Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 19 - Crumb Cake

 

Welcome to Colour Creations Blog Hop Crumb Cake week!

I needed to do something really simple today or at least something that didn't require a lot construction. So no fancy fold today my friends. I have been in search of medication for my daughter that seems to be not in the country until the end of the year and she can't just stop this one and go cold turkey so I am not exactly sure how that works. Oh the joys of the supply chain!

So for my card to day I wanted texture and I thought I would then stamp a simple flower, heat emboss it and use bleach. So let's see if I managed any of that.

Here is my colour combination, plus a little gold heat emboss added in.

I started with a crumb cake card base and sponged some crumb cake around the edge which I did for the DSP layer and the embossed layers and sentiment. The DSP layer is part of the Earther Elegance DSP

I layered that with a piece of Crumb Cake embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder then the strips are another layer of Crumb cake embossed with the crisscross embossing folder from the Basic 3D embossing folder set of 3 that is an online exclusive.

To create the flowers I have heat embossed in gold onto crumb cake cardstock the flowers from the Quiet Meadow stamp set and then with bleach I have painted over the flowers petals. This brings out a lovely yellow. I then fussy cut them and to compliment the flowers I added to leaf die cuts in Ombre Pretty Peacock from the Earther Elegance DSP and also die cut out the pot and wrapped it with the Natural Wavy Trim. Plus a couple of spiky sticks in Lemon Lolly and Soft Sea foam from the Earther Texture Dies. The Leaves were die cut from the Gorgeously Made Dies as was the sentiment which was heat embossed in gold.
 

If you have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing creative in our team and this week you will be heading to our wonderful host Cathy Proctor. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If a next blog button goes somewhere it is not supposed to go come back here and head to Cathy's blog as she has the list of those participating this week and you will be able to continue your Crumb Cake Blog Hop from there: Cathy's Blog

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,

Heart of Christmas - 2023 - Week 5

 

Welcome to week 5 of The Heart of Christmas for 2023. This week I have for you a fancy fold as I know you hold out for one each week. I thought I would continue to use up some of the gorgeous DSP that I had started with over the past couple of weeks that was still sitting on my desk. Believe it or not I just used the same pieces I had already started with and continued with those. This one is supper fun and easy to make.

I am not sure if you would call this an inverted Triple Bridge fold card or a Triple column card. Either way it folds down flat and fits perfectly into our C6 envelopes. I am a bit obsessed with the collapsing panels at the moment as you can see.

Well for this card I started with the colours to the A Walk in the Forest DSP and had the card base in Pretty Peacock. I cut it as half a card base as this card doesn't actually open it just stands. 10.5 cm x 14.9 cm. Then I had the 3 Bridge Folds or columns or what ever you would like to call them. I cut them Ok I am going to go between inches and cm's in this card but as the Stampin' Up trimmer does as well it makes life so much easier I say! So the bridges are 5 inches by 1 3/4 and I  scored at 1/2, 1, 4, 4 1/2 inches. The beautiful Joy of Christmas DSP leafy pattern I had some left over from my last project so I cut that into strips of 4.1 x 1 cm and the Beautiful Music DSP from the Joy of Christmas DSP is also cut at 4.1 cm x 7.3 cm. 

I Adhered all of that to the bridges before burnishing with the bone folder.To adhere the bridges down you add the Liquid glue to the one side of the bridge and do the top and bottom first so they are both touching the top and bottom of the base card. Especially the bottom so the card stands up the place the middle bridge. Then fold the bridge all the way to the left and flatten out the right part of the bridge to adhere the right side. This will ensure that your card will fold flat into the envelope without having a bend. 

The decorations for the front of the card are just perfect I think. I still had that piece of A walk in the Forest DSP that I cut our the tree from for my Trucking Along card so I got out the Dies from the Merriest Tree and cut out the tree and then in gold cut out the garland and the star. The tree skirt/basket I cut in Crumb Cake. I stamped the ornaments in Cherry Cobbler and die cut those before stamping and cutting out the presents. Now I can't put too many under the tree as in my house they are not wrapped until the last minute when the kids have finally gone to bed on Christmas Eve. How about your house?! The sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock and I have used the Gorgeously Made Dies to cut it out.

On the back I have cut another tree and basket/skirt  and added another layer of Pretty Peacock for stability. Now there is somewhere to write your greeting.

And just to prove to you it does actually fit in the envelope there you go.

If you have any questions about this card please let me know and I will be happy to help. I know going back and forth from cm to inches is a bit crazy but I am definitely crazy!

Now is the time to head to the next amazing and talented team member participating this week in the Heart of Christmas for some more Christmas inspiration and this week you will be heading to Michele Taylor, I can't wait to see what she has for us. Just hit the next blog button and it will take you right there.

