Follow your Art

Hello and welcome to the International Highlights Winners Blog Hop! I am delighted to be participating in this blog hop today because of everyone who voted for me here where we made a card of Encouragement. I feel privileged to be hopping with this wonderful group of demonstrators today and this is the card that many of you voted for to enable me to do so.

The theme for the hop is again Encouragement and my card is a congratulatory one for one of my team members. It's a fancy fold card that is special for a Hip, Hip Hooray occasion. I have a been compiling a list of fancy fold cards to try and I'm enjoying revisiting old favourites and learning how to make new ones.
  

This design is basically two interlocking cards where the smaller one opens backwards and then bigger one opens traditionally. There are lots of layers and opportunities for adding embellishments. I have gone to town with this card and seem to have added everything but the kitchen sink! This is the card making equivalent of being unable to travel light, which I recently confessed to a friend that I wasn't very good at!

How have I decorated my card? In the main, I have used the Follow Your Art Suite and used Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral and copper for my colour scheme.

Hands up who has a weakness for pens. Count me as a yes to that question. So, there are no surprises that I have stamped the trio of pens across the front panel using Coastal Cabana ink for a coordinated tone on tone look as my starting point. Extra crafty details are added using copper foil with the dies - gorgeous buttons and a paperclip. The felt star comes from the embellishment kit. I did mention that this is a Hip Hip Hooray card, so obviously I had to add a copper hooray using the Well Written dies.

The Button Button embossing folder is a must for any crafter and it looks fabulous on the Coastal Cabana card. But, just look at how absolutely stunning it looks on the copper foil layer. Amazing! The pencils are stamped using black Memento ink and coloured using my Blends to make them look like the Stampin' Up! watercolour pencils.

When the card is fully open you can see another embossed copper panel, with an important message on it. Do something creative every day. I try to follow this mantra by making a card, writing or doodling in my journal, sewing or cooking something for fun. I am sure it is good for you!

The middle sections are simple, yet striking. The button border is complemented with stamped buttons and die cut press-studs. The sentiments are from It Starts with Art and Little Elephant.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my crafty fix for today and I have some ideas for more cards using some of the same ingredients, but that will have to wait until next time.

I hope you have been inspired by the project on my blog today, and that you will do something creative today.  You are currently visiting Karen Henderson.  Please see the list below and hop around all of the other winners on the list to see all our projects.  You sure don't want to miss any!

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If you want to purchase the items used for this card, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop.  You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

As always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Use the hostess code FAMQ2G7E to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get rewards.  To place an order please visit my online shop HERE.

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

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