Bridge Card and Sunny Smiles

This one is a new one to me , a "bridge card" , I watched this video and took inspiration from the wonderful Jennifer McGuire Ink .
I bought a paper trimmer and scorer, from Hobby Craft (half price £7) I usually use a craft knife for cutting , this works well for cutting ,measuring and scoring and at that price not much to lose.
I cut it like the video to fit  small A2 envelope . The stamp and die sets are both MFT , Town Bear and puppy kisses . Lawn fawn stitched hill die and Hi There speach bubble.. Coloured with pro and brush markers.
This card stands up well but folds flat for posting.

challenges entered:
crafty cardmakers : lots of layers 
shopping our stash : pile it on

I've tried to keep as minimal as possible ,for me anyway , as I wanted this for a male card . The background stamps  , flowers , sentiment and toucan are from a MFT set called Polynesia Paradise  . The circle die is a di namics , the beach scene is a die from Hello Bluebird called Ocean Scene. I've coloured with promarkers and add nuvo drops to flower centers and the birds eye.
2nd card
Dies R Us : baby it's hot outside (hot colours )
make my Monday : on the beach 


The sun is in and out here today , not quite beach weather but ok for drying the washing.
happy crafting Jane x