Happy Anniversary for Cardz 4 Galz # 254 & Creative Creases Challenge #105

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Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz bi-weekly challenge #254. Our fearless leader/admin for this challenge, Caz, chose Wedding or Anniversary for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

My wedding anniversary is coming up next week so I chose to create an anniversary fun fold card. My card uses current, last chance, and retired products.

Here’s my card:

I’ve already made at least 15 of the landscape criss-cross card using Terri Gaines’ tutorial. You can see a few of those posts here, here, and here (please ignore the typo in the title).. I knew I could figure out the measurements for the portrait version, but was so happy to find her video tutorial. Her measurements, with my papers, can be found below. Her video is wonderful for explaining how to put the card together. However, once you have the measurements and a picture for reference, you can pretty much put it together yourself.

I’m also going to be uploading this card to the Creative Creases Challenge, where the theme is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold. I am honored to be a guest designer for the current edition of the challenge, and you can see that card here. I always find inspiration from the design team, and I’m sure you will as well. Please remember to upload your fun fold to the challenge.

Measurements:

Card base: 10-3/4 x 5-1/2 score at 1-5/8, 3-1/4, 7-1/2 & 9-1/8 (Pecan Pie cardstock)
Panel 1 Layer #1: 3 x 5 (Irresistible Designs DSP colored with Basic Gray ink and a blending brush)
Panel 1 Layer #2: 2-3/4 x 4-3/4 (Nature’s Sweetness DSP with the writing on it)
Panel 2 Layer #1: 2-1/2 x 4-1/2 ( another piece of the Irresistible Designs DSP colored with Basic Gray ink and a blending brush)
Panel 2 Layer #2: 2-1/4 x 4-1/4 (Nature’s Sweetness floral spray DSP)
Inside Layer #1: 3 x 4-1/4 ( more of the Irresistible Designs DSP)
Inside Layer #2: 2-3/4 x 4 (white cardstock)
Optional: two panels for the sides of the front measuring 5-3/8 by 1-5/8 inches (mini-corrugated embossed Pecan Pie cardstock)
Trim a piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP for the envelope seal and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker machine
Scraps of Pecan Pie for the sentiment banner
Pebbled Path cardstock for the floral spray
A length of white diagonal ribbon colored with the dark Pecan Pie dark blend

My Hints & Such:

Since I wanted the layers to really stand out, I outlined each piece with a Stamping Write Marker
The Irresistible Designs DSP comes already embossed and ready to be colored with a blending brush
- I colored another piece of this DSP for this card using Secret Sea ink
After coloring ribbon using the blends it will be stiff, so you will need to do something to break down the stiff fibers
- I used a bone folder and rubbed it back and forth on the ribbon so I could make it easier to use
I saw Mary Deatherage from Stamps-n-Lingers for a live video using the new Painterly Pears suite recently and she showed how to use a loop-d-loop bow, with which I fell in love
- I linked the short video for the loop-d-loop bow
The sentiment on the front of the card comes from the Blooming Phrases stamp set, which I embossed using white powder and heat set it
The sentiment banner was cropped using a die from the Stylish Shapes die set
I used the retired Everyday Greetings stamp set for the inside sentiment
Finally, I added three Pecan Pie ribboned dots to help balance out the weight on the right side of the card
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set