The new Crosses 2 Spellbinders, make a lovely Christening or wedding card, combined with the new M-Bossibilities you will create a card with a beautiful softness.

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

10-1001E White 

1-105E Petalsoft 

5-510E Parakeet 

 Spellbinders: 

LF-190 Grand Labels Four 

NEST-001 Ovals/Scalloped Ovals 

S5-093 Crosses Two 

S4-328 Foliage 

 Es-001 M-Bossibilities Simplicity 

 Other Materials Used: 

Inka Gold, Platinum & White glitter 

Flower 

Button 

Silver Gel Pen 

Pearl Perfect pearls mist 

 Card created by Design Team member-Sue

It's Tutorial Tuesday time again, and today I have a tutorial for making Grunge Flowers.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

7-727E Bahama

6-633D Starlight

10-1001E White

Spellbinders:

LF-191 Grand Dahlia

S4-328 Foliage

NEST-005 Nestabilities Circles

JustRite Stamps:

JB 09835 You're So Sweet

Other Materials Used:

Grunge Paper

Various Inks (I used Crafters)

Versamark

Pearl Ex Powders

Purple Dye Ink

Decorative Button

Pearl Glimmer Mist
Wire

Instructions for making Grunge Flower:

Step One:

Using Grand Dahlia, cut out four of the smallest flowers from the Grunge Paper.

Step Two:

Ink one side of the flower using the inkpad to apply the ink.  

Step Three:

Using a darker ink, lightly ink over top of the first coat of light ink.

When dry turn over and cover the back of the flowers with the dark ink.

Step Four:

Stack the petals one on top of the other with petals opposing.  Using a sharp tool, make two holes and thread through some wire to hold the petals together.  Twist the wire and cut. 

Step Five:

Spritz with Glimmer Mist and then bend and fold petals to give a distressed look.  Dry with a heat gun.

"Another Love themed card - again staying away from the more traditional colour scheme. It was serendipitous that the words 'now and forever' appear in the text. I simply highlighted them with a Copic marker. The little butterfly charm is made with shrink plastic. I cut it out using the same butterfly die I used for the centre of the card, stamped on it, and once it was shrunk I coloured the back of it with the same Copic marker I used to highlight the text Don't forget to make the hole for hanging it BEFORE you shrink it!"

Products Used:

Bazzill Cardstock 

9-960 Kraft 

10-1037 Blackbird 

Spellbinders:

LF-006 Wonderful Wings Grand Shapabilities 

JustRite Stamps: 

CL-02100 Vintage Oval Labels 

Other Materials Used:

The Twinery Twine Lemondrop 

Shrink Plastic Clear 

StazOn Ink Jet Black

Copic Marker Y38

Card created by Design Team member-TERESA 

Today we have an Off The page Project from Sheree.

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

 9-951 Mud Pie 

9-960 Kraft 

Spellbinders: 

S4-136 Classic Hearts 

 S4-345 Picot Edge Circles 

Other Materials Used: 

Kaiser printed papers

Misc pearls

Off The page created by Design Team member-SHEREE

"A sympathy card in neutral tones. The card front has been embossed, although it is a little hard to see in the photograph. I added some dark micro beads to the flower centre, and the bow is shiny satin."

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

9-960 Kraft

10-1037 Blackbird

 Spellbinders:

I2-1015 Flower Silhouette Impressabilities

S4-110 Ovals Large

S4-111 Scalloped Ovals

 JustRite Stamps:

JB-09710 Beautiful Blossoms Set

CL-02080 Fancy Tags

Other Materials Used:

Satin ribbon 

Microbeads

Card created by Design Team member-TERESA

 Here is one more sample using the new BLING-abilities.  So sorry everyone, I missed adding this one to my previous post.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

1-125E Precious

Spellbinders:

LF-006 Wonderful Wings

S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants

BLING-abilities:

LF-006 Wonderful Wings

Other Materials Used:

