Time to Twirl

I'm back with another Interactive Card inspired by the awesome Jennifer McGuire... this one is a peek-a-boo card and you can find her You Tube tutorial here 

I thought the Tu-Tu Cute set from Waffleflower would work well... the little ballerina changes poses 

I even got 'techy' brave and made a short silent video to show the card in action...

I love the simple mechanism for this card.... 

now thinking which other sets would work 🤔

You can find my DT post for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Tu-Tu Cute - Waffleflower

Star Turnabout - Concord & 9th

A Classic!

Sometimes.... well most of the time actually, I don't think about the sentiment for a card or plan where I'm going to put it... well not for this card!! The sentiment inspired the whole thing 😊

You can't get more classic than a VW van and this die from Flora and Fauna is just so fun! Its a great size and simple enough to paper piece whilst still adding those chrome details.

This card came together quite quickly.... perhaps I need to start with the sentiment more often... or at least work out where is should go 😉

You can find my DT post for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Stash Used:
VW van die - Flora & Fauna clear
Birthday Essentials - Newtons Nook

Uncork and Unwind with a Pop up Card!

Well that's quite an invitation for a title!!
I was inspired to make this pop up slider card after watching the hugely creative
 Jennifer McGuire's video here... the only difference is, I don't have the die set she
used but could see how the MFT Blueprints 28 would work instead...

So here are a few photos to show how I used the large opening flap panel in the set

 to make the sliding pop up portion. I started by scoring the flap in two places and

 adding a thumb cut just above the hinge

I pretty much followed the assembly instructions in Jennifer's video... by adding the

 strip of contrasting card along the bottom edge of the flap you also cover the unwanted 

thumb notch the die puts in for you.

The rest is just down to adding decoration to the front of the slider... I went for the MFT 

wine service dies as this was for a particular friend who loves her red wine 😉 

I was quite chuffed this worked out in the end.... yay for stretching those supplies!!

You can find my DT post for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash used:

Wine service, Uncorked & Blueprints 28 dienamics - MFT

Coffee Ring - Altenew

Royally Fabulous Day

How do you celebrate a girly 40th birthday?.... with a pink crown of course!!

Now pink and girly is totally out of my own comfort zone but I have to say, it

 was fun to make this card..

.... fun until I had the great idea to add the feathers for a fluffy trim!! Next time I'd use a dry adhesive because wet glue was a nightmare...... talk about being tarred and feathered 😆

I used pink distress oxides and micro glaze on glossy card stock to make my own panel to cut the crown from and then added extra layers for dimension. It had to have bling, on the crown and behind it.... love the Bitty Burst background in a mix of colours too!

You can find my DT post on the Seven Hills Crafts blog for this card here

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Crown Die, Queen for the Day stamp set - MFT

Bitty Burst Turnabout - Concord&9th

Bespoke Sneakers

August was a busy month for birthdays!! 

This was a fun one to make as I just knew the young recipient would 

love a pair of sneakers like these :)

I used a Hero Arts background stamp with black ink to make the scripty material for the boots.

I cut the shoes and all the trimmings and then, when they were all assembled, I laced them up with a rainbow cord... Love it :)

I actually think I'd quite like a pair of these too.... and how funky does that 

radiating dots background look heat embossed in white!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash used:

High Top dienamics - MFT (discontinued)

Highline Chalkboard background - Hero Arts (discontinued)

Radiating Halftone Background - MFT

Sketchy Numbers - Waffleflower

Finleys 123's - Lawn fawn

A Floral Trug

Here's a card I made for a dear friend and it was great fun breaking out both Fresh Cut floral Stamp sets from Wplus9 again. I remember when they first came on the scene... they were the first multi step stamps I had in my stash and now its fun to try them with new inks :)

My friend started her own flower farm this year and has had a busy first summer not to mention a battle with the hot dry weather, she has done so well. Her card had to be floral and I wanted to use this trug die from Joanna Sheen... what a colourful arrangement :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x  

Stash Used:

Fresh Cut Florals, More Fresh Cuts - Wplus9

Trug Die - Joanna Sheen (discontinued)

Scripty B'day - Mama Elephant

Leave your Mark

This is another one of those cards where I suddenly had an idea that caused me to smile ;)

These little snails needed inking up and whilst looking for suitable stamps for a snail trail I found this brushstrokes set from Mama Elephant which also contained a dotted stamp too...

How did that snail make his trail??

I had to alter the other snails smiley face to a look of surprise, easily done with a gel pen and

 added a question mark above him to reinforce his puzzled thoughts!!

On a side note, it turns out we do have an Olympic snail living in our garden judging 

by the trail marks we found one morning!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash used:

Snailed it - Lil Inkers's

Brushstrokes - Mama Elephant