A fill in

Sorry, this is a just one of those cards lying around, nothing special, but I don't have anything else at the moment.  

I was just playing with the Fox and Friends set and this card invented itself.  

By the time this is posted my family and I should all be lazing by a pool enjoying a long weekend away.  Enjoy yours!  

Fox and Friends birthday card

At last I can show you something I have been working on recently.  In between tiling the laundry (finally) and all those things you have to do on the weekend I was able to make a card just for fun.  All the cards I have made recently have been for upcoming birthdays and I can't put them on here yet cause I don't want certain people to see them before they should!  (That sentence made sense in my head).

I was looking at all the little bits and pieces I have stamped out or punched when playing with other people's stuff and thought it would be good to try and use some of them up.  I love this little set and would have bought it if I had younger children. 

Once again I have used squares just because I like the look of them.  All the squares have been sponged around the edges, cause I like that too.  The little animals have been popped up for effect.  The greeting is from a set called Itty Bitty Banners, one available in the new catalogue.  Not long to go now.  

 
 Sorry, no close up.  I had an assistant photographer.  And no, it's not your eyes.  It is a little blurred. 

 

Fox and Friends

I have thought about buying this stamp set many times but we don't have any little kids in our family anymore to warrant it.  So it was great to see it amongst the many sets bought along on the weekend to play with.  When I stamped out the images I didn't really have any idea what I would do with them, but fortunately I left enough room around each one to punch out using my trusty square punch.  The square was then placed on a larger square of the same colour as the image (I love how everything matches with SU) and then arranged in a block with paper piercing around the edges.  Simple but effective.  

I think Mr Fox is my favourite and he looks so elegant in Cherry Cobbler. 

I also had the chance to play with the Postage Stamp punch on Saturday.  I had seen this card here by a UK demonstrator and thought it looked interesting and wondered how she made it. She actually tells you on her blog, but as I only had a picture to go by I had to reinvent the wheel.  This is my version.

I laid the four newsprint squares on a piece of Calypso Coral, stuck diagonally down half of the shape, inserted the other square into the middle at an angle, glued the lot down and then cut around the block leaving a border.  I think an easier way might be to cut out a 2 inch square (presuming you are using a 1 inch punch), cut a slit down the four sides almost to the middle but not through it and then insert four punched out shapes and glue down.  Haven't tried it, but am sure it would be easier than 8 small pieces.  The border is the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder which unfortunately is made for American card makers so it had to be adjusted slightly to our A5 size, hence the cut line down the right side.  (Wonder if you noticed it without me pointing it out).

Don't forget if you make a different version of one of my cards I would love to see it.  

I also re-did the labels on the left side so if you are interested in one particular stamp set it will be easier to find.