Heart Shaped Wildflower Birthday & Last 4 hours of Sale A Bration...

Just very quickly sharing another of my Wildflower Birthday cards (whilst you can still earn the SAB stamp set I used, Heart Shaped for free! Apologies for those of you that see this tomorrow...)

As there are now now only 3 hours left of this year's Sale A Bration promotion... and I have just realised I have used another free Sale A Bration product in one of my Wildflower Birthday suite of cards...

This is a Double Half Hexagon Card... of which we made a few heart versions of as you can see... as my ladies loved this heart bundle so so much...

More on the card fold another day as I have a few more versions of this lovely card fold... as I have been very busy creating some special cards  - now about 9 so far - and want to pull together a special Craft Spa Card Kit with Tutorials (subject to enough interest!) using the Wildflower Birthday papers.... 

So please do not hesitate to contact me if you would be interested in more details on such a Kit... or even just a Tutorial package if you are not based in the UK (or already have the papers!)... 

Documenting the Day... Last 24 hours of Sale a Bration

We are now into the last 24 hours of this year's Sale A Bration promotion...

So a quick share of one of my Wildflower Birthday cards (whilst you can still earn the SAB stamp set I used, Documenting the Day for free!)

Wonderful stamp set for all your memory keeping - especially for summer holiday and special day spreads

This is a Gatefold Accordion Card - but more of that another day... as I have been very busy creating some special cards  - about 8 so far - and want to pull together a special Craft Spa Card Kit with Tutorials (subject to enough interest!) using the Wildflower Birthday papers.... 

So please do not hesitate to contact me if you would be interested in more details on such a Kit... or even just a Tutorial package if you are not based in the UK (or already have the papers!)... 

Fancy Fold Friday - Dainty Flowers Double W Fold Card

This is going to be a year of special cards for special birthdays... so here is the first of many a fun and fancy fold card...

Which I call the Double W Fold Card... which is based upon a card (that was incredibly popular) that I made many years ago HERE... (so I could call it a Double Pop Out Strip Card but I think Double W Fold is less of a mouthful!)

Back to this card another day... as whilst we were there we made a few!!

This version was sized around the Dainty Flowers paper pack cut out panel on the front of the card.... 

These papers have proven extremely popular... as they are gorgeous... and a pack can be yours for free with every £45 ordered during Sale A Bration... but remember not quite 2 weeks left for the Sale A Bration promotion now... ends 28 February... 

And bear in mind that there is the Dainty Delight bundle to match! So you can buy the bundle and get the co-ordinating papers for free... Simples!

Wednesday WOW - Paper Blooms Double Fan Fold Card

OMG... I have been wanting to make one of these Double Fan Fold cards for ages... ever since I first saw one on Sam's Mixed Up Craft blog back in August 2020... and many a-one seen since... and I am definitely not disappointed... Thank you Sam...

So this is my first Double Fan Fold card... and I followed Sam's tutorial to the letter... as it creates a nice big card... And I can have to admit... that I absolutely LOVE this card... 

Flowers all fussy cut from the Paper Blooms papers.... shiny Rococo Rose foil from the Love You always Foil Sheet pack...

And check out the 2 butterflies... one stamped and die cut to the top left... and the other fussy die cut to the bottom right...  A sneak peek of a new product suite coming 2nd March... Butterfly Bouquet... more details coming Sunday...

The perfect set of products for you butterfly fanciers... simply gorgeous... may just be the nicest butterflies I have ever had!!

Stampin Up! Products Used

Paper Blooms papers (free with Sale a Bration promotion...but only till Sun 28 Feb)

Love You Always Foil Sheets 

Happiest of Birthdays stamps

Stitched So Sweetly dies

Butterfly Brilliance bundle

And a couple of simple tips for you... 

(1) Don't be too scared to cut your stamps... makes for much more versatility... as I can use Happy Birthday on its own now... on top of each other (as here)  or side by side to form the long sentiment when I want that... And I can still use ... as designed for... when I need that sentiment too...

