There Be Dragons

The opportunity to 'just add magical creatures' for the current JAI challenge was too good to pass up, so I made a soft baby card using the adorable Magical Dragons from My Favorite Things.

Materials used:

• stamps - Magical Dragons (MFT), Short and Sweet (retired SU)
• card - whisper white
• other - stitched circle die, Big Shot, balloon duet punch, word window punch, Magical Dragons die, mini cloud stencil (MFT), white baker's twine, Dimensionals, mounting tape, Copic markers

I love these sweet and charming stamps, it was so nice to have a reason to drag(on) them out again - pun intended! Lol. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

Here's Hoping - CAS on Friday Challenge #195

Hi all and welcome back!

It's time for the last CAS on Friday challenge for the year and the theme is BEST WISHES. 

My SIL and a dear friend both have their birthday on Dec 31st, so this is a good combination 'happy birthday' and 'happy new year' kind of card. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Celebration (Darkroom Door), Best Year (SU)
• card - whisper white
• other - Copic markers, Dimensionals, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, archival ink

We do hope you'll join us in our challenge - plus, don't forget to check out all the wonderful inspiration from the design team members over at the CASOF blog and leave us all some comment love!

Keep safe and thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

For the Guys

I recently had a play day where I just made a whole bunch of distress ink backgrounds, then had the fun later of turning some of them into cards - in this case, masculine cards. Always helpful to have a few on hand.

This one is twisted citron and cracked pistachio with a stamp from Tim Holtz's Theories set.

For this one I used antique linen and vintage photo on my background. Timekeeper, Umbrella Man and Tiny Type Upper dies are all TH. The man is cut from 'leather' cardstock and has great texture.

Here's peacock feathers and hickory smoke. I cut the main panel from the background then matted and raised it. The white dots are grit paste, so they have great texture.

These colours are squeezed lemonade, hickory smoke and black soot. Grit paste again on this one, coloured with squeezed lemonade for the lighter stencilled areas. 

Thanks for dropping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

The Showstoppers

Occasionally I make a card which keeps drawing my eye again and again. It could be the colours that draw me, perhaps the design or form and at other times I'm not sure exactly what it is, I just know I love it!

Here's a run through of the cards that have been showstoppers for me this year. Some of them you've seen before, some you haven't.

An eclectic bunch, to be sure! Lol. Thanks for calling in. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Snow Flurry - CAS on Friday Challenge #194

Welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge!

This is challenge #194 and with all of the other DT members heading into winter, the theme is SNOW.

My card is very simple, just a couple of stamps and some sponging, but I love the winter look.

Materials used:

• stamps - Winter Woods, Gorgeous Grunge
• card - crumb cake
• other - craft foam, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, Drifts & Hills stencil (MFT), sponge daubers

There's only one more challenge left for this year - and oh boy, what a year it's been, am I right?! So we would really love it if you joined us for our snow theme - plus, why not head over to the CASOF blog to see what other snowy goodness my team mates have come up with for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

Dwell in Possibility

Yesterday I had the pleasure of some playtime with my distress range, experimenting with combining regular distress inks and spray stains with oxide inks and sprays. I ended up with a number of backgrounds to use for future projects and today sat down to turn one of them into a card. Here's that result.

Materials used:

• stamps - Specimen (Tim Holtz)
• card - basic black, whisper white, watercolour
• oxide inks - rusty hinge, speckled egg, iced spruce, old paper, crackling campfire, black soot
• other - black embossing powder, heat tool, quote chip (Tim Holtz), aqua painter, water spritzer, Dimensionals, black marker, scissors

I must admit to being a bit worried as I fussy cut around those narrow antennae! But thankfully I managed to not chop them off, lol. The body is glued flat while the wings are elevated just a little. 

Thanks for dropping in. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Todays - CAS on Friday Challenge #193

Hiya! Welcome back to my blog and to another CAS on Friday challenge.

This is challenge #193 and it's my turn to play host; I picked the theme of using a BIG SENTIMENT. 

I had so many options for this it took me a while to decide, but in the end I went for this heartfelt sentiment from Tim Holtz's Ponderings set, which I think pairs nicely with the image from SU's Enjoy Life. Some simple sponging with distress oxide ink and it was done!

