Classic Garage Convertible!

Snip a bit off the top of the car cut from the Classic Garage papers and here you go... a convertible (aka cabriolet... soft top... open top!)  to make many a man happy! And quite a few ladies too ...

Hardtop version shown below! With more details here...

Or stamp & snip... this one looks more like my silver Mercedes CLK a few years back! Always miss that car on a lovely sunny day!

Oh and the eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that I have changed my road production method!! 

I still sponged to start off with... but then I also used Gray Granite and the "thin straight" in the Waterfront stamp set... to create more definition... inking up...stamping... stamping again, inking up and so on...

Motorbiking!

Another quick idea for you! For the motorbike enthusiast in your life...

And remember Trimmer Blades (126995) go back on sale for us in Europe at 6pm tonight! Don't be late! Online Store link here...

Waterfront meets Enjoy Life... meets Classic Garage papers...meets En Route stamps... which is going to be a keeper for me... love it!

And yes we have been having such fun with this simple DL sized card!

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Enjoy Life.. on the open road...

Just leaving it here... for the car mad men folk in my family!

Waterfront meets Enjoy Life... meets Classic Garage papers...meets En Route stamps... which is going to be a keeper for me... love it!

Monday multitude enjoying Life - aka Part 3...

Couldn't resist.... as Andrea went a step further with our simple little card design...

Her husband, Andrew is off on a "Boys Cycling Tour" very soon... and so this was the perfect Father's Day card for him...

So 12 big lads on an away on tour weekend... with Andrew leading the pack... sporting his bright green jacket (Lemon Lime Twist - oh how are we going to cope without thee in a few days time!!!?) Kind of a Maillot Jaune scene if you follow the Tour de France...

DL card size as per details in this post here...

And background stamping details as per this post here... with 11 more cyclist added wherever they would fit in!! The last one being on the back of the card but I appear to have misplaced the photo!

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If you are ordering today... do remember to add the Host Code shown below to earn yourself a gift and help support The Craft Spa at the same time... For orders over £150 you should claim your own Stampin Rewards when ordering... you will still get a separate gift from me... 

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Current Catalogues & Products

Everything is Rosy... available May only... and only while supplies last...Just £74 for all this! Or is that that!

Paper Pumpkin The Shelli Card KIT... Such good value... Available only while supplies last... £20 for 12 cards including stamps & ink spot! 

Enjoy a Simple Life! Part 2

Quick post today... as Fancy Fold Card Plan A didn't work out for today... so back to that plan another day!

So whilst the Waterfront and Enjoy Life stamps were out... I couldn't resist a quick and simple DL sized card... hence a series for you...

Stamping details as yesterday's fun fold card version... but this time I created higher mountains... simple a case of stamping a few Old Olive mountains over the top of each other!!

And I can see this card getting a lot of makes... as I know so many people that have taken up cycling over the past few years... both male and female... and of all ages...

Love the sheer simplicity of this simple little scene... but then we had some more fun!!! Yup... more to come!!

DL Card Recipe

Thick Whisper White DL Card Blank  21cm W x 10.5cm H (ie 21cm Square, scored in half at 10.5cm)

Shaded Spruce Mat 20.4cm W x 9.9cm H

Thin Whisper White stamping panel 20cm W x 9.5cm H

Enjoy Life on the Waterfront! Part One...

Well I bet you were expecting something else with that title!! And I'd love anyone to comment with what they were expecting... as I may have already done that one too!!!

Love this card!! Which was a special request for a 60th birthday... though I forgot the 60th birthday part!! But that was quickly rectified during class!

Perfect card to design just after the Tour de Yorkshire has passed through the county again!

Though I am sure that my regulars will recognise the card fold... 

Link to the Bridge U Fold Card tutorial here... though just one Box Section insert this time... cut 11.5cm x 1cm high and scored at 1.5cm from either end... (aka 4 1/2" x 3/8"...scored at 9/16" from either end!?)

Enjoy Life cyclist stamped using Memento Black... with a light sponging of Balmy Blue... and then fussy cut...

Front Base section stamped using the Enjoy Life grasses... and then quickly handcut... ending up about 1cm (3/8") high...

Balmy Blue sky brayered... grassy fields sponged... remembering (afterwards!) to use my Silicon Craft Sheet to spread the ink from... as the sponging so much softer when you do it that way! Birds from High Tide...

Mountains (Old Olive, Gray Granite) & Shaded Spruce trees etc using Waterfront... wonder if this set will stay around as long as Lovely as a Tree....? Hope so...

And here is Andrea's 60th card... note that her grass cutting is much neater than mine!!

Though I am afraid that the Little Numbers dies we used are long retired!

Floral Statements Duo

Couple of simple cards to say a quick hello... Same but yet different...

Edited to Add... the Clearance Rack has just been updated... more details on today's post here...

First up ... just white embossing on Crumb Cake... with white craft ink coloring on the flowers then Aqua Painter water-coloured over with Tranquil Tide, Pink Pirouette and Berry Burst... Matted onto white... set on a Crumb Cake card...

Second up ... the same... but plus Crumb Cake sponged Fresh Florals Designer Paper... set on a Tranquil Tide card blank...

Sponged and Brayered Lovely as an Oak Tree #2

I love this card too! Similar to yesterday's... but different! Again using Lovely as a Tree... again one layer, again simple but effective... Perfect for the men in our lives... and/or for sympathy... or any other wish you need to send...

I used the same mask as in yesterday's card but this time I was inspired by this card made by Heather Telford back in 2011 shown here... which has also probably been on my Pinterest CASE board pretty much since Pinterest began... yes I was an early adopter!

Soft Sky brayered across the whole aperture in the mask... then other colours sponged on starting from about a quarter in from the right hand side... Pool Party... then Island Indigo...  finishing off with Dapper Denim... creates incredible texture... Though I would have used my favourite Tranquil Tide at the very end too if I had had a spare ink pad for use on another station in my class!

Then with the mask removed... the oak tree was stamped in Archival Black.... and coloured in with Wild Wasabi and Soft Suede marker pens

But one thing I would do differently another time.. and that would be to stamp and white emboss the greeting at the top left side through the aperture before I started all the colouring... that would make it all pop so much more!

See yesterday's post for the details on creating the mask...

And so I have just shared a couple of makes using the oldest set in Europe... but behind the scenes I am using the newest sets... yes my Christmas pre-order box has arrived... exciting creative days ahead!!

Stampin Up Products Used
Lovely as a Tree
Flourishing Phrases
Window Sheets
Inks - Soft Sky, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Dapper Denim
Markers - Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi (markers also available in colour families)
Sponge Brayer, Stampin Sponges