Crazy Crafter's June Blog Hop-CASEing Frenchie

KO Creations ODE to Frenchie

Hello and welcome to my Blog for the Crazy Crafter's Blog Hop....Today we are casing Frenchie (France Martin)

 I thoroughly enjoyed going through Frenchie's creations to find some cards to CASE...BUT as I had been trying to come up with a simple & male orientated card for a beginners card class,

I chose 2 cards to CASE 

1 male themed, telescopic card & one with a tunnel inside!

Here they are

Just click either picture to go to Frenchies blog about either card.

 

 I chose the 'Traveler' stamp set for both of my cards.....Like the telescopic card on the left.

& 

here they are.

'Serial Traveler'

Front view

#KOCreationscards #Traveler #Guygreetings #Skyisthelimit #Birthday #Men #Timelesstextures

'Serial Traveler'

  Inside Views 

#KOCreationscards #Traveler #Guygreetings #Skyisthelimit #Birthday #Men #Timelesstextures

#KOCreationscards #Traveler #Guygreetings #Skyisthelimit #Birthday #Men #Timelesstextures

How I made my cards 

'Serial Traveler'

• I chose Chocolate Chip card stock for the bases of my cards & Very Vanilla as the card fronts
• I also used Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake Stampin ink pads.
• Unfortunately the DSP I used for the tunnel card is now retired, so sad.
• I stamped images onto Very Vanilla & fussy cut those I wanted inside. 
• For the passport inside of the tunnel card, I wanted a book effect, so I stamped and cut 2 then layered them.
• On the front of my tunnel card I used the Timeless Textures stamp set + Chalk talk.
• I also wanted the front of my tunnel card to be a but old world & resemble a tattered notebook.... So I hand stitched along the edge of my card front with linen thread using blanket stitch and layered DSP and some stamped images under the front, then tore and distressed the corners.
• I used the Layering Squares Framelits for the fronts of both cards & Layering Circles framleits for the inside of the tunnel card.
• I used a mixture of Tear n Tape....Glue....Dimensionals to put everything where I wanted it to be..sometimes rearranging on more than 1 occasion.
• I added a tiny banner to each card, as a nod to Frenchie's designs.

After loads of rearranging and ending up with glue in places you don't want to know about! 

I was finally happy enough to share both of my creations on my Blog and hopefully honor Frenchie as well.

+ I got another card for my Make & Take card class
So I actually CASEd 3 of Frenchies cards!?!

LOOK

#KOCreationscards #Traveler #Guygreetings #Skyisthelimit #Birthday #Men #Timelesstextures

Thanks so very much Frenchie,

 I have really enjoyed using your creations as inspiration!

Don't forget to keep hopping to all other blogs that have joined in on this hop...Just click the link below on the name after mine

For items I used please take a look at the carousal

My Sea Folly

My Sea Folly

Have you ever started creating with an idea in mind and it just wouldn't happen?! 

Friday I received a demonstrator order, one that I had placed the week before. 

I opened my box of goodies with such excitement and found my Circle Card thinlits die, along with my new DSP's, cardstock & my Sea themed stamps.

 I was over the moon & couldn't wait to get started.

So, yesterday I went to my studio. With the intent of creating one of these 'Circle Cards'....I found an online tutorial showing how to use the die, but ....NO WAY HO-SAY! 

I just couldn't think of how I wanted it to look & nothing I did was going to make it happen.

I was distracted! 

My minds eye kept picturing the Sea themed stamp sets I had unpacked, and I just had to keep picking them up! 

They were calling me to create with them!

SO, I DID

 &

 I created this set, 

I call

 'Sea Folly'

#Bythetide #Fromlandtosea #Seastreet #Traveler 

#Saharasand #Stampinup #Poolparty 

To create Sea Folly: 

For this gorgeous ocean inspired set.

• I used Soft Suede as the base for each card cut into 14 cm x 14 cm top fold squares. 
• I then cut contrasting squares for each base, with each square 2 millimeters smaller than the last until I had 3 layers on top of my base. Blushing Bride, Island Indigo,  with Very Vanilla being the last and smallest square, adding 1 square of the Soft Suede under each of the top squares.. 
• I sponged each Very Vanilla top square with a coordinating ink to match the chosen contrasting cardstock. Inks used for this were Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso & Sahara Sand
• I stamped my images onto each of the inked card tops. At one stage having to create a 'Mask' which I used to layer the lighthouse onto the mountains - from the In the Meadow stamp set, and then again when I added the sea spray effect. My masks used are pictured below. I also used By the Tide, From Land to Sea, Sea Street & Traveler stamp sets.

#Masking

• I embellished some of the cards with Brights Sequins Assortment, Pearl Basic Jewels,  Linen Thread + some burlap that I had pulled threads out from, quite alot lol

                                                                           

#KOCreations #Seafolly #Seacreatures

I hope you enjoy these cards as much as I did creating them.

Thank you.

 To shop for any of the items I used in 'To create Sea Folly' Just click on the lighter grey coloured words.

Now is a great time to shop as there are so many fantastic items available right now in the clearance section below