Lilypad Lake cross over Gatefold card

This card is based on similar cards I saw on Pinterest.  I did, however, make my own changes.

I have made cross over Gatefold cards before and thought it would be a perfect fold to use with the Lilypad Lake stamp set, and I saw this as an opportunity to use up some retired SAB DSP.

The Bermuda Bay card base is 4 1/4 by 11" scored at 2 3/4" at each end.  Each end is then folded toward, and meeting in, the middle.

Each panel is matted with Whisper White card stock, and on top of that Lily Lake DSP (retired SAB DSP)

On a separate piece of Whisper White, the images of the Heron, and Lily pad were stamped, coloured and die cut with the Lily Lake dies.  The sun is die cut with Daffodil Delight card stock.  These design elements are added to a 2 3/8 by 2 3/8"piece of Whisper White. - the Lily pad with dimensionals and was matted with Bermuda Bay card stock. Some water was stamped on this piece using Balmy Blue ink.

The sentiment was stamped on a  2 3/8 by 1"piece of Whisper White and then matted with Bermuda Bay as well.

The secret in the cross over aspect of this fun fold is where the panels are attached on the card front edges.  The larger panel with the Heron on it is adhered on the left panel:  the other to the opposite, so crossing over each other.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Lilypad Lake
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite, Rocco Rose, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue)
Papers:  Bermuda Bay, Whisper white, Lily DSP, Daffodil Delight
Accessories:  Lakeside Dies, Dimensionals

Lilypad Lake Sail boats on a Choppy Lake

Anyone who owns a sail boat is itching to get on the water and go for a sail.  However, the month of May this year has been anything but cooperative, with record low temperatures, even snow flurries. Despite that some brave souls do venture out for a sail,

 The card front is in 3 layers. In order to create the matted frame look, the top 2 layers are die cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies, the Whisper White layer smaller than the Balmy Blue layer.

The scene is created on the 3rd layer, which has the same dimensions as the first two layers.

The sun was masked out while a brayer was used to colour the sky and water - the sky in Balmy Blue, the water in Pool Party with some Pacific Point ink.  After the mask was removed, the sun was coloured with Daffodil Delight ink, after which a wind cloud was created covering part of the sun and sky.

Some Pacific Point ink was applied to the lake water using the water stamp.  Then I made the water look choppy by adding glitter embossing paste randomly over the water

After colouring the sail boats with Stampin' Blends, they were die cut using the Lakeside die. They were arranged on the lake as shown.

Once the 3 layers of the front were completed, they were added to a Balmy Blue card base and the bottom corners were decorated with die cut grass.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Lilypad Lake, Sailing home
Inks:  Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Basic Gray, Pool Party, Pacific Point, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Night of navy, Balmy Blue)
Papers:  Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle dies, Lakeside dies, Glitter embossing paste

Lilypad Lake Shaker Sympathy card

I often walk beside the canal near my home and occasionally I will surprise a blue heron feeding in the shallows.  Their size always amazes me.  I stand and watch them until something startles them and they take off.

The shaker window is die cut using the Stitched Nesting Label die on a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White.  The sunset scene in the window was created on an identical size piece of Whisper White card stock.

A slightly larger piece of window sheet was adhered to the wrong side of the front, and after adding strips of adhesive foam around this as well as the card stock edges, the shaker was created.  The shaker elements are Tranquil Textures sprinkles.  This unit is adhered to a Balmy Blue card base.

A blue heron is stamped, coloured, die cut and adhered to the lower left of the shaker element using dimensionals.  A lily pad and lilies were also coloured, die cut and adhered to the lower right.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set, and is die cut using one of the coordinating dies of this set.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Lilypad Lake, Sailing Home (birds)
Inks:  Scene:  Sky: Daffodil delight, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Water:  Pool Party, Balmy Blue and Pacific Point.  LIlypad:  Rococco Rose, Granny Apple Green.  Heron:  Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Balmy Blue
Papers:  Balmy Blue, Whisper White
Accessories:  Lakeside Dies, Stitched Nesting Label dies, Window Sheets, Tranquil Textures Sprinkles, Dimensionals.