Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz #377 challenge! Dawn., our host for this challenge, chose Boats 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 card:
My first card using this fold was for a Halloween card using the Spooky Sweet 12 x 12 inch DSP (designer series paper). Make sure to add it to your wish list because it is just too stinking cute to pass up! You can see that card here, in all it’s googly-eyes adorableness!
I saw the tutorial reel on FaceBook posted by the West Coast Papercrafter. You can see her video here.
Measurements:
The following template is with measurements given in the West Coast Papercrafter’s video. I wanted thinner borders for this card, but it would totally work with her original measurements, so I am including those.
I didn’t use DSP for this card. Instead, I embossed two pieces of 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch white cardstock using the sunrise Sailling embossing folders
I trimmed one piece for the outside to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the outside
I used the second embossed cardstock for the inside
I trimmed two pieces of the “waves” for the two pop-up shelf pieces
Then I trimmed the remaining for the top part of the inside
Since I didn’t want the embossed sailboat be a main focus, I used a bone folder to smooth down the boat as much as possible before covering it with cropped clouds
Stamping, Dry Embossing, & Cropping:
I stamped two of the sailboats on white cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink, then stamped the sail parts using Azure Afternoon ink
Stamp the ahoy sentiment using Tuxedo Black ink
On the inside part of the pop-up card, stamp the waves using Azure Afternoon ink and the sentiment in black ink
Color the hull part of the boats using the Gray Granite blends combo
Crop the two sailboats and clouds using the Sunrise Sailing dies
After cropping the ahoy sentiment with a banner die from Stylish Shapes dies
Crop the three birds from a scrap of black cardstock
After cropping the clouds for the inside, outline them using Gray Granite
Crop one of the wave pieces from Azure Afternoon cardstock
Putting the Card Pieces Together:
Since there would already be so much bulk to the card that extra postage would be needed, I didn’t want to add dimensionals
Therefore, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all of the pieces together
Personally, I think that I need to be most careful about adhering the inside of the card to the base
Therefore, using the Adtech Removable adhesive tape is essential to the inside placement
I can use the tape to eyeball where I think the inside top and bottom needs to be adhered, then open and close the card to make sure everything works as it should
The removable adhesive allows me to make adjustments before permanently adhering the inside
This card is basically many layers coming together to create a fabulous and unexpected fun fold
I hope you try this card for yourself and don’t forget to follow along with the West Coast Papercrafter’s tutorial video
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Welcome to my one card, three challenges post. It’s not often that I can work three different challenges into one card, but I’m pretty stinking pleased that I was able to combine two of the challenges for which I am a design team member. Our host for the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #376, Julie, chose Summer Holidays for the theme. As always, the theme for The Creative Crafters challenge # 90, is Anything Goes. Combining Summer Holidays and Anything Goes with the Creative Creases Challenge theme which is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold, I brought all three challenges together into one card.
Here’s my card:
This bundle includes the stamp set, the hybrid embossing folder, and a die set. Take a look at this trio:
I probably should’ve added a couple of die cut clouds, but will do that next timeI’ve already posted one Sunrise Sailing card as a guest designer for the current Creative Creases challenge, and you can see that card here. If you love fun folds as much as I do, then the Creative Creases challenge is for you.
