How Does Your Garden Grow? Deb's Z Fold Card & Envelope

Hello Crafty Friends!

I have a confession to make........ I only started ordering the Garden Assistant stamp that is in our June Kit because I wanted one for myself. She is just SOOOO gorgeous! And it makes me so happy that all my Crafty Peeps love her too!

Today Deb creates a beautiful Z Fold card featuring our favourite gardening girl........

Hi Crafters!

I just fell in love with this stamp when I saw it, it is so right up my alley!! I thought straight away it lends itself to a 'Z' Fold card, I just love making these as you get a really great 3d effect and they are quite easy to make, the hardest part is thinking what to put inside them!

Step 1: To make the 'Z' fold is really quite easy all you have to do is cut a piece of cardstock, mine is 11 1/4 inches  x 5 inches. I then scored it in half, then the front half is scored in half again, so you then have a 'Z' fold card, easy peasy!

Step 2: I then did the same with a piece of white cardstock which was the same 11 1/4 inches but by 2 inches and folded in half on the back half this time .

Step 3: I then stamped the border along the bottom of the white cardstock, when doing this I only inked up the bottom border of the stamp as I only wanted the flowers and grass along the bottom. Once I had inked it all I then coloured in the images with markers and attached the stamped piece to the base of the card. Added all the little bits and pieces to give it a 3D look. I stamped and coloured the whole image and then fussy cut the gardener out and attached her to the bottom strip.

Step 4: Of course I had to make a matching envelope to put the card in, using my envelope maker.

This was so much fun to make, I can see myself making a lot more projects with this beautiful stamp!

Happy Crafting!

Deb x

All The Leaves Are Brown: Donna's March Project # 3: A Day in Autumn Cards

Hello Crafty Readers!

Let's start the week off with some crafty fun......... Donna has focussed on that gorgeous Penny Black stamp from our March Kit to bring you some lovely autumn cards.

Enjoy!!.......

  

I'm on a Roll this month with the gorgeous kit from Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft..

What wonderful colours there is in this kit and as you guessed

it is Autumn... And this stamp from Penny Black 'A Day In Autumn'
is just plain gorgeous so I decided to make
4 cards to showcase it's 'Leafiness' ...

For Card 1... I used water colour paper..
With assorted Distress inks I applied ink directly to stamp using the markers..
I then spritzed with water and stamped on to watercolour paper..

Using the Jute String I wrapped it 3 times around the

panel and tied a metal leaf embellishment ..

I cut out 'thankful heart Feeling Blessed' from a border and adhered

it straight on the card front..

Card 2... I stamped the image with  Distress inks onto the Ranger Stamping Paper

 and I did not like it at all. The colours paled and it took ages to dry and actually

looks smudged in places.. I cut the tree out and added a mat from

the wonderful paper in the kit and then fussy cut the Tim Holtz Birch Trees from his embossing folder to add as a background..

I then fussy cut the gnomes and mushrooms and adhered them all under

a border..  Glossy Accents and Kindy Glitz finished the card..  

Card 3... Again using watercolour paper and Distress ink markers

I spritzed the stamp and simply stamped the image. I matted the

front of the card to a piece of scrap cardstock and added 'Falling  leaves'

from a border using 3D foam tape.

Look how gorgeous this turned out..

Card 4... I used the Spotlight Technique.. I stamped the tree on to plain

white cardstock using Memento Brown  then using the direct

 to stamp Distress markers technique, I stamped the image on to

watercolour paper and die cut a circle.

I then diecut a scalloped circle and added 3D foam tape to adhere it to the

card front at the same place on the background..  'I love Fall and Memories' from the border tucked under the circle makes it stand out..

Another border at the bottom and two punched leaves finishes off

this wonderful card..

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I hope I have inspired you to create Glorious things..

Thank you for stopping by...

Hugs

Donna xx