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FUN FOLD FRIDAY – TIME FOR ANOTHER PROJECT

My Fun Fold card today was inspired by Jacque Williams. It is a Never Ending Card.

When I saw Jacque’s project I tried to remember the last time I had made a Never Ending Card. So I knew it was definitely time to make another one.

The front page features the DSP, Crushed Curry card and the All Zipped Up stamp set. I have also added star and heart die cut shapes.

The second page introduces another DSP design, Blueberry Bushel card and ink, star die cuts and stamped spot images.

The third page has another DSP and more die cut stars and a heart.

The fourth and final page also features a different DSP design, Basic White panels for recording a birthday greeting and a single star die cut.

Well, I haven’t made one project that looks like a jacket or cardigan this week. I am so pleased that I found other ways to use this bundle and I hope that inspires you to think ‘outside the box’.

I haven’t decided what to feature next week – but, give me a little time and I’m sure I will have something that you will like to see.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from May 5th.

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FAREWELL RETIRING IN COLOURS CI#186

I’m joining in this Colour INKspiration challenge a little late but am pleased to be sharing a waterfall card using all the retiring colours.

For this project I chose the Sweet Jar Bundle as the featured products.

I thought a waterfall card would be a great way to show off the retiring colours as well as a new product bundle.

I found a piece of Copper Clay Designer Series Paper, from the Take to the Sky DSP, to use for this project.

The waterfall panels are slightly larger than the ‘usual’ measurements so that the jars would have a reasonable margin around them.

The jars were stamped with the jelly bean and hearts images. I used stamped off Basic Beige to leave the image shapes. Then I coloured these images using the coordinating Stampin’ Blends.

Each of the stamped and coloured Basic White panels were mounted on a slightly larger panel of the retiring cardstock.

The waterfall mechanism was made from Pebbled Path cardstock.

I added a strip of the same DSP on the card insert and the back of the envelope.

Finally, I punched a small hole in the bottom of the mechanism and looped a length of coloured twine through the hole to assist with pulling the waterfall panels through.

Make sure to head over to our Facebook group and see what the crew has created – https://www.facebook.com/groups/349642308720075

I hope that you also create a project for this challenge and share it in the group.

The next Colour INKspiration Challenge will begin on May 14.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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THURSDAY IS ALL ABOUT THE 3D PROJECT – TIME TO PITCH YOUR TENT

The project I am sharing today is actually the first project I made for this week’s posts.

When I first saw the All Zipped Up Dies, this is the first idea that came to mind.

I pictured the zipped front of a tent – so, I needed to make a tent!

This is the result.

I created the front of the tent first and then worked on the surrounding structure after that.

I used Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Silver Foil and Old Olive card.

The tent measures 10 3/4″ long, 6 3/4″ wide and 5″ high. I decided that I could fill it with individually wrapped Toblerone chocolates – a perfect camping treat.

The front, back and sides of the tent were made up of a few card layers to ensure it had stability.

I used the grass die, from the Sending Love Dies, was perfect to use around the base of the tent.

I had thought about using some cut down toothpicks to use as anchors for Linen Thread tent lines – sadly, I couldn’t find my very well hidden toothpicks. Maybe next time.

To be honest, I was vey happy with my 3D construction.

Tomorrow is Friday and I have a Fun Fold card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new items are available from May 5th.