Recycling fun!

My hubby had received two cards on

Father's Day that came in these

pretty envelopes. The outside is

a lovely shade of blue and the inside

is spotty!

So I held on to them, as you do, and

spent ages trying to work out how to

use them to make a folio.

I finally did lol!

So I used two envelopes and one

sheet of 12" x 12" paper.

To decorate I used a couple of

6" x 6" papers.

Inside I had added notebook, journal card,

sketch book, mini envelopes, word tags,

bookmarker and tags.

You can watch a quick tutorial here

or a quick walkthrough of finished folio here

Items used

2 rescued envelopes

1 sheet of paper from my stash

Few sheets of 6" x 6" (SU).

Large letter dies (SU)

Pre made embellishments from my stash.

Pompon strip.

Stamps from CreateKrafts

and Contact USA.

Markers

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Creative Aunts - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards

The paper Funday - anything option fancy folds

Girlz Creative Fun Art of scrap - use designer paper

Sunshine blooms

I'm sharing my midway post for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is summer blooms.

We have two lovely prizes up for grabs

so come and join us!!

Just remember to stamp!

For my card I went with yellow colours.

I stencilled the sunshine behind

using a stencil from Crafts Direct 2U

using Lemon Lolly ink.

I then cut two circles, one in yellow

and the other in white for my flower.

The flower stamp is from CreateKrafts

and has been coloured with markers.

When all put together I stamped

the sentiment directly on to the front

using the same stamp set

Hugs & Blooms - CreateKrafts.

I added a tiny bow using matching ribbon.

 I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + optional mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Passion for Markers - floral vibes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - anything goes

Fashion!

I'm here to share my mid month tag and ATC for our

fashion theme over at

Tag-along (and ATC's).

This time I used a gorgeous oval tag from

Tonic Studios which has embossing

around the top.

I stamped my image using 

Uptown Girl Polly loves perfume

and coloured it up with markers.

I ink blended in yellow and pink

distress oxides around my image.

I highlighted the embossing with

black fine liner

and stamped some little flowers and

sentiment in the pink area

using a stamp called Dressed to Impress (SU).

I used an old SU stencil

and some embossing paste to

add texture and then splattered in

white ink.

I finished with a black organza bow.

I would like to enter this into

HQSCAT - funfold or tag

A Place to start - no rectangles/anything goes

Passion for Markers - dies and/or punches

I 💓 ProMarkers - in the pink

Moving along with the times - feminine

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For my ATC I went with a masculine fashion feel.

The background was made by inking

up using distress oxides.

I then stamped the main image using

a set from The Stamp Man - Men 2.

In the gaps I stamped some dots using

a set from Visible Image called

grunge tones.

I finished with some stencilled numbers (SU)

and embossing paste and

added some splattered white and gold ink.

I would like to enter this into

The Little Things - mermaids/fish or anything goes

creative artiste - mixed media makes

The Outlawz - no cards

I hope you get time to join us as

we have a lovely prize up for grabs!

Birthday picnic

I have another little card for my MIL

to give to her great granddaughter.

I used papers from Nitwits Baby Firsts Girl.

The image is LOTV, pre coloured book.

I added grass and clouds and added more

colour to the image using my markers.

I finished by printing and building the flowers

from the same Nitwits set and adding

an organza bow.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz & the art of letters - G for girl

Heart's Quest celebrations of love - birthday

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & fun = creativity - anything goes

CD Sunday Plus - use a CD, USB or Digital download

Boiling hot yesterday, rain today lol.

Hopefully brightens up soon.

My flowers need a bit of attention!!

Christmas candles

I have another card for my Christmas list!!

I kept this one fairly CAS and

quick and easy to replicate.

I used a snowflake embossing folder from

IndigoBlu on a piece of white card.

I then ran that through my sewing machine.

Next I stamped the candles from IndigoBlu

and coloured them up with markers.

I stamped the sentiment in red

from the same set.

The card was stuck to my base card

and a sentiment stamped inside. Done!!

All items are from IndigoBlu 

Mixed Media Special 12.

I would like to enter this into

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Simply Clean & Simple - anything CAS option nature

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - Christmas in July

Sparkles Christmas challenge - clean and simple

Merry Little Christmas - anything Christmas

Have a lovely crafty week.

