Fun Fold Friday - Slim Sayings

For my last card this week. I really have had fun making this one. This very easy fun fold is made using only squares of card or Patterned Paper if you want to as that will work too. Slim Sayings stamp set has no images only sentiments but that hasn't stopped me at all this week. I have really enjoyed playing with this stamp set and the dies too. 

I started with 3 pieces of Night Of Navy card 14.85cm by 14.85cm or just under 6" by 6" in Imperial measurements. I then scored each piece at 7.4cm horisontally and vertically and once diagonally across from point to point going through the centres of each square. See below.

By holding the corners that were scored diagonally and pulling them together towards you get a beak like shape. Well, that's what someone called it last week! 😂 Following the folds and the direction that they go, the square will be folded into a quarter of it's size.

This can be made in almost any card size as long as it's a proper square. It can also be as long or as many panels as you want too! Once all 3 of the squares are scored and folded, make sure that the folds are burnished in both directions. That way the edges have both been stretched and will crease beautifully when the pieces are glued to each other. 

The top of the folded card above and below are side views when closed.

 

Below is the1st page once opened.

 

Above and below are pictures of the whole card when opened. You will see when folding your card, (should you decide to make one) that the 2 outer pieces will fold forward at the diagonals and the centre set will fold backwards. 

Another way of making this card is to use it as a brag book or memory album. Instead of adding sentiments you can add photographs or drawings. 

The shape is so versatile. When I decorated the card I used the mosaic pieces that come from the other large die. I can use the frame on another project but meanwhile the inner pieces are on this card. 

The papers that I used are from the Simply Elegant Speciality papers and Beauty of The Earth designer series paper. Both sets of these double sided papers are really gorgeous and so versatile in so many ways too.

 

 

 

Above is the stamp set and the dies that are Slim Sayings and the Slim Card Dies. As I said at the start of today's post I really have had great fun with the stamps and dies this week. Should you decide to buy them and I highly recommend you do, I am sure that you will be very impressed with them. 

 

Thank you for popping by this week. Cary will return next week with some more of her creations.

 

I will be back the week after Cary as usual but the weekend of the 19th and 20th March, Cary and I are holding our 1st annual retreat in person since lockdown 2 years ago and we will both be extremely exhausted when we return.

 Will we post on the blog when we return? Who knows? Hopefully we will be here in spirit if nothing else! 😂

 

Until I return, please stay safe, take care and be well but most of all.....

 

😍😍😍  KEEP ON CRAFTING!!!   😍😍😍

 

Throwback Thursday - Seasons of Fun

 Hello on this lovely sunny Thursday. Today's card was combined by using some dies. I used Give It A Whirl Dies and die cut the white circle in the centre out. Then I stamped the little dog from the Seasons of Fun stamp set, 3 times at regular intervals. The die cut circle has little indents where the frame separates into 3, so it was very easy to see the actual marks. I then coloured them in using Blends to show different characters. Using the framework with the dies, I cut the rest of the shapes from the mats. Once that was all done, I was able to mat everything together and add the die cut circle with the dogs on into it too. I love the little wheel on the edge of the circle that turns it around. I used a piece of the blue Beauty of The Earth designer series papers for the very front panel but had cut out a frame to go under the dusky blue of Misty Moonlight and the rectangle went onto the front with a number of the little stars stamped onto the paper. I completed the card by adding the 2 sentiments. I love the expression.... 'Life Is Full Of Ups and  Downs... Hold On Tight' I think that is so very true.

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As I said earlier in the week, both of these stamp sets can be earned for FREE. By holding a workshop, class or party with your demonstrator and you get order of £15 or more, you get to earn 10% of the total party orders to spend for free on yourself! That really has to be something to think about isn't it? The Seasons of Fun is only £11 and until the end of this September, while Saleabration is still happening, you can get the In Your Words stamp set totally free when the party orders reach £275. 

Technique Tuesday - Seasons of Fun

 Today I've been playing with an old technique, it's called the masking technique. The stamp set this week was calling for it! Using the Host sets called Seasons of Fun and In Your Words I started by stamping the little child onto the top of a post it note, not the sticky side I hasten to add! I peeled off 3 sheets of post it at the same time and fussy cut the image out. the child  was pulling a cart but I only inked the stamp up using a Stampin' Write Marker Pen. So now I have 3 little children...just in case! I then took a piece of Basic White card and stamped the 1st image onto it. Once it had dried, I added one of the post it note children over the image. Fortunately, I stamped the first image in the centre so I was able to stamp either side of that post it note, lining the hands up so it looked like the children were holding hands. Job done! I then started to colour each child in individual colours. Triplets are cute but they all have to wear different colours to show that they are all different. 

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Once I had coloured them all in, Yep... I fussy cut them all out, still holding hands too! I'm really pleased as they all came out really well too.  Using a few pieces from the Beauty of The Earth Designers Series Papers and a small strip of the lovely soft blue of Balmy Blue card, I then used a die from the Inspiring Canopy dies, that gave me the trees and the sloped hills . I stuck the mats all to the Basic White card base landscape, added wet PVA glue, Tombow to the back of the trees then placed them where I wanted them. While they were all drying, I added Black double sided foam, Dimensionals to the back of the children. I used black ones as the images of the papers and children was quite dark, I thought it would be better and not show as easily. They worked too! A few sentiments from the In Your Works, Host stamp set  and the card was completed.