Materials used:

• stamps - Ponderings (Tim Holtz), Enjoy Life (SU)
• card - whisper white
• distress oxide ink - scattered straw
• other - 2 1/2" circle punch, Stamparatus, blending brush, basic grey marker, craft foam, removable paper

I hope you'll follow the link to the CASOF blog and take a look at what my fellow DT members have created for you. And, of course, we'd love it if you took part in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by. 

Cheers

Kez

Peace - CAS on Friday Challenge #192

Welcome! It's time for another fortnightly challenge with CAS on Friday. 

This is challenge #192 and the theme is CHRISTMAS.

I really, really wanted to use this gorgeous sentiment stamp from Tim Holtz, so I designed my card to suit. And you know me, any excuse to pull out my oxides and get inky! 😁

I masked off some of my whisper white card and used brushes to add the oxide inks, progressing from lightest to darkest and blending them well. Once they were all dry I heat embossed the deer and sentiment, added a few stars with white gel pen and it was done!

Materials used:

• stamps - Dashing Deer (SU), Christmastime 2 (Tim Holtz)
• card - whisper white
• distress oxide inks - tumbled glass, faded jeans, chipped sapphire, wilted violet, black soot
• other - Stamparatus, black embossing powder, silver embossing powder, heat tool, Versamark ink, white gel pen, blending brushes, masking paper, mounting foam tape, embossing buddy

Do follow this link to the CASOF blog to see what gorgeous Christamssy creations my fellow team members have come up with, and hopefully you'll be inspired to join in the challenge yourself.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

All Is Calm

As soon as I saw the colours in the current Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge, I thought they'd make a gorgeous sunrise combo. 

This morning I got out my brayers and blending brushes and got to work and this is what I ended up with. The 'speckly' effect on the sky is from shimmer mist, which has a gorgeous sparkle when it catches the light.

Materials used:

• stamps - Wonderland (SU retired)
• card - whisper white, basic black, Sahara sand
• other - Darling Deer dies (Tim Holtz), brayers, blending brush, sponge dauber, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, white gel pen, mini Dimensionals, champagne shimmer mist

To me it's very peaceful and serene, so the sentiment stamped inside is 'All is calm, all is bright.'

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kez

Edited to add: I was honoured to be among the Artists Pick for my card. Thank you ladies!

Plaid Chicks - CAS on Friday Challenge #191

Hi all! Welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge.

This is challenge #191 and the theme is PLAID.

Now, regular visitors will already know how much I LOVE plaid, so I was particularly excited about this one. Of course, I've never done plaid on a CAS card before, so had to restrain my natural inclination to just plaster plaid everywhere, lol. In the end I decided I wanted to use these adorable little chicks, so chose some plaid with yellow in it to match.

Materials used:

• stamps - Birthday Chicks (MFT), Tiny Words Birthday (SSS)
• card - plaid paper, whisper white, night of navy
• other - Sahara sand marker, Stampin' Blends, night of navy baker's twine, mounting tape

I thought the 'Woohoo' sentiment was a good multi-purpose one, so this card could be used for a number of celebrations, not just birthday.

Now pop over to the CAS on Friday blog to see how my fellow design team members have used plaid on their cards, then why not get yourself some plaid on? 

Thanks for calling in. 

Cheers

Kez

Autumn Leaves - CAS on Friday Challenge #190

'Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall'
                      

Hi all and welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge!

This is challenge #190 and the theme is AUTUMN.

Autumn has always been my absolute favourite time of year - there's finally relief from the heat and I love, love, love the colours of the leaves as they turn. For autumnal colours I couldn't go past SU's lovely Plaid Tidings designer series paper which I've cut with a leaf die.

Materials used:

• stamps - Autumn Leaves (Poppystamps)
• card - Linen white, Plaid Tidings DSP
• SU inks - mango melody, cinnamon cider, merry merlot
• other - linen thread, Big Shot, Stamparatus, sparkling enamel dots, blending brush, mango melody Stampin' Blends pens, sponge dauber, Seasonal Layers thinlits

If you follow the link to the CASOF blog, you'll have the opportunity to see the beautiful Autumn creations my fellow design team members have made for you. And don't forget, we'd love you to join in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

Colour Challenge Poinsettia

The colours in this week's Just Add Ink challenge really called to me and once I had an idea I simply had to sit down to find out if it would work. Here's the challenge:

I've used the stunningly beautiful poinsettia 3D embossing folder from Tim Holtz and Sizzix and coloured it with SU's Stampin' Blends and some Copic markers. As the folder is made to US sizes, I've ended up with quite a large card, but I'm very happy with it.

