This or That Thursday - Jolly Words

 For this week's this or that, I have made 2 cards very similar. Using the Jolly Words stamp set I made them both using Night of Navy card mats, Very Vanilla card bases and Shimmery White card. It really is a gorgeous combination. My first is the HO HO HO  design. Using the Nested Essentials frame dies, I die cut 2 of the hexagonal frames in the Shimmery White card and stamped the sleigh etc onto one of them. (they look like coffins to me)! I took a Night of Navy mat and stamped it using the It's in The Stars background stamp over 2 pieces. One was the first image from the stamp and the second mat was with the second image from the stamp.

The next one was embossed using the Snowflake Sky embossing folder. I stamped the words and chopped them out, stamped the elves and decorated them and that was that!

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Fun Fold Friday - Men's Cards - Reach For The Stars

 I just love the stamp set Reach For The Stars. The Stargazing papers too are gorgeous so what more can I say other than I have had to share one of my cards from last weekend's class. This is a fun fold like I made a few weeks ago which was a design of Susan Campfield, her Flying Seagull card. I used Lemon Lime Twist card for the card base and main central mat and white for the mat on the reverse. 

I cut 2 pieces of card 10.5cm by 21cm and scored them both at 5.7cm, 10.1cm and 15.8cm. The 2 pieces which measure 5.2cm are folded in and butted up together where I added tape to join them. I then added a square of white card 10.3cm by 10.8cm wide to the back where you will be able to write on. The front will have 2 pieces that look like they are 'floating' around in the centre. To that, I added a piece of card 10.5cm by 10.5cm to the 2 'floating' pieces. If you hold the 2 outer edges with the central coloured mat on the bottom, you can see why Susan called it a flying seagull card. 

Make sure that all of the score lines are very well burnished so that you get a more fluid movement to the card. From there, it was just a case of measuring the panels and adding decorations to it. I added 2 white panels which I dry embossed using 1 of the 3 the Basics 3D embossing folders. I chopped several of the part planets from the Stargazing DSP and an occasional whole one to mine. I added a piece of DSP to the central green mat and stamped the sentiment and a few stars too using the White Ink pad.

 

 

 

The picture above reminds me of a grasshopper not a seagull! You can see that by folding the outer folds behind the front central panel, it will fold flat and fit into a standard C6 envelope.

That is it once again from me. I hope you have found some inspiration to make some cards for yourself too. 

Cary will be back as usual on Monday so please pop by to see what she has made to inspire you. 

Until I return, stay safe, keep well but as always...

KEEP ON CRAFTING!

😍😍 xx Gill xx 😍😍

Fun Fold Friday - Artistically Inked

 Here we are and it's already Friday! Today's card is similar to one that I cased from another demonstrator, Susan Stampfield. I made one similar to Susan's card for our retreat but tomorrow is my daughter in law, Jemma's birthday so this will be for her. I have still used the Artistically Inked stamp set and Artistic Dies and decorated by adding some DSP from Hello, Irresistible 6" by 6" DSP. 

 Susan's called her card a Flying Seagull and is only 10.5cm high or 4,1/8" but this time I have made mine from 1 sheet of A4 White card. I cut the sheet in half at 14.85cm by 21cm.  I then had 2 pieces the same size and scored each piece at 5.7cm, 10.1cm and 15.8cm. (2,1/4", 3,15/16" and 6,3/16")I burnished each of the score lines and then turned the right hand one upside down. This now means that the outer panels are both 5.7cm. I cut another piece of White card  at 10cm by 14.85cm (4,1/8" by 5,7/8") This panel will now be adhered to the 2 inner panels that measure 5.2cm or 2,1/16" wide. I suggest using Tear 'n Tape or Tombow, one side at a time. Susan advised fixing the other side of the panel by turning it over once the first half of the panel is glued. There is no other fixing for this card. Once the single panel is glued to the 2 panels/card base, it should measure approximately 32cm or 12,1/2". 

I used 2 different designs of the papers, one is in a lighter shade of Flirty Flamingo and the other is the Soft Sea Foam. I used the same ink pad colours too. When I stamped the flowers, the colour was a little too strong so I stamped over the stamped images with my Whisper Ink pad. I softened the colours down perfectly.

