A Closer Look at......Carnival!

Wow! What a busy time it’s been!

So I was on TV again on 4^th May with a collection that is super special to me. I’ve been lucky enough to have had some of my designs printed and brought to air! I was very excited to say the least! So here it is!!

CARNIVAL -it’s a fun, colourful, cheery paper collection comprising 6 designs. There’s a candy stripe, a turquoise sunburst, confetti, rows of bumper cars, tickets and alphabet bunting! There really is so much in this kit. Being designed by a crafter, for crafters, every element has a purpose.

Here’s what the collection looks like:

And here’s the stamps:

All the imagery has been hand drawn by myself and Craftwork Cards have turned them into beautiful stamps for us crafters! There’s a carousel horse, bumper car, fairground wording, flourishes, stars, fairground lights and so much more!

The TV show was so jam-packed that there wasn’t enough time to do all my demos so I thought I’d share them on here with you. So you’re not missing out!

This card was made using both the paper pad and candi and also the Carnival stamps. 

1. Cover the front of the card with the candy stripe paper and cut a circle out of the front. You can either draw around a household object and cut it out with a knife or you can run it through a die cutting machine.
2. Stick a square of the confetti paper on the inside of the card.
3. Taken the flourish stamp and stamping in red, stamp across the top of the card, about ¾” from the top and repeated this across the bottom of the card. 
4. Cut out a strip of 3 tickets from the ticket paper and shape it by curling it around a pen or round tool. Stick to the front.
5. Stick candi around the edge of the aperture. 
6. Stamp the big top in the same red ink onto some smoothing stamping card and carefully cut around it with a knife; then layer it on 3D foam in the centre.

What I really like about this card, is that it would suit a male or female recipient and also you could change it round by using the different stamps, for example, using the carousel horse in the aperture.

A really simple card made just with the paper pad, yet still highly effective:

1. Stick the confetti paper as a background on the front of your card blank.
2. Cut 2 strips of tickets. It just so happens that 4 tickets fit perfectly along the top and bottom of the card as border strips! How cool is that?! 
3. Cut out the bunting to write your message on the front. I went for ‘Lets Go Party’ but you can choose whatever message you fancy – the only restriction is the size of your card! 

The best bit about this paper is it’s versatility. You can use it to put names of people on the front, relatives, bespoke messages, anything! It’s so nice when a kit allows you to do that!

This card was made using just the stamps!!

1. Stamp the ticket all over the card front, then using just 4 colours, coloured them in and cut some of them out to reveal ticket shaped apertures.
2. Stamp the 'Celebrate' word onto a small rectangle with the flourish above and below, to add to the fairground look of it and stuck it to the front with 3D foam to add a bit of depth to the card.

A really simple, colourful, fun card but just with the stamps.

You could use this effect if you'd bought someone tickets for a present and change the colour scheme to whatever suits you - a little like a bespoke gift card for tickets!

Another super fun card! 

So I had time to demonstrate how to make a banner flag card from a card blank - did everyone catch it?

1. Mark the centre point, connect the centre point with one of the bottom corners with a ruler and cut. Do the same again from the centre point to the other bottom corner to cut out the triangle.
2. Cover the card with the amazing starburst paper, this really draws the eye into the card!
3. Make a pinwheel from the candy stripe paper.
4. Stamp some extra stars on the background and add candi in the corners.
5. Stamp the 'PARTY' word onto a small rectangle and layered this on the front.

Perfect for any fun occasion, whether it's a party invitation or a birthday card!

Here’s some more carnival cards that I did for the show – I’d love to know what you think- either about my designs for the papers and stamps or the sample cards. Or even comment to share what your favourite fairground ride is!!

   
 

I hope you enjoy the collection!

Take care and happy crafting!