Thank you for staying with us. You're still watching the breakfast on plus TV Africa and right now It's time to take the global stories that are making headlines Well in our national dailies and joining me to review these papers is Professor Kamilu Sani Fagge. He's from the Department of Political Science and Bayero University Cano. Good morning, sir. Thank you for joining us Good morning and thank you very much. Thank you. Good to have you here. All right So we're going to start with the punch this morning But I mean there's one headline that is on almost all of the papers that we have so on the punch It says eagles clinch silver as coup d'et voire win afghan and The writer in this one says eagles saved was performance for the final match now on the Guardian It also says elephants shocked super eagles to win 2023 afghan and then on the daily trust We have coup d'et voire over power Nigeria to lift afghan 2023 trophy like I was saying just before We came on air. I was just saying I wish I wish our first conversation was Congratulations. We are the winners of the afghan. I mean that was what I was hoping for but sadly Our boys did not do just this to lead to bring the trophy home But I want to know what your thoughts are on this one Actually Everybody was very hopeful that The eagles will make it especially giving their performance in the match so far and Maybe what they did to coup d'et voire in the first Round so people are very hopeful but it again I you know, somebody has to win and somebody has to lose that is my own take and Secondly to me they put in their best look at Literally they are playing not only the team but also the spectators, you know, the huge crowd They are that was so intimidating even though they are professional, but I think given what they did Actually, we we shouldn't Just get them. Okay, they put in their best in defense of the national honors and Even though the base is not good enough to give us the goal, but we should be happy that Out of the many they are able to count the second Despite the intimidating crowd. Yeah, I mean I watched the game yesterday. I watched the whole 90 minutes and I saw how full the stadium was in fact I was telling my friend the stadium is orange because that was the color that was being Flown across like you could barely see Nigerians there. So I understand, you know, what the intimidating crowd can be like, however The second goal I just felt it was not necessary. Like I was I was stunned I was like what's going on why you guys are not doing anything and the game seemed they need to be feisty Which you would expect with every finals because you know, there's there's stuff on the line But I mean with with all of this what I'm just going to say is we're so proud of the Super Eagles We've come thus far and it's it's a privilege is an honor to actually get the silver So it wasn't a gold that we're expecting But you know how they say aim for the sky you might just fall on the stars I guess that's just what this is and we just hope that I mean come next Afghan or the World Cup or whatever tournament that we go for I think the the the back the women basketball They should be playing they should be playing really soon as well So we're just hoping that for every tournament. We just keep getting better and better on our team Keep making us proud But as of today we're so proud of the Super Eagles and what they've been able to achieve at the Afghan 2023 All right, let's move over to another Another story and this one is quite Devastating if I can use that word so over the weekend we were saddled with some You know very very sad news the fact that Herbert Weigwee passed away on a helicopter crash with his wife and his First son and so the punch here has it as had broken Nigerians Monwe's kid Weigwee The writers here are friends well wishes recall late CEO's life and times Nigeria may demand reports as US probes crash He was only like other Nigerian big men says mentee Weigwee exits of a banking Whiskeyed and tinnable a beard doing family friends Monstock exchange giant Ogumbang jaw So, what were you when you heard this news and how what was your initial reaction? I'm sure for most people. They probably thought please this should not be real This should not be true, but what are your thoughts and how how did you receive the news? Actually, it is a broken that He died You know the issue now is it is coming out that it is due to bad weather so maybe One if you know when when I had the news initially I thought maybe to us here in Nigeria You know in the social media then we seem to think of sabotage and other things about When we heard that this is why it happened and then later they said is whether we know that then there is nothing one can do but at least hope That the family will have the opportunity to be at the loss even the whole nation because Somebody is after his demise that his good aspect will be Maintain on to the people. So we hope these things as they say the government will look into it and also we get the reports Even though preliminary for sure it is whether then perhaps Something will be done in order to avoid similar incidences in that measure Well, this is just the colossal loss to To Nigeria. This is a colossal loss to the banking And finance industry and it's it's quite hard to wrench in to get such a news But yes, like like you said, we just pray that the families the people who are near and dear to the degree family Just have the fortitude to bear this loss Right now. It is an irreparable loss an irreparable loss But yes, we just we just pray that, you know, they find strength even in this time All right, we move over to another Headline here and this is coming from the IMF. It says Nigeria facing worsening economic crisis Please. I really want to know your take on this one I want to know whether the grass is greener on your side or maybe you're part of the Nigerians That might just be facing the worsening economic crisis really I In my side and like in any other Part of the country the grass is becoming drier and drier not And greener at all. Of course, you see The policies that we are taking on the issue seem to be like we are grappling We just tried this one and we tried the other one and it seems like Actually, there is no concrete plan to take us out of The system I mean out of the crisis that we are in and I think in previous shows We say it that we cannot be doing the same thing and expect a different result this issue, you know For over three decades now, I think since 85 when we tried at the sub and Today to having these Problems, so I think the government needs to look into it. There are especially now that Even IMF and World Bank are telling us that there is problem So we need to tighten our bill and face these issues Okay, so talking about that of Nigeria facing the worsening economic crisis There's a