HD Meadow Farm - The Farmyard

Today I finished up another Hunkydory set.  This time the kit was called Meadow Farm and the set was called The Farmyard.  Here's what the original set looked like:

 

Some of the AS (adoreable scoreable printed card stock) had already been used, so I only had a bit of the sky with some tree-tops - plus most of the die cuts.   Here is what I made from this:

 

I was only able to make two cards from the remainder of this set - cutting and pasting to create the rectangular picture for the slimline card. Here's a closer look at each.  

 

Card #1:

The background for this card was cut from some packaging material.  The focal and sentiment were from the set.

Inside:

 

I used some of the same background paper for the inside, cutting out a hole for the stamped sentiment.  The tag is die cut from some coordinating AS scraps that I found.  It is designed with a tear strip at the bottom that allows one to get to the gift card enclosed.  The cows were die cuts from the set.

Card #2:

I created this slimline card front by cutting and pasting a scrap of AS from the set - along with several of the die cuts.  I added a faux fur black and white ribbon across the top and finished the card with an Sassy's LLC sentiment that was matted on black.

Inside:

Using the rest of the die cuts, I created another scene on the inside of the card.

Birthday Fishes

 

Here's a simple but fun card structure that my Mom showed me.  It consists of two card blanks - one colored and one white.  The colored one has an aperture cut in it.  The white one is about 1/4" smaller than the colored one to create a margin all around, with the right side folded as for a fold-back card (see second photo below). 

 

 

Here's how I made it.

 

Materials Used: 

Blue card stock

White card stock

Patterned paper

Spellbinders Coastal Escape View dies 

Spellbinders ATC (Artist Trading Card) die set

Distress inks

Sentiment from Sassy's LLC.

 

Card Assembly: I cut the blue card stock to 10" x 7" and scored it in half, folding it to create a 5" x 7" card.  I cut a piece of patterned paper to 4 7/8" x 6 7/8", centered it in place on the card front, and used temporary tape to hold it in place. Using a rectangular die (Spellbinders ATC), I cut an aperture through both layers, then glued the remaining patterned paper onto the blue card front. Next, I cut the white at 9 3/4" x 6 3/4" and scored it in half - and then one of the sides in half again, folding it into a fold-back card. I then glued the white card to the center inside of the blue one - with the fold back on the right.  Then I took the blue piece that had cut out and glued it in place, to the right side only, so it could be seen through the aperture.

 

Decorating: I created a background on white card stock (cut 1/4" smaller than the aperture piece) using distress inks and a wavy "stencil" that I cut using card stock.  I then added various ocean scene pieces to create the scene you see in the pictures above.   I glued this in place on the blue aperture piece (which became a mat for my scene).  I added a matted sentiment (one from Sassy's LLC), then added a few die cut shells (from the same set).  To finish the inside, I cut scraps of the patterned paper to form borders top and bottom as you see in the picture above.

Pretty Petals Picket Fence

 

Today I have a set of 4 cards made from a kit by Katy Sue called Pretty Petals Picket Fence.  I don't usually like to make concept cards the way they come, but I liked these.  I did make a minor change when putting them together - which I'll discuss when we look at card #2 below.  For now, here's the first card.

Card #1:

These cards are designed for there to be a scene glued to the inside (see below) and a picket fence that folds in front of it to which you add flowers, bird, and sentiment.  I made this first one pretty much that way.  The flowers were designed to layer as a paper tole style, but I chose not to do so.  Instead, I tried to arrange the extra pieces so the holes in the fence between slats wouldn't show as much.  I thought it could be messy to see through to a partially covered message on the inside of the card.

Here's what this one looks like on the inside:

Card #2:

By the time I got to my second card, I had made a different choice.  I sliced the picture and glued the bottom half to the fence slats.  Not only does this automatically hide the message inside, but makes it less messy when the card is opened and you see the back side of the card front.

Inside:

Card #3:

As I started working on this one and decided to perch the bird down on the flowers, I felt the scene behind the picket fence needed a focal point.  I pulled out my Stampscapes stamps to see what I could find to help.

Inside:

You can see the results here - a man walking his dog!

Card #4:

As you can see, I decided to add a flower to the sentiment "sign" on this one.

Inside:

And again, I chose to add a stamped image (again using my stampscapes stamps) - this time adding a couple strolling through the park.

Not only did I enjoy making the cards from this kit, but the idea could be adapted to use some of my Hunkydory Little Book pages!

Thailand Scrapbook Pages 1 - 7

Yesterday I started a new scrapbook - but I really started it a LONG time ago.  Most of the time spent so far has been going through pictures and sorting out how I want to organize the scrapbook.    I DID make a pair of pages about tigers that I worked on for National Scrapbook Day in May of this year - see them here.  Those are actually pages 32 & 33 - and will come near the end of the book.  But now I'm actually starting to create the book as a whole.  This post will show the first 7 pages, all of which make use of leftovers from my Taj Mahal mat stack from DCWV (the same one I used for my India scrapbook).

Page #1 (above): The color of this one isn't quite as true to life as I would have liked.  The red appears a bit more scarlet  - though it has a pattern of deeper red in it.  The filigree is a metallic gold.  In addition to the basics of photos and text (as you can see, I printed the title on my map), I added a pocket in the back at the top to hold tickets from the flights mentioned on this page.  You can see the little thumb-place where they can be pulled out.  They're in an envelope that fits in the pocket.  You can probably tell that I took the piece I cut for the thumb hole and glued it in place on the envelope.

Pages 2 & 3:

These pages were created as a dual page spread.  There's a lot on them.  I'll discuss each individually.

Page #2:

Here I glued several pictures in a strip right next to each other - actually with mats overlapping - before adding the remaining pictures below.  Title and journaling were printed on my computer.  I matted the title with a die cut gold mat using a Spellbinders die from Romantic Rectangles 2 set of dies.  I then added another pocket to hold an envelope containing hotel receipts.  Having realized from the last page that it was easier for the envelopes to slide out of the pocket than intended, I created a bit of a latch from a piece of gold. It is only glued to the envelope where the thumb hole is, but serves to hold the envelope in place a bit better to help prevent the envelope from accidentally falling out.  I added a white strip on top of the latch to identify the contents.

Page #3:

This companion page has more pictures, journaling, and a second title.  It also has a vellum pocket into which a brochure was inserted.

Pages 4 & 5:

Next up is another two-page spread - this time about the floating market.  Here's a closer look at each.

Page 4:

As you can see, I created a 3 x 3 grid of photos and matted the whole on a piece of red card stock.  I also matted the upper photo and journaling block on the red.  I printed the title block using Microsoft Word and trimmed it close to the green border.

Page 5:

I chose to use a wider red mat with the focal photo, and a narrow one with the journaling block. I chose not to use a red mat with the rest of the photos.

Page 6:

Page six starts with a sheet of white paper.  To that, I added a strip of red that I used to mat the focal picture and a second one.  I used some pretty decorative red and gold paper to mat all photos and journaling blocks.  The title was die cut using Momenta alphabet dies from the same decorative paper.  I added a gold mat for the focal photo. and this page was done.

Page 7:

The next page has a block of 15 photos matted on decorative paper (the same paper used on the previous page).  The title was die cut from the same paper using the same Momenta dies and some no-name dies.

It feels so good to have made a good start on this scrapbook.