Materials used:

• stamps - Christmas Gleaming (SU)
• card - very vanilla, merry merlot
• other - Poinsettia 3D texture fades embossing folder (TH), Big Shot, rococo rose and mint macaron Stampin' Blends, Copic markers, clear epoxy dots, Dimensionals

Thanks for calling in. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Celebrating - CAS on Friday Challenge #189

Welcome! It's time for another clean and simple card challenge with CAS on Friday.

This is challenge #189 and the theme is NUMBER/S.

This one had me stumped for a while, I've got to admit. Age cards for little ones are useful but I don't have any grandchildren yet, so that seemed to be planning a bit too far ahead, lol. Hubby had a zero-ending birthday this year but didn't want to acknowledge those digits (lol) so I didn't do a number card for him. Then I recalled that a good friend has a milestone birthday coming up in the not too distant future, so I made a card in anticipation of her special day.

As I've always loved the classic elegance of black and vanilla together, I used that colour scheme with some glittery gold thrown in for good measure. The background is gold embossed with a damask pattern, another classic that never seems to go out of style.

Materials used:

• stamps - Damask (Tim Holtz)
• card - very vanilla, basic black, gold glitter
• dies - large numbers, Celebrate You
• other - craft foam, Big Shot, gold embossing powder, heat tool

Have you got someone who has a special number birthday or anniversary coming up? Then join in our challenge and make them a card! And don't forget to head over to the CASOF blog to see what my team mates have come up with for your inspiration.

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kez

Let's Party! - CAS on Friday Challenge #188

Hello! Welcome back to another challenge at CAS on Friday!

This is challenge #188 and the theme is PARTY TIME.

I took an image from SU's Young at Heart set, coloured it and added a punched strip of vellum with the sentiment heat embossed. It was so peaceful sitting in my craft room colouring - quite the opposite of these lovely ladies kicking their heels up, lol. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Young at Heart, Sentiment Strip Celebrate (Darkroom Door)
• card - whisper white, vellum
• other - Copic markers, Stampin' Blends, black embossing powder, heat tool, rhinestones, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, craft foam, Sahara sand marker, soft sky marker

Do pop over to the CASOF blog to see what my fellow team members have created for this great theme. Hopefully you'll be inspired to join in the challenge.

Thanks for calling in. 

Cheers

Kez

You Blow My Mind - CAS on Friday Challenge #187

Welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge!

This is Challenge #187 and the theme is UNDER THE SEA.

Here's my card:

Materials used:

• stamps - Big Bite (Gerda Steiner Designs)
• card - whisper white (SU)
• distress oxide inks - cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon
• other - waves stencil, craft foam, Copic markers, Stamparatus, blending brushes, sequins, enamel dots

How adorable is that little blowfish? Such a cute face! 

I stencilled with some distress oxide inks (cos you know how much I love those!) to get the wave effect for my background. 

Do follow the link to the CASOF blog to see what other Under the Sea creations my fellow DT members have come up with, and as always, we'd love you to join in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

Spring Flowers

'Spring flowers' is the theme I gave my ladies this week and after browsing Pinterest I was inspired to visit my craft room for a play...

I'm still loving my Wildflower Stems dies and couldn't resist using the sweet daisies for my card, along with the newest (but not for much longer) distress colour, Speckled Egg. Here's how my card ended up:

Materials used:

• stamps - Damask, Attic Treasures, Entomology (all Tim Holtz)
• card - whisper white, Sahara sand, early espresso, mixed media card
• distress oxide inks - antique linen, speckled egg, fossilised amber, twisted citron, mowed lawn
• distress oxide spray - antique linen
• distress embossing glazes - speckled egg, vintage photo
• dies - Wildflower Stems (TH), stitched rectangle, stitched frame
• other - Big Shot, Dimensionals, water spritzer, aqua painter, white baker's twine, white gel pen, heat tool, Transparent Wings butterfly (TH)

There's a new distress colour coming out in a couple of weeks, so as you can imagine I'm getting rather excited about its release - not to mention constantly changing my mind about what shade I'd like it to be, lol. 