small headline at the bottom that says Nigeria to become food exporter through mechanized farming and that has been said by Tinnabu Do you believe this is possible? I know that we have agriculture, but you're you're you're seeing cases whereby There's insecurity Most people cannot even go to their farms to farm because bandits come in there Seize their lands kidnapped and even kill some of them So they're not able to farm the way they would want to Even having to move the produce so the little that they're able to farm having to move it to the big cities There's no proper road network and even when you're moving them. There's insecurity on the road as well, right? So then let's talk about the cost of Transportation as well because fuel is at a whole time high if I can if I can see that So when you have all of these things all of these different factors that keep on posing as challenges Do you think it's possible for us to become the food exporter through mechanized farming that Tinnabu says, you know That we could we could we could be Given the circumstances now, I think it is not possible Even though Gold has endowed as we say abundant natural resources and good weather You know that we can be able to do that, but at least for now Given the high level of insecurity in the country Which are you know prevent so many of the farmers to go to their farm and secondly good given the high expense of you know mechanize a you know Material fertilizer instrument and other things and sadly given the high cost of our transportation I think this is we are just banking on hope We hope it will work But unless we take concrete measures to address all these challenges, I think we will Not be able to meet that Target or being net exporter of Project impact I see in one of the papers today No, one of them said even the government Who is saying that they are going to be where they are hoping that would be net exporter is saying that they are going to import Food in order to supplement what you want to the problem we are having that they are going to open the Grand silos and if that one hasn't solved the problem in the next three months also We are going to import so I see there is contradiction here in one place We are saying we are going to import in another thing. We are making We are hoping that we are going to be next net exporters While we haven't taken any conquist state in terms of making that pop a reality And if you even look at it Businesses are not thriving so well at the moment. You're seeing businesses move away a lot of manufacturers actually moving out of Nigeria, so Is the environment even conducive enough for us to because farming is one thing But if you're going to be exporting you're doing business, so you're doing business with other countries Do we even have enough? Manpower enough human capital to be able to run a business that we can start to export to other people And my next question is so what are these challenges like how do you highlight these challenges and The solutions to them so the challenges that we've talked about that minds become a Big issue for us to be the exporter of food as we say because now we're saying we want to import on One hand and in another breath was saying or rather was saying we want to export want to become a food exporter on One hand and in another breath was saying we want to import as well So all of these challenges that we have how do we mitigate them and what are the solutions we can do to you know? Achieve that whole food exporter that we say we want to be You see the past major thing is to develop the political will to address them. Okay the wheel that These are challenges, but they are not unsurmountable For example the issue of insecurity if we have the wheel and we Committed to those things. I mean addressing it will be able to do something and secondly in terms of the expenses In terms of how do we now have a fertilizer and others in the course of transportation? Yeah to the government has to take the bull by the horn and face the challenge. We shouldn't Just sit down and back on bank on pop hoping is one thing But you have to take concrete measures. You see as far as public policy is concerned Once you plan if you don't take concrete measures to implement the planning Then you are bound to to fail That is what we are having in Nigeria We we keep on saying that yes, we are going to do this We are going to do that and there is no concrete plan on the ground Even if we have it, we don't attempt to implement it Secondly, there is issue of corruption all things surrounding these challenges that The threat that runs through them all is corruption. So unless we also address the issue of corruption These things will also remain Mayor for for us. So I think this is where the government needs to come and Come in and need to listen to the people Now that for long, you know, the government seemed to Take less interest. I mean here in the people cry now that I am an other Foreigners, I mean a world bank. I can say in that there's problem. There's problem Perhaps I'm hopeful that this time around with such powerful Words from These powerful bodies, maybe the government will now need it needy pool and try to address the issues Okay, um, so I just want to take one more headline here on the punt And this says this goes overcharged 7.1 million customers In a nine a month and this has been said by the federal government. So our discurs are Overcharged in 7.1 million customers. What do you think about this one? I think this is a report you know, since For long we have been talking of you know, instead of our estimate We should have meters, uh, you know, but the corruption around Uh, the system is what is causing all this problem one the meters are not that available People are given estimate and the estimate is somebody who just sit down and you know Cutting and say this is what is What you should pay. So I think it is quite unfortunate that Over 7 million people are overcharged unnecessarily and uh, it's a double jeopardy There is Overcharging and there is no supply of light and this goes a long way towards the problem that we are talking No conducive environment for the business to operate no conducive environment For even the people to operate so I mean to survive So I think this is a double jeopardy Like I said where people are overcharged and the light is not available and you know, there is corruption around this So I think this is uh, quite unfortunate The fact that these people have been overcharged are they going to be refunded Um, they're going to be consequences for you know, whoever is at the top that made this happen Because Nigeria is already hard enough. The economy is Crazy and people cannot even afford a lot of things and then the little money that you have You have a charge a whole 7.1 a million people For electricity. So what happens now? Do they get a refund?  