Spooky Starry Bokeh Dots & Trees

Quick share of a Super CAS card featuring the Bokeh Dots stars in Night of Navy with black Lovely as A Tree trees...

But before I start on more details for this card... Please don't forget to order your Watercolor Pencils Set 2 and the Blended Seasons bundle... now only available for about 36 hours ie until 10.30pm UK time tomorrow, 31 August... and yes you still get your £4.50 free Bonus Days coupon ... for every £45 ordered... to spend in September... Click here for more details... 

Moon added care of a 3/4" circle punched post it note... placed prior to masking the horizon... and then stamping that Bokeh Dots sky... and then all the masks removed...Oh and (coming very soon!) Frost White Shimmer Paint added with a Sponge Dauber to the moon... lovely shiny moon!

Could have added snow to my trees using Shimmery White Embossing Paste... or stamped and embossed white trees on the centre section... but thought it all looked spooky enough to pass as a card for Halloween instead... greeting care of Itty Bitty Greetings

Love this starry sky in Night of Navy... so reckon there will be a christmas version before September is out!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...

So whilst we made this Swing Easel card...we had to keep the Twinkle Builder punched out parts to make this simple card...

Another 5 1/2" Square (or 14cm Square) card blank to keep things constant for class prepping...

With the 13.5cm (5 1/4") starry Twinkle Twinkle papers adhered to the front of the card... and then the largest Layering Squares aperture cut out (7.3cm/2 7/8") in the centre

And a Tip for you if you struggle to eyeball cutting a square in the centre like this... draw diagonal lines from each corner... intersecting at the centre... your eyes will start to behave then!!!

White embossed Little Twinkle greeting...

Stuck to a 7.8cm/3 1/8" Square Whisper White panel... and then the square carefully stuck to the top of the hole...

And another Tip for you... as the line around the aperture on the top of the card... neatly defined the area that no glue should go over...

Finished off with the punched Whisper White moon and stars.. with a trio of  Twinkle Adhesive Backed star Sequins to add a touch of sparkle to finish it all off...

Waterfront Wednesday... In the Moonlight...

Another variant of the Waterfront card posted here... with the add of the clear moon to light the way... just heat embossed using Clear Embossing Powder... before silver embossing those trees ...

And this one is created on Shimmery White cardstock... which I do personally like for watercolouring...

I should have posted the other week with the other card... but when I came to the photos late at night for that post... this card was no where to be found...

And here are the 2 together... definitely prefer this moon version... so I had to share...

For all the other details on the cards... just click here...

Carols of Christmas #3

More of my series of makes using the soon to be released Carols of Christmas and Card Front Builder dies... Click here for the details on this set (as well as how to get your hands on these now)

Die cut trees and moon & stars (single and duo trees in the Card Front Builder set) Loving these large words... the greeting size being perfect for a Stitched Shapes square frame...

Set on  a Small Square Double Z Joy Fold card... click here for the Tutorial for that...

Featuring the Delightful Daisy papers again for the front and centres... with Fresh Florals for the back...

Colours used - Tranquil Tide & Pool Party with Silver Glimmer...

Note that the Tranquil Tide tree on the front is stamped again for texture with the Background Bits stamp and it is popped onto a Silver Glimmer tree so it has a snow line...

Lovely simple little Fancy Fold card...

And here is the round up picture of my Carols of Christmas Small Square Double Z Joy Fold cards... the bauble one being posted yesterday...

Carols of Christmas #1

So I have finally had the chance to get working with the pre-released Carols of Christmas bundle (including Card Front Builder dies). So a few shares for you this week... This is a really great set with lots of options & potential...

This product is available now for demos to order. Or get the stamps for free with a Demo Starter Kit in July... along with an Essentials Kit too... which makes it a great time for signing up now... read more about that here...

And for everyone else the bundle is available to order from 1st August ... so please contact me now if you would like to order yours... £46.75 in Wood Mount or £40.50 in Clear Mount. My August order will be 1st August...

And remember that - if you have ordered £45+ in July - then you can use your Bonus Days coupon(s) towards it...

Back to the card... starting off the series with a simple Notecard with a Layered Ovals aperture.

Delightful Daisy paper mat (I have been saving this sheet especially for Christmas in July makes... Perfect!)

Die cut moon and stars with a Silver Glimmer piece behind at the top...

Die cut trees duo... finished off by stamping with the small rectangular stamp from Background Bits in Tranquil Tide to add texture and definition (you may need to click on the photo to see that...)

And a glimmer deer... cut the wrong way round!!! (ie cut through on the white side rather than the glitter side) A happy accident...

Reason For The Season Fir Trees!?

This was one of those...I wonder if... moments...

I was just clearing away after the last card class of the year...and an idea popped into my head for the Reason For The Season poinsettia petals stamps...

So I tried it... And I LOVE what resulted...

Very contemporary fir trees.... using the 3 sizes of petals... all finished off with lots of Signo gel pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter to ensure a snowy scene...

And whilst I was there I made a couple more versions of cards using this simple little snowy scene...

The first with more white...

The second on a Swing Easel card... clean and un-adulterated!

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Covered Box Frame Card Tutorial for Fancy Fold Friday

I just had to make another Box Frame card with my Sleigh Ride dies...

This one has a few more layers...so again a depth that just works so well set in a Box Frame...

And this one was ripe for extra frontage... so it has a cover too...

And seeing as it is Friday...

Here is the Tutorial for a Covered Box Frame Card for you...
1. Make one Box Frame
2. Cut a piece of matching cardstock to 27.2 x 13cm (11" x 5 1/4")
3. Score LANDSCAPE piece at 13cm (5 1/4") from each side
4. Bone Fold
5. Adhere back of Box Frame to inside back (do not glue down the spine!)

Sleigh Ride Big Moon Card

Love this card... as did everyone! 

Everyone had this in their Top 3 of the 10 cards they made... yes 10... this die is that good for a stunning but simple card... So... right up my CAS street... and still fabulous for my Fancy Fold street too!!

Both the ribbon and non-ribbon (for bulk make/postal) version...

This card was well and truly inspired by this stunning card made by Irina Kozar. Thank you for sharing this beauty with us all Irina...

This is a card I first pinned over 3 years ago... and I liked it so much that I must have repinned it 20 times before Pinterest started to tell me I had already pinned it... I do so like that newish feature!

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