Hello crafting pals!
I've been having a LOT of fun in the Crafting Square Metre today! There's nothing like a sweet treat while you're crafting - especially, says my waistline, if they're in the form of stamps! Come and see:
Yes, I've made a couple of biscuit-y cards! Now, I do realise that people from the US may be struggling to understand what I'm talking about here, but to explain: the word 'biscuit' in the UK is roughly equivalent to 'cookie' in the US - more about that in this entertaining article.
But on with the cards! This one was made by cutting a card panel on an angle, then stamping a pattern of biscuits all over the bottom half using Stampin' Up's Early Espresso, So Saffron and Crumb Cake inks. The biscuits are from Sweet Treats by Papermania.
I added some chipboard stickers onto the top half and attached both pieces to a card base. The gap between the two halves serves to underline the greeting, which makes me happy :) It's the little things! By the way, Bourbon biscuits are chocolate, nothing to do with the booze!
My second card may be even more of a challenge for my US friends! There is a popular biscuit (cookie), sold in the UK, called Nice, with a sweet, coconutty flavour and with its name carved in the top. It is supposed to be pronounced like the French city, although no-one ever seems to - which is why I played about with that here.
The sentiment 'Even the naughty deserve something nice' comes from a long-ago retired Stampin' Up set called Tags til Christmas. I omitted the word 'nice', by inking up with a Poppy Parade marker, and stamped my Nice biscuit in its place.
I stamped it again on scrap card stock, coloured it with Spectrum Noir markers and decorated it with my Wink of Stella pen and a white gel pen to represent the sugary topping. Can you see that in the photo? It was fussy cut and popped up with dimensionals.
I framed the sentiment and biscuit with fir branches from Uniko's Winter Foliage, using Granny Apple Green ink, and added a second frame, die cut with Stampin' Up square framelits.
The first card was inspired by CAS on Friday and The Paper Players, both of which are looking for a large sentiment as a focal point this week. I'm also linking both cards up with the Twofer Challenge where the theme this month is Sweets, and we must make two different cards, for different occasions, using the same stamp.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
I actually went and bought the Sweet Treats stamp set so that I could join in with the Twofer challenge - there's something about making two different cards with the same stamp that I love! I know I'm going to get good use out of it though because my youngest son's nickname (or one of them!) is The Biscuit. Don't ask me why! It's lost in the mists of time. Sometimes we call him The Bisky Bat too... Nope. No idea!
I've been having a LOT of fun in the Crafting Square Metre today! There's nothing like a sweet treat while you're crafting - especially, says my waistline, if they're in the form of stamps! Come and see:
Yes, I've made a couple of biscuit-y cards! Now, I do realise that people from the US may be struggling to understand what I'm talking about here, but to explain: the word 'biscuit' in the UK is roughly equivalent to 'cookie' in the US - more about that in this entertaining article.
But on with the cards! This one was made by cutting a card panel on an angle, then stamping a pattern of biscuits all over the bottom half using Stampin' Up's Early Espresso, So Saffron and Crumb Cake inks. The biscuits are from Sweet Treats by Papermania.
I added some chipboard stickers onto the top half and attached both pieces to a card base. The gap between the two halves serves to underline the greeting, which makes me happy :) It's the little things! By the way, Bourbon biscuits are chocolate, nothing to do with the booze!
My second card may be even more of a challenge for my US friends! There is a popular biscuit (cookie), sold in the UK, called Nice, with a sweet, coconutty flavour and with its name carved in the top. It is supposed to be pronounced like the French city, although no-one ever seems to - which is why I played about with that here.
The sentiment 'Even the naughty deserve something nice' comes from a long-ago retired Stampin' Up set called Tags til Christmas. I omitted the word 'nice', by inking up with a Poppy Parade marker, and stamped my Nice biscuit in its place.
I stamped it again on scrap card stock, coloured it with Spectrum Noir markers and decorated it with my Wink of Stella pen and a white gel pen to represent the sugary topping. Can you see that in the photo? It was fussy cut and popped up with dimensionals.
I framed the sentiment and biscuit with fir branches from Uniko's Winter Foliage, using Granny Apple Green ink, and added a second frame, die cut with Stampin' Up square framelits.
The first card was inspired by CAS on Friday and The Paper Players, both of which are looking for a large sentiment as a focal point this week. I'm also linking both cards up with the Twofer Challenge where the theme this month is Sweets, and we must make two different cards, for different occasions, using the same stamp.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
I actually went and bought the Sweet Treats stamp set so that I could join in with the Twofer challenge - there's something about making two different cards with the same stamp that I love! I know I'm going to get good use out of it though because my youngest son's nickname (or one of them!) is The Biscuit. Don't ask me why! It's lost in the mists of time. Sometimes we call him The Bisky Bat too... Nope. No idea!
Hugs,
