Wishing you a Happy Sunday! We’ve had glorious sunshine all week. and just this weekend it turned. A brief respite from the heat, not that I’m complaining. We’ve had the air-conditioner on during the nights for a more comfortable sleep so it hasn’t really been a hardship at all. I’ve had tremendous fun making pinwheel […]
Category Archives: Fancy Fun Fold
Hexagonal Pinwheel card Elegantly Said
I thought I’d try my hand at making a Hexagonal Pinwheel Elegantly Said card. The hexagonal pinwheel isn’t as complicated as it looks. The Elegantly Said bundle has been sitting in my “in-tray” for far too long and it was time to give it an airing. What took the time was working out the measurements. […]
Fancy pull out fold card with You’re a Peach
Today I have another fancy pull out fold card with the You’re a Peach bundle. I’m taking advantage of the selection of Designer Series Paper 15% discount, and chose the You’re a Peach 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) designer series paper pack to create a card which pulls out from the inside. Making […]
Brilliant Blending for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
Hello and welcome to July’s challenge – Brilliant Blending for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Thank you to the lovely Sara Sayers for setting the theme. Easy Trifold Card This is probably my most favourite fold. It has maximum impact, with minimal angst. More than thirteen years ago, when I first started card making, this […]
Fancy fold card with Plentiful Plants
Fancy fold card with Plentiful Plants is really a Reverse Gate fold card. I have had a debate going on in my head about what size I should cut my card base. Gate folds need a degree of accuracy so that it closes in the middle without any gaps. However, if you use the back […]
How to apply Soft Pastels – Part 2
I am so excited to be sharing how to apply Soft Pastels – Part 2 with even more ways to apply Stampin’ Up!’s Soft Pastel Assortment. In today’s video, I cover five more ways you can apply pastels so altogether there are ten! Extra non-Stampin’ Up! tools involve a grater, and a different kind of […]
Tri-fold Shutter Card with Blending technique
When I first started crafting, the Tri-fold Shutter Card looked really daunting and then adding a blending technique on top would have sent me over the edge! Thirteen years on, it’s really not difficult when you know how. Having said that, if you want pretty layers, then this involves a lot of itty bitty pieces […]
Gatefold card with slide and lock mechanism
This gatefold card with a slide and lock mechanism is surprisingly easy to make. The first one I made, I used a smaller scalloped frame and found that the slide and lock mechanism kept on “popping out”. After having filmed the video tutorial in the early hours, I didn’t have the energy to re-jig it, […]