You know, like, oh, we're sorry that we overcharge you here is a refund and maybe here is some token again Just extra top up for your electricity. So what is going to be done with with this overcharging 7.1 Million Nigerians from their hard earned money Unfortunately nothing is going to be done. Even the the Nigerian situation You see since 19 29 I mean 78 79 when the the constitution was being primed one of the issues that I remember then That was quarterly debated was the issue of making Uh, then never justiciable that if they do anything then people can have the right to vote for and suit through them But you know somehow the premise of the constitution protected them and so now even if you go you cannot Uh, uh protection and secondly, you know, we we are used to impunity in Nigeria even if You know, people are found In this situation. I don't think anything will be done to punish them. So To me Rather pessimistic that Nigerians will get compensation From this what happened this overcharge because of what I've said earlier All right Let's move over to the guardian and the major headline here talks about Exiting oil firms pollutes Niger Delta with 36.1 million liters of crude oil in eight years So we're talking about pollution right now and the exiting oil firms, you know, polluted the Niger Delta with 36 point 1 million liters of crude oil in eight years Um So what do you think about this? And is there anything that is um any agency? Any Government yes agency that's trying to stop this pollution because we're talking about our waters right now. We're talking about um The ecosystem and pollution is not one thing that helps us instead It deteriorates the ecosystem So if we're seeing 36 because that's a quite that's quite a high number 36.1 million liters of crude oil being polluted in the Niger Delta area So what do you think about this and are they are doing or supposed to be doing something about this to Ensure that this is not happening and we're not polluting our waters You see in other clients. This is a very serious thing that You know, the affected people will go to court even the government will go will sue the companies and get compensation One there is no major effort to even clean the system Secondly, there are so many litigations around these issues and Nothing is being done at the end of it, you know The life of the people has been affected. The environment has been affected Impact their source of livelihood Most of them depend on fishing and also even drinking water go to drinking water has been affected in the area And the unfortunate thing is that it is now moving up even to upstream into the ocean This has gone there. So I think it is a very serious problem over the eight years, you know 36 or something million Letters is it's a huge thing over the years. So I think what we need to do Is actually to give teeth to the laws To ensure that people are adequately compensated The government should not just allow the affected people to be challenging the companies because they cannot Master the energy and the resources and the power to actually Challenge those companies given the huge companies that are involved multinational companies So I think here the government needs to come in Uh in order not only to clean the damage the pollution But I am not only to force them to clean it but to force them also to pay compensation to You know the government and to the people so that at least this thing will be Seriously taken into account. Otherwise if we allow it it will continue This is just sds, you know, it has been a lingering issue this pollution for long and Actually, the paper has done a good job by looking at it document it year by year The amount of our pollution that has taken place and it seems to be on it on the increase Since within these eight years Let's let's let's just look at this This other one. Um, we're looking at serapa and this is one of our top trending stories So we're looking at syrup suing acrabby a bass over 344.85 billion and naira national assembly budget now if you recall This is a jump in what the appropriation bill was initially and They came up with 344.85 billion naira and syrup is suing acrabby Obviously suing the the the national assembly over this budget. What do you think about this? Do you think this is a whole lot of money? Or do you think it's it's value for money? Like oh, yes They definitely need this to be able to go about their duties. Or do you think they're just, you know, being frivolous spenders? Yeah, I think they're being frivolous spenders and we need we need touch ngo Also, and even the public to be on their toes So that we can check These things otherwise if we just keep fighting We're challenging these such issues. I think we are going to see More and worse cases than what we are seeing now Even if it is a couple this is a public money It is not for the assembly. It is not for the government. It is not for anybody. I mean, uh, The judicial bandra is born Nigerian. So somebody that is what democracy is about Somebody has to be there in order to make sure that things are done Properly and the sins are done, you know in a transparent way. Otherwise when we say, okay these people keep on going, you know To the court to suing this and suing that and we don't encourage them and we don't support them So we are going to see the worst part. I mean worst part of it in the future. So to me, I think it is a good thing We have to Be doing that and the NGOs are doing it on our behalf. So we shall give them all the necessary support Then in part tonight should be should have their eyes on how public resources are spent utilized Otherwise The democratic system will have no meaning to Nigerians. It will have meaning only to very few people Who want other sources and use it for their own personal benefit? Yeah, I think the Nigerian people deserve some level of transparency um, if you're going to I don't have a problem with you um Coming out with a budget and saying this is how much you need as long as you can come and defend the budget and You know, we can see that you're using it for you're using it judicious judiciously You're not just spending frivolously and you know using it for your own personal purposes So we deserve some level of transparency if you come out and you say, okay This is what we're using this money for and everybody sees that it is fair and there's value in it Why not but you cannot be using taxpayers money For what we don't know. You're not coming out to report anything. We're not seeing We're not seeing anything. You're not telling us anything. You're not giving us any reports nothing whatsoever You just demand for this money and you expect it to be given to you But this is taxpayers money. These are people who have worked so hard And we have a lot of things that we need compared to your