Facebook Live Tuesday 14th April 2020 – Replay. Welcome back to my site, I am thrilled to share TUESDAY’S Facebook Live Coffee & Card event with you. Third time was a charm and Facebook allowed me to have a totally uninterrupted recording! I love having the opportunity to interact with some fellow crafters, but at the moment the only option is to do that in a ‘virtual’ way, so Facebook Live it was again. If you managed to catch me live, I hope you had fun, I certainly did. It would be fantastic if you are able to join me live next week. I will be LIVE on 21st April at 11 am British Summer Time. To find out when that is where you are, just check the Time Converter HERE

I made another 3 cards this week, one using Patterned Paper and an Embossing Folder. One that is a slightly stepped up ‘Simple Stamping’ card and the final one is a ‘Casual’ Version of a card that I was going to share yesterday, but forgot! OOPS! Oh, and I had a biscuit too! All the products and measurements are further down the page, added in the order of the cards.

My first card is the one using the Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper and 3D Embossing folder from the same Suite. This card finally gave me a chance to use the Gallery Grunge stamp set that I ordered a few weeks ago, but had yet to ink up. I also featured coloured Heat Embossing, this is a technique I share in February during a Top Tip Tuesday. To see that post and video, please click HERE.

You may know that I love to fussy cut, and have been honing my skills for well over 20 years. This really is something that is worth practising so it becomes natural. Move the card, not the scissors. The Scissors should only open and close, not move around the paper. Getting better at this is your Homework!

Next I showed you the Everything Amazing stamp set, another one I had not inked up before today! I did that scary thing (for me anyway), I planned the card in my head, but did not make it ahead of time.

It did end up very monotone, being Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay, but I like the final effect and the stamp set is, as per the heading, ‘Amazing’! The finishing touches for this card were some Glitter Dots and some stamped balloons on the inside, both in Coastal Cabana.

The next card is slightly embarrassing. I made it to enter a Blog Hop that went live late last night/early this morning. Only one slight problem. Although I recorded the video to go with the post, I forgot to write the actual post! I know, total failure. But not wanting it to go to wastes, I thought I would share a slightly parred down version with you on the Facebook Live. I switched out the Special Day dies for some ribbon and a punch, otherwise the card is the same.

This really is a great card to put together and is perfect for someone who wants to move away from #SimpleStamping to something a little more advanced. It introduces 2-Step Stamping with the little mouse, which has a line drawing and an solid filler stamp. I used both on the outside, but just the outline stamp for the inside of the card. The spots are from the Galley Grunge set that I used on the first card and don’t need to be stamped too well, as they look badly stamped anyway!

Remember that when you watch the video, if you share it and add a comment that says you have ‘SHARED’ it, you will be entered in a draw for the Make a Splash Host Stamp set. Closing date for entries is Midnight on Monday 27th April. The draw will be during the Facebook Live on Tuesday 28th April. Don’t miss out on that. You also still have time to enter the draw for the Happy Birthday to You Sale-a-Bration stamp set from last week’s Live, so don’t miss that either. I will be searching for the word ‘SHARED’ so do remember to include that in the comment.

Dimensions

Tropical Oasis – For International A4 Card

Standard A6 Cardbase
First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.4 x 10cm)
Second Mat – 5-1/8 x 3-3/8” (13.4 x 9cm)
Third Mat – 4-15/16 x 3-3/16” (12.8 x 8.4cm)

For Letter Sized Card (8-1/2 x 11″)

Standard Card Base (half sheet folded in half to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″)
First Mat – 4 x 5-1/4″
Second Mat – 4-9/16 x 3-5/16″
Third Mat – 4-3/4 x 3-1/2″

Everything  Amazing – For International A4 Card

Standard A6 Cardbase
First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.4 x 10cm)
Second Mat – 4-15/16 x 3-3/16” (12.8 x 8.4cm)

For Letter Sized Card (8-1/2 x 11″)

Standard Card Base (half sheet folded in half to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″)
First Mat – 4 x 5-1/4″
Second Mat – 4-9/16 x 3-5/16″

Someone Special Card – For International A4 Card

Standard A6 Cardbase
First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.4 x 10cm)
Second Mat – 5-1/2 x 3-3/4” (14.2 x 9.8cm)

For Letter Sized Card (8-1/2 x 11″)

Standard Card Base (half sheet folded in half to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″)
First Mat – 4 x 5-1/4″
Second Mat – 5-1/8 x 3-7/8″

Nail Varnish Colours

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