Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #254. I’m hosting this challenge and the theme is Butterflies (1 or more) for 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!
The Beautiful Butterflies hybrid embossing folder, which includes the die set, has been unavailable. However, it’s now available and I’ve got my order in the picking stage. I’m so happy that I was able to take advantage of the Buy One, Get one 50% Off sale going until the end of June, but more about that later in this post. The Florals in Bloom 12 x 12 DSP and the In Color flat pearls are part of the Floral in Bloom Suite Collection, so those items individually also quality for the Buy One, Get one 50% Off.
Here’s my fun fold (single) fussy cut butterfly card:
Since the front sentiment is for an all-occasion card, I haven’t stamped an inside sentiment yet. Instead, I used removable tape to adhere the white cardstock. When I know the occasion, I can stamp the sentiment, and adhere it permanently using multipurpose liquid glue.
As with other fun fold card, I’m going to be adding this to the Creative Creases Challenge for which the theme is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold. If you love fun folds as much as I do, please upload your creations to the gallery.
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The base of this card is Strawberry Slush, one of the 2025-2027 In Colors, as are the ribbon and dots.
I’ve already posted a Darling Dinos diagonal tri-fold card, which you can see here. At that time, I made myself a template so I can recreate this impressive fold.
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #253. Our host for this challenge, Guylaine, chose Something Fishy for 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 fishy easel card:
Measurements:
Trim a piece of Pebbled Path to 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches
Trim a piece of DSP (designer series paper) to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the outside and 1/2 by 4-1/8 inches for the inside stopper piece
Crop two patterns of Let’s Go Fishing DSP using the largest hexagon die from Nested Essentials die set
Trim a piece of DSP to6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker machine for the envelope seal
Trim a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the inside of the card
Use scraps of Very Vanilla for the sentiment banner and the hooks and bobber pieces
Putting the Card Together:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose glue to adhere the pieces together
Stamp the sentiment from the Gone Fishing stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of Very Vanilla
Use Mossy Meadow ink to stamp the inside sentiment on the Very Vanilla cardstock and adhere to the inside of the card
Stamp the three pieces for the bottom of the card on Very Vanilla using Pebbled Path ink
Use Calypso Coral ink for the bottom part of the bobber
Stamp the hook and lure using Boho Blue ink
Crop the sentiment using a banner die from the Nested Essentials die set, and outline it using a Mossy Meadow marker
Crop the three bottom pieces using the Gone Fishing die set
Add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment banner, the three bottom pieces, and the stopper strip of DSP for the inside of the card
Adhere the two hexagons to the front of the DSP
Punch tiny holes in each of the three bottom pieces and thread some twine through the holes
HINT: I wanted to mimic fishing line so I used the center thread of the gold Simply Elegant twine
To get the center, twirl the end of a length of the gold (or silver) thread counter-clockwise to expose the clear center thread and pull it out
Dry-fit the placement of the three bottom pieces and adhere the ends of the thread to the back of the sentiment banner
Adhere the three bottom pieces and the sentiment to the front of the card
Adhere the front DSP piece to the bottom half of the base of the front of the card
HINT: Make sure you do not adhere the top half of the DSP to the cardstock base
Adhere the stopped to the inside Very Vanilla cardstock
HINT: I usually add the stopper about an inch from the top, which gives a very steep easel
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #249. Our host for this challenge, _____, chose Spring Daisies for 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!
I absolutely love the color combination of Copper Clay and Boho Blue! After finding this criss-cross fun fold from Terri Gaines with Create with Terri Gaines, I immediately created these two cards based on her video. The first card uses the Boho Blue as the main color. The second uses Copper Clay as the color for the mats.
Here are my spring daisies cards:
The last image is the bird’s eye view of the card when opened. I’ve already posted a card using this fold, and you can see that card here.
I always try to post fun fold cards to the current Creative Creases Challenge, and I chose the Copper Clay card for the challenge.
My Template:
I have finally organized all my fun fold templates in a mini-binder with page protectors. Each page protectors holds a template(s) for different fun folds. I’ve moved this template to the first page protector and have already created a number of cards for future challenges and blog hops using this criss cross fold.
Here’s my template:
I used the retired Cheerful Daisies DSP (designer series paper) because of the pattern and the colors. While the Cheerful Daisies stamp set is no longer available, the die set is on last chance for $20.40. The sentiments are from the retired Sweetly Scripted and the Charming Sentiments stamp sets. Any sentiment will work for this criss-cross fun fold.
