Tips, Tricks and Techniques Tuesday - Legendary Ride

Hello on a much cooler Tuesday. I know that it's supposed to be a maximum of 16 degrees but to me that's too cool! For Cary..... It's even then too warm! She has her own central heating system! Lucky woman! Mines like a fridge! Anyway, today's card is one that I was inspired to make by my son, I showed him the stamp set and he remembered that it was used for his birthday last year. His response was...I'd just like to fly away on mine sometimes! Hence flying into the clouds! I am calling this one a Z fold card.

I used a piece of DSP from the Take To The Sky papers from this year's new stamp set called Adventurous Sky. It's all about bi-planes. It really is a great looking set and I can't wait to share some cards with you from using them. I have used the dies too today and played around with them to highlight parts of the bike, which I must say looks very like my son's bike too!

 

 

Fun Fold Friday - Botanical Layers and Botanical Beauty

 Hello again. As today is my last day for a week, I have gone to town! Using the Botanical Layers stamps, I stamped the four, large floral images several times in; Lemon Lolly, Calypso Coral, Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green and Bubble Bath! It took a LOT of fussy cutting out! I need a break from fussy cutting now!! :) Using the Botanical Beauty stamp, I stamped onto a white mat in a Boho Blue Ink pad. I also cut and embossed a white mat for the centre 2 half panels and the front.. The blue, I cut in half lengthwise and added to the inside of the card on the outer 2 edges and filled in with a piece of the embossed paper in the centres. I took 2 more pieces of Boho Blue card and cut them to 21 cm wide. 1 piece is 6.5 cm high and the other 10 cm high. The latter of which was cut to 10 cm wide. I added an extra 1 cm to each side for the ahesive to go on before cutting. 

Then it was a case of adding the leaves and flowers all over the stands. By making a fold in the centre of each of the stands It will make it stand and fold into the centre easily. Now bear in mind this will not go as standard mail. It will have to large size letter of even hand delivered. Which I always prefer anyway. That was it basically. A simple sentiment on the front and the back completes my cards for this week. 

 

 

A very plain and simple front opening onto a very busy inside. 

 

I hope that you have found some ideas to hopefully inspire you to make your own cards this week. Cary will return on Monday with some more of her designs to share with you.

Until the following week when I return again, please take care, stay safe and 

KEEP ON CRAFTING 

xxx 😍😍  Gill  😍😍 xx

Fun Fold Friday - Inspirational Sketches

 Well, here we are again already. The week has gone very quickly once again and again I have had great fun making these cards and sharing them with you. Here is my last one for the week using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set. This is a very simple fun fold in as much as it's 2 pieces of card to make the fun fold of it. Yes, my decoration is slightly different but that is always a matter of choice. 

 

 

I started with a simple C6 card base in Boho Blue card stock measuring 21cm by 14.85cm high and scored at 14.85cm. Taking the other half of the whole piece of card, I marked on the bottom right edge at 3cm. I turned the card around and did the same on the other side. Then I cut between the 2 marks and folded it in half at 10.5cm and 5.25cm from each end. See below. This piece, once decorated will be on the inside of the card making it very like an easel card.

 

The inner piece once scored.  

 

I decorated the front and inside of this card with 2 different pieces of DSP and with the odd triangular, folded card mat, I added the left hand piece and the right hand piece of it to each of the inside edges. I added more DSP to the 4 shaped panels on the angled mat. I could have added some flowers and birds to this piece but I felt it was enough as it is.

 

 

I stamped the bird onto a rectangle of white card and coloured it in using my watercolour pencils without any water! Playing around with it I added it to a piece of Boho Blue card after cutting off the corners. I then repeated this with pieces of  Night of Navy card in 0.5cm strips. Piece by piece I added each strip over each edge just to give the frame all around it. To finish this off, I added Rhinestones around the frame. 

 

 

  

 

I decorated this card using the NEW papers from Stampin' Up! called Flight and Airy Designer Series Paper. These papers are FREE when you place an order from Stampin' Up! for £45 or more. They are stunning papers too. Look at those gorgeous birds and flowers!

 

That's it once again. Thank you for joining me this week, I hope you have found something to inspire you to make some cards this week. Cary will return on Monday and be sharing her creations with you so please pop by and join her here.

 

Until I return, stay well, keep safe but as always

KEEP ON CRAFTING. 

😍😍😍 xxx Gill xxx 😍😍😍