Tips, Tricks and Techniques Tuesday 

Today's card is a very plain Black and Red card. 

I used the beautiful images in the stamp set called Power of Hope.

I started off by die cutting a few floral shapes out of a piece of black card to make my next project but instead of that, I gutted the middle of the card and die cuts and replaced them into the mat they had come from. To me it seems to me that I'm looking through a screen to a young woman the other side.

Just by replacing the die cut you get a really lovely effect. 

I used a Real Red card base and a C6 real red mat which was embossed with 

the Hammered Embossing Folder. 

Placing all the layers together with the die cuts, it gave the perfect place for the lady's image to be placed.

Another black and red mat on the inside with the message, Good Luck and a Bonsai tree image and it's complete.

 

Saleabration

    Once a year in January to the end of March, Stampin' Up!  give away FREE products with every £45 spend on products purchased from any of the current brochures or clearance racks. There are stamp sets, DSP, Embellishments, a Punch, Dies, and an Embossing Folder with a Stamp set Bundle.

So the more you spend, the more you get. e.g. spend £45 you get 1 item, £90 you can chose 2 items of the alternative of a set dies, a punch or a Bundle. 

Free things are ALWAYS useful!

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Make It Monday

Hello and welcome back. This week I have been playing with the Saleabration stamp sets and aim to show you what I've made.

What is Saleabration? Look at the end off this post for more information.

Anyway, here goes ...
My first project is a very simple stamped image. Then using the ink pads and a watercolour brush, I coloured in the flowers and the cake. The image can of course be coloured in with whatever colouring medium you have.
A simple Happy Birthday and another flower on the inside with
another message completes this card.

Saleabration

Once a year in January to the end of March, Stampin' Up!  give away FREE products with every £45 spend on products purchased from any of the current brochures or clearance racks.
There are stamp sets, DSP, Embellishments, a Punch, Dies, and an
 Embossing Folder with a Stamp set Bundle.
So the more you spend, the more you get. eg... £45 you get 1 item, £90 you can chose 2 items
of the alternative of a set dies, a punch or a Bundle.
Free things are ALWAYS useful!

Fun fold Friday...

Today I'm sharing a short photo tutorial for a ver simple fun fold card. It really is simple... just 2 score lines and 2 straight cuts!! It still fits in a standard c6 envelope and is made from 1 piece of a4 cardstock and offers lots of areas to decorate.
Start by taking a piece of card measuring 14.9cm x 29.7cm ( a4 length)
Now score from each end at 4.5cm and 9.5cm on the landscape/ long edge.
Next mark on each side at 6.5cm down from the top edge.
Take a trimmer, scissors or a small cutter such as the new mini guillotine only available to those who take up the fab new sign up offer from Stampin Up! Cut from the second score line at the top down to the 6.5cm mark on each side.( the photo explains it better 😉).
Now all that's left to do is fold the score lines. Mountain then valley from each end.
I have used some of the beautiful new designer series paper from Stampin Up  called Parisian Blossoms speciality to decorate the card. It's a gorgeous !!
Well that's all from me this week. Gill will be sharing next week so don't forget to take a peak at what lovely projects she'll be sharing 😊
Have a crafty weekend
Have fun
Cary xx

Throwback Thursday...

Now as you might have guessed Stampin Up  is at the start of it's annual Sale-a-bration offering where there are lots of gorgeous goodies availablefree, yes Free with qualifying orders. So for this weeks throwback Thursday I thought I'd  make a card using a Sale-a-bration goodie from past events.
The stamp set I chose  to use is called Amazing You. It was offered in the 2018 Sale-a-bration offering but is still a firm favourite with me.
I used soft  sea foam as my background colour and pops of highland heather, so saffron and balmy blue for the flowers which I fussy cut out and popped up with dimensionals. The scalloped rectangle mat and the stitched label are from a new set of dies from the spring summer mini catalogue called Stitched So Sweetly Dies.
What's your favourite Sale-a-bration product from previous years?

Watercolour Wednesday....

When you say watercolour what does your mind think of first? Gentle scenes?  Pretty florals? Or a background wash?
Well today's card has non of that!! But it is a watercolour technique....for beginners because you can't get it wrong!!
All you need is a piece of shimmery cardstock, acetate or a large acrylic block, water based marker pens and a spritzer of water.
Next scribble the marker pens onto the acrylic block . Then spritz gently with water. Now in one swift movement turn it onto the shimmery cardstock.  Now gently apply pressure and watch as the card drinks up the ink.
Every time you do this you'll get a different look so it's great to make lots to save for future cards 😉
Now all I did was stamp repeatedly over the background in black ink. I then used a black card base and a simple band and sentiment to show how a subtle background can pop.

Tips, Tricks and Techniques Tuesday...

Today's Tuesday trick is how using small individual stamps can be used to make a larger background stamp. This way is Soooo much quicker than individually stamping each  little component !
All I did was pick the set I wanted to use, the Heart to Heart set, and a large acrylic block. I then placed the stamps on the block in a random fashion.

I then stamped the image a couple of times to create the background in the gorgeous gentle Highland Heather ink. A simple sentiment punched out, a whisp of whisper white ribbon and voilá 😁     

                                                               

Make it simple Monday..

I don't know about you but this time of year there are lots of family members and friends going down with seasonal poorlyness ......yucky but it does give us card makers a great reason to get out our stash and make a card 😂😂😂
So for today's #simplestamping card I thought a get well card was called for!
I have used a lovely  stamp set called Heart to Heart from the spring summer mini catalogue and the sentiments are from a free stamp set available as part of the Sale-a-bration offering called Sending You Thoughts.
The colours I've used are all from the Subtles collection and are called pear pizzazz, so saffron and calypso coral.  I felt these gentle colours would be up lifting and bring a smile to the patient's heart.