More on Monday - Rounding up the Daisy Lane series...

Bringing this series to a close... as I have realised that I have a lot more projects to share with you ...  So for today... a couple more clean & simple Daisy Lane makes with some more creative tips for you....

Firstly the only Large Daisy in this series... onto a standard A6 card (US A2)

Stamp a Gray Granite daisy on white and punch out...
Stamp and punch a Daffodil Delight 1/2" Centre (as detailed in this post)
Punch an aperture in the top white panel

Adhere onto Gray Granite mat
Adhere onto A6 (Tent) card blank
3D foam adhere daisy centre
Greeting from Flourishing Phrases in Gray Granite

And secondly... a simple small square (10.5cm or US 4 1/4") card... again with the Medium Daisy size...

Stamp 2 Gray Granite Medium daisies on white and punch out...
Note that I stamped and punched one of my daisies out of the centre of my white panel just to save some card.. though it is not actually necessary to do it this way! I wouldn't set it out this way for a class... or for bulk making... Although it does actually add some extra definition when used to stick my daisy on... so is a good idea if you would like to save some card!

Stamp and punch a Daffodil Delight 3/8" Centre (as detailed in this post)

Adhere daisies onto white panel
Adhere onto Gray Granite mat. Note that the top daisy is 3D foam adhered for extra depth... though flat adhere if cheaper postage is important to you! As it is more important to 3D foam adhere the centre...

3D foam adhere daisy centre

Adhere onto small square card blank

Greeting from Itty Bitty Greetings in Gray Granite...
Note that I only partially inked the "many thanks" greeting as I wanted an even simpler  - and shorter - look! Use a marker pen on the word you do want (or cover the word you don't want with a sticky note, ink up with pad, remove sticky note... and stamp)

And here you have the Group Shot! Scroll back for the last week or so for all the details on each  project separately...

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A Simple Winter Woods Hello card...

Another preview for you today... with a very simple rendition so as to not detract from the simple sentiment I wanted to say... and the lovely image!

So I have used the up and coming Winter Woods stamp set (in the new Autumn Winter catalogue launching on Wednesday!) to stamp the simple but gorgeous trees on this card...

Note that there is a co-ordinating dies set too... so a bundle for all round and all year use... you can't beat a tree(s) for all round use in my opinion! More details and images coming soon...

Trees stamped in Basic Black on a Whisper White panel... Mounted onto a Basic Black mat... onto an A6 Thick Whisper White card blank...

Separate front 1" high panel cut by hand to produce a land-line (you actually get 2 at the same time)...  Itty Bitty Greetings sentiment stamped to just say hello! 3D foam Stampin Dimensionals pads adhered for interest...

Spooky Starry Bokeh Dots & Trees

Quick share of a Super CAS card featuring the Bokeh Dots stars in Night of Navy with black Lovely as A Tree trees...

But before I start on more details for this card... Please don't forget to order your Watercolor Pencils Set 2 and the Blended Seasons bundle... now only available for about 36 hours ie until 10.30pm UK time tomorrow, 31 August... and yes you still get your £4.50 free Bonus Days coupon ... for every £45 ordered... to spend in September... Click here for more details... 

Moon added care of a 3/4" circle punched post it note... placed prior to masking the horizon... and then stamping that Bokeh Dots sky... and then all the masks removed...Oh and (coming very soon!) Frost White Shimmer Paint added with a Sponge Dauber to the moon... lovely shiny moon!

Could have added snow to my trees using Shimmery White Embossing Paste... or stamped and embossed white trees on the centre section... but thought it all looked spooky enough to pass as a card for Halloween instead... greeting care of Itty Bitty Greetings

Love this starry sky in Night of Navy... so reckon there will be a christmas version before September is out!

Tuesday Tips - with Bokeh Dots...

Following quickly on from yesterday's post with a few added extras and a few Tips as we go along...

Here are a couple more variants of this simple little christmas seasonal card featuring the long term favourite Lovely as a Tree along with the new favourites Bokeh Dots and Itty Bitty Greetings...

And first up... an essential tip for you... make sure you stamp your trees far enough up so that the sky area is completely filled in with the Bokeh Dots stamps... you don't want a white gap at the top!!!

Or at the bottom... Or else you will have to do this...

Though I do rather like the add of a Blueberry Bushel glittery lake!! In fact it will probably get repeated... The subtle glitter on the lake being care of the clear Wink of Stella brush pen... and do check out the textural effect of the starry Bokeh Dots stamp

And here is the same base card but with a punched 3/4" circle mask over a tree before Bokeh Dots stamping ... and finished off with Wink of Stella for the silvery moon as well as on the snowline...

Card Blank = 10.5cm Square ( US Letter 4 1/4") with Black Mat 7.9cm (3 1/8") Square and White panel 3" Square

Merry Monday - Bokeh Dots & Lovely as a Tree

So it has taken me a while to decide on my first christmas season pre-purchases from the lovely new Autumn Winter Catalogue... and I have finally ordered this weekend... so no box has arrived as yet...

But in the meantime I have some new christmassy makes with my lovely new Bokeh Dots stamps for you in any case...

So these may be simple...but effective... and they are what you get when you just mix something OLD (Lovely as a Tree) with something NEW (Bokeh Dots)... a BORROWED card layout design from earlier days... click here to see the full all-year-round range!.. and (last but not least!) with something BLUE (Balmy Blue)...

Greeting from the wonderful workhorse of a greetings stamp set, Itty Bitty Greetings...and snowlines finished off with a subtle but sparkly layer of Wink of Stella glittering... 

Oh christmas cards could be very quick & easy this year!

Simple Tropical Aperture card

Keeping things simple for a while longer... another simple Tropical die cut small square (10.5cm Square or US Letter 4 1/4" Square) card...

Aperture cut using the large Stitched Shapes square die... as it was out ... and it was the perfect size...

Thin line of Tombow glue added around the Lemon Lime Twist die cut leaf panel (7cm Square) and then panel stuck to back of aperture...

Small Itty Bitty Greetings greeting added in Memento Black... stamps available in Wood mount and Clear mount... This is definitely my favourite small greeting stamp set...

Done!

And as this card could be used for virtually any occasion... I am going to make some... and keep them in "stock" to add a sentiment as and when needed...

And remember that the the co-ordinating Tropical Escape papers are available in July's 4 for 3 Paper Sale promotion... but only for 1 more day...

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Share What You Love... Double Z Joy Fold Card in the nude...

This one may seem familiar... but I was asked what this card looked like but without the water-colouring of the embossed flowers front panel... aka in the nude...

And luckily I can oblige... as I had taken the before-photos!

So details as per this card here... though click here for a quicklink to my Large Square Double Z Joy Fold Tutorial..

Share What You Love... Double Z Joy Fold Card...

One of my fully opening Large Square Double Z Joy Fold cards using the Share What You Love papers... for which you will find the Tutorial here... 

This has been an incredibly popular and CASED card since I designed it about a year ago... so if you want videos instead of (or as well as) written instructions... just go and search "Double Z Joy Fold Card" on You Tube... and you will have many videos to choose from... though do check for the fully opening version... as there are even more of the non fully opening version I designed a year earlier... 

The front white panel is embossed with the lovely Floral embossing folder... and then the embossed face coloured in using an Aquapainter and ink off the lid of the ink-pads (squeeze until you have a little puddle on the lid) in Mint Macaron, Tranquil Tide, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink &amp & Calypso Coral.

And finished off with a couple of greetings from the new "best all rounder greeting set" Itty Bitty Greetings... available in clear and wood mount....