Happy Birthday Gorgeous Balloons & Foil Frenzy Card

Simple panel trio card from some 1" strip Foil Frenzy paper leftovers for you today... leftovers from the sides of the die cut Window Boxes and the Gift Bag shared over the last 2 days...

Greeting and punched balloons care of Happy Birthday Gorgeous as I thought it was about time the balloons in this set took centrestage... the Hooray balloon being stamped in Archival Black which worked a treat on the shiny foiled elements of this paper...

Greeting label using the new 2 1/4" Circle Punch...  a punch that a few of you have told me you had overlooked!

Balloon strings care of the new Pool Party Bakers Twine... and finished off with the Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon again

Light, bright and ever so shiny... makes a young heart sing!

Craft Spa Recipe

A4 Thick Whisper White A6 Tent card blank (ie 10.5cm x A4L, Scored LANDSCAPE at 14.8cm)

A4 Pool Party 10 x 14.3cm

A4 Lemon Lime Twist 9 x 10.5cm

A4 Thick Whisper White 10 x 3cm

Foil Frenzy strips 1" (2.5cm) x 10cm

Bloomin Butterfly...

So amongst all the beautiful & glittery hearts in this week's class...

There was one simple little card....

That most fired everyone's heart & imaginations...

And this is it...

Die cut butterfly on the front panel - along with a simple greeting... black heart stuck onto the card front... butterfly aperture front panel 3D foam adhered on top... and finished off with a few rhinestones...

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Cozy Christmas Trio - Part 3 - and the Round Up

So here is my little trio all together...

And here is the 3rd card...

Same as the first in the trio...

Just the addition of a dreamy Smoky Slate Santa and reindeer in the sky... and the Smoky Slate greeting...

And a 3D cottage (chalet)... 

The house is stamped again onto white card, the windows coloured in with the Hello Honey marker pen... then cut out by hand, shaped a bit with the bone folder and then 3D stuck over the image on the paper...

Think this is my favourite...What about you?

And just when you thought the trio was done... yet again... the trio became a quartet... come back tomorrow for one that is a bit different.... somewhat more marmite...

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Cozy Cottage for Christmas - Part 2

Look familiar... but different... 

On this second card the Cozy Cottage ( or Chalet!) image is stamped onto the centre of the Home For Christmas paper panel, then the snowline cut by hand... along the line at the centre but free-style at the edges! The paper is then stuck to the white card panel and the greeting stamped...

The roof and the snow on the trees are coloured in using a white Signo gel pen... the windows with a Hello Honey marker pen...

Then it is all finished off with a light dusting of Fine-Tip glue plus Dazzling Diamonds... to the snow line, the roof, the windows and the trees... and it is interesting to note that the glitter on the trees remains so much whiter and brighter on this card than the next ones... must be something to do with the mix of white gel pen, Fine Tip and glitter...

Now what do you think? Better with or without??? The house prop that is....

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Cozy Cottage for Christmas Trio Part 1

Moving onto the Cozy Christmas stamp set & Home For Christmas that we used this week in classes... here is the first card of a trio... I LOVE this simple little trio...you have been warned...

Some lovely quick and easy cards as most people were doing the Advent Calendar (see here and here) and the Christmas Shadow Box Frame (yet to be shared) - so these were mainly for my speedy girls - or those just doing the Advent Calendars...

Starting off simple as simple......

Loving this image... reminds me of many a ski holiday spent in many a chalet in the French and Swiss Alps!

Loving keeping it SO simple... 

The windows are just coloured with a Hello Honey marker pen...

Then it is all finished off with a light dusting of Fine-Tip glue plus Dazzling Diamonds... to the snow line, the roof, the windows and the trees...

Now what do you think? Better with or without my house prop in the photo to give you more of an idea of scale... but maybe a bit house-over-powering??? This is just a small 10.5cm (about 4 1/8") Square card... so you can get the idea!! 

The house is about 8" tall... and ... if not favoured for photos... it may be whisked away for a bit of altering.....! Waste not want not... Mmmmm....

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Timeless Elegance Birthday Large Square Double Display Card

Alternative Birthday version of my Timeless Elegance Wedding  Card

One class all did the Wedding...and the other all did the Birthday!  

So good job I had planned for both after all!

Shots of the back...

And a simple 3/4"deep box to post it in... 

Oh and I have to add... the decoration of this box is purposefully REALLY simple... 

That way I can pop on the name and address... add a couple of clear circle sticky tabs to seal... UK Large Letter postage... sorted!

Timeless Elegance Large Square Double Display Wedding Card

Gosh Fancy Fold Friday is here again! But... actually I think I have given you Fancy Fold Week this week...

So 3rd card in my Fancy Fold Card Timeless Elegance Class... the Large Square Double Display Card... This is definitely the most popular tutorial on my blog! Imperial (inches) tutorial here. And Metric (centimetres) here.

The only difference to those tutorials being the use of the extra Scallop Square on the front (with 3 7/8" Square mat & 3 5/8" paper to suit)  - and no little panel at the centre top and bottom (so only 4 required - not 6)

No apologies for using my retired Mr & Mrs stamp - it was always a keeper for me!

Again the flowers are fussy-cut out from one of the flowery pieces in the Timeless Elegance pack.

Then finished off with the lucky couples' initials... But... oops retired alphabet dies too... 

So that is 2 lots of retired and not available items! Sorry! So not like me!!

And here it is without those extra initials...

And here is the back - I tried a new way this time - simple but finishes it off nicely - liking it! 

As this card is made using the Imperial Tutorial - so with a finished 6" Square card size - the 2 extra paper pieces are just 5 3/4" high x 1" wide

Current SU! Supplies

Stamps - Big News

Papers - Timeless Elegance

Card - 12x12 Basic Black, Tip Top Taupe

Inks - New Archival Basic Black;Versamark & White embossing powder