If the next blog buttons don't work for any reason you can continue your journey from the list of amazing Art With Heart team members participating in Week 5 of the Heart of Christmas below:

Michele Taylor
Tina Gillespie
Kate Morgan
Rachel Woollard
Christine Blain
Judy May
Andrea Sargent
Theresa Gerrard
Catherine Proctor
Rosa Leyden
Sharon Davern <= You are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, take care,

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 18 - Coastal Cabana

 

Welcome to the Coastal Cabana Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2023. 

Today I am will be bringing you a birthday card as a request from my daughter. She did not request a fancy fold but I had to do this fancy fold when I saw it on Frenchies Stamps Blog, A Canadian Stampin' Up demonstrator!

Frenchie called her card a Bendy Window card, I will call mine a Bendy, Bendy Window card. She got the inspiration from another demonstrator so live on the Bendy, Bendy Window cards!

So let me do a quick talk through of the card. The basics of the card is 4 card fronts folded in half and then stuck together after decorating! Then add a window sheet on the front! Sound simple doesn't it!

Here is the colour combination that I used. I have added the gorgeous Inked Botanicals colours to this palette that are in this particular sheet of DSP that I used along with the added Soft Sea Foam and our in the spot light colour Coastal Cabana so that you could see them all together!

So this is the front of the front of the card without the window sheet. For this I have cut a card base of Coastal Cabana of 14.9 cm x 10.5 cm and folded it in half then layered the gorgeous Inked Botanicals DSP on that. The Curved front section was created by making a layer of Coastal Cabana smaller than card front by 1 cm border all round and then adding a cm on each edge to fold under to adhere to the front of the card. I then used my bone folder to help give the card a bend. Once I had stamped the sentiment I knew which one of the Deckled Circle Dies I could use to cut out the sentiment and also the section in the front and then in the DSP before adhering it all together.

Under the sentiment I have also popped a little bridge for it to sit on so that it pops out when open. I then stamped the stem in Lost Lagoon, the leaves in Soft Sea Foam and the Flowers in Coastal Cabana and added a little bit more Coastal Cabana and Crushed Curry with my blender pen to the flowers before cutting them out with the Seasonal Dies. I added all of these with Mini Glue dots so they can move flexibly. Can you see that I have added the window sheet in this photo. It needs to be the same height as the card front but for the width leave an extra 2 mm on each side when you fold over the 1 cm extra to wrap over the front just to give yourself some space for the front decorations. You want your card flat!

For the back of the card so that you have somewhere to write your message to the recipient, you again cut a card front and fold in half layer with your Inked Botanicals DSP then stamp a little greeting from the Seasonal Branches Stamp set in Coastal Cabana, bend you card with the bone folder and when you adhere make sure the card is flat.

To adhere your front to the back create the 2 more card fronts (now you have 4 ) fold them in half. Half adhered to the back and half to the front.

Now you can see all the layers and the bends easily from the top of the card.

And yes it does fold flat and go into our envelopes!

Here is a little video

I am sure you are thinking "Sharon you said 4 card fronts, easy!" Well it is 4 card fronts all glued together the hardest part was working it all out with a migraine today and my son kept messaging me at the same time! Seriously they know it is Colour Creations Day! LOL!

I hope you enjoy this fancy fold and can understand a little of my ramblings if not please do contact me and I will be so happy to get back to you!

Now is the time to head to the next very talented team member and this week you will be heading to our lovely host Cathy Proctor. So hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason while you are on your journey around and one of the links don't work just head to Cathy's blog and she will have a list of all those participating in the Coastal Cabana Colour Creations Blog Hop: Cathy's Blog.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,

Heart Of Christmas - Week 4 - 2023 - Fan Fold Card

 

Welcome to week 4 of the Heart of Christmas for 2023. This week I am doing a fun fold and it is called a Fan Fold Card. I came across this card when looking for different fun and fancy folds to do. Lisa Curcio a demonstrator in the US had this Fan Fold on her blog so I thought I would give it a go.

I have used the Christmas Classics Bundle and the Joy of Noel Bundle that are all part of the Joy of Christmas suite on pages 28 and 29 of the New September - December Mini.

For the card base I have taken a piece of Shaded Spruce 21x21 cm or 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches 

I have taken my colour scheme from the Joy of Christmas DSP.  My card base is first scored at 10.5 cm or 4 1/8 inches then turned and scored again so that you now have 4 quarters. Then you place the 2 points of your card in the score/cut track of your paper trimmer and score on the diagonal and do that both way so that you end up with 8 triangles. Turn and place your card base back in your trimmer lining it up with flat along the top and at 10.5 or 4 1/8 inches and cut up to the half way score line being careful not to go over.

