I am completely honored to be a guest designer for the Creative Creases Challenge #93. Since I absolutely love learning and creating different fun folds, I thoroughly enjoy participating in these challenges. With all the stunning 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) sets from the current Stampin’ Up! catalogs and online exclusives, I think I’ve stumbled across the perfect fun fold to showcase these glorious pages!
Here’s my hidden flap joy fold card:
I have no earthly idea why I didn’t save the tutorial video for this card, but I have searched my Pinterest and saved video tutorials on YouTube for more than 30 minutes and can’t find it. If you recognize the fold, please let me know so I can give credit to the original designer. I will be using this fold for many 6 x 6 inch DSP pages! The paper absolutely does all the work here!
I made this card specifically for someone with whom I’ve worked for 20+ years. She’s had some medical challenges over the past few years, and is powering through them like a champ. I made this card for my department members to sign (after I add more white cardstock to the inside flap and back), and also made a coordinating card in a box for her. You can find the link to Wendy Cranford’s video tutorial here.
Here’s the box:
Measurements for the Card:
The Blackberry Bliss base measures 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, scored on the long side at 1 inch and 4-1/4 inches
Trim two pieces of Fresh Fresisa cardstock to 5-3/8 X 3-1/8 inches
Trim a piece of the 6 x 6 inch Thoughtful Journey DSP to 5-1/8 inches and then trim the piece in half creating two 3 x 5-1/8 inch pieces
HINT: You can trim the 6 x 6 inch DSP from the top, the bottom, or a combination of both, which is what I did here.
The white cardstock piece on the inside measures 5-3/8 by 3-1/8 inches
Trim a piece of coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Then, punch a `1-inch circle from contrasting DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
Stamping, Trimming, & Assembly:
I used multipurpose liquid glue to After rubbing down a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock with your embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment from Sweetly Scripted using VersaMark ink
Cover the sentiment with white embossing powder and heat set with your heat tool
Crop the Blackberry Bliss cardstock using a Nested Essentials die
Crop a piece of Fresh Fressia cardstock with the next size up Nested Essentials die
Adhere the two cropped pieces of cardstock
Adhere the two pieces of the Thoughtful Journey DSP to each of the pieces of Fresh Fressia cardstock
Add the right side of the DSP/cardstock layers to the right side of the base
Add 5 dimensionals the the 1 inch flap on the base making sure they are evenly spaced and close to the scored crease
Add the left piece of the DSP/cardstock layer to the dimesionals so that the flap has a Blackberry Bliss margin
I like to make templates for fun fold cards so I don’t have to start from scratch each time
Here’s a couple of pictures, because they are worth 1,000 words:
ALL kits from our collection qualify for the discount.
All order types qualify for this sale. There is no limit on how many kits you can order, as long as product is available.
Orders must be opened and placed during the promotion dates. Orders opened before October 1 will not qualify for the sale.
Kits on sale will NOT qualify for the Stampin’ Rewards 50% off.
Kits can be added to a Starter Kit at their discounted rate.
Coupon codes can also be used with discounted kits.
I am especially looking forward to getting the Alpine Air Kit! It’s already on my next order.
Next up: A Starter Kit Special!
When new team members purchase their Starter Kit, they will be able to redeem $155 USD of Starter Kit eligible products for just $99 USD . That’s $56 of FREE product!!!
New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) before October 1 or after October 31 will not be eligible for this offer.
If you decide being a demonstrator is not for you (but really, the discount is DEFINITELY worth being a continuing demonstrator), you can cancel.
Hobbyist demonstrators are very welcome because who doesn’t love a 20% discount, opportunities to see and pre-order from the new catalogs and specials
Please contact me if you are interested in joining my team! I’d love to connect with you!
If you live in the U.S. and don’t already have a Stampin’ UP! demo from whom you order, I would be honored to work with you.
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This month, the theme is Orange Theory. We hope to inspire you with our creations using the color orange today! You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
I couldn’t resist an orange and black Halloween card. My daughter’s favorite holiday is Halloween, with all others tied for second. Therefore, every year I make her more than one Halloween card, and you can see the other one I made her here.
Here’s my z-fold orange and black Halloween card:
As with all my fun folds, I am adding this card to the Creative Creases Gallery.
Measurements:
The Basic Black base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4 inches
The black cardstock piece for the front flap measures 3-3/4 by 5 inches
I’m still finishing up the previous year’s 6 x 6 inch DSP in Pumpkin Pie, which is trimmed to 5-3/8 by 2 inches
I needed to trim another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Then, I punched a 1-inch circle of DSP for the envelope seal, and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker
After I ran a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock through my Cut & Emboss machine using the exposed brick folder, I trimmed it to 3-5/8 by 4-7/8 inches
HINT: Remember, if you trim the cardstock before embossing it, you will wind up with a smaller piece of cardstock than you wanted/needed
Finally, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the inside of the card
Thankfully, the other elements on the card were cropped from scraps of white and Crumb Cake cardstock
Stamping, Coloring, Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose glue to adhere pieces together
I used Gorgeous Grape ink to stamp the front and inside sentiments.
