Welcome to the September edition of the Sparkles Christmas Challenge! Our host for this month, Caz, chose the theme of snowman for challenge # 152. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the wide variety of snowman cards from the rest of the design team members. I can’t wait to see what you create and upload to the gallery!
I found this fun fold videos about 6 weeks ago and knew I would be making three of these for the great-nieces and great-nephew for Christmas. MayMay, from MayMay Made It, has two videos for this fun fold. You can find the links for them here and here. The first one explains the mechanism made with one sheet of cardstock and some scoring. The second one explains how to create the snowman. She even included a pattern for the mittens which can be printed from her blog post..
Here’s the inside of my stinking adorable snowman card:
I feel like the outside is just for show, but here it is:
I will be uploading this snowman to the Creative Creases Challenge as well. You can find the link for that challenge here.
MayMay Made It:
I used the directions and measurements found in MayMay’s videos, with a few adjustments.
After I did all the scoring and folding for the white inside pop and twist part, I closed it up and trimmed an extra 1/8 off of the top and bottom so the Misty Moonlight cardstock border was more even on the inside.
I trimmed the mechanism that holds the mittens to an inch wide in order to accommodate the size of the mittens.
I adhered both mittens to the bottom parts of the mechanism.
HINTS:
Before I did anything with the snowman parts, I turned the white cardstock over and used my bone folder to try to flatten out the vertical score line as much as possible.
Before drawing the face, adhere the DSP 9designer series paper) you are using for the scarf. Trust me, you want to adhere this piece first
I used a 1-inch circle punch for the buttons. I created the dots using the biggest end of a scoring tool and white craft ink.
I used a banner die from the Stylish Shapes die set for the letter banners.
I punched the eyes with a 1/2-inch hole punch and just trimmed a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock for the nose.
The embossing folder for the front is included in the new mini-catalog which goes llive in just a few days. YEAH! After embossing the snowflakes, I very lightly swiped the StayzOn white ink pad over the top.
This card will tightly fit in the medium basic white envelopes. However, it will require extra postage.
MayMay’s videos are very easy to follow. I’ll be posting my other versions of this card soon!
The new mini catalog for the holidays goes live on September 6th, 2023. While I can’t show you the inside of the catalog yet, I can show you the gorgeous cover:
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Welcome to the new Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #208. Our host for this challenge, Pamela, chose hobbies for the theme. I want to thank all of you who played along with my three of anything challenge #207. I really struggled to narrow it down to the top choices and enjoyed looking at all your cards..
My husband loves to fish, but it’s just been too beastly hot to go fishing lately, even in the mornings. I made this card for him and am going to mail it so it will be a complete surprise in just a few days. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the wide variety of hobby cards. We’d love to see your interpretation of our hobby challenge, so don’t forget to upload it to our gallery.
Since it took me quite a number of failed tries for one of my hobbies, I needed something fast. I visited Connie Stewart’s YouTube channel and found a video for this easy fun fold card. I followed all her directions and measurements, but I substituted the Gone Fishing suite of products. Happily, the bundle is back in stock. The DSP is fabulous and incorporates some of the 2023 – 2025 In Colors. I used the Pebbled Path ribbon and stamp pad, along with a touch of Wild Wheat for the lure.
The white-ish dot on the Pecan Pie flap and the fishing DSP (designer series paper) is a little Velcro closure set. The ribbon makes the flap a bit difficult to keep down, and this little Velcro thingie saves the day.
Welcome to the July edition of the Stampin’ UP! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop! When you finish here, I hope you will follow the Hop list of demos below and visit everyone’s blog. I always find something new to try, which is part of the reason I thoroughly enjoy this blog hop.. Since this is a fun fold card, I will be entering it in the Creative Creases challenge.
This is actually my second post for this morning. You can find the first one here.
An Aperture Card:
I love fun folds, and recently found a new-to-me fold: an aperture card. I had to look it up and tried to find a video that would be relatively simple to follow. This was it! I won’t tell people how few steps this card entails, and it will just be our secret!
I do have to thank Brian King with Stamp with Brian, for the color combination. You can find his card here. (Glory, there are a lot of links in this post!)
Here’s my fun fold aperture card:
Obviously, this card was made for a specific someone, my daughter, who lives on the other side of the country. “We” had a mailing snafu and this card is actually on it’s way back to me. Then, I’ll re-mail it to her. At least her Edible Arrangement arrived on her birthday, with the help of another special someone. Hint: Henry! I keep telling my daughter how stinking cute this card is and how much love went into it. Honestly, it wasn’t as difficult as it looks.
