Saturday 7 October 2017

Jems Monthly Blog Hop - Trick or Treat (but not for necessarily for Halloween!)

Welcome to our Monthly Team Blog Hop featuring a lovely play on the words "Trick or Treat"... as suggested by the very clever Uma....
Could be something for Halloween.. but could otherwise be a ...
* Trick - an illusion, a fun fold, a surprise or something unexpected in the project...
* Treat - so Treat Packaging or indeed a cake, chocolate, sweets...


So I didn't intend to do a Halloween project at all... but here you have one!
I absolutely LOVE the Detailed Gate die cut and so the Graveyard Gate bundle was beckoning me to play with it... and thus I made my (probably) first Halloween card ever! Keep watching this space for a few other non Halloween options as the weeks pass by!

I will go back to calling this a U Fold Card (as it is a Bridge Fold card without the bridge across the front! The Gate does the job instead...)... and spookily the dimensions for my latest Bridge U Fold Card were perfect... click here for that Tutorial... I just cut the Smoky Slate card to 8.6cm (3/3/8" for my US readers) high instead of 10.5cm(4 1/8")
As always the card does lay flat to go in an envelope... though I think I will have to write Scaredy Cat on the back ( or something) ... as this gate doesn't actually open!

I plan to be back with an updated Tutorial for the card and all the decorative details for this one shortly... but in the meantime here is a shot of the simple little scene behind the gate! Though I would colour in the church windows if I did a re-make!
Click here to go to my earlier post for more details on the Detailed Gate & Graveyard Gate products... 

And so it is now time to pass you onto the lovely Tracy... till next time!


11 comments:

Uma said...

Amanda you are a crafting genius! I must get to one of your classes to learn some fantastic folds and incredible inking x

Julie said...

Very clever idea ! Looking forward to seeing what else you do with the gates x

Amanda said...

Thanks Julie.... and not long at all for Part 2!

Amanda said...

Lol and thanks Uma... and you are very welcome anytime!

cardsandacuppa said...

Brilliant, as usual! Love how you have used these gates, another item to add to my "want it" list ;-) And I look forward to seeing your other makes with it!
Hugs xx

Amanda said...
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Amanda said...

Thanks Sarah Jane... definitely a "brilliant" bundle! And not just for Halloween... though not long till my next make.. oh! Already posted! Series of 3...

Kate M said...

Yup - you have me hooked on theses gates now!!
Great cards you have done !!
xx

Amanda said...

Lol! They are fab!!

Unknown said...

Another great card! Thanks for your inspiration as always! x

Amanda said...

Thanks Sam... and my pleasure...as always!