A Regency Romance Pinwheel Tower Card

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday! It's Sue here and I've just come back from a fabulous sunny holiday in Tenerife and it's straight back to laundry (yuk!) and grandma duties (well go on then, if I must 😁😁😁)

Before we went away I made this pinwheel tower card with the beautiful Regency Romance collection. 

These 6x4 postcards come with the collection so obviously these were going to be the stars of my card.

Just to annoy everyone (myself included) I've really mixed my metaphors (😉) with my measurements for the base cards. The postcards are exactly 6x4, so I've added an 1/8 of an inch all around for the border, and then added another 5 cm for the central tower and scored and folded there.

This is the bit that always trips me up! You just join the long sides to the short sides. Simples NOT. If I go straight in with the glue it always ends up in the big blue filing cabinet under my desk, so I paperclip it all together first. Of course I get it right first time when no actual glue is involved!

And with good luck and a following wind, it all looks like this when it's joined together!

I used a lovely toning paper for the side strips and added some stamping for a bit of extra interest. I practised with a few ink pads to get the correct colour.

I also fussy cut some images and chopped up some sentiments from the cut-apart sheets.

Isn't she the most beautiful woman ever? I punched out some tiny red hearts to give her a pop of colour.

And another side.

And a third

And the final side.

Not that I have favourites, but if I did...

And the view from the top, just before you squish it all down to fold flat for postage! Well done if you've stuck with me all this time - you can have an extra 10 points which means you should win the Hogwarts House Cup!

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The collection can be found here in the Relatively Thoughtful store in both digital and paper formats.

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Papers

Thanks so much for looking, take care and have a wonderful day whatever you are doing x

How to make Diamond Stepper Card using 'The Great Gatsby' collection

Happy Thursday!

It's Monika with a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a diamond stepper card using 'The Great Gatsby' collection form Relatively Thoughtful.

You will need:

'The Great Gatsby' collection, scoring board and a bone folder, liquid glue, gold card, sentiment of your choice and 12 x6 white card.

Step 1

Using your scoring board, score along the 12 inches side: 1, 2, 4, 6,9 inches. Fold the lines and burnish them.

Step 2

Choose the design papers from 'The Great Gatsby' collection and create square panels panels: 2 7/8x 2 7/8, 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 and 3 7/8 by 3 7/8.

Using gold card, create square panels: 3 1/8 by 3 1/8, 3 5/8 by 3 5/8 and 4 1/8 by  4 1/8.

Step 3

Create panels for the steps.
Using 'The Great Gatsby' collection, create panels. 5/8 by 5 5/8, 1 5/8 by  5 5/8 and 5/8 by 2 5/8.

Using gold card, create panels: 7/8 by 5 7/8, 1 7/8 by 5 7/8 and 2 7/8 by 5 7/8.

Step 4

Adhere the panels together and stick them onto the card base you created.

Step 5

Choose any elements from the collection and fussy cut them, adhere them to make the composition eye catching. Add a sentiment of your choice.

Step 6

Your Diamond Stepper card is ready and it also has some Art Deco vibes.

Happy crafting!

Step-by-step tutorial / How To Make a Thank You Card using 'Votes 4 Women'

Hello all amazing crafters!

I hope you have a great day!

Today, we have a step-by-step tutorial for the project created by Malgorzata Dzedzyk using 'Votes 4 Women' collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

Have you created anything with this collection?

What do you think about the colour palette?

Supplies you need:

-3D frame using lightweight clay

- flowers

- leaves

- ribbon

- double sided foam adhesive 1 mm

- rotary perforator

- mini glass beads

Step 1
Create a card base 14cm x 14 cm

Step 2

Using the 'Votes 4 Women' collection from Relatively Thoughtful, create 2 background panels.

Step 3

Use the scissors to distress the edges of all the panels.

Step 4

Use a rotary perforator on the edges on all the panels to create 3D look.

Step 5

Adhere the fist panel using liquid glue.

Step 6

Use double-sided foam adhesive for the top panel for extra dimension.

Step 7

Use liquid glue to adhere the 3D shape in the middle of the project.

Step 8

It is time to adhere some flowers and leaves and try to experiment with the composition. Add ribbon as an embellishment.

Step 9

Apply a little bit of liquid glue on the flowers and add some mini glass beads.

Step 10

Add a sentiment of your choice, here I decided to say THANK YOU.

And the card is complete!

What do you think?

Happy crafting!