More Monday Mini Treats...

Sharing some more of the gorgeous and lovely table treats that greeted us all at our Team meal whilst at On Stage Telford UK...

Call these The Pinks range...

All my Love Lindor Ball box by Julie Wade... yum! Fave chocolate...

Tropical Escape Salted Caramel Kit Kat in a bag by Suse Jepson (Yum!! Not seen these baby Kit Kat treats before)

Falling & May Flowers with At Home With You greeting by Karen Pearmain. with tutorial linked...

Box Frame packaging... so up my street!! Lol... But I have never seen these hearts in Razzleberry before...

Scented Tea Light in a Share What You Love Origami Box by (sadly!) unknown... but such a clever box... but one that I know won't be able to fold back to close!!! Edited To Add! OMG!!! I just did it!!! That's a first...

Fabulous Haribo pouch by Emma Dymond with retired Printed With Love papers... so simple... but so effective... and did I tell you I love Haribos!

 Petal Promenade Chocolate Bar wrapper by (again sadly) unknown...

And This Little Piggy PeekaBoo treat by Sarah Lindsay... 

Love having so many clever crafty friends!! Thank you girls!

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Fun & Frogs on Friday... aka So Hoppy Together

All the Fs for Friday today... Frogs... Fun and (easy) Fancy Fold!! 

So here is one of the cards we made at Monthly Training last week... using the Sale A Bration promotional set, So Hoppy Together... which can be yours for free with a £45 order... 

Along with the Tropical Escape papers that are the perfect colours to go with our lovely frogs!

The card fold is my Double Z Joy Fold Card design... just click here for my Tutorial... 

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Tropical Escape Die Cut Tri-Fold Card with Tutorial

Still can't get enough of this square die cut panel in the Tropical Thinlits dies... but wanted to do something a bit different for a card... and it caused quite a reaction in the flesh! Along with a few "how the heck did you do that?"s

So I created a simple Tri Fold card...  by taking half a piece of A4 card ie 10.5cm x A4L (29.7cm)... and scoring it LANDSCAPE at 9.9cm from either side (for US Letter Size card... 4 1/4" x 11" piece... score at 3 11/16" from either side) 

Then Bone Fold in Z fold or concertina fold fashion (Peak fold for left, Valley for right)

I then die cut a Layering Squares (7cm) aperture through the front section... 

Then lined it all up... taped Tropical leaves die down where required... and die cut the white leaves panel in the central section... 

And a separate leaf panel in Lemon Lime Twist (7cm or 2 7/8" card)

Note that my white leaf panel is die cut so that the "right face" is on the inside of the card... which means that the "wrong face" is actually showing to the front of this card... obvious what that means if you make one! And it doesn't matter if yours are the other way round!!

Stuck Lemon Lime Twist leaf panel over front of die cut leaf panel... Slightly off so that you can see a shadow on both sides... and the "wrong way round" in my case!!!

And stuck my front and central faces together.... note that the folded edge is to the right hand side of the card front...

Die cut a couple of Layering Squares frames... one straight edge for the front in Granny Apple Green... and a scallop edge one in Lemon Lime Twist for the centre (using 7.5cm or 3" square card pieces)... 

Then stuck the frames around as required...

And finished off the back face with a piece of Tropical Escape paper (9.5cm W x 10cm H or US 3 7/16"W x 4"H) and a Granny Apple Green Tropical Chic greeting

Oh my gosh what a lot of words for such a simple-in-style card!! But I know there are some of you that will appreciate it!

Note that US followers using US Letter sized card will have cards that are slightly less wide and higher... and therefore a narrower border around the leaves area to the top of the card..

And one final tip for you... it was easier to die cut the scalloped frame in one go with the 2 dies ...than the straight edge frame... so a remake would have  scalloped ones!!

Seasonal Wreath Happy One Year Anniversary Kate

Really can't believe it was a year ago that the lovely Kate joined my Craft Therapists team of Stampin Up Demonstrators...

And I am very proud of what she has achieved in that time... as (for fellow demos out there) she has just earned her Silver promotion... so I thought it was high time I told her so in the form of a card... well how else!!??

And whilst I am on the subject of my Team... don't forget the amazing promotion for joining Stampin Up this month ( so only 2 more days to go!!)... Get 10 ink pads as an extra free bonus in your Starter Kit... Read all about it here... or Click here to order your Starter Kit straight away...

Ok back to the card... Gold embossed greetings care of the lovely Friendly Expressions stamps... available in wood and clear mount...

I used the Subtle embossing folder on the card blank...  hopefully you can see it in this shot... as it is what is says... very subtle! Takes me back to the Textured cardstock we used to have... aka Bazzill card for those of you more new to this game... definitely an embossing folder not to miss!

With the Seasonal Wreath embossing folder for the main image... another unmissable emboosing folder!... plus a few gold Metallic Pearls to finish it off... 

Oh and a gift too... though I have forgotten to take a photo of that!! Oops! I sent a nice pack of Tropical Escape papers and a few co-ordinating ribbons so that she can make some more of her lovely creations and thus inspire others...

And an admittance... I made the card... then realised I didn't have any co-ordinating ribbon... so I grabbed the Gold Metallic Thread... wrapped it about 10 times around my Peg Bow maker and cam up with this bow... and big oops on the photo... I needed to rotate it!! But I am sure you get the idea...

And another big ooops... as I pierced my 2 holes to tie the bow on... with another length of the Metallic Thread... in the wrong orientation... they should have been one above the other... not side by side as I did... Case of more haste less speed! 

And a last detail... I "gutted" the gold foil 1cm (3/8") in on all 4 sides... and the cut-out panel then  became the focal point for yesterday's card...

And the inside... again simple but saying it all... care of the lovely Friendly Expressions stamps... which I  are my new favourite (large) greetings stamps