Fun Fold Friday - Legendary Ride

 Well, here we are at another Friday is here, time really does fly when you are having fun doesn't it? I have had a blast this week. Being bought up in a family with my brother and dad both riding motorbikes day in and day has had me reminiscing! The piles of greasy, oily and smelly pieces of motors etc on the kitchen floor and table!!! Mum was always getting rather angry! Bless her! Anyway, enough of that... Today I've made a 6 by 6 card in white and covered it using some of the papers from the Countryside Inn papers and also the clouds from the Take To The Sky DSP too. Plus of course a little piece of Silver foiled card. You have to love foil when it's embossed! Legendary Ride was one of my favourite stamps when it first came out as my son too is very keen on his motorbike (much to my disgust or rather fear)! 

A few motorbikes in different sizes and colours plus the extras to finish it off and that's me done for the week. 

 

Well that is me finished for this week, thank you as always for stopping by. Cary will of course return on MOnday with some of her creations to inspire you.

Until I return the following week, 

TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE AND WELL BUT MOST OF ALL

KEEP ON CRAFTING

Lots of Love, 

😍😍 xxx Gill xxx 😍😍

Technique Tuesday - Thoughtful Expressions

 Hello and I hope that you are all busy creating in one way or another. It doesn't matter what and how you create but everyone ... and I believe this, everyone creates something every day! Whether it's just putting on coordinated clothing, decorating your home, creating a meal, we all create something every day! Today I am working with the gorgeous Thoughtful Expressions stamp set. I have added some of the beautiful double sided papers called Countryside Inn. I used 2 pieces for this one by trimming it down on the front by a small amount and added paper to the right-hand side of the card where the back of the card is showing. Another bird, once again drinking from the flowers.  

I used a die from the matching set of dies for the 2 white die-cuts and added some Misty Moonlight card behind the DSP and on the inside of the card.

 

Technique Tuesday - Designer Series Paper - So Sincere

 Hello again. Today's card is a follow on from yesterday's card. Like most crafters, we don't particularly like wasting papers so once again using the Countryside Inn papers, I cut these 3 frames down to blend together. I used the So Sincere stamp set again for the sentiments. I have many great sentiment stamp sets and this is one of them. It's one thing to make a card for someone but it's even better with the appropriate sentiment. 

I started with a Blueberry Bushell card base and adhered the frames to the base of the card. I used a small white mat for the sentiment and using the Stampin' Write Marker pen in Blueberry Bushell to add the dots all around it. The technique today is using the strips and shapes of DSP wherever you can as they really are so very useful.

 

 

Make It Simple Monday - #simplestamping - Designer Series Paper - So Sincere

 Hello and thank you for stopping by. This week, I couldn't decide which stamp set to use so instead I am going to show you some project using Designer Series Papers and a Sentiment stamp set. Today's card was made using the So Sincere stamp set and papers from the Countryside Inn suite. The papers are really gorgeous and they are mostly shades of blues and as I rather like blue they are right up my street so to speak! Another thing that I like to use is all of the little bits of papers too. In this pack on a previous occasion, I had cut a small rectangle from a piece which left a frame. I have used some of the frames for today's card. Just by using a simple frame, or two, I had some fun and made this very easy card.

 

 

This or That Thursday -Men's Cards - Beside Me

 The reason that I am doing cards for men again is a, I never have any idea what to make and b, it is Father's Day here in the UK on Sunday 17th June. This weeks this or that are 2 cards that I got carried away with! The first, This, is an Z fold card and the That card is a Double Z fold card. I used the Beside Me stamp set as I think it relates to dads in so many ways. Apart from the fact that I like it anyway. 

My first the Z fold is a simple one in that I used a strip of paper from the Stargazing DSP for the 1st 2 mats, Tahitian Tide for the inside and front mats and the lovely image of a dad figure teaching a little boy to ride his bike. 

 

This and That cards together below

The That card is similar in style obviously but this time I stamped the image from Beside Me and cut our around it so it looks like they are all sitting on a bench and not fishing. I cut the fishing rods off.

The papers this time are from the Countryside Inn DSP which again are gorgeous. A simple Happy Birthday from the Phrases For All again and that is completed too.

The decision now is which do you prefer?

 

Fun Fold Friday - Dainty Delight

 Friday is here already and my last card although is a fun fold, it is an easy one. This isn't my design it's one that I saw on Pinterest by Connie Stewart in USA. She called it her Valentine fun fold.  It's brilliant! I made my card base in the lovely Misty Moonlight card that has just been returned to us as a staple colour. It is a mid blue not as dark as Night of Navy but it's going to be used as much as it was too. I am so pleased it's back. I cut 3 white mats. One was 9.5cm by 14.4cm and 2 which are 9cm by 11cm. Using the Dainty Delight stamps, I stamped the largest image onto the largest white mat and each of the 2 other images onto a mat. I have kept the design very simple once again with just a flower and a sentiment on each mat.  

I have made my chart in metric measurements, if you would like them worked out in Imperial (inches) please let me know. I have cut a piece of card portrait style at 29.7cm by 14.8cm, I scored at 4.9c, and 9.9cm from each side landscape. I turned the card portrait again and measured 1.5cm from each side between the 2 score lines and cut them. This was repeated on the other long edge too. I then cut through the score line nearest the centre on each side. I added some DSP on the 2 outer edges and the 4 narrow 1.5cm deep bars at the top and bottom. I cut 2 Balmy Blue mats 9.5cm by 11.5cm and adhered each one to the second of the scored panels on each side so that the edge of the paper goes toward the cut inner part of the card base. I added the 2 white mats onto the Balmy Blue mats and the White mat in the centre I  have since the photos, added a Balmy Blue mat behind that too. 

I knew there was something not quite balanced in my card and only as I was writing about it did I realise what was missing! To err is human I am told and boy ... am I human! 😁😁

 

That's it from me for another week, thank you so much once again for stopping by. I do hope that you have been inspired to make some cards for yourself to give to others too. Today's card will be going to my Daughter in law's mum for her birthday. I do make a lot of birthday cards as I am always sending them out!

Cary will be back to share her creations with you next week so until I return the week after next, please stay safe, keep well and as always, 

KEEP ON CRAFTING.

😍😍 xx Gill xx 😍😍

Below is the link for the Imperial measurements and the video of Connies that I watched. Copy and paste the link below and it will take you straight to it.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=connie+stewart+vaentine+card#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c151e98a,vid:Ojxn9AXlq2M