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Sunday, 30 October 2022

Perfectly Pencilled Z Fold Card

Hi Everyone,

For today's Z Fold card I have teamed black and white with a pop of Polished Pink to make a pretty card. I have coloured in some of the flowers with Stampin' Blends and left some in the black and white to make a contrast. I have made this card as a slightly larger than usual 5" x 7" just for a change.

Materials

1 piece of 10" x 7" basic black card, scrap for the sentiment

1 piece of polished pink card 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", 2 pieces 2 1/4" x 6 3/4", scrap for the sentiment

1 piece of basic white 2" x 6 1/2", scrap for the sentiment

1 piece of dsp 4 1/2" x 6 1/2, 1 piece 2" x 6 1/2"

Memento Black ink

Polished Pink ink

Nature's Prints stamp set

Polished Pink Stampin' Blends

Stylish Shapes dies

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Instructions

On the long side score the black card at 2 1/2" and 5", fold and burnish into a Z Fold card.

Adhere the polished pink layers to the card.

Colour in some/or all of the flowers on the dsp as you want. I coloured in all the ones for the front piece and just a few for the inside. Adhere these layers in place.

Stamp a sentiment and some flowers on a scrap of white and then die cut with the middle sized circle die, then die cut the next larger in pink and the largest in black, layer them up together. Stamp a flower on the remaining white layer for the inside and then adhere in place.

Add dimensionals to the right hand side of the back of the sentiment circle and fix to the front of the Z fold so that it overhangs (see picture).

Add some rhinestones and the card is complete.

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Karen

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Saturday, 15 October 2022

Gingham Cottage Treat Bags - Pootlers Team Retreat Swaps

Hi Everyone,

I spent last weekend in Birmingham with some of my lovely Team Mates at the Pootlers Retreat and I needed some swaps to take with me. Those of you who follow me will know that my crafty mojo went into hiding and I've been poorly too so I wasn't going to make any at all. However, I 'had a word with myself' haha and pulled my finger out to make these really quick and easy treat bags. I had a lot of this dsp and I have loads of ribbon and embellishments (so some that I have used is retired but I wanted to use it up).

Materials

1 piece of dsp 8 1/4" x 4"

Scraps of coloured and basic white card for the sentiments

Scraps of ribbon

Embellishments

Heart Punch Pack

Memento Black ink

Natures Prints stamp set

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Paper snips

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Single Hole Punch

Instructions

On the long side score the dsp (not too hard as it will tear) at 3", 4", 7" and 8", then turn 90 degrees and score at 3". Fold and burnish all the score lines.

Cut up the score lines as shown to make the tabs. Add glue to the skinny tab on the end and fold that and the section next to it over and bring the other end over to seal it.

Fold in the tabs, fold the back flap in and then add glue to the inside of the front flap and seal up the bottom. You now have a bag shape. Squeeze the top together, this will form a sort of pleat in the sides and punch a hole about 1/2" down from the top, in the centre, this is for the ribbon.

Add your sweet treats, thread the ribbon through the holes and tie a knot and trim off the ends.

Stamp a sentiment on a scrap of white card and punch out with the straight edged heart, punch a scalloped one in the contrasting or matching colour and layer the two together. Decorate with embellishments. Add some dimensionals to the back and stick to the front of the bag and you're done.

These are really quick to make, I made 40 in an afternoon. Great for using up ribbon, embellishments and dsp.

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Karen X

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I haven't listed all the different ribbons and embellishments, just use whatever you have in your stash and have fun.

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Textured Chic Thank You Card - Stamping With Friends Blog Hop - Being Thankful

Hi Everyone,

Today's blog hop theme is 'Being Thankful' and I've used a sketch challenge to make this pretty card using Texture Chic dsp and the Nature's Prints and Hand Penned stamp sets.

Materials

1 piece of thick basic white 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of gold foil 4" x 5 3/4", 1 piece 2 3/4" square

1 piece of basic white 2 3/8" square

2 pieces of dsp 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

Stylish Shapes dies

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Petal Pink ink

Nature's Prints stamp set

Hand Penned Petals stamp set

Heat Tool

Metallic Embossing Powders

Versamark ink

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Instructions

On the long side score the thick white card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Adhere the gold foil layer to the card front.

Stack the two pieces of dsp together and cut them at an angle, following the image in the sketch above. This will give you enough to make two card fronts. As you can see from the picture above, I've made two cards but only finished off one, I'm going to wait for an occasion to come up and then decorate the second one. Adhere one piece from each dsp as shown in the sketch image.

Die cut the largest two squares from the Stylish Shapes dies, one in white, the larger one in gold. I've cut out the two largest circles as well to use on the remaining card.

Stamp some ferns using the petal pink ink on the white layer.

Now stamp the sentiment on the white layer using Versamark ink and then sprinkle with gold embossing powder and set with the Heat Tool.

Layer up the two squares and add to the card front using dimensionals.

Although the sketch shows embellishments, I decided not to use them as I thought the papers were busy enough - what do you think?

Please pop over and see what everyone else has been up to this time.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X