Fabulous Folds - Nature walk card

These are the kind of rich colours that resonate with me:
Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, combined with vanilla cardstock and River Rock (because like Sahara Sand, River Rock also goes with everything!).

 Fold them into a zig zag fold and you have an interesting and attractive card for any occasion.
This one is so simple to do (Yes you noticed it has a bit of Big shot embossing on there) for texture.

 I have also used the crimper for texture behind the taffeta ribbon and the Eyelet border punch for the edge of the turned back piece.
The Little labels are punched and then stamped with "Youre a Gem" stamps
Love Life, Live Life ...

Elite challenges - SC44 and Misty Razzleberries.

Over at the Elite challenges site, Carol has set us some new Sketch, Stamp and colour challenges.

It is so long since I have attempted one of these challenges -

The First challenge is a colour challenge: Misty Razzleberries.

Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist and Old Olive.

I really love these colours together, I just had to play and combine some of my new products from the current Mini catalogue.

 The sketch is from the card on page 16

 of the Autumn Winter mini catalogue.

 Using the Framed tulips embossing folder with the gorgeous new Bevelled windowpanes.

These are acrylic frames that highlight an image or patterned paper with punched ribbon holes on either side for threading. I have adhered the ribbon to the card with snail adhesive and let the ribbon anchor the window pane to the page. (No glue dots, nothing!)

 I've used another of my all time favourite techniques:
Heat embossing with Stampin' Up!'s Gold embossing powder.

 The words are from the stampset: You're a Gem and the crown is from Artistic Etchings, when I saw the words to this "Queen for a day" it just begged the crown to go with it.
Then I added two "all a flutter" butterflies in gold embossing onto the Rich Razzleberry layer.

 The other stampset, that I just can't seem to do with out is the "French Foliage" stampset (also in the Autumn Winter mini) the mud splatters and script stamps are great texture for making a blank piece of cardstock look old and vintage, or just interesting to look at... enjoy!!!

CASEing that gorgeous little bag that Jenny made.

I so loved the square shopping bag that Jenny Adams sent me I just had to have a go at CASEing it. (That's Copy And Share Everything: CASE).

 My version is in Cherry Cobbler cardstock and Nature walk Designer series paper.

It's a gorgeous little bag (or is it a box?).

Made with an A5 piece of cardstock (21cm x 12cm).

Scored at 3cm, 10cm, 13cm and 20cm, (leaving a 1cm edge to seal the box)

Then turn and score at 3cm from the bottom edge.

If that doesn't make sense, send me an email and I will give you detailed instructions. You can make nearly any shaped box by varying the score lines.

This one is so textured because I ran it through the

Big shot machine

 using the Vintage Wall paper embossing folder.

The Enjoy is from the new "Youre a Gem" stampset in the Autumn Winter mini and the Paris stamp is from the "French Folliage" stampset.

The miniature paper daisy has been sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink and has a rhinestone in the centre and the handles are made with chocolate chip taffetta ribbon.

It looks even better when you fill it with chocolate!