Button

Twine 

Printed Paper

Card created by Design Team member-TERESA 

I hope everyone enjoyed our samples from yesterday. Here are some more BLING-abilities projects to inspire you.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

1-105E Petalsoft

10-1001E White

Spellbinders:

S4-351 Spiral Blossoms One

S4-328 Foliage

S5-042 Fleur De Lis Accents

LF-190 Grand Labels Four

EL-009 M-bossabilites Flora

BLING-abilites:

S5-042 Fleur De Lis Accents

Other Materials Used:

White fibres

Tattered Rose ink

Pearl paint

Silver gel pen

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

5-5129C Pear Crush
Divinly Sweet 8 x 8 Paper Pack

Spellbinders:

S4-323 Ribbon Tags Trio Three

JustRite Stamps:

CL02155 Merry & Bright

BLING-abilities:

S4-323 Ribbon Tags Trio Three

Other Materials Used:

Ribbon

Above cards created by Design Team member-TERESA

Today we have a fantastic new product to share with you.  Introducing BLING-abilities.

So what are BLING-abilities?

BLING-abilities™ was a concept that was conceived by Deb Boundy-Monk the owner of DownUnder Direct Wholesale approx 2 years ago when Deb and her husband were launching their Swarovski crystal clothing business. 

The sparkling hotfix crystal embellishment will now “give you the ability to Bling”! 

After much research, testing and sourcing throughout the world for the prefect crystal comparable to the brilliance of Swarovski we finally found what we were looking for and the product is now ready to be launched. While we also manufacture these products in Swarovski crystals the price point has been lowered due to the involvement of the Le Crystelle crystal. While a Swarovski stone has 14 facets making it the most sought after sparkle in the crystal industry and to which many of our garments and products are made from …our Le Crystelle stones have 12 facets which helps to hold it brilliance and sparkle, out shining the inferior self adhesive rhinestone crystal which sometimes have a 8 facet table if they weren’t so tumbled during manufacture that all sparkle is dissolved completely. Thus leaving a dull lifeless embellishment . Along with this our BLING-abilities have no ugly plastic glue bridges running between each crystal but rather each stone sits proudly on it’s own with correct positioning adding class and sophistication to your project. The result? Perfect embellishments that are not over crowded, misaligned or look simply unprofessional. 

At only takes 5-10 seconds to adhere a circle or shape to your media. No more sitting down and hand gluing each stone individually which can take countless hours of your precious time. BLING-abilities are fun, easy and simple to apply, all at once, in one quick press of your iron. The results look stunning on cards, scrapbook pages, invitations, formal media even your precious quilts can be made to sparkle and shine. Along with this and unlike our competitors if applied correctly our BLING-abilities can easily be placed onto your clothing without the risk of them falling off when washed. Finally you can be as creative as your imagination can be now we have “given you the ability to bling” 

These hotfix transfers are manufactured in Melbourne with the only machines of their kind in Australia giving us the ability to custom design anything you wish from business and corporate logos, to invitations and much more..maybe you can think of some of your creations or products that could use a shine or sparkle. 

Simply contact Le Crystelle for a quote today to custom design any embellishment for you.
Phone 61 3 8331 0750 or visit our website at http://www.lecrystelle.com.au. or contact Deb directly at DownUnderDirect on 61 3 8331 0700 email: orders@downunderdirect.net.au

So now that you know what they are, here are some samples and a quick how to from the design team. 

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

303469 Bazzill Embossed Trellis White

10-1001E White

10-1081E Raven

JustRite Stamps:

JB 09745 Hope Borders & Centres

Spellbinders:

S4-318 Fleur De Lis Squares

BLING-abilities:

S4-318 Fleur De Lis Squares

Instructions for Applying BLING-abilities:

Step One:

Remove your BLING-abilitiy from the packaging and cut out the desired shape from the crystal transfer.

The pictures on both sides of the packaging can be used to see where shapes are positioned to prevent cutting incorrectly. 

