Garden themed folio

I'm in the process of making a bunch of items for my

daughter to bring to her table at Q-Con,

which is a big comic/gamer con at Queen's University

in Belfast. Lots of kids are brought there by parents

so I thought these might be nice to give away to the suffering parents.

 Last year I did a load of worry worms

but this year I thought I would do some folios, miniature books

and needle felted monsters.

This is one of the folios with a garden theme.

Great for using up my stash!

The front has a pocket, metal corners and ties with a ribbon.

On the back I added some linen thread, torn papers

and a little watering can charm.

Inside I have created note books and the last book

has a few pages for each season in the garden.

You can watch a quick walk through video here

for the insides.

Items used

Stamp sets - Enjoy Life, Love this moment, tabs for everything,

poinsettia petals and Itty Bitty Christmas (all SU).

Papers - K & Co scrap pad.

Inks - distress inks - peeled paint, shaded spruce (SU)

sewing machine, eyelets, ribbon, pearls, vellum and

old diary pages.

I would like to enter this into

The Neglected Stash - use old stash

Neglected stash used - eyelets, charms, paper pack, beads.

Love to Craft - anything goes

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Make My Monday - garden/gardening

Double Day

I am sharing my midway post for

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is

Romance/wedding/anniversary/valentine etc or anything goes

just remember to stamp!

We have an amazing prize up for grabs

so be sure and join us!

For my card I used a soft pink card and papers from an old

pack called Country Floral Lane (SU).

I stamped the jigsaw pieces from a stamp set called

Love you to pieces (SU) and the anniversary sentiment

is from a set called Elegantly Said (SU).

I used rectangle dies for the centre and double oval punch

for the sentiment and finished with some pearls.

 I would like to enter this into

Crafty Catz - anything goes option use a die

Creative Knockouts - love/anniversary/valentine

Creative Inspirations - love is in the air

The sisterhood of crafters - red/pink

PINterest - quilt of hearts

Make My Monday - love

Let's Craft and Create - red/pink and/or white

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I am also sharing my midway post for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is CAS or anything goes.

We do of course, have a lovely prize up for grabs here too

Be sure and get your entries in now!!

For my card I used a set called

Woodland Wildlife and Be One with Nature

stamp and stencil set from Sheena Crafts.

I used the owl stencil to stamp my scene

and then used the owl mask to stamp the trees and

cyclist for the background.

This is for my son from his Granny and he is

a triathlete and does a lot of miles on his bike.

I added some colour using my markers and blending

brushes and finished by stamping Happy Birthday

and Grandson using Enjoy Life and Family Party stamp sets.

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Stampin' - Masculine makes

Moving Along with the Times - things with wings

Craft Rocket - Happy Birthday

Ally's Angels - anything goes

A Place to Start - things in the sky (OWL)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Tri fold Folio

I have another stash busting folio to share today.

The tutorial is from Cathy's Garden on YouTube.

I have changed a few things and everything has

been machine stitched which makes it really sturdy.

This one is a tri fold folio.

I have made a notebook for the left side with matching pen.

The pockets, front, back and centre contain a tag.

The centre is a larger notebook and to the right I have

made a little scratch pad with various scraps

stitched together.

You can watch a quick walk through here

Items used today

Papers might be K & Co but not sure.

Stamps and stencil - Feathers from Hot Off the Press

Enjoy Life (SU), Love this moment (SU), Hope you know (SU),

Garden Green, Mint Macaron, Peekaboo Peach inks (SU),

Metallic rubons, Just Jade ribbon, sewing machine,

word rub ons and a brad.

I would like to enter this into

Love to Craft - anything goes

Double Trouble - thing 1

The Sisterhood of Crafters - anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes option 3+ layers

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Wake up, kick butt, repeat!

It's time for another challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and this time it's Sandie's turn and she wants to see

'transport' on your tags.

I had my basic borders dies out on my desk for the week so

went with them to create the background.

I used rich razzleberry, garden green and old olive card.

The image is from a retired stamp set called Enjoy Life.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - transport

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes

a Perfect Time to craft - October challenge

The Paper Shelter - let's get sporty

The corrosive challenge - anything goes

I hope you get time to join us!

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

Regals A4 Cardstock

[146998]

2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch

[161354]

2 1/4" (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch

[143720]

Sporty funfold card

Friday again!!

The time is flying way to fast for my liking.

