JOY OF SETS BLOG HOP - TRI-FOLD CARDS

I'm delighted we are holding another Blog hop for the Joy of Sets Facebook Group. My thanks to Andrea Parr for once again organising us all - not easy when we are all over the world!  If you would like to join our Facebook Group click on the logo above.  Our theme is tri-fold cards and, as is usual with Joy of Sets, we allow all products to be used - although a lot of members are Stampin Up Demonstrators.

I went for a slightly different type of tri-fold with mine and it just sort of evolved as I was doing it.  I started off with some black card stock which is unusual for me.  I wanted to use the lovely Mosaic DSP from Stampin Up - I adore mosaics especially Roman ones and we have a gorgeous one in our local Iron Age Museum which dates back over 2,000 years.

I cut the piece of cardstock 10" x 5 " and scored at 4" and 7 3/4" - I still work in inches and always will!  On the left hand side piece I used the framelit from Colourful Seasons to cut out the edging and added some of the DSP layered onto Mint Macaron.  I added some pearls just to define the edge.

I used the butterfly framelit from SU Watercolour Wings for the butterfly and used the same DSP.  I actually cut half of the butterfly out of the black card stock and this is what helps to keep the card closed as the left hand tucks in behind the butterfly's wing.  The little butterflies were cut out with the framelit from That's the Tag.  The sentiment inside is from Kinda Eclectic and I used a retired butterfly punch to cut out a butterfly in the same DSP.

Have fun hopping around the blog and visiting all the wonderful projects - do stop by and say hello - we love to read your comments.  Why not join in with our next one and be part of the group?

To go to Annette Ball's blog click on the button below:

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Here is a full list of all those who are participating in the blog hop including links to their blogs:

Fiona Whitehead - You are here

Annette Ball

Kaylin Krawczyk

Jane Allmark

Tricia Butts

Angie McKenzie

Libby Fens

Susan Simpson

Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Linda A Moore

Andrea Parr

           

AUTUMN DAYS

Autumn is my favourite time of year - I love the colours and the hedgerows bursting with fruit that I can forage and turn into chutneys.  So just a little warning that there may be lots of autumnal type cards on my blog in the next few weeks!  I hope you will forgive me!

I'm starting with a very old set from Stampin Up - It goes back to 2009 eek!  It's called Autumn Days and it is one I will never part with - in the part of Hampshire where I live in the UK we have lots of pheasants roaming around - they are the lucky ones who have escaped from the shoots that happen a lot around here.  

I wanted to drag this set into the modern style but I think I must have still been in nostalgia stage as it looks quite old-fashioned to me.  How strange that crafting can have an age!

I started off by embossing the bird in some very old Rust Embossing Powder from SU - from around about 2009 also.  I then made a mask and stamped the various grasses around the bird using a mix of Really Rust, Old Olive, Mellow Moss and Crushed Curry.  I used the tag framelits to cut out the piece and a backing piece in Cajun Craze.  The backing paper is not SU but a lovely green piece I found in my stash and I ran it through the Big Shot with an embossing folder which shows pine leaves.  I love how it came out - the white popped through and has such a lovely texture.

I added some Jute Trim from Docrafts to the bottom.  I cut out some leaves with the Colourful Seasons framelits and sponged them in Old Olive and Crushed Curry.  I added a bow of baker's twine in Old Olive and a few buttons from the Regals collection.  The little thank you is from another old SU set called That's the Tag.  I turned it into a Thank You card with Thanksgiving on my mind.  Although we don't celebrate that holiday here in the UK I did enjoy it when I lived in the US.  The brad is from my stash.

I love how this turned out and am going to enter it into a few challenges:

Retro Rubber - #rrcb119 - Fall Colours  
Inspired by - Signs of Fall
Addicted to Stamps - Holiday
Male Room - Autumn 



 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS #SC323

A sketch challenge for you all this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments #SC323

I turned the sketch on its side for my card and used some of the new Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper.  I had been gifted some of the daisies using the new punches from a Stuffed Envelope swap we ran over at my Facebook Group from Julie Hilditch and thought they were just right for this paper.  She also sent me the Happy Birthday which was just perfect.  I added a touch of the gorgeous scalloped linen ribbon at the bottom.  

 

AAA Cas Card Challenge #148

Joining in with the challenge over at AAA this week and it is the following:





In amongst my stash of cards was this lovely image of this cat which was gifted to me by a member o of my Facebook Group so sadly I don't know what stamp this is from.  I used to be a fosterer for the Cat's Protection and when a gorgeous ginger girl came in age 8 having been discarded by her owners she pulled at my heart strings and she came and joined our two other cats and two dogs - and she has settled in so well and we named her Amber.  With her in mind I coloured my little cat in slightly ginger with some Distress Inks.  The sentiment is from SU Pretty Kitty and I thought went so well with the image.  I added a few orange sequins so it looks as though she is watching something to play with.

