Welcome to the July edition of the Stampin’ UP! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop! When you finish here, I hope you will follow the Hop list of demos below and visit everyone’s blog. I always find something new to try, which is part of the reason I thoroughly enjoy this blog hop.. Since this is a fun fold card, I will be entering it in the Creative Creases challenge.
This is actually my second post for this morning. You can find the first one here.
An Aperture Card:
I love fun folds, and recently found a new-to-me fold: an aperture card. I had to look it up and tried to find a video that would be relatively simple to follow. This was it! I won’t tell people how few steps this card entails, and it will just be our secret!
I do have to thank Brian King with Stamp with Brian, for the color combination. You can find his card here. (Glory, there are a lot of links in this post!)
Here’s my fun fold aperture card:
Obviously, this card was made for a specific someone, my daughter, who lives on the other side of the country. “We” had a mailing snafu and this card is actually on it’s way back to me. Then, I’ll re-mail it to her. At least her Edible Arrangement arrived on her birthday, with the help of another special someone. Hint: Henry! I keep telling my daughter how stinking cute this card is and how much love went into it. Honestly, it wasn’t as difficult as it looks.
I’ve actually posted another aperture card, and you can find the link here.
I used a video from Amanda Charlesworth with Create with Scrimping Mommy for the directions. I had to make some very small adjustments to be able to fit in the medium SU! envelopes, but the directions are easy to follow and create. I’ve found that I need to watch whole tutorial videos before I do anything and then go back and start the video over as I work. The pause button is a very good thing! If you like fun folds, Amanda’s directions are also a very good thing.
Changes for the U.S. Measurements:
- I started with a 5-1/2 by 12 inch cardstock.
- Both the inside and outside DSP panels measure 3-7/8 inches by 5-3/8 inches.
- I trimmed the white cardstock to 3-1/2 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside.
- I added dimensionals for the outside elements, as well as the llama on the inside, so the card will need 2 stamps for the post office.
- As always, I trimmed a piece of coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
- I also punched a 1-inch circle from another piece of DSP for the envelope seal.
- For the inside opening, I cropped both the opening and the frame using the Deckled Rectangle dies. In addition, I cropped the inside sentiment banner using the Deckled Rectangle dies. To save some bulk, I used a black Stampin’ Write Marker to outline the sentiment banner.
- After running the seal through my XYRON create-a-sticker, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Back to the Blog Hop!
I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Shirley Gentry with Stampin with Shirley G. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group! If you get lost along the way, please follow the links below:
- Karen Finkle
- Rae Burnet
- Debbie Mageed
- Beth McCullough
- Sue Jackson <<—YOU ARE HERE!
- Shirley Gentry
- Mary Deatherage
- Lisa Ann Bernard
- Tara Carpenter
Super cute card, Sue! I love all of the cute critters you used with great papers. Thank you for hopping with the team this month! Have a great rest of your week.
Thanks, Debbie! Kicker of the whole card is that my daughter has a new address and didn’t give me the whole address. Therefore, her card is somewhere between San Francisco and coming back to me in FL. I told her to look at my blog post. LOL Thanks for organizing this every month!
Sue, the color scheme is perfect for this card. I love the subtle message of getting older. So clever!
Thanks, Rae! Subtle is good – it goes with all the colors. :o)
Super fun card, Sue! And I love how it spotlights this cute bundle! 🙂
Thank you, Mary! I love this bundle and already need to order another pack of the DSP.
Sue, I rarely make aperture cards so thank you for sharing the link. Maybe I’ll give it a try. Sorry for the snafu with mailing. Glad you entered it in the Creative Creases Challenge, in addition to the hop.
I hope you do! I was quite surprised at how relatively easy it was. I’ve started working on another one. It’s another Zany Zoo one, but the next one will be a Let’s Go Fishing one.
Where about a do you live in FL? I’m in central FL.
What a great card! I love the Zany Zoo animals, and creating an aperture for that darling llama inside the card is brilliant! It frames her up nicely!