Gatefold Vintage Card by designer of the month Lindsey Worth!

What I used:

Kaisercraft 75 cents collection – 12x12 papers and collectables

A5 gatefold card blank

Cream paper roses

Vintage Photo distress ink

Docrafts Lucy Cromwell stamp (or any happy birthday stamp)

Plain white paper

I created this gatefold card in a vintage style and used some of the butterfly elements from the collection as my main focus. The topper in the bottom right-hand corner was made by layering two of the collectable elements together with 3D foam; alternatively the other main image was cut from one of the papers. There is a sticker sheet included in the paper pack so I used some of the smaller elements, including a border and some corners, to frame the backing paper.

 

I also inked everything with Vintage Photo distress ink, which not only outlined all of the different elements, but also gave the card a more aged appearance.  I also used the ink to define the petals on the paper roses and make them match in with everything else. I added these to give the card texture and depth, plus they also work well as embellishments alongside the butterfly images. 

I decorated the inside with a contrasting floral paper, however it was too bold to write on, so I also cut a rectangle of white paper and stuck this on top. I added another of the collectable elements to the corner and stamped a greeting in the distress ink to finish it off.

 

 I hope you like it! 

Lindsey x

Here's Lindsey's first project as my designer of the month

Hello crafty friends
I am very excited to show you Lindsey's first project as my designer of the month.
She won the blog challenge and will be showing her creativity on here during the month of June.
I will be running another blog challenge very soon so keep checking.
Take care
Love and hugs
Melanie xxxxx

Designer of the Month Project 1.

This project is a gift bag decorated with a beach theme. The title on the bag says ‘Fun Beach Memories’ because I thought you could fill it with photos, postcards, pebbles, shells or any other mementos from a holiday or day out.

I used quite muted colours because I wanted it to look natural, which is also why I chose to use the Kraft bag and twine. I created the clusters of embellishments above and below the topper so it would look balanced. I chose the layout of these by placing them down without adhesive first so I could move things around if I needed to. Another thing that I did to link everything together was to matt the big topper onto a piece of paper and use some scalloped scissors to create an inverted scallop. I did this so that it would match the edge of the smaller boat topper.

Here’s a list of what I used:

-    Hunkydory ‘The Great British Summer’ Collection

-    Webster’s Pages ‘Sunday Picnic and Everyday Poetry’ 6x6 Paper Pad

-    S.e.i ‘Field Notes’ Sticker Sheet

-    2 Pieces of Jute Twine

-    A Kraft Paper Bag (8.5x7 inches)

-    Prima Paper Flowers

-    Buttons and Twine

-    Gems

-    Alphabet Stickers including: Amy Tangerine ‘Goodness’ Thickers; Echo Park ‘Life is Good’ Stickers; Cosmo Cricket Yellow Tiny Type Stickers.