My 2nd design team make for The great outdoors

  Hi everyone for this month I am the host for our latest challenge over in the Country View Crafts Facebook group. The theme I have chosen for July is "The great outdoors" so think, seaside, gardens, parks, flowers, summer insects, picnics etc. This is my second design team make for some inspiration.

You don't need a blog or an Instagram account, just head over to the group and join in with the fun! The link is Here and if you are not already a member just request to join and we will warmly welcome you. It is also be a place you can be the first to hear about workshops, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of nearly 400 crafters and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products from brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. 

I decided to use another of the new Tim Holtz A5 size 3D embossing folders for my background. This one is called Foundry.  

I made an anniversary card for my husband for our 44th wedding anniversary on 25th July. Luckily he is not on social media so he won't see this ahead of our special day.

This is how I made my card. I swiped scorched timber distress oxide across the inside lid of the folder, added a sheet of Kraft card, ran it through my Sizzix and got this amazing wood effect. 

I die cut some foliage using the vault floral wreath, vault floristry and the hands from my old weathered clock die. I also chose a  paper doll from my stash. 

Then I put my design together.

I added Stickles to the flowers. 

I used a key hole brad from my stash and added a heart and Tim word sticker from his metallic sticker book. 

I also added a few off cuts of the Foundry embossed card around the edge of my finished card and distressed the edges.  I used gold card for the base. Here is it once more. 

I have linked the products I used which are available on the website within my post. If they are not in stock just email Susan, who should be able to order them in for you. 

Remember that you can find me most days over on Instagram Here @jane.tyrrell where I share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog.

I hope I may have inspired you to give our July challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times. 

Enjoy the rest of the month.

Bye for now,

Jane x