Thanks for joining us on another Joy of Sets Blog Hop organised by the fabulous Angie McKenzie. Our theme is Birthdays with the added interest of a different type of fold. Once again I was inspired by the Queen of folded cards in my estimation Dawn Griffith and her pop out folded card.
I've used some of the lovely Magnolia Designer Series Paper coupled with Blushing Bride and Always Artichoke cardstock. My Meerkats from The Gang's All Meer are water coloured with SU water colour pencils. I've added an extra one for the front which has been fussy cut out with some of the cacti.
The inside has a panel of the same DSP and another cute Meerkat. I loved making this fold card and it was so easy to do following Dawn's instructions.
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I've done a Gate Fold card with the little Meerkats from The Gang's All Meer poking through! I've used Poppy Parade as the main card stock and paired it with some of the DSP from Mosaic Mood. I've used Daffodil Delight as the squared framelit for the front together with some Pool Party for the background and the sentiment.
The front tucks into itself for postage to make it flatter.
The inside of the card with the Meerkats coloured in with SU watercolour pencils.
I find I am always late to the party! That goes for trends in crafting too - so here I am playing with Embossing paste for the first time. And dare I say I love it! I fancied using it on scrapbook pages but my first attempt was for a card.
Over on my Facebook Page I have a challenge running just to keep us all busy whilst a lot of us are at home because of the dreaded virus. It was a case of one of the cards out of the current catalogue, page 90. It also fits in with the challenge over at Global Design Project #gdp232.
I used some of the embossing paste and added a touch of Soft Sky re-inker to get a gorgeous blue colour. I love how it shimmers! I added this to a piece of Soft Sky using one of the masks. I was surprised how quickly it dried! I also had a new set The Gang's All Meer and wanted to use the little guy. I stamped him and then cut him out and layered him up! The leaves and flowers were from my stash. The sentiment stamped in Early Espresso is from Kaisercraft Curiosity stamps and the background paper is also one of theirs.
I'm going to be playing with the paste a lot more I can tell.
I'm also adding this into the following challenges:
As You See It Challenge - my favourite type of card is a RAK which I send out on my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets - we have a RAK group and send each other cards all over the world
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
