Make it simple Monday Ornamental Envelope

 Wow what a busy weekend!!! World Card Making Day was super fun but now we're in World Card Sending Week so what better time to use a stamp set and coordinating dies called Ornamental Envelopes!!

For today's #simplestamping projects I've created 2 versions of the same card using traditional christmas red and green. The card size is a little different to normal as I have been seeing a lot of long narrow cards around.

My cards are 7cm x 29.7cm scored at 14.85. This allows you to get 3 from a single sheet of A4 cardstock.  My fellow demo and friend Patricia Boxer showed me some cards made at this size and I thought I'd have a go. And I'm pleased I did they are great for #simplestamping, quick cards and making multiples.

As they are a non standard size I created my own envelopes. I made one using pattern paper and another in plain white cardstock. They too are super simple just a few scorelines, a few snips and some strong doubke sided tape!

Well I hope you enjoyed #su2020wcmd and will join in on #worldcardsendingweek2020 

#su2020wcmd

 Gill and I hosted a fun filled day of bingo and card making to celebrate World Card Making Day today. We held the event over videoconferencing as we can't meet face to face this year. 

#su2020wcmd was a great success with over 100 cards made 🙂

Here are the cards Gill and I created for the event. 

Hope you all had a great World Card Making Day.  

Cary and Gill xx

World Cardmaking Day 2020

 Happy World Cardmaking Day 

How are you celebrating today?  

We are holding a bingo and card making event all day . There are about 26 of us getting together to have fun games of bingo and make over 100 cards during the day!! All done via videoconferencing....got to love modern technology for letting us get together virtually as we can't meet face to face 🙃

Check back later for photo's of todays event 

If you're looking for some ideas for today why not watch these short videos and be inspired

HERE  , HERE and HERE

Fun Fold Friday - Most Wonderful Time

Oh My Goodness! It's 1st October already and so near to Christmas! Isn't it strange how once summer time has gone the Christmas season suddenly looms upon us?  Well, it's certainly getting closer! I have continued on using the stamp set and papers from the Most Wonderful Time Medley. It was in last years seasonal catalogue and has returned again this year I am very pleased to say.

Today's fun fold is just that, yes, another 'simple' card. I know that I keep on saying simple but I promise you that is really is. I took a sheet of White A4 card and cut it, portrait at 14.85cm, or 5,7/8" by the full length of the card which in the UK is 29.7cm. I then scored it in half at 14.85cm then from that fold 4.5cm 3 times more. That will leave approximately 1.5cm

I added double sided paper 14.4cm by 4.2cm on the 3 main panels and a small strip to the last 1.5cm wide panel. The inside is a white mat of 14.4cm by 14.4cm which I 'stepped' across the Real Red ink pad to accentuate the edge of the paper. Some decorations and a message on the side to allow the card to stand and the card is complete.

Well, that's it from me for this week. I do hope I have managed to give you some ideas towards making your Christmas cards for this year. 

Please stay safe and keep well but most certainly, keep on crafting too!
Cary will be back next week with lots of lovely things to inspire you so please stop by. 

Thank you again, Gill xxx 😀😍😍

Throwback Thursday - Most Wonderful Time

 Oh my goodness! Have you ever had one of those days when everything you touch goes wrong? Well I have almost every day for the last 2 weeks! It's just been crazy! I will get out of whatever it is stopping me from progressing and getting on with some kind of normality!

Meanwhile this last few weeks I've been trying to work with the lovely stamp set and papers from last year which I am so pleased to say has returned this winter season too. There are some lovely patterned papers which have Gold within the print on one side but not on the other side. They really are beautiful papers. It also has Die cut sticky shapes, stick on stars, pre printed card fronts with gold patterns on, gold and white tinsel trim, 6 piece set of dies and the included stamp set too! Then, once you have the kit, you can buy a refil kit which has more of the papers, stars, trim etc. Perfect.

I made this card last week using a C6 card base but I cut off 5cm from each of the sides only on the front of the card. I added patterned paper and a white message mat and made the 2 easel cards very easily. 

I know, I said it again. Another very simple card but it actually was. I kept the 2 pieces that I cut off and used 1 for the centre to support the mat of gold foil and patterned paper. I used one of the sheets of deers and added it to some more gold, fussy cut around it and added that to the centre panel too. The main message was added and raised onto foam adhesive to give the easel space to stand.

I used the stamp set Wrapped in Christmas for the messages on this one but the messages in the stamp set are equally as good.
  

Watercolour Wednesday - Most Wonderful Time

 It certainly is getting close now! I apologise for not showing any project yesterday and the day before. Life has been so hectic that time has just escaped me! Well, have you started making your Christmas cards yet? No? Well we have started to make some examples to get us going. So here goes!

I made time today for some watercolouring. Using a large acrylic block, and most of the Subtles Ink Pads (the paler shades) I inked the block about 2cm at a time so that all of the colours were along the block. I spritzed a piece of Watercolour Paper with water and also spritzed the block so that the colours would merge on it. I'm really quite pleased with the result. I love watercolouring this way as I'm not good enough to watercolour designs, this way, not even I can go wrong. I tried by using the marker pens but couldn't add enough of the ink to make the colour strong enough. Once the paper was lovely and wet, I placed the block ink down onto it. Then slowly dragged it from one side to the other. Once dry I used the HAPPY die. I repeated it using Gold Foiled paper and used wet glue to add it to the gold like a shadow. I repeated the same with the Christmas die. The Happy was fixed using black sticky foam and the Christmas with wet glue. I fussy cut the parcels and ribbons which were stamped in the gorgeous Blackberry Bliss Ink. I embossed the card front with the Woodland embossing folder. All in all a very simple watercolour card.

Here's my piece of watercolour card that I played with.

Watercolour Wednesday Don't Stop Believing

 Well I'm not sure if the tequnique I've used for today's Don't Stop Believing card is a real watercolour one. But it does use water and colour sooooo.....

I first die cut the rectangle and gathered my bits together. I used an acrylic block, a classic ink pad and a water filled spritzer.

I then placed the acrylic block directly onto the ink pad. Once it had some ink on it I spritzed it liberally with water. Then in one quick motion I placed it ink side down onto the card. Below are some photos and a short video of these steps.

To highlight the focal point of the card I kept everything else white. To add texture and that something else I have used some gorgeous flocked vellum and a snowflake embossing folder both from Stampin' Up!'s winter catalogue. 

I hope you'll have a go at this fun watercolour technique 😉