Fun fold Friday Amazing Year

 Happy Friday everyone 😁 today will be my last full day in New Orleans, ( I'm written this before I go 😉) it's been amazing I'm sure!! I'm very grateful for this amazing opportunity to visit such a vibrant unique city. So my inspiration for today's card comes from the idea of the bright colourful NOLA and works so well with the gorgeous Amazing Year. 

The card starts life as a piece of 14.84cm x 21cm scored at 5.25cm, 10.5cm and 15.75cm. The scorelines are folded all as valley folds.

You will then need 2 pieces of coordinating cardstock.  1 measuring 2.5cm x 12.5cm scored at 1cm and 11.5cm both are folded as mountain folds. The second piece of cardstock measuring 2.5cm x 7.5cm, scored at 1.25cm, 2.5cm, 5cm and 6.25cm. These are folded as valley, mountain, mountain then valley.

In the picture below you can see where I've applied adhesive.

Here's another view...

The long strip is placed just inside the first and last scorelines....

Next the wobble part. Make sure you fold the second strip as described and adhere adhesive as shown above. Now with the folds pushed together adhere it to the first strip using the center fold line as a guide for where to adhere. Where the folds meet should line up with the center scoreline of the card base.... here's  apicture that will hopefully explain what I'm trying to say much better 🤪

The final part is to apply the wobble platform.  Cut a piece of cardstock measuring 8cm x 8cm ( although any size that fits in the space should work 😉). Apply adhesive as shown below to the wobbler.

Then adhere the panel ....

And there you have it a gatefold card with a pop out wobbler surprise 🤩 Finger's crossed the pictures help 🤞 because that is it! All that is left is to decorate.

I used some gorgeous bright papers from a set called Hues of Happiness. 

Now I chose to make my card base in a beautiful bold pink called melon mambo which coordinates beautiful with these fun papers.

I cut 6 strips of pattern paper that each measure 5cm x 14.4cm.  I added them to the 4 inside panels ...

and the 2 that are the front of the card...

I also cut 2 panels in basic white measuring 5cm x 14.4cm which I adhered to the 2 panels that form the back of the card.

To hold the card closed I created a belly band from the same colour cardstock as the card base. It measures 3.5cm x 24cm and I folded it around the closed card before adhering the 2 ends together.

As you can see I have used the images from theAmazing Year to decorate this fun  card. It's  a fun one for sure!!

So that's all from me this week. I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration as much as I've enjoyed creating it!

Please join me next week here next week when Gill will be sharing her inspiration with us all 🤗

Have a great weekend and remember to...

Have fun!!!

Cary xxx

Technique Tuesday - Timeless Tropical

 Hello and thank you for stopping by. Today I've used a technique that I have never used before in this way. Cary is the one who, like a sponge, picks all of these amazing techniques up and makes the most beautiful projects too. This one, is masking to create separate backgrounds using the Timeless Tropical stamp set. I have used the soft hue of the lovely, Balmy Blue and Basic White card only. I started by cutting a piece of A4 cut into half along the full length. I scored at 7.4cm from each end to form the 'gate fold'. After adding the blue to the front panels, I die cut the palm trees from both sides, I only glued the outer edge of the blue so that I could use the palm trees for decorating. I stamped onto the die cuts and put them aside while I embossed the 2 fronts of the card using the new embossing folder Checks and Dots. I cut the blue mat for the inside and glued it into position.

For more information on the stamp set and the dies, please click on the link HERE.  It will open up on a new page to allow you to stay here.

Using a white mat, I started by masking off one half of the card mat with a spare piece of card across the centre. Then adding a circle lightly to the top, I started to add colour using my blending brushes. I used the Balmy Blue for the sky, the Royal Blue of Pacific Point, The sandy colour of Sahara Sand and soft yellow of So Saffron. Once those area were coloured in, I added some Brighter yellow in the form of Mango Melody and Daffodil Delight for the sun.