We have a bit of sunshine after a wet

and cold weekend. So fingers crossed

it hangs around for a few days.

Mini file folders

This was another one of my projects recently.

I made some cute little mini file folders

with a paper clip closure which also

holds it to which ever page I need.

Great for my garden folio for this summer.

Items used

Timeless Arrangements (SU).

Tonic flower punch, paperclip, gems

and bakers twine and my scraps of course.

I have a quick tutorial here but it's really

not needed for any seasoned crafters 😁

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option fun fold

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

Girlz Creative Fun art of scrap - anything with designer paper

I hope you have a really nice weekend.

Snippet play!

I gathered another little pile of snippets and

had a serious play!

From the snippets below I made these

sentiments.

I also added some little bits of lace, tulle,

my sewing machine and staples.

The words have been stamped using my

Contact USA alphabets.

Bear in mind they are tiny little things

but perfect for my folios etc.

I would like to enter these into

Snippets Playground

The Outlawz - no cards

A Perfect Time to craft - anything goes

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Creative Aunts - anything goes

Summer Blooms!

Our August theme over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

is Summer Blooms!

We have two gorgeous prizes up for grabs

so come and join us!!

For my card I used a set of stamps and stencils

from Woodware from the Creative Stamping

Magazine.

I used the stencil first to get the dots,

then inside the stencil I added some

distress oxides in yellow and blue.

I then stamped over the stencil

with my chosen stamp and added

colour to the flowers using markers.

It was matted onto blue card then my base

card and I finished with a sentiment

from the same set punched using an old

SU label punch and some ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Paper Rocks Scissors - us paper and/or scissors

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Try it on Tuesday - summer blooms

The Sisterhood of Crafters - flowers

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Allsorts - colours of summer

Fashion time!

It's my turn to choose the theme for August at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

and I have gone with

FASHION.

But you can go with anything goes theme.

I pulled out an old stamp from

Art Impressions called Girlfriends.

I just used one of the ladies.

I cut my tag shape and layered it

with some striped paper from my scrap box.

I stamped and cut the lady

then coloured her up with markers

and watercolour pencils.

I stuck her in place and then added

the sentiment using AALL & Create

Sharp Tongues pack.

I finished with some black ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Stampin' - stripes or chevrons

Moving Along with the Times - feminine

Little Red Wagon - one thing

(image, ribbon)

Girlz Creative fun art of scrap - use designer paper

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For my ATC I used the same stamp set and

cut this lady out and coloured her up with

markers.

For my background I ran my card through

with an Cuttlebug embossing folder

and some purple ink.

I coloured some of the circles with gold ink

and then added two strips of paper lace.

I stamped the sentiment from a set

called Dressed to Impress (SU)

and added my lady.

I inked the edged with gold ink to finish.

I would like to enter this into

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Moments - shimmer and shine

I used gold ink and metallic pen

I hope you get time to join us this month

and as always we have a fabulous

prize up for grabs and a top 3 spot as well!!

Lollypops!

I'm using up more items from my stash this week

and these will fit nicely into my folios

when decorating them up.

I used half a lollypop stick for each.

They were inked up with distress oxide

and then I stamped some text over that

using Gorgeously Made stamp set (SU).

The tops have been decorated using

lace, fabric, raffia etc from my scrap drawer.

I added a butterfly (Aall & Create) to the front

and stamped some words for the backs

using Contact USA alphabet stamps.

I finished them with some gems.

You can watch the process here

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - one of something (butterfly)

My Granddaughter is coming to mind us lol

from 2pm. She is a 2 year old whirlwind so fingers

crossed we can keep up with her!!

 

Art Journal page

This is my journal page for the theme

Fabric, Lace, Trims... over at

Art Journal Journey.

I started by making my background paper using

a piece of white napkin.

I added some distress oxides in blue and yellow

then painted the sheet with a mix of

water and pva glue.

Before it dried I sprinkled on some

silver glitter and let it dry.

When dried I sprayed with glitter spray

to seal it (Crafter's Companion).

Next I added my layers of lace and ric rac,

then I inked up a heart doily for the top

and added some torn edges to my paper

and layered with a sentiment card

from a We R Memory Keepers paper pack.

I finished with butterflies from

AALL & Create.

I would like to enter this into

Art Journal Journey - fabric, lace, trims

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards

The Creative crafters - anything goes

Have a good week out there!

