The Stove Card Tutorial & Online Extravaganza is Live!

I have had a lot of people ask for a Tutorial for these Homemade Kindness Bridge U Fold cards...

But before I start... the Online Extravaganza Sale is now live!.

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So back to the card...Make one of the Bridge U Fold cards as per this Tutorial here...

Cut the Festive Farmhouse papers as per the background scene papers in the Tutorial... Note that these 2 stove versions are just using the 2 sides of the same piece of paper...

The hearth front  is just a 1/2" x 15.5cm (6 1/8") high strip of the wood effect Farmhouse Christmas paper stuck to a piece of 1/2"  x 15.5cm (6 1/8") high piece of Grey Granite card for strength

But add a 5.5 x 8.5cm (2 1/8" x 3 3/8") Whisper White panel, scored when PORTRAIT at 1cm (3/8") from either side. This forms the top of you hearth (and is instead of those centre/box panels at the bottom) and is stuck to the card at the centre/back.. so that the hearth top and front lift up and fold onto the back of the card.. so you can fold the card flat...

And add a 12x4cm (4 3/4"x 1 1/2")  piece of Basic Grey card scored when LANDSCAPE at 2, 5.5, 7.5 & 11cm. (3/4", 2 1/8", 2 7/8" & 4 1/4") Stick this "open at the sides box part" behind the bottom/front part of your fussy cut stove... and then stick the back to the back/centre of the card... lining it up so the stove legs sit on your hearth!

The stove is black embossed on Basic Grey - only one stove needed as you chop the bottom section off the chimney! (unless you want legs at the back too - as I have on the stripy green one!) Chimney goes on back of card, rest onto that "open box part"

Though you do need another Memento Black stamped stove onto Whisper White... for colouring just those kitchen paraphenalia parts & pie... including the towel! Reduces the fussy cutting/colouring timings...

Two 1/2" Circle Punched Basic Black circles for the hob... and some Basic Black marker or Stampin Blends colouring to finish... I have also added silver highlights using a non SU silver Uniball Signo pen on the tartan papered scene...

Hand cut a few log rolls from the Wood Textures papers...

And finish off with a stamped and die cut Winter Woods large tree... (the die that cuts out within the tree shape with the extra cuts!)

And a final tip for you... after opening up... I find that the hearth/stove/fold is better if I pull the hearth and stove down through the base of the card...and then push both up into position...

Homemade Kindness meets Winter Woods...

Hello for another Fancy Fold Friday post... and this is a remake of a Homemade Kindness classic! Click here for the original...

I was asked to make it "more christmassy"... so I reckon the Winter Woods christmas tree does just that... And difficult to see...but the tree is also overloaded with glitter... as that is the way most of my ladies like things!! And finished off with a tiny shimmered Vegas Gold Festive Farmhouse Element star at the top...

Oh and as the punch was out (for the stove top) ... The pot under the tree is just a Basic Black 1/2" punched circle... snipped off flat at one side to form the bottom... Whisper White craft ink around the edge and tree set on top...

I also flipped the Festive Farmhouse papers... which I reckon makes everything look warmer and cozier...

And finally ... this time... I heat embossed the stove image in Black onto Basic Grey... and then stamped it again in Memento Black on Whisper White ... coloured just the parts I needed... and cut out the parts on both that I needed... lot less colouring this way!

And a final little tip for you... you just cut up the sides of the whole chimney on the Basic Grey stove... no need for fussy cutting round the doily and 3 pots!!! Everyone was SO happy in class when I pointed out this little gem....

And just to round things up... here is the tree added to the original stripy wallpaper version... though no glitter has hurt this one!! But I did sponge Pool Party ink around the die cut edge to deflect from the white...

Homemade Kindness Stove Card for Fancy Fold Friday

This card could be the first of many... as the images in the Homemade Kindness stamp set have inspired many an idea for me....

I think it is safe to say that this set has a bigger list of creative ideas than any other.... and I just hope that I get the chance to make a few of them...

But just a quick share again today... as it really has been a very very very busy week...

But for now ... I will just point out that the stove is 3D... and check out the hearth!

And yes the card does fold flat to go in an envelope....

Oh and that I used Festive Farmhouse and Wood Textures papers...

Does rather remind me of my kitchen at home!