Welcome to the February Cardz 4 Guyz challenge for 2026! Our host for this month’s challenge, Melanie, chose Monochromatic Color Combination for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my fun fold card:
It’s just a given that fun fold cards also post to the Creative Creases Challenge. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper coordinates the challenge, and it’s one of my favorite challenges. Hopefully, you will be inspired to upload your own fun fold project to the challenge! I love this hidden flap fun fold and have already posted a number of them, some of which you can see here, here, here, and here.
Measurements:
They say that a picture is worth 1,000 words. I have three pictures of the template I use to create this simple but stunning fun fold card:
- I used Basic Beige for the base and the flap pieces
- Trim a piece of 6 x 6 inch Beautiful Gallery DSP (designer series paper) to 5-1/4 inches from top to bottom
- Then trim the DSP in half so you have two pieces of 5-1/4 by 3 inches
- The Early Espresso cardstock mats each measure 5-3/8 by 3-1/8 inches
- There’s a piece of Basic Beige cardstock in the center of the inside and it measures 3 by 5-3/8 inches
- After running a piece of Early Espresso through the Cut & Emboss machine using the Bark embossing folder, I trimmed it to 1-1/2 by 5-3/8 inches
- I trimmed a piece of the Beautiful Gallery DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
- Then, i punched a 1-inch circle out of coordinating DSP and ran it through the XYRON create-a-sticker to create the envelope seal
Clean & Simple:
- These sentiments from Nature’s Symphony fit this card perfectly
- After wiping down the DSP with my embossing buddy, I stamped the sentiment using VersaMark ink
- Then, I covered the ink with bronze WOW! embossing powder and heat set it with the heat tool
- I stamped the inside sentiment using Early Espresso ink
- I have learned that I need to do all my stamping before adhering pieces together
- I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the layers together
- Staying with the CAS look for the card, I didn’t add any additional embellishments
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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