the pine cone. A viewer says, "It works really well, guys." Well, thanks for that. I will do a demo on it as well, but I think we can all trust a viewer. Thank you, darling. So here we have one, two, and then three, and I think we need to do a deep one for that. See if I've got one. If not, we'll use the same color. Tim Holtz - Distress - Ink Pad Frayed Burlap
47:30 Got black, actually. Yeah, let's do black. In fact, let's do a bit of brown on his jacket, and then we'll add a bit of black. So black soot is the other one, if you have that. Obviously, I'm showing everything that I use because people like to get everything that I use, but it's not a necessity, guys. You might have something that will work already. But if you like it, of course, it's there, and our team will always put it on screen for you. So let's do brown all over.
48:00 Now, a little bit of a tip if you're trying to get super dark as well, if you take it right to push it in. As long as there's nowt on, you get it a little bit dark. There we go. Look at that. So then I'll add some black as well. Really give it that rustic-y... Like so. Can we see now? So we've got one, two, three. Make that a bit darker in the center there.
48:30 And let's build him up now. If you want to splash it with a bit of water as well, like it's been sat on that tree for a long time, that looks really cool as well. But I'm going for clean-ish, simplistic today. We have done quite a bit of vintage, haven't we, with the Tim Holtz papers as well of late. Just tidy this up here. And now, bring in our layers.
49:00 So this one first. So when I stick this down, I stay away from the little legs. You see there's lots of little legs. Can you see? It just really gives you that... And then, put the glue around the edge maybe, if you want, in between.
49:30 And then we stick this onto the bottom layer. Off on a shopping trip, are you? Enjoy. Enjoy. With his voucher, yeah, of course. And I'm just going to pop that to stick down up the edges, to promote it to stick down in the middles as well. And then whilst it's sticking, you can then take his little legs.
50:00 I think this has to be the best pine cone in the industry, in my world. We all keep buying it, so. Game changer, this was, wasn't it? I did the bigger one last year. Did I do it last year or year before? I can't remember. Don't worry, there's not going to be a third one that's like the size of your house. We're done now. So now he's got his little legs up, look, I'm just going to sort of help him
50:30 get into the shape of the pine cone that I want him to be. Look at that. That is just so... We're messing with paper here, guys. That is so real. And then we've got his little jacket, where I'm just going to manipulate him a little bit as well. So I want him to sort of move. And then you take his little jacket, and then you put glue on his little jacket.
51:00 And then you take his jacket, and you sort of slot his little legs. So you put his jacket on, and the little, oops, the little legs pull through. So it's sort of like the jacket goes under his little leg. Excuse me. So stick it down, and then I'm going to pull his little legs through,
51:30 and you're going to get that lovely shadow. Let him just stick for now. Hold. And this is why I was saying to you, if you're making one card, make, cut them all, and build them all, and then you've just got a load of cards already. Look, pull his... Look at that.
52:00 Need to get his little legs out up here. Not that you would pull legs through a jacket. That doesn't make any sense at all, Toni. But you get my idea, don't you? His jacket is his little shadow. I just love this. I love this style. I never get bor-- Well-
52:30 Really twist and mold him so all of those elements look like a really organic pine cone. Then what I'm going to do is I'm going to take the glue, add it to his little legs. Now, don't worry, this dries absolutely clear, this glue. But I'm doing it now, so hopefully it'll be dry so you can see how cool that mixed media glitter is,
53:00 because it literally does just leave a glass-like, sparkly, chunky finish with no color, which I absolutely love. So let's take the glitter. Pop him on. And it looks like, can you see the white? But that white will disappear, leaving only crystals on our
53:30 pine cone. I'm going to set him aside and whilst he's there, I'm going to add some to here as well. I'm just going to leave these a little bit. I'm not going to add any color to these. I'm going to leave these pretty raw and just swipe the glue on these tails, and then hopefully they'll be totally dry by the time I've built my card. Use this one as well. Really random, nothing precise. I've got this one I've torn as well, but I'm still going to use it.
