Fun Fold Friday - Lovely You

Hello again and thank you for stopping by and looking at our blog again this week. For my last card using the Lovely You stamp set from Stampin' Up! I have made a card that we made recently in one of our monthly classes. It is a very simple card with a strap across the front to form a magnetic closure. 

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I started with a white card base 29.7cm by 10.5cm wide. Basically, half a sheet of A4 in the UK cut down the whole length. I scored it in half and then removed 4.85cm from one side only. The piece cut off is to make the band. I used Pale Papaya card for the mats with a touch of Granny Apple Green here and there. I added some texture by using the lovely embossing folder called Tasteful Textile. The front Pale Papaya panel was embossed then I attached a magnet to it before using Dimensionals to secure it to the front of the card. 

I took a piece of white and blended Pale Papaya ink across the centre of this panel using my Blending brush, a few more flowers here and there and then the message. The message was inked using a Stampin' Write Marker Pen in Granny Apple Green for each individual part of it. Happily no marks were made as a result of using the pen.

 I attached the strap to the inside of the card and then added a Pale Papaya mat with some little decorations on. I embossed and cut to size another piece of the card for the strap. At this point, I needed to add the other magnet. I dropped it on top of the other one and it found the correct place. Adding a glue dot to the top of it, I placed the embossed piece of card over it to pick it up. Once fixed to the panel, I added the mat to the strap, a few flowers on top and it's complete. 

 

Thank you once again for stopping by this week, I do hope that you've seen something that may inspire you. I love to create things and share them around so I am delighted that you spared some time to look. 

Cary is on holiday next week but has prepared some amazing projects to inspire you. Please stop by and see her creations. 

Until I come back, please keep well, stay safe and keep on CRAFTING. :) 

Gill xxxxx

 

 

  

Throwback Thursday - Lovely You

Well the weather is supposed to turn very wet all day today......watch this space. It's my great grandson's 1st birthday on Saturday and we are holding the party here for him. I do hope that it's good weather then! Today I have gone what I call slightly vintage. Using White card mats, I sponged a very light grey all around the edges. I couldn't decide which colour base card to use so I made 2! Then using the Lovely You stamp set I stamped just some leaf stems on both sides. A simple message which was punched out using the Oval duo punch and it was complete. I had some extra die cuts available so added one to each card. 

I used Night of Navy on the first card and Merry Merlot for the second one which has ended up as an easel card. I have also added some of the Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon to both. It's really lovely ribbon, so soft and silky. If you would like a catalogue, please send us a message and we will happily send yu one of the new ones.

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Watercolour Wednesday - Lovely You

Hello again on this lovely sunny Wednesday.  I hope the weather is as good with you as it is here. Not that it will last very long but I'm enjoying it nonetheless! I'm carrying on with the Lovely You stamp set today and have made a watercolour background with a white band going straight through. I placed some low tack tape across the card and wet it thoroughly. Using the lovely shade of blueish green of Coastal Cabana and a water brush, I brushed an oval all over the centre and to the edges. The corners were coloured too but very lightly. Then, stamping to the tape I added a message into the centre. I chopped it out with a 1.5cm border all around and gave myself 2 frames and another rectangle. All of the pieces were then layered onto some Bermuda Bay card and mounted each level matching the pattern all the way around. #

I have used some strips of ribbon called Playing with Patterns that sadly retired earlier this year. My reasoning is that I bought it and still like it so I used it. I'm sure there are many of you who have a lovely stash of products too will go onto use yours and so you should. However, don't forget the amazing new products that are now available!

 

Technique Tuesday - Lovely You

 Hello again, I hope that you are enjoying the mini heatwave that we have here in the UK? My room has been in excess of 30 degrees which is unusual to say the least!  Sadly, it won't last very long so I'm going to enjoy cooking myself while I craft! Today I am continuing with the Lovely You stamp set from Stampin' Up! Using Gorgeous Grape card base which is a really strong purple, a piece of the new Ombre Speciality Paper in shades of purple which also has a gorgeous glimmer to it. There are some beautiful colours in the pack all with shades throughout each 12" x 12" sheet. The sheets are blue, yellow, purple and red. They are absolutely stunning!

Today's card layout was an inspiration from Andrea at valleyinspiration.blogspot.com She has made some really beautiful cards and this is my version of one of hers. 

The technique that I have used is I believe called the kissing technique. This involves using 2 or more colours of ink. I chose the stronger colours of Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather, which is a lighter purple. Married with the Ombre paper I think it looks a really great combination.

Cary is the one who always cuts paper at different angles and it really makes me nervous to do it but do it I did. I hope you like it.

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 :)) 😍😁😍

Throwback Thursdays - Lovely You

Hello on this cold but wet Thursday. I hope it's nicer where you are. The good thing is it's nearly the weekend and more time to play with the grandchildren and cards  in no particular order. Though I anticipate that the grandchildren will be the majority of the playtime! For throwback Thursday I have made another simple card. I placed a strip of some long sticky notes across the centre of a white card mat. I coloured along both of the edges of the sticky note with the small flower. It was inked up using the marker pens in Mango Melody and Pretty Peacock ink. Then I stamped Smile and Always in the same 2 colours of ink and added some little dots to form a border. Another simple message to the inside and a few more flowers and it's complete and yes, it really was very simple.

 

 

 

 

Watercolour Wednesday - Lovely You

 Hello everyone, thank you for stopping by today. My card today is quite subtle in the watercolouring side of things. I coloured 3 marker pens all over the surface of an acrylic block then spritzed it with lots of water. Then holding the watercolour card still on top of the block I let the paper soak up all of the ink before removing it. The colours merged softly across the paper. I left that to dry then repeated the same on another piece of paper. Once they were both dry, I die cut the flourish from the 1st piece. I used a very deep, dark purplish/red, a bright red and a very pale, peachy pink pens for the colouring. It's really amazing what water  spraying onto ink does! I then stamped the flowers onto the remaining piece of card but the peachy pink was quite insignificant once stamped out so I coloured them all in the dark red. Then I do what I like to do best and that is fussy cut them out! 

The tabs on the flourish were folded around the white embossed mat and the dark red (Blackberry Bliss) card. Nothing else to hold them on but glue dots under the flowers. 

Another die cut oval and the message was stamped then mounted onto the flourish centre with foam shapes then a message on the inside to complete this card. I hope you like it.