Watercolour Wednesday - Seasonal Branches

 For the watercolour card today, this one has not turned out anything like I intended it to! However, using a block stamped into Coastal Cabana ink, I added lots of water to the ink on the block then using the large water brush, I washed it across a piece of Fluid 100 watercolour paper which I had soaked earlier. It went really smoothly across the card mat. Once dry I added some more different colours including blue, pink, yellow.... Once I was completely happy with the mat, I set it aside to dry. I die cut several of the large branch dies out of Pecan Pie card using the Seasonal Branches dies. Then using the stamp set, also called Seasonal Branches, I stamped lots of the leaves onto another piece of watercolour paper. I die cut them out once they were dry and put them aside to when I wanted to add them. I die cut the centre frame out of some Gold foiled card and embossed it with the Metal Plate embossing folder. I added the branches and leaves onto the mat and added the frame around the whole front of the card. I die cut a few golden apples (who wouldn't love a golden apple tree in the garden)?

Fun Fold Friday - Elegantly Said

Today's card is another throw-back to earlier this year. This is a pinwheel card. A pinwheel card can be made with as many or as few leaves as you like providing a...You use an even number of pieces and b... You have an envelope big enough! The last one sounds crazy but trust me...I once made one so big that I had to make a new envelope as I had nothing in the correct size! Silly me!! Anyway, for my last day this week, using the Elegantly Said stamps, I used the sentiments in the form of Thank You. I decorated the pinwheel card with images from the stamp set and some gold leaves from the Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack and the matching double sided paper. I also used Smoky Slate Ink pad for the images along with strips of DSP from the Simply Elegant Speciality Designer Series Paper. I still have a gold ink pad which retired some years ago and using a dry very fine brush, I lightly painted some of the images. I like the way it highlights them. I punched the sentiments out with the Elegant Tab Punch and trimmed them down a little to show some of the gold foil from behind. 

My pinwheel is a hexagonal or 6 sided one. I used 6 pieces of Basic White card 14.85cm by 8cm and scored each of them 2cm in so that the image mat is left with 6cm. This way the whole card isn't too big and will fit into a 15cm or 6" square envelope. 

 

 

 

That's it from me for another week. Once again, I am sorry that I missed Monday and Tuesday but hope you have found something that you like to get you crafting again before this year is out.

Today is New Year's Eve and both Cary and I sincerely wish you all a fantastic Happy New Year. May all of your dreams become a reality in 2022.

Cary will be back on Monday with her creations so please stop by and see what she has been making. Until I return be healthy, stay safe and well but most of all ....

 😍😍KEEP ON CRAFTING INTO 2022 😍😍 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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 :)