This or That Thursday Trucking Along

 Today I'm sharing 2 cards that have been cased from a card made by a lovely lady called Mary Knabe. To case a card is to take a card and recreate it giving it your own spin to it. Copy And Share Everything. The card that inspired mine are not to  my usual taste but the one that Mary made just spoke to me! Both the one's by Mary and the ones by myself are made using the Trucking Along stamps.

I have chosen to case the layout and the colours of the trucks. Where mine differ is that I couldn't decide if I  wanted to use white or vanilla cardstock for the mats that I stamped on ... so I've  done both!

Here is the This version using white stampin mats....

And here is the That version using vanilla cardstock for the stamp mats.

As you may have noticed there are no sentiments on either of these cards. I just couldn't work out where to put them!

I think this vintagie style card works really well for a  masculine card so maybe no sentiment is required 🤔 😉 🤣

If you pop by tomorrow I'll be sharing my fonal card of the week using these veratile trucks. 

Watercolour Wednesday Trucking Along

 For today's card I wanted to show how you can combine the Trucking Along with other stamps. The stamps I have chosen to combine with the truck is the Scenic Wonders set from Stampin' Up! This is a beautiful set great for frustrated artists like myself. It allows me to create scenes that are wonderful on their own but also perfect when combined with other stamps.

To me the bottom stamp in the above picture has a look of the outback or desert. This works beautifully with the vintage style truck from the Trucking Along stamp sat in my minds eye.

So I started by using a very simple watercolour technique to create an area of colour onto a white mat. I took the larges oblong acrylic block I have and scribbled my water based marker pen in a light greeny/blue shade on  to it directly.  I then spritzed it liberally with water and turned it over and placed it onto the cardstock.  It's great fun watching the paper absorb the wet ink through the block 🙂. 

Whilst the panel was drying I used some gorgeous checked pattern paper from a pack called Inked Botanicals to cover the card front.

Then I took the stamp and inked it with basic gray ink and stamped over the coloured area on the white mat. Next I took a Deckled rectangle die and cut the panel out.

I stamped the truck outline and coloured it with my alcohol markers then punched it out. I adhered the die cut panel to the card base using 3d foam. Then adhered the truck using 3d foam as well. 

The sentiment is from the Scenic Wonders set as I felt it went so well with this card.

For the inside of the card I stamped part of  another of the Scenic Wonders stamps in a second generation ink of the basic gray ink onto one corner . I then added a small strip of the patterned paper as well.

I love the soft colour palette of todays card inspiration and definitly think it would work for any gender.

Join me tomorrow for more inspiration using this oh so versatile set.

Tips tricks and techniques Tuesday Trucking Along

 Today's card is such a fun one. Of course I've used the fab Trucking along bundle 😊 This set just brings a smile to my face everytime 😀. 

For today's inspiration I started by creating a blended sunset beach vibe background onto white cardstock.  I cut the cardstock so that it fit the Patchwork Pieces dies. This is a fun 2 die set that has soo sooo many applications!

I created the blended background onto the mat then put it through the die cutting machine with the sunray effect die. I then adhered the pieces as one onto a panel of lemoncolouredcardstockthat was slightlylarger than the die cut panel. (I saved the frame that was an offcut  for later.) 

Next I worked out where I wanted my truck to be positioned on the piece and stamped the shadow/line stamp in the correct place. The truck outline is stamped in a dark grey then the infill stamped in lemon yellow. The truck is then punched out. I stamped the palm tree and surf board in grey ink too. I then coloured the palm tree with the infill stamp and the board and ring with my alcohol markers .

I fussy cut the palm tree image leaving a small white shadow boarder with a longer piece left at the bottom so that it could be adhered to the back of the truck.

The other fun thing with this stamp set are the cute sentiments.  This one is really apt for this card.

Remember the off cut from the blended panel I said to keep? Well I used to for the inside of the card. I think it adds a fun element to the card.

Well I hope you like today's inspiration and will pop by for more tomorrow.  

Make it simple Monday Trucking Along

 This week I'm sharing a stamp set and punch bundle that is an Online exclusive from Stampin' Up! Called Trucking Along The bundle is great for any time of year and any occasion oh and it's not just for the boys either!

The punch is a Builder punch that works with or with out the stamp set and would be great fun for both young and young at heart crafters.

