Needlepoint Nook Mothers Day card trio

So... seeing as it is Mother's Day in the UK today... here is the Needlepoint Nook Mother's Day trio...  

But before I start.... Don't forget it is now the last few hours of the Sale A Bration promotion.... Finishes 10.30pm tonight in the UK... 

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And so back to the cards...

First up the Neutrals Butterfly Simple Z Fold Card ... 

Although the simplest... this proved to be the overall favourite in classes... proving I am always safest with blues and greens with my groups of ladies!! 

More details and Simple Z Fold Card Tutorial on this post here... 

Secondly... the favourite amongst my purple fanciers! 

The Highland Heather Joy Fold card...

More details and Joy Fold Card Tutorial on this post here...

And last but not least... the Double Z Joy Fold card in whites that I shared here on Friday... 

Though most ladies made the Crushed Curry (yellow) version posted here with the Tutorial... 

So there you have my Mother's Day trio... which I am posting as I hope that these cards (all with tutorials) prove inspirational to someone in the rest of the world for their 12th May makes... although too late now for my UK readers... 

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Stitched Rectangles Simple Z Fold Card Tutorial

Quickly back to Tutorials for the three Needlepoint Nook and Needle & Thread projects I posted in yesterday's Step It Up blog hop post as promised... starting with the simplest in decoration and structure... which I happen to really love and will definitely be making more of... even though I am not a butterflies gal!!

The Simple Z Fold card... sized specifically for use with the wonderful Stitched Rectangles dies.... which means... in order to get equal spacing on all 4 sides... it is cut down slightly from both the standard A6 card (from A4 card) and the standard A2 card (from US Letter sized card)... 

I think Stampin' Up! were very clever shaping their rectangles this way as it means they can be used all over the world - with equal spacing - without a lot of grief!!  And bear in mind that they still can be used on the standard cards with variants in spacing... as that is cool too... 

But before I start with the Tutorial ... just a quick note about the greetings... 

On the front... the WISHES greeting is from the new Sale A Bration co-ordinating More Than Words set... lower half in Night of Navy with all the word overstamped in Balmy Blue... with GET WELL SOON from the Needle & Thread stamp set...

And inside... all from More Than Words... just seemed to work as a great sentiment to my mind... 

Recipe & Tutorial for Stitched Rectangles Z Fold Card
Please note that the US (inches) version is just converted literally from this Rest of the World (metric) 
Recipe
Card Night of Navy 14 x 21cm (5 1/2" x 8 1/4")
Card Balmy Blue 6 x 9.5cm (2 3/8" x 3 3/4")
(D) Card Thick Whisper White* 3" x 11cm [x2] (3" x 4 1/4"[x2])
Paper Left/Front 4.7 x 13.5cm (1 13/16" x 5 1/4")
Paper Right/Back 10 x 13.5cm (3 7/8" x 5 1/4")
Stamps - Needle & Thread; More Than Words
Papers - Needlepoint Nook
Punch - Butterfly Duet
Inks - Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Sahara Sand
where (D) is for die-cutting
* Edited To Add... I cut these pieces of Whisper White relatively large for die cutting my 2 Stitched Rectangles... as that way I got a nice frame for using on other projects( seethe one on the right)! You could get away with a smaller piece of Whisper White eg 2 1/2 x 3 7/8"and still have a nice frame ( see the one on the left!)... hope the next photo makes it all clear!

NOTE- My White Stitched Rectangles are  the 5.6 x 9.1cm sized ones (2 3/16" x 3 9/16")

Tutorial
1. Score Night of Navy panel LANDSCAPE at 5.25 & 10.5cm (2 1/16" & 4 1/8")
2. Bone Fold Mountain/Valley
3. Adhere papers
4. Die cut 2 Stitched Rectangles
5. Ink up & Stamp rectangles & butterflies as required
6. Punch 2 Night of Navy butterflies
7. Adhere front Rectangle to Balmy Blue Mat
8. Adhere back Rectangle to card
9. Adhere punched butterfly to right hand side

10. Fold over card front section

11. Thinking about where you need the glue!! Or rather don't!
TIP- See my Tombow lines to the right to the front section ... and on the back RHS of the Balmy Blue mat!! 

12. Adhere Front Rectangle (neatly over the back one!)

13. Adhere front punched butterfly  (neatly over the back one!)

And Voila...

And see you on Tuesday for the next instalment...

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Share What I Love Papers #2

Another beautiful piece of pearlised flowery paper from the Share What You Love paper pack... though my photos don't show the sheen off quite as well as my previous one...

And a new velvety Rich Razzleberry ribbon that will be available in the early release bundles come 1st May... I thought that this may be a bit "thick" to use for bows... but seemed to work fine... so I guess you can say that it looks thicker than it actually is...

Rest of the card details as per this card here...

And remember not long to wait for those early release Share What You Love bundles... and the new In Color ink pads... ordering starts tomorrow, 1st May... 

Just Sharing What I Love in a Small Z Fold...

Oh my... these Share What You Love papers are just fabulous... all so pretty... all lovely colours... and actually thick enough to use for bag making too...

And spot the pearlescent sheen on that big flower! Stunning!! Though do note that the glittery sheen on the small Old Olive flower is care of my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush... as I just couldn't resist...

So I had to break open the paper pack and make a few Thank You cards to send off to some of my lovely customers... so call this group Part One...

Not unsurprisingly for my regular blog followers... this card features my favourite paper pattern from the pack... featuring the soon-to-be-returning colour of Mint Macaron... along with my 2018-20 In Colour favourite, Tranquil Tide.... a match made in heaven...

I made a couple of my 3-in-1 Z Fold cards (for which you will find the Tutorial by clicking here) ... so one set of 3 is on Mint Macaron...and the other set on Tranquil Tide... which one do you prefer?

Thank you greeting from One Big Meaning... and finished off with a Tranquil Tide Finely Woven 1/2" Ribbon bow

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