houses and your cars and you know what? Let me not just let me not just go into another sermon right now. Let's look at this other headline it says tinnable berets asu and others For criticizing student loan scheme says no going back. I'm sure you've seen the The student loan scheme that was brought out by the president. I think that was last year There were a lot of criterias, right and a lot of people have been saying People cannot even afford this this scheme The the the criteria is so rigid that you might not be able to get it. You cannot get the loan But anyways, tinnable has come out to berate asu because asu was one of those people who who said No, this doesn't work. And now he's saying, you know, there's not going back. He has berated them for criticizing The the the scheme. So what do you think about this one? You see actually I am a member of asu and I've been very critical of the scheme But I think Listen to what Nigerians said about it. I forget whether it is asu or labor or whatever Is this going to work? Are Nigerians happy with it? Is it accessible to By Nigerians? So I think these are the things which the government has to take they shouldn't be so militaristic that Since they have I plan it. There is no going back. I think that is Government a democratic government should do they a democratic government should listen to stakeholders and if there is need To a day, you know, whatever it is you to adjust or even to abandon the program and Take a new one there is This is all about Because asu is the one who's talking about it. We are the major stakeholders. We know what is going to happen We have been in this system for many years and we have seen the transformation of the system So we are not just criticizing it goes for the sake of criticizing it But we are criticizing it for its feasibility Whether it will actually address what it set out to do So I think the government ought to listen to not only asu, but like I said to stakeholders We have parents. We have teachers. We have the student themselves. Let it be Known, you know, so that people will know what it entails and especially given the conditions that Set in there, I think many Nigerians will not be able to benefit from that system and even if Many some people are able to Assist it. I mean to assess it I think at the end of it the fear is there will be too much corruption around it which will set it like all other things and other policies that we have The tendency or corruption to make the system to fail so I think to me the government ought to listen I shouldn't be saying there's no going back. Yeah, it is a democratic system And we are the government is in the name of the people. So you should listen to the Right I don't know if the government is listening to the people on this one and this Small headline here says hardship and this is still on the Guardian and I'll take another one from From the business engine and this says hardship States in Nigeria risk total collapse and need rising hunger Unemployment Says reports and then on the business engine. It says economic hardships need for specific blueprints to address inflationary pressures. What do you think about this one? Do you think? Yeah, I want to believe is the hardship that is making people move away move abroad because they are all searching for greener pastures And right now the same states, you know in Nigeria risk collapse and meet the rising hunger. So what are some? What are some blueprints specific blueprints? Like they've said on the on the business engine to address this inflationary pressures that we have in Nigeria You see we have said Several times in this program and even In previous ones that the Unfortunately is there is no concrete plan to address these issues Since you know at may 29 is when the government roll out This subsidy removal The floating of that and other things, you know inflation has been, you know Rising as from an eucalyptus and but We keep on saying that is We this is not how public policies are public policies all over the world are planned As you must have a blueprint of what you you are here today. Why are you going in the next Two or three years or ten years? You must have a plan But if you look at what we are having now, there is no concrete plan on this issue We have just talked about uh, like the government trying to say we are going to be net importers of food But there is no plan how to Say make uh, you know Production of the food and we are talking of you know the corruption around the system. So I think uh This is what the government ought to come up with a concrete plan On what we are going to do both short-range and long-range plan on how to address it. Otherwise Actually, we We are just playing with fire. I I think it was it is the united nation or whatever which says that For every 10 person in who are Multidimensionally hungry in the world one is a Nigerian and they said about 70 percent of Nigeria are Dimensionally poor and so on. So these are Serious policy challenges, which are not only Economical they are social they are political they are is curate everything in one and this issue of our hunger inflation and so on. So I think we need a um I know the government keep on talking of renewed hope agenda renewed hope agenda But the renewal of agenda what are the increasing that are put in ground to renew the hope of Nigerians? That seems to work out Well, we can only hope that they have a plan They have those specific blueprints to renew the hope of Nigerians because I would say our hopes are quite dashed at the moment Poverty is rising. It's ridiculous, but it's rising and you know, a lot of people are sad people are not happy With the way the economy is so well We just hope that the the hopes of Nigerians will be renewed and we'll get to start to see a blossom in a flourishing Nation in the nearest future. I mean as soon as possible and there's nothing There's nothing that cannot happen as long as you set your mind to it So now we need our politicians to set their minds to making Nigeria a better nation But I think this is what we're going to drop it here on this segment. Thank you so much for coming in and reviewing the papers with us Thank you very much for how do you mean? Thank you. Have a good day All right, we've been speaking to Professor Kamelu Sani Fagge and he is from the Department of Political Science by Euro University canoe and we've just been reviewing the papers To see what the national dailies have been seeing this morning We'll go on a short break look at the weather and when we return we'll be looking out our first hot topic Please stay with us