So what am I sharing for today's #makeitsimplemonday inspiration?  Well a simple one layer card featuring the truck of course 🤣 

This is a SIP card so I have only used stamps, inkn and paper. I started by just stampin the out lines of my chosen stamps in black ink. Then used my colouring pencils to add the colour.

I love how this set has multiple inserts for the truck bed. I've chosen Sunflowers 🌻 for this card as they are such bright and beautiful flowers.

Another stamp that is very useful in this set is the line stamp that I've used under my trucks.  For me it anchors the image on the page. This makes sure that my trucks aren't floating on the page so to speak.

Well I hope you'll pop by again tomorrow for more Trucking Along fun.

Fun Fold Friday - Time Together

 My fun fold today is one that I have played around with for quite a while and today is the day I've actually finished it. I saw it somewhere a while ago but sadly , I can't remember where it was and on whose site it was on. So I am not going to take credit for it but I will thank everyone who has made this style! Using the Bright and Beautiful DSP, White card mats and a Night of Navy card base I made this one.

 I started with a piece of Night of Navy card 14.85cm high by 29.7cm wide. I scored at 3.5cm, 5cm, 7.4cm from each side of the base and re-enforced the folds really well. The 3rd fold was adhered to the back panel of the card to add some strength. It was then a case of measuring and cutting DSP to fit all of the side panels and the centre panel. The Imperial measurements will have to be adjusted to the length of the cards with a different length as we use in the UK. Sorry. I believe it would be 1,1/4", 1,3/4" and 2,1/2" I believe, You'll have to measure it out on scrap paper first as a guide. 

I added a white card base, tent fold style 7.6cm by 14.4cm and trimmed 0.5cm off of the front panel which I embossed with the Splatters embossing folder. This was then adhered centrally onto the inner part of the card. I had stamped the Timer and added numerous flowers and coloured them in using Daffodil Delight flowers and Granny Apple Green for the leaves. I stamped, coloured some more of the flowers and die cut them to decorate the outer parts of the card. 

That's it once again from me. Cary of course will be back on Monday and sharing some of her lovely creations with you. 

Until I return, Take care, Stay safe and as always, 

KEEP ON CRAFTING

😍😍😍 xxx  Gill  xxx 😍😍😍 

This or That Thursday - Time Together

 For today I have decided to something that I'm not that comfortable with. That is, I made a shaker card. Correction. Not 1 but 2! Using the Time Together stamps, dies and DSP I made the first one. I die cut the timer from the DSP and using Cary's method of shaker cards, added a cello bag with sequins in to the rear of the DSP. I used the Foam adhesive strips to mount them both onto a card base in Bubble Bath. A really soft and lovely pink which I embossed on 1 side using one of my favourite 3D Basics embossing folders. The sentiment was also stamped onto the Bubble Bath and I once again fussy cut it out. The DSP is from the Delightfully Eclectic. I added 2 pinches of the Loose Silver Sequins to the cello bags.

THIS

 

 

and THAT

 

 

This

 

 

THAT

This card is very similar except from the fact that it is a double shaker! I added some of the Loose Daisy Embellishments for this card and a few hearts shaped pieces from the DSP which was again from the Delightfully Eclectic papers. I carefully die cut the lower half of the dies onto the DSP and finished it off by hand with scissors. I added each bag individually to the reverse of the paper and then used the foam once more to mount it onto the Daffodil Delight card mat and then the White card base.

 

 

Now it's your choice (if you don't mind) to let us know which card you prefer please? 

 

😍😍😍

Watercolour Wednesday - Time Together

 Today's watercolour is quite subtle. Using the stamps I stamped the timer from a piece of Fluid 100 watercolour paper which I had soaked several times with Azure Afternoon ink and water. It took a while to dry as I wanted it as close to the true colour as possible. While it was drying, I started on the card base itself. This is a simple style of card with a smaller card attached behind the inside white mat. I used some of the paper from Bright's range of designer series paper, DSP, I added a strip on the one side only and added and embossed mat to the front of the smaller card. I used one of the Stripes and Splatters embossing folders for the embossing.

Once the watercolour paper was dry, I stamped the timer in Memento Ink and then some of the other stamps on the inside. Then using my Azure Afternoon Blends pens, I coloured in the sand and then added some little hearts from the large heart die from another piece of the DSP.