Snow Friends

 Hello and welcome to another installment of what have I forgotten to bring for this challenge....I can safely say it took 2 trips to have everything. A few weeks ago I was making a triple easel display card and had a measuring problem but I didn't throw my base out as I had a plan for it but it took me this long to get it completed and basically it took 15 minutes to glue it together. My aim was to get it done for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, A friend for life not just for Christmas. 

I thought this image was so cute of the little girl hugging her Snowman and I hope it passes as a friend for life, even if it is a short one for the snowman. The stamp is a long retired Stampin'up set and I use it every winter. The triple easel display tutorial is from Delight of my Art facebook page Stamp with Delight. Mystery Stamping every Wednesday with a Fun Fold. 

As you see the card folds flat for mailing.

I added the sentiment to the back of the card with a couple of scraps of the patterned paper. Of course here is where the trial of stamping in 2 places comes in...lots of Holiday patterned paper and Birthday stamps and dies obviously my packing skills are lacking. 

I am adding this to:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~~ A friend for life, not just at Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today, you still have time to enter the challenge I think it is open until the 31st. 

It's almost Back to School time!!

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash as you can tell the theme is Back to School, create a project featuring anything pertaining to school like books, blackboards, crayons, desk or anything else you see as belonging to school. I of course found a House Mouse designs stamp in my pile which I had brought with me to make a cover for my date book so that was a good thing although I still have not make a cover for my datebook I made a Triple Easel display card. Going back and forth to the cottage has drawbacks, sometimes you don't quite think a challenge through and have to improvise......a lot. 

The fun fold was one of Stamp with Delight's Wednesday Mystery Stamping videos, (Deb has a list of all the pieces to cut then has a video to follow and make the card) You can find her on Facebook.

The fold takes 1 piece of cardstock and 1 odd piece of patterned paper that was in my stash (only a couple of scraps left) Deb's instructions were for two different patterned paper I had nothing that 

co-ordinated with the stripes. (that's where planning is involved) 

As you see the card folds flat and fits in an A2 envelope. The red panel is supposed to be dry embossed but the dots are slightly elevated so I called it perfect, again it was a scrap I had with me. 

The inside is decorated with scraps and ready for a sentiment. 

I'm adding this to:

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge ~~ anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today for another episode of what did I forget to bring to the cottage this time and I'm sure it will continue. If you didn't arrive from the SOS blog head over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

Bent Out of Shape

 Welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and the theme is Bent Out of Shape which is just make a shaped card (no squares or rectangles allowed). I have received really cute shaped cards one was a gorgeous layered butterfly birthday card and a super adorable mitten card for Christmas swap and if you have been to the main blog there are yummy cupcakes, now for me it's a circle easel card.

I had already decided I was making a "rocker" card but for some reason, being in a hurry I could not locate my infinity circles that I use so on to plan B I knew where this die set was so thought I might be able to adapt it to make the rocker card but when looking for it I found this whole set die cut and was never glued together BONUS. I have had it several years and it's so pretty. The gems I used are from my stash they are many years old. I had 3 packages of purple to pick from too.

Side view of the easel and the Birthday sentiment is popped up.

Best part is it folds flat for mailing in a square envelope.

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the shaped cards the rest of the design team have made.