I’ve actually posted another aperture card, and you can find the link here.
I used a video from Amanda Charlesworth with Create with Scrimping Mommy for the directions. I had to make some very small adjustments to be able to fit in the medium SU! envelopes, but the directions are easy to follow and create. I’ve found that I need to watch whole tutorial videos before I do anything and then go back and start the video over as I work. The pause button is a very good thing! If you like fun folds, Amanda’s directions are also a very good thing.
Changes for the U.S. Measurements:
I started with a 5-1/2 by 12 inch cardstock.
Both the inside and outside DSP panels measure 3-7/8 inches by 5-3/8 inches.
I trimmed the white cardstock to 3-1/2 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside.
I added dimensionals for the outside elements, as well as the llama on the inside, so the card will need 2 stamps for the post office.
As always, I trimmed a piece of coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
I also punched a 1-inch circle from another piece of DSP for the envelope seal.
For the inside opening, I cropped both the opening and the frame using the Deckled Rectangle dies. In addition, I cropped the inside sentiment banner using the Deckled Rectangle dies. To save some bulk, I used a black Stampin’ Write Marker to outline the sentiment banner.
After running the seal through my XYRON create-a-sticker, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Back to the Blog Hop!
I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Shirley Gentry with Stampin with Shirley G. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group! If you get lost along the way, please follow the links below:
Welcome to the new Cardz 4 Galz bi-weekly challenge #202 for today, June 29, 2023. Our host for this time, Helen, chose fun folds for the theme. If you haven’t noticed, I love fun folds! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the design team created. There’s also a call for new design team members or guest designers for a month (2 challenges). If you are interested, you can find the information there.
I’ll be entering this one in the Creative Creases challenges as well.
Here;s my tri-fold birthday card for my great-niece’s 7th birthday:
I used Debbie Henderson’s video for all the measurements for this card. She used the Countryside Inn suite of products. I used the Bright and Beautiful suite of products along with the deckled rectangle die set. But I, did use her measurements. The only thing I have to do is get the gift card for her present. I will add a pocket on the back of the third panel when I get the card.
NOTE: This card will fit inside a medium white Stampin’ Up! envelope. However, for mailing in the U.S., it will require additional postage (2 stamps will work) in order to be mailed.
Putting the Card Together:
The Bright and Beautiful DSP (designer series paper) is adhered with multipurpose liquid glue, as are the two deckled rectangle pieces.
Add dimensionals under all the balloons and decide where your strings need to be stamped BEFORE you adhere the balloons together.
HINT: I first cropped out the trio of balloons from the die set in black cardstock. That allowed me to adhere the balloons without having to figure out where to place each balloon.
I used the clear Wink of Stella pen to outline the balloons to make the edges more definitive.
Stamp the birthday sentiment using Momento Tuxedo Black on a piece of Bright and Beautiful DSP. Crop using the sentiment label die from the Bright and Beautiful die set.
Outline the die cut using a Basic Black marker.
Adhere a piece of the adhesive foam sheets to a piece of black cardstock.
Crop the black cardstock using the same label die.
Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the sentiment DSP panel to the blackcardstock.
Peel off the backing on the adhesive sheet and adhere it to the middle panel of the card.
Use baker’s twine to tie a bow through the hole at the top of the sentiment panel.
I stamped the sentiments on the deckled rectangle pieces using Misty Moonlight after I adhered the balloons.
Trim a piece of Bright and Beautiful DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Punch another piece of DSP using your 1-inch circle punch for the envelope seal.
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Welcome to another Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! This host for challenge #323, Melanie, chose many layers for the theme. When you are finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the design team members created. There’s so much inspiration to be found on the site. Don’t forget to upload your creation to the gallery – we’d love to have you play along.
I needed a thank-you card for one of my cousins on Long Island. He helped me out tremendously and went above and beyond to help me with an issue. Since I am in Central Florida, his help really made the whole process so much easier! While creating my thank you card, I layered the sentiments as well as the papers.
Here’s my layered card::
The layout is classic, and goes right along with the current Paper Players Challenge #642.
The Creative Creases challenge theme is always an anything goes with a fun fold. Therefore, this card qualifies for that challenge as well.
Measurements:
The Night of Navy base measures 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches. Use a bone folder to emphasize the folds.
Trim a piece of Gray Granite cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
I used a piece of retired DSP for the background. It measures 4 by 5-1/2 inches. I trimmed another piece of the same DSP is the background for the inside panel of the card, to the same measurements.
