Fun fold Friday grassy grove bundle

 Woo Hoo it's  Friday who's ready for the weekend? I certainly am as next week I'm going to New Orleans for a Stampin' Up! Event 😁 so the weekend is going to be filled with packing and getting organised! In preparation of going away I've been busy creating samples for blog posts and classes. So today is my final post of the week using the gorgeous Grassy Grove bundle. And as it's Friday it must be a fun fold.

The fold for today is very easy it's  basically 2 cards stuck together ! So it starts with a piece of black  cardstock that measures 10.5cm x 29.7cm and scored at 14.85cm. You also need a piece of white cardstock measuring 10cm x 29.2cm scored at 14.6cm.

Cut a piece of black cardstock measuring 10.5cm x 14.85cm.  Line up the die centrally and pass it through the die cutting machine. Next take the black piece of cardstock and put it on top of the front of the card base and place the die back in place. Pass it though the machine so that the die cuts in exactly the same place. Next adhere the 2 pieces together. This makes it stronger than just one layer.

Next cut a mat of thick white cardstock measuring 13.9cm x 9.5cm. Now take your ink pads and blending brushes and create a background.  I used an orange called mango melody , a pink called polished pink and a blue called night of navy. 

Once the panel is dry I used a Stamparatus ro help me stamp in black ink the deer and grassy stamp to create a scene that can be viewed throught the card front.

Next I took the white card base and stamped in black all along the bottom of the entire length of the cardstock.  This in turn becomes the inside of the white card. 

With the fold on the right-hand side , so opening the opposite way to the black card base,  adhere the blended panel on the front. 

Adhere the white card inside the black card so that it opens from the inside. Please look at the pictures as I don't think it makes much sense in the written form but a picture tells it all!!

I love how this card came together.  It is a very simple fun fold that packs a punch with the bold colour palette  and the strong black and white accents.

Well that's all from me for this week. Please join me here next week when Gill eill be sharing her creations with us all.

Have fun

Cary xx

Watercolour Wednesday Grassy Grove

 Do you ever find a piece of pattern paper and love it so much you try to recreate it? Well I have done just that for today's inspiration! I loved the designs in a pack of paper called New Horizons.  Sadly they are now retired 😕  but just what I wanted to pair with the images in the  Grassy Grove stamp set.

Can you understand why I wanted to try and create something inspired by these beautiful patterns?  

So I started by taking some thick white cardstock and some ink refills along with a waterbrush.  The colours I chose are a dark blue called starry sky , a pink called polished pink, a light blue called balmy blue and a gentle grey called smoky slate. 

I used 2 strips of Masking paper to create a stip slight off center in which to apply the colour whilst protecting the rest of the white cardstock. 

I'm no painter so literally looked at the pattern paper and tried to recreate it! It's not perfect and it did manage to leak out the edges when I used too much water but I love the final product 😍 and it really made me feel really painterly 🤣

To finish the card I used black ink to stamp across the coloured strip and the blank areas. Mounted it onto a panel of starry sky cardstock then a white card base.

A few iridescent pearls and a simple sentiment stamped in starry sky and my watercolour card was complete.

Really had fun with this card so would highly recommend that you try and recreate your own favourite papers. What have you got to lose? All that can happen is you might find it fun and that you make a project that you really can say is all at your own hand 😊