You are my Sunshine Blog Hop

Gosh these months roll round so quickly... so it is time again for the Jems Monthly Blog Hop... with a theme of " You are my Sunshine"...

Oh gosh this theme made me really have to think! But soon... lots of completely different ideas came... and this is the one I chose to create!

So Sunshine... meaning summer... meaning hot... meaning ice cream! And it just had to be an ice cream stand!!

And then of course my Bench Fold Card immediately spring to mind... but with a twist! Roof Fold anyone???

Click HERE to go and order the tutorial (s)... though please note there isn't a specific Ice Cream/Roof Fold one...

But before I start with some details... thanks to Sarah Jane Rae for redesigning our lovely fresh new Blog Hop icon...almost a perfect match to my project! And would have been even more so if I had the time to add the banner I had planned!!! But it is time for the Students & Parents Leavers Ball tonight... so the hair will have to be done properly!

Love how this all came together... but some details to point out...

The new Pinewood Planks Dynamic embossing folder made easy work of my wood plank base... I embossed a long white section then cut out Pool Party planks and stuck them on the top.... just making sure to cover the joining double embossed white plank with a pool party one to cover the seam!

Ice creams simply made using the Cool Treats stamps and matching Frozen Treats dies... with sprinkles on top! These are stuck on a panel of acetate so that they look like ice cream cones in a stand as well as popping forward from the back panel for even more dimension...

Greetings all from the Cool Treats stamp set too... love the embossed ones on the blackboards!

And last but not least...the front canopy is made by punching Pool Party, Powder Pink, Whisper White & Berry Burst card using the Classic Label punch and sticking them on a long white strip with an overhang for the front and then just a trim all along the length for the back... easy to do that way...

Original Bench Fold Card Tutorial details here ... albeit without the roof... that will be found in Series Three I think...which I am working on for the end of July... 

And yes it does fold flat... in either of 2 ways depending on your envelope stock... though I think most recipients would find it difficult to work out how to re-assemble... so it would be a card for you to be there whilst opening!!

Very large square envelope required... the easier way to fold and the recipient may be able to work it out!

A5 envelope required... but maybe not fathomable for the recipient!!

And now it is time to pass you onto the lovely Anne... who has made lots of fabulous things to share with you... 

Avant Garden again...

Last one of the mini-series! Though this one was actually the first one I made... call it the prototype!

Sky and background created using the Acrylic Block Stamping Technique which I love to use from time to time... but that causes some of my ladies to cringe out loud!! Just too random for their taste! And I have to laugh as I decided that it was too random for a swap card production line... hence the switch to something different for the day...

Soft Sky used over all the block and Island Indigo on the bottom...

Avant Garden Palm Trees as described in more detail here... 

Avant Garden - Palm Trees

So it was time for me to design a swap card for Team Training... I noted down a few ideas (or 6).... and tried a few ideas out... but all went in the reject bin...

And then suddenly a strange thought came to me! And why not... who says the Sale A Bration promotional set Avant Garden should just for flowers!! Yours for free with any £45 order...

And once the idea was there... nothing else could come to mind! 

Edited to Add - but also click here  to see my favourite card using this concept...

So time to fill you in on a few details....

Garden Green greeting, Tip Top Taupe trunks and palm tree leaves (more on these later) care of Avant Garden - as is the little island (leaf stamp)...

Sky and sea care of Perpetual Birthday Calendar and Soft Sky ink...

And back to the Palm Tree leaves... inked up in Wild Wasabi and then Kissed on a pre-inked Garden Green large textured blotch stamp from Touches of Textures (see bottom centre of the stamp set image)

Stitched Shapes largest square and Layering Squares scalloped square (2nd largest) for the focal point... and yes Stitched Shapes dies back and still in stock...

Hope you like this idea... as I have a few more cards to share! No more January blues for me... thinking of holidays on islands in the sun now.... 

Thankful for Summer Happy Scene...

Just realised I didn't share my Summer scenery through the window..... so this completes my All Seasons Trio....

Snipped the window differently this time... shows off my tree better....

Sponged a Soft Sky sky and Cucumber Crush meadow....  Aqua - painted the tree with Cucumber Crush (could be a first time outing for my Cucumber Crush ... but definitely the right colour for my summery scene!!)

Added a few flowers in the meadow using my Daffodil Delight marker pen and Signo white gel pen ( white ones could be sheep if I had omitted the birdies from my scene stamping!) 

Boughs of Cucumber Crush greenery with Dafodil Delight flowers ( blobs from Happy Scenes coloured in) I would have added a few punched flowers too if I had had more time....

And finished off with the big Thankful wording from the Autumn Winter Catalogue hostess set, Six Sayings

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