Measurements:
The Real Red base measures 11 by 4-1/4, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches to create the easel making sure to burnish both score lines
After embossing the Night of Navy cardstock, trim it to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
Trim two pieces of white cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
You will need white cardstock pieces for the boat and sentiment, for which I used scraps
Use a Night of Navy scrap for the circle border (from the Coneflower Celebrations die set)
It is so much easier if you adhere the Night of Navy strip to a trimmed to size adhesive sheet before cropping
Remember you will need to run the cardstock/adhesive sheet combination back and forth at least twice to accommodate the extra bulk
Stamping:
Stamp the sailboat using Momento Tuxedo Black ink
Stamp the Night of Navy sail sections
I used the Read Red and Gray Granite blends combos to color the boat
Stamp the sentiment in Real Red
Crop the boat using the Sunrise Sailing die
Crop the sentiment using a banner die from Stylish Shapes and outline it using a Real Red marker
Stamp the sentiment for the inside in Real Red
Using Night of Navy ink, stamp the waves on the bottom of the inside
Using Daubers:
I wanted the waves to resemble whitecaps but struggled with creating this look
First, I dropped some white craft ink onto an acrylic block so I could easily use a dauber
Next, I used the dauber to lightly drag white ink across the embossed waves from the left to the right
Since the cardstock absorbs the white craft ink, I tried adding 5 or 6 layers and still couldn’t get the look I wanted
Switching gears, I very, very lightly added pearlized enamel effects to the tops of some of the waves
After letting that dry overnight, I tried with the dauber and white craft ink again
I used the white craft ink and dauber for the cloud embossed sections as well
Finally, I used a black marker to trace over the embossed birds
As I am typing this, I had an idea that might work to better achieve the look I wanted and will update this post if it works
Putting the Card Together:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together
Adhere the Night of Navy embossed cardstock to one of the white cardstock pieces
Then adhere the white cardstock the the bottom flap of the card base only
If you adhere the whole white cardstock to the Real Red base, you won’t get an easel
Since the embossing folder has the same boat shape embossed, I just adhered the boat directly to the Night of Navy cardstock
Add dimensionals to the underside of the sentiment banner and adhere to the Night of Navy cardstock
Adhere the inside piece of white cardstock to the inside of the base
I usually place my easel stop about an inch down from the fold of the card, so that’s where I adhered the circle stop
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Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz #374 challenge! Deb H., our host for this challenge, chose Seashells 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!
I’m still working on getting my creative mojo back after knee replacement surgery, so I used the very recently retired A Beach Day for my all-occasion card. I haven’t stamped a sentiment on the inside yet, but will do so when I decide to whom I will send the card.
Here’s my Seashells card, which uses the new 2025 – 2027 In Colors along with some neutral colors:
I was very limited on the seashell stamp set or papers that I have, but I think I made it work. After stamping the shell and sand stamp along the bottom of the card, I colored the shells. Adding the three scalloped seashells in front of the surfboards helped as well.
We start our family beach week on Saturday on the Atlantic coast of Florida. We’ve been doing this, in the same condo complex, for so long we have four generations going. The coast has so many sandpipers and seagulls that I had to add them to the front of this card. There are also two generations of surfboarders, so I needed to include them as well.
Measurements:
The Secret Sea base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the front and another piece to 4 by 5-1/4 for the inside
I was able to use scraps for all the Beach Day pieces
HINT: I readily admit that I probably keep too many scraps. My cardstock colors are in individual file folders and each file folder has an 8 x 8 inch page protector for scraps. I have cardstock scraps of all colors and grab them before cutting a new piece of cardstock.
That’s it for measurements
What I Did:
I used a clouds stencil, a blending brush, and Balmy Blue ink to create the cloud section of the card
Next, I used Crumb Cake ink and a blending brush to create the sand on the bottom of the card
Then, I stamped the sand/shells stamp from the Beach Day stamp set and Crumb Cake ink for the bottom of the white cardstock
Then I colored the shells in using the light Crumb Cake and light Strawberry Slush blends
The waves die cut comes from the Sunrise Sailing die set, which I cropped out of Cloud Cover cardstock and adhered using multipurpose liquid glue
With the exception of the sandcastle and shells, I stamped everything else on white cardstock and then colored them before cropping using the Beach Day dies
I wanted to have the seagulls stand out from the clouds, so I cropped a Secret Sea layer for each
With the exception of the sandcastles, I adhered all the pieces using dimensionals
Then I adhere the white cardstock to the front of the base of the card using multipurpose liquid glue
If you enjoy coloring as much as I do, this kind of card is for you
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Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz #273 challenge! Melanie, our host for this challenge, chose Shades of Blue 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!
I’m still working on getting my creative mojo back after knee replacement surgery, so I used the very recently retired Take to the Sky DSP for my all-occasion card. I haven’t stamped a sentiment on the inside yet, but will do so when I decide to whom I will send the card.
