Creative Creases

 Good Morning everyone

Today im honoured to be a guest designer over at creative-creases-challenge

I decided to try a new fold for me a 'double vertical stepper card' which was perfect for using this beautiful peach and grey paper pad from Kanban which ive had for years.  I love with this fold that i get to use lots of the different papers together.  

I made my base card out of cream cardstock - the finished folded up size is 5x5" and it squashes closed to fit into an envelope. The side folds are  1" 1" 2" & 2" and the back panel 5"   but can easily be adjusted to any size.  The band across the middle helps it to keep its shape and easily stand up.

I got cutting up the papers for the panels, covering both the sides of the side panels as they can all be seen when its on display. 

I had some matching vellum so die cut that into a flower, the vellum has gold foil highlights as do some of the papers which is why i went with gold satin card for my die cut leaves - this also helped break up the colour a bit.  I die cut a circle for my flower to sit on and added this to the belly band of the card.  A nice peach pearl in the centre of the flower to finish. 

I stamped some butterflies onto one of the peach papers, cut them out and adhered to look like they are flying around the panels.  I added a touch of diamond stickles to their bodies and wings for a bit of sparkle. 

and the back of the card, i used more of the papers, die cut a circle from more cream cardstock as a place to write the greeting and added a stamped happy birthday in grey ink. I also added another of the smaller butterflies.

Items Used:

Uniko Ltd stamps (butterflies) 'English country garden'

Woodware sentiment stamp

Kanban paper pad & vellum 'Apricot dreams' 

Craft UK ltd A3 smooth cream cardstock

Crafters companion gold satin cardstock

Stitched circle dies

Leaf die

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Thank you all for stopping by and please do hop over to creative creases to join in with your fancy folds. Emma

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Id love to also enter the following:

 

https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/beautiful-blossoms-challenge-anything.html

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https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-206-ag-beautiful-butterflies.html

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https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-challenge.html

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https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-anything-goes-wopitional.html - flowers

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Yellow & Pink

Good Morning everyone

I was inspired by this challenge colour combo of Yellow & Pink over at color hues challenge 

To start with I coloured A4 white cardstock - 1 with yellow brusho powder, 1 with bubblegum pink dylusions shimmer spray and 1 sheet with a mix of the two colours and left to dry over night while i thought about what i would create.

I made 2 cards the same just reversed the colours

DL (8x4") White linen cardblank, I lightly inked the edges with picked raspberry & sqeeshed lemonade distress inks.  I die cut a smaller panel from white linen card and a stitched edge die and adhered to the card front.

I die cut a large leafy swirl from the pink card, a flower from the yellow and the sentiment from the sheet which i sprayed both colours onto.  I matted the sentiment onto white card.  To make the flower bigger and stand out clearly behind the sentiment i cut it in half and did the same with the leafy flourish so i could make it longer - the gaps are hidden behind the sentiment.   This meant i could also slightly tweak the angle of the foliage to fit the DL shape better. 

I did cut some smaller flowers from the yellow card and adhered with some pink gem centres.  I then added a few yellow enamel dots to finish which give the feel of flower buds. 

Just a close up, sadly the amazing shimmer of the pink spray doesn't show up in the photos.

and version 2

Ive just made this one the other way around. A few more pink gem flower buds on this one as the gems were alot smaller than the yellow enamel dots i used on the first one. 

We finally have had a bit of sunshine this week so hopefully winter is soon a distant memory and we get some warmer sunnier days!

 Items Used:

Brusho's pigment powder 'yellow'

Ranger Dylusions shimmer spray 'bubblegum pink'

Distress Inks 'picked raspberry & squeezed lemonade'

Simon says stamp SSSd112057 'detailed leaf cluster' die

Daisy flower die

Tonic studios (hello sunshine) 3278e 'The four seasons sensational summer' die

Stitched edge DL dies

Altenew yellow enamel dots

Papermania pink gems

Thank you all for stopping by.  Emma

Id love to enter the following:

https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/color-hues-85-yellow-and-pink.html

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https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/unicorn-97-use-dies.html

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https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/mttc-532-theme-is-everything-die-cuts.html

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https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2024/04/just-add-ink-698choose-two.html - I chose Leaves & flowers

Arty thank you

Good Morning everyone

I bought these fab art equipment stamps a while back in a sale but thought they were perfect to make a couple of little thank you cards for crafty friends who sent some crafty bits for my nieces to create art with.