Today's card is for the 3rd birthday of the month

and it's for my second eldest son Deáglan's  birthday

which is today!!

He is all in to triathlons so that's the theme I went with.

The stamp sets used are mostly retired ones bar

Alphabest, Basic Border dies and postage stamp punch.

I went with a rectangle pop up box card this time.

I have made square ones before but never the rectangle

and it was just as easy to make lol.

I would like to enter this into

Simply Cards Too - shaped cards, anything you love

Crafty Catz - anything option celebration

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Pammie's inky Pinkies - anything goes

Use your stuff - layers

Creative creases - funfold

We had a lovely trip to Omeath this morning, then lunch in Newry.

Very windy but sunny and blue skies!

Perfect pick me up!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Alphabest Photopolymer Stamp Set

[158884]

£21.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

£27.00

Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch

[152709]

£18.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[147098]

£7.50

Add All to Cart

Handmade flowers and embellishments

It's the second week of my theme books/book pages over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This week I made some flowers using the dictionary.

I inked up a sheet of dictionary using granny apple green ink

and punched out the leaves.

I made a larger layered butterfly using the pages and some

plain white card. I finished it with some gems.

The background of my tag has been inked up then I added

some greenery stamps from Enjoy Life stamp set (SU).

The sentiment, from the same set, has been

stamped in the centre.

I arranged everything around the sentiment to finish.

I would like to enter this into

613 Avenue Create - anything option leaves

Crafting Happiness - not a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

I hope you get time to join in this week!!

I have been pretty busy at home, decorating, baby minding,

helping out the family in general and trying to keep up

with card orders so have had less time to spend on my blog.

But I will rectify that very soon!!

Thanks for sticking by me.

 

More of what I love....

I made this card for my midway post over at

Stamping Sensations

where the theme is I Love....

My love was shaped cards so I have gone with a

multi tiered pop up card!

and it folds flat for posting!

Remember we have a few prizes up for grabs this time

so get your stamps out and come and join us!

For my card I have used lots of stamp sets again!

A Good Man, Broadway Birthday, Family Party, Enjoy Life,

Do the Impossible (all Stampin' Up!) and

Slimline Sayings 1 from Pink & Main.

Inks - bumblebee, coastal cabana + memento.

Card - black and white plus retired papers.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - masculine

Aud Sentiments - birthday sentiment

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - 3 of something (balloons)

Simon Wednesday challenge - interactive

Creative Creases - anything with a fun fold

Our weekend celebrations went well.

Sunday was very wet so umbrellas up to get us

in and out of the chapel and our Grandson

just loved the acoustics and let everyone know he was there 😂

So we have our son's 40th this week and my

daughter's birthday next week.

I am totally exhausted and ready to run away from home lol. 

 

New Home

Today I am sharing my midway post for

Stamping Sensations

where the challenge is

'choose your theme and stamp it'.

I had a new home card to make for my Son and family

so decided to go with a fun fold die from Tattered Lace and a bit of paper piecing.

The stamp sets I used are from Stampin' Up! called

Coming Home, Signs of Santa, Enjoy Life, Nature's Beauty

and the dies for the trees are In The Woods Framelits.

The little birds were stamped too but very fiddly to cut out!

The papers are called Ice Cream Corner.

I hope you get time during this busy season to join us as

we have a lovely prize up for grabs

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Gem of a craft challenge - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty friends - anything goes

International art & soul - use dies or punches

 

Dance at Tag Tuesday

The theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Michele and it is

DANCE

I absolutely love dancing.

Crazy dancing around the house that is, definitely not for public viewing

but it's so great to let go and enjoy the beat!

I don't have any dance related stamps so I improvised

using the Enjoy Life stamp set and wording,

which is retiring tomorrow!!!

I inked up the background using 3 different colours

and stamped the silhouette 3 times.

I splattered some water and mopped it up to create

the mottled effect.

Hope you get time to join us this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - dance

Simon Monday Challenge - make your own background

Incy Wincy - anything but a card

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

It's my daughter-in-law's birthday today

so we are popping next door to the garden

for coffee and cake this morning!

Have a lovely day!!

Product List

Enjoy Life Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148190]

£23.00

Make A Difference Photopolymer Stamp Set

[146676]

£25.00

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150085]

£7.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

£7.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147109]

£7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£9.00

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

[133324]

£22.00

Basic Black 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Edge Ribbon

[150449]

£7.50

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