Fold your card base in a fan style with a mountain fold first, making sure not to fold the last one but to leave that flat for the base of the card. Now it is time to decorate!

For the decorations of my card I have taken a layer of Basic white and layered it with the Pecan Pie coloured piece of music DSP from the Joy of Christmas DSP and then with the Christmas Classic Dies I cut out the frame in Old olive and the branches in Pecan Pie and Crumb Cake and the leaf is the reverse side to the Cherry Cobbler piece of DSP which is die cut out with the Christmas Classic Dies as well and is under the NOEL which I have die cut out in Gold Foil from the Joy of Noel Dies. Joyous is stamped in Basic gray and fussy cut and you can not Loose Holly gems for some bling.

Lift one layer of the fan and I have your next sentiment from the Christmas Classics.

Lift the next fan to reveal the next sentiment.

Unfurl the complete card and the base you can write your message to the recipient.

Here is a little video of opening and closing the card.

So much fun and easy to make I hope you enjoyed this fun/fancy fold. If you have any questions please contact me.

Now is the time to head  to the next wonderful talented Art With Heart Team member sharing some Christmas inspiration today. Just hit the next blog button and you will be take straight to Michele Taylor, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week.

If for some reason one of the links send you somewhere you don't want to go please head back here and continue your Christmas inspiration journey from the list below of the Art With Heart Team participating this week. Happy hopping.

Michele Taylor
Andrea Sargent
Claire Daly
Christine Blain
Theresa Gerrard
Kate Morgan
Rosa Leyden
Judy May
Sharon Davern <= you are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, take care,

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 17 - 2023-2024 - Cherry Cobbler - Collapsible Pillar Card

 

Welcome to Week 17 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2023-24. Today we are looking at the gorgeous Cherry Cobbler. I really like this colour and use it as my go to colour for Christmas Cards but today I thought I would use it for a birthday card.

Last week I didn't do a fancy fold and I let Theresa Gerrard down so I thought I had better get my skates on and make a fancy fold this week. So I hunted high and low for a different card and found this one by Jamie Rodgers, it is called a Collapsible Pillar Card. Now there are a few different versions out there but I have made this one similar to his in the construction but definitely decorated differently!

For this card I have chosen to use lots of flowers in many colours including Cherry Cobbler and use Cherry Cobbler as the base of the card. Here is my colour combination and when I say lots of flowers I have chosen to channel Christine Blain with her more is better philosophy!

To start the construction of the card I made the pillars and before adhering them closed I added the gorgeous Delightfully Eclectic DSP to the inside of the pillar. Then add Bright and Beautiful DSP to the card Base before adhering the first 2 pillars.

Well then I went to town and took out all the card stock in these colours and Oh I forgot Crumb Cake too and the Paper Florist Dies and the twig branches in the crumb cake are from the Seasonal Branches dies.

Layer 1 complete and no comes the challenge of putting on the window sheet. So I thought I would try with the tear 'n' tape to make sure it was not going to fall apart. Well let's just say next time I make it the Liquid Multipurpose Glue will be used as all stages! It forgot to anticipate the need to make sure it would fold down flat so needing to move a little before drying. I mean I know it needed to fold down flat and I thought it would but it became a bit toooooo inflexible so it is not as flat as I would like. I will show you at the end!

So in between the pillars is the window sheet.

Next layer of flowers a little lower down and on the opposite side as I want the card to collapse one way on the lower level and the other way on the top level.

After adding the second window sheet with the liquid multipurpose glue and making sure it would lay flat, for Christine I have added more gorgeous Delightfully Eclectic DSP and lots and lots of flowers before adding a little Happy Birthday sentiment stamped in Cherry Cobbler from the Seasonal Branches stamp set.

Here is the card all collapsed down and if you look at the DSP in the Pillars you can see that the back pillars collapse to the left and the front pillars collapse to the right. This means you can make and envelope for your card to go in especially if you get it to sit flat like the front pillars are. This time I will make a box to put the card in which will be beautiful as well.

I hope you have enjoyed my first attempt at a Collapsible Pillar Card and don't forget you can add a panel of basic white card on the back to write your message to your friend who is getting the birthday card.

If you have any questions about my project this week please contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Cherry Cobbler, and this week you will be heading to our lovely host Cathy Proctor, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week, she is very talented and I just love seeing her gorgeous creations, so just hit the next blog button and you will be take straight there. 

If for any reason the next blog buttons don't go where they are supposed to go please head back here and go to our weekly host the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of everyone participating and you can continue from there: Cathy's Blog

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,