60% off Lights Aglow papers... and co-ordinating Festive Foils and Glimmer paper...

Second post today... highlighting another heavily discounted Last Chance List product from 11pm this Wed night (30 Nov)... 60% off the beautiful Lights Aglow papers... along with other key products...

Click HERE for all the low down on the Last Chance List and all the discounts - with many many products having 60% off...

So just quickly posting a bumper crop of projects using these 6x6" Lights Aglow papers... and I intend to come back to these another day with more details...

Few more products with 60% off to highlight here... 

The co-ordinating 12" papers, Festive Foils (as used on those gold pizza boxes for  very rapid packaging) and gorgeous Glimmer Paper (White/Dark Green & Gold)... all with 60% discount! Both just £3.80 instead of £9.50... 

And the fabulous Merriest Moments (poinsettias, holly leaves & berries and the gorgeous hybrid embossing and die cut shown above) Also with 60% off both the stamps and the dies... such a useful bargain! Just £28.50 instead of £58 for both parts... And most of the bundle can be used all year round... 

Oh and Click HERE for a round up of many Merriest Moments projects made and shared last year! Gosh... what a lot! Love them all... 

Note - Grassy Grove dies used for the forest canopy and deer in the white card duo ... along with the the limited availability Framed & Festive greeting stamps. and oh the 60% discounted Sweet Gingerbread again as highlighted in my earlier post...

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 on Sunday - Grassy Grove & New Horizons Aperture Card

This is my favourite card so far in my New Horizons & Grassy Grove series... so simple... but a stunner...

Just a Grassy Grove die cut in a portrait tent fold card blank... And then a quick trim of the card blank to 4" wide... which happens to neaten... and "best even out" those tree trunk widths to either side... Trust me you will know exactly what that means should you make one...

Then a stamped 4" x 3"H (7.5cm) paper piece inserted for the background... 

With a quick trim of the leftover bottom 3"H piece for that front base panel.... ie trimmed to best match my aperture positioning... so everyone will be slightly different (though for info - mine is  4.5cm - about 1 3/4" high)

Fussy cut On the Horizons greeting... and finished off with a piece of Black Twine...

And here are the 2 cards primarily created from that one piece of paper...

And hopefully the following picture will save a 1000 words about the paper cutting for the 2 cards...

Wednesday Wideo featuring Grassy Grove Bundle...

So I've already had a lot of use of my Grassy Grove dies... 

The main die cut tree canopy image definitely being an all time favourite of mine... especially as it teams so perfectly with the New Horizons papers or simple swooshed backgrounds to create a simple but stunning card for any occasion... more to come on these another day!

But I thought I should quickly share some more creations to showcase more aspects of the Grassy Grove bundle...

Starting with a video... 

Showing you how to create these two beautiful cards... and/or CLICK HERE for the written instructions ...

And for those of you that prefer the individual card images... here's a round up of all 5 cards featured today... and/or CLICK HERE for the recipes for all 5...

Tuesday Trio - New Horizons Square Cards

Pick a piece of New Horizons papers...

Cut in half in both directions to form 4 squares

And simply decorate...

Small, medium or large squares... which do you prefer?

Live in the UK? Like what you see? 

Then don't hesitate to contact me for more details on my New Horizons class in the mail pack - and/or a co-ordinated Paper and coloured card pack... close date 22 March... 

Oh or a New Horizons Tutorials package for those of you overseas... 

And who would like to guess how I used the 4th paper square on this occasion?

Also used On The Horizon, Grassy Grove and Glass Pebbles...

Click HERE for more information on the full New Horizons suite of products...

Saturday Serene Scene...

The last of my In The Moment Grassy Grove & New Horizons cards... for now...

A simple little serene scene... of which a couple of details may be hard to spot... 

As she is dipping her toes into the water... almost literally...

And look... no coffee cup for a change..

Simple Diorama Card fold instructions  here…

Thursday Trio - In The Moment scene...

Here are some more of my cards using the triple combination of the Grassy Grove die-cut, New Horizons papers and In The Moment stamps... 

This first one also combines Paper Piecing for the shirt... with Baby Wipe Swoosh (or Swipe) for the background

Whereas the other 2 have the images coloured using Stampin Blends alcohol markers... and have a sheet of the New Horizons as the background...

All on a Simple Diorama card that can be used for all occasions... Click HERE for the card tutorial...

All just so.... peaceful...

And do be sure to have a close look at the images... as my trusty Paper Snips scissors have been busy cutting away parts of the images I didn't want on these occasions...

Be In The Moment... #1

A few of these to share with you!  But just keeping it simple for today... as it is Sunday after all... 

So here is a simple standard sized Tent Fold Card (opening at the side)...

Combining my favourite papers ever... New Horizons.... with my favourite die cut ever, Grassy Grove... with In The Moment...

Which I didn't realise when I bought them... but I absolutely love used this way with the Grassy Grove tree canopy ... 

So much so that I now have a few more stamp sets to buy... namely A Good Man and Beautiful Moments... though I think I may have to be quick about buying before the Retiring List comes out ... 

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! 

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!