Clubhouse

Hi there

I hope you are keeping well.

I'm sharing some mens cards this weekend.

First up is one I made for my mum to send......bless her, I left a stamped addressed envelope,

and she did send it off, but forgot to write in it.

I hasten to add I have done that myself in the past, but it's usually because I spent so much time

making the card in the first place, and am then in a rush to post it!

So here's one for the golfers....using Clubhouse and Country Club DSP

 For the sentiment I used different inks, then used an alphabet stamp to personalise it,

adding some enamel dots for some interest.

Hope to see you back for more....

Lesley

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Friend Like You

Hello there, this was a
Happy Birthday to a lovely lady.......
I didn't have a clue where to start on this one,
but I'd had this stamp set out, Friend Like You,
and a spare die cut, which I wasn't sure what to do with.
This is how it turned out....

This is a set where not all the dies match the stamps.
They say it's to get more designs from them, but I prefer matching stuff.
So, I decided to stamp the background, using marker pens instead of ink.
That way you can colour the image before stamping,
giving a kind of watercolour effect.

The dragon flies are two tone, using 2 colours on the teeny stamps.

I then mounted the white die cut on foam pads to create a shadow.

Not sure it was successful, and the recipient makes some awesome cards,

so I was feeling the pressure but with little time to get it in the post!

Have a great day

Lesley

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Origami Notecard Folder

Good afternoon!

Today I'm sharing another zoom class project,

using a 12" x 12" sheet of decorative double sided paper.

Score at 1-7/8", 5 -3/4", 6 -1/4", 10 -1/8".

Turn and score at 2 -1/2" & 8 -1/4". 

Fold each corner in at 1 -7/8" (above & below)

Fold those sides inwards

Fold the other sides in.....one overlaps the other.

Tuck one into the other to keep in place

Place note cards in one side, envelopes in the other.

The central score lines form the "spine" of the booklet.

 Below shows the front, above is the inside.

Decorate as desired, with a focal point or label,

and secure with ribbon tied around, or make a belly band.

Gift it with your hand made cards, to someone who is unable to go out and buy cards

or notelets, so they can send to loved ones they are missing.

You could even enclose a few stamps.

Enjoy!

Lesley

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Quarter Fold part 2

Hello again, 

just popping by with a lot of pics,

all similar but different, so I don't expect you to scroll all the way....

but you might miss two favourites, the cats and the blue one :)

I have a lovely group of friends who send cards, and they all have different favourite colours,

so I sent them these happy mail cards to make them smile and share the fancy fold.

 Lots of us are animal lovers, but one in particular is Catnip Cards,

and I tried to make this look like her two special furballs

 A group shot, not quite all of them, then lastly, possibly my favourite,

the blue with a double layered butterfly.

I've put the measurements in centimetres at the end.

I hope you are having a good weekend,

see you soon

Lesley

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14.8 x 10.5 cm, score in half at 7.4 cm

11 x 6 cm, score at 1 cm each end for the tabs

17 x 3 cm, score 1 cm each end again for tabs.

DSP layers were

10 x 7 (x2)

5.5 x 4 (x2)

2.5 x 14.5 (x2)

Quarter Fold Pop Up Card

Hello there

thanks for stopping by, it's another warm and sunny day in Kent,

hope the sun is shining where you are.

I saw this idea on Julie Davison's blog

it's also known as a Flat Fold Pop Up card.

It's a quarter of an A4, hence the name, and doesn't fold like a conventional card.

I did this on a zoom class, and after a bit of effort, they all managed it,

and some, like me, became a bit addicted.

It's easy to change the size too, by scaling it up,

and later I will share the measurements I used in centimetres.

Here's the one in inches

Enjoy your day, keep cool, and hope to see you later :)

Lesley

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Shirt cards

Hiya

I've been meeting up with class mates via video chat,

one of them discovered an origami shirt, from Rajini's Craftivity

so we all had a go.......(see below)

It would make a good gift card holder perhaps,

or you could mount it onto a card.

Then I looked for a more conventional card shape with the same theme,

and came across one from Stampladee.com

my version is shown here.......

It makes a difference to the 3-D effect if you ink around the edges.

It's bank holiday here, sun is shining, so I'm going to 

put on the sun hat and do some weeding.....

have a good day

Lesley

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Friend Like You

Hello there,

Here's one that looks simple, but oh my goodness,

it was so NOT simple!

I'd seen a card with a similar sentiment, apt for these times,

and had an idea in my head......

I used A Friend Like You to stamp, and Friendly Silhouettes dies.

It was layering in the right order, to get trunk and leaves in different colours,

as leaves crossed over trunks..........anyhoo I did it mainly for the 

fun sentiment idea for a friend who's missing her husband as well as her friends :(

Enjoy your weekend....enjoy the little things

Lesley

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