Step Two:

Peel off the white backing paper from your cut out shape.

Step Three:

Carefully align transfer over your cut out shape.  Refer to image on the packaging for exact placement of the stones.

Step Four:

Prepare your iron for application by setting temperature to a WOOL setting and making sure that the STEAM function has been turned OFF.

As all irons are different you may not have a wool setting and may need to experiment with the temperature.  I found that a medium low setting on my iron worked fine.  If the iron is too hot your transfer will not adhere correctly.

Allow the iron to pre-heat.

Step Five:

Place iron completely over the crystal transfer and press firmly for approximately 5-10 seconds.

Try not to move the iron around on top of the stones as this may ause them to shift out of alignment.

Step Six:

Allow transfer to cool enough to touch and then carefully remove clear film checking to see if the crystals have adhered.  If crystals are still stuck to the film, carefully fold back and repeat step five.

Card and tutorial photos created by Design Team member-TRACEY

Now here are some more samples:

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

10-1001E White

5-506E Aloe

5-571E Leapfrog

Spellbinders:

S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two

S5-058 Ironwork Accents

BLING-abilities:

S5-058E Ironwork Accents

Additional Materials Used:

Printed paper

Ribbon

Cards supplied by- DownUnder Direct Wholesale

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

10-1081E Raven  

10-1001E White 

10-1076E Thunder  

 Spellbinders: 

S4-345 Picot Edge Circles 

S4-114 Standard Circles Large  

S5-050 Rose Creations   

 Bling-abilities:

S4-345 Picot Edge Circles 

Other Materials Used:

 Misc Little Yellow Bicycle Papers 

Misc Chipboard

Layout created by Design Team member-SHEREE

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

10-1001E White

1-139E Vintage Pink

1-138E Romance

5-511E

Spellbinders:

S4-295 Lacey Squares

S4-128 Nested Squares Sml

LF-191 Grand Dahlia

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms

ES-003 M-Bossibilites Valor

BLING-abilities:

S4-295 Lacey Squares

Other Materials Used:

Ribbon

Fancy Button

Card created by Design Team member-TRACEY


Products Used:


Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

Kraft 9-960 

Spellbinders: 

S4-304 Eyelet Circles  

S5-050 Rose Creations  

Just Rite Stamps: 

JB09210 All Occasions Nested Sentiments and Verses  

BLING-abilities:

S4-304 Eyelet Circles 

Other Products Used:

Kaiser Papers

Card created by Design Team member-SHEREE

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

"Spellbinders make it so easy to hand make a flower to match any layout.

 In this layout I wanted to make some flowers that could be combined with a purchased flower and that you would not be able to pick which one is the bought one."

Products Used:

Here is a pretty card, suitable for many occasions.

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

White 10-1001 

Spellbinders: 

S4-114 Standard Circles Large 

S5-042 Fleur de lis doily accents 

 Just Rite Stamps: 

 JB08790 Just a Note  

Other Materials Used: 

MME Printed Paper 

Lace

Card created by Design Team member-SHEREE

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

10-1001E White 

Romance 

Hillary 

Vanilla 

Spellbinders: 

S5-041 Floral Doily Motifs 

NEST-005 Nested Circles & Scalloped Circles

LF-124 Grand Scalloped Circles 

S5-058 Ironwork Accents 

S4-328 Foliage 

JustRite Stamps: 

CL02165 Be Strong 

Other Materials Used: 

White Fibres 

Sparklet 

Distress Ink-Tattered Rose 

 Card created by Design Team member-SUE

Today we have a card to share with you.

Bazzill Cardstock:

9-960 Kraft 

Spellbinders: 

S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants 

JustRite Stamps: 

CL-02080 Fancy Tags 

 Other Materials Used: 

Various flowers 

Silk ribbon 

Pearls coloured with Copic marker 

Sassafras Lass Sticker Alpha 

Kaiser Sweet Nothings patterned paper 

Tea Dye Distress ink for edges

Card created by Design Team member-TERESA

Today we have another layout from Sheree.

