Merry Monday - Super CAS card featuring Pine Tree punch

A few squeezes of the Pine Tree punch along a strip of Brightly Gleaming paper... and there you have it... 

Probably the simplest card I have ever made...

But so effective in the flesh...

Finished off with a Perfectly Plaid greeting...

Stitched Stars

So I thought it high time those 5 little Stitched Stars dies were used...

So here you go... one way to use them...

Each die being lined up with the stitching at each "corner" and stuck down with Low Tack masking tape... die cut...and then the die cut pieces being popped back into the holes...

And 4 of them would be great for corners too...

Finished off with another Stitched Stars die cut, a Christmas Gleaming hand cut greeting and then finally... a silver Designer Element... 

A new series of So Many and Stitched Stars makes...

Back to more So Many and Stitched Stars... a stitched star in in pure "simplest" form... with a simple stamped and hand cut greeting from Christmas Gleaming!

So as I write this post post ... it is Monday... a good 9 days post-op... and a day that I thought I would pretty much healed and back to "almost normal"... but instead I woke up feeling very tired! Pretty much healed and feeling great otherwise... but oh so tired!

So I am taking this as a little body warning and not setting out to do too much for the next week... but my pre-posted blog posts have run out...  which means a few quick and simple creations and shares for a few more days... so please bear with me... although I do know some of you will love these makes!!

Oh and for those of you in the UK... have a safe and wonderful memory making Bonfire Night tonight...

Brightly Gleaming Stitched Stars Gap Card

This may seem familiar... but different...

Turn the prepped piece of paper over at a Craft Spa class... and this is what you get... shiny, bright and warm for the season!!  Everyone loves this piece of paper!!! Both sides...

And... seeing as I forgot it the first time round... the link for the tutorial for this card is here... just turn it round so that the card is portrait!

Talking of the Brightly Gleaming papers... which are unorderable as demand is so high... More are due in this week (maybe even today) so head on over to the product page in my Online Store by clicking here ... Add to Cart... and a message will pop up asking you to enter your email address to be notified when the stock comes in... and then you can order when that email hits your inbox... but please don't delay...

And whilst you are at it... same goes for the Feels Like Frost papers which you can find by clicking here ...

Click here to see the original Stitched Star Gap Card with further details...

Oh... and anyone else for the Pretty Peacock kit!!?

Edited to Add:- Thank you so much for all your messages checking how I am! So the op went fine on Saturday with no complications... I was back home within 6 hours! And recovery so far so good! I will have to have 1-2 weeks taking it easy (which I will find somewhat difficult!!!) but the bloggio is already organised in advance as they say!!! Fret not!!!!

Brightly Gleaming Bauble Gap Card

Oops forgot to schedule for the right time of day! So a late post today...

So where there is one... there is usually two...

I shared the simple Brightly Gleaming Stitched Star Portrait Gap Card here on Monday... and now you have the Landscape Gap Card one...

Complete with greetings, baubles and holly care of the co-ordinating stamp & punch set Christmas Gleaming... and a Copper Foil die cut Christmas using the Merry Christmas dies...

Bauble a 3D one by stamping and punching 3 baubles... scoring down the centre of each and valley folding... then sticking one to each side of each other...

And click here for the A6 Landscape Gap Card Tutorial...

Merry Monday Brightly Gleaming Pop Out Strip Card ... with Tutorial...

Love it when a few simple ideas come together and produce something a bit different but so simple to make... and so a quick tutorial for you too...

So over the past 5 years I have seen many a card fold with a strip popping out on the inside and 4 panels on each part of the strip...  even pinned a few along the way...

But this year is the year I remembered the concept... and just had to make one of my own...

So here you go...

And the pop out strip is so easy.... so I can't attribute to any tutorial out there as I didn't go and look! As I (usually) find it quicker that way... but for those of you that like the step by step details...

(1) Cut a narrow strip of card the same width as your card blank (mine is about 3/4" or 2 cm high)...

(2) Fold in half ...
(3) Fold each half in half again...
AKA for my A4L A6 card blank... Score LANDSCAPE at 7.4, 14.8 and 22.2cm

(4) Bone Fold as Valley, Mountain, Valley... so you get an M or W shape (depending on which way round you are holding it! But it ends up as a W in the card!)
(5) Stick right hand section to right hand side of card blank (right to the RH edge)
(6) Fold the strip up... apply glue to top section
(7) Fold left hand side of card blank down onto the glued section

And a final tip from me... I meant to stick my strip higher (about half way up my starry sky panel)... but I changed my mind at the last minute... and wish I hadn't... as you can't really see my lovely glittery snow banks! Which is a real shame!

But for those of you that like to see a bit more... just Google or You Tube one of the many names attributed to this card!!!

