A Handmade Card in Soft Green

Today’s card came together a little at a time over several days. With work keeping me busy and leaving me tired at the end of the day, short crafting sessions were the way to go! The inspiration was a card I’d recently seen in a soft green colour scheme. I didn’t have anything similar in my stash, so I decided to make my own coloured card using Distress Ink in Bundled Sage. A pad-to-paper technique gave me a couple of panels in that lovely shade.

For the background, I cut one of my green panels with a Waffle Flower Deckled Frame, then used a Lil’ Inkers stitched die to cut out the centre. I used the same stitched die to cut a piece of white card and added some ink smooshing with Bundled Sage for a lovely, subtle background. With the green frame attached to a white panel, I fitted the smooshed piece into the centre.

Next came a strip of my homemade green card, with a punched lacy border tucked behind it. For the sentiment from Altenew’s Cone Flower stamp set, I made a circle using two dies together: a plain outer circle die and a second die that cuts just the little circles.

To add the finishing touches, I used a Sizzix floral die to cut branches from white card and two different greens, then tucked them behind the sentiment circle. A little bow made from green seam binding I found in my ribbon box was the perfect colour to complement the layout. Finally, I added a few little dots made from the leftover pieces of my homemade green card.

I’m so pleased with how this card turned out. Sage green is such a beautiful colour, and making my own coloured panels meant I could enjoy that soft green look without having the right card in my stash. This one took a few days, but it was lovely to see all those little crafting sessions come together!

Book binding card

This month the challenge at my NZ Swap group was a Book Binding Card.  Val gave a  couple of sites to visit to get an idea on how to make this fold.   It is really nice and easy to do.  

Book Binding Fun Fold Cards - Melissa's Crafting Treehouse (melissascraftingtreehouse.com)  this one gives a great visual tutorial. 

For my card I grab a pack of patterned paper that has New Zealand inspired papers and I used the matching Ephemera pack.  They are made by a company called Uniti available here at the Warehouse. 

I made my card a top folding card.  I used two different papers, and added a punched border and gold ribbon along the folded area.  I die cut a circle from white card and added the ephemera on top.   I finshed with a little die cut sentiment that is by Taylored Expressions.  My blog friend Linda W sent me a couple of these stamped and die cut sentiments (Thanks Linda)  

Here are a couple more pics 

 

This side view shows the book binding aspect of the card

And I used the paper I had trimmed the top peice off as my inside.

Not my usual CAS style but I had so much fun using up some of my extensive stash of patterned paper.  

Today (Saturday) - hubby was off to watch some of the local rugby teams playing so I had some play time... two new stencils arrived yesterday.... so a bit of sampling done and I got my Card Chain Challenge card ready to be post off on Monday.  And tomorrow, the hubster is off to the horse races with a group of his mates.  They are heading to Te Aroha (about 2 1/2 hrs south)  He is driving them in a mini bus.  So more ME time!!!!  Hope you get to enjoy some YOU time over the weekend. 

Bendi Card

Well I miss read the challenge for my NZ card swap group.  Jude's challenge was to make a Bendi Frame card- with an animal on it,  and I did a Bendi Fold card. Back to the drawing board for me!  Oh well, I'd never made one before so it will was great to try the fold out.  I'm sure I'll find someone to send it to.... Plus as it is a scene card I'll be entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge -Create a Scene.

I googled Bendi card and found some great tutorials, but went with the one I found at Splitcoaststampers.  I don't usually use American sizes for my cards - our card stock is slightly longer and slightly less in width... but today I had bought some card stock that was wider and taller than usual so was able to trim it to the correct 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" size.  So here's what I did :

I've made a Garden scene.  I used the new green card stock to made the card base. I used some gorgeous patterned paper.  Wish I knew who made it, but the packaging has gone!  It's A4 sized and card weight.  I missed measured, so needed to added the scalloped edge to hide where it was a bit short.  It think it gives the impression of grass.   I added a park bench die cut (Couture Creations) cut from brown card and two kitties ( Cosy Kitties - Poppy Stamps) cut from black card.  I used a floral die (Bella Bouquet - Memory Box) to add in one corner.  Added some Nuvo drops in Ivory Seashell and Autumn Red.   Added a sentiment from an Altenew stamp set - Engraved Flowers.

I enjoyed the making this card fold and will try it again some time.

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