Classic Garage Convertible!

Snip a bit off the top of the car cut from the Classic Garage papers and here you go... a convertible (aka cabriolet... soft top... open top!)  to make many a man happy! And quite a few ladies too ...

Hardtop version shown below! With more details here...

Or stamp & snip... this one looks more like my silver Mercedes CLK a few years back! Always miss that car on a lovely sunny day!

Oh and the eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that I have changed my road production method!! 

I still sponged to start off with... but then I also used Gray Granite and the "thin straight" in the Waterfront stamp set... to create more definition... inking up...stamping... stamping again, inking up and so on...

Motorbiking!

Another quick idea for you! For the motorbike enthusiast in your life...

And remember Trimmer Blades (126995) go back on sale for us in Europe at 6pm tonight! Don't be late! Online Store link here...

Waterfront meets Enjoy Life... meets Classic Garage papers...meets En Route stamps... which is going to be a keeper for me... love it!

And yes we have been having such fun with this simple DL sized card!

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Enjoy Life.. on the open road...

Just leaving it here... for the car mad men folk in my family!

Waterfront meets Enjoy Life... meets Classic Garage papers...meets En Route stamps... which is going to be a keeper for me... love it!

Monday multitude enjoying Life - aka Part 3...

Couldn't resist.... as Andrea went a step further with our simple little card design...

Her husband, Andrew is off on a "Boys Cycling Tour" very soon... and so this was the perfect Father's Day card for him...

So 12 big lads on an away on tour weekend... with Andrew leading the pack... sporting his bright green jacket (Lemon Lime Twist - oh how are we going to cope without thee in a few days time!!!?) Kind of a Maillot Jaune scene if you follow the Tour de France...

DL card size as per details in this post here...

And background stamping details as per this post here... with 11 more cyclist added wherever they would fit in!! The last one being on the back of the card but I appear to have misplaced the photo!

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If you are ordering today... do remember to add the Host Code shown below to earn yourself a gift and help support The Craft Spa at the same time... For orders over £150 you should claim your own Stampin Rewards when ordering... you will still get a separate gift from me... 

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Everything is Rosy... available May only... and only while supplies last...Just £74 for all this! Or is that that!

Paper Pumpkin The Shelli Card KIT... Such good value... Available only while supplies last... £20 for 12 cards including stamps & ink spot! 

Enjoy a Simple Life! Part 2

Quick post today... as Fancy Fold Card Plan A didn't work out for today... so back to that plan another day!

So whilst the Waterfront and Enjoy Life stamps were out... I couldn't resist a quick and simple DL sized card... hence a series for you...

Stamping details as yesterday's fun fold card version... but this time I created higher mountains... simple a case of stamping a few Old Olive mountains over the top of each other!!

And I can see this card getting a lot of makes... as I know so many people that have taken up cycling over the past few years... both male and female... and of all ages...

Love the sheer simplicity of this simple little scene... but then we had some more fun!!! Yup... more to come!!

DL Card Recipe

Thick Whisper White DL Card Blank  21cm W x 10.5cm H (ie 21cm Square, scored in half at 10.5cm)

Shaded Spruce Mat 20.4cm W x 9.9cm H

Thin Whisper White stamping panel 20cm W x 9.5cm H

Enjoy Life on the Waterfront! Part One...

Well I bet you were expecting something else with that title!! And I'd love anyone to comment with what they were expecting... as I may have already done that one too!!!

Love this card!! Which was a special request for a 60th birthday... though I forgot the 60th birthday part!! But that was quickly rectified during class!

Perfect card to design just after the Tour de Yorkshire has passed through the county again!

Though I am sure that my regulars will recognise the card fold... 

Link to the Bridge U Fold Card tutorial here... though just one Box Section insert this time... cut 11.5cm x 1cm high and scored at 1.5cm from either end... (aka 4 1/2" x 3/8"...scored at 9/16" from either end!?)

Enjoy Life cyclist stamped using Memento Black... with a light sponging of Balmy Blue... and then fussy cut...

Front Base section stamped using the Enjoy Life grasses... and then quickly handcut... ending up about 1cm (3/8") high...

Balmy Blue sky brayered... grassy fields sponged... remembering (afterwards!) to use my Silicon Craft Sheet to spread the ink from... as the sponging so much softer when you do it that way! Birds from High Tide...

Mountains (Old Olive, Gray Granite) & Shaded Spruce trees etc using Waterfront... wonder if this set will stay around as long as Lovely as a Tree....? Hope so...

And here is Andrea's 60th card... note that her grass cutting is much neater than mine!!

Though I am afraid that the Little Numbers dies we used are long retired!

Floral Statements oh so simple...

Simply white embossed on Crumb Cake... on a Whisper White panel... onto a Crumb Cake card... you really don't need to do anything more with this beautiful greeting!

Though I do highly recommend colouring in the flowers if you have a bit more time... click here for details on that... 

The coloured version was so popular I thought I should share the even simpler one!

And a couple of tips for you if you like "looking" around my blog... 

I couldn't find the coloured flowers version by searching in the Search box on here... but I remembered my Pinterest board onto which I pin all my projects... and it took me seconds to find it on there! Click here for the "Made at The Craft Spa" board... 

Or click here for my "Tutorials at The Craft Spa" board... I am adding to that one somewhat more ad-hocly at the moment... but they will all get on there eventually! 30 or so on... 100s to go!

Or just click here to follow me on Pinterest.... 

And finally.... I should be back to normal service very soon... been such a busy few months... my feet will be so glad to see the ground for a change!

Floral Sentiments - Subtle Colour on Neutrals...

Just realised I didn't share this card with you when I posted my series of Floral Sentiments cards earlier in the year...

This was a simpler more straightforward version of this one... and I think I decided that I had posted a few cards that looked quite similar... so I resisted to post at the time... and then I forgot! But this was actually one of my favourites of my makes.... clean & simple with just a bit of subtle colour!

Embossing and colouring details here...

Father Christmas meets Lovely as a Tree

A trio of cards for you today using Lovely as a Tree with Father Christmas... all of which caused a real WOW in the flesh for my Christmas in July class... though I don't think you will get the full glitter shine across the room from these photos! Which is what realistically what causes the WOW...

Starting off with a simple... Small Square card (10.5cm or 4 1/8" to be exact or 4 1/4" if I had US Letter Size cardstock!)

And then mounted up onto a Large Dapper Denim Square Card (14cm or 5 1/2") with either glittery white embossed trees or black trees...

Which caused me some amusement as everyone had a very definite favourite between the two... and were almost arguing over each other as to which was the most WOW!

Stamped panel basically all made the same... Top part of frame white embossed for the Emboss Resist Technique. Trees white embossed or stamped in Archival Black. Bottom frame part stamped in Archival Black. 

Snow line masked and Dapper Denim sponge brayered over the top. Layered onto a Whisper White mat or card blank... And a sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds over Fine Tip Glue to finish it off...

So which one do you prefer???

And a time saving tip for you... though not one I actually used on these cards!

Although I am definitely a Wood Mount girl... I specifically bought the Father Christmas stamp set in Clear Mount... that way I can carefully position and mount the 2 parts of the beautiful frame image on the one clear block when using the same colour ink... and then ink up & stamp away in one action! Love this frame!!