54:00 Like so. And again, if you have got your embossing pens, some of you sound like you've already got these, you could put gold shimmers on with your embossing powders. Put him there.
54:30 So not much, but it will show. I'll show you. It's just wonderful as well because it just catches the light. Nothing too crazy. I call this luxury glitter because it gives that luxury finish. No color, no purple undertones or green undertones, which we love, and they have a place, but I do like the crystal clear that looks like snow. So let's build our card.
55:00 So we have the base layer of craft. A viewer says the chunky glitter looks fab on the bottom of the ice skate boot. Yeah, it does. I've seen a few of you do it like that. We've got our white.
55:30 And then we've got our embellishment with the four pieces stuck together, so it gives you that raised look. Can we see there? Now, if you wanted to do a little bit of a halo, cut it in black or craft and drop shadow it. So you do your white one, and then you'll do the craft shadow or the black just a little bit lower, giving you a drop shadow. But I do like just the white, but
56:00 it's personal preference, guys. So I'm just going to go and stick it on the major parts of this die cut. Just like that. Go off slightly, just a little bit. Dry Clear Glue 8Oz.
56:30 And then I'm going to do it... I should have thought about where I'm going to place it all before. I'm going to do it a little bit lower because I'm going to do a bit of a sprig. So we'll go there. Like so. I'm just going to get my plates and put it on top. And whilst that's thinking about that, if you had bought your stickers the other
57:00 day, here we go, mine are here. Those lovely Tim Holtz stickers. This is where you could obviously finish off. You could put 25 on. The code for this one, our team, is TH94503. And there is a red version as well.
57:30 I haven't stopped using these since I stole them out of the shop. So it's got obviously pre-printed words in your... There's just so much. Merry Christmas, wonderful. Good fortune, merry and bright. All to sleep before Santa comes. Hidden among the snow, covered branches. That's nice, isn't it? Joy to the world. There's so many different ones. To dreamland, out for a holiday, a Christmas greeting. I'll probably use that one. So let's just get this.
58:00 The red one is on screen as well. I haven't got the red. I didn't get the red one, guys. But I do have this nice white one, which most of you did buy. So I could have put, actually, that branch behind. That would have looked cool, but anyway. So anyway, so I'm going to bring my pine cone in and do it in the O. Like so, and then we'll tuck in the pieces. I'm going to have to put a pad in that. Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Sticker Book Traditional
58:30 I'm going to put a pad in it to stick the pine cone. What I'm going to do is I'm going to double pad the pine cone Put that in there. Put my pine cone in there, press it down onto the pad. Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Sticker Book Classic
59:00 And then we will use our fillers. Might glue them down now. To fill the back. Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Holiday Bells
59:30 Some little mini tuck-ins. Don't forget, I also have these as well from... Make sure it's still readable. Cut this one, too.
1:00:00 As our team's put some tweezers on, I'm not sure if they're the ones, but he's put some on if somebody needs tweezers. Here we go. And then we'll just use this one. That's got a nice curve on it, so we'll...
1:00:30 And then don't forget, I am going to... Just to bulk it out a little bit, because we can. And you could put some sparkles on here if you wanted to. Some gems, some pearls. You've all got your lovely pearls as well. Crafters Precision Tweezer Sold in Singles
1:01:00 And we could add... So our team's popped up the one from a viewer there. That's the larger pine cone on some patterned paper.
1:01:30 So if you're wanting to do some with patterned papers, you can also do that, too. Just so many options, right? So I'm just going to get my sentiment here. Which one did I say I was going to do? I'm just going to pop a few lines down here, I think. So don't forget, that how-to guide is the challenge of the weekend. Trying to get you all crafty. Sometimes you need to be told.
