Saturday, 3 October 2020

Blog Hop: Celebrating my corner of the world for World Card Making Day

Yuletide Pasture Stacked Stone Stampin Up

Happy World Card Making Day! 

Today I’m excited to be taking part in another international blog hop. This time we are celebrating World Card Making Day by showcasing projects which represent our corner of the world. I can’t wait to see what demonstrators from all our different global markets have made.

Yuletide Pasture Stacked Stone Stampin Up

I live in Derbyshire, a beautiful county in the middle of England. We have rolling hills, lots of lovely green spaces and, in the north of the county, the Peak District National Park. 

Here’s a pic I took on a walk recently, with a dry stone wall in the foreground and view of Crich Stand, a war memorial, in the distance. From the top of the stand you can see eight counties, and in turn you can see this famous landmark from miles around, triggering a popular saying “you can see Crich Stand from here”. 

A more common saying is “Ey up!” and it is this I have chosen for my card. It’s a common greeting in Derbyshire, in common with many counties in the Midlands and north. It can be extended to “ey up mi duck” (hello my duck, ie friend) and you can also use it as an expression of surprise, as in “ey up, who’s eaten all the cobs?” Cobs: that’s what we call bread rolls. You can find many more expressions and dialect words in this excellent book, Ey Up Mi Duck.

I created the words in Misty Moonlight cardstock using the Playful Alphabet Dies. Seriously, if you only invest in one product used on this card, make it these dies. You will NOT regret it. 

Yuletide Pasture Stacked Stone Stampin Up

But make sure you order the Foam Adhesive Sheets at the same time as they are a real game-changer. They mean your letters come out of the die-cutting machine ready backed in foam adhesive, so no fiddly trimming of Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

Yuletide Pasture Stacked Stone Stampin Up

For my background, I’ve used the Stacked Stone stamp to represent the dry stone walls which are common in Derbyshire. I stamped it in Misty Moonlight onto Seaside Spray cardstock.
 
Yuletide Pasture Stacked Stone Stampin Up

A sheep from the Yuletide Pasture stamp set – we have a lots of sheep in Derbyshire – stands on a hill (Waterfront stamp set) to represent the rolling hills of Amber Valley where I live, as well as the Derbyshire Dales and the Peak District National Park. I stamped this in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured it using Stampin’ Blends.
 
The sheep’s feet were floating around a little so I covered them up with some flowers from the Friendly Silhouettes Dies. As the card progressed, I began to wish I’d used some pine sprigs instead because, unfortunately, this sheep is dressed for Christmas.

Rather belatedly, I decided to shoehorn in a festive theme (you think my projects are planned? You must be thinking of somebody else). I didn’t have a small “Christmas” stamp because I foolishly didn’t order Itty Bitty Christmas in the sale last week, so scoured the sentiment sheet from Trimming the Town Designer Series Paper until I found suitable words to cut out.

Trimming the Town DSP Stampin Up

And there we have it; a Derbyshire-themed Christmas card. Now please make your way around the rest of the blog hop... and the world!

Yuletide Pasture Stacked Stone Stampin Up



11 comments:

  1. thanks for sharing this card!! love the apphabet letters with the foam sheets!! they look amazing!!!

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    1. Thank you! And those foam sheets are SO GOOD. Look neater and make it so easy

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    1. Thank you! I bet you say "ey up" where you live, too :)

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  3. Great card Helen. That is such a classic English view that we see of England with the stone fences. I love these scenes. I'm glad you explained what your card was all about too. :)

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    1. Thank you for your comment. I'm inspired to use the Stacked Stone stamp more now

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  4. I love how you've combined all these elements together - very creative!

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  5. I love the local flavor or you sentiment on your pretty card! And thanks for sharing a photo of the beautiful countryside.

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  6. I love that your card tells a story, it has history. I'm sure any friend receiving the card would recognize all the familiar things that went into it. Derbyshire looks lovely, and reminds me of my trip to Ireland 4 years ago this week. I could understand why my ancestors chose Minnesota, because it's as green as Ireland and makes you feel at home.
    I feel much the same when I am crafting a card in Minnesota. We are the land of 10,000 lakes, with wonderful forests in the north, and rolling farmland in the south. I spend lots of time camping in the woods, and I am inspired by the beauty that surrounds me and I look for those elements to create my cards, because I know that they will appeal to my family and friends too.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.

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