Z Fold Box Card

 

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Welcome to my little crafting place! 

Here's where I share the things I've been making, and sometimes other bits of waffle!

Try Something NEW!
Its really easy to get into a crafting rut, isn't it? Well, this week we'dlike you to break out, be brave and try something you've never tried before!
Do you dare to share something using a new technique, a new tool,
maybe a new card fold?

Create anything you like cards, tags, or 3D project. Its up to you!

 

This week my aunt and uncle are celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversary - that's a whole 60 years of beng married. Wow! 

So I definitely needed a special card to send, and as this week's challenge called for trying a new technique of some kind it seemed a good idea to tie these two together and have a go at a Z fold box card!

I'd not tried making a Z fold card, let alone tried incorporating a pop out box into one. And of course I only came up with the plan at the last minute so had very little time to work it out, make it and get it in the post!

I love this idea! The basic Z fold is pretty simple but looks effective.  The pop out box bit uses the same kind of structure you add in to the box to add all the embellishments to when you make a box card, and it seems quite obvious to add into the fold-space

 

Here you can see it folded flat (well fairly flat!)

I chose this diamond design digital pape. resized and printed it onto Bazzill Avalanche card

I was very pleased to find this lovely Tonic Studios textured card in my stash which matched the colour of the printed design perfectly

Once the actual structure was made and the hinge inserts added to the 'box' section it was time to get on with the fun decorationg bit!

Actually it was quite fiddly adding the flowers - more so than for a regular box card, so maybe finding an easier way to do it is a job for another time. 

 

This next photo is taken from a higher positon to try and show that there are several rows of flowers in there

 

I used

 

Flowers, Alphabet, Heart dies are all from Spellbinders 

Some are no longer available, but there are similar ones that are.

Aqua, Green and Pink card

Aqua card for base

Digital download printed onto White Avalanche Bazzill 

 'Diamond' gems, pink ribbon

 

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Thank you so much for coming by.

 

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

Kathy xx

 

 

Get Well Soon

 Hello!

Welcome to my little crafting place! 

Here's where I share the things I've been making, and sometimes other bits of waffle!

This time I've my card for the Daring Cardmakers to share.

It was the First Friday of the Month, so time for a Monthly Sentimental theme

The theme for March is
GET WELL SOON
Wouldn't it be good to have the perfect card ready to send?
These challenges help us grow our stock of cards for just those times.
So join in, make a couple of cards to match the sentiment and you'll always ...
Be Prepared!

Just to see if it would work, I made this card from a 14cm square of card, on which I marked where the centre fold would be, then used a circle die to part-cut a section which would stand up when the card was folded.  Does that make sense?

My thinking was that if you were to make a card that went into the envelope unfolded then you'd have more scope for adding embellishments and getting away with still using regular postage!

So it looks like this until it's folded

 

 

I used

 

Circle dies

Border punch, flower punch

Leaves are leftovers from other projects

Blue and Pink card

PC generated sentiment

 

Note

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THIS is my Affiliate Link to the Spellbinders store
-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders
It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.
There's a UK based shop now, so you c use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by.

 

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

Kathy xx

 

Always My Hero

 

   Hello

and welcome  to my little crafting place! 

Amazingly, its been sunny all week!  Freezing cold and very frosty, but you can’t have everything, and bright blue skies are always welcome

The March Glimmer of the Month club features a whole bunch of phrases plus the words 'Mum' and 'Dad' under the heading 'We Are All Family' and is perfect for giving love and gratitude to our nearests and dearests.  You also get the dies for cutting them out

Especially good for Mothers' and Fathers' days which are coming up in the next few months!

Sadly I didn't start making cards soon enough to be able to make any for my darling dad. Oh, I would have had so much fun coming up with ideas to make him smile! So when this set arrived from Spellbinders I thought I'd make something featuring several of the sentiments which L would love to be able to say to him if I could.

I chose to use this fabulous  All the Tools Dies-set because he could always turn his hand to jobs around the house, and I often helped him. Later when I bought my little flat, he was always ready to lend a hand when I needed something done!

 I miss you so much, Dad. Thank you for being the Best!

I used:

 

 All sentiment phrases from  March Glimmer of the Month 

Navy blue card, white Glimmer foil

 

Toolbox Essentials Collection by Nancy McCabe
All the Tools Dies  

White card blank

Kraft, coloured and silver card scraps for die cutting

 Blue and yellow ink pads

   Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx