Thursday 3" ers...

Cut a lovely piece of 12x12 Awash in Beauty paper into 3" wide strips...and what do you get? 

Well ... and very simply... 16 of these cards from one pack of papers... 

I have set on a DL card base (aka Tall Skinny card) but you can  set on a standard A6 (or US A2) card blank too... you'd just cut more of the paper height away!

And for those of you asking me about paper kits and tutorials over the past week... here you go... just scroll back to see more pictures of the other 2 fancy fold cards included...

My Awash in Beauty co-ordinating paper kit for those of you in the UK... and PDF tutorials for everyone else and UK! 

I would REALLY love your support with these kits... 

Just CLICK HERE to email me for a Paypal invoice or more details... but don't forget to tell me which kit you would like and the relevant email address... Order going in imminently if you wish to be sure of getting these lovely papers... but I can do another round for the end of the month...

And remember if you add a £45+bundle/order... then you will qualify for a Sale A Bration freebie... 

Note that the Paper Kit does not count towards qualifying Sale A Bration spends... 

Want to see more of these co-ordinating products... Click on the photos below to go straight to the relevant product in the Online Store...

Simple for Sunday - Change the World...

Couldn't get much simpler than this... 

A super CAS card that says it all... when it just needs saying!

Care of the new Host stamp set - Begin With A Dream...

Wondering how to get a Host Set without ordering £150s of product at one time... join one of my Monthly Clubs*... click here to email me (or use the contact form down the right hand side) now for more details relevant to your budget...

*For example - order £50 a month for 3 months - for £15 host set goods value or £15 free goods in Month 3 ... so... Begin With a Dream is £12 Host Value and you would have £3 left to select some free goods!

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!

Fun Fold Friday - Easy Step Card Tutorial

Back with the tutorial as promised... for both the Easy (aka Simple) Centre Step Card AND Side Step Card... as the only difference is where you stick your front up & over panel... be it centred (as on the Tutorial sample)... or offset to one side (as on most of the others)...

Recipe
Main Card 14.8 x 20cm
Up & Over Panel 7.4 x 21cm *
Paper 14.3 x 7cm ; 14.3 x 2cm
Thin White Card - Inside: 14.3 x 7cm Front: 6.9 x 10cm
Plus white scraps for stamping the flowers and leaves

OR click here for the tutorial for Julie's original (US A2/inches) version that inspired my creations... Though I used a longer Up & Over panel* as I thought it slightly easier to score in half and assemble this way...
* This panel would be 3" x 8 1/2" scored LANDSCAPE at 4 1/4" to go with with Julies version...

1.     Score Main Card panel LANDSCAPE at 7.5, 15 & 17.5cm

2.     Bone fold mountain, valley & mountain

3.     Score Up & Over panel LANDSCAPE at 10.5cm

4.     Mountain bone fold

5.     Adhere papers to front faces of main card 

6.     Adhere white card panel to inside face

7.     Put glue on front base section where required (ie centre or offset) 
TIP - using grid paper useful for lining/eyeing things up for next steps...

8.     Adhere Up & Over panel to front/base section... ensuring things all lined up on front and back sections...

9.     Put glue on back of main card panel where required

10. Adhere Up & Over panel to back of main card panel

11. Ink up, stamp , colour and hand cut 2 flower duos, 1 leaf spray and 6 leaves as required.

TIP - I simply flicked Stampin Blends out from the centre of the flowers for a subtle colour effect...

12. Glue 2 leaves together to form 3pairs

13. Place card onto envelope… TIP - very important! It saves sticking flowers where they won't fit in the envelope!!!

14. Adhere white card panel to Up & Over section

15. Adhere top left leaves… (Note- leaves are stuck flat)

16. Adhere flowers (Note- flowers are 3D foamed) 

17. Ink up & stamp greeting 

18. Adhere rest of flowers and leaves 
TIP - you could ink up and stamp the leaf spray direct onto the white panel to avoid fussy cutting if preferred!

And voila...

 

And here's a group shot for you... with all the Friendly Hello versions I made.. 

Note that the even simpler aka Easiest versions in the central slots above (and previously shared here)  just have Whisper White Main Card and Up & Over panels (so no extra thin white panels needed)... and the Granny Apple Green version does not have the 14.3 x 2cm piece of paper... 

Last day of Sale A Bration promotion... and More on Monday...

So these are the Easiest (or Simplest) Side Step Cards in my Friendly Hello series... as with even more steps omitted... they are even simpler to make... and cleaner & simpler in style too... Some extra hints at the end of this post...

So these showcase three more of the patterns of gorgeous Friendly Hello papers... and co-ordinating stamps... which can be earnt for free during the Sale-a-bration promotion with a £90 order... 

But you will need to be quick as the promotion ends on 10.30pm UK time TODAY, Monday, 28 February... 

Click here for all the details on the Sale-a-bration  promotion... including how to get 2 free stamp sets... and/or click here for the Sale A Bration leaflet... which shows you all the extra free goodies you can get for each nd every order for £45 product...

Oh... and just click here if you have your £130 list (PLUS those 2 free stamp sets) ready and wish to join my Team... 

But back to todays' cards... with some quick notes on simplicity... 

Both are set on white cardstock... for the main card element and the pop up section... so no need for the 2 white panels on coloured card sections as with the previous cards... simples!

And the paper panel is omitted from the following Granny Apple Green version... making it a really super simple stunner IMHO... and a very quick to make fun fold card too!

Back with the Tutorial soon... 

Simple Saturday - Clean & Simple Grassy Grove

Love love love this... actually I am in product heaven...  introducing Grassy Grove...

Simple die cut in white... and then in black... slight stagger when gluing together for a shadow which gives it all a real pop!

A layer of (sadly no longer available) Ever Eden papers behind... plus a couple of die cut deer...

And you have a simply & beautifully formed card...

Greeting care of Nature's Harvest... as the wording just... seemed to fit the bill! 

Gingerbread & Peppermint 5 ways...

Super clean & simple...but very effective...

Couple of different designs... using Kraft card... which carries over next year btw...

Though sadly the stamps and dies are now sold out... though there are still a few papers left...