Tuesday Trio - Bouquet of Love

A few quick little Bouquet of Love cards to say thanks for some sneaky orders over the last week... a free shipping offer is always so appreciated!

And a great opportunity to play with one of the new In Colors... so introducing Orchid Oasis... 

Think this is my favourite new In Color... a lovely deep lavender colour... hues of blues and purples... though it was my least favourite before I saw them all in the flesh... funny how that has happened!

Simple on Sunday - Bouquet of Love embossed squares card

A simple stunner in the flesh! 

Love that you get a flat heart section on the panels surrounding the central raised die cut heart... though not sure how well that can be seen in the photo...

Directions

Simply embossing a 12cm square Whisper White panel with the Bouquet of Love embossing folder...

Cutting into 9 x 4cm squares... 

Sticking to the edges of a 12.5cm square Smoky Slate panel... starting at the 4 corners... This is the simplest accurate way of lining up square like these...

Then sticking that panel to a larger 13cm Smoky Slate square... then to a 14.cm square card blank... 

Die cutting a heart, flowers and leaves using the Bouquet of Love dies... and stamping a greeting with Smoky Slate...

And finishing off with a crinkly white ribbon bow

Fun Fold Friday - Simply Elegant Lock & Pop Card

Had to use my Simply Elegant papers again before they go for good! Along with the Bouquet of Love dies.... and the retired Sweet & Sassy and Large Numbers dies dies (as I needed a larger heart for the numbers)

And it was time to re-size the Lock& Pop card shared here... so this is an A6(ish) version... but more on that another day...

And the view from the back....

Perfect card for our Silver Wedding Anniversary later this year!

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Happy Easter....

Happy Easter to you and yours... which simply has to be said with a Friendly Hello fun fold card... 

I hope that you have a wonderful Easter holiday... certainly looking like some amazingly warm weather for us in the UK ... and its not many years we can say that!!

Click HERE for the Easy Side Step Card Tutorial along with other examples... 

Team Swaps #3...Hive with Daffodils and Honeybees...

Sharing two more gorgeous cards made by some of my very talented and lovely friends and fellow demonstrators in our team... as from time to time... we create a set of cards and then swap with each other to provide each of us with samples to share featuring different products, projects and styles...

Today's cards both feature the Hive embossing folder... 

Daffodil Daydream birthday card by the lovely talented Kylie Henshaw aka Hello Crafter ... 

And "the nicest" Honeybee Home card by the fabulous and inspiring Nathan @nathanstearoom ... 

Thank you both for swapping your beautiful creations with me... 

Tuesday Trio - New Horizons In The Moment #3

Third and last in my In the Moment, New Horizons & Welcoming Windows series... plus the round up shot...

Note that Welcoming Windows is retiring soon.... but is still available when I just checked... Oh and note that buying the 2 parts separately is cheaper than buying the bundle... Stamps here... Dies here...

Thanks to Tamara Bertram for her inspiration for this card... I love Tamara's more monochromatic card... but had to try out a night scene with shiny stars... 

Girl at a Double Window

Second in my In the Moment, New Horizons & Welcoming Windows series... Note that Welcoming Windows is retiring soon.... but is still available when I just checked... 

Simply die cut 2 windows and stick together... and trim a scrap of New Horizons papers to suit...

Ink up & stamp New Horizons trees and birds on the paper scrap... and then stick behind the window...

Ink up & stamp girl on White and then again on the back of some of the New Horizons papers... colour hair and arms on White with Stampin' Blends... fussy cut the paper hat, blouse and skirt & stick... then fussy cut the whole image... leaving out the wine glass this time...

Oh and apologies... for people that couldn't just click and go to Thursdays post... as I forgot to add a title!! So click here and there you go...two beautiful Blessings of Home cards care of friends...

Team Swaps #2...

Back to sharing some more gorgeous cards made by some of my very talented and lovely friends and fellow demonstrators in our team... as from time to time... we create a set of cards and then swap with each other to provide each of us with samples to share featuring different products, projects and styles...

Todays cards both feature the Blessings of Home stamp set & dies... and by a stroke of luck both use the retiring Misty Moonlight inks to form a perfect duo....

A "Just a little hi from me" on a great fun fold card by the lovely Ruth Wareing  down in Warwickshire...

And "You make me happy" by the fabulous Angela Malcolm of Been Busy Crafting over in West Yorkshire... she who always makes me smile... 

Thank you for swapping your beautiful creations with me ladies... 

Tuesday Trio - New Horizons & In The Moment

I am sure that some of you spotted the main 2 panels I cut from the New Horizons 6x6 paper sheet to have the leftover for the window card I shared last Sunday...

Well ... these are the 2 Simple Diorama cards I created from those 2 panels... instructions for the card HERE...

Simplefor Sunday - New Horizons In The Moment

New Horizons meets In The Moment meets Welcoming Windows (retiring)... 

Love this simple restful little scene... 

And what a fabulous way to use your scrap strips from other cards...

Note that I have actually used it "upside down"... on purpose...

Sorry for being so brief... but technology is not on my side... I think my PC is now groaning at me from overwork over the years!!

Friday Five Panel Card - Sailing Home & New Horizons...

A simple Five Panel card today ... also known as a Bridge Fold without the Bridge... a card design which first came about totally by accident one day!! Click HERE for a quick tutorial...

A perfect little scenic match... New Horizons papers meets Sailing Home stamps... the latter sadly now being sold out and discontinued... though you can still get the Smooth Sailing dies with £6 discount...

Which leads me to a funny story! I have spent many a happy night fussy cutting these yachts on both card and acetate... as well as lighthouses and anchors... Yup... guess who forgot she had some dies to do the work instead!!! And cough... so sorry class ladies!! Oh well... the set is definitely a keeper for me... so I will remember in future!

And hopefully the next 2 photos will show how the papers were cut... 

This version being specifically sized to suit 6" wide papers... and bear in mind that I die cut and stuck the 2 sets of mountains across first... and then chopped the 5 panels using a guillotine...