Monday and another week is just beginning

Morning readers, 

Hope you all had a cracking weekend .. despite the slightly changeable weather!! When I put the sheets in the wash before heading out for my walk on Saturday morning .. i imagined hanging them out to line dry but, oh no! It was raining by the time I got home ... 20 minutes later it was sunshine then rain ... you sensing a pattern here? Dryer it was then!

I've a make to share with you today ....... bit of a change for me (as a card maker) but ... I thought I would theme my gift wrap to the birthday card and, whilst I was at it, made the tag to match too - VOILA!!!

Wrapping paper stamped

Co-ordinating tag - the card appeared on a previous blog post - see it here

Finished gift

Materials used:

• Kraft gift wrap
• Kraft tag
• Paper tape
• String
• Metal bell
• Stamps used: Katzelkraft KTZ212 and TCP S.5845-CL
• Inks used: Versafine Clair morning mist and nocturne
• Colouring medium (on tag): Faber Castell polychromos pencils

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Love To Craft Challenge Blog - August challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 402 - ANYTHING GOES

And here's a quick and easy card too ........

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit + snippets of leftover card in white and textured pink (DCWV)
• I taped my Honeydoo circles stencil to one piece of my white card and then, using a makeup brush, applied Distress Inks in squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and picked raspberry over the entire panel before removing the stencil and give it a quick spritz with Crafters Companion Spray and Shine - to seal
• On the white snippet I stamped my TCP sentiment (from S.5845-CL) using Versafine Clair morning mist ink before cutting in to a banner, mounting on the textured pink card and then layering on my card front
• The image panel was attached to my card blank using dimensional foam tape (it should still fit within the UK standard letter rate)
• Elsewhere on the card I stamped my Hero Arts circles (C3142 "Dot border") using Versafine Clair charming pink ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 139 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Dragonfly Dreams - August 2nd challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. Gem of a challenge - challenge No. 16 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Crafters Cafe - challenge No. 248 - ANYTHING GOES

Yesterday morning, I nipped out for my usual three miler and thought I'd take some pix ... one minute super sunny, the next it was looking like rain was imminent (it wasn't)!