Fun Fold Friday - Sketched Butterflies

 Hello from me for the last time this week, I must say that I have absolutely loved working with the Sketched Butterflies and I will continue to play with them in weeks to come. My fun fold Friday card today is a reverse double gate-fold card. I guess that's what it's called anyway. 

I used White Thick card for the card base and covered the relevant places with paper from the Full of Life pack of DSP. They really are so full of colour too, I love them! Using some of the left over pieces in the pack I have coordinated them with some of the Petunia Pop cardstock. Some squares placed diamond shape on the front and lots of butterflies scattered around made this a very simple card. 

I started with a piece of card 27cm by 14.85cm (10,5/8" wide by 5,7/8" high) I scored at 3.5cm and 8.5cm (1,3/8"  and 8,3/8") from both sides of the card base and burnished all of the score lines. The rest was decorating and sentiments. I used Stylish Shapes for the Stitched Squares and the coordinating dies from the Sketched Butterflies. I completed the card by adding some of the matching 2024 - 2026 In Colour Resin Dots. I do hope that you like it?

 

 Thank you for stopping by. Cary will be back on Monday to share some more of her creations with you so please come and join her too.

I will return the following week but as always until I return please 

TAKE CARE, STAY WELL BUT MOST DEFINITELY.....

KEEP ON CRAFTING!

 😍😍 xxx Gill xxx 😍😍

Fun Fold Friday - Happiness Abounds

 Hello again, thank you for joining me again today. Today's fun fold is a simple folded card plus a slightly smaller one. I started with a regular sized C6 card mat and took some of the paper from the Hues of Happiness DSP then added it to the front of the card. Once that was on, I took another card mat and trimmed it down to 14.4cm high by 20cm wide than scored it at 5cm and10cm. I adhered it to the card so that it opened the opposite way to the card base with the fold folding outwards. Using the Happiness Abounds stamp set, I stamped several of the flowers on the inside of the card base in Smoky Slate ink. I prefer to use the lighter ink now as it's not so pronounced as black ink.

I then took my largest stitched circle and die cut from the centre top of the card front. As I hadn't glued all over the inside of the DSP, I was able to have the 2 circles cut out for me. All I needed was the White circle. I then stamped the sentiment on the inside middle of the card before adding some flowers from the papers and then colouring in the stamped flowers using my Blends pens. I used Daffodil Delight in light and dark and also Granny Apple Green light pen.

The fussy cut flowers were slightly curled with a ball tool and I added 2 rows of dimensionals in the centre of each flower to make it stand out.

Well, that's it from me this week. Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I have made. I do hope that you've found some inspiration to make your own cards.

Cary will be back on Monday so please stop by to see what she has been making. Until I come back, please stay safe, keep well but as always...

KEEP ON CRAFTING

😍😍xxx😍😍

Gillxx

Throwback Thursday - Heron Habitat

 Another fun card with the Heron Habitat stamps again today. I have found them so much fun and very easy to work with. They are great! This time, using the stitched circle dies from the Stylish Shapes dies, I die cut the circles out from a piece of Coastal Cabana card mat.  I used another of my retired DSP's for this card and they are called Waves of the Ocean. The link will take you to the stamps and dies in the catalogue. Stunning shades of blues, greens, yellows, pinks and oranges. So easy to match the papers with the card too. The stamps and Dies are still available but sadly the papers aren't. I added a piece of the DSP to the back of the die cut holes using Dimensionals then stamped the heron and the bull-rushes before die-cutting them out. A sentiment and die-cutting them out and this was completed. 

 

 Above are the beautiful Waves of the Ocean DSP. You can see all of the amazing colours used within them. 

 

 

Technique Tuesday - This Birthday Piggy

 We have just heard some fantastic news! Stampin' Up! is opening up within Ireland and Belgium later this year! That's incredible. Hooray!!! That means any of you in Ireland and Belgium can start looking and downloading the catalogue from Stampin' Up! NOW! We will be informed of the dates in the coming months but anyone who is interested in buying the beautiful products or hopefully even joining this amazing company, the time is getting much closer.. Oh! I'm really excited this is at last happening and hope that you are too!  Now changing the subject.... today's card is one that I haven't made for a while but I enjoyed making it anyway so using This Birthday Piggy stamp set,  I started by stamping the pig on the motor scooter and then had great fun colouring it in with my stampin' blends pens. I don't know what it is about colouring pictures but I find it so very relaxing. I guess that it takes me back to being a little girl at home with my brother and sisters, just enjoying the family fun. Once it was coloured I took the Stylish Shapes Dies which have the stitched edges and cut out the image. I have used Soft Sea Foam for the card today and adhered a mat of the lovely silver, spotted paper that will be available during Saleabration which starts in only a few days. I then took the slightly larger die and cut the circle from the centre-front of the card base. I added the coloured image to the green circle and using Dimensionals, placed it through the front of the card and adhered it to the inside.  

Adding a few sentiments, flowers and butterflies completed this card.