Box Card Tutorial

This fun fold box card was made for my June Newsletter tutorial.

I went with Latte Love Bundle for this one as

it will be for a male birthday.

Inside I have made a pull out card with a pocket for a gift card/money.

If you would like the tutorial you can sign up for my newsletter

or keep an eye out on my YouTube channel where I will

share it in a few weeks time.

I would like to enter this into

613 Avenue - anything goes option guys

Dragonfly Dreams - Tag your it or shaped card

Allsorts - lots of layers

The Sisterhood of Crafters - all about the men

 Cardz for Guyz - beverages 

Make My Monday - B is for - beverages, boys, brown

Kreativtanten Challenge - for men

We had to rush Brian's Mum to Casualty on Friday as she had

been suffering terrible stomach pains and feeling sick for a few days.

She is still in there now, finally getting a ward bed after 28 hours.

I have to say the nurses and doctors are run off their feet.

Some cope with it well others are just damn ignorant!!

I would not dream of speaking to my elders the way some of

them do, honestly if you can't hack it then maybe it's not

the job for you.

My poor Mother-in-law is like a pin cushion now

and completely exhausted.

We are hoping she doesn't need an operation as she is 84 years old.

Fingers crossed the antibiotics will work.

A Little Latte Suite Collection (English)

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June Mood Board

It's time for our June challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and we have another mood board to inspire you.

My card was inspired by the black, silver and pink colours

along with the flowers.

We do of course have a great prize up for grabs so be

sure and join us!

For my card I decided to make a striped background using

1/2" strips of black and white paper.

The flowers have been stamped, stencilled and cut.

I then added a sentiment and some silver thread along with

enamel dots in red and silver.

I even followed the stripes onto the inside with some

stamped and coloured flower corners and a sentiment.

I hope you get time to come and play along.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers optional moodboard

We Love  Stamping - fabulous florals

Everybody Art - circles and/or stripes

Path of Positivity - anything positive

PINspirational - flowers

Enduring Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks

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Hope You Know Cling Stamp Set (English)

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Simply Elegant Trim

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Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls

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Pearlized Enamel Effects Basics

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Birdhouse Mini Album

I have another mini album to share with you today.

This one came about having a bunch of scraps from an old paper pack.

They weren't big enough for much else so I just went to work

and cut them into usable length for this 3" x 4" album.

The side view shows I still have lots of room for photos etc.

I have a quick video showing how I made the album here

Measurements used to make this one

Pages - as many as you like - 3" x 8"

score long side at 4"

Front & Back cover - make two

3" x 4"

Spine - 3" x 2" - score short side - 3/4", 1 1/4"

Pockets - as many as you like

2" x 3" punch 1" semi circle on top of each

Photo Mats - 18

2 1/2" x 3"

I would like to enter this into

Mini Album Mania - mini albums

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

creativefingers-anything goes

 The Outlawz - anything but a card option flowers

Ok is it just me or is anyone else having bother linking challenges??

I am doing it my usual way but it's copying everything and

adding it twice so I have to go in and delete what I have

just typed!! SO ANNOYING!!

Country Birdhouse Bundle (English)

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Colours!

I am a bit late this week with my tag as I have been away

for a wee break to Donegal.

It was present from hubby for my 65th birthday.

We had a lovely time and weather was pretty good to us

for a change lol.

Our new challenge theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

was chosen by Valerie and she wants to see

COLOURS!

My colours are a bit pastel but still colourful...I hope.

I was originally planning to colour the background flowers

but then decided to go with background stripes

using my blends.

I haven't really captured the yellows in the photo at all.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - colours

Simon Says Wednesday - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and more - any occasion

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Product List

Country Birdhouse Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

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Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

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Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

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Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

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Countryside Inn 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Mini Album Mania!

So what's she at now you ask??

Well I came across a challenge blog for mini albums!

And of course they had me at mini lol!!

I LOVE making albums of all sorts and to have a challenge blog

to encourage me to get on with it was brilliant.

So this is my first one of many!!!!

It measures 4" x 3" and is brilliant for using up your dsp that

has been neglected for ages.

The paper I used here was a block I won over at Allsorts

a few years back. I had only used a few sheets of it as it

was way to gorgeous to cut into.

BUT, now I have and I absolutely love this book.

I will add photos this weekend.

The paper is from Anna Marie Designs.

You can see I still have lots of room left to add photos.

I have added lots of stamped sentiments, flowers, butterflies etc

inside the album and will fill it with photos of my

late Mum and Dad.

You can watch this quick 1 minute video showing the insides.

Just too awkward to take a photo of each page with one hand.

I would like to enter this into

Mini Album Mania - any type of mini album

Crafts Galore - anything goes

Mix it up - anything goes option inlaid die cut

A Perfect Time to Craft - May challenge

Crafter's Cafe - smile, be happy

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Sympathy card....again!

No video today but I do have another card for my

Sympathy/Thinking of you box.

This time I used two layers of vellum, one plain, one embossed.

The background has been masked to allow me to make

some pink stripes.

I used country Flowers set again and coloured them up using my blends.

I finished off with lots of pearls.

The inside got treated the same way only I used the dies

to add flowers and leaves which were coloured using my blends.

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

The Flower challenge - colour your flower

TGIF challenges - make your own background

Product List

Country Flowers Bundle (English)

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Eyelet 3 D Embossing Folder

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White Vellum A4 Card Stock

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Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad

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Stampin' Up! Masking Paper

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Meow!

I have another tag for the lovely Michele's theme

CATS

over at Tag Tuesday!

Not a great photo, I did mean to re take it but totally forgot.

The background has been embossed using a brick folder.

I then cut a rectangle for a window so he could perch there nicely

and watch the world go by.

I added some stencilled grass using a stencil from Polkadoodles.

The ball of wool, fish and sentiment are from a stamp set

from Tim Holtz.

I finished with a black bow.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - cats

Critter Crazy - feature an animal

Crafty Animals - feature a creature

Pearly Sparkles - cats and dogs

Dream Factory - pets

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Country Flowers sympathy card

Happy Monday!

I made another card using my mini cards and yes,

another sympathy card.

I decided to fill the box with sympathy/thinking of you cards

as I am donating them to the carers who drop in to my

Mother-in-law's.

I used Country Flowers bundle along with some papers from the

Country Woods pack.

As I have a full pack of 12" x 12" vellum I am trying to use it

in most of my makes at the minute.

It embosses beautifully too!

I used my rectangle dies and layered up the rectangles,

twisting for a bit of interest.

The flowers were stamped and lots of green and vellum leaves

were layered underneath them.

A bit of ribbon, pearls and a sentiment finished off the front.

So I followed it through inside!

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers with option mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Can You Handle the Pressure - use embossing folder

My poor hubby had been out to a golf competition on Saturday

and got hit just above his ankle with a golf ball flying at full speed!

How he drove himself home I do not know.

He is struggling to put his weight on it and it is badly swollen.

But he is a man and refuses to see a doctor nor take a pain killer!

Seriously!! Give me patience!!

Product List

Country Flowers Bundle (English)

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Eyelet 3 D Embossing Folder

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Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Petal Pink & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Diagonal Trim Combo Pack

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Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls

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White Vellum A4 Card Stock

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Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

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