Christmas Classics Shining Brightly

Another month... and another apology for not sharing projects... until today! 

But just a quick share today... a Bridge Fold card using the stunning Shining Brightly papers and the Christmas Classic bundle...  CLICK HERE for the Tutorial ... as this is just such a great fun fold card for bulk christmas card making... particularly as it maximises your card & paper usage... 

I have to come clean ... and admit that although I'm still designing and creating projects... and taking the photos to use on a blog post... I then find it very difficult and time consuming to see and find the photos when I need them... and so I have been defeated... 

You may remember that I had a new PC set up at the beginning of the year... and thought that would make things easier and quicker... well that changed a few unexpected things... and I have struggled since... though today I have just remembered  a short term work round... 

I've also had a few extra things on for the last few months... most great! a holiday in Tuscany, Italy in September... and another in the Lake District during October... and then the ultimate holiday present after our time in the Lakes.... Yup...covid! Though I was generally ok with that... and its now gone! Phew...

And before I leave... don't forget that today is the last day to get a starter kit with an extra 35% product- or 35% off - plus a free Stampin'Up! event... Just click HERE for more details...

Sunday Share - You're A Peach set...

A quick round up of the 4 cards shared over the past week in my series of Focus on Using 6x6 Papers... 

Featuring  You're A Peach papers... and the stamps from the Sentimental Rose kit

Click HERE to see the alternative Christmas card set... featuring Tidings of Christmas...

And/or click HERE to see all the You're A Peach Suite in action... 

Simple for Saturday - You're A Peach #4

 

Finishing off with the simplest of the series focusing on using papers... featuring the You're A Peach papers 

A straightforward A6 tent fold card that is a great way to use the scraps left from other cards.... click HERE for the Tidings of Christmas version 

Greetings from Biggest Wishes and Sentimental Rose... flower spray fussy cut from You're A Peach papers...

Fun Fold Friday - Lock & Pop Card - You're A Peach #3

 

Continuing the using papers series... featuring the You're A Peach papers ...

So another Lock & Pop card for you today... to hopefully brighten your day with this colour combination...

Click HERE for the christmas version and more information on those...

You're A Peach #2 - Multi Layer Card

Another in my series of Focus on Using 6x6 Papers... featuring the You're A Peach papers 

This card is a great way to use the scraps left from another card.... click HERE for the Tidings of Christmas version and/or to read more about it with some tips too...

Small flowers and leaves fussy cut out from the papers... greeting and larger fussy cut leaves from the Sentimental Rose kit...

You're A Peach #1 - Side (aka Book) Fold Card

Well I promised you more... 

After 18 months without classes... my ladies weren't ready for just Christmas makes... so I did a set of Christmas and a set of All Occasions to top up their stash!  A dual format that will be repeated! Same cards, different papers/themes...

So here we have the All Occasion series with the focus on using 6x6 papers... again starting with a Side Fold card (aka Book Fold or Book Binding Fold Card)

In fact 2 Side Fold Cards...as I started off on white card... and then decided I wanted more of a colour pop...so out came the Calypso Coral...

Featuring You're A Peach papers ... bright, zesty and one to lift your mood!

Click HERE to see the alternative Side Fold card for Christmas... featuring Tidings of Christmas...

And/or click HERE to see all the You're A Peach Suite in action...

Small flowers and leaves fussy cut out from the papers... greeting and larger fussy cut leaves from the Sentimental Rose kit... and the greeting punched out again with the Label Me Lovely Punch... 

Merry Monday - Tidings of Christmas Round Up

A quick round up of the 4 cards shared over the past week in my series of Focus on Using 6x6 Papers... featuring Tidings of Christmas along with the Merriest Moments stamps for some Christmas makes...

Have to admit that this mini series has proven a very popular class....

So wait there's more! Be sure to return tomorrow for more on a "paper focus series"... 

Simple for Saturday - Tidings of Christmas #4

Finishing off with the simplest of the series focusing on using the 6 x 6 papers...  featuring Tidings of Christmas and  Merriest Moments for Christmas makes... 

A straightforward A6 tent fold card... perfect for using those scraps...

Thursday Tidings of Christmas #2 - Multi Layer Card - with some tips...

Another in my series of Focus on Using 6x6 Papers... featuring Tidings of Christmas along with the Merriest Moments stamps for some Christmas makes...

This card is a great way to use the scraps left from another card....

But before I start... remember that today  is the last day you can order with the Sale A Bration promotion offers available to you.... In brief... a free gift for every £45 ordered... a free stamp set (In  Your Words) for orders over £275... AND wow! A free extra bundle when joining (see pg 19) our Stampin Up! family ...

Bit of a back story with this card... as it is a re-worked or CASEd version of a card I made 8 years ago for a Male Card series using Dapper Dad and Parkers Patterns... and that has been sitting on my "re-make me as I'm great" pile ever since... So now I have... though I changed the sizes of the top mat and papers to suit my leftovers from a card I will share soon!

And I couldn't resist decorating the inside with another of my paper scraps...

And a few tips for you....

(1) Reduce the amount of ribbon/thread you use when you are just going to cover it up... hopefully the picture says 1000 words....

(2) Feel free to "gut" the centre of your paper square... again hopefully the picture says 1000 words... I went round lining up and cutting at 3cm on all 4 sides... so I now have a smaller square of paper to use on another card...

(3) The poinsettia is a small flower layered (using a 3d foam Stampin Dimensionals pad) over a larger flower!

(4) The poinsettia leaves are from the large poinsettia flower inked up in the green! (Evening Evergreen in this instance) Perfect finish!

14.8cm Square Card Blank Cheery Cobbler

Paper 14.3cm Square mat (Gut centre out at 3cm all round  - or not!)

Striped Paper 14.8 x 3.8cm. 

Cherry Cobbler mat 10.3cm Square with White 5.3cm Square panel plus 4 paper panels 7.5 x 2cm.

Two for Tuesday - Paper Blooms

Carrying on with the other half of the Paper Blooms & Heal Your Heart Angled Corner Layer cards quartet as first shared here... where you can see the tutorial link and the product information...

And here is the other side of the paper sheet... Rococo Rose stripes...

Remember that you can get both Paper Blooms & Heal Your Heart for free during the Sale A Bration promotion  - one for every £45 ordered  - but beware this promotion finishes in just under a weeks time - this Sunday 28 Feb... so time is of the essence...

And here are all 4 together...

Paper Blooms Angled Corner Layer Cards duo...

I was inspired by the nifty use of one 6"x6" piece of paper by Rachel Tessman at Stamp Your Art Out. blog to make four of these Angled Corner Cards...

Really quick and easy method with papers... but making a stunning feature... and 4 cards made in a flash! Definitely a method for "pinning" and to use when bulk making...

Sharing just the 2 today... as I tried out a few things as I went along... come back Tuesday for the other Paper Blooms pair... and (hopefully) a few extra tips...

Floral and leaf elements fussy cut from the Paper Blooms papers... which I just love...  

Along with a sentiment from the Heal Your Heart stamps... of which the sentiments are just amazing for today's times... 

I particularly like the "can't... fix your problems... but you won't face them alone"... (2nd one down)... I can send a lot with that sentiment out nowadays.. and hopefully brighten someone else's day slightly in the doing so...

Remember that you can get both of these for free during the Sale A Bration promotion  - one for every £45 ordered  - but beware this promotion finishes in just over a weeks time - 28 Feb...

Need more flowers... just check out the co-ordinating All Blooms bundle featured earlier this week... along with those fantastic pierced blooms....

Apart from using different cut out flowers and sentiments... there's only two slight difference between these 2 cards...

Just the Night of Navy mat... and a white embossed sentiment down the right hand slope on this one... and note that the large daisy-type flower is just a partial one (cut from the edge of the paper) which was popped under the bottom slope and covered by more flowers...

And a Night of Navy stamped sentiment on an extra Seaside Spray mat on this one...