Practically Perfect In Every Way

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Are you enjoying the sunny weather? I certainly am. Relatively Thoughtful has released a brand new collection, and I have to say, it's one of my favourites. It's called 'The Practically Perfect Nanny', and as you may guess, it's based on Mary Poppins.

Once again I followed an excellent tutorial by Paul Lang-Ford (Papercrafting With Paul) and I'll put links to his Facebook and YouTube channels at the end.

This is a vertical accordion style card and it really shows off the papers and images beautifully.

I started by choosing my lovely papers.

Then I cut and stitched my layers.

And chose my embellishments from the cut-apart sheets.

It's a real 3D showstopper!

Here's Bert, who has more than a passing resemblance to Dick Van Dyke. Can you believe he's 100 years old this year!

This is the middle 'tier'.

And the very lovely Mary Poppins floating over the rooftops.

And it all manages to fold flat to fit into a 7x5 envelope.

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 formats.

Digital Collection

A4 Collection
Paper Crafting With Paul 

Paul's YouTube

This is a really lovely collection, so pop across to Sally's store and check it out.

Take care, and enjoy the rest of the weekend xx

Happy Mother's Day

 Good morning, a very happy Sunday, and happy Mother's Day! How do you all feel after getting up an hour early?!!! Happy Mother's Day mum, you're losing an hours sleep - the gift that just keeps on giving. They wouldn't get away with that on Father's Day!!

Here's a card that I've made using the fabulous Independent Women collection..

It's been a while since I've been in my craft room as we've been on holiday, so it was really nice to get in and have a play.

This was quite an unusual card for me to make as it was pretty much a 'what's on your table already' card. That sounds so much better that an 'I couldn't be bothered to tidy up last time' card.

I started by printing out my background paper and adding some random stamping in the colours that I would be using.

Next, I cut and layered some tags. These are sooo pretty!

Then I stamped and fussy cut some flowers on scraps from the papers that were left over from my last project.

After I played around with the composition for a while, I ended up with this! I always have to photograph it when I'm happy with the layout and I still never get everything in the same place.

I love the stamped vellum on top of my tag. You can still see the original colours and it's a nice way of adding a sentiment.

The stamping ties the background and focal points together.

Such pretty flowers! I coloured the clear gems with alcohol pens to match the paper.

As always the collection can be found in both digital and A4 formats.

Digital

A4 collection

I hope you like my card and have a very happy Mother's Day. Take care and thanks for looking xx

I Shall Wear Purple

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a Diagonal Twist and Pop card, made with beautiful papers from the Independent Women collection from  Relatively Thoughtful, and a tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford (Papercrafting With Paul) I'll put all the links at the end of this post.

The card is just shy of 8x8, so it folds flat(ish) and fits into an 8x8 envelope. Inside there is a surprise....

These are the lovely ladies from the Independent Women Authors kit, and are trimmed to3x4.

I've teamed the collection with some chipboard from the Stamperia Provence collection.

I think that the collections work perfectly together.

And the rather nifty mechanism means that it all folds away. It really has got mantlepiece appeal.

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 formats.

Papercraft Collection

Authors Kit

Digital Download

Authors Kit Digital Download

Stamperia Provence

Papercrafting With Paul FaceBook

Paul's YouTube channel

Have a wonderful Sunday whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing some mini-album pages I've made using the fabulous Obstinate Headstrong Girl collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

You should never waste the cover sheet!

The album was pre-bought and holds 6x8 pages (or any size you like really up to 6x8)

One of the best things about having digital collections is that you can print the papers on both sides. I've printed a pattern and a contrasting solid on the same sheet here.

I've added some pockets and photo mats.

I love how pretty this collection is!

Here the pages are opened out.

And folded back up again. As you can see there are some beautiful images included in the collection.

The yellow mat is a flap so will take 2 6x4 photos.

These are 4x3 photos. I use the Selphy App which lets me combine 2 4x3 pictures onto 1 6x4 print.

These pages also take 6x4 photos. These are from our holiday last December.

These were taken a week apart! Blue skies and sunshine in Malaga, and woolly hat and Christmas gloves in Leeds! 

As Neil very kindly pointed out, the poinsettias are upside down! No one likes a smart ar*e!

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 format.

A4 collection

Digital

I hope you like my pages, I'll certainly be adding more, and hopefully some Summer photographs.

Take care and have a wonderful week.

Down on the Farm!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Well, we've finally made it into February! January has been the longest month year ever!

I know we're not out of Winter yet, but I'm looking forward to some brighter and warmer days. We were going to take my Granddaughter to a petting zoo last week, but the winds put paid to that. So in readiness for our trip later this week, I've made a loaded pocket.

I've used papers from the Relatively Thoughtful Easter Farm collection. These are so fresh and clean, and perfect for Spring makes.

I've made one of these before with the Sherlock Holmes collection. If you would like to see how that turned out, please click here. 

Again I've followed the tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford and I'll put the links to his Facebook group and YouTube page at the bottom.

This is the front with two large pockets.

I also cut out some of the cute animals from the cut-apart sheets. I'll add some journaling on these when I add them to the photographs.

I've trimmed the corners and added some twine to turn them into tags.

I've also cut these from the cut-apart sheets to add to the front and back.

Such cuties!

And these are the photo-mats that fit inside the pocket. They take a full 6x4 photograph, and I can also add a tag with dates and places etc.

I'll fit the photos with adhesive photo corners so that I can slide in the tag underneath with any journaling or info that I want to put on.

And this is the front all decorated up. I can put more photos in here too. The photo mats just slide inside the wallet.

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 collections.

Digital

A4 Collection

Papercrafting With Paul Facebook 

Papercrafting With Paul YouTube

Take care, and have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing xx

Love Letters From Jane

Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a card made with the beautiful new Love Letters collection from Relatively Thoughtful, and a tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford (Papercrafting with Paul)

The tutorial is available for everyone to watch for free, so I'm not going to go into how this was made, except to say that it's very clever, and fits perfectly into a 6x6 envelope.

I've cut and matted my layers from the Love Letters papers. The two 4x3s are from the Stamperia Romance Forever 8x8 collection that Sally has in the store.

I've also die-cut a sentiment for one of the panels.

And here it is! It stands up beautifully and then folds perfectly to fit the envelope. Paul really is a genius with his card theory and measurements.

These papers are just so pretty!

And the Romance Forever collection co-ordinates perfectly.

I've added a few pearls and gems for decoration.

And of course, a bit of stitching just to finish it all off.

As always, the collection is available in both A4 papers, and a digital download.

A4 paper collection

Digital download

Stamperia Romance Forever

Papercrafting With Paul  Facebook page

Papercrafting With Paul YouTube tutorial 

Take care and have a very happy weekend x