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #248. Our host for this challenge, Heather, chose Make it Green for 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!
I have 3 balloons, 2 flowers, and one dinosaur. Here’s their challenge banner:
As I have done many times in the pas with fun folds, the fourth challenge is Creative Creases # 101
Isn’t it fabulous when the challenges all work together? Love it!
Measurements for This Z-Fold Card:
The Garden Green base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4 inches
Trim a piece of Balmy Blue 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) to 5-3/8 by 2 inches for the front flap
Trim another piece of Balmy Blue DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
At this point, I try to remember to punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP for the envelope seal, then run it through my XYRON create-a-sticker
Trim a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock for the inside to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches
You will need two pieces of Garden Green cardstock, each measuring 3-1/2 by 4-3/4 inches to use one on the outside and one on the inside
Next, trim two pieces of white cardstock to 3-3/8 inches by 4 inches
With careful planning, I was able to stamp all the pieces from the Darling Dino stamp set using one piece of white cardstock measuring 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches
I had scraps of Garden Green to use for the grass and Balmy Blue for the sentiment banner on the front
Stamping, Coloring, and Die-Cutting:
Using the cloud stamp from the Playing in the Rain stamp set, I added Balmy Blue clouds to the white cardstock for both the inside and outside of the card
Then, I used a blending brush and lightly added Balmy Blue ink to both pieces of white cardstock
The color is very subtle, but the result turned out much better than just using white
After stamping all the Darling Dino pieces using Momento Tuxedo Black ink, I cropped them with the coordinating dies
Do you recognize the Garden Green grass on the front of the card? If you guessed it’s from the Frozen Edges die set, good for you!
Using the grass stamp from the Dinos set, I stamped it using Garden Green ink on the front of the die cut grass piece
I used the splotchy stamp from the Dinos set and stamped it using Garden Green ink on white cardstock, then cropped the two pieces of the egg
I outlined the egg using a black Stamping Write maker so it would pop off the background
Next, I used black ink to stamp both the outside and inside sentiments
The sentiment I used for the inside is actually two stamps: Roar means/in dinosaur is the first stamp and You’re the Best is the second
You can see how I used these sentiments using other combinations here and here
I colored all the Darling Dino pieces using the Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, and Garden Green blends combos
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together
After adhering the white cardstock pieces to each Garden Green piece of cardstock, I started layering all the other pieces
I started with the grass, then tucked the flowers in behind it
I did need to dry-fit the rest of the card pieces together before adhering them down
Once I figured out where the balloons would live, I drew black lines for the string down to the dino going down into the where the egg would be
The Garden Green balloon and the Granny Apple green balloon were adhered directly to the cardstock
Add a dimensional to the Balmy Blue balloon and adhere to the white cardstock
Adhere the splotched egg to the dinosaur, then add dimensionals to the combined pieces and adhere to the white cardstock
Add dimensionals to the cropped sentiment banner and add to the top of the white cardstock
I had the rock stamp already cropped out and decided to add another flower and the top of the egg to the inside corner of the white cardstock
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Here are three examples of the all-inclusive kits available now!
First, this PAINTED WISHES KIT retails for $14.00 (USD) and contains enough supplies to create NINE cards!
The second kit I’m showcasing is the ALPINE AIR KIT which retails for $22.00 (USD) and it also contains enough supplies for NINE cards! I’ve already posted some cards I’ve made using this kit, which you can see here.
Finally, this BY YOUR SIDE KIT retails for $22.00 (USD) and contains enough supplies for EIGHT cards. I love this kit and have posted cards using it which you can see here, here and here.
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #247. Our host for this challenge, Pamela, chose Die Cuts or Punches for 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 card:
I’m also going to be entering this card in the gallery for the Try a Sketch on Tuesday #665 (#TSOT665). Here’s the challenge sketch:
Due to family circumstances this weekend, this post is going to be short and (hopefully) sweet!
