Joyful Days Memories and More layout!

Welcome! Today I am playing with the Joyful Memories and More card pack to create a scrapbook layout!

 

 

 

I got my layout inspiration by playing along with the Scrap a Sketch challenge #179 over on Facebook. I thought the banners would be perfect to show off the awesome patterns in the Joyful Days card pack!

 

Over at Just Us Girls they have a challenge going on to use Dies with Challenge #791 - Anything Goes and I am using my retired Banner Dies and Large Alphabet dies from Stampin. Up! 

 

 

And the Inspire.Create.Stamping Challenges has their Never to Early for Christmas challenge #200.

 

I also got out my retired Peaceful Pines stamp set and dies to create embellishments with. I love this set so did not want to part with it when it retired. 

 

 

For my left side layout I have done the traditional 12x12 layout. I used the colour palette of Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive from out of the paper for my letters and photo frames. I have made the banners using the cards from the pack as well as some solid card stock. I also created the one plaid banner using the Forever Plaid embossing fold and dragging the Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive ink pads across the embossed areas to give a two tone colour to it. The banner on the left side of the page is perfect to add the date of the photos I add and any short blurb about them.

 

The trees from the Peaceful Pine stamp and die set are adorned with some retired Cherry Cobbler embellishments I have in my stash. 

For the right side I have used a retired pocket page from Stampin' Up - sure hoping they bring them back!  I choose to cut down 3 of the 4x6 cards to put in the 4x4 pockets and I will add photos to the 4x6 frames. Again a little room for more journal writing on the bottom 4x4 pocket image.

 

 

I am way behind in my scrapbooking as well as in getting photos printed so this layout will be used for Christmas past just need to choose which photos I want to use and get them printed.

 

Are you a print your photos first and create a page to go with them or are you like me falling behind so creating the layouts and will choose the photos later?  

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Margaret 

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Sensational Slimline Sunday

 Welcome back on this lovely Sunday!

 

 

Today's card was inspired by the following sketch and colour challenges.

 

Shout out to From Freshly Made Sketches for this fun sketch inspiration #FMS702

The colour inspiration from both TGIF Challenges #TGIF541 and Stampin' Up Only challenge #SUOC384 along with the inspiration to use a floral design.

 

 

 

I decided to play along using the Coneflower Celebration bundle and the Sunflower 3D embossing folder with my Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger and Secret Sea blends from Stampin' Up!

 

The extra large size of the Sunflower embossing folder and the gorgeous coneflowers are a perfect choice for a slimline card!

 

 

The "I'm so glad to have known you for so many birthdays" makes it a perfectly cheery Birthday card for someone whose been in your life a long time!

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Margaret

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Braided Edge Fold for Funky Fold Blog Hop

Welcome to my first Funky Folds Blog Hop.

 

Today's card is inspired by a desire to challenge myself to do more funky fancy folds than just my standard go to of an A2 fold! So I am participating in my first Funky Fold blog hop. Really looking forward to seeing all the different folds in action and adding more to my Funky & Fancy Fold folder on Pinterest. 

We are a group of like-minded papercrafters who love to make cards with funky folds. Funky actually means "modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way"... so we are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style. Think 'easel', 'pop-up', 'gate-fold', z-fold', 'shaped' or 3D cards etc. The list is endless.

All Blog Hops have an 'anything goes' theme using any type of 'funky' card fold.

 

 

I have chosen a braided edge card using a tutorial found on Youtube from Craft Stash. One day I might figure out how to make my own tutorials but for now why recreate the wheel when someone else has already perfected it.

 

Chose to play with the retired Six Sided Sampler and Hexagon punch from my collection of products I just cannot part with yet from Stampin' Up!.

I love how the braided edge look with the hexagon balancing on the other side! The blue and yellow colour palette just made me feel cheery while creating.

 

 

For more inspiration on funky fancy folds to try please come blog hop along. Up next is Annette with a Zig Zag tower card:

Previous Blog Next Blog 1. Tammy Fite, Stamp with Tammy 2. Bronwyn Eastley - AUSTRALIA 3. Double Z Fun Fold by Kim Wolff, USA 4. Lou Kitzelman - Australia 5. Julia Quinn - Handmade by Julia Quinn (Australia) 6. Cindy Mitchell-Clark ~ UK 7. Tracy Held - Trace Of Creativity (Australia) 8. Cathy Pinchbeck - Australia 9. Totallyawake4-life Braided Edge fold 10. Annette Elias - De Kijkkast - NL - Zigzag Towercard

 

 

If you love to make cards with creative folds and would like to join in with our monthly Funky Folds Blog Hop, you are welcome to head on over to our community group on Facebook to be part of the fun,

 

What's your favorite funky or fancy fold?

 

 Happy Stampin'

 

Margaret 

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Be Totallyawake4-life 

Saturday Sunflowers

Having fun today playing with the gorgeous Sunflower 3D embossing folder and the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set to do some brayer and blending to make this lovely here for you card.

So much texture in this folder which makes it perfect for so many techniques - this one i dragged the light Balmy Blue ink across the folder and embossed white cardstock. Than I used the brayer with the Secret Sea ink to roll across the debossed edges. You can than use sponge or blending brush to go in and add more colours where you want until you get the desired look you are going for.

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

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Be Totallyawake4-life 

 

Joyful Days

Happy Saturday! What better way than to spend it in the craft room! 

Today’s card was inspired by the Global Design Project #GDP512 “Case the Designer” challenge over on Facebook and Instagram. How pretty is this inspiration?

I’ve focused on the Cloud Cover and Crumb Cake colour palette along with the torn edges element to create my design.

I am using the Joyful Days Memories & More card pack and the Greetings for You ephemera and Pearl dots with some Gold twine to showcase how with this card pack and the pre-cut sentiments you can make a quick card with no stamping required that’s still a stunning piece. 

 

Thanks to the gorgeous options in the card pack this Wintery Tree card came together quickly. The Joy Sentiment allows some flexibility on using as either a Christmas card  or a Winter Birthday.

It’s hard to catch in a photo but I have added Wink of Stella to the torn edge on my snow to give that glistening snow vibe. 

Wink of Stella is a crafting version of Reds hot sauce - we put that sh!t on everything 🤣 If you don’t have any yet add it to your next cart.

I wanted a coordinating envelope so pulled out a retired tree stamp and stamped in the Shaded Spruce.

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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Funky Fold Friday

Today I’m stepping outside my norm and trying a Funky/Fancy Fold while playing along with the sketch challenge over at Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge #645. I used the sketch inspiration on the biggest panel of my design.

Also playing with the Inspire.Create “it’s never to early for Christmas card” challenge #200

For my Funky Fold I have chosen a Triple Side Step card. Found a good tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers here.

I’m playing with the Snowflakes Kisses dies, Elegant Pine Snowflake DSP and Greetings for You Ephemera now live on Stampin’ Up!

This is another example of combined products where no stamps needed for making an a lovely card! Great for new Card-makers. The little snowflakes dies and the bling from the Faceted Snowflake embellishments.

The lovely aspect about this funky/fancy fold is that it looks like a little piece of 3D art sitting on the mantelpiece. I might have to try another one using an essential oil clay embellishment for a little diffuser for the desk or mantelpiece! 

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

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Rainbow 🌈

Today’s card design was inspired by Addicted to CAS rainbow challenge #290 and The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe challenge #PP753. This time I chose right side down stencil, enamel dots and stitching for the win!

Playing with my Coneflower Celebration stamp set for my sentiment and the little butterfly and a retired stencil and stitched rectangle dies and my Regals stamp connection for my rainbow!

Hopefully it will make the receiver smile.

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life