Fun Fold Friday - Batik Boutique

 For my last card this week I have made a fold that is so easy and really lovely. I guess it's a little bit like a Gate fold except that the right hand panel is an additional piece of card. I started by stamping the large flowers all over a piece of white card using the Batik Bouquet stamp set. Then piece by piece I stamped the additional pieces onto the other colours to get the effect I wanted. I used a Blackberry Bliss card base which is 17cm by 14.85cm high. I scored at 10.5cm across the 17cm side and folded it. The additional piece is 10.5cm by 9.5cm. I scored 1.5cm along the 10.5cm length. Using the small piece, I adhered it to the righthand inside of the card before adding a piece of Magenta Madness card mat over it. 

I do like coordinating the card colours together and really like this colour combo too. I cut 2 mats in Magenta Madness and embossed them both with the Pretty Flowers embossing folder. It gives a really great texture to the card front. I added a stamped piece to the left and using a silver foiled square that I already had, I added the die cut flower to the front. 

Using the Best Year stamp set, I completed the card with sentiments inside and out. 

 

Well, that's it from me for another week, please take care and stay safe but most importantly 

KEEP ON CRAFTING

Cary will be back next week to share her creations with you so please pop by and join her too. 

Many thanks, Gill xxx :)  😍😍😍

Throwback Thursday - Batik Bouquet

 My throwback Thursday card really has to be this one. One of the first techniques I learnt was making a one sheet wonder. I still love making them today.  I used only 4 of the stamps from the Batik Bouquet stamp set and stamped them in a pattern all over the piece of A4 white card and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad. The light green is Soft Sea Foam, the bright green is Granny Apple Green and the purple is Highland Heather. I don't know what it is about green and purple but I really love seeing them both together. I die cut 4 of the flowers out from one end of the A4 sheet once they were all coloured using the Stampin' Blends pens. I fixed the stamped mat onto a piece of Granny Apple Green card and the both of them onto a Highland Heather card base. Before I adhered the mats to the card base, I added a length of white Baker's Twine and wrapped it around the mats. I finished off with sentiments from the Best Year stamp set. The label on the front was die cut from the Scalloped Contours dies.

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Watercolour Wednesday - Batik Boutique

Well it's very wet outside and I'm indoors playing with water! Seems very logical to me :) Today, using the Batik Boutique stamp set I have done a small amount of watercolouring. This time I stamped the 2 flowers and watercoloured them both. I used the lovely bright yellow of Daffodil Delight and the earthy colour yellow of Crushed Curry. I'm really pleased with how they've both gone together. I stamped in Stazon Jet Black ink pad as to use water colours you need an alcohol based ink so that it doesn't run or bleed. I have layered the white mat and the 2 different yellow mats which were die cut using the lovely Scalloped Contours dies. The paper is a piece from the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper which goes really well with the stamp set. Once again, I used the Best Year stamp set for the sentiments.