Mediterranean Blooms Product Suite:
All the DSP (designer series paper) comes from the Mediterranean Blooms DSP
Thankfully, the die cut orange blooms can be cropped directly from the DSP, so no coloring is involved
The Daffodil Delight spray on the side is also from the coordinating die set
I cropped the Cajun Craze background rectangle using a deckled rectangle die
The sentiment banner comes from the Greetings of the Season die set, which I absolutely love and will not be parting with it any time soon
Both the inside and outside sentiments come from the Charming Sentiments stamp set, and I stamped both in Cajun Craze
The background of the front of the card was embossed using the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder
I used dimensionals to adhere the orange blossom spray and the front sentiment to the card
My favorite adhesive, the Tombow multipurpose liquid glue, was used to adhere all the other pieces
I added the opals dot from the product suite to cover the tiny hole in the front sentiment banner
I added two more opals on the Cajun Craze brackground to form a triangle, which is the most pleasing for balance and movement
While it may look complicated, since I didn’t have to color anything, it really wasn’t, but we won’t tell anyone that
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz # 246! Thank you so much to all of you who played along with my Love challenge #245. It was so difficult to chose the winners and honorable mention entries.
Our host for #246,Billie A. , chose Stitching, Faux or Real, for 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!
For my card, I use my new Darling Dino bundle available in the current January – April mini-catalog. A dear friend at school tells the kids that I am so old I went to high school with the dinosaurs and taught Moses, for whom I edited the Ten Commandments. It’s all in fun, and I love it when the kids play along with their own comments. I could really write a book. Obviously, this card is for my friend.
Anyway, I was able to include faux stitching when cropping all the squares on the outside and inside of the card.
Here’s my faux stitching card:
While you can’t really see it in the pictures, the band on the hats are colored with theGranny Apple Green light blend. Since I have said that my Prom date was a t-rex, this cutie is perfect!
I am also entering this in the Double Trouble Challenge #185 for the Thing 1 part of the challenge, which is the only required part of this challenge. Here’s the challenge banner:
I have more than 3 embellishments, layers with the inside and outside squares, and one sentiment on the front.
Measurements:
The Granny Apple Green base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
AFTER running a piece of white cardstock through my Cut & Emboss machine using the Ferns embossing folder, I trimmed it to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
I used a piece of the green fern Toadstool Gardens 6 x 6 inch DSP designer series paper), which is available for FREE through Sale-a-Bration with a $60 purchase, for the square in the center of the card and the one on the inside
Here’s a close-up of this absolutely adorable DSP:
I trimmed a piece of the fern DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
I punched a 1-inch circle from another piece of the Toadstool DSP and ran it through my XYRON for the envelope seal
Using the Stylish Shapes die set, I used two of the square dies to create a frame and inside square piece
Then, I used the second to the largest square die to crop out a section of the white embossed cardstock
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
I used the inside of the fern DSP and cropped the third smallest square from white cardstock for the sentiment
I was able to stamp and crop the sentiment banner, t-rex, hats, flower, and rocks from one piece of 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch cardstock
Stamping, Coloring, & Assembly:
I stamped all the images using Momento Tuxedo Black ink and used Granny Apple Green, Lolly Lemon, and Smoky Slate blends combos to do all the coloring
The outside sentiment is stamped in Tuxedo Black and Granny Apple Green with two stamps from the Delightful Dino stamp set; the black ink was used on one stamp, and the green ink was used on another stamp in the set
I cropped the sentiment using one of the Greetings of the Season dies, and I will probably keep this set for a very long time
Here’s a look at this die set, which is on the Last Chance list for $22.40:
I colored the white diagonal ribbon with the Dark Granny Apple Green blend, threaded it through the hole in the label and tied it in a square knot
I’ve colored other ribbons using the blends before, and you can see a couple of those posts here and here
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together
Adhere the embossed white cardstock to the front of the base of the card
Next, adhere the green leaf DSP frame inside the cropped square
Add the white embossed square back into the frame
Add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment label and adhere to the card
Next, figure out where you want your t-rex to live and add dimensionals making sure to keep clear of the sentiment label
Add one mini-dimensional to the hat and adhere
I added three ribboned enamel dots to the top left of the card to help balance out the weight on the bottom of the card; these dots also allowed me to have three embellishments on the card
Stamp the inside sentiment on a small cropped square of white cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink and adhere to the square of green leaf DSP
Adhere to the card
After coloring the rocks using Smoky Slate blends, the flower using Granny Apple Green blends, and the petals using the light Lemon Lolly blend, adhere them to the inside of the card
With that, I’d finished this coordinated this card, envelope, and envelope seal set
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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!