My completed card standing up. I like the 2 colours together, they seem to complement each other nicely. What do you think?

The card laid out in full length.

Measurements for each piece of the card

You should be able to see how the panels are adhered in the centre. The folds from left to right should be Mountain, Valley, Valley. The 2 edge pieces are standing up together facing you. This will be the front of your card. The next folds are Valley, Valley, Mountain.

This picture shows the 2 centre panels that the single piece will be adhered to. You literally push both folds together, glue one side, turn it over and glue the other side up tight to the fold. You will notice a small gap at the sides of the front, floating panel. That is to allow the cars to fold without bulking the card out.

Once the panel is glued onto the card bases it is now time to decorate. I did not decorate the 2 panels below the centre one as they are not on show at all. I added a sentiment to the centre back of the card so there is somewhere to add my message for Jemma. The sentiment is from Celebrating You stamp set. I used some left over strips of the DSP and some flowers and leaves to make it a little more interesting.
 

 Here we are and it's already Friday! Today's card is similar to one that I cased from another demonstrator, Susan Stampfield. I made one similar to Susan's card for our retreat but tomorrow is my daughter in law, Jemma's birthday so this will be for her. I have still used the Artistically Inked stamp set and Artistic Dies and decorated by adding some DSP from Hello, Irresistible 6" by 6" DSP. 

 Susan's called her card a Flying Seagull and is only 10.5cm high or 4,1/8" but this time I have made mine from 1 sheet of A4 White card. I cut the sheet in half at 14.85cm by 21cm.  I then had 2 pieces the same size and scored each piece at 5.7cm, 10.1cm and 15.8cm. (2,1/4", 3,15/16" and 6,3/16")I burnished each of the score lines and then turned the right hand one upside down. This now means that the outer panels are both 5.7cm. I cut another piece of White card  at 10cm by 14.85cm (4,1/8" by 5,7/8") This panel will now be adhered to the 2 inner panels that measure 5.2cm or 2,1/16" wide. I suggest using Tear 'n Tape or Tombow, one side at a time. Susan advised fixing the other side of the panel by turning it over once the first half of the panel is glued. There is no other fixing for this card. Once the single panel is glued to the 2 panels/card base, it should measure approximately 32cm or 12,1/2". 

I used 2 different designs of the papers, one is in a lighter shade of Flirty Flamingo and the other is the Soft Sea Foam. I used the same ink pad colours too. When I stamped the flowers, the colour was a little too strong so I stamped over the stamped images with my Whisper Ink pad. I softened the colours down perfectly.

My completed card standing up. I like the 2 colours together, they seem to complement each other nicely. What do you think?

The card laid out in full length.

Measurements for each piece of the card

You should be able to see how the panels are adhered in the centre. The folds from left to right should be Mountain, Valley, Valley. The 2 edge pieces are standing up together facing you. This will be the front of your card. The next folds are Valley, Valley, Mountain.

This picture shows the 2 centre panels that the single piece will be adhered to. You literally push both folds together, glue one side, turn it over and glue the other side up tight to the fold. You will notice a small gap at the sides of the front, floating panel. That is to allow the cars to fold without bulking the card out.

Once the panel is glued onto the card bases it is now time to decorate. I did not decorate the 2 panels below the centre one as they are not on show at all. I added a sentiment to the centre back of the card so there is somewhere to add my message for Jemma. The sentiment is from Celebrating You stamp set. I used some left over strips of the DSP and some flowers and leaves to make it a little more interesting.
 

Below is the original card that I made for the retreat that is 10.5cm high.

Well, that's it from me for another week so thank you for stopping by. I do hope that you have found some ideas to get you crafting too. I am absolutely hooked on it, I just can't get enough of making cards! 😀😀

Today is Good Friday and I wish you all well for the Easter weekend. 

Cary will be back on Monday with some more of her creations waiting to share with you.
Until I return, Stay safe, keep well but of course....

KEEP ON CRAFTING!! 

😍😍 xx Gill xx 😍😍