Fast Friday - Week 13

Gosh - week 13 (lucky for some?!) for my Fast Friday feature. This week is something a bit different for me in terms of style - but don't worry you can still produce this in a few minutes.

You might recall that in my post 2 days ago I said I had no idea what I was going to be making - well I still didn't up until 11.30pm last night. I had had a really long day at work (the day job) and needed to make a card quickly before going to bed. So I turned to Pinterest for inspiration and saw a card layout that I thought was a bit different and this is what I ended up with:

Most of the materials for the project comes from the fab Hip Hip Hooray Designer Card Kit (the exceptions being scraps of DSP and Real Red cardstock). This kit makes 20 cards and everything is provided including instructions, ink and a clear block (bargain at £17.95 for the kit). The only item missing is a pair of scissors - and even then you only need those to cut the twine! You can just follow the instructions in the kit to make the featured projects (without adding anything else), or you can do as I did, use the basic ingredients with a few extras to do something a bit different. Et voila!

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Real Red, Fresh Prints DSP ♦ Tools/Accessories: Hip Hip Hooray Card Designer Card Kit

You can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly.

Monday is a bank holiday here in the UK, so this will probably mean we have awful weather this weekend, but I hope I am proved wrong!

Come back and visit over the weekend when I will feature a project I made for my Stampin' Up "Mummy" Michelle Last.

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole

Chevron Cards & Matching Gift Bag

On Friday I promised you I would show today the whole project that Fast Friday 10's card came from... Well firstly I didn't just make one card ... I made three!

And there's more ... they all fit inside a co-ordinating gift bag (yes I know I am very matchy, matchy!):

This project makes a great present for friends and/or family – I did something similar as stocking fillers at Christmas and they went down a storm. I did them in different colourways/combinations than the one here - and tried to choose (what I knew/thought) were the favourite colours of the recipient!

Top tip - to make sure you get an even and full impression when using a large background stamp, make sure you use a wood mounted version of the stamp and take the ink pad to the stamp and then place your folded card base on top of the stamp. Place a piece of scrap paper over the top and then using the brayer roll over the entire stamp - works every time!

In fact I have just returned from an A-MAZ-ING crafting weekend in Birmingham with some fellow demonstrators and I designed this version of the project for one of the Make & Take sessions. The whole weekend we crafted, we shared and we cared! And now we are ... exhausted!

If you like this project and place an order for £30 or more during April, I will give you a free copy of the tutorial with all the instructions you need.

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP stack ♦ Stamps: Positively Chevron, Too Kind, Teeny Tiny Sentiments ♦ Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Craft White ♦ Tools/Accessories: Tag a Bag Gift Bag, Scallop 2⅜" Circle punch, Circle 1¾” punch, brayer, glue dot/tombow

You can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly. Make sure you check back on Wednesday 9 April as Stampin' Up! will be releasing weekly deals throughout April and I have no idea what they will be - so I am just as excited as you!

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole

Fast Friday - Week 10

The initial idea for this week's quick card came from a gift package I received from my upline at a craft reward day last year - she had made a really cute wrapping using Stampin' Up's Tag a Bag Gift Bag. I realised that if I used the Positively Chevron background stamp with white craft ink onto crumb cake card I could get a similar effect for my card base.

The card is actually one of a set of three which make up another project.  Why not come back on Sunday and I will show you the whole project?

To make this project you will need:

Cardstock/Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP stack ♦ Stamps: Positively Chevron, Too Kind, Teeny Tiny Sentiments ♦ Ink: Craft White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler ♦ Tools/Accessories: Scallop 2⅜" Circle punch, Circle 1¾” Punch

You can order from my online shop 24/7 or if you prefer contact me directly.

Have a great weekend - I'm going to be spending time crafting with some fabulous crafty friends!

A la prochaine! Amitiés!

Nicole