Then I used the Granny Apple Green ink pad for the accent stamps on the front sentiment panel
After cropping the outside sentiment using a Nested Essential die, I outlined it using a Basic Black marker and added dimensionals to the back of it so they would straddle the ribbon
Since I wanted black and Pumpkin Pie ribbon, I needed to color the Black and Very Vanilla ribbon using the dark Pumpkin Pie blend marker
I adhered the ribbon using the ribbon saving technique and you can find pictures of what I did here or here
After adhering the ribbon to the dry-embossed Pumpkin Pie cardstock, adhere the cardstock to the black cardstock
I cropped two sets of the broom pieces from scraps of Crumb Cake cardstock, which I adhered together to add just a touch of height
I used the Crumb Cake combo blends to color the broom handle and sweeper
Then, I used a Crumb Cake marker to accent the sweeper lines and to add some sort of wood looking handle
Stamp the cat the stack of books (for the inside) using Momento Tuxedo Black ink on scrap pieces of white and crop both pieces
I cropped another cat from white cardstock to add just a bit of height so I could tuck the cat in behind the sentiment
I used Smoky Slate dark and light blends to color the cat and the dark Granny Apple Green blend for the cat’s eyes
Then I colored the books using the light Pumpkin Pie and dark Highland Heather blends
For the middle two books, I used the light and dark Crumb Cake blends and outlined them using a black marker
Adhere the Pumpkin Pie DSP to the front flap
Add liquid glue to only the left side of the black cardstock flap piece and adhere to the DSP
HINT: If you add liquid glue to the whole flap, the card won’t open
Adhere the book stack to the lower left side of the inside white cardstock so that it hides behind the Pumpkin Pie flap when the card is closed
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set
Back to the Pals’ Blog Hop:
There’s more inspiration to show you, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. Please mark your calendars for our next blog hop next month, when our theme will be Random Acts of Kindness.
Before I finish the post, I just wanted to share that I live in west Central Florida and that means today and tomorrow are going to be wild because of Milton’s very much unwanted appearance. I feel absolutely terrible for the people on the southern Gulf Coast because they are getting hit for the second time in two weeks. Helene caused a great deal of damage, but Milton is so much worse. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of them, and I very humbly ask you to keep them and all of those impacted in your thoughts.
Today is the last day to get stamp sets from the 2024 – 2025 annual catalog for 15% off!!
Details:
This stamp sale only happens once a year!
The sale will run for three days.
The 15% off discount will apply to all stamp sets (photopolymer and cling) from the 2024–2025 Annual Catalog.
Bundles are not included in this sale.
Stamp sets are available while supplies last.
Next, it’s a KIT sale for the month of October!
Details:
ALL kits from our collection qualify for the discount.
All order types qualify for this sale. There is no limit on how many kits you can order, as long as product is available.
Orders must be opened and placed during the promotion dates. Orders opened before October 1 will not qualify for the sale.
Kits on sale will NOT qualify for the Stampin’ Rewards 50% off.
Kits can be added to a Starter Kit at their discounted rate.
Coupon codes can also be used with discounted kits.
I am especially looking forward to getting the Alpine Air Kit! It’s already on my next order.
Last, but definitely not the least: A Starter Kit Special!
When new team members purchase their Starter Kit, they will be able to redeem $155 USD of Starter Kit eligible products for just $99 USD . That’s $56 of FREE product!!!
New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) before October 1 or after October 31 will not be eligible for this offer.
If you decide being a demonstrator is not for you (but really, the discount is DEFINITELY worth being a continuing demonstrator), you can cancel.
Hobbyist demonstrators are very welcome because who doesn’t love a 20% discount, opportunities to see and pre-order from the new catalogs and specials
Please contact me if you are interested in joining my team! I’d love to connect with you!
If you live in the U.S. and don’t already have a Stampin’ UP! demo from whom you order, I would be honored to work with you.
When ordering, please enter the following HOST CODE when prompted:
Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #236. Our host for this MMM challenge, Pamela , chose Kid Friendly as 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!
Here’s my Kid Friendly Halloween card in a box:
My daughter’s favorite holiday is Halloween, with everything else tying for second. I made this card in a box as just one of her Halloween cards for this year.
I found this video from Wendy Cranford for the tutorial for this rectangle card in a box. Her directions are so easy to follow. The first time I watched the video straight through. Then watched and paused it as needed when I was creating my own box.
I realized I didn’t have any more Pumpkin Pie 6 x 6 inch DSP for the bottom sections of the card, so I embossed some Pumpkin Pie cardstock using the (retired) 3D Brick embossing folder. I was also running low on the Gorgeous Grape DSP, so I had to. use two different patterns for the flaps.