(2) Gut your foil... I cut in at 1cm (approx 3/8") from each side... 

So now I have a panel I can use for something else another day...

It gets covered by the paper panel in any case...

Fancy Fold Friday Frolics with Love...

Have I got a treat for your eyes today...

A stunning little buckaroo box card... care of Darling Donkeys (which can be yours for free with a £45 purchase during Sale A Bration...) 

I have to admit that this really made my day yesterday... I needed a pick-me-up and this card certainly did it for me... I wow-ed and smiled... and laughed and oooh'd... and then I am really glad to report... that I went onto have a creative marathon .... so lots of projects ready to share....

So this fabulous card... is not made by yours truly... but by Rebecca Deary... a lovely fellow demonstrator, team member and friend...

This was sent with love... hence the hearts... as part of a "Give A Little Love card chain"... and it reminded me... how much a  handmade card really is like "a hug with a fold in the middle" as the saying goes... 

So try it... it comes highly recommended... as both a giver... and a receiver... 

Just send someone a card... with a heart to show that you care... just to say hello and give them a hug... 

I am on a mission now... wonder how many cards with hearts I can make to arrive by 14th Feb... anyone care to join me?

Though I admit that the 2 cards I have sent so far were much simpler than Rebecca's gorgeous card...

Back soon!

Friday Field of Flowers....

 

Thought I'd try a Bridge U Fold card with the Field of Flowers as my final moonlit scene trio card...

Didn't quite work out quite as my eyes intended... but effective none the less... but I'll redo for my Class in The Mail using the daylight colours! Hence the delay - sorry!

Also used Lovely You (leaves from the top), Winter Woods (spindly trees at back)  & My Meadow (right hand tree, birds & clouds)

And so here is the complete moonlit trio...

Bench Fold Card Tutorials are now available for the Desks & Dressing Table and the Shop Window...

And finally... I can now say that I have finished the next 2 series of Bench Fold Card Tutorials... only taken 5 weeks solid between start and finish! Wow! 5 times longer than I ever ever expected! Such is life at the moment!

Want the know how? Click HERE to go and order the tutorial (s)... 

So more details for you... Click on the highlighted card name to go straight to the relevant blog post with more photos... 

Series Two covers the Dressing Table...

The Crafters Desk...

And the Student Desk... 

Series Three covers the Shop Window...

I wanted to create another version- or two ... but I reckon it would take me another 3-4 weeks the way things have gone... so I stopped myself! And so note that this is just the one... 

And you can also get Series One at the same time - on its own - or for a reduced rate if you buy all three at the same time... 

This covers the Aga (ie Range cooker), BBQ and the Tool Bench... 

Retail Therapy anyone? Best Dressed Bench Fold Shop Window Card

Love these new girlie Best Dressed papers, Dressed to Impress stamp set and the whole Best Dressed Suite... not like anything that I have had before!

And love the new Bench Fold Card design that they inspired... call this one the Shop Window!

Been wanting to make a window for a while! And these images just gave me the perfect excuse... I can see a few variants of these over the months and years ahead!

And yes it does fold up flat to go in an envelope... though I think I will have to pop this one in an extra large square one to fit the canopy in...

Want the know how? Click HERE to order the tutorial...

Only been three years since the first series!

And I wonder where that list I wrote 3 years ago is... of nearly 100 different projects for my Bench Fold design! And I have to admit that I have thought of more to add recently!

Pop Out Panel Card - Still Scenes #2

Another version of the Feels Like Frost Pop out Panel Card... for which I will be back with a Tutorial sometime soon...

Again using the Still Scenes stamps, Snowglobe dies and Snowglobe Shaker Dome... which I am delighted to tell you will all be carrying over! Which means I get to play with them more...

And have I told you that Feels Like Frost will be coming back!! Officially sometime in September 2020... hooray!