Tri-fold shutter card for Creative Creases

Good Morning to you all.

I have 2 posts today and both very different so be sure to check them both out...or hop over here

Im honoured to be guest DT over at Creative Creases Challenge once again

This time I decided to use an old tattered lace die set to make an A4 tri fold shutter card.  Its years old and was preloved when I bought it so it must be over 10yrs old and been gathering dust!

I also wanted to use some old paperartsy flower stamps so have gone for a full on summer vibe.

A4 white die cut card base.  I then made my own blue sky background which you can see at the end of the post, this i then die cut with the matt layer dies from the set.

I stamped the flowers with dark blue ink so a bit softer than black and coloured with alcohol markers. I then fussy cut the flowers and got arranging, adhering some flat and some with pinflair glue gel for dimension.  I added them in 2 different bunches so that depending on what angle the card is stood at you mostly see different flowers.

I stamped 2 butterflies in purple, added soft colour, cut out and added to the panels along with 2 flower heads.

The quote was stamped in blue and added to the middle.  Touches of diamond stickles glitter glue added to the flower centres and butterfly wings for a little bit of sparkle to finish. 

The quote 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them' - it was originally a vertical stamp but wouldn't fit the middle panel so by cutting the words up I made it fit😁.

I coloured these flowers more like red poppies.  The foliage was such a fine stamp I didn't fancy fussy cutting so i stamped it in green ink and coloured completely over the top with green alcohol marker and then cut out.  To make my arrangements i cut the heads and stems off some so that i could stick at different angles and make more realistic, the foliage i cut into small pieces and tucked in among the flowers.  

and onto my background below

My background.  I started with a sheet of white A4 and added turquoise and ultramarine brusho powders.  Once completely dry and to soften the vibrancy a little i used an A4 shell stencil with matt lilac acrylic paint.  I then added lots of stamping with various inks and stamps using 1st,2nd&3rd generation stamping - basically just stamping until no ink left on the stamp.  The main text reads 'spread a little happiness wherever you go' this is an aall&create stamp set.

To finish the background i took this sun swirly stencil and used gold acrylic paint, sadly photos don't pick up how shiny it it, but when the light hits it, it adds a subtle bling to the background

Items Used:

Tattered lace A4 shutter die set (very old)

Paperartsy stamps 'JOFY 11' 'JOFY14' 'EKC03'

aall&create stamps #851 'rise&shine #628 'spread a little happiness'

Shell and swirl stencils (?brand?)

Decoart gold paint

Folkart matt paint

Alcohol markers

Brusho powders 'turquoise, ultramarine'

Versafine Clair inks 'medieval blue' 'green oasis''monarch''purple delight'

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

 

Hop over to Creative Creases to see what the talented DT created and to join in with your fancy folds.

When I made this a few weeks ago it was wild, wet & windy so I was thinking of sunnier days, since then my mojo has gone on holiday...hopefully it returns soon as I do have birthdays to make for!  Its been beautiful weather last couple of weeks in Cornwall - windy but that is ideal for drying the washing as long as you add plenty of pegs😁 And hat it definitely needed for my walks but it was beautifully and sunny so you can forgive the wind.  I hope you all have a wonderful month of May. Emma

 

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https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/miucb-83-anything-goes-optional-stamp.html - stamped background

 

Mermaid shutter cards

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing 2 mermaid shutter cards.  I was given this fab quirky mermaid stamps by funky fossil stamps and decided to team them up with my funky fossil weird fish stamps.

I used my tattered lace A4 shutter card die set for the base and die cut panels from sea themed paper. I stamped the mermaids and fish,  coloured them with alcohol markers, added glossy accents to the eyes and cut them out. I then got arranging them on the base with pinflair glue gel.  Stamped the sentiments from the mermaid set, cut them up, inked the edges and added. 

I took the starfish printed paper and overstamped it with the puns from the stamp set with a green/blue ink. I stenciled areas with a glossy medium and scales stencil to add more interest to the background.  

