Green Green Green for Match Day - Chain Card Swap for Monique

Welcome to the Chain Card Swap Blog Hop! This hop is all about Monique and the CASES of her card. I encourage you to start the beginning and follow along to see the progression of her card through the group. Its so interesting to see the development!

I was 9th in the chain for this round and have created a soccer themed card. 

Lets take a closer look at this card. I was so excited to crack open this stamp set and DSP pack. I was getting my end of year thank you appreciation cards ready for my Women's soccer team and this couldn't be a more perfect suite to use! 

I started with a plain Basic white panel and randomly stamped images from this stamp set in varying green inks. I blended some of the colour out with blender pens and a little shading with a blending brush. Once I was happy with  I cut that panel with x3 layering postage dies

The 'frame' is raised on foam dimensionals.

The 'negative' or leftover piece of Basic white I used for the inside! It looks great used like this too. 

This stamp set was current at the time of making this card, but has since retired and is no longer available. You can still get the DSP pack from the LAST CHANCE list.

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Koala and Wombat Joyful Friends Gift Card Pocket Card

 Today I'm sharing a cute Gift Card holder card made with some retired Christmas papers and a new statmp set. 'Joyful Friends' is in the latest Stampin' Up! Sept-Dec Catalogue an is all Australiana themed! Featuring the cutest Koala in a wreath, a large Kangaroo and Joey with a Xmas Pudding, x2 Wombats and a tiny Kookaburra.  I've made a couple slightly different versions, one with a pocket for a gift card, the other a simple fun fold. 

I like stamping a greeting multiple times in the background, it fills the space and really gets your message across. The DSP I have used is retired, but this would look great in any paper and for any ocassion, swap out the colours and greeting to create a whole new card. 

Even the wreath is very Aussie

The inside of both cards - almost the same.
See the tutorial below for the measurements

This has been scored and folded back and decorated with DSP

I like cutting a semi circle with my punches to make sliding the gift card out easier

Joyful Friends - available in the online store,  I promise it will bring you a lot of JOY!

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Triple Point Fan Sunflower Fields Card - Fun Fold Tutorial

Today I'm sharing x2 awesome Triple Point Fan cards I recently made using the Sunflower Fields DSP pack. How did I not know about this fun fold! It's super easy once you know how!

Check out my tutorial below for the measurements

The main colours I've combined together are Daffodil Delight, Secret Sea and Cajun Craze

LOVE how the layers overlap so nicely. 

I fussy cut some of the edge flowers to use for the inside panel - nothing goes to waste in my studio

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Hope Window Card - Chain Card Swap for Me, Carolina

Welcome to the Chain Card Swap Blog Hop! This hop is all about me and the CASES of my card. I encourage you to start the beginning and follow along to see the progression of her card through the group. Its so interesting to see the development!

This round I kick started the round with a Hope card in honour of my late brother in law, Nathan. 

Lets take a closer look at this card. I knew right from the start that I would be using the Hope, Love & Joy bundle. I really love the variety this bundle gives. So I started by choosing a colour theme. Nathan had Bowel cancer, this type of cancer is represented in a Dark blue - so Blueberry Bushell was my choice. I stamped the background with the ribbon image, in the same colour ink, randomly all over the background. The centre of the front panel was cut out and a window sheet was added to create a see-thru card. The letters for HOPE were die cut from the same bundle, I fussy cut the letters but used the die to cut the ribbon and world out.

For the inside I kept it fairly simple with some DSP, with some ribbon (and a world) stamping and a strip of retired DSP

Sadly I didn't get a chance to send it to Nathan before he passed away this year. However I'm so proud of this card, it turned out beautifully and I get to think of Nathan when I look at it.

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Hello Cutest Crew in Hydrangea and Beige for Lets Craft Together Blog Hop

Welcome back to another Let's Craft Together Blog Hop! This months theme is a Sketch Challenge set by Maheshwari.

I have created an adorable Doggie card in Hydrangea Hue and Basic Beige - my 2 new favourite colours and the Cutest Crew Bundle. I don't ever want this bundle to retire - its sooooo cute. 

Here's the challenge picture, thank you Maheshwari! I knew exactly what I wanted to make when I saw the sketch

To make this card I started with the Hydrangea Hue background and stamped some paw prints in the same colour randomly all over, this was inspired by the speckle in the sketch. 

I then die cut the scallop edge in White cardstock (Home For Christmas dies) and took a strip of DSP (Gingham Gallery DSP) across the middle of the card. 

The Cutest Crew bundle is adorable! I stamped the dog image in Hydrangea Hue ink on Basic Beige cardstock and die cut them with the matching die. I added some foam dimensionals to the back and adhered this where the sketch suggested a greeting/sentiment.

My trusty dies from Stylish Shapes help me get a beautiful Beige Square (which I cut in half and when adhered I made it look like a rectangle by adhering it above and below the centre strip.  I also cut a White circle for the centre and sentiment.
To finish off the card I added some dots from Glossy Garden Dots.  

I'm so chuffed with how this card turned out - exactly how I had in mind

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Perfectly squared up with Beautiful Gallery DSP

Today I'm sharing a card I made, inspired after yesterdays blog hop. This card design is a perfect way to showcase your favourite papers as you can show off many designs on one card front. 

I fussy cut flowers and leaves from one of the other DSP sheets and 'paper-tolled' them with foam dimensionals to layer over the base.  I love it!

This paper pack is on the Last Chance list, grab a pack or 2 while you still can!

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