Sunday 28 February 2021

Hydrangea Hill Joy Fold Card - Share it on a Sunday - TIC TAC TOE

 Hi Everyone,



For today's Share it on a Sunday, I chose a Tic Tac Toe board for us to work from and I chose - Flowers, Layers and Subtles. Let me show you how I made my card using Hydrangea Hill dsp and balmy blue and highland heather card stock. It's a fun fold card, I'm not sure of the name but it's like a portrait version of the Joy Fold Card.


Materials

1 piece of highland heather card stock 5 7/8" x 6 1/4", 1 piece 2 7/8" x 3 7/8"
1 piece of balmy blue card stock 4" x 5 5/8", 1 piece 2" x 5 5/8", 1 piece 6" x 4"
1 piece of basic white 2 7/8" x 3 7/8" and a scrap for the sentiment
1 piece of dsp 3 7/8" x 5 1/2", 1 piece 2 3/4" x 3 3/4"
1 piece of contrasting dsp 1 7/8" x 5 1/2"
1 piece of contrasting dsp 2 1/4" x 2"
Highland heather ink
Classic Label punch
Length of grey granite 1/4"  ribbon (enough to wrap around the card and tie a bow)
Multipurpose adhesive
Art Gallery stamp set
Dimensionals
Trimmer
Simply scored
Bone folder

Instructions

On the long side score the highland heather card at 2" and fold and burnish to make the card base.  On the long side, score the balmy blue card at 3" and fold and burnish to make the small card.

Adhere the balmy blue mat layers to the larger card and the highland heather mat to the front of the balmy blue card - remember that this one opens the opposite way.  Add the basic white layer to the inside of the smaller card to write your message.

Adhere the dsp layers to the cards.

Adhere the smaller card to the back of the base card making sure that it is central and folds over the flap of the larger card nicely.

Now add the smallest dsp layer, on dimensionals to the top centre of the small card leaving room for the sentiment to go underneath.

Stamp a sentiment and punch it out with the classic label punch and the adhere to the small card front with mini dimensionals.

Tie the ribbon around the larger flap on the left and tie the bow at the top, leave longer tails.

I hope that you like my card and will give it a try, don't forget to pop over and see what Donna and Victoria have made too.

Donna Lester

Victoria Littlewood


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Saturday 27 February 2021

Pretty Perennials Diamond Pop Up Card - Ink Stamp Share Blog Hop

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Today I am hopping with the Ink Stamp Share Group and the theme is 'Fun Fold Card', my absolute favourite.  I have a whole series of them here on my blog that I did over the last year, there are lots to inspire you so have a look. Today I am making a Diamond Pop Up card using the fabulous Pretty Perennial Bundle, let me show you how I made it.  There is a YouTube link below to a previous version of this where you can see how I put the actual card together, I have just used different colours, embossing folders and stamp sets and dies for this one.


https://youtu.be/R220X0L4YiY - previous version using Flowering Blooms

Materials

1 piece of Pacific Point card stock 6" x 12" 
2 pieces of basic white 3 7/8" square (one to stamp on, one for the reverse to write your message)
Scraps of white, pacific point, magenta madness, granny apple green and bumblebee card for the embellishments
Pretty Perennials stamp set
Perennial Petals Dies
Snail dies
Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder
Pacific Point ink
Gorgeous Grape ink
Bumblebee ink
Magenta Madness ink 
Granny Apple Green ink
Stampin Cut and Emboss machine
Trimmer
Simply Scored
Bone Folder
Scissors
Ruler
Pencil
Dimensionals
Multipurpose adhesive

Instructions

On the 12" side of the pacific point card stock score at 3", flip the card over and score at 6", fold and burnish the score lines.

With the ruler make a mark on the 6" score line at the half way point (3"), then make a mark at 3" on the other three sides of this square.  With a ruler,  score between the top of the 3" fold and the middle of the bottom edge of the square, the line will go through the mark you made on the 6" scoreline.  Score from the bottom of the 3" fold to the middle point on the top edge of the square again going through the mark on the 6" fold. Then score from the top middle to the side middle and the bottom middle to the side middle to complete the diamond shape (see templete).

Remove the two diagonal sections as shown in the template and then burnish the diagonal score lines. Turn the card to face you and push in the sides so that the card folds and you end up with a diamond on the top, burnish these folds well.

Add adhesive to the underside of the first triangle and then fold that down so that it adheres to the bottom of the card (see the picture), this is the pop up mechanism.

Add the basic white layer to the back of the diamond so that you can write your message.

Stamp a design on the remaining basic white layer using all of the colours, start with the largest image first and then the smaller ones and finish off by tucking leaves in around the flowers and adding some tiny flowers to fill some of the white space.

Emboss the two triangles that you removed from the card earlier when making the diamond shape. Adhere these two triangles to the front, base of the card on either side of where the diamond shape attaches to the card (see picture).


Adhere the stamped square to the diamond on the front of the card leaving a small border all around the edges.  

Die cut an assortment of flowers and leaves from the scraps of coloured card, I have also stamped two flowers and then die cut them, but its up to you.  Die cut the postage stamp from the snail dies in basic white to use for the sentiment mat.

Stamp the word 'happy' on a scrap of white and fussy cut around the image.  I've also stamped the word 'birthday' and cut around that too.  Arrange the words on the postage stamp die cut with dimensionals and adhere to the centre of the diamond in a diamond shape.

Arrange flowers and leaves around the sentiment and on the two embossed pieces at the front. Add some rhinestones to the centre of the die cut flowers.

There you are a very pretty pop up card and it's really easy to make.

Pop over and see what everyone else has made, you are sure to be inspired, click on the link for the next project:


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Happy crafting,


Karen X

Stamped One Sheet Wonder - Art Gallery Forever Fern - Stampin' Birds Showcase Blog Hop

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Today I am hopping with team mates in Stampin' Birds, we are each showcasing something we have been working on. Mine is a work in progress, I have been playing with the Art Gallery and Forever Fern stamp sets.

Whenever I get a new stamp set, I like to play about and just stamp to see how it looks and to see how the stamps fit together and how it fits in with others too and to try different colour combinations.

Today I have mixed Art Gallery and Forever Fern and I've used Petal Pink, Rococo Rose, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive.

So I have stamped my design and filled in with leaves and 'dotty' bits to fill the entire piece - this is a piece that measures 8 3/4" x 8 1/4" and was just a piece I had lying on my desk.  I like the design but what shall I do with it?  There are lots of things I could do:-

  • make cards
  • make bookmarks
  • make tags
Next question - how many shall I make?
  • four cards
  • four bookmarks
  • eight tags
  • a picture for the wall in my craft room
Next question - how shall I layer them up?
  • on petal pink
  • on rococo rose
  • on pear pizzazz
  • on old olive
Next question - any decoration?
  • pearls/rhinestones
  • ribbon
  • sentiments
  • additional die cuts
As you can see, I could go lots of ways with this one piece of card stock with some simple stamping. 

What would you do with it? Let me know in the comments below.

Give it a try - it's only ink and paper, if you don't like it, turn it over and try again.

Pop over and see what the rest of the team have made by clicking on the button below.




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I have joined together with a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world to compile a selection of 38 tutorials to give to my customers.  The Tutorial Bundle comes as a PDF file complete with pictures and instructions for all of the projects.  You can get this great resource FREE with any order over £10.



Happy Crafting,


Karen X

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