Here’s my card:
I used Night of Navy for the base of the card and the focal image mat.
The colors of both DSP (designer series paper) patterns include Night of Navy, Boho Blue, and Copper Clay. This DSP (product # 163436) is still available, but is on the low inventory list. Here’s a close-up on this fabulous DSP, which lends itself beautifully to masculine cards.
While the Copper Clay ribbon is no longer available, the 2023 – 2025 In Color jute trim (product # 161637) is on the last chance list. Here’s a close-up for the trim:
Either the Copper Clay or the Boho Blue jute trim would work with this card.
This is the first of two posts for this morning, so this one is short but sweet.
Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz #369 challenge! Caz, our fearless challenge leader and host this challenge, chose Fun & Games 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!
My husband loves to fish and has a standing fishing day with a friend. Fishing is his fun, so I created this card with that in mind.
Here’s my card:
Over Spring Break a couple of weeks ago, I found this fun fold from Terri Gaines with Create with Terri Gaines . Since then, I’ve made a number of this cards because I am completely hooked (obsessed?). You can find the first card I posted using this layout here.
Here’s the template I made for the card showing the measurements and the scoring lines:
I used Terri’s directions for assembly as she created her own card on the video.
Since this is the first of two posts today, I’ll leave this one here.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz #368 challenge! Pamela, our host this challenge, chose S is for ….. 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!
I combined this C4G challenge with the SSC356 challenge for my card.
I used Boho Blue & Pebbled Path cardstock and blends combos for this card as my main colors, with a pop of Pumpkin Pie color for the beaks and feet. These adorable Friendly Seagulls are from the Sale-a-Bration promotion which ended at the end of February. As with everyone, life happened, and this is the first time I was able to play with this set.
My daughter is coming home from San Francisco for her school’s Spring Break in two weeks. To say I am thrilled to see her in an understatement!
What I Did:
The Pebbled Path base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches to create a tent fold card
I knew I wanted a piece of ribbon around the front of the card, I needed to trim another piece of Pebbled Path cardstock to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches
you can’t see it because it is covered by Boho Blue cardstock, but it does allow the ribbon ends to be hidden
I dry-embossed a piece of Boho Blue cardstock using the So Swirly embossing folder,
I trimmed it down to two pieces: 5-3/8 by 3-7/8 inches and 5-3/8 by 1-1/4 inches
The gap I created between the two pieces of cardstock allowed me to adhere the ribbon flat between the pieces and helped me follow the sketch
I colored a length of the white diagonal ribbon using the dark Pebbled Path blend
This has become one of my favorite things to do with white ribbon because I can use any dark blend color I need to coordinate with my card colors
I used small pieces of tear-&-tape to adhere the ends of the ribbon behind the front layer
I trimmed a piece of the 2023-2025 6 x 6 inch InColor Boho Blue DSP (designer series paper) to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Then, I punched a 1-inch circle of Pebbled Path DSP and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
Stamp the seagulls using Tuxedo Black ink and crop using circles from the Stylish Shapes die set
I colored the wings using the light and dark Pebbled Path blends for all three seagulls
I colored the beaks using the dark Pumpkin Pie blend
I first colored the french fries using the dark Lemon Lolly blend and added a layer of light Pumpkin Pie blend
The white cardstock on the inside measures 5-1/4 by 4 inches
Since the embossed sentiment will resist the color of the inked shells, I stamped it in VersaMark ink, added the white embossing powder and heat set it
When I stamped the seashells on the cropped sentiment banner, I added some shells on the inside of the card as well
While it may look like a totally followed the circle theme of the sketch for the inside, I didn’t start out to do that
I needed to cover a smudge of black ink, so I cropped a circle using the Stylish Shapes dies, trimmed it to fit, re-stamped and colored the seagull and fries
With the exception of the top seagull circle and the sentiment banner on the front, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces of the card together
After adding the irregular river stones (from the Otterly Amazing suite) to the front of the card, 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!
