Thinking of you card

I've been busy with a bit of Country Women's Association (CWA) stuff lately.  But have made this card for one of our branch members who had a fall the other day and isn't feeling quite right.

I cased it from pinterest with a few of my own changes to it.  I'm quite liking the Silver metallic thread, just puts that little bit of interest on the card without being overbearing I think.  For $5.25 for 45.7m it is pretty good value!

Anyway I better go and put the wine on to chill as I am going out for tea/dinner (whichever you call it) for a girls night out and the restaurant is BYO...and chinese YUMM.

'Til we craft again

Have a great weekend!

Donna

Note Card Envelope Holder

I got a chance to craft this morning.  I've been wanting to make something to hold a set of note cards to sell at the markets.

I found a way to do this when searching through all the great ideas on pinterest.

I made this using the Stampin' Up! Envelope Punch with a piece of 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inch card stock.  Then decorate as you like.

I will see if I can put a tutorial up soon.

Til we craft again!

Donna

Easel Card using the Floral die tutorial

Ok.  I haven't done many tutorials so please bare with me, any questions please ask.

This card is what they call an Easel card as you can see by the way it stands.

 

What you will need:

Cardstock -

1. 11" x 4" (27.94 x 10.16 cm) piece of your choice of coloured card stock
2. 5 1/2" x 4" (13.97 x 10.16 cm) piece of the same choice of coloured card stock
3. 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" (9.525 x 8.89 cm) piece of whisper white card stock
4. 3 1/2" x 3 3/8" (8.89 x 8.57 cm) piece of the same coloured card stock you chose
5. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" (9.525 x 5.715 cm) piece of whisper white card stock

These 5 pieces of card stock make up your card minus embellishments so you will need an extra little bit of white card stock for the number 50 and the banner.

For those who don't work with inches here is a guide to help you know the measurements and where they sit on the ruler. I know I had trouble because in Australia we use metric measurements and I was not schooled in Imperial measurements.  

Stamp sets and dies used -

1. Floral phrases stamp set
2. Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies
3. Number of Years Stamp set
4. Large Numbers Framelit Dies

The Floral Phrases stamp set and die also comes in a bundle which works out cheaper than buying them separately.

FLORAL PHRASES CLEAR-MOUNT BUNDLE

or

FLORAL PHRASES WOOD-MOUNT BUNDLE

Other items needed:

1. Big Shot
2. Embossing folder
3. Glue
4. Dimensionals
5. Sissors
6. Trimmer
7. Bone Folder
8. Ink pad to match your coloured card stock
9. If you're not using wood mount stamps you will need blocks for your clear mount or photopolymer stamps
10. Diamante or other embellishment that you find suits
11. Copper Stampin' embossing powder
12. Versamark ink

Now that we have that part sorted let's begin.....

Here are pictures of the sizes of card stock you need, using your trimmer cut your pieces to size.

Score your long piece of coloured card stock at 2 1/2" then 5 1/2"

 

 Next we need to use the Detailed Floral die to cut the ends to make it look pretty!

Place the long thin die (which is what cuts the edge, if you didn't use this it wouldn't cut the end off) as close to the edge as possible then place the larger die behind it leaving just a small space as you can see in the picture.  The small floral die goes on the 5 1/2" x 4" coloured card stock and the larger floral die goes on the 11" x 4" coloured card stock.  Don't forget to use the long thin die with both of the floral dies.  Place on your plates to run through the Big Shot.
The magnetic platform helps keep them in place or the precision base plate is great to use with detailed dies such as these, this is your choice, I used the magnetic platform.

This is what you will have once you have run it through the Big Shot.

Isn't it pretty??  I think it is :)

Ok let's run the 3 1/2" x 3 3/8" piece of coloured card stock through the Big Shot in the embossing folder you have chosen to use.

 The embossing folder I used is a retired folder but it was what I needed to achieve the result I wanted.  If you are looking for any retired Stampin' Up products to buy there is a great Facebook page that people advertise on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SUSSF/

Now grab that spare bit of Whisper white card stock, your versamark ink and the number stamps you want to use.  I used 50 as it was for a 50th Birthday.

Stamp the card stock with the versamark then pour the embossing powder over the versamark, shake off the excess powder and put back into the container, then using your heating tool heat the powder until it sets.  I must tell you I found using the embossing buddy before you stamp really does help the excess embossing powder shake off so you're not left with dots of embossing powder where you don't want it.

Then using the number dies cut out your numbers by running through the big shot.

Now stamp your "Look who's turning" stamp on your spare bit of Whisper white card stock. Then cut around it and cut a V in either end. I use a pencil to put a dot on the other side so I know where the middle is to cut to to make the V.

 On your 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" piece of whisper white card stock stamp your sentiment. You will now have all the bits ready to put together.

Layer your 

1. 5 1/2" x 4" piece coloured card stock
2. 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" piece of whisper white card stock
3. 3 1/2" x 3 3/8" piece of coloured card stock

as shown below...

Glue them altogether. (The top layer you will notice isn't embossed because I took the photo before I had embossed it :-/ )

Place your Look who's turning piece onto the top using dimensionals.

Then your numbers using dimensionals...

As you can see I cut the dimensionals down to size.

Glue your sentiment onto the long piece of coloured cardstock and this is what you should have....

Fold the card stock so that is sits like this....

Make sure to use your bone folder along the folds.

Glue your layered piece onto the top as shown....

Then place your embellishment on the bottom floral part so as your card doesn't slide flat as you can see in this photo....

And WALLUH  your card is finished!!

When flat this card will fit in a standard C6 size envelope.

I hope you could understand my instructions. If you have any questions as I said before please ask!

'Til we craft again!

Donna

Sunday market day

This was my market today which because of the position didn't fair well at all!  But was surrounded by 4 other ladies and one of the husbands which turned out to be a fun day between us while the outside market continued on hehehe

Market

Well I've had a very full on day today with the market stall at Niagara Park Shopping Centre, During this time I had to have my son look after the stall for an hour while I ducked over to the Henry Kendall Cottage & Museum to take some photo's of the opening day for the CWA Awareness week, which was set up by the CWA Northumberland Group along with the Historical Society for History week, as I'm the publicity officer for our CWA group. Bring on tomorrow for another market stall at Davistown waterfront.

Affectionately Yours double Z fold card

I'm on a roll.  I'm doing a Market stall tomorrow and Sunday so I've been busy trying to make some cards to sell.

I quite like the double Z fold card and this DSP.

This is the DSP I used on the card.

Affectionately Yours specialty paper.

'Til we craft again!

Donna

Foral Card

I do love this floral die!!  It makes such beautiful cards!

The last couple of days has seen me busy.....

Envelope punch board

These are my latest cards I've made. The last card I used the envelope punch board.

I think most of my craft room is out in the lounge room so while I create I can watch TV too lol

Really I should be going to bed as it is now 11.20pm :)

'til we craft again,

Donna

Special Offers for September

There's so much going on this month!!!

Check out these special offers that are only on until the 21st September 2016...

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Price: $31.00 $23.25
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New Holiday Catalogue

The new Holiday Catalogue is now out and there are some gorgeous new stamps!!

Here are a couple of Cards I made using the some of the new stamps from this catalogue...

This one is great to colour using the the Many Marvelous Markers.

For those who live close to me I am holding a card class on Tuesday 6 Sept at Club Umina at 10.15 am and we will be making these 3 cards.  Tea/coffee will be supplied along with a light refreshment.

'Til we craft again,

Donna