You can just make out the glossy stencilling behind the starfish here, when the light hits it, it is really shiny. 

and the back of the card, another paper from the water themed pad from the works called 'fresh feelings'    I added a white panel to the middle to write the greeting on.

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Version 2

Made the same way, just different base paper and colours

Items Used

Funky fossil stamps 'weird fish' & 

Make & Create paper pad 'feeling fresh' from the works

Tattered lace A4 shutter die set

Stencil 'fish scales'

Cosmic shimmer Glossy Glaze 'spring mint'

Various distress inks

Alcohol markers

Ranger glossy accents

Ranger stickles glitter glue 'diamond'

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

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Sophie & Lizzy's birthdays

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing birthday cards i made for my nieces, Sophie was 11 on friday and Lizzy was 9 on monday, as always Ive made 2 cards, one from myself and one for my parents to give.

A4 Tri-fold stepper card made for Sophie.  She loves her fashion and I found a lovely girly paper in my stash that was perfect, i picked up on the tones in the paper and matted with a copper satin card which really dances when the light hits it.  I used 2 very old KennyK toppers from hobby house and cut the girls out.  I mounted one onto a white die cut oval and then the front panel and the 2nd girl onto the back panel. 

I die cut Sophie's name and age from the copper satin card & adhered to the panels, i drew around the alphas once glued down with a dark brown fine liner pen to help them stand out a bit better.  Computer printed sentiment in brown ink added to the middle panel.  As Sophie loves her bling i added large coffee colour pearls to the top right and bottom left corners to finish.

Showing it side on.

I used a tattered lace shutter die set which comes with all the mat layer dies too so great for a pretty quick card.  The paper came from an old make&create pad from the works

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Card 2 for Sophie is again using an old tattered lace die set, it makes super tiny diamond fold cards so i lined up the die a 2nd time to make it a double diamond pop out - finished size approx 5x5"  Very old bobunny papers 'Isabella' in grey and pink so i used a pearl grey cardstock for my base.  Butterflies are an old spellbinders dies cut from dark pink card for their base and one of the plainer papers from the pad.  

I die cut the sentiment and Sophie from dark pink and silver mirri cards and did a drop shadow with the pink to help them stand out and added to the side panels.  Gems added to the butterflies to finish.

and showing the back of the card, i used paler papers on the side panels so could write the greeting.  Computer printed sentiments die cut into circles for the middle sections.

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Lizzy's cards

More old stash in use - old presscut stepper die for the base cut from white card and then i found a paper to match the topper and added the panels.  The topper is another old one from hobbyhouse - they come pre-coloured.  I cut it to size, rounded the corners and added with foam tape.  

Sentiment and alpha's die cut from purple mirri card, lilac gems and glitter glue highlights added to finish.

Yep -you've guess it, another very old die set! Its good to dig out old dies again.  A Sizzix flip it set.  I die cut the base from white card and the panels from a fab pink & teal paper that came a few years ago from B&M.  I computer printed the sentiments onto white card and die cut into circles and added to the flip section.   Die cut spellbinders fairy dies from teal glitter card and gave them vellum wings, these i added to the base, 2 to the front and one on the back.  Die cut butterflies from gold holographic card to finish. 

Showing the front opened up

and the back of the card, i left a space on the left to write the greeting.

I hope you all have a good week, the countdown is on now, as crafters we plan for Christmas for months but it still seems to arrive quickly.  Big hugs. Emmaxxx

 

Swimming with the fishes

Good Morning everyone

Today is a fun shutter card using funky fossils weird fish stamps and mouse diver stamp from pink ink

A4 stepper card die cut using an old tattered lace die, an underwater paper matted onto silver holographic card.  I then stamped lots of fish & the diver and watercoloured with oxide inks and cut out.  I then got arranging them on the panels along with seaweed and shells i had left over from previous projects.   I added glossy accents to the eyes of the fish and goggles and oxygen tanks on the diver. The 'sea la vie' sentiment stamp came with the mouse which i stamped onto white card and cut around. 

