Make It Simple Monday - Backgrounds - Berry Harvest

 Hello, I hope that you have all had a great week? I love the little truck that Cary used for last week, don't you? This week, I am going to make different projects using some of the Background stamps and dies. Today's card is using the beautiful, Berry Harvest stamp. This single stamp has loads of berries all over it and I stamped the image using the very light grey of Smoky Slate Ink Pad. I chose this colour as it's much lighter than black and easier to colour over. All I did was colour in the one stem or branch to highlight. Once again it was coloured in using some very cheap pencils. They are not as good as Stampin' Up!s Watercolour pencils but it is actually a very simple card that anyone can make. It's a very easy card to do too.
#simplestamping

 

Fun Fold Friday - This Birthday Piggy

 Well, it's Friday already and I hope that you've managed to get some ideas to make your own cards too. Today's card using the This Birthday Piggy stamp set, I have made a real fun fold card, sadly though I have no name for it! If anyone does know the name I will be very grateful to know too. I started by cutting a piece of Blackberry Bliss A4 card to 14.85cm by 23cm and scored along the long edge at 14.85cm. That will be then giving you a square card. 

I then took another piece of card 14cm by 10cm and scored at 12cm and adhered Tear 'n tape to the back of the 2 cm strip. I lined it up along the right hand side of the 14.85cm squared card and centred it along the edge of the card. 

Now for the left hand side on the card. Using my trimmer, I cut a slot 3cm in from the edge starting at 2cm up from the lower edge and 2cm from the top edge. I then moved the trimmer across 3mm to the left and repeated the slot. Then I cut the small strip out to expose the postal flap for the piece of card on the right to slide into. I used a piece of vellum from the Layering Designs 12" by 12" printed vellum papers. I then cut another strip of Blackberry Bliss card 1.5cm by 12.5cm and cut a larger slot through it to finish off the edge of the slot on the card. 

I used a white mat 14.4cm by 14.4cm for the inside of the card and another piece of Blackberry Bliss 10.5cm by 10.5cm and white mat 10cm by 10cm. I stamped and coloured the image of the birthday cake and piggy using Stampin' Blends pens then embossed it using the Timeworn Type Embossing folder before adding it to the Blackberry Bliss mat.

 

I then stamped the sleeping piggy onto a white mat 11cm by 9.5cm. This too was coloured in using Stampin' Blends pens before adding to the inside flap on the right. 

I stamped the piggy on the scooter and cut it to 7.5cm by 6cm and added it to an 8cm by 6.5cm mat in Blackberry Bliss card. I die cut a piece of white card using the Potted Succulents large die then using the Stampin' Blends, I coloured in some of the individual flowers. I added Tombow multipurpose adhesive and added it to the front of the right hand panel on the card, cutting the excess off after it was dry. Using Dimensionals, I added the images and sentiments to the front and insides of the card. I stamped a few of the balloons and coloured and fussy cut them and added them to the left hand panel. 

 

 

 

That's it from me for this week once again, thank you for stopping by and having a look, we really do appreciate you all.

 

Cary will return on Monday with some more of her amazing creations so until then, please stay safe, take care and as always, 

 

KEEP ON CRAFTING.  

😍  Gill xxx  😍

Fun Fold Friday - Seasons of Fun

 Hello again, this week I have been playing with one of the Host stamp sets called Seasons Of Fun and another one called In Your Words. Both of these can be earned for FREE by holding a workshop, class or party with a demonstrator. This can be virtually or in person depending on how you and your guests prefer. I really have had fun this week as these stamps are the same type of materials as all of the others in the catalogues but are so unusual hence the reason why I have combined the 2 sets for my projects this week. 

Today's card is obviously a fun fold card and I really have had fun with it. I cut a piece of A4 card, at 14.85cm in portrait style. I scored the piece at 3.5cm, 7cm, 10.5cm, 14cm and 28.85cm along the widest part of the card. I started with Cherry Cobbler but then decided to use Blackberry Bliss too. They are both really gorgeous rich darkish reds and really lovely to use. The left hand side of the card has the 'accordion fold' and the whole square on the right hand side. As you will see from my cards, there is another smaller 'card' on the front folds. This is for the sentiment or more images and an extra feature. This panel is 14.6cm by 9cm high, it is scored in half along the 14.6cm side at 7.3cm

I used some of the paper from the Blackberry Beauty Designer Series Papers. the lovely rich colours are gorgeous. See below. Some of them have gold foiled patterns going through the design. Just gorgeous.

The papers were very narrow strip of 3.2cm by 14.5cm. Only 2 pieces for each card. Obviously, more can be used but I rather like the simplicity of the white mats on the alternative accordion folds. I stamped a few of the little trees on the cart and coloured them in using the Stampin' Blends and added the messages and stars after. I just love the images in this stamp set, they are just so very cute. I die cut some Gold trees using the Christmas Trees die set and Gold Foiled Card. 2 were cut from the front of the card and the other 2 from behind. The reason for this is to ensure that the trees match up perfectly when stuck together. I wanted the child's hand to show that they were holding it so that it could overlap the message on the inside of the card. It worked, fortunately! Once die cut, I embossed the star using the Evergreen embossing folder. It has added the right amount of texture to the trees too.

Here is the Blackberry Bliss card. The colour is so rich and deep...it's gorgeous!

Here is the Cherry Cobbler version, a much softer red than Blackberry Bliss version above. 

The 'aerial view' or from above to show how the card is folded. 

For more information on the products that I have used this week, please click HERE. It will open up on a new page for you.   

Thank you so very much for joining me this week, I have had great fun once again and hope that you may have been inspired to make cards for yourself or to give or send to loved ones. 

Who ever you make card for, I know that they will always be really very well appreciated as YOU made them especially for them. To me, that makes all the difference.

Cary will be back on Monday to show you some more of her creations so if you can, please stop by to see what she will be making.

Until I return in just over a week, please take care, stay safe and KEEP ON CRAFTING xxxxx

Gill xx :)