1:02:00 It's like kids in school. So that is the challenge for the weekend. Who is going to be making their interpretation of the one? I'm looking for one I like, guys. "Christmas Eve." "Around the Christmas tree." No.
1:02:30 That one. And I'm going to do it off to the side. I'm going to do a few. And this is just sort of like going to tie it all together. "As softly as a fallen flake." That's nice.
1:03:00 And I'm lining them all up on the right. He says, "Wonky donkey." Got so many, it don't really matter. It's the spirit of Christmas. Now, you could get your fine liner pen and do those wonky donkey lines around that
1:03:30 I've shown you umpteen times, but I think I'm liking it pretty sterile today. So there's that, and then one last thing I probably would do, is I would take my glue and just edge the whole of this card in the glue.
1:04:00 This glue is fantastic. I know a lot of you get this glue now. Fast grab, fast dry. It does what it says on tin. It blooming works. It also has a precision nib. You don't have to be clunky dunky like me on the end. And then all I'm going to do is I'm going to take my chunky glitter, my media glitter.
1:04:30 And I probably would add a little red berry to the sprigs just to add that Christmas extra
1:05:00 little touch. Just a few, two or three tiny little red berry gems, so it looks like they're buds on the sprigs. But it is obviously total preference. So let's have a look at this card. The white is still drying, the glue underneath that mixed media. I think you get the idea. So that's my interpretation of some of the how-to guides. Now, don't forget, we have--
1:05:30 Don't worry, this white in here is going to disappear, and it's just going to catch the light. Look at that. Very nice, guys. Something a little bit different today. So, that's my interpretation of some of the how-to guides. What's your challenge using your pine cones this weekend? I need to see a card in the Eureka fan page or on the app. Post it in the app, that's your weekend challenge. But don't forget, if you want to use it with General Chestnut,
1:06:00 the amazing layering stencil and die set, General Chestnut. Awesome. He looks cool down the center with a pine cone in the corner. You've seen him used loads. There's lots of how-to guides on this, lots of how-to guides on the pine cones. The baubles, incredibly beautiful as well. They all interchange and make the most amazing Christmas cards. Now, I love that wonderful, because that can be for a birthday. So you could put a bow in the O if you wanted to
1:06:30 really change it up, and that one is a tenner today. That one, I think it's reduced. So, there we go. That's my interpretation of this weekend's challenge. What is yours going to look like? I need to know. I need to see, first of all, as well. So did you enjoy that one? Have I encouraged you to get your stuff out? We will see. Don't forget, if you like your embossing, that is that pen. It's only £2 something, which is super-duper cool. So, don't forget to check the back of your office for your deal of the day.
1:07:00 And I'm back live with you on the Monday. Monday, Monday. But just make sure you check the schedule a couple of minutes before sitting down. Before you make your cup of tea, just check the schedule just to make sure the shows are always on. Because like I say, I do my utmost to come live for you all, but it's imperative that you check the schedule as well. Because it upsets me when you get frustrated that I'm not here and the vice versa. I don't want to frustrate you guys either, so make sure you check the schedule. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe. STAMPS BY ME STAMP, STENCIL & DIE SET - GENERAL CHESTNUT... TV - A5 DIE - CHRISTMAS - DECORATIVE BAUBLES - 120621b DDB01
1:07:30 Don't forget to comment, boop boop. And it's looming towards Christmas, isn't it? Anybody got their decks up? No. A viewer said first week in December for us, but I've said the last weekend of November. I know that a viewer puts hers up on the 26th of November, because that's what she used to do with her dad, which is wonderful. So, let me know. When do you put your decks up? Nice to celebrate it early these days, isn't it? Not much else going on other than craft, and we love our craft, don't we? So whatever you're doing, guys, have a lovely afternoon, lovely weekend.
1:08:00 It's getting cold, so make sure you stay safe, stay cozy as always. And as always, share the love of craft, guys. I will speak to you all later. Have a lovely day. See you all later. Bye.
1:09:30 Bye.