Touches of glitter glue to finish.

I had great fun creating this scene. 

Items Used:

Tattered lace tri fold shutter card die set

Funky fossil stamps 'weird fish'

Pink ink stamps 'diver mouse'

The works 12x12 paper pad 'feeling fresh'

Silver holographic card

CraftUk white cardstock

Distress Oxide inks

Thank you all for stopping by.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

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Sunflower shutter card

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing my sunflowers for Ukraine card after seeing several inspiring posts in blogland recently.  Gecko galz are selling beautiful sunflower digital images on etsy here to help raise funds. 

I knew i wanted to try and use as many of the images on my card as i could so decided a tri fold shutter would be a good base, i dug out my neglected tattered lace shutter die set and got cutting. I printed out the sheets in A4 & A5 to give me a choice of sizes of the images.

I die cut my base from soft cream pearl cardstock that has a gold shimmer in it to pick up on the gold of the sunflowers.  I die cut the smaller mat layers from blue cardstock and then various sunflower images for each of the smaller panels.  For the 2 bigger ends i found a yellowy/orange printed paper that went with the sunflowers perfectly. 

For the front panel i trimmed the lovely sun rays over a sunflower field and mounted onto cream pearl card, then the blue card and mounted to the front with foam tape for a bit of dimension.

As i didn't want to use too much other than the printed sunflowers instead of die cut flowers to embellish I fussy cut out various sunflowers from the toppers and arranged on the front and back panels.  

After a while i decided on a die cut 'hello sunshine'  as the sentiment as the sun brightens the darkness with the sign of hope

Showing it from the right hand side

Close up of the topper.  I added just a touch of diamond glitter to the centre of the front sunflower

Close up of left side, i added a bit of shape to the front flower heads and attached with glue gel for a bit of dimension.  My printer ink was running out so some printed out in a different tone but actually turned out ideal to add depth tone for layering up the different flowers. 

and the back of the card, i die cut the yellow/orange paper for each panel and a smaller rectangle of the cream pearl for the centre to write my greeting in.  Attached flower offcuts from the toppers i cut up for the front of the card.

Items Used:

Geckogalz  sunflowers for ukraine digi images

Tattered lace A4 tri fold shutter die set

Hello sunshine die - brand?

Yellow/orange paper - the works

Cream pearl cardstock

Blue cardstock

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope its a positive week for you all.  Hugs Emmaxx

Id love to enter the following:

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70th Birthday shutter card

Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a card my mum asked for for her friends 70th birthday, i decided to make a shutter card and teamed a splash of orange flowers with chocolate glitter card and chocolate mirri card, very Autumnal tones......I guess i also have a chocolate orange theme going on😋 

From a piece of A4 white card i die cut the tattered lace shutter card die and folded along the score lines.  I then cut the smaller layers from chocolate brown mirri card and then small again from a pretty floral paper and then glued them all to the base.

I then die cut lots of foliage and flowers from orange  inked card, brown glitter card, gold mirri card and various papers. I then arranged them on the base. Gold tone gems to finish the flowers off. 

Showing from the right side, i computer printed the sentiment and die cut the number 70 from chocolate mirri card and added to the small sections.

Showing it opened out completely

Close up on my flowers. The orange ones were cut from card i inked with Oxide inks in Fozzilised Amber, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmelade

Items Used:

Tattered Lace shutter die set

Sizzix flower dies

Tim Holtz funky flower dies

Crafters companion foliage dies

Memory box number dies

Floral Patterned Paper

Jellybean glitter card

Chocolate & Gold Mirri card

Thank you all for stopping by once again, i can't believe how fast the weeks fly by.  Ive had my head down Christmas card making.  I hope you all have a good week whatever you get upto. Emmax

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