You will do Amazing Things Gap Card .. with Noble Peacock papers

Another one of the Gap cards that I didn't share at the time... click here for the Card tutorial...

One created for another of my son's friends off to university after an exciting year out travelling many parts of the world... and he was well chuffed!

Though I used the Noble Peacock papers, Stitched Nested Labels dies and Everything Amazing to create this card... the star is actually a "random punch I have" from somewhere... but of course I would used the Stitched Stars dies if I were to re-make this now! So it would be even better... 

And I liked the card so much... I made two... did you spot that?

Here's the duo... I just switched the stamped colours around and added an extra bit of ribbon to the one on the right...

And an admittance! Forgot to press the publish button again yesterday! But it'll save... 

Something Simple for the Weekend... super CAS Stitched Stars

 

So this card was pretty much created from yesterday's... so I guess I could call this another Scrap Card...

As the Stitched Star was lined up and die cut out of the centre of a 12 cm (4 3/4") square piece of Thick Whisper White card...

Then stuck to a 12.5cm (5") square Gray Granite card...

Swooshed with an embossing buddy...

Greeting (from So Many Stars) stamped in Versamark through the aperture...

White embossing Powder added... and heated to melt...

Finished off simply with a few shiny Gemstones...

Another perfect super - CAS (Clean & Simple) card for any occasion... just change up the greeting!

And here are the 2 cards together...

Star of Light Z Fold Panel Card & Tutorial

Following on from yesterday's post... here is another simple Star of Light Small Square Z Fold Card with an added extra panel... so I guess that makes it a Z Fold Panel Card....

Just a die cut largest scalloped and plain square from the Layering Squares Framelits dies... a perfect fit...

Finished off with a Triple 3D Star stamped in Whisper White craft ink on Island Indigo card - and then die cut... 

And a very quick Tutorial for you... from A4 card...

(1) Cut a piece of Island Indigo card 10.5 x 21cm  

(2) Place on trimmer LANDSCAPE 

(3) Score at 10.5 and 5.25cm 

(4) Bone Fold Centre Line (10.5cm) as Valley and Front line (5.25cm) as Mountain

And a quick conversion for you guys in the US with the 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock.... 

(1) Cut a piece of Island Indigo card 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" 

(2) Place on trimmer LANDSCAPE 

(3) Score at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8" 

(4) Bone Fold Centre Line (4 1/4") as Valley and Front line (2 1/8") as Mountain

Though whether the Panel fits quite so well... Mmm not sure... the panel may look a "smidgeon" short.... If not... you need to go to the exact equivalent to our Metric (centimetres) card... which is a 4 1/8" x 8 1/4" piece of card. Landscape- Score 4 1/8" and 2 1/16".  I would appreciate any feedback on this if you try it out....

Simple but very effective...

Peaceful Pines Home For Christmas

Another monthly training make (and it's twin!) I used in my Cozy Christmas & Home For Christmas class... 

Thanks again Julie....

Love this tree...

I also flipped the paper and made this one... 

One card...two ways...

Using my remaining Home For Christmas enamel dots as baubles...

Seemed rude not to....

And here are the pair together again....

Wonderland Forest - and Star

Another card made using the Wonderland stamp set... This was very popular in my classes as simple, quick but very effective....

3 lots of stamping of the trees in Mossy Meadow before re-inking...

A quick Aquapainter watercolour of the tree trunks using Tip Top Taupe...

Soft Sky snowflakes on the front...

And a SINGLE stamped Soft Sky Snowflake to serve as a star on the inside (as requested by Jane! Happy to oblige... great idea Jane!)

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All Things Bright & Beautiful–Keeping it Clean & Simple

Thought I should share some really clean & simple cards after my flurry of Fancy Folds recently…. and Stars spring to mind!!
We had a fabulous WWWU challenge on Stars last week – to say that I am part of a very talented team is an understatement!! And I even got to award gold stars to lots of people!! Lots of gold stars actually…. Thanks so much for joining in in my challenge girls!
So here are a few of my Bright & Beautiful stamp set star cards… these were quick to make thanks to the matching Star Framelits.
Here are the back 2 again with another even simpler friend…..

And some close ups… starting off with the simplest silver embossed card ( my favourite in the flesh!)

This one has a mountain fold star on top

A valley fold ( aka cup ) star on this one…

Finishing off with a simple 2 layer card, quick addition of a marker pen frame, Silver Encore ink & All is Calm sequins to add some interest…

Bye for now…. lots more stars to come!