 

Laying the trees in position onto the card, I could see where on them that I needed to blend some colour. I gently added a little colour so that they toned into the view.  The band on the centre front is a closure. 2 pieces of card with a narrow strip of glue in the centre so that the piece slides up and down and forms a really good closure for the card. This is another technique that I have never done but Cary is very proficient at. 😀

Fun Fold Friday - Tasteful Touches

Hello and thank you for stopping by. For my last card this week it has to be a fun fold. Well, Fun fold it is but I added a little extra! I made a C6 sized Gatefold card but I've added extra card to the front on each side to give the circular effect. A standard gatefold is a very simple card to make and this, I guess if I had read the measurements somewhere maybe it would have been easier but I like to push my self out of my comfort zone. I started by making a standard wide Gatefold using Thick Very Vanilla card. I then decided at this point to make it longer. I needed a circle that was the same size as the depth of the card which is 10.5cm or 4,1/8". There are no circular dies that size so I looked around and discovered my Tear n' Tape roll was the right size thankfully. I took a piece of vanilla cardstock which was bigger than I needed it to be. I drew around one side of the circle of the tape on both ends of the card. I then cut it with my snips very carefully and using an emery board, I smoothed the edges. After cutting the mat in half I had 2 half circles but they each had a longer sides to form a stretched out D shape. I needed them to be longer to add them to the card base I had made. It worked as you can see in the first lot of pictures. 

I then took some Pretty Peacock card and repeated these steps again and made an elongated Gatefold card. Using some Very Vanilla card I made all of the mats in the same way as before but single panels and smaller to show off the lovely green of the card. I stamped the feathers and some of the little branches and fussy cut them all out. That's why it took so much longer than it should have done. However, many of you know me and the fact that I love to fussy cut. So it had to be done!

I used the Tasteful Textures, Tasteful Label Dies and the lovely Wrapped Texture dual Embossing Folder. The inks I used were Bumblebee and Pretty Peacock. A very simple colour palette which is what I prefer to do. I hope you like it.

More information on the stamps, dies, folders and anything else you'd like to browse through in my online shop HERE

 The link will open up in a new page so that you don't loose where you were. It will take you initially to the stamp set that I have used this week but by clicking on the Products button, it will allow you to browse around the shop. Please do have a look around as there really is so much to see. 

 

 

The picture above shows where I added the extra D shaped piece on each side. I attached it with about a 1cm overlap on each piece and below an overhead view with both of the pieces on. 

The picture below shows the whole of the finished card from the front. I added a label on each side to conceal the way the feathers were placed. I also added an extra mat behind the labels and consequently this will need to be posted as a large letter because of the depth with the foam pads or Dimensionals.

I added pieces of the Good Taste designer series double sided papers behind the semicircles.

To add a little more texture to the inside, I used the lovely Wrapped Texture embossing folder. They are a really good deal as you get 2 folders for the price of 1.

Yes as you can see, I fussy cut the leaves and added each one using Tombow multipurpose Glue.

It's brilliant glue!

 

In this view from above you can see that I used the Black Dimensionals for the darker coloured card. It works really well as if I had used the white ones, they would stand out quite a lot.

Thank you for joining me this week and I hope you have enjoyed looking at my projects and they've possibly inspired you to make some cards for yourself too. 

 

Please take care, stay safe and KEEP ON CRAFTING :))

Gill

Cary will be back on Monday ready to show you her creations.

 Please stop by to see them xxx

Fun Fold Friday - Lovely You

Well today is my last time with you this week. I have made one of my favourite folded cards and that I believe is called a Gate fold card. Very simple and very straight forward to make the gate fold card base. Each outer edge of an A5 sheet of card is folded into the centre point of the piece of card. In the UK it is 10.5cm from each end. So that should give you approximately 5.25cm fold on each side. I started by cutting 2 white mats to go onto each of the sides the same measurements as the card folds. Then I stamped randomly over each piece until I was happy with the design. I tool some of the gorgeous soft orange or Calypso Coral card for the backing of the stamped papers and cut it slightly smaller than the front panels. The white stamped panels were then trimmed down too. I like to see a small border around each of the layers or mats as we call them. 

