Sue The Iron

Sunday 15 September 2024

Isn't She Lovely!

Good morning and a very happy Sunday. For my second project for Relatively Thoughtful this month I've made a tagbook using the beautiful Walter Crane, In The Garden collection.

I started by cutting out lots of tag shapes from the colourful flower papers.

Then I made them into tags.

Which I joined together with ribbon between the layers to make a booklet.

Aren't these beautiful images! I backed them onto black card so that they would stand out against the tags.

Here are some close-ups.

The quotes have been cut from the Autumn Passions collection.

I'm not an expert on flowers so hopefully I've not put Autumn quotes with Spring flowers lol.

And it all folds up nicely together.

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I hope you like my tag book. Have a lovely day, and thanks so much for looking xx

Sunday 1 September 2024

Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing a Floating Hexagon card made with the beautiful Autumn Passions collection from Relatively Thoughtful. I hate to say goodbye to Summer, but Autumn really is such a spectacular season.

This fabulous design has been made following a super easy to understand tutorial by Paul Lang-Ford (Papercrafting With Paul)

It was really easy to make, and it all folds flat into a 7x5 envelope.

I'll put a link below to Paul's FaceBook group.

These are the pieces needed to make the card - the base just needs one sheet of A4 card

There are fabulous cut-apart sheets with lots of images to choose from.

This is how it looks from the top - it really shows off the beautiful papers.

And then folds up for a regular 7x5 envelope.

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I hope you have a lovely weekend, and thanks so much for looking x

Sunday 25 August 2024

Walk Like An Egyptian

Good afternoon and a very happy Sunday. Here I am with my second blog post of the day/week/month! It's been such a long time since I've blogged, but I've got a perfect excuse. My son got married in Tenerife earlier this month (it seems so long ago now). He did the legal bit in June - (which is why I needed two new dresses) and it was a fabulous day/weekend/week of fun and partying. But all good things must come to an end, and we're all safely home.

For my 2nd Relatively Thoughtful project this month I've made a Double Z fold card with the beautiful Egyptian Dreams collection.

These are such simple cards to make, but I think they look really effective, especially when you have such gorgeous papers.

I started by choosing my papers and making my base card. The worst part was knowing that some of the papers would be covered up.

Everything was designed around showing off these beautiful cat images!

These are going to be my main images.

Here kitty kitty!

He's looking rather regal, isn't he!

This is how the Double Z fits together. Isn't this scarab beetle fabulous!

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Take care and have a very happy weekend x

The Greatest Show On Earth

Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing a tri-fold card made with the fun 'The Circus' collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

Each panel is 15x15cm so it fits into a 6x6 envelope.

I started by rough-cutting my focal points and deciding where I wanted them to go on the card.

Then I matted and layered them, adding some glossy Mod Podge to give them strength and a nice shine.

These are the papers that I chose for the panels.

And my favourite 'Happy Birthday' stamps fit perfectly onto the labels.

Here we are, all sewn up and done!

Isn't that elephant a stunner! The strong man is from the same cut-apart sheet.

I love the handsome ringmaster!

And what a beautiful horse!

Are you lookin' at me???

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Have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Sunday 7 July 2024

Did Someone Say Christmas?

Good morning and a very happy Sunday, welcome to Christmas in July!

I've made this HUGE card using the fab new Not Just For Christmas collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

As my daughter has two cats this card is definitely going to her.

For my main focal point, I've made a shaker.

Then I've just matted and layered some of the cute images.

There are some beautiful cut-apart sheets in the collection.

So I bit the bullet and cut out a few sheets and stuck them onto some black card all ready to cut out.

And here's a few that I made earlier lol. The black card underneath make the images pop and it also gives a bit of stability to the papers.

And we're all done! The card is a sheet of A4 folded in half, so plenty of room for the images.

And here's some up-close cuteness!

The image underneath says 'Meowy & Bright'

Obviously, the fur on the hat has been glittered - it is Christmas after all.

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I hope you've enjoyed Christmas today, but I hope it's back to Summer again tomorrow.

Take care and have a wonderful week xx

Sunday 30 June 2024

Alice's Tea Party Part 3

Good morning and a very happy Sunday!

It's time for the third part of my Alice album using papers from Relatively Thoughtful, and a tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford. This time around it's the 2nd removable insert using papers from the Alice's Tea Party Floral collection.