Fun fold Friday Darling Donkeys

 For my last card with the Darling Donkeys...for this week! Coz they sure are going to be getting used a lot more by me!! I have made an easy, non slushy fun fold Valentine card.

The fold is a simple easle card made by taking a piece of card measuring 10.5cm x 29.7cm scored at 14.85cm. ( 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5") Next fold from one end to the scoreline, I find it easier to do by hand and use a bone folder to get a good crisp fold rather than scoring .

Next I created mats using the gorgeous Oh So Ombre pattern paper from Stampin Up Sale-A-Bration promotion.  The colour way I chose was the bright bluey green called Bermuda Bay , it sounds soooo good and looks great too 😉

I then took some heart dies and made a frame for my Darling Donkey . I coloured my donkey grey to coordinate but coloured the rose bright red as a pop of colour in the overall project. 

Now when the products are this good you just don’t want to leave any surface naked! So I decorated the back panel, where a message would be written, and the envelope and decorated them with die cuts. 

If you have liked my projects this week and would like to have a copy of the January to June mini catalogue and Sale-A-Bration catalogue from Stampin' Up! We would love to send you a copy if you live in the UK just comment below and we'll get them sent asap. 

Have a great weekend and please join me next week when Gill will be sharing the inspiration. 

Have fun 

Cary xx

Throwback Thursday Darling Donkeys

 Today's card is an updated version of a card I made a few years back . It's a super easy pocket card. I have used the Darling Donkeys and another Sale-A-Bration item called Flower and Field pattern paper.

This 12" x 12" paper is an exclusive Pack of 12 double sided sheets that can only be obtained with a qualifying purchase during the Sale-A-Bration period of January till the end of February.  

Today's card show cases the papers really well. 

The card is a simple pocket card thats really useful as a gift card holder. 

Watercolour Wednesday Darling Donkeys

 Watercolour doesn't always have to include lots of ink ....in fact for today's Darling Donkeys card I've used no wet ink at all!!

I started by applying two colours of ink, blue and green, with blending brushes to the middle of my cardstock.  You don't have to use blending brushes you could use sponges or sponge daubers I chose to use the brushes as they are now available from Stampin' Up! So as a demo I just had to try them out didn't I? 😉 lol

If you'd like to give these fantastic brushes a go you can purchase them from HERE

Once I'm happy with my blended piece I took out my water spritzer and gently misted water over it. I then unscrewed the spritzer and used the straw part of the spritzer and gently tapped it to spread some larger spots of water over it. Now it just time to sit back an wait for the magic to happen. As the water hits the ink on the cardstock it repels the ink and leaves a pale spot. It is a really easy technique and great fun.

Finally all I needed was to stamp, colour and fussy cut out this adorable Darling Donkey 😍 

A clean and simple card that was fun to make and will bring a smile to the recipients day when they receive it. 

Make it simple Monday Darling Donkeys

How would you like a sneek peek at a gorgeous stamp set from an upcoming Stampin Up promotion? And the best thing is that it's  a free set!! Yes you read that right !! Free product! But more about that later lets start with the fun stuff. Let me introduce you to the Darling Donkeys .

Aren't they the cutest?? These fun images are sure to make the recipients smile 😃 

For today's #simplestamping card I've used a really simple way to add colour to an image. I  was inspired to use the technique from a fellow demo but sadly didn't save her post so don't have her name 😢 if you do know please comment below so I can edit the post to give due credit.

The technique is called pointilism. Vincent Van Gogh used it so it must be good 😉. But the real reason I'm using it for my card today is that it's super simple and can be done using any colouring tool such as felt tip markers, colouring pencils , alcohol marker....even just a pencil! 

Stamp your image then take your pens or pencils and dot around the image. I used 3 tones of 1 colour,  pink. A light, mid and dark tone. I started with the light and dotted closely together all around the donkey. I allowed a few stray dots to extend out. Then I took the mid tone pen and did the same but putting the dots a bit further apart but still starting close to the stamped lines. Next I took the dark pen and added fewer dots but making sure that some extended out. Then I went back to my light pen and added dots where I tought I needed them.

Whilst I had my pens out I also did a small strip of dots to decorate the inside of my card. Just for that finishing touch 🙂

So here it is my #simplestamping card for my first post of 2021.