Showing posts with label Welcome Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welcome Home. Show all posts

Friday, 25 May 2018

Welcome to your New Home

The last of the Impossible (House) card series... 

A bit more dressed up... with a roof, windows, door and extra greetings....

Details as per this card here... but windows and doors care of  my favourite At Home dies .. 
Talking of the extra "So Happy For You" greeting (from Beautiful You )... no it is not your eyes going funny...

Oops!! Unfortunately... the hand slipped whilst stamping!!! And I have produced enough of these cards to not want to repeat!! So it's a share of another of those "warts and all" cards that always seem to amuse....
And ... and admittance for my loyal & regular blog followers... I might not get to blog daily for a few weeks... I think I just need to take some pressure off me... just for a little while... So panic not... I will be back with a vengeance!!!

Saturday, 19 May 2018

Share What You Love Impossible Card daisies in a field...

Another of these cards...

But using the NEW Share What You Love papers... but in a different colourway to the original today!
This pattern is usually on a yellow background... but I quickly sponged with Mint Macaron ink ... and here you have a lot of daisies in the field... or rather in the grass around the house... in this case

But do remember to wipe your sponged paper with tissue paper... to remove the wet ink off those pearly flowers which are resisting the ink... or you (and the recipient) will have inky fingers!
And talking of the Share What You Love papers... remember to contact me here to register your interest or request more details for my Share What You Love paper, card & embellishment kit coming in June... 

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

The Impossible - New Home - Card with TUTORIAL...

This is a card theme we don't get to make often...  and the Welcome Home dies seemed perfect for the job I had in mind... along with the greetings in the co-ordinating Home Life stamps .. available as a bundle with 10% off here too... but only till 31st May...
So I was plotting a simple pop up card or something... and then the latest craze of The Impossible Card caught my eye... and it just had to be done...

The Impossible Card is a card originally designed by Claire and appearing first here on her iheartmaggie site... her inspiration for the card fold was a magic playing card trick (known as Hypercard ) ... and I have to add that this card fold is a truly inspired and very clever twist of the card Claire!!!

Claire then made and shared a video here on the Trimcraft You Tube site/blog... which is short enough for (even) me to watch!! Though blink and you will miss the key moment!! And now there are probably 30 or so videos to choose from... but not a lot in writing...
So seeing as it is Tuesday... a Tuesday Tutorial for you... Note that I have used a Foil Frenzy paper that is different on both sides for the tutorial pictures... makes the trick a bit more obvious!

But before I start... you can also see a Garden Shed version posted previously here...

1.       Cut an A6 card sized panel ie 14.8 x 10.5cm (US Letter 5 ½” x 4 ¼”)

2.       PORTRAIT. Line up at 5.25cm (US 2”)
3.       Score from 4 to 10.8cm (US 1 ½” to 4”)
4.       LANDSCAPE. Line up at 7.4cm (US 2 ¾”)
5.       Cut from score-line (ie 5,25cm or US 2) up to 0
6.       Turn the piece of card 180degrees (so that your cut line is now at the bottom)

7.       LANDSCAPE. Line up at 4cm.(US 1 ½”)
8.       Cut from score-line (ie 5,25cm or US 2) up to 0
9.       LANDSCAPE. Line up at 10.8cm (US 4”)
10.   Cut from score-line (ie 5,25cm or US 2) up to 0
So you end up with this...  
11.   With central cut line to bottom/front…hold the top/back left hand cut/sections in your left hand
12.   Flip the right hand “back to front L shape” back on itself on the central fold… so that the top/back narrower section ends up at the front/bottom... and upside down!
13.   Bone Fold centre scoreline at the right hand side (ie above the cut-out/notch section)
14.   Pull left hand side of central scoreline/section up and fold to front/bottom (ie back on itself) & Bone Fold

15.   Cut your “grass” papers to size… 7 x 10cm (x2) (US 2½” x 4” - x 2)
16.   PORTRAIT lined up at 3.5cm. Cut 5.25cm to 0 (US line up at 1 ¼”.Cut 2 ⅛” to 0)
17.   LANDSCAPE (with cut to left hand side) lined up at 5.25cm. Cut 3.5cm to 0. (US line up 2”.Cut 1 ¼” to 0)
18.   Repeat for 2nd piece of paper
And an admittance… the 2 panels should really be cut slightly differently… but I decided that life was too short!! So both of mine are the same…and lined up to best compromise!

19.   Decorate as required. I wanted a clean and simple style… kind of the "less is more" aspect of the hygge style... so just added a wooden die cut house and heart… and a couple of greetings… Job done...

Stampin Up Products Used
Papers - Naturally EclecticWood Textures
Stamps - 
Home Life, Beautiful Bouquet
Dies – Welcome Home
Sweet & Sassy
Card & Ink - A4 Mint Macaron card, Memento Ink, Mint Macaron Ink





Thursday, 10 May 2018

The Impossible- Home Life Shed- Card

Very quick share today... as I am a woman on a bit of a mission!!

A Father's Day card for you today... be it a garage or a garden shed...or just a man cave...

Click here for the tailor made destructions as I like to call them (aka Tutorial).... and a New Home Congratulations version...
In the meantime... have to say... what a great card format!! The Impossible Card (that very definitely isn't! Impossible that is... ) But more on that later...

And... I was quite amazed that so many people hadn't noticed this wonderful house shaped die & set in the retiring Home Life bundle... so felt obliged to point it out to you asap... only available while supplies last...
PS Talking of houses.... By very popular request... come back tomorrow (later than usual mind!) when I should have a certain Greenhouse (aka Conservatory) card Tutorial ready for you!!! Just need to take a quick photo or two in the morning...

Stampin Up Products Used
Papers - Naturally Eclectic, Wood Textures
Stamps - Guy Greetings, Home Life
Dies - Home Life, Barn Door
Card & Ink - A4 Mint Macaron card, Memento Ink, Mint Macaron Ink,
Others - Soft Suede & sponge, Basic Black Marker pen

And yes it folds flat too...