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 White 

9-960 Kraft 

9-950 French Silk 

Spellbinders: 

S5-029 Lacey Pennants  

S5-050 Rose Creations 

E8-001 Edgeabilities Classic Scallop 

Other Materials Used:

MME Printed Paper 

Misc Buttons

Layout created by Design Team member-SHEREE

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

Kraft 

Sweetheart

Spellbinders:

S4-161 Labels One

NEST-002 Nestabilities Squares

NEST-005 Nestabilities Circles

Other Materials Used:

Printed Papers

Paper Flowers

Layout created by Design Team member-SHEREE

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

10-1001E White

304808 Two Scoops Cheesecake

304810 Two Scoops Very Berry

304819 Two Scoops Mint Chip

Spellbinders:

S4-158 Sunflower Two
S4-192 Blossom
NEST-006 Petite Ovals

JustRite Stamps:

CL02105 Elegant Frames

Other Materials Used:

Bazzill Sanding Tool
Ribbon
Button
Distress Ink Pad-Peeled Paint

Card created by Design Team member-TRACEY

It's Tutorial Tuesday once again, and today we have a fun little pen holder for you.

 I can see lots of possibilities for this one...maybe candy canes at Christmas.

Products Used:

Bazzill Cardstock:

6-666E Angel 

6-605E Velvet 

Spellbinders: 

LF-246 Grand Labels Eleven 

S5-026 Labels Twenty 

Other Materials Used:

Kaiser patterned paper 

Heart bling button 

The Twinery twine 

White twill trim 

Instructions:

Step One:

Cut a Grand Labels Eleven using the Grand Calibur.

Step Two:

Make score lines as shown in the photograph. (I have darkened my lines with pencil so that they show up better in the photo).

Step Three:

Cut the corners off as shown. Assemble the box with your preferred adhesive (I used PVA glue). 

Step Four:

Cut a Labels Twenty from cardstock, and adhere around the front of the box.

Step Five:

Cut a smaller Labels Twenty from patterned paper, adhere over the larger label, and tie some twill around the whole box. This will add extra strength and security.

Step Six:

 Tie a sparkly button to the knot of the bow to embellish.

Tutorial created by Design Team member-TERESA

Today we have a pretty love themed card.

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

9-960 Kraft 

1-196 Juneberry  

Spellbinders: 

S4-112 Classic Oval Large 

S4-111 Classic Scallop ovals large 

Just Rite Stamps: 

 JB09210 All Occasions Nested Sentiments  

 Other Materials Used: 

Mme Printed Paper 

Misc Ribbon

Created by Design Team member-SHEREE 

"With all the children returning to school recently, I thought I'd dig out this photo of my son on his first day of school. 

 The colours of Bazzill I chose are a slightly brighter shade than the colours in the patterned paper. If I had used the same shades, I feel the busy background would have taken over the main elements of the layout."

Products Used:

Bazzill Cardstock: 

4-434E Sunbeam 

5-510E Parakeet 

3-326E Cheddar 

7-7100E North Sea 

 Spellbinders: 

LF246 Grand Labels Eleven 

E8-001 Edgeabilities Classic Scallop 

S4-124 Scallop Circle Large 

S4-114 Circles Large 

S4-092 Stars Five

Layout created by Design Team member-TERESA

 Products used: 

 Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

2-227E Pomegranate 

10-1001EWhite 

Spellbinders:

S4-136 Hearts 

S4-137 Scalloped Hearts 

S5-062 Lace Doily Accents 

S4-351 Spiral Blossom One

S4-328 Foliage 

 Other Materials Used:

Mulberry paper or paper towel 

 Tattered Rose Distress Ink 

Green Tombow Pen 

Fired Brick Distress Ink Refill 

Glimmer Mist Lily Pad 

Spritz water bottle 

 Off the Page created by Design Team member-Sue