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

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

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

An Egyptian Dream

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Just to have a little break from Christmas crafting, I've chosen one of my favourite Relatively Thoughtful collections and made a floating centre panel card, following a tutorial from Paul Ford (Papercrafting With Paul) 

The colours are much brighter in real life, but we've reached the time of year when there is no sunshine here.

Isn't she beautiful! This image is actually one of the backing papers that I've cut down.

And the following are from one of the cut-apart sheets.

They are so vibrant in real life!

Wish I had eyebrows like this!

As always, the collection is available digitally and as an A4 Craft Pack. I'll include the links to Paul's Facebook group and YouTube account below.

Digital

A4

Papercrafting With Paul

YouTube

Take care, and have a very happy weekend xx

Elementary My Dear Watson

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing a loaded pocket made with one of my favourite new paper collections Sherlock Holmes from Relatively Thoughtful. 

I do love all the old Sherlock Holmes films and television series, but I must confess that the latest BBC one is my favourite. Andrew Scott as Moriarty is just perfect!

The collection is full of backing papers and cut-apart sheets with images and sentiments.

Of course, I had to use a Papercrafting With Paul tutorial to make my stuffed pocket. This was so user-friendly - nice easy measurements lol. I'll put Paul's links at the end. This is the front with two pockets.

And this is the back with a picture of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself.

These are three photo mats that fit into the wallet

And these are the backs. As you can see, Relatively Thoughtful now has stamps - whoo-hoo!!

I made some tags and journalling cards from the cut-apart sheets.

These just fit into the pockets on the front. Is that a bloody handprint that I see.....

Yup, the photo mats fit perfectly. I love these boarders from the cut -apart sheets.

After 'Elementary my dear Watson' this is the quote that I always remember from Holmes.

Here's the very dashing Sherlock Holmes.

And the equally handsome Dr Watson.

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

Digital

Papers

Stamps

And you can find Paul's Facebook page and YouTube channel here.

Papercrafting With Paul

YouTube

Thanks so much for looking and have a wonderful day whatever you are doing xx

Bad Witches Only!

Good morning and a very spooky Sunday! Aren't these the cutest  Halloween papers that you've ever seen? It's the Halloween Happiness collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

Today I'm sharing one of my favourite card styles, as designed by the wonderful Paul Ford (Papercrafting With Paul), which is the Floating Hexagon.

I love how this style really shows off the papers.

I fell in love with this one as I used to have a white can when I was little.

And what's not to love about bats?

I would love to be a bad witch, but I think I'd be more of a well-meaning but clumsy one lol.

There's so much dimension to it, yet it all folds flat into a standard sized envelope.

As always the collection comes in both digital and paper formats, and can be found here in Sally's store.

Digital

Papers

And Paul's Facebook page and YouTube links can be found here.

Papercrafting With Paul 

YouTube

Have a very happy day, and thanks so much for looking xx