Just Because

26th March 2021

Today I have a very quick and cheerful card for you using the first release from Crafty Purple Frog which I am currently addicted too.

I started but stamping some of the images from the Flowers and Berries stamp set in Versa Mark ink, this ink stays wet for a while and allows you to use embossing powders with it. For this card I used WOW! bright white embossing powder and went ahead and heat set the powder on my card layer.  After I did this I used Distress Oxide inks in colours of my choice, (I like bright colours so I chose Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Picked Rasberry) to blend over the embossed images with my blending brushes, once Iwas happy with my blend I gently rubbed over the top with a tissue, this takes the ink off the embossing and makes the images pop out.

I layered the piece onto black card, this seems to be my go to at the moment as it helps to draw your eye into the card.  I then selected two sentiments from the Just Because stamp set, stamped and layered them and attached them to my card. I went for Just Because and  I wanted to make you smile as I am sending the card to a friend who needs a little cheering up.

I hope you give this card a go, it was fun to make and could easily be replicated many times.

Take care and keep crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Flowers and Berries Stamp Set

Just Because Stamp Set

Distress Oxide Inks

Beautiful Blender Brushes by Time for Tea Designs

WOW! Bright White Embossing Powder

A Gift For You Part 2 - The Packaging

 As promised I am back again to show you how I made this cute little box with belly band.

First off I picked a colour of card that compliments the cards I made yesterday, I decided to go with the yellow because it is cheerful and inviting. I cut this 11.5 x 6.25 inches. I stamped over the card with the largest sunflower from the Flowers and Berries set from CPF and then scored on the opposite side, I have marked the card in the photo below with measurements.

I then cut up the sides to form the tabs to enable me to put the box together. ***  

Next step is to apply adhesive to all the tabs I have drawn squiggles on - the adhesive must go on the stamped side. I tend to gule 2 opposite tabs at the same time this way the box will form as you go along.

Now you will see how well your 4 cards and envelopes will fit into the box.

I have a small circle punch in my crafty stash and I used that to cut out a half circle from the lid of the box to make opening easier....***if you don't have a punch you could also use a small die but be sure to do this before you glue your box together***.

I then decided to add a belly band to the box closed and make it look pretty. To do this I cut a couple of strips of black card at 0.75 of an inch and joined them together. I wrapped them round the box snipped them to size and joined them up, I try to get the joins in the middle of the top and bottom of the band. To spruce them up abit I stamped a large sunflower on white card and coloured it in the same manner as I did in yesterday's blog post, I fussy cut it out and added a gold glitter card circle to the centre.  As I was looking through my ribbon draw I came across some thin yellow ribbon and thought that would add a cut touch to the box so I tied that round the belly band and added the sunflower in the middle..be sure to only attach this to the band otherwise you will have problems getting into your box. On a whim and last minute decison I popped a couple of gems on the band and used Wink of Stellar in the centres of all the sunflowers I stamped on the box.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post.

Stay Safe and keep Crafting.

Lucy xx

Supplies used available from Crafty Pruple Frog - 

Flowers and Berries Stamp Set by Crafty Purple Frog 

Versafine Clair Summertime Ink

Versafine Clair Verdant Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Supplies from other places - 

Wink of Stellar

A Gift for You

 A Gift of Cards for a Friend

12th March, 2021

Hi crafters I am back with a cute little gift set of 4 cards and envelopes that you can give to someone for whatever reason you see fit...or just because you can.

To start this set I decided to go with 4x4 inch square cards. I cut 4 pieces of white card to 3.75x 3.75 inches and whipped out my Flowers and Berries stamp set by Craft Purple Frog. I chose the big sunflower and stamped this in Memento Black ink on all 4 cards in the middle..I also stamped and cut out a mask.

Next I opted to use Versafine Clair ink as I find them bright and cheerful, for my cards I used Summertime, Charming Pink and Purple Delight. I then masked these over one at a time and stamped in the leaf from the same stamp set, first the outline then I used Versafine Claire Verdant ink for the solid leaf. At this point I decided to layer the flowers up so stamped out 4 more and coloured them in the same way.

I cut out all my extra flowers and used foam dots on the back of them to pop them up on top of flowers already stamped on the cards. I then added sentiments from The Sett and the Just Because stamps sets also from Crafty Purple Frog...I used ones I thought would work for other people to give away, I added colour to these where I could with my Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers. 

To top the sunflowers off I cut circles of glitter card and popped them up in the centre of each sunflower and added some rhinestone gems around the card to add a touch more sparkle along with some faux stitching around the edges to pull the cards together.

I picked out complimentary card stock from my stash and cut 4 pieces 8 x 4 inches and folded in half before adhering the fronts to the card. 

Thank you for joining me again today, I hope you enjoyed my little make. I will be back tomorrow with a box to pop these cards into.

Take care and keep crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used - 

Flowers and Berries Stamp Set by Purple Crafty Frog

Sentiment Sett by Crafty Purple Frog

Just Because Stamp Set by Crafty Purple Frog

Versafine Inks

Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink