This or That Thursday - Christmas Friends

 Hello on this lovely sunny Thursday. For my This and That cards today, I have made 2 similar projects but used different papers and the Christmas Friends stamp set and Dies too this time. 

 

 THIS

For this today I used a piece of the DSP from Winter Meadow DSP adhered to a of Night of Navy card base. I stamped several of the polar bears onto a scrap of White card and coloured them all in. I chose this one as I think it coordinates well with the paper colours. I used a gold gel pen for the decorations and the bow on the wreath around his neck and then die cut a bow from the Silver and Gold adhesive backed card. I also die cut garland pieces and adhered them to a piece of white card that I had stamped my sentiment onto. Once the garland was dry, I fussy cut around it to follow the leaves on the garland itlsef. I added another of the Polar Bears to the inside white mat and another piece of the garland under the sentiment. I used a Sticky note to omit the words from the sentiment... Owl be ...

THAT

My THAT card I used  a piece of patterned paper from the Nests of Winter DSP. This was layered onto a Basic Black mat then onto aGray Granite card base. This time I used the Reindeer for my card. I coloured him in using the Stampin' Blends pens, I made a small cut-out from his mouth and added a present into it. I used some more of the gold glimmer paper from the Silver and Gold adhesive backed glimmer again onloy this time for a bow or 2 and the ribbons for some presents. Very simple cards today so hopefully not too difficult to decide which you prefer.This time thought, I have added the Owl inside adn the sentiment Owl be thinking of you this season. 

 

Fun Fold Friday - Embraced With Love

 Hello and thank you for joining me for the last day this week. I have been using the lovely stamp set called Embraced With Love and I really have had great fun too. Today's of course is a Fun Fold card. It is not my design but one that the lovely Rachel Tessman from Stamp Your Art Out.com has made. 

I used a piece of Winter Meadow DSP (patterned paper) measuring 10.5cm by 30.5cm or in Imperial measurements, 4,1/8" by 12". I scored the paper at 0.5cm from the right hand side and 15cm or 5,7/8", basically in half. The paper piece needs to be the full length of the design, so that when the card opens you will see the image is Portrait...full length. You will see more in the pictures. Of course, you can actually make this so that the design is a landscape design instead.

Rachel calls this card a TWIST CORNER TRI-FOLD CARD. The twist you can see is the piece of DSP that is twisted back on itself on the very front. I used the dies from Unbounded Love for the sentiment mats and the leaves too which were die cut in Pretty Peacock card.

The idea is that as you lift the folded flap up it opens into the long card. I embossed the piece of card which is 10.5cm by 12.5cm or 5" by 4,1/8" I used the Boho Blue card with the spots embossing folders from the 3D Basic Shapes. I love these folders.

Once embossed, I added a white mat which had been stamped with the sentiment already. This mat was 10.5cm by 7cm or 4,1/8" by 2,3/4"

Above is the full length of the paper. I used a piece of DSP from the Winter Meadow papers. It is in beautiful blues and greens.

If you were to use some DSP in landscape position, you would be able to see the card this way and the portrait one would stand this way too but obviously it will be very long lengthwise. The paper was joined to the piece of card at the 0.5cm piece at the edge of your dsp.

 

 

Well, that's it from me for this week, Cary will be back on Monday with some more inspiration for you. Until I return, please take care, look after yourselves but as always.......

KEEP ON CRAFTING 

Thank you again, 

😍😍  xxx  Gill  xxx  😍😍