In addition to the measurements given in the tutorial, I trimmed a piece of Gorgeous Grape DSP to 2-1/2 by 6 inches for the envelope flap
Then, I punched a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP for the envelope seal and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker
I only used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces. It’s already a bulky card, and dimensionals would’ve made it bulkier, which would cause a problem with mailing.
I used the Potions & Spells bundle along with a Nested Essentials die for this card in a box
Anything that needed to be colored I stamped using Momento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock
I colored the parrot using Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake blends
The eyes for the cat are Granny Apple Green, and the cat itself was colored using the Smoky Slate blends.
I used Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, and Crumb Cake blends for the book stack, then outlined them with a Basic Black marker
I wanted to add some depth to the broom, so I cropped and adhered two layers of brooms together
After cropping the broom from Crumb Cake cardstock, I colored and outlined it using Crumb Cake blends and marker
I colored the cauldron with Smoky Slate blends and the light Black blend
Then, I cropped the potion bottle and goopy piece from Granny Apple Green cardstock then I. used a blending brush and ink to add texture
All the sentiments come from the Potions & Spells stamp set and stamped in Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green
I cropped the front sentiment using a Nested Essentials die, and the back sentiment using a deckled rectangle die
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card in a rectangle box, envelope, and envelope seal
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 235. Our host, Caz, chose Circles for the theme. I thought outside the box and used some Latte Love DSP (designer series paper), the stamp and die sets.
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!
Here’s my circle card:
I thought the inside sentiment just called for a gift card pocket, so I added on on the left side of the inside.
Measurements:
Trim a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock to 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
Trim a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
The slice of Lost Lagoon under the ribbon measures 1/2 by 4 inches
Trim a piece of the circle DSP pattern from the Latte Love DSP to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
You need another piece of this DSP pattern measuring 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
The gift card triangle piece of DSP came from a 4 by 5-1/4 inch rectangle, trimmed on the diagonal
The bottom piece also comes from Latte Love and measures 4 by 1-3/4 inches
Punch a 1-inch circle from the striped DSP for the envelope seal, and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
I used a piece of scrap Pecan Pie for the sentiment coffee cup on the front of the card
You need a length of ribbon cut to 4-1/2 inches long and another cut to 3 inches long
Stamping & Cropping:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together
Using Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the outline of the coffee cup on the scrap piece of Pecan Pie cardstock
Crop the coffee cup using the Latte Love die
After rubbing the cropped coffee cup down with your embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink
Add dimensionals to the back of the coffee cup making sure they will straddle the ribbon
Cover the sentiment with white embossing powder and heat set it
Stamp the same coffee cup using Lost Lagoon ink on the white cardstock
Stamp off the coffee and cream center using Pecan Pie ink
Using Lost Lagoon ink, stamp the inside sentiment
I had a smudge on the bottom of the card, so I stamped some circles on the bottom of the inside panel
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used liquid glue to adhere all the pieces of the card
Adhere the trimmed pieces of DSP to the front of the card with the striped pattern on the bottom
Attach the ribbon to the strip of Lost Lagoon cardstock according to the pictures below:
Adhere the ribbon strip to the top of the striped DSP
Adhere the coffee cup with dimensionals
Next, adhere the combined DSP front to the Lost Lagoon mat, which gets adhered to the Pecan Pie base
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside of the card
Add multipurpose liquid glue to the left and bottom of the left inside of the card
Make sure you only add a thin line of liquid glue so that the borders only are adhered so you can insert the gift card.
Welcome to the October, 2024 edition of the Sparkles Christmas Challenge! Our host for # 165, Debs., chose Use the Word Christmas for our theme. When you get finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to view the creations from the very talented members of our design team. After you’ve created your own themed card, please don’t forget to upload it to our gallery.
Here’s my card:
I am so thankful that the Magical Meadow DSP carried over for this holiday season. The DSP did all the work for this card. I embossed the DSP using the So Swirly embossing folder to (hopefully) add movement to the snow scene. This card definitely falls into the easy-peasy category.
What I Did:
The Misty Moonlight base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
After dry embossing the DSP with the So Swirly folder, I trimmed the DSP to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
Trim another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP for the envelope seal and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
I stamped the inside sentiment on the white cardstock using Misty Moonlight ink
Adhere a piece of ribbon (I used the retired Misty Moonlight ribbon) around the DSP
Here’s a set of pictures to show you how I adhered the ribbon:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together
Adhere the DSP to the front of the card base
After using your embossing buddy on a scrap piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock, stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink
Cover the ink with white embossing powder and heat set
Crop the sentiment using a deckled rectangle die
Crop the leafy branch from a piece of Misty Moonlight patterned DSP
Adhere the sentiment using dimensionals
Use mini-dimensionals and liquid glue to adhere the branch to the sentiment and DSP
Adhere the white cardstock to the inside of the card
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
