My Paper Corner

I do love Autumn and this card showcases the rich colours of the season.  I followed another YouTube free live workshop by Funky Fossil's Sarah Gray on HTCN and again this is my take on one of her cards using what I had in my stash. The frame is a patchwork of die cut squares from a paper pad adhered to cardstock with the centre aperture cut away and a piece of acetate added behind.  Each square edge was lightly inked.  On the card base I sponged distress oxide inks through a forest glade stencil in shades of green, orange and red.  The green area also uses a torn paper edge to give the foreground some depth.  The trees were edged with a brown pen adding some bark markings on the lower trunks.  Foam tape then gave the frame a little lift from the background. Fox stamped, hand cut and added to the bottom of the scene along with scattered stamped leaves coloured with pencils. I've used - 6x6" white card base Funky Fossil Kaleidescope paper pad Funky Fossil forest glade sten

Sharing a card for September's CAS Christmas challenge where the prompt is Sparkle and/or Shine. On a panel of linen cardstock I lightly brushed tumbled glass distress ink through a stencil to create a soft background for the sentiment which has been die cut from a metallic silver glitter sheet and stacked with two other white layers underneath.  Adapted a gilding-flake resist tutorial in a magazine to make a sparkly watercolour piece with white & silver super sparkle EP and turquoise brusho from which I die cut lots of stars (two of which I've used on this card) plus some other festive die cuts which I'll use on future cards. Edged the finish panel with more sparkle EP before mounting on the card base I've used - A6 white card base Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson - Contemporary Happy Christmas die Xcut metallics adhesive glitter sheet Creative Dies - Wonky Stitches Nesting Stars Turquoise Brusho; Personal Impressions white & super sparkle EP Funky Fossil st

The lovely Sarah Gray from Funky Fossil did a free live workshop craft-a-long last month on the How To Craft Network and I joined in even though I didn't have the actual sets she used I decided to use other FF products I had instead.  Here are the two cards I made. Both A6 in size, one has a side acetate panel featuring a geo butterfly, the other is an easel card featuring funky florals.  In the past I have shied away from using acetate but I'm pleased with how these came out but difficult to photograph.  Base cards cut from a sheet of 300 gsm white card. I chose the geo butterfly for my first card as it was straightforward to cut around and take away part of card front, coloured with polychromos for a sketchy look. The floating half of the butterfly was backed with the same washi tape I used on the spine to make the inside neater before attaching the acetate panel behind. Randomly stamped some smaller geo elements on the front with a few enamel dots, adding a piece of pattern