It’s a Male Room for the April Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop & the Creative Creases Challenge #102!

Apr 9, 2025 | Pals Blog Hop | 6 comments

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is “Male Room.” The Pals hope to inspire you with their masculine card ideas and paper craft creations using Stampin’ Up! products. Links to the participant’s blogs can be found at the end of each post to help you “hop” along!

My card is in honor of my father. He was an aeronautical engineer and astrophysicist. He loved the WWII planes, and always had models of them hanging in his office.

Here’s my card for my Dad’s office:

Since I found this criss-cross fun fold card by Terri Gaines with Create with Terri Gaines , I have used it often for past future challenges. You can see a couple of these cards here, here (I just realized I did the same fold for the March Pals’ Blog Hop), and here.

The Template:

I create a template for all the fun folds I love so I always have them at my fingertips. This fold is no exception.

Here’s the template:

This Adventurous Sky bundle is on the LAST CHANCE page for $53.00. The Take to the Sky 12 by 12 inch DSP (designer series paper) is not listed as last chance yet. However, since the paper has the soon-to-be-retired Boho Blue and Copper Clay 2023 – 2025 In Colors, it will probably be added soon.

I followed the template for the measurements and the Terri Gaines’ video for the adhering the pieces together. The only places where dimensionals are used is on the front focal point panel and the underside of the front panel. You will need to use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the other pieces so you can cut down on the bulkiness of the card.

I highly recommend this criss-cross fun fold! I actually like it more than a standard fold, partly because there’s such a small focal/front panel.

Tips & Tricks:

• When I score the fold lines, I start on one end, then flip the base 180 degrees and score on the other end
  • I’d much rather remember just two score line measurements than 4
• I stamped the cross-hatched stamp from the stamp set using Night of Navy ink on the two outside folds, which are visible in person
• The outside sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy on white cardstock, then cropped using the Nested Labels die set
• Then, I cropped a Copper Clay Nested Label, trimmed it in half horizontally and adhered it to the back of the white sentiment label using multipurpose liquid glue
• If you’d like a larger panel on the inside, that’s totally up to you and your preferences, so have fun with it

Fun Folds = Creative Creases Challenge

Of course, since this is a fun fold, it will be posted to the gallery in the Creative Creases Challenge. If you are as much of a fan of fun folds as me, I’d encourage you to play along with this Anything Goes with a Fun Fold challenge! Fellow Pal, Debbie Mageed, coordinates and is the admin for this challenge. You can see her stunning fun folds by hopping along to her Secret Stamper website!

Back to the Pals’ Blog Hop!

We have more inspiration to share, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. Don’t miss out next month as we create for the “Flowers in Bloom” theme.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Lineup

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
3. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
4. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
5. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
6. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
7. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
8. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
9. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping 
10. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
11. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
12. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
13. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping. <<<— YOU ARE HERE!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Colors Used:

Supplies Used:

If you like the idea of quick and easy cards but don’t know where to start, try our KITS COLLECTION, especially the three new kits added on April 1st!

The first kit showcased is the Essential Occasions kit, retailing for $13.

Always have a card on hand with this oh-so essential kit! With hand-illustrated elements, die cut sentiments, and six card designs, the Essential Occasions Kit comes with everything you need to celebrate birthdays, share well wishes, or send a thank-you message. From graduations to anniversaries—and everything in between—celebrate the most important moments in your life with this kit!

This next kit, Paper Bouquet Kit, retails for $22 USD. Since the U.S. celebrates Mother’s Day in May, I am going to get this kit and put it together for my mom.

With the Paper Bouquet Kit, you’ll bring the beauty of fresh flowers into your home. And the best part is, they’ll never wilt! This kit comes with precut leaf and flower pieces, floral wire, and pony beads. You’ll layer and curl the paper pieces, forming a vibrant bouquet with 23 flowers and 11 leaves. Place the paper bouquet in a vase to give your décor a timeless touch or gift it to a loved one as a heartfelt keepsake!

Finally, this new Loveliest Wishes kit, retailing for $14 USD, creates nine gorgeous cards!

Elevate your birthday cards with the Loveliest Wishes Kit! Craft cards that speak volumes through sophisticated simplicity. With precut images and gold foil sentiments, you can create nine stunning cards that lend an air of elegance to every, “Happy birthday!”

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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Again, thank you for stopping by!