Peace at Christmas

I made another Christmas card!!

Only my third one but I did it lol.

I used papers from Anna Marie Christmas Jingle pad.

You can hardly see it but it was a musical

one.

I stamped my image using a stamp set called

Peace to You (SU) in red.

I tore the bottom edge and stamped my

sentiment from the same set.

Along the bottom edge I glued

some bits of my gold mesh and

inked areas of the plain white.

To the card base I stencilled using Sizzix 

crystal paste and stencil from SU.

Around the edges I stamped the berries

from a set called Poinsettia Petals (SU)

and coloured the berries using red

acrylic pen.

I stuck my image in place and added a

bow using the mesh and pretty silk ribbon

I got from my crafty friend.

I finished with some red gems.

I would like to enter this into

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Make My Monday - Christmas in July

Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Addicted to Stamps and More - Christmas

Creative Artist - anything mixed media

ABC Christmas - O - buildings

Farm Quest Country Christmas

Kerst Christmas

Have a lovely weekend!

New baby girl!

I don't get asked for baby cards as often now.

The generation I used to make them for

are all older now lol.

But I did get a request recently for this one

and it was so nice to make one again.

I used Lili of the Valley stamp, coloured her

up with markers and stencilled some clouds in the background.

The papers are from Nitwits called Baby milestone Girl.

I used the same download to made

the flowers and the sentiments are computer

generated.

I would like to enter this into

Sparkles - kid's card

Sweet Stampin' - for the children

Moving Along with the Times - colouring medium

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Paper Rocks Scissors - paper and/or scissors

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Christmas folio

I came across a tutorial for this folio shape and

wanted to have a go.

It can be found here at Berry Little Paper crafter

and it uses one sided 12" x 12".

So I went with a Christmas theme for mine.

This is the back view.

I have added gift tags, journal spots, mini folder

 and a mini book to mine.

You can watch a quick walk through here

Items used

Papers - Anna Marie Designs Christmas jingle

Stamps - Poinsettia Petals, Trimming the Tree,

Peaceful Boughs all SU.

Dies - circle and snowflake dies Tutti Designs

Colouring tools - pencils and markers

Embellishments - funky foam, ribbon

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafter - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option Christmas

Back to normal temperatures here today

so I will get some housework done!!

Hope the sun comes back at normal temps

though as it is only July.

Have a lovely week.

Lazy summer days

It's time for my midway post for

We Love Stamping

where the theme is summertime/anything goes.

Just be sure and stamp somewhere!!

We have two amazing prizes up for grabs

so be sure and join us!!!

For my card I used a sunshine stencil from

Crafts Direct2U using wild honey distress inks.

I added some of my text washi tape to the bottom

then ran the whole lot through my sewing machine.

I stamped the boy using an old Whiff of Joy set

called fun in the sun. He was coloured up with

markers.

I stamped some birds from a set called

Mountain Air (SU).

I punched a circle to fit into my sun stencilling

and added the sentiment and same colour

and 3d'd in place.

I would like to enter this into

Crazy is our fame - stencils

HQCOLCB - celebrations option masculine

Unicorn Challenge - no designer paper

Let's craft and Create - ag + fun in the sun

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - summer sunshine

Windy and cold here today.

What a change in the weather.

But at least I will get something done today lol.

Have a lovely weekend.

Camellia Cluster

I had a card to make for my sister-in-law

and decided to play with some of my

neglected Lisa Horton sets.

This one is called Camellia Cluster

and it's a stencil and die set.

I used paper from my stash for the background.

I layered up some gold vellum onto a mat,

added some matching brads to the corners.

I then stencilled and die cut the flowers

using distress oxides.

Before placing on the card I wrapped some

of my gold mesh then added the

celebrate word from an old SU die.

I stamped the happy birthday using

Itty Bitty Birthdays (SU) and then

added her name using Contact USA alphabet

stamps. The card was finished with a die cut bow

and some little gems.

I followed a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - used sketch #331

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers optional mood board

Girlz Rebel Challenge - glitter and die cut

Daisy Chain - birthday

Creative Moments - shimmer and shine

Another scorcher today!!

If it was about 21 degrees I might be ok

but 27 is just too much for me.

For those that enjoy it have fun lol.