Watercolour Wednesday - Sketched Butterflies

Hello. Today's card has had me going around in circles. Literally! Each time I started to make something, I went off in another direction, constantly going around and around in circles! That was it...I needed circles! Using the Sketched Butterflies stamps today, I started with several differerent sets of images in lots of different colours, even throwing many away! In the end, I decided on some pretty Boho Blue ones I had watercoloured and restamped over the images. 

I then remembered that I had bought the dies to go with the Spotlight On Nature stamp set, (the stamp sets are out of stock 😢). That was what I needed. So rumaging through my order that arrived on Monday, I found them. I die cut a circle from a piece of DSP from the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Papers and then several different sizes of circle in the same design onto white card. I took a card base in Boho Blue, a gorgeous In Colour from last year and embossed the whole card with another new embossing folder called Dotted Circles. It suits it just perfectly. I hope that you agree with me. My first thought was it reminded me of the planets in the universe! Oh well!! 

Watercolour Wednesday-Sneak Peak Week - Winterly Tree Tops

 On this lovely, hopefully very dry and warm day today I have made a card very similar to yesterdays card. This time though I took a white card mat and watercoloured wash in Pool Party across the whole piece and left it to dry. While that was drying, I fussy cut 2 sets of the birds from the Nests of Winter DSP. Unfortunately, with this sheet the dies don't fit! :(( However, as always, I enjoy fussy cutting images anyway so it isn't a problem for me. Once dry, I die-cut the frame for the card using the large die and then using a piece of DSP from the Thoughtful Journey papers for my watercoloured background! A bit of a cheat I know but this is a much better version than I could do! I placed the die-cut frame face down on the desk and added the die cut DSP face down into the frame. By adding tape across the back of it, I was able to trim it down to size easily for the card base which this time is in the lovely shade of blue from Misty Moonlight. I then added the birds onto the picture and completed this one.

This or That Thursday - Thoughtful Wishes

 Hello on another cool and wet Thursday. Unfortunately, unlike Cary I am a very cold mortal and Cary is the complete opposite! She is constantly wanting all of the doors and windows open and I want them shut! So while she will be happy with the weather that we are to expect today, I for a change (NOT)  will not be! I will be putting my jumpers on once again and wishing for the sunshine :)) Today's cards are both similar of course but obviously different. Using the Thoughtful Wishes stamps, paper, card and dies, I have used some of the In Colours like Shy Shamrock, a lovely fresh and bright green and also Peach Pie which is a gorgeous beautiful peach colour. I have used some of the papers from the Thoughtful Journey's DSP and matted them onto a piece of the colour matching card. I have layered the smaller pieces over the larger pieces and added a few die-cuts from the range of dies in the suite. On the peach a simple Dearest Friend with a Night of Navy die-cut and strip of the same ribbon. Then on the green, I have added silver foil with Missing you....

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Watercolour Wednesday - Thoughtful Wishes

 Hello on a very wet Wednesday! Yes, it's here again in the UK. It has barely stopped in 3 days. That's the UK for you we most definitely can have all 4 seasons in the one day! Not fun. Anyway, I'm indoors so able to stay nice and dry so today is Watercolour Wednesday and I have made the cheats version of a watercolour card. Using a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Thoughtful Journey set of papers, the stamps from the Thoughtful Wishes set. I cut a piece and added it to the front of a Pretty Peacock card base. I then started stamping and die-cutting some of the lovely leaves from the Thoughtful Wishes set of dies. Once they were done, I added them to the front of the card. A sentiment on the front and inside completes this card. I am sorry there is no water in sight on my card today! I did say it's a cheat's card! :)

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Fun Fold Friday - Grassy Grove

 Hello, here we are already on Friday! Why I don't make myself more adventurous and splash colour around when making scenes, I have no idea. I love the colours in today's card. Using the Grassy Grove stamp set and dies, today I have coordinated the stamps with some of the brand NEW designer series papers. They are called Thoughtful Journey. A pack of 48, 6" x 6" papers! They are stunning as you can see from the card today! The papers have so many gorgeous colours in and the designs too are gorgeous. Look out for them now in your NEW catalogues. You don't have a copy? Please leave us a private message at the bottom of the page and we will be happy to send one out to you. 

The fold for today is one that I have made before and it's really lovely and simple. An A5 or C5 piece of card folded in half and then each half in half again. Sound simple? It really is. Then marking 2.5cm from the top and the bottom through the centre panels and the same from the edges of the centre panels to add the Fresh Freesia card. The card was embossed with the NEW So Swirly embossing folder. A few reindeer and some trees completes the card. 

As always, that's it from me for another week. Cary will be back to inspire you on Monday and I will return the following Monday. 

Until then, take card, stay safe but as always

KEEP ON CRAFTING!!

Take care, Gill 

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