I then decided the focal point needs to a circle as there are enough straight lines on it. I die cut a circle and a frame using the Stitched Shapes dies from Stampin' Up! I stamped some  more flowers and the leaves and placed them together on the inner circle. Once done, I added foam shapes under 1 half of the circle and outer ring and placed them where they are. A simple message for the front and another for the inside with a few more of the flowers and that's it. 

 

 

 

 

 

I do hope I have given you some ideas to get you crafting this week? Cary will be here on Monday with some of her amazing creations to show you. 

Until I return, please take care, stay safe and KEEP ON CRAFTING! 

Gill :)) 😍😁😍

Fun Fold Friday - Ornate Garden Suite

 It's that time of the week that I hope to show you a brilliant card fold idea.  The basic shape today is a Gate Fold style of card which I'm sure that many of you already know. Mine has a twist. I have added 3 panels to the front. Sounds simple enough? Well, yes it is. I do love a card that looks difficult but in fact it isn't. Here is the card..... and yes, it even fits in a standard C6 envelope too. Here you can see the card is closed making it look like a stard shaped card

 

Below, here it is partially open. The panels are actually fixed apart. 1 on the centre left and 2 on the right, top and bottom. As I placed an oval across the centre of the card, the panels on the right slide into each other creating a closure.

 

I used Whisper White Thick Card for the card base, Bumblebee card for the yellow mats and pieces of double sided paper to decorate my card. I added an oval of Gold foiled paper between the Bumblebee and the White ovals. The flower, I fussy cut from one of the pieces of double sided papers from the Ornate Garden Suite. Yes, many of them have gold images on as well as Bumblebee, Old Olive,Early Espresso, Mint Macaron, Terracotta Tile and Whisper White. So there's lots of colours to choose from.

Here it is as an aerial view. You can see where the card folds open and back then on top of the front panels you can see where I placed the 3 rectangular panels.

 

Below is the whole card opened so you can see exactly the placement of my panels on the card.

 

Here is the layout of the card. I cut a piece of A4 card along the full length  which in the UK is 29.7cm by 14.85cm or Imperial measurements are 11, 3/4" by 5, 7/8" You will then score as I have written below. 4.85cm and 9.9cm from each end. The first of the 2 measurements needs to be a light score as when you fold the card at 9.9cm you can then fold the end of the card into that fold. Thereby getting the exact placement of the 2 end panels. Make sure that the score lines are then all crisply folded.  

The panels measurements are .... 3 pieces of White 4.85cm by 9.9cm. These can be cut from the piece you cut off from making the card base. If you lay the 3 White pieces on top of the card, they should completely cover the front exactly, that way you should find that they all fit the whole of the front of the card properly.

3 pieces of alternative card 4.6cm by 9.5cm and 3 pieces of patterned paper are 4.2cm by 9.2cm. 

The inside centre mat is 14.4 by 9.5cm. 

I added 3 squares of Bumblebee which were 4.8cm by 4.8cm. Not essential but I think it helps to finish the card off. Personal choice of course.

 

Here are the 2 stamp sets and below the 2 sets of dies. It isn't essential to buy the suite which by the way contains even more than is here. 

Look below at the end and you can see exactly how much you will get for your money.  

 

   

With regards to the complete suite, it includes the following... Ornate Thanks Bundle (stamp set and Dies), Ornate Style Bundle (stamp set and Dies again), Ornate Floral embossing folder, Ornate Garden Ribbon combo of 2 reels of ribbon, a pack of the Ornate Garden Speciality Designer Series Paper and last but not least, a pack of Gilded Gems. 

If you bought the items individually it will cost more than the suite price of £127.75 . Buying the suite saves you 10% on each of the 2 stamp set and die bundles. 

 

 

That's it from me this week. I hope I haven't bored you too much and please stop by next week to see the creations that Cary will be showing you. 

 

Until I return, stay safe, keep well and have a fantastic Christmas, Happy Holidays 

and Happy Hanukah to those of you who celebrate this time of year. 

 

Most importantly, keep yourselves safe and well please. 

Thank you again, Gill 

😍😍 xxxxx 😍😍