In the Pink

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to my crafty nook! I hope you've all had a good weekend, Chris and I babysat two of our nieces on Saturday which was a lot of fun but rather exhausting - toddlers have a lot of energy!

I'm still enjoying making the 1,2,3 fold card so I have a couple more example to share and another pink themed card (not a 1,2,3 fold card this time).

The Miss Chatterbox card is for one of my great nieces (both celebrate their birthdays this month). The papers came from Trimcraft and I just fussy cut around one of the Miss Chatterbox printed on a paper and added it to a stitched die cut circle as shown. I added spots of clear shimmer marker for extra interest and a polka dotted adhesive ribbon to the belly band.  The second card featuring the baby giraffe is for my other great niece and I also used some papers from Trimcraft. The baby giraffe die was from Ebay and is called a baby cow on the website. I added a diecut flag and a sentiment from my stash to the belly band. The thank you card features a stamp set which came free with one of my magazine subscriptions. I coloured the image in using ProMarkers then covered the entire panel with clear shimmer marker so it really sparkles when you move it.

I hope you like my latest creations. If you'd like more details on how any of the cards were made then please let me know in the comments section. Until next time - keep crafting!

Love and crafty hugs,

Sarah xxx

My MIA Makes

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to my crafty nook! I hope you all have something good planned for this weekend, we're babysitting two of my sister-in-law's children later on today which will be fun!

As you may know our PC has been a bit poorly in the last few weeks and while I was waiting for it to be repaired, I had ample time to make some cards (though not as many as I could have made!) A lot of them are of the same type so I thought I'd just do a gallery type of post and add them all at once rather than the usual tutorial style post. If you want to know how a particular card has been made then please leave a comment in the comments section.

A lot of these cards are very similar because I got slightly carried away making the three panelled card - I saw a tutorial on YouTube for it and it's official name is a "Fancy Folds 12" Card" but I've adapted it so you can make it out of an ordinary sheet of A4 card and like to call it a 3,2,1 fold card (don't ask me why lol). If anyone's interested on how to make one please let me know and I'll link this post to the original YouTube video and write up a tutorial on how to make my version which is my preferred method as it means I'm not having to use up my precious (and scarce) supply of 12" x 12" card stock.

I hope you've enjoyed the new style of blog post, it's not something I'll do often just when I have a lot of cards to share. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and until next time - keep crafting!

Love and crafty hugs,

Sarah xxx