Big Fish, Little Bowl, Moving House :)

Hello :)

It's been half term break here in the UK and I've not been well, 

which isn't a good combination I can tell you :( 

It's also the reason for an even longer gap in crafting but I'm here today 

with my DT card over at Seven Hills Crafts.

I had this idea pop into my head and I couldn't wait to turn it into reality... 

you know that feelin' right?

By die-cutting a circle into my card front the little goldfish can magically move house 

to a bigger tank when you open the card...

Ta-dahhhhhh

I was so happy it turned out how I imagined and of course, the Lawn Fawn alphabet stamps always allow you to customize your own sentiment too :)

The Lawnscaping Challenge this week is all about CELEBRATION so I'm going to pop it in over there, because moving house is or should be a celebration..... well, if you have energy left after the tiring stressful bit!! :)

                                            

You can find more details on how I made this card over at the Seven Hills Crafts blog here.

Stamps used

Fintastic Friends and Smitty's ABC's by Lawn Fawn

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Get Well Wishes

Hello there :)

My DT project over at the Seven Hills Crafts blog on Monday was this Get Well Wishes card and Pocket Tissue wrap using a teacher stamp set of all things!! Take a look.....

The Teacher Talk set from Lil Inkers includes these fabulous apple stamps and I just couldn't see past the pattern possibilities with them..... very Orla Keily-esque :)

I've used the Avery Elle Card Easel die.... even though it's made to fit American A2 size cards it still works perfectly on the UK A6 size cards :)

You just have to shorten the front of your card 

about the same depth as the die for it to work :)

The pocket tissue packaging is two simple bands of card with a flap opening.. you can get to the tissues by sliding the decorated panel up or down over the flap :)

Love these bright and cheerful apples... 

a good image for a get well soon card.... one of your 5-a-day ;)

Thanks for stopping by, full supply list can be found on my DT post here :)

Jenny x

A Fancy Fold Challenge

It's time for a new challenge over at the Seven Hills Crafts blog and this month we challenge you to incorporate a fancy fold in your project i.e. more than just the one along the top or down the side of your card ;)

Mine is not really that fancy... quite clean and very simple actually!!

I backed a piece of card with a scrap of patterned paper and then used the Santa beard die from this Waffleflower set to cut into the panel. After scoring a line across to join the ends of the cut I folded the piece down to make my icy lake for the little penguin. 

The negative space the die left was not large enough for my liking so I used a stitched arch die from MFT to give the penguin some sky.... I think it gives a snow-globe kinda feel don't you think :)

I added some soft inking for the sky and a few branches from Lawn Fawns Deck the Halls to act as trees in the distance. I love this sentiment because I can leave the inside of the card blank ready to use for any occasion :)

I'm popping this in over at CAS(e) this sketch too... it's a bonus if I can play along in challenges these days :)

                                                  

Come and join us this month at Seven Hills Crafts.... we're looking forward to seeing what fancy folds you come up with too. More details can be found here along with the linky tool so you can add your card to the gallery for the chance to win a gift card to the store :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x