Such as "Pop Out Strip Card" (which I believe to be the original name back in 2014)...  and for which the earliest sample I saw was by Pia Gerhardt in Germany and that can be found here)

But also "Inside Banner Pop Out Card", "Inside Pop Out Card", Floating Pop Up Card", "W Fold Card", "M Fold Card", "Inside 4 Panel Card" or "4 Panel Pop Out card"

Stampin Up products used
Papers - Brightly Gleaming
Stamps - From Our House to Yours, Greatest Part of Christmas (H), Itty Bitty Christmas*, Lined Alphabet
Dies - Layering Alphabet
Embellishments - Copper Star Elements, Shimmery Crystal Effects & Ice Glitter
Card - Night of Navy, Very Vanilla
Ink Pads - Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Real Red
Marker Pen - Night of Navy

(H) This is an exclusive Host stamp set... that can be earnt for free with orders from £150...

* I used the "From Our... to Yours"... stamp from the Itty Bitty Christmas set rather than the From Our House to Yours set as I had already used that one on another card... in another colourway... which was therefore at another class stamping station!! But I do also prefer the 2 lines of text instead of the one...

Simple Stitched Star Gap Card for Christmas...

This is possibly the simplest of the Gap cards I have made... but it had quite a reaction... and there was a rush in class to make it first!! And I have to admit that I will be making some for my Christmas cards with any papers I have left over this year!!

Combining the Brightly Gleaming papers... just gone unorderable again... but lots more coming in a few weeks time...

The Stitched Stars dies

And the Merry Christmas dies (Merry in Copper Foil)

And the bit that no-one could work out...

The Christmas greeting is the Merry Christmas text block image in the Christmas Gleaming stamp set stamped in Pretty Peacock on Very Vanilla... and then cut into parts... other part coming another day!

Though I do have to "laugh" at everyone's super-excited-over-the-colour reaction to the Pretty Peacock colour every time I use it... but sadly no-one has bought any of it???

Must be about time ladies...  so I think I can feel the need for a Pretty Peacock Kit coming on!!! Remember to ask me when you "see me"... or email me if you are interested!

Concertina Box Card incorporating Stitched Stars

So there is a story behind this box card...

But before I start... Stock update!! The Feels Like Frost papers are back into stock to order!! I don't think they will be in stock to order for very long though...

And when I ordered last night... the featured Brightly Gleaming papers were on back order... but orderable again! Which means they will just arrive separately in a few weeks time... unless they go unorderable before you get to order...

So back to today's post...

I was asked to create a "birthday card in a box" for classes as Nicola's younger daughter has complained for the last few years that her older sister has had one than one card in a box... and she hasn't had one!!

I realised that I have created many "card in a box " or "box card" versions over the years... but not one like this!

As I have combined the "old favourite" Tag Topper Punch Concertina Card  (albeit with a reduced number of panels) ... and the box for it to go in... so this is truly a card in a box... as the box is indeed an in-separable part of the card!

And the birthday card is yet to be shared... but we liked it so much we had to make a christmas one too! Featuring Brightly Gleaming, Stitched Stars and Merry Christmas To All...

So what do you think? Worthy of a tutorial at some point?  Edited to Add- click here for the Tutorial posted 22 October... 

3D Thursday - Brightly Gleaming Shadow Box Frame

Sharing the last of the Quarterly Team Training projects using the Brightly Gleaming suite of products...

And this one was definitely not the least!

Designed by Monica ...

Something very special and 3D for our Christmas home decor this year...

Click here for more details on the Suite... or here for the products in the Online Store

And scroll back to Monday and Tuesday this week for the Brightly Gleaming cards we also made at Training...

Merry Monday - Brightly Gleaming Triangular Tri Fold Card

An interesting Fancy Fold card we made using the Brightly Gleaming papers and Christmas Gleaming stamps and punches at Quarterly Training a few weeks ago... 

But before I start... promotion finishing today.... The Paper Sale - Buy 4 Pay for 3 - click here for more details... Offer ends 10.30pm today.

So back to the Triangular Tri Fold Card... which opens like so....

Click here for a video tutorial by Julie...

Sunday Suite - Brightly Gleaming

Moving swiftly onto my favourite Suite... with my second favourite papers!!

Though it is very close where the papers are concerned... as these are just full of shiny copper-y foil-y goodness... and I know they will VERY popular amongst most of my class ladies... so I guess you will be seeing plenty of projects with these!

Let's start with a Display Board shot...

Then.... the full Brightly Gleaming Suite Bundle (aka one code - order the lot- in one quick go!)

Which consists of the Christmas Gleaming Bundle... with the 10% off the bundled price

Or buy the Christmas Gleaming stamps...

And/or the Gleaming Ornament Punches separately if you prefer...

Not forgetting the gorgeous Brightly Gleaming papers... of which you can see every sheet if you scroll to the end of this post...

All finished off with...

Hammered Metal 3D embossing folder...

Star Elements...

Foil Elements embellishments

Very Vanilla/Copper 1/2" Classic Weave Ribbon

And here is a trio of project shots to whet your appetite...

And here are all the papers patterns for you to see... just imagine all that shiny copper-y foil-y finish...

And before I go today... here is a video showing you all of the new Autumn Winter papers... in flick through mode