i have to apologize....

for the over abundance of flowers and bling this week...

it seems i was over whelmed by something that forced me to use as much 

bling and flowers as i could possibly fit on a card!!!!!!

 actually this is a sketch challenge entry for just add ink this week...believe it or not.

this was the sketch

and if you look carefully i do have 3 flowers on the left and 

something on the right and 

a bit of writing down the bottom

it's just that it is all flowery and blingy!!

why you ask?

weeeeellllllll

i have a confession to make...

i am a hoarder :>

i hoard craft supplies

i am really really REALLY bad at not using my stash

so i thought it was a wise decision to attack my big box of flowers and do somethingn with them

hence this card!!

so...what have i used?

stamp set is best yet

butterfly is beautiful butterflies die

(yes leonie i ended up buying my own because i really can't keep borrowing yours lol)

glitter is pink supernova

ink is orchid and pink passion

oh and did i mention how much i love this diamond fold???

cheers ears

just add ink challenge

over at just add ink this week 

they have been doing some cool stuff with fancy schmancy card folding

all the cards were awesome and very inspiring 

but 

i have to say 

i was mightily pleased that my new favourite diamond fold card 

was shown off by mae collins

so inspired by mae i am showing off my two christmas in july efforts

using the welcome christmas stamp set

and attempting a vintagey look

 here i have added an antique brad, some embossing and gorgeous satin ribbon

here i added a tiny tag onto my vintage ribbon plus a bit of scallop edging on the side

if you want a really simple diamond fold tutorial please check out my previous post

cheers ears

diamonds are a girl's best friend

apparently

i prefer sapphires myself

however this week i find myself making a diamond fold card for a card swap

and found that this tutorial was great but it was not suited to my sized card stock

so i made one up for you using a4 card and not a ruler in sight! 

 although you may want a bone folder to get those folds nice and crispy

  get an a4 sheet of card and cut down the middle

 fold in half gently-you just want the middle bits as a guide really for the next bit of folding.

 fold 1 side down...like half a paper aeroplane wing

 then do the other side-haha! a paper aeroplane!

 unfold all your hard work thus far

 turn it over and fold it the same way again

 tada-another paper aeroplane!

 unfold all your hard work AGAIN!

fold down the ends

-use the previous folds as your guide

  squish them together making a valleys and mountains fold

  

 see what i mean? do both ends

 flick it onto its front and it should look like this

and the back bit should look like this

   

eeeeaaassssyyyy!!!

now all you gotta do is make it all purdy and noice and lovely

stay tuned to see what i did with mine

cheers ears