 

SWEET STAMPIN - NAUTICAL THEME/PIRATES

Our challenge this week for Sweet Stampin is Pirates/Nautical theme. I don't have any pirate type stamps and didn't really fancy doing a punch art card so went with the nautical theme.  I decided to try the Retiform Technique as I haven't done that in a while and used two retired Stampin Up sets - High Tide and Wetlands.  

For my inks I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Salty Ocean  and SU Night of Navy.    The retiform technique is quite fun as it can be different everytime you try it.  There is a touch of glimmer on the water as I added some Glossy Accents to it to make it shimmer.

 

CLEARLY BESOTTED - APRIL SHOWERS AGAIN

I'm joining in with the challenge at Time Out which is the following:





I used the lovely little set from Clearly Besotted called April Showers Again.  I wanted to keep my card fairly CAS also so I kept it white on white.  I started with the rain drops from the set inked in Stampin Up Basic Gray.  I added a touch of Glossy Accents to some of the rain drops.  I then used a very old ink pad from SU called Kaleidoscope where it is a mix of six colours which can be pushed together to create a rainbow effect.  The ink pad is over 10 years old and still going strong!  I used it for the umbrella and sentiment and the little flower - which also has a touch of glossy accents.

 

STAMPIN UP ONLY CHALLENGE SUOC231 - COLOUR CHALLENGE

Our colour challenge for SUOC231 uses the following colours:

Granny Apple Green, Pool Party, Mango Melody & Lovely Lipstick

I've used some of the new DSP for my background showcasing the lovely Mango Melody colour.

I used the same paper to cut out the butterfly from the retired Watercolour Wings framelit.  I've used an old favourite SU set here called Lotus Blossom and inked it in Mango Melody once, stamped off, then Mango Melody again full strength then Lovely Lipstick as the third colour.  The stem was stamped in the Granny Apple Green.  I've added some Spectrum Noir glitter pen to the flower.  The sentiments were stamped in Pool Party and I used some Pool Party as the background.

 

#JOSTTT009 AND TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY #TSOT424

We have a joint challenge this month for Joy of Sets teaming up with Try Stampin on Tuesday so we have brought Joy of Sets forward by a few days.

It was my turn to chose the grid again and as September is my anniversary month this affected my choices I think.  I chose to do a scrapbook layout for a change - inspired by someone who often joins in with Joy of Sets with her layouts and I have been determined to do one.  I used the sketch from TSOT for my layout and used some Kaisercraft papers and stamps. I must admit Kaisercraft are my go to papers for scrapbooking.  I've used the Rosabella set here with the matching stamps.

 

INSPIRED BY.... INSPIRED BY CHALLENGE

I was inspired by Laurel's image over at her challenge Inspired By




I have had this little stamp set with a typewriter on it for years and never really used it - as soon as I saw this image I knew it had to have an inking.  However, because of the age of the image of the typewriter it spoke to me of more of a vintage theme so that's what I went with.

I have an old book I use to cut the pages out when I want to add some background interest and I tore the edges and then inked it up with three Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Antique Linen, Old Paper and Tea Dye.  I stamped the typewriter directly onto the paper but it didn't show up well enough so I restamped it and cut it out.  The paper clip is also a stamp and I used a sentiment from Stampin Up Thankful Thoughts for the note of thanks tucked into the paper clip.  I used another stamp from SU Background Bits and one from Kinda Eclectic directly onto the crumb cake card stock using Versamark ink to give it some interest.  I also used a few more stamps from SU's Timeless Textures.  I also used some of the letter stamps from the little stamp set.  With a nod to the blue colour I added a few little blue pearls.

 

SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE - WINTER WISHES

Wow - we are getting to close to Christmas! I know it's three months away yet but it's drawing ever nearer!  I've loved being part of this Design Team for Sparkles Christmas Challenge and the chance to make Christmas cards all year round.  We have lots of you join in too so it shows you all like making Christmas cards at any time of the year too.

Our challenge this month is Winter Wishes.  I've turned to Tim Holtz formy card this month.  I started off a snowflake embossing folder and inked over the snow flakes with Tim Holtz Distress ink.  I then used one of his Fresh Baked thinlets for the snowflake.  I continued the blue theme rather than make it into a brown cookie type image.  The top was covered in Glossy Accents to make it look like icing and I added a blue rhinestone to the middle.  The wording is also from Tim Holtz and is the Happy Holidays thinlets.  This was also covered in glossy accents to make it shine.