I hope you're finding some crafty goodness in your day. Thanks for popping in.

Cheers

Kez

Everyday Magic - CAS on Friday Challenge #186

Welcome back to another Clean and Simple on Friday challenge.

This is Challenge #186 and the theme is NATURE. Here's my offering:

Materials used:

• stamps - Dragonfly Dreams, Timeless Textures
• card - whisper white, basic black
• distress oxide inks - wilted violet, mermaid lagoon
• SU ink - pretty peacock
• other - Chit Chat stickers (Tim Holtz), Detailed Dragonfly dies, Big Shot, stitched rectangle die, Copic markers, in colour faceted gems, Dimensionals, craft foam, blending brush, clear Wink of Stella

My fellow design team members have some beautiful cards to show you, so be sure to follow the link to the CASOF blog and take a look, then once you're inspired, join in the challenge!

Thanks for calling in. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Seaweed Cake

Ever wondered what fish eat on their birthday? OK, if we're being honest, I haven't either, lol, but today's card shows a possible delectable treat.

The theme for the Global Design Project this week is aquatic, which gave me an excuse to pull out some stamps that hadn't seen ink yet. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Big Bite (Gerda Steiner), Picture It Ocean (Clearly Besotted)
• card - whisper white (SU), capri (Kaisercraft)
• other - Copic markers, post-it notes, stitched square framelits, Big Shot, craft foam, Stamparatus

Cute! Wonder how that cake tastes, lol. 

I stamped the cake and shark first then masked them and stamped the background before colouring everything with Copic markers. It was lovely sitting in my craft room colouring on a cold, wet and gloomy day.  That's something that makes social distancing no hardship at all 😀😉

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Meant To Be

OMGosh, talk about 'serendipitous'! The ladies at Just Add Ink are having mixed media cards as their challenge this week, so what could I do but play in my craft room and get inky! 

Here's my entry:

The background was made with ink 'smooshing' (very technical term), then I stamped over it with the music stamp in ripe persimmon and sponged through the trellis stencil with seedless preserves. Vibrancy of colour was preserved by using micro glaze - gotta love this stuff. The last steps were to sponge the edges then paint it with crackle paint and wait for the magic to happen!

And that's when things started to go wrong...

My first coat of crackle paint wasn't thick enough and even after drying overnight, no cracks appeared. Naturally, I added a second, thicker coat and after drying a while, sure enough thousands of tiny cracks appeared and gave it a gorgeous distressed look. Unfortunately...as it dried more, it actually started to peel off, and - what's even worse - took the top layer of vibrantly coloured ink with it! Aaargh! But we crafters are nothing if not resourceful, aren't we? So I scraped it all off (though you can still see bits around the edges) and added some die cut pieces that are a sort of reverse of the stencilling, and just went with the flow. Sigh! 

I cut the frame from three layers of white card, stuck them together then 'aged' them using inks and paints. This technique is a LOT of fun, lol. As luck would have it, my bestie and I had made a bunch of these wildflowers when she came to visit over the weekend, so I had them on hand already. More serendipity! Once all the elements were prepped it was simply a matter of assembling them on my card front. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Sheet Music (SU), Attic Treasures (Tim Holtz)
• card - watercolour, very vanilla, white, crumb cake
• distress oxide inks - spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, seedless preserves, vintage photo, bundled sage, lucky clover, scattered straw, carved pumpkin
• other Tim Holtz products - trellis stencil, Wildflowers #1 dies, water spritzer,  distress micro glaze, antiqued bronze distress paint, tarnished brass distress spray stain, collage medium matte, clear rock candy crackle paint, archival inks in vintage photo, ground espresso and black soot, Splat box
• other - heat tool, scalloped rectangle die, Big Shot, paint brush, linen thread, Dimensionals, ink spritzer tool, trellis die

So all in all, not the card I had originally envisaged but I'm happy with how it turned out. 

Thanks for calling in. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Summer Lovin' - CAS on Friday Challenge #185

Hi and welcome! It's time for another CAS on Friday challenge.

This is challenge #185 and the theme is SUMMER.

Though I had quite a few ideas for this theme, in the end I had to go with a stamp set that just made me giggle. Take a look:

See what I mean? Who doesn't have memories from their childhood (or even grownup-hood) of ants appearing uninvited at your summer picnic? And of sinking your teeth into watermelon when the juice would run down your chin and fingers? My very adult daughters still can't wait for that first melon of the season, cutting it up into slices and gorging on its summery goodness. Mm mmm.

