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 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a top folding card made with the beautiful Royal Navy Heritage collection.

I started by choosing and cutting my layers. I love the gold splodges on the stripey card, so added some more gold splashes of paint myself.

I used the 'sailor' word from one of the atc sheets in the collection, and made a button from the papers. Then it was just a case of layering them all together.

It's not often that I make top folding cards so I'm really happy with this one.

I LOVE the postcards in the collection.

And the ATC words make great embellishments.

It's a really lovely collection, and as always it can be found here in Sally's store in both digital and physical papers.

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A Floating Gatefold Card

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. We've had every type of weather here except snow, so it's rather fitting that I'm continuing with my Christmas In July theme with my Relatively Thoughtful papers.

I followed a tutorial by Paul (Papercrafting With Paul), and while I won't say this was easy, only one ended up in the bin! It was my own fault, I got a little overexcited with the wet glue lol. 

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And the Youtube tutorial here.

I started by making my base card - I decided that black would look nice with these Christmas papers.

Then I chose my papers. I've used a combination of Christmas MAGIC and A TREEmendous Christmas.

This is the front with the base papers added. I love that you get the chance to really show off the papers.

Even the back looks pretty! I just need to add a sheet of white so that I have somewhere to add my sentiment.

And here we are with the embellishments and a sentiment.

Such cute snowmen!

I think that the knitted backgrounds go perfectly with the patterned images.

So pretty!

And it all folds flat to fit in a 7x5 envelope!

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I hope you are enjoying our Christmas In July event, it's never too early to start with the Christmas crafting lol.

Take care and have a very happy week x

London Celebrates!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing an album that I've made with the Relatively Thoughtful London Celebrates collection, and luckily it fits (just) in the box that I showed last week.

I couldn't resist turning the front into a shaker, which is really easy to do as you can print each sheet as often as you like. I spent a lovely hour (not) sorting out my red, white, and blue sequins from a mixed tub lol.

I made my album using a tutorial by Paul of Papercrafting With Paul. This is the Let's Get Cosy album that he used as his G45 DT application.

 

It's a fab album with lots of spaces for photos.

The album measures 7'' x 6.25'' so just right for the A4 papers. There's a cut-apart sheet for the flowers, and the papers also make fab tags and postcards.

This is the back cover using one of my favourite sheets, a shabby Union Flag.

And this is how it looks with one of the postcards matted and layered up.

And this is how it looks in it's box. It's a really nice fit and it will keep it safe and sound.

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Tag Along

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday.  Today I'm sharing a BIG card that I made with the Independent Women collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

I'm going through a bit of a tag phase at the moment, so here's a few more.

I started with a sheet of this beautiful purple card and added some stamping and paint spatters.

Then I cut some layers. It doesn't matter that there's not a full circle of yellow as this will be covered up.

I also matted some of the tags from the cut-apart sheet.

And dyed my seam binding to match. It's the first time I've used Oxides to die the binding. I really like the opaque coverage it gives - I had yellow fingers for days!

I also chose some pieces from the Stamperia Province chipboard collection. These coordinate perfectly with the Independent Women papers.

Sooo pretty!

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Happy Mother's Day

 Good morning and a very happy Mother's Day!

Here's the card I made for my mum with the beautiful Independent Women papers from Relatively Thoughtful.

Don't these look fabulous when combined with Stamperia's Provence die cuts.

I started by choosing my papers (I love the pop of yellow against the purples). Then I cut and sewed my layers.

Then I cut out my images from a cut-apart sheet and inked all the edges. I wanted to make some flowers to go with the die cuts.

I gave all the cutouts a coating of clear embossing powder to make them a little sturdier, together with a little bit of fine glitter. Then I layered up my flowers.

This is how it looks when closed.

And this is the inside.

And the inside of the inside lol.

These panels are from a cut-apart sheet in the Stamperia Provence collection. These are also available in the Relatively Thoughtful store.

And this is how my flowers turned out.

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I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend, I shall be venturing into my still chilly craft room while Neil falls asleep in front of the Grand Prix clutching the remote as if his life depended on it!

Take care and have a happy, crafty week x

An Independent Women Twist & Pop Card

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday!

Today I'm really happy to be sharing a Twist & Pop card made with the beautiful new Independent Women Collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

This collection coordinates perfectly with the Stamperia Provence range and the great thing is, Sally now has this available in her store.

I started by choosing my images for the twist & pop mechanism. The postcards were perfect for this, just the right size. I used the cover sheet to mat and layer my images - never waste a thing! As it turned out poor old Amelia didn't make it as I put my glue in the wrong place lol.

I also needed some panels for the front cover and the inside. I've used a really old punch to make my lacy layers. The sentiment is also from the cover sheet.

These are the tags that I've made for the outside from the postcard cut-apart sheet.

And this is the inside! So many inspirational women - I think Queen Victoria was going through her unamused stage!

The whole thing folds flat(ish) ready for posting.

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Take care and have a very happy week xx