A New Home Card with Forest Friends

I do love the cute Forest Friends collection from Grace Taylor and thought it would be fun to create a Mushroom or toadstool shaped New Home Card.  

I finally got around to using the cute Raccoon character from the embellishment sticker pack, but he's such a sweetie I may need to add more to my stash. :D  I have included my Cricut Design Space link below if you wish to cut exactly as I have or you could draw a template and cut by hand as it's a simple shape :)

Step By Step:

1. I cut this design on my Cricut Explore and can share my Design Space Project link here: https://uk.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/36100306
   if you would like to make one the same, it is already sized for you. (You could also cut a simple toadstool / mushroom shape by drawing in pencil onto a kraft card blank and cutting paper pieces for the spots)
2. I cut the largest shape, the card base from Dovecraft A4 Kraft card and cut it twice to create a front and back for my card.  (The back panel can be added later by simply scoring across it about 2” down and adding tape above this section before attached to card front)
3. Using the pink card from the Dovecraft coloured A4 card pack, I cut the large base panel.  I added faux stitching all around using a white pen.  Edges were inked with a red ink and then Dovecraft glitter glue in ‘crystal’ was applied to add some sparkle.
4. I used various pattern papers from the Forest Friends 12x12 pad to cut the layered parts.  Yellow for the under cap and the blue for the stalk.  Faux stitching with a white pen was added to each paper piece and all cut edges inked with red ink
5. The spots were cut from white card and then embossed using the Santoro Willow embossing folder as the pattern reflects the shape on one of the papers I’ve used.  I then ink around with red ink allowing extra ink to come over onto the edges of the embossing to highlight it.
6. All the pattern pieces were then glued in place upon the pink card shape, it has some lines to help you line it up.
7. I chose letters from the Grace Taylor Forest Friends sticker book to spell out ‘A New HOME’ and added them to the card front.  A couple of the arrows were also added to point to the word HOME, and a little hedgehog sticker was applied to the bottom of the smaller toadstool mushroom shape.
8. To finish a cute Raccoon from the Embellishment Stickers (Forest Friends) was added to the bottom of the card at RH side, positioned to be standing in front of the mushroom / Toadstool.

Products Used:
Grace Taylor Forest Friends 100 Sheet Paper Pad GS2743

Grace Taylor Forest Friends Sticker Flip Book GS2745

Grace Taylor Forest Friends Grand Adhesions GS2750

Dovecraft A4 Kraft Card DCBS103

Dovecraft A4 Premium Coloured Card DCBS75

SANTORO®'s Willow Embossing Folder SNEF002

Cricut Explore Machine PC2002435


All materials are from +Trimcraft Ltd  and this project also appears in my Trimcraft Design Team Gallery, link here: http://www.trimcraft.co.uk/projects/121368/a-new-home-card-with-grace-taylor-forest-friends-collection

A New Home...... With papermilldirect

Hello again, sorry I'm running a little late with my blog post, but you should still have time to take advantage of this week's Special Offer over at +papermilldirect.

This week it's a lovely shade of Orange paper at 160gsm, and you can get a pack of 30 A4 sheets for just £2-25!!  Why not pop a pack into your next order, it's the perfect shade for summer crafting projects. (Link Here)

This week the Design Team have been working on ideas for New Home cards and I have a new make to share with you. For this project I created a 5 ½ “square card base by scoring and folding papermilldirect Buff cardstock and positioned it to use in ‘tent position’.

The sentiment of ‘A New Home’ was created in Cricut Design Space and sized to fit comfortably along the bottom of a 5 1/8” square of White Linen cardstock. I used the Cricut Explore to cut the correct size piece from the White Linen and the ‘attach’ function to ensure the writing remained as I had planned it in the preview screen. A Cricut pen in ‘Midnight’ was used to write the sentiment and it came out extremely clear and even on the Linen texture of the card. 

 I then inked around the edges of the Linen panel using distress Ink in ‘Broken China’ which is a nice blue colour and just tones down the bright white at the edges helping to co-ordinate with the blue toned elements in the house design. The panel was matted onto a slightly larger square of Post Box Red and then positioned centrally onto the buff card front using double sided tape to adhere each layer.

A basic house shape with a window cut-out detail was cut from Buff card, a door and roof details from Pale Turquoise card and a little window box and heart from Post Box Red card.

I ran the Buff house shape through the Big shot using an embossing folder with the ‘mosaic’ design which I thought gave a good enough impression of brick or stonework. Lightly swiped across the raised embossing with ‘Tea Dye’ distress ink applied with a small piece of foam. The ‘Tea Dye’ colour is a pale browny colour and just adds a little subtle definition to the embossing.

I also ran the Turquoise card shapes of door and roof and the red window box shape through the Big Shot using a ‘dots’ embossing folder. A versamark pen added a little detail to these pieces. A small piece of pale lemon vellum was adhered to the back to cover the window cut-out. I did add a couple of score lines to give the impression of window panes.

The Buff house shape was attached centrally using 3D foam pads to the card front evenly spaced just above the sentiment. The door, Roof detail and Window box were then added, again using 3D foam pads to add height and interest, along with the red heart to provide the ‘chimney’.

2 heart shaped buttons in blue and red were layered up and attached to the house using Cosmic Shimmer glue to provide a strong bond. A little red gem for the door handle provides the finishing touch.

This is a fun and relatively simple design which you can simplify by omitting the embossing and inking if you prefer. You could make in different colour schemes and handwrite or stamp the sentiment; it would also be fun to add a number to the door or extra details to personalise.

Materials Used:
Papermilldirect cardstock in White Linen, Post Box Red, Buff, and Pale Turquoise
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders ‘Mosaic’ and ‘Swiss Dots’
Heart shaped buttons, small piece of lemon vellum
Distress Inkpads in ‘Tea Dye’ and ‘Broken China’
Versamark Pen
Cricut ‘Midnight’ pen (or sentiment stamp)
Adhesives: Double Sided Tape, 3D Foam Pads, Cosmic Shimmer (clear drying) Glue

 

Papermill Design Team:
if you have a moment, please do pop over and check out the other papermill teamies blogs and see what they got up to this week: 

• Barbara 
• Lisa 
• Ruth 
• Sylvia 
• Sandie
• Craig 
• Nessa
• Papermilldirect Inspire Blog 

 

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