Materials used:

• stamps - Happy Summer (Lawn Fawn)
• card - whisper white, watermelon wonder
• Copic markers - R20, R22, R24, G00, G05, G09
• other - Dimensionals, craft foam

We'd love to have you visit the CAS on Friday blog and see the wonderful creations my fellow design team members have made for you. And, of course, we'd love it even more if you give it a go and join our summer challenge!

Thanks for calling in and stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

It's Beginning to Look Alot Like...

Christmas! 

Well, on this blog anyway, because this week I made my first Christmas card for the year. It was very much an experimentation with some new bits and pieces and I was more than happy with how it turned out.

Materials used:

• stamps - none
• card - crumb cake, cherry cobbler, basic black, very vanilla, whisper white, early espresso
• distress oxide inks - frayed burlap, spiced marmalade, festive berries, candied apple, hickory smoke
• Tim Holtz products - Holly collage paper, Timekeeper Bigz die, Feathered Friends dies, tarnished brass distress paint, distress collage medium, picket fence distress ink, black soot archive ink
• other - big Shot, sponge dauber, blending brushes, black rhinestone, branch die, large numbers dies, dimensionals

I did two layers of card for the numbers to give them more dimension and the branch is three layers, while the bird is raised. The collage paper is very thin, like tissue, so is glued to some whisper white to provide body. I cut the three layers for the bird from very vanilla then used inks and brushes to colour them. I'm really loving this little bird, so I think it's safe to say there'll be more showing up on cards again soon.

Usually I'd be starting Christmas card stamp-a-stack classes this month, so it feels rather strange not to be designing straightforward samples for my ladies. Mind you, some of them have already started on their holiday cards too - and one, in fact, has made her 30 already! That's what quarantine will do for you!

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Yikes! - CAS on Friday Challenge #184

Here I am again with another CAS on Friday challenge for you!

This is challenge #184 and the theme is ANYTHING BUT WHITE. In other words, white (or cream/ivory etc) should not be the predominant colour on your card, though it can be present in small amounts.

I've gone with a very simple card. After pencilling some guidelines, I punched my windows with a square punch, stamped and coloured two of each dog, then fussy cut around one for a second layer. The whole thing is mounted up and I used my punch again to cut the sentiment just the right size.

Materials used:

• stamps - Crazy Dogs (Tim Holtz)
• card - tempting turquoise, whisper white
• other - 1 1/4" square punch, mounting strips, mini Dimensionals, Copic markers, scissors, computer and printer, pencil and ruler

I just love the crazy eyes all of Tim's 'Crazy' range have - they look so adorably comical. I'd love to have a dog with this character, wouldn't you? Or maybe you do already!

Thanks for dropping in. Do be sure to pop over to the CASOF blog to see what the rest of the team have for you, leave some comment love along the way, and hopefully think about joining in our challenge.

Cheers

Kez

Adulting is Hard

SU's stamp set 'Nothing's Better Than' was one of those I instantly knew I'd buy when I first saw the 2020-2021 annual catalogue. Well, that's probably not a shock to you considering it features all the most fun things in life - which coincidentally all begin with 'C'. Case in point: chocolate, cocktails, coffee and cookies! I mean, seriously. Actually, for me, not so much the coffee - can't stand the stuff. Even refuse to kiss my family when they have 'coffee breath' lol. But I do appreciate me a nice chai latte!

Anyways, I had fun over the last few days playing with various colours and designs before these cards were born.

Materials used:

• stamps - Nothing's Better Than
• card - whisper white, magenta madness, that bee DSP (lol)
• other - stitched rectangle die; Love You More Than dies; Big Shot; Stampin' Blends - Bermuda bay, daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, granny apple green, lovely lipstick; Stampin' Write markers - Sahara sand, gorgeous grape, magenta madness, Bermuda bay; Dimensionals; craft foam.

You'll notice I did the cocktails and chocolate ones first, because...come on...priorities. 😉

Materials used:

• stamps - Nothing's Better Than
• card - whisper white, just jade, that bee DSP (lol)
• other - stitched rectangle die; Love You More Than dies; Big Shot; Dimensionals; craft foam, Copic markers E15 and E39, in colour markers

For this one I used my just jade marker to ink up 'ummm...' from part of one stamp and 'y' from another to give me 'yummm...'

