Tips, Tricks and Texhniques Tuesday - Embraced With Love

Tuesday's technique card is another very simple one. Today, using the Embraced With Love stamp set I have stamped the kangaroos 3 times. Each kangaroo was stamped onto a 1,3/4" circle punch and using my blends pens, I coloured them in. I used a complete mix of colours as I couldn't decide what colour they should be! I tried browns, greys and a combination of both. The latter is what I finished on. 

I made a card base using the Pecan Pie card and Basic Beige card for the mats. I embossed the mat using one of the Basics 3D embossing folders. 3 folders for only £28 is a bargain in my book. I had a scrap of Cajun Craze card on my desk so punched out 3 circles with my 2" circle punch and mounted the images onto them. I do love a punch!!

I cut another mat of Basic Beige, 6cm wide and matted it onto the strips from the rest of the Cajun Craze card and then mounted the images across the front, I finished off with some sentiments and stamping the hands of the kangaroos only onto the bottom right of the inside of the card. I have also embossed the right-hand edge of the mat too using the embossing folder.

  

Tips, Tricks and Techniques Tuesday - Poised Peony

Hello and thank you for stopping by. Today, using the Poised Peony stamp set I have once again co-ordinated it with the Frames and Flowers Designer Series Papers. Using a basic white card base, I added some mats in the rich green of Shaded Spruce. I had a piece of DSP left over from another card and it was too small for a card mat so I sliced it up equally and added the strips down the page. I stamped 2 of each of the medium and small flowers and fussy cut them out. 

My theory is that you don't have to just emboss a whole sheet, even little circles like I have used can be embossed too. I used one of the new embossing folders called Dotted Circles and added the circle to the centre each time. It just adds a certain something, I stamped the flowers and coloured them in using my Stampin' Blends pens.

 I rather like the effect it gives. What do you think?

  Frames and Flowers DSP

Fun Fold Friday - Everlasting Beauty

 Well here we are once again and it's Friday already! Time flies when you're having fun doesn't it? I have really enjoyed working with this stamp set this week and I really do wish that I had played with it much sooner than now! Anyway, using the Everlasting Beauty stamp set, I've made my final card, a fun fold. I cut a piece of A4 along the length of it at 14.85cm or 5,7/8" and scored it at 10.5cm, 15.5cm and 16.5cm or in Imperial measurements... 4,1/8", 6,1/8" and 6,1/2".  The last piece on the left hand of the card is cut down to measure 10cm high or 4,15/16".

Once that extra piece was removed it's now for a case of DSP and coloured card. I iused the beautiful NEW Softly Stippled DSP. It's part of a really beautiful suite of products which you'll be able to see more of them in just a few weeks. To enhance the beautiful papers, I have layered them onto Pebbled Path card mats. I wasn't sure that it would work but I'm pleased to see that it really does.

 

Well, thank you once again for stopping by this week and I hope that my cards have inspired you to make some even better than mine. 

Cary will be here next week and I will return on the following week, (Christmas week).

Until then and as always, take care, keep well, stay safe and 

KEEP ON CRAFTING

Thank you, 

xxx😍😍 Gill 😍😍xxx

 

This or That Thursday - Coffee With Friends

 Today's 2 cards using the Coffee With Friends stamp set are completely different from each other. I was going to do 2 very similar cards but got carried away and did the opposite. The first card, THIS, I stamped the image onto white paper and coloured them in using my Stampin' Blends pens and then fussy cut them out once more. I added a piece of DSP from the Bright and Beautiful designer series papers and card in the Pretty Peacock shades. I die cut the Grove dies out of the card and adhered the ladies under the trees. Unfortunately, I was about 1cm too far to the left! As I had done that, I cut a branch off!

My second card or THAT card is completely different as I used the Patchwork pieces dies to cut the 2 different papers out. As soon as I saw these dies, I thought that I must have them. Eventually I did buy them too. The papers are from the Countryside Inn suite. I then stamped the image of the lady onto a punched out 2" circle. The next punch was the 2,1/4" in Night of Navy and the biggest again in white. When I laid the pattern out in the papers, I made sure that I left a border between the pieces. The night of Navy mat behind the patterned mat was embossed with one of the folders from the 3D Basics embossing folders. 

Please let us know which you prefer, thank you xx

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