Spyder's Corner: fancy fun folds

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Tuesday, 2 April 2024

Happy Gnomey B Day David!

I was invited to a Birthday Party sometime back, which all happened this last Easter weekend, I wasn't sure I'd go, because y'know, not having John to go with but then, I thought, well, why not? Go! Pop in, say hi, pop out again. Ok! But first. You have to make a Birthday Card. (Of Course) I knew I wanted to make a kind of garden scene...and would use a fancy fun fold flip out card.. or whatever they're called (my favourites) with a gnome, flowers, dogs, maybe cats, a chicken... couldn't find a chicken, even though I know I have one somewhere...

First of all I started off with the stamped image by Woodware and coloured four of them with my ProMarkers so that I could later 3D the image. Then the rainbow looked a bit odd having grass at the bottom so I found my 'cloud' dies and used them at the bottom. Seeing David's small garden is divided into sections, veg, flowers, etc I added carrots. The dog is supposed to be Big George, who I used to walk a few times a week ages back. For the background behind the gnome and the clouds in front, I used different shades of blue Distress Oxide and also used the same mixture of blue ink on the topper plus some blue mirror card.

Because my printer is still printing out blurred images, I hunted through my many folders of downloaded freebie papers from magazines and found these rainbow/cloud papers already printed out on good paper. I then made more 'grass' using different shades of green distress Oxide and I also diecut out some 'grass'

Some of these are LawnFawn images. The wheel barrow, pots, watering can, some of the flowers, the little folk and trowel, come from Die-cutting Essentials magazine #113, the balloons, dog house, little dog and treats are LawnFawn. All are coloured with Promarkers.

The little garden sign I drew myself. (I had a stamp, but it was pointing the other way) The Rainbow/cloud background paper, you can download for free from HERE (you may have to sign in) These papers originally came with Paper Craft Inspiration Magazine #138 May 2015! Just to prove that the oldies are the besties!

On the back of the card, I've added a place to add your sentiments etc.

That's it from me! Hoping to add this to some challenges later! Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges

Tuesdaytaggers.blogspot-rainbow-colours

mixitupchallenge.-anything-goes-optional-fancy

cinspirations.-season-of-spring.

ilovepromarkers-anything goes or add button

Sunday, 12 June 2022

HApPy BiRtHdAy JoHN!

Yay, at last the BIG 0 Birthday has arrived....we're not here so this is on timer. Hopefully. If I did yesterday what I was supposed to do yesterday and didn't pee my pants or turn grey over night, there might be pictures later!

Anyway...here's the birthday card, I'm not sure what it's called. I thought I read it was a fun fold gate card....but it isn't a gate card, is it. No. I think, what 'appened was... I started watching one youtube tutorial - nipped to the loo- came back and unbeknown to me, another tutorial had started! It's coggs again...I like using coggs. I'm not loving this card. I loved last years card and the year befores...and even the year before that and waaay back to 2014... There's something...missing...

Closed and lying flat

Yes...I kept misplacing coggs...and losing the dies and that heart is the wrong colour! but something else...A few mice woulda livened it up abit! Then...looking at these pictures...

I spotted the lost cogg and the bit of purple tape stuck to the back! How long had that been there when I was hunting for it!?

I did start making this card a while back in purple (it looks blue but it's purple) using 180gsm card from Hobby Craft, lovely colour but it was too flimsy, so I chose CenturaPearl, 310gsm Snow White with a hint of Gold from Crafters Companion, nice. I added all the toppers and bits but the card was still a bit 'bendy' so I hunted out the purple card I'd already cut out and scored and added that to the back too. There's room to write something and look! There's that missing cogg again! I must be going blind! It's been hanging there all this time! That's it for now, I'll try and add challences when I get back! Keep on crafting, catch up later! Thank you for stopping by!