Hi and welcome back, it's Vicky here and today I'm going to share 3 cards, while playing with die-cuts. Altenew has a new release, it is all about die-cutting, these are all standalone dies that you can play with to create lovely cards. Let's take a quick look on the dies of the collection and first let's take a look at the flowers. Just like all us, Altenew came up with lovely flower diesets, this is the layered wood flower, it gives you one flower and there are only 2 layers for the flower and 3 layers for the leaves, but it looks really stunning and you will see this set in action today. The next one is another quick and simple one, this is the floral toodles dieset, just 2 layers, a big solid one and a level detailed one for the top and you also get stems and loads of leaves and you will see this one in action as well in one of the cards that I share today. Now the next one is one of those dies that you can use again and again, I absolutely love leaves, I think that they are a great filler for cards, this is called just leaves dieset, plus you can use them throughout the year, you can use those with any flower, dies or stems that you have, I think it is a great dieset to have on hand. This next one is the woven heart dieset, you will get a die that you need to cut out twice so that you can woven one inside the other and then you will get a little detail that fits inside for the top of the heart, you will see that in action today. Now this is the linear crossroads die, this is one of those dies that I absolutely love to use as a backdrop for sticking on top my focal points. I have a similar one which is the burlap and I have been using it a lot, in the same idea is the next one which is called the ecstastic die. If you like borders for your cards, this is the swirl motif dieset and I love the beautiful design as well as the fact that you get the outline as well as the actual detail so you can stick one on top of the other for a really lovely look.  So I'm going to put those aside and start with the first card and I will make my best to use as many of those new products as I can in three of the cards that I am sharing today. So I'm starting with the woven heart and you can see that you can fit that extra detail on the inside of the top of that die. I'm not going to use that for today and I'm going to die cut it twice and I am using pink cardstock for that but each one of those pieces is slightly different so you will be able to see that woven look even better.  Putting this heart together can be a little bit tricky so I'm going to show you step by step how I made it work in a really quick and simple way. Just because you have to woven paper you may end up with creases in areas that you don't want them to be. So that's why I'm going to use my bone folder and I'm going to add a scoring line just above those strips of paper. This is at one and one eighth of an inch exactly. And of course I'm going to repeat the same process for the other piece. By having that scoring line at the top I know that even if I bend those strips of paper they are going to look just fine. At the back of one of the pieces I'm going to add double sided tape on all of those strips. This way when I start assembling my heart it will be easy for me to anchor those pieces together. Now I'm going to peel off the backing and then I'm going to work on a silicone mat. A silicone mat is a non-stick area and I can easily lift off the pieces of paper that have glue underneath. That's the piece that has adhesive at the back. I lift it every other one of those strips and fold them back and I'm going to align the other piece at the top and put all those strips back down. This way I have everything stuck down together since I have adhesive at the back and now I'm going to lift up the other strips. I'm going to bend them at the back and don't worry about those scoring lines. These are not going to show since you are going to thread through another strip. Again I'm going to bring down another strip from the top and I'm going to stick everything down. I will repeat the same process and I'm going to put this in fast forward so you can see how this little heart comes together and as I'm doing that I'm going to talk a little bit or know what I'm up to. So we are still on lockdown for weeks however the numbers aren't dropping and it seems that we are going to spend Christmas alone as a family. Now I do have a couple of more videos scheduled for this week and the next week but then I'm going to take a break from vlogging to enjoy the holidays with my family and I will probably come back with videos in the new year. Leave me a comment down below, let me know from where you are watching me and how are things going on your part of the world. The vaccination hasn't started in Europe yet but soon it will be so I am hoping that the new year is going to bring us health, peace and hopefully our lives back. So anyway, back to the heart. I do have some excess from each side that's why I used my scissors to make it look neat and now it's time to put my card together. I do have a pale pink panel which matches one of the parts from the heart and I do have another white panel on top.  These are from the just leaves die set. I die cut a couple of them using a pale green cardstock since I have pale colors on the whole of my card. I'm going to add some glue only along the stem so that I can then use my fingers and lift the leaves just a little bit up so that I have some dimension. I love the leaves because they are kind of a filler for a card so if you need to add something extra, leaves are perfect for that and I'm going to add a sentiment. This comes from the sentiment strips stamp set which is one of my favorites. I keep on using it again and again and I went with you are so loved. I finished off my card by adding some pink gems here and there along the leaves and here are some close-up photos. For my second card I'm going to use the layered wood flower die set if you notice there are two main layers for the flower and three layers for the leaves. I'm going to use cardstock from the she-shore collection and I'm going to use only those four colors, both for the leaves and for the flower. So I'm going to pick up the darker and the next one for the flower and the two lighter colors will be used for the leaves. This way I know that I have a lovely color combo since the hard work was done by Altenew and I know that all those four colors really coordinate with each other and although there are three layers for the leaves I'm only going to use two of them. After all I usually tuck the leaves underneath my flowers so it's not going to show that much. Now putting those flowers and leaves together is super simple after all there are only two layers for them but it really makes a difference. I like to use my Nouveau Deluxe glue just because it is going to give me some time to be able to slide the pieces one on top of the other until I have the perfect placement. For the flower I went with the darker shade of blue for the bottom and the lighter for the top but for the leaves I worked the other way around so I have the lighter for the solid area and for the detail I do have the darker one. For the center of the flower you decked two pieces I went with chocolate brown for the bottom one and then with that glittery copper one for the top. I absolutely love the blue color combo for the flower and I think it looks really stunning.  Finally for the sentiment I went with the bold thanks die set this is a die set from a previous release that I keep on using again and again and I absolutely love that you get the outline that I die cut from chocolate brown cardstock and the letters that I die cut from the same glitter cardstock that I used for the rest of the elements so here I have a pattern and this is three and a half by eight and a half I used vanilla for this panel and I'm going to put together my card for that I'm using glue at the back of those two back drop pieces and I'm going to stick one on top of the other I don't even mind if there is a gap in between this is something that I'm going to cover up later on with the flower and the leaves so by combining two of them together I end up covering up more real estate of my slim lined card I used my Nuvo de Luxe glue to stick those down however that was quite tricky since they are such fine die cuts if you want you can use some double sided tape before you die cut them which is a technique that I'm going to show you in the next card but I usually forget about it I just go ahead and do all the die cutting and then remember that I should have used my double sided tape anyway I place the sentiment at the bottom and I do have foam squares at the back as well as at the back of the flower and now it's finally time to tuck underneath the flower my leaves I am going to stick them with my glue so they are going to lay flat however I do have some dimensions so I used my fingers to add a little bit of a curve at the tip of the leaf now I absolutely love browns and blues along with a vanilla cardstock as a background I think that this combo makes a really lovely card and it would make a great color combo for a masculine card as well I am not going to add any gems on this card since it already has lots and lots of shine on it so I'm just going to stick that down on a slimline card and this is 3.5x8.5 and probably this is my favorite card from the three cards that I'm sharing today let me know in the comments below what's your favorite and let's move on to the third card for today for this one I'm going to use a doodless die set but I'm only going to work with the two lips I'm combining cardstock from the Cherry Blossom and Green Meadows gradient cardstock sets by Altenew I'm going with a lighter color for the solid die cuts and for the intricate design on top I'm going with the darker one now after laying all the pieces on top and knowing what I'm going to cut from which paper I'm going to use one of those adhesive papers in this release Altenew has two packages one is masking paper and you will find 10 pages inside and the other one is double sided tape you will find 10 pages inside as well so I'm going to pick one of them and I'm going to cover up completely the back of the darker shade of cardstock this way I'm going to die cut the very intricate designs and all I'll have to do then is to just peel off the backing together this way I will not have to worry about using my Nouveau Deluxe Glue at the back it's going to make the whole process quick and simple and I did find that this adhesive is quite forgiving so you can easily peel off and reposition if you need so but then once you press it really good it's going to stay put and now I did all the die cutting and you can see I have all the pieces ready to go now it's time to put them together how intricate that layer is that you add at the top of the stem so having this part as a sticker already and not having to fight with my white glue is a good alternative another way to go with those very intricate die cuts is to use spray at the back but I avoid using spray that's why I prefer either the double sided tape or my Nouveau Deluxe Glue so finally I'm putting my tulips together and you can play with color I decided to go monochromatic for my little flower bouquet there and the fun part is that you have really long stems this way you can create a bouquet and tie a knot with a beautiful ribbon on top of your card or like I'm going to do today use a vase I'm going to place all those flowers inside the vase and since I have such long stems I have a slimline card and that's what I'm going for the vase comes from an older collection which is called Maud Vases there are stems and matching dies and for this card I just used one of the dies to die cut that lovely vase I did die cut it from a paler pink so it matches perfectly with the whole color combo I'm working on a white panel that's 3.5x8.5 and for the bottom just to make it look more interesting I did use a piece of vanilla cardstock on an angle and then on top I'm going to add a very thin strip of gold cardstock just to add some shine on an otherwise really simple card I'm going to stick the vase on top and I do have some dimension with foam screws at the back and then I'm going to create my flower composition now if you want to make a smaller bouquet you can always chop the stems and use as long of them as much as you want to just like always I do combine when I'm sticking down my die cuts glue with foam squares so I end up having some dimension on the flowers but the stems are going to lay flat and I do have 3 leaves so I'm going to stick them too along the stems I always like to play around with the placement and then I can make a stick everything down although sometimes I don't show that design for all the die cuts leaves, stems and flowers I do have 2 shades of cardstock the only one that is without 2 shades is the vase and that little detail was driving me crazy so I had to add a second layer with a darker shade of pink for the vase as well so I used some scrap paper to die cut one more vase and don't worry about the top of the vase I'm just going to use my scissors and cut it out I'm going to get inspired by the design of the actual stamp where you get a bottom that is slightly different I'm going to use my scissors and cut out the vase giving it a little bit of a curve and I'm absolutely happy with how I customised that I'm going to stick that down and I think it looks even better than before now all I need to finish off my card is to add a sentiment for that I decided to go with one of the essential strips die set I use the one that says just because and I die cut it from gold cardstock that matches that thin strip of gold that I have on my background finally to finish off my card I did add one little gem on top of every tulip and here are some close up photos so these were all the cards for today just like always you will find links down below to all the new products that I used this is part of a blog hope as we celebrate the latest release by Altenew so make sure to visit my blog you will find there all the info that you need to hop along with us get inspired and join the giveaways so I hope that you had fun today that you got inspired thank you all so much for spending some time with me today and I'll see you all next time


