A little bit Slack!

Well it appears I was a little bit slack last month with the postings.  Part of the "joys" of living in the beautiful tropics of North Queensland, is that sometimes it gets so humid, its impossible to craft.  As you know, the most essential part of any papercrafts kit is paper.... and paper absorbs the moisture in humidity like you wouldn't believe.  I picked up a piece of 310gsm card which is usually nice and stiff and it drooped!!!!!  Here's a picture I took of the hills behind our house and you can see just how low the clouds got! 

Well the great news is that oppressive humidity has lifted and all the paper has once again dried out. Today I have been working on a special request from a dear friend who needs a Baby card.  She requested an interactive card but did not know if it was a boy of a girl!  So out came the 100% recycled cardstock in French Vanilla, Butter Cream & Guacamole!  Soft Yellows and greens are great colours when you don't know if its a boy or girl!
The last card I made for my friend had a magic window slider so I wanted to make something a little different but still interactive.  Recently I stumbled across the fantastic Double slider card (which I hope to demonstrate in a video tutorial one day).   I know many people make the double slider as a card to give as it self, bit I love to attach to easel cards.  The easel card is such an easy way for the recipiant to display their card without it constantly blowing over.  They are so simpe to make and look impressive. 
Take your card and fold to make the desired sized folded card. In this case I ended up with a card 12cmx16cm. Then score down the length of the card (16cm) at midway point (6cm). Cut another piece of card that measures the same as your card front (16cmx12cm) Decorate the panel in any way you wish and then attach to the bottom half of your folded card. (The half at the opening edge)  You then need to make stopper to hold your card up on its easel.  In this case, I have made some tiny diapers held together with mini safetly pins.

The digital stamp of the stock was purchased from Whimsy Stamps and is a Meljen's Design





I find making baby cards when you don't know if its a boy or a girl is the hardest of all!  Everything baby comes in Pink or Blue!  I hope this has given you some inspiration for your next Baby card.

I am now off to play with my new Zutter machine!
Till next time!
Happy Crafting
Keeley

Recycling!

Today we went to the Craft Markets held at the Cairns Show Grounds which helps to raise funds for Leukeamia.  For a gold coin donation, you get to enter the Pavillion and check out all the wonderful crafty people and their wares.  We got a number of things this year and I got a friend a beautiful piece of jewellery that had been made with a drink can.   The lady on the stall was quick to point out how easy they were to make so one I got home I gave it a go.

Her Idea was to make large flowers and turn them into pendants to hang around your neck.  As I didn't have a large enough punch but was desperate to give it a go, I made some small flowers using a Sunkist Drink can.  The vibrant Oranges and Blues give an interesting look and each flower is different.  I ended up with Three and decided they'd make a unique card.

I cut a card measure 12.5cm x 16cm once folded and used some Chipped Sapphire Distress ink to soften the edges.  The background paper was from Craftsuprint and is called Sepia Salt Spatter.  I also added some Vintage photo and a touch of the Chipped Sapphire Distress inks to the edge of the patterned paper to blend.  I used one of the Kaisercraft Florishes and then added my little flowers. The tag was made using a Zip'e cut name plate die cut.  This was cut using white card and then had Vintage Photo Distress ink and water applied. 

I am sure I am going to make make lots more cards using the drink cans.  You can use your punches or die cuts and don't be concerned aout cutting the tin.  This will actually shapen you punches.

The Possibilities are endless.

Happy Crafting

Keeley