Tuesday 25 September 2018

Beautiful Butterflies

Happy Tuesday peeps!

Ooops! I've not been around again for a couple of weeks. It's been mad crazy since we got back from holiday.

A dear friend had a birthday a few days ago and I created a simple, yet beautiful card for her.



What you need...

Card stock: white
Patterned paper: Hello Summer 6 x 8 Paper Pad - Simple Stories
Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (WP9D-214) - WPlus9
Gems: clear
Adhesives

What you do...

1 Create a 10.5cm x 14.5cm top fold portrait blank.

2 Cover the blank with a 10cm x 14cm piece of the striped paper.

3 Die cut the butterflies and lettering in white textured card stock.

4 Place the lettering in the centre of the blank the same way as the die is laid out, then add a butterfly at the top and bottom. Add a few gems to finish.

This is an unusual sized paper pad with quite large motifs. Some of the papers have just one image with an inspirational phrase or word. These would be perfect to trim and frame, or even make a huge card.

The colours are bright, yet muted if you know what I mean and is full of motifs such as palms, flamingos, watermelons, cacti and flowers to name but a few.

Okay, so that is me for now. I'll be back soon with some more quick and easy Christmas cards using one collection.

I would also like to start sharing with you more of my magazine projects, I feel that I don't push myself out there enough.

Anyhoo! Take care and thanks for popping by.


Sunday 9 September 2018

The Best Gift

Hi there!

As promised, here I am with another card in the quick and simple series. Without further ado-do here is the card...



What you need...

Printed die-cuts: Mistletoe Kisses Bits & Pieces (#7429) - Simple Stories
Patterned papers: Mistletoe Kisses Holly Jolly (#7407); Oh What Fun! (#7404) - Simple Stories
Cardstock: white
Adhesives

What you do...

1 Create a 7.5cm x 12.5cm blank.

2 Cover the bottom 3cm with Oh What Fun! paper and the remainder with the Holy Jolly paper.

3 Place the sentiment strip over the join of the papers and trim away any excess.

4 Add the tree die cut to the spotty section with foam pads.

Ta-da! There we have another quick and easy card. As this blank is an unusual size, you will need to make an envelope. You could do it from one of the papers so that it co-ordinates perfectly.

I hope you like this little make. Thank you for stopping by and I'll see you soon!


Sunday 2 September 2018

Under the Mistletoe

Hello lovelies!

Here I am again with another quick and cute card :o)



What you need...

Printed die-cuts: Mistletoe Kisses Bits & Pieces (#7429) - Simple Stories
Patterned papers: Mistletoe Kisses Oh What Fun! (#7404) - Simple Stories
Cardstock: white
Gems
Adhesives

What you do...

1 Create a white blank 7.5cm x 10.5cm, cover the bottom 2.5cm with the heart paper.

2 Attach the green, pink and red hearts along the top edge of the hearts paper with foam pads.

3 Stick the sentiment banner above the hearts.

4 Add a gem to each heart.

This is a small A7 card. As with the others I have recently posted, these are a great size for children to give to their friends. Using one collection with the die cuts really makes making these cards quick and easy. You just need to buy some C7 envelopes, or even better, make your own!

Well that's me for now. Thank you for stopping by and I'll be back soon with another quick make.