Hello and welcome back, it's Vicky here with another card making video. Today I'm going to share 5 different projects using products from the latest release by my favorite things. Just like every month the October release has something for everyone, adorable stamp sets, and I will start with a selfie with Santa. This will give you 6 images that you can use either in combination or completely separately for creating your projects. I just picked one of them and you can repeat the same card design with any of the images from this stamp set. I'm using extreme black ink by my favorite things to stamp my image and that's because it is alcohol marker friendly. I will use my alcohol markers to color everything and just because I'm sharing 5 projects in one video today I'm not going to share loads about how I did the coloring, I always do quick and simple coloring by the way. And for this image I mainly stayed with reds and greens since I'm going for a traditional color themed Christmas card. By the way I'm using my Spectrum Noir 3 blends which come with 3 shades of color in one barrel just because I find that they are super easy to play with. So everything ready? This little guy there if depending on how you color him he can be a penguin or a little birdie. I went with a penguin. Now I'm using a rectangle die to cut this out and the idea is to have it look as if it is a Polaroid photo.  And I think that it looks quite long as it is so I will chop off just a little bit from the bottom to make it look better. I'm just eyeballing everything I don't know the exact measurements of a Polaroid photo and it doesn't really matter. So with this big stamp set you can create many of those Polaroid photos with different images every time and you can stack them on top of your project. However I'm going to show you how you can work with just one of them. I'm going to stamp my sentiment at the bottom that says from all of us this is a perfect card to give along with a Christmas gift. My card base is a top folding card that's 4.25 x 5.5. I have a light grey panel that I'm going to stick on top. This is slightly smaller than my standard card and then on top I'm going to stick my Polaroid photo. If you want you can pop it up with some foam tape. I'm just going to glue it down and then just for the fun of it I will use this paper pad again from the latest collection and I picked one of the pattern papers. I'm going to cut out a thin strip of paper which then I'm going to tear with my fingers to have a small piece that looks like washi tape. And I will stick it on top of my photo as if it is the washi tape that holds that Polaroid in place. To embellish my card I'm going to use my NuvoDrops and I will add some white dots here and there. They are going to look like snow.  For my next card I will work with this tiny stamp set which is adorable. This is the Fairy and Bright stamp set.  Here is how I colored everything mainly stayed with greens and I got inspiration from the colors of this pattern paper. I believe this is one from a previous collection from last month if I'm not mistaken. I do have a dark green cardstock which I'm going to cut out with a rectangle die that has a lovely stitching. It always gives a finished look and I also picked one of the pattern papers from this paper pad. This is my favorite for sure. Love the color combination here. With a darker shade of green I just quickly added some inking all around the edges just to darken it up a little bit. This is going to give the illusion that the center of the panel is glowing. And then this is a very simple design to put together so I'm placing my green panel on top of the pattern paper and I did have foam tape at the back. I did stamp my sentiment on a white cardstock but you will see that I changed my mind in the finished photos.  You will see that in a bit and then on top I'm going to stick my little guy and the girl.  This one is called star pops and it is a die that I had for ages but you can always use sequins or gems instead of stars. It's a super adorable card and I think the sentiment looks better in green. And I don't know how my favorite things do it every time but look how adorable all the stamp sets are. This is called its penguin to look a lot like Christmas and it comes with all those penguins doing different things. I'm going to choose one of them. I went with the one on the candy cane and that was a super easy image to color. Just black and red and you are good to go. Now I'm working on a small white pan and I'm just blending in a little bit of distressed oxide. I'm going with tumbled glass just because it is very light. I don't go for the perfect blending here. I like to have kind of splotches. They look like clouds. I also grabbed those two dies that cut out slopes. These are again very very old. They are the ones that I keep on using again and again for creating khils or snowbanks etc.   Now for one of them I'm going with glue. This is going to go completely flat at the back and then for the other snowbank to add some dimension I will stick it down with some foam tape. And of course for this card I'm using one of my favorite recipes when I work with critters which is creating a scene. I did share a video with those recipes. If you haven't seen that I will make sure to link it at the end of this one. And then I have to stick on top my little guy again by using foam tape so that he is leveled with the top snowbank. And of course in a scene like this one you can add snow at the background just like I did in the first card. For example you can use your nuvo drops or you can go with a sequence. For some strange reason I decided for this card not to add snow at all but I will embellish it with other ways. So I'm picking one of the pattern papers that matches perfectly with the blues and the reds on my card. And then I grab this stamp set. This is called put the jolly in the holidays another adorable critter stamp set but from this one I will only use the matching dies to cut out the trees.  I use just three of them. They really make a difference on the card and create that depth that I want it. I glued all three trees with my belly art glue down so that they are flat with the background. I didn't want them to pop all I want to have at the foreground is the little guy. Then in the same stamp set there are tiny little hearts and matching ties to cut them out. So I'm just going to play around a little bit inside where I want them to go and I will stick them down. And because sometimes I don't know when to stop when I'm creating a little scene and I can keep on adding things I decided to add some clouds on my sky as well.  