Fold Back Card

Thank you to everyone who has joined in the first three challenges , and welcome to the fourth Challenge at Back to Basics and Beyond this fortnight we would like to see a Fold Back Card.

I have made the simplest one here, first  fold back the left side of your card as shown below, 

now you can decorate the base card.

Ensuring you apply the adhesive to only the left side of your topper apply topper and add embellishments.

Go Green -Upcycle

Today's Challenge at Make My Monday was chosen by Pryia and the theme she has chosen is " Go Green-Upcycle". I  haven't made a card this time but have used an oak stave that would have ended up in the wood burning stove to make a holder for tealights.

We live in the North East of Scotland near the Whisky Trail where Distilleries abound, there are 7 working and 1 historic in a small area. Distilleries are supported by Cooperages, and there are 2 nearby,1 where barrels are repaired, and 1 who make them new as well as make repairs.

Below a stave which is no longer suitable for use

Sanded using hubby's orbital sander, the oak cleans up with a bit of care and sanding, I then marked the position I wanted to put the tea-lights and using a 40mm circle hole cutter, cut to the depth of the tea-light. Poor hubby was on tenterhooks the whole time, not sure whether he was worried about me or his tools though.

 Pop over to the Challenge Blog for some inspiration and see the fabulous makes there.


Challenges

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/ltccb-22-may-anything-goes.html
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cmc104-anything-but-card.html

HO HO HO

We've had glorious sunshine for the past few days, poor folks in Wales and the South East of England who have had lightening storms and flooding. A day spent in the garden (Sunday), managed to get quite a lot done, now need to rotovate an area and prepare it for planting at the end of summer. Surprise surprise another Christmas card.


Challenges


http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/may-challenge.html
http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/may-anything-christmas.html
https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/get-ready-for-christmas-may-edition_23.html
https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/may-rudolph-days-challenge.html
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-395-christmas.html
http://crimbo-crackers.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-159-anything-goes.html
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-418-anything-goes-with.html
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/tie-holiday-ribbon-around-christmas-tree.html
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-371-circles.html
http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/ch-34-nothing-square-or-oblong.html