4x4" I had these shaped die cuts left over on my desk and thought would be perfect for the base so i joined 2 together with a little hinge on the back one for my shaped card blank.  I lightly stencilled black soot oxide ink through a splodge stencil for my background - i wanted to keep it muted so my rainbow of arty stamped items stood out. 

I stamped the images onto white card with black ink, watercoloured with distress oxide inks and cut them out.    I then got arranging them and adhered into place.  I had these fab chipboard stickers with arty saying which are the perfect finishing touch - the little arty flower image is from the same chipboard set. 

Version 2 the quote and heart are both chipboard.  

Items Used:

Creative expression Jane davenport stamps 'CEJDCS023' 'HeArt Supplies'

Stamperia chipboard 'DFLCB24' 'Atelier des Arts'

Distress Oxide inks - candied apple, spiced marmelade, fossilised amber, lucky clover, salty ocean, blueprint sketch, wilted violet, Picked raspberry, black soot.

Woodware mini Splat stencil 

Nested dies

White cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week. Emmaxx

Id love to enter the following:

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/creative-inspiration-challenges-13.html

https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-261-ibw-im-romantic-i-live.html - inspired by the craft aisle

https://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-84-not-square.html

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-275.html

 

Nesting Birdies

Good Morning everyone

Today Im sharing another spring card using the katkin krafts 'love nest' stamps

I made a sky background with turquoise brushos, once dry cut to size and added to a white base card.  I added leaf green & lime green brushos another piece of white card and die cut the spellbinders leafy frame from it.  I die cut 4 more of the leafy frames from scrap card and glued them all together to give me depth to the frame and this is easier than trying to apply foam tape to it, it also gives the frame the feel of chipboard.

I worked out where i wanted the frame on the blue background and then stamped the branches into place, i then adhered the frame.

I stamped all the birds and cherry blossom onto white card and watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils, also colouring the base images - the inktense pencils work well over the brusho background.  I then cut out the bird nests and decoupaged onto the base images with pinflair glue gel. I cut out a few of the flowers and added.

Stamped sentiment die cut into an oval to finish.  This 'step into spring' was a magazine freebie and ive used it so much as i think its a lovely sentiment, stepping out of the grey of winter and into the beauty of spring. 

Just close ups.   

Im not sure what my camera/light box did to the colours of these, they arent quite as luminous in real life😀

Items Used:

Katkin krafts stamps 'love nest'

Sentiment stamp

Spellbinders die

Brusho powders

derwent inktense pencils

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Ive got a day with my 5 nieces today and tomorrow so will be crafting up a storm with them, but hopefully we get a bit of the break in the rain to get some fresh air.   Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2024/04/april-challenge.html

https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-challenge.html

https://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-313-spring-colours.html

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2024/03/51-spring-andor-easter.html

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-anything-goes-spring.html

 

National look alike day

Good Morning everyone

Today im honoured to be a guest designer for Day of the month card club

and the theme is 'National look alike day'

https://dayofthemonthcardclub.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-62-national-look-alike-day.html

So we are looking for 2 of anything i.e 2 flowers, 2 birds, 2 frames.  Now this one really got me thinking and i just kept coming back to the idea of twins so i dug out my old Carabelle Stamps SA60158 'Zinouk du jardin'    a fab old door stamp by Katzelkraft and some cherry blossom to give the feel of stepping out of the grey of winter and into the cheerful blossoming of spring. 

Approx card size 5x7"   I first stamped Zinouk twice onto white card and watercoloured with my inktense pencils and then cut her out. I gave them matching outfits so that they definitely look alike

I die cut white card into an arch card base, then used 2 smaller arch dies to cut a frame from white, from the middle piece of the frame i stamped the old doorway in soft grey ink and gave it a very light watercolour wash.  I stamped some twigs around the edge and some text in the background - all in grey. I then lightly inked the edges with a light brushing of black soot distress ink - I also did that to the edges of my base card. 

