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 ... 

Fun Fold Friday - For The Guys Bridge Fold Trio

Finished off some alternatives for the samples made as I "tweaked along"... so one became three....

But first apologies as I have still not "turned off the Feedburner blog notification feed"... I will as soon as I find out what to do! Or they may turn it off first at this rate!! 

But please ensure you subscribe to the follow.it feed if you still wish to see my blog posts.... Add button/form down the right hand side of this blog if there isn't an obvious button within the emails... Thank You...

Click HERE to see the original and for more information...

But basically the Thank You one has wider panels and front stuck on to create the scene... which would have meant some trimming in class... so I decided to change that...

The Happy Birthday one has narrower panels and front... so there is more gapping (vanilla space!)

So I decided on the in between for the final version... ie the Happy Anniversary one shared here

Simple for Saturday Share

Carrying on the For The Guys card kit alternatives series... co-starring Sailing Home...

A simple standard A6 card (US A2) ...

Using the scraps as templates...

Friday Five Panel Fun Fold Card

Another alternative card using scraps of the For The Guys card kit... Click HERE for a quick Tutorial...

Searched the internet for a name and other creations for this simple little fold... to no avail... much to my surprise... 

So I will simply call this what it is... a Five Panel card... 

Though I did have a few more names... but  I will keep one of those for a special series one day!!

And I have to admit that this came about due to a mistake making my Bridge Fold card... 

Especially as we all preferred this fold... so you will no doubt be seeing a few more from time to time... along with a tutorial as I actually tweaked the final measurements for class to make things neater... but I forgot to re-take new photos!

And I wonder if you can guess what the "initiating mistake" was!!? 

Note that I am sharing 2 versions for you today... for those that think that may be seeing things! One with and then one without the Sailing Home yacht...

Tranquil Tuesday Trio - Reflected in Nature

And breathe.... a simple serene and calm scene for you to enjoy today...

Care of the fabulous Reflected in Nature stamp set...which includes a fantastic array of great sentiments too...

Three simple ways... Small square card... 

Large square card ... 

and small square Z fold card...

Whole stamp inked up with Gray Granite with direct Early Espresso marker inking over the top for the top half...

Perfect!

Simple on Saturday - alternative For The Guys kit card

Just a slightly different alternative layout from the standard For The Guys kit supplied design...

I don't think it will be of any surprise to my long term followers that this is my favourite Kit - probably of all time!

And that I have thoroughly enjoyed designing alternatives... so many more to come...

Fun Fold Friday - alternative For The Guys Bridge Fold Card

Quick share of an alternative make using the For The Guys kit... 

But before I start today... if you have not already done so... please click and accept the follow.it service if you still wish to be automatically notified when I post on this blog... as I will be turning the "old" Google Email notification of a blog post off very shortly... 

A(nother) bridge fold card.... For The Guys card kit used along with my old faithful stamp set, Sailing Home... but back another day with more details... as I am afraid I really must dash!

Wednesday Wideo - By The Dock

Introducing the new By The Dock bundle... which I am sure will pop into my Shopping Cart on a future order...  as it is one that has really caught my eye.... and not only for the menfolk...

As it really reminds me of many of my early years in an idyllic location at the side of Windermere lake in the Lake District... and later years with our family camping buddies on the side of Ullswater! Just messing about on the water as they say! So it is a scrapbooking dream for me!

Wonderful lakeside images... though I think the word "dock" may mean something a bit different over here... as I reckon the main image is much more of a jetty or pontoon in our speak!

Click here  - or on the arrow below - for the feature video...

Or click here for all the details...

BY THE DOCK CLING STAMP SET
The By the Dock Stamp Set includes outdoor, lakeside images you can use to create scrapbooks and greeting cards. The variety of greetings means you can use it for many occasions.
* 12 cling stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, b, c, d, e, h

DOCKSIDE DIES
Create a custom die-cut row boat, dock, leaping frog, water plants, and more using the Dockside Dies. Pair with the coordinating By the Dock Stamp Set to quickly cut out stamped images from the set. Great for gender neutral and masculine cards or cards for those who like fishing.
* 11 dies
* Largest die: 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" (8.9 x 5.7 cm)
* Use with a die-cutting & embossing machine

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

My father loves his cars... particularly a convertible!

So it just had to be done... call it Geared Up Garage meets Sailing Home meets Waterfront!

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

Click here for how to produce the convertible car version...
Click here for the Bridge U Fold card tutorial...
Click here for the Waterfront Background Scene Tutorial...

And the yachts are stamped onto Window Sheets acetate with Staz On...

And stamped onto white card with Memento, then the sails and hulls coloured using Stampin Blends.... and just the sails and hulls quickly fussy cut

And then stuck onto the acetate version... and then die cut (or fussy cut)

And apologies to you eagle eyed viewers that have spotted my Very Vanilla lighthouse! But I had to finish this card off within minutes... and there just wasn't time for the production of a new lighthouse on white! And I know my Dad wont notice...