This or That Thursday - Silly Goose

 Today's the day for 2 cards and my cards are no exception once again using the Silly Geese stamp set. My first card is a simple folded card with a little taken off from 1 end. I stamped the Geese onto a white mat and added it to a Poppy Parade mat then onto the DSP covered card base. I used the DSP called Merry, Bold and Bright. They are really bright and fun festive papers.

My second card base I have used the gorgeous Granny Apple Green card. I have folded the card base into 3 and added more papers onto the card base. I really had a great bit of fun making these two today. 

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Watercolour Wednesday - Silly Goose

 Well, as usual, today is for watercolouring but I've added a little extra to today's card. Using the Silly Goose stamp set I stamped the goose that I wanted to use and using the 2 sets of watercolour pencils (I LOVE them)! I dipped each colour into a tiny drop of water. YEP! The pencil itself, no brushes today on these little geese. Once I cut them both out, I added dimensionals to the whole one and put both to one side.

Meanwhile, I found a large Deckled Circles die cut and decided to brush some soft blue of Balmy Blue ink pad and then at the top, a little washed out Azure Afternoon ink pad. I say washed out but it's just some of the brighter blue ink and lots more water so that it's not so strong. I decided to emboss the circle, the card base and the inside mat with the wavy folder from the Cheery Patterns folders. It was perfect!

 

Technique Tuesday - Silly Goose

 Hello again. This week I am using the Silly Goose stamp set. I love this set and bought it quite a while ago but I have never gotten around to doing anything with them! Todays' technique to me is the simplest one of repeat stamping to make the background. I love the simple and quick ways of making a card as well as the more fiddly ways of creating. I stamped the Goose all over the white mat and stamped him again on a scrap of white card then fussy cut him out. It wasn't difficult or fiddly very straightforward in fact. I wanted him to match the card base so I coloured the Thanks in using the beautiful bright blue of Tahitian Tide Blends pen. I punched a circle out of the blue using the 2,3/4" circle punch and using Dimensionals (foam shapes) I raised him up. 

Make It Simple Monday - Silly Goose1

 Hello and thank you for popping by. This week, I am going to be showing some projects made with the lovely Silly Goose stamp set. NOw one of my sister's was born on Christmas day so we always celebrated her birthday on Christmas Eve as well as on her birthday. I would have put Happy Christmas on the card too but as I said we always kept the 2 occasions seperate for her on purpose. It wasn't fair for her to miss out. This card is a bit of a joke for her as ther is no way on earth could any of us forget her birthday!! As I'm sure you can imagine. 

A very simple card with 2 strips of paper and the silly goose stamped onto an odd circle that I had. 

 

Fun fold Friday Christmas Classics

 Happy Friday may your weekend be the very best it can be 🥰 Here on our blog Friday is fun fold day so of course I have a fun fold to share with you! And of course it features the amazing  Christmas Classics bundle of stamps and coordinating dies. But it also showcases an absolute stunning pattern paper called Winter Meadow.  The papers a soft and muted with natural imagery and simply stunning. 

I think these papers are perfect for any time of year but they do pair beautifully with the Christmas Classics that I've featured all week.

So with the papers picked and the stamps and dies organised on to the fun part the folds!  You start with a piece of cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 20.5cm. ( 5 1/2" x 8 1/2") scored at 10.5cm, 13cm, 15.5cm and 18cm. (41/4", 51/4", 61/4" and 71/4")

Next you mark down from the top of the 1st 3 score lines at 2.5cm (1") then 5cm ( 2") on the next  score line. You cut diagonally from the top of the 1st score line down to the mark on the 2nd score line. Then across to the third score line. From the 3rd scorline cut diagonally to the mark on the 4th score line then across to the edge of the cardstock. The picture below shows it far better than I can write an explanation ( if working in inches the cut lines are the same)

Next it's time to fold the score lines. The first line is a mountain fold that creates the back of the cards. The 2nd is a valley next a mountain then a valley finishing with a mountain fold. Basically they are concertinered together.

Now cut 2 panels one measuring  12.4cm x 8cm (41/2" x 3 3/4") and another  9.84cm x 5.5cm (31/2" x 21/4"). These panels are adhered onto the flat panels of the fold as shown below.

Now let you creativity run wild and decorate as you desire. I've used the gorgeous winter meadows paper as well as  super sparkley silver glimmer paper with the Christmas Classics stamps and dies.

This fold is great for showing off 3 different pattern papers. 

Don't be afraid to alter or cut your die cuts to suite your project. The front silver glimmer die cut was much larger when first die cut for the front of my card so I chopped it upand made it fit 😃

The center die cut fitted beautifully and required no adjustment. 

I decorated the back as the place to write my message. 

I love how the pleated cascade fold works. It gives lot's of space to decorate but also works as an easy card to post as it fold flat.

Well that's all from me for this week . Next week Gill will be sharing her inspiration with us all. 

We're both taking part in a fun online convention tomorrow so we'll be super energised this weekend. What about you? What are your weekend plans? Whatever  they are don't forget 

Have Fun!

Cary xx

This or That Thursday Christmas Classics

 Are you team warm or team cold? 🤔 now that doesn't sound craft related at all but I promise it is! I've  made 2 cards for today using the Christmas Classics bundle of stamps and dies.  Each card is made in exactly the same way. But one is with a warm colour palette and the other a cold palette.  Colour is a powerful thing that influences us in so many ways with out us even thinking about it! For example yellow is sunny, green is calming  and white is clean.

So for today's card I've started with a warm colour palette of rich red and warm gold with soft vanilla.

The design is quite a simple yet elegant one but the generous amount of gold glimmer paper makes it look rich and unctuous. 

Top tip here is to use some low tack tape to attatch the 2 dies together so that they cut out together consistently. 

I repeated the card but this time with a green, white and silver colour palette. This time the card feels cooler and crisp. It's still an elegant card but most certainly has a different feel to it.

Now of course I didn't waste the sprigs from the die cuts I used them and small scraps of the gold and silver glimmer paper to decorate the inside of the cards 

So which are you team warm? Or team cold? This? Or That? 

Watercolour Wednesday Christmas Classics

 Well it certainly is the right weather for this watercolour Wednesday... it's pouring down in my small part of the world! But enought about the oh so British obsession with the weather lets get on to the fun stuff.. cards! And more specifically one featuring the fabulous Christmas Classics !

So as it's watercolour Wednesday I have used a very simple watercolour technique called watercolour wash. I chose 3 shades of blue and using a waterpainter swipped the ink onto a piece of white cardstock . I made the first swipes with quite watered down ink. Then when the piece was dry went in with some less diluted ink  to add more definition. I then splattered some white ink over the panel to give the feel of falling snow.

I matted the panel once dry onto a piece of cardstock that coordinates with the mid shade of blue I had used. Die cut a circle and stamped my sentiment in the darker shade of blue ink. 

I die cut 3 holly leaves in white cardstock and placed then behind my sentiment circle.  To finish the card I sprinkea few coloured pearls that are the same shade as the lightest blue in the background. 

All in all an easy watercolour card. My one tip is if using watercolour onto normal cardstock rather than watercolour paper is to keep it as dry as possible.  Don't overload the cardstock with wet mediums otherwise it will pill and spoil your work. Work in layers drying the piece either naturally or with a heat tool if you're inpatient like me 😉