I added the white arch frame with 3d foam and then adhered the topper scene in flat.  I then added the 2 Zinouk's with glue gel so that they are 'stood' on the frame.  I stamped & coloured some cherry blossom, cut out and attached with glue gel and a stamped sentiment to finish.

Just a close up - i added a little touch of glitter to their earrings for a subtle bit of bling. The sentiment stamp is an old magazine freebie

Items Used:

Carabelle Stamps SA60158 'Zinouk du jardin'

Katzelkraft stamps 'les portes'

Katkin krafts stamps (background text) (cherry blossom) 'love nest'

aall&create stamps #851 'rise & shine'  

Sentiment stamp - old magazine freebie

Derwent inktense pencils

Distress inks - black soot, vintage photo, cracked pistachio, shaded lilac

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Thank you all for stopping by, please do hop over to day of the month card club to join in and see everyone comes up with for National look a like day .  I hope you all have a fabulous week whatever you get upto, I shall be doing lots of crafting with my nieces as its the Easter holidays. Emmax

 

Hoppy Easter

Good Morning everyone

Another little batch of easter cards today, using these fabulous bunny stamps from aall&create

Approx card size 6"    I first made my cardblank for yellow cardstock and my hexagon dies.  I stencilled over it with fossilised amber & spiced marmalade oxide inks to soften the bright yellow.  I die cut a smaller hexagon from white linen cardstock and die cut the floral circle into it.  I then lightly stencilled on foliage with lucky clover and evergreen distress inks, keeping it subtle, i attached this panel flat to the card front and stamped the sentiment.

I then stamped the rabbits onto white card, added little touches of colour with my fine liner pens - leaving the rabbits fur completely white.  I then cut them out and attached with glue gel for a little dimension.  Dots of stickles glitter glue added to the flower centres for a little sparkle.

Version 2 - just different colours on the bunnies

and little batch of bunnies🐰  The last 2 weeks we've seen more rabbits about in the fields which is a lovely sight

Items Used:

aall&create stamps 'hippety hoppity' #678

XL Hexagon dies

Floral circle die

Stencils

Distress & oxide inks

Staedtler fine liner coloured pens

Ranger Stickles 'crystal'

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you have a good week. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-2024-stencil-fun-challenge.html - spring

https://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/553.html - spring

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/spring-season-march-2024-challenge.html

https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2024/03/challenge-81.html

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/week-772.html - fur

https://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/easter.html

 

Easter Birdies

Good Morning everyone

Today is some Easter cards made using these lovely bird stamps from Katkin krafts - a new company to me, loved these birds among the cherry blossom. .

Slim DL approx size: 3.25 x 8.25"  I went with this size to fit some envelopes i have and thought it would work well with the images.

I first die cut a white panel to fit the card front and stamped the birds & branches onto it, i stamped them again onto more white card.  The 2nd images i watercoloured and cut out the birds and nests and some of the flowers.

I folded and cut a piece of spring green cardstock for my base card and stamped over it using the smaller stamps in the set and similar colours to those i used to colour the images.  I also stamped the word 'spring' in orange oxide ink randomly.   

I then adhered the white panel flat and added the birds & nests with glue gel for a little dimension.  A few added flowers to finish.

Version 2 - the birdie on the right is slightly different.  I watercoloured the flowers with a shimmer ink so when they catch the light they sparkle.

My little flock of spring birdie cards.  Spring is well on its way here in Cornwall as I had 3 hedgehogs come out of hibernation in the last week,just need some encouraging weather😀 

Items Used:

Katkin krafts stamps 'love nest' KK0013

aall&create stamps 'seasons' #455

Distress inks

Lisa Horton cloud 9 interference ink 'fruit salad'

DL dies

Thank you for popping by once again.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/03/spring.html

https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2024/03/256-flora-and-fauna.html

https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2024/03/march-challenge.html

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/03/challenge-591-spring.html

https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/spring-air-aria-di-primavera.html

https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/03/triple-b-march-2024-challenge.html