Something Special for Saturday... Tool Shed Bench Fold Card....

I have a real treat for you today...

As many of you know... every so often someone makes my day... by sending a beautiful creation that has been inspired by one of my makes...  or using one of my tutorials... or often a bit of both!!

And... if I am allowed (as sometimes sadly I am not)... it means I get to share someone else's very special creation with you... and they are always very very special (aka masterpiece) ... and so always make me feel proud for my little part in what others do...

And today is no exception... isn't this Shed Bench Fold Card by fellow teamie and friend, Sarah Lavelle just wonderful... such talent! Just check out that calendar to the LHS!!! Check out Sarah's post with more details here...

Thank you so much for allowing me to share this Sarah... and I may just be "pinching" some of your ideas... as ... as you know... I want to make an updated Garage (or Tool Bench) version for this year for my father...

And want to make your own... you will need both the Wood Textures and Classic Garage papers ... the Classic Garage Metal Embellishments... and the Geared Up Garage bundle would be pretty useful for the finishing touches too!!!

Live in the UK...? Purchase just the 2 papers and embellishments (or products equivalent in value) and I will send you my Bench Fold Card Tutorial for free... just email me after placing your order to say that is what you would like as your gift with order...

And yes...  I have got my Bench Fold Card tutorial out again!!! And I have also found my list of about 100 projects that my brain came up with at the time!! Just need a few hours to play... maybe week after next!

In the meantime... if anyone else would like to share their own masterpiece(s)... you would also make my day!

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Garage Card Part 3... Happy Fathers Day... Dads!

So I finally finished off my own father's Fathers Day card... so a quick share of the finished garage interior... as well as another ...very different... interior later on for Andrea's Dad...

I kept it simple... just a favourite wished-for car, Jaguar F Type... in a favourite colour (that he would never be allowed!!)... with his personalised registration plate...

But I just know that he will LOVE this card!!

Click here for the original share(s) with the directions...

And Happy Fathers Day wherever you and your family may be...

Images used (for personal use only!) care of a Google Search for Jaguar F Type... and "personalised registration plate" - which came up with many sites that physically produce registration plates and so you can enter the letters and numbers you want and an image is generated... easy!

And before I go... here is Andrea's for her Dad... 

A wonderful amalgam of things for boats & gardening along with a crowded bench & lots of tools... this hobby makes being so wonderfully personal with our cards so easy!!! And that always keeps the men folk happy!!

The Impossible- Home Life Shed- Card

Very quick share today... as I am a woman on a bit of a mission!!

A Father's Day card for you today... be it a garage or a garden shed...or just a man cave...

Click here for the tailor made destructions as I like to call them (aka Tutorial).... and a New Home Congratulations version...

In the meantime... have to say... what a great card format!! The Impossible Card (that very definitely isn't! Impossible that is... ) But more on that later...

And... I was quite amazed that so many people hadn't noticed this wonderful house shaped die & set in the retiring Home Life bundle... so felt obliged to point it out to you asap... only available while supplies last...

PS Talking of houses.... By very popular request... come back tomorrow (later than usual mind!) when I should have a certain Greenhouse (aka Conservatory) card Tutorial ready for you!!! Just need to take a quick photo or two in the morning...

Stampin Up Products Used
Papers - Naturally Eclectic, Wood Textures
Stamps - Guy Greetings, Home Life
Dies - Home Life, Barn Door
Card & Ink - A4 Mint Macaron card, Memento Ink, Mint Macaron Ink,
Others - Soft Suede & sponge, Basic Black Marker pen

And yes it folds flat too...

The Garage Card Part 2

So this is how I finished off the Garage card that I started and shared here last Friday...

Loving the Barn Door doors and wrought iron hardware! So glad I purchased this bundle... especially as the stamps and the dies are carrying over to the new 2018-19 Annual Catalogue... though remember that the current 10% bundle discounts do not carry over... so purchase now if you want any of the current stamp & die/punch bundles with 10% discount...

Back to the card... just an added trimmed Soft Suede panel (14.8W x 15.8cmH) to the back.... so the final card fits in a 16.5cm square envelope... plus an extra trimmed Hardwood stamped panel (14 x 5cm) on top of that... They end up sitting really flush... so it is a very neat finished project... This method will be used again...

I left the inside the same... ie really simple... as I want everyone to be able to finish off the decoration with their husband/father/son ... or even daughter in mind (as I know one will be used as a Driving Test congratulations card)... and I know there will be a few Sheds, Potting Sheds, Man Caves... and even Craft Sheds too!

Mine will either have a super sporty car front with a car registration number personalised for my Dad... or a photo of one of his first cars... which will be a difficult choice as he is  - and has always been- a car-loving-man... I could even do a car collage stretching over all 3 inside faces!!

Trimming the extra panels to the apex shape is easy enough... just mark the centre point of the larger panel (at the top) at 7.4cm...lay your gatefold card blank on top...and draw in the 2 lines from either top edge of the gatefold up to the centre mark... and then cut...

Then you can use this to draw and then cut the smaller stamped panel shape...

Though it is even easier for my ladies... as they have a couple of templates to work with....

So the base card is just a 10.5cm x A4L piece of Soft Suede card scored LANDSCAPE at 7.4cm from either side (and I think 4" x 11", scored at 2 3/4" LANDSCAPE from either side from US Letter would be closest - with extra 5 1/2" W x 6 1/4" H  plus 5 1/4" W x 2" H panels... and mark the centre/top at 2 3/4" for your apex)

And the Basic Black panel is 8.5 x 13.2cm ( US Letter 4 3/4" x 3 1/4") to line up with the Barn Door size...

Barn Doors all stamped using Soft Suede ink on Soft Suede cardstock... and then sponged around the edges to add more definition... Though I could have used Wood Textures papers as they were part of the class kit!! I just (stupidly) completely forgot as the creative moment took me... doh...

And a Basic Black stamped greeting from retiring Guy Greetings finishes the card off... still the best male sentiments stamp set ever...

Barn Door Simple Gatefold Garage Card

Well this was a simple little gatefold Garage card I was plotting for my Men in May classes... but then I had a change of heart.... and carried on a little more... though my ladies may indeed do both versions...

So thought I would share this initial prototype... and as I copied the photos on here.... I have just spotted my door setting boo boo!!! Oops... luckily rectified for the final full card...

Using the Barn Door bundle... available in Wood and Clear Mount...

And I will leave the background to... and plans for final decoration for... this card until another day...

But in the meantime... it is just a 10.5cm x A4L piece of Soft Suede card scored LANDSCAPE at 7.4cm from either side (and I think 4" x 11", scored at 2 3/4" from either side from US Letter would be closest)

Doors also stamped and sponged using Soft Suede ink on Soft Suede card...