Trim a coordinating piece of DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/4 inches for the envelope flap.
Punch a coordinating piece of DSP using a 1-inch circle punch for the envelope seal.
The while cardstock on the inside panel measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
Use scraps of Night of Navy and white cardstock for the sentiment panels.
Stamping, Cropping, and Assembly:
Using sentiments from the Biggest Wish stamp set, stamp “THANKS” three times in Gray Granite on white cardstock.
Stamp the script “thanks” on top of the Gray Granite sentiment.
Stamp “thanks” on white cardstock using Night of Navy ink for the inside panel.
Crop the white cardstock pieces using the deckled rectangle dies.
Crop Night of Navy cardstock to create mats for the sentiment panels.
I used another sentiment from the Here’s a Card stamp set and stamped it in Gray Granite on the inside white cardstock panel.
Tie a length of Gray Granite ribbon using a square knot around the DSP for the front panel.
Adhere the front panel Gray Granite cardstock the the Night of Navy cardstock using multipurpose liquid glue.. Make sure you only adhere the bottom part of the front panel to the Night of Navy. If you adhere the whole front panel, the card won’t stand up.
Use the multipurpose glue to adhere the DSP to the Gray Granite cardstock.
Add dimensionals under the Night of Navy mat for the sentiment. Make sure you add them so the sentiment panel straddles the ribbon.
Adhere the inside piece of white cardstock to the DSP.
Adhere the DSP to the inside panel of the card.
Add dimensionals underneath the “thanks” sentiment near the top of the inside of the card. The placement depends on how straight you want your easel to stand. Higher up will give a steeper easel.
Adhere the DSP to the envelope flap using multipurpose glue and trim.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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This kit is fabulous because it includes the supplies and easy to follow directions to make shaker cards!
Take a look at Sara’s unboxing and instructional video:
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This month, the theme is Flowers in the Garden. We hope you are inspired by all the wonderful creations the Pals share with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we love reading your comments. Then, you will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Here’s my Flowers in the Garden card:
I’ll also be entering this in the current Creative Creases Challenge. If you like fun folds as much as I do, this is the challenge for you!
I used a video by Connie Stewart for the measurements and directions to create this card. In her video, Connie didn’t mat her flower DSP (designer series paper) pieces. I’d rather mat mine so I have 1/8 inch difference. You might not even be able to tell because I used some Mango Melody 6 x 6 inch DSP for my mats.
Please don’t let the pictures of the card intimidate you. If you can use a trimmer and can score cardstock, you can create this card! In order to make it easier for myself, I watched the video straight through the first time. Then, I went back and stopped the video with each step.
The flowers I used as embellishments needed to be fussy cut from the Regency Park DSP. However, fussy-cutting can be relaxing (although not as relaxing as coloring), so it’s all good.
You can find the video here:
My Take on Connie’s Card:
I’ve just really started to use Mango Melody for projects, and it’s now retiring. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed using the color with this Regency Park DSP and the Playing in the Rain DSP lately.
In addition to the DSP pieces Connie cut, I added a 6 by 2-1/2 inch piece of coordinating DSP for the envelope flap. Then I punched a piece of Mango Melody DSP for the envelope seal.
I used the Biggest Wish stamp set for the front panel.
The sentiments came from the Happy & Heartfelt and Peaceful Moments stamp sets. I was so tickled with how well the fonts from the two stamp sets worked together.
As I said, I fussy-cut all the flowers.
I added mats to the DSP strips on the first white cardstock layer.
In addition, I added a strip of the flower DSP and a fussy-cut flower on the inside of the card.
For the front sentiment, I added a bow using white bakers’ twine and a Mango Melody enamel dot.
I may have gone overboard, but I hope the recipient doesn’t think so.
Amazingly, I didn’t use any dimensionals on this card. It’s already thick enough, will require extra postage and I wanted to make sure it fits in the envelope.
Back to the Pals’ Blog Hop:
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team; The Pals are very excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on May 10th, when our theme will be a Tic Tac Toe challenge, where our Design Team will create projects, using elements/supplies that are three in a row, column, or diagonal from the tic tac toe board.
Thank you very much for stopping by today. Don’t forget to hop along from one Pal to the next. Su Mohr at Arts and Aromas is next and she is truly a very talented artist. You won’t want to miss her project!
There are new and returning colors coming with the new catalog! Sadly, there are also colors that will be retiring. One that makes me sad is Mango Melody, mainly because I’ve recently started really playing with it.
Take a look at this SU! video with the new, returning, and retiring colors:
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