Welcome to the February Sparkles Christmas Challenge #181! I can’t believe it’s already February ~ what happened to January and the somewhat good weather for Central Florida? The wind chills this weekend are in the teens so we are under severe weather/freeze warnings. Craziness!
Please check out the challenges page for the creations by the other very talented design team members. When you’ve created your own card using our theme, please don’t forget to upload them to the challenges. We’d love for you to play along.
Dawn, our host for the Sparkles Christmas Challenge, chose Baubles for the theme. I used the Modern Christmas suite and created a double box fold card.
Here’s my card:
I’ve already posted cards using this same fold, and you can see them here, here and here.
I originally found this card on the Wandering Stamper’s YouTube channel. You can see that tutorial here.
As always with a fun fold card, I will be adding this to the Creative Creases Challenge where the theme is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold.
Template:
Of course, I had to make a template for this fun fold, which you can see below:
Hints:
- I find it much easier to watch a video than trying to follow written directions, so I highly recommend you watch the Wandering Stamper’s video after you use the above template to trim your papers
- Another thing I find that works for me is to trim all my papers before starting anything else on the card
- Once all the pieces are trimmed, I can add the DSP (designer series paper) to the envelope flap and put all the pieces in the envelope until I can finish it
- Since this card will be hand-delivered, I didn’t need to worry too much about the bulkiness of the card
- If you do need to mail the card, you very well might have to use extra postage even without using any dimensionals., ribbon, or enamel dots
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Supplies Used:
Endless Love for Valentine’s Day!
I’ve been making class sets of Valentine’s Day cards for my current second-grade great-niece and current kindergarten great-nephew for a few years. This year, I will be using the Endless Love Suite. Even though the DSP is currently unavailable, the bundle is still available and I will be busy using it for the next 10 days or so. It’s so much easier to figure out a couple of designs for each class and just mass-produce the cards. I use the Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes, and cut each notecard in half for a mini-postcard Valentine.
Here’s a look at the bundle and note cards:
This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set; it allows you to layer two or more images to create one final image with extra texture and dimension in the colors you want.
DETAILS
– Includes the Endless Love Stamp Set and Endless Love Dies
– 16 photopolymer stamps
– Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, d, h
– Two-Step
– Also available in French
– 13 dies
– Largest die: 3-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ (9.5 x 10.8 cm)
– Use with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (sold separately)