And lastly my coffee version (haven't done a cookies one). I don't particularly like the coffee cup image in the set so I dug out a mini coffee cup die set I have in my stash and used that instead.

Materials used:

• stamps - Nothing's Better Than
• card - whisper white, misty moonlight, that bee DSP (lol)
• other - stitched rectangle die; coffee cup dies; Big Shot; Dimensionals; craft foam, in colour markers; Love You More Than dies

This week's challenge with my ladies is to use something new, so I've certainly got that covered with this set, lol! Thanks for stopping by and stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

Birthday Wishes - CAS on Friday Challenge #183

Welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge!

This is challenge #183 and it's a SKETCH. Here's what Janneke came up with for us:

And here's my card. I've gone with a well-used and well-loved colour combination of Bermuda bay, melon mambo and crushed curry.

Materials used:

• stamps - Dandelion Wishes (Clearly Besotted), Tiny Words Birthday (Simon Says Stamp)
• card - whisper white, melon mambo, Bermuda bay patterned paper, crushed curry patterned paper
• other - stitched square die, Big Shot, rhinestones, banner punch, craft foam, white embossing powder, heat tool

We'd love for you to join in the challenge and show us what you can make of the sketch. Meanwhile, please head over to the CASOF blog to see what my team members have envisaged for you, and don't forget we all appreciate some comment love!

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kez

Discover Yourself

I've been playing with my Tim Holtz "toys" again, lol. I originally thought of doing white on white, but once I decided to use heat embossing and texture paste, that plan went out the window. Eventually I settled for some soft and pretty shades of purple and again, intended putting this on a white base card until I saw how drab it looked. It really needed the black base to make the main panel 'pop'. The sentiment too, needed to be in black to stand out, even though I had the same stickers in white.

My process was to firstly stamp the script stamp with Versamark and clear emboss it. Then I inked over and wiped the excess off the embossing. The stencilled texture paste came next and once that was dry I stencilled again, this time with ink. That gorgeous butterfly is white embossed on vellum and fussy cut.

Materials used:

• stamps - Perspective (TH), Attic Treasures (TH)
• card - basic black, whisper white, vellum
• distress oxide inks - Victorian velvet, dusky concord, seedless preserves
• stencils (TH) - Harlequin, Roses
• other - stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, texture paste, spatula, white and clear embossing powders, heat tool, craft foam, Dimensionals, blending brushes, Chit Chat stickers (TH)

I'm very happy with this one - what do you think? I'd love you to leave a comment or tick one of the boxes below.

Thanks for dropping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

My Love For You

I'd been thinking it had been a while since I'd made a fancy fold card and when I came across a couple of nice double gatefold cards on Pinterest, I thought...yeah, okay. Once I'd decided to use the gorgeously cute Whale of a Time designer papers, though (along with co-ordinating stamp set, naturally), I had to use card for my base as the papers are only 6x6". Didn't matter - it gave me the opportunity to showcase the wonderful designs.

My first attempt ended up filed in the bin because the card ripped at the scoreline and I mucked up one of the folds, so today I set to and made another - this time, luckily, it all worked out fine. Except these things are ridiculously difficult to photograph while having to hold it closed with one hand! Lol.

Here's the front:

And here it is opened up:

Materials used:

• stamps - Whale Done
• card - pool party, pretty peacock, whisper white, Whale of a Time DSP
• other - everyday label punch, Dimensionals

I love these papers and know I'm going to enjoy making more cards with them. 

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe!

Cheers

Kez

A Koalaty Friend

For this week's challenge with my ladies, I asked them to make a card with a friendship theme and include the word 'friend' or 'friendship' on the front. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do for my own sample, but as I was browsing through my stamps looking for something for another project, I came across this Clearly Besotted stamp set and an idea was born.

It's a very simple card but the beautiful Forever Greenery papers are scene stealers really, aren't they? Just stunning, and perfect for an Aussie card made by someone who lives in a World Heritage national park! 

Materials used:

• stamps - Plushies Down Under (Clearly Besotted)
• card - whisper white, pretty peacock, Forever Greenery DSP
• other - stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, craft foam, Copic markers, Sahara sand marker

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez