Yuletide Village Part 3... tea light dome bauble...

 A tea light lit snow globe for the christmas tree....

Have to admit that there is a storm blowing out there as I type these posts... which is maybe affecting Blogger as icons aren't showing etc... so its all a bit of a puzzle!! So I will be brief in my shars for a few days! 

Yuletide Village Part 2 - more Snowglobes

 

A few more Yuletide Village & Frosted Forest Snow Globe makes...

It's been a while...

Since I last posted a creative share.... and wow I didn't realise how long a while!!! So so sorry... but normal Life bacame a tad too busy this year!

I have had a few people ask after me recently (thank you!)...  so I think it is high time I shared a few things to show I am still alive and still designing &creating new projects....

So Christmas makes first... all of which were made using either the gorgeous Green and Gold foiled papers ... OR Yuletide Village (now discontinued and unavailable) combined with the Frosted Forest  bundle... 

Along with the online exclusives Greetings of the Season set (or various retired greetings sets I used before the new set arrived!) 

First up - a trio of Yuletide Village & Frosted Forest cards... Diorama to the left... Snow Globe in the middle and a very simple Large Square Card to the right! 

Trusty Tools - Round Up

 

A quick group shot of the Trusty Tools card designs made so far... just scroll back through the last 7 posts to see the individual cards and more details...

Edited to Add! Free Shipping promotion extended until the end of today Wednesday, 24 July.

It was Free Shipping for 24 hours only yesterday... but it turned out to be another day of worldwide internet issues! (You should have heard my DH when he got back from work!!!) ... so huge apologies if you tried and failed yesterday... but happily Stampin' Up! have extended the promotion so you don't miss out after all...

Trusty Tools #3 - Double Diorama Card

 

Third in my series of Fun or Fancy Fold cards created using the Trusty Tools dies and stamps along with the Trusty Tool box papers...

But before I start... the Bonus Days promotion is now live... 

When you shop between 3 and 31 July and spend £45 you will earn a £4.50 coupon! One coupon/code for every £45 spent... A code will be sent for each "coupon" by email right after a qualifying purchase has been made.  Then you can redeem them between 1 and 31 August. 

So back to today's card... this time a Large Square (aka 6" Square) Double Layer Diorama card...

Sadly the retired Trusty Toolbox papers were an exclusive free-to-earn product during the Sale A Bration promotion last January and February... and so are not available to order any more... 

But the images in the Trusty Tools stamps & dies bundle produce most of those tool images... 

The tool-box is die cut using the Trusty Tool Box dies... greeting using the fabulous Wanted to Say dies... and silver background texture care of the Metal Plate embossing folder...

Tuesday Trio - New Horizons & In The Moment

I am sure that some of you spotted the main 2 panels I cut from the New Horizons 6x6 paper sheet to have the leftover for the window card I shared last Sunday...

Well ... these are the 2 Simple Diorama cards I created from those 2 panels... instructions for the card HERE...

Simple for Saturday - Grassy Grove & New Horizons meets Sailing Home...

 

Simple watery scenic perfection... for the sailing fans...

Combining the New Horizons papers... with a Grassy Grove die cut... and finishing off with a Sailing Home yacht... on a Simple Diorama Card 

Made in minutes... and I think this will be a very popular card for many crafters... and recipients... I know...

Card tutorial here...

Sunday Swap - Grassy Grove

From time to time... part of our team of intrepid (and incredibly talented and creative!) demonstrators create a set of cards and then swap with each other to provide each of us with samples of different products, projects and styles...

And this month was the time for our latest Team Swap! I created a set of 10 cards using the Grassy Grove dies... which I have to admit may prove to be my most popular die of all time!!

My original plan was to use the wonderful New Horizons papers... but delays to stocks being in place in Europe meant I had to come up with a Plan B... though my papers did turn up the day after the deadline! And they are indeed perfect for this little scene...

So a bit of Baby Wipe Swoosh ( or Swipe) on Shimmery White card was the order of the day... using Soft Succulent and Balmy Blue to produce a dreamy backdrop... with a touch of Soft Succulent stamped grasses at the bottom...

Added a couple of deer to my 3D scene... and finished off with the beautiful greeting from Nature's Harvest in Evening Evergreen... I just thought this was the perfect sentiment for my little scene...

And I had to share the full set of backgrounds... as I love that they changed as time crept on... as the Baby Wipe got less and less moist... 

Oh .. and did I mention... I designed a simple but fun fancy fold whilst I was at it... as I found that the die cut card blank wanted to splay... and so collapse! So an extra insert was the order of the day... and so I guess you could call this a Simple Diorama Card Fold...

Just a 14.8 x 5cm piece of card scored whilst portrait at 1, 2.5 and 4cm... folded valley, mountain, valley... and stuck to the bottom of the card... (For my US friends... 5 1/2" x 2"... scored whilst portrait at 3/8", 1" and 1 5/8")

And yes you've guessed it... I now have 9 wonderful swapped cards to share at some point... though I have quite a lot of other projects to share first... including some New Horizons versions... so they will be for another day! 

Friday Fun Fold - For The Guys Diorama Card

Well we loved this card with the card blank and pieces from the For The Guys  card kit... 

Such depth to the scene...

But I must dash today...

So I will be back with more details for you another day...