Tips, Tricks, Techniques Tuesday - Christmas Friends

For today's card using the Christmas Friends stamp set I have made a book fold card. A book fold is very simple for those who haven't made one. By simply scoring the centre fold and then another scored line parallel to the centre fold on the front of the card approximately 3cm from the first scoreline. The width of the book fold can vary from card to card, there is no fixed rule. Adhere that scored panel only onto the back of the card will leave you with a front panel approximately 10.5cm high by 11.5 cm wide. Then as I have done, I added some pieces of DSP or Designer Series Paper onto your panels and decorate to your hearts content. You can see where the book fold panel is on my card, it does mean that you will have a smaller inside on the card to write but you can always write onto the back of the card too.

I used the DSP from a Sentimental Christmas, along with some Poppy Parade and a White card base. 

 

Tips, Tricks and Texhniques Tuesday - Embraced With Love

Tuesday's technique card is another very simple one. Today, using the Embraced With Love stamp set I have stamped the kangaroos 3 times. Each kangaroo was stamped onto a 1,3/4" circle punch and using my blends pens, I coloured them in. I used a complete mix of colours as I couldn't decide what colour they should be! I tried browns, greys and a combination of both. The latter is what I finished on. 

I made a card base using the Pecan Pie card and Basic Beige card for the mats. I embossed the mat using one of the Basics 3D embossing folders. 3 folders for only £28 is a bargain in my book. I had a scrap of Cajun Craze card on my desk so punched out 3 circles with my 2" circle punch and mounted the images onto them. I do love a punch!!

I cut another mat of Basic Beige, 6cm wide and matted it onto the strips from the rest of the Cajun Craze card and then mounted the images across the front, I finished off with some sentiments and stamping the hands of the kangaroos only onto the bottom right of the inside of the card. I have also embossed the right-hand edge of the mat too using the embossing folder.

  

Tips, Tricks and Techniques Tuesday - Sketched Butterflies

 Hello and thank you for joining me today. With the Sketched Butterflies stamp set today, I have made a semi-easy card. I started by stamping 3 images of the mid-sized butterfly and coloured them in using the gorgeous yellow of Daffodil Delight and the lovely soft, orange tone of Peach Pie in my Stampin' Blends Pens. After fussy cutting them out, I put them to the side. I cut a strip of 7cm wide white card and embossed it using one of the 3D Basics embossing folders, although any folder will do. I added this mat to the left hand side of the card front and then using Tombow Multipurpose Glue, I adhered the butterflies to the right hand side of the embossed, smaller, top mat. I fussy cut out the right hand side of the butterflies only where they were overlapping the edge of the mat and the middle of the card base. Yes, through both layers of card and it wasn't difficult.

I added some butterflies on another white mat for the inisde of the card and stamped a sentiment inside and on the scrap of card that I cut from the card front. With another piece of the card scrap and my Peach Pie Blend, I coloured across the white to make my own background to go behind the front sentiment mat and trimmed them both down. 

Tips Tricks and Techniques Tuesday - Grassy Grove

 Hello, today my card is more grungy than I am used to. I am trying to push myself a little...though it is quite hard for an old girl to use new tricks! 😅 Using the Grassy Grove stamp set again today along with some daubers, I took the largest stamp and added ink to the stamp using a brownish grey of Gray Granite and the green from yesterday of Old Olive. Then with another dauber, I added some different colour in the form of a blueish green called Pretty Peacock. The colours of inks were all taken from the ink pad with the daubers alone and not direct to the stamp at all.

 

Tips, Tricks and Techniques Tuesday - Botanical Beauty and Botanical Layers

 Hello and thank you for stopping by. Today's card is one that I had in my mind last week when it wasn't my turn for the blog but here it is. Another very easy card if you don't mind some fussy cutting! As many of you know...I LOVE it! I started by stamping the Botanical Beauty onto a white mat in lovely shed of green called Shaded Spruce. Then using my trimmer I gutted the centre out of the card and kept it to the side. I left 2cm all around the outer edge and then mounted the paper onto a piece of the gorgeous blueish green of Lost Lagoon which I had first embossed using the lovely Fern embossing folder. 

I stamped the Botanical Layers onto another piece of white card and fussy cut them out. Sadly there are no dies! They were added onto the Lost Lagoon mat over the stamped border. I then adhered all of them to the Shaded Spruce card base.