It's one of those things that I like to have in my arsenal for when I create scene cards. And finally I'm sticking down the sentiment. This is white embossed and it's just a part of a whole phrase from the same stamp set. And again you cannot snow if you like I just decided not to. Here are some close-up photos on this card and for my fourth project I will use this die set. This is a standalone die set. It doesn't come with a matching stamp set and it is called Nativity Silhouette. If you don't have any nativity ties then this is a great set for you. It gives you a lot and lots of ties to play with to create a nativity scene. And if you like creating cards for Christmas that really have a meaning instead of using critters or snowflakes then this is a great set to go. For my little card I'm keeping everything simple which is going to make it easy to recreate if you want this to be your Christmas card this year. I'm only going to cut out the star out of gold cardstock. I cut out everything so you can see what you get. These are all the ties included, lovely and it is great if you want to create a slimline card. However I'm going for an A2 standard card and I'm going to use just a few of them as many as I can fit on top of my card. For my background I'm starting with a navy blue cardstock and I'm going to ink it up mainly at the top to darken it up a little bit. For that I'm working with chipped sapphire distress ink this is not the oxides and to darken it up even more I'm going to prick in a little bit of dark chute. However if you plan to mass produce this card you really don't have to do the blending just cut out dark blue panels and you are good to go. At the bottom of my panel I placed a white strip of paper and then on top of that I'm going to stick a very thin strip of cold cardstock. This is going to add a touch of shine on my card and that's the same cardstock that I used to cut out the star. Notice that I decided to use an A2 standard card size however in landscape orientation this way I will be able to stick more of that die cuts and create a bigger scene. And believe it or not although I'm crafting for so many years I don't have another nativity die set so I was super happy that my favorite jinx came up with this one. I am also going to stick the star at the sky and of course you have plenty of space at the bottom to stamp your sentiments. I simply went with Merry Christmas and this comes from the itty bitty holiday stamp set that has lots and lots of sayings which is perfect for this type of cards. In the beginning I was thinking to stick more stars on my sky smaller ones however I decided not to it is better to add a little white touch with your gel pen since it makes the star look brighter. Simply stick this panel on an A2 card base and you are good to go. It's a lovely card with meaning and at the same time you can easily mass produce it. Now this is the for you from Santa little last stamp set that comes with the Santa along with stamps that you can layer on top to color him. There is a whole bunch of these stamps that you can mix and match together. For example this big one is called gifts from Santa they have the exact same style they are easy to use because you don't have to color anything everything is ready for you and there is a whole collection if you look on the my favorite things website. So I decided to go with this guy here who is holding the presents and instead of creating a card I'm going to make a little box. Remember that you can use any stamp as a focal point on a card but also you can add it on a gift tag as well as on top of a box to embrace it. I stamped the outline with black ink now I'm just rubbing my palm on top of the stamp because it is quite solid and this is the layer I'm using red ink for that. This way you can easily create this type of guys quick and simply without having to color anything and then there is another layer for adding color on the boxes just because I'm planning to use that patent paper again that has those blues, teal blues and the reds. I decided to go with teal blue for the gifts.  This is a new die set from the latest release it is called every day gift box and it gives you dies lots of them to create not only the box but also panels to embellish the box as well as dies to cut out sentiments and gift tags. You will find that if you make the box it is going to fit perfectly a gift card but you can also fit inside little treats or even jewelry for example earrings or if you want to gift a necklace and things like that. Now depending on how you choose to embellish it it can be a gift box for pretty much any occasion. I am going for a Christmas one today and for that I'm going to pick a patent paper for the top of the box and of course I chose to go with reds and teals since it matches the color of my Santa. For the bottom of the box I already did the die cutting out of white cardstock So I have here both my pieces the one that doesn't have the scalloped edges is the one at the bottom so you can go completely neutral there I chose to go with white and it is really easy to put together I'm just using my bone folder to make sure that I have a nice crease and then all you do is to add glue on the flaps and just put the box together. It is meant to hold a gift card but you can see it has some depth so you can wrap with tissue paper your gift card if you like you can even throw in a few small candy and let's make the top the top is easy to recognize is the one with the scalloped edges and that's why I use the patent paper there again I'm repeating the same process just making sure that I have good folds everywhere with my bone folder and then on those flaps I'm adding a little bit of glue and once you are sure that both those boxes are nicely glued together you can see they fit perfectly one on top of the other now let's embrace it a little bit to make it more fun I did use one of the dies to cut out this little panel that fits on top of the box I also stamped no peeking with red ink and then I'm going to stick the Santa on top and of course you can take it a step further if you want you can keep the box closed by tying some ribbon or some thread however I'm keeping it simple I think it looks adorable as it is and these were the projects for today I hope that you had fun that you got inspired just like always down below the description area you will find links to everything I used don't forget to like the video and share it with your friends if you had fun watching and also leave me a comment down below and let me know which one of those projects was your favorite thank you all so much for joining me today and I'll see you all next time