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A Thoughtful Journey Fun Fold for the SU! Demo August Fun Fold Hop!

Aug 27, 2024 | Creative Creases, Stampin' UP! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop | 6 comments

Welcome to the August, 2024 SU! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop! Each month, a group of demos share fun fold cards for a blog hop. I always learn something new and thoroughly enjoy seeing the creations of the other demos. We hope that you will use the line-up below to hop along with us.

Here’s my Thoughtful Journey Joy Fold card:

As always with this Hop, I will be entering my card to the Creative Creases Challenge gallery. If you enjoy fun folds as much as we do, you really need to join this bi-weekly challenge, which was founded and organized by the leader of this Hop, Debbie Mageed with Secret Stamper.

Last year I found this card fold around Thanksgiving and wound up making so many Christmas cards using this video from Rachel Tessman. Once you make a couple of them, it’s just so easy to keep right on going.. Just this past week I made three using the Thoughtful Journey 6 x 6 inch DSP and they are beautiful, even if I do say so myself. The DSP does all the work. It’s a gorgeous layout and makes a big impact. Here’s her video:

Rachel’s blog post for this card also has a printable tutorial. I can pretty much guarantee you can follow along with her video and just start creating stunning cards with cardstock and some 6 x 6 inch DSP! You can see some of the cards I made here and here.

For the inside of my card, I used blending brushes and Petunia Pop, Wild Wheat, and Calypso Coral ink to lightly surround the sentiment with color. I just didn’t want plain white cardstock on the inside, so I used the DSP as inspiration. I hope I’ve done it justice.

Back to the Blog Hop:

Please play along with us, and don’t forget to upload your fun folds to the Creative Creases Challenge. We hope you will hop along with us. You can use the following links as a guide:

SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Maria Jose Mench
  2. Sue Jackson. <<— YOU ARE HERE!
  3. Karen Finkle
  4. Su Mohr
  5. Rae Burnet
  6. Kathi Ondus
  7. Mary Deatherage
  8. Debbie Mageed 
  9. Beth McCullough
  10. Lisa Ann Bernard

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Colors Used:

 

Supplies Used:

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A Sunset for Cardz 4 Guys #354

Aug 20, 2024 | Cardz 4 Guyz | 1 comment

Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! Deb H. is hosting this two-week challenge and she chose Sunrise or Sunset 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!

My DH and I live on a small lake in Central Florida. We enjoy some pretty spectacular sunsets, and while these colors show up in the sky together all the time, my card doesn’t begin to do the sunsets justice.

Here’s my water-colored sunset card:

I was going to use a piece of the Thoughtful Memories DSP (designer series paper) but spilled water all over my desk and the only piece of the DSP I had got very wet. This DSP is stunningly gorgeous, and you can see it here:

Here’s a close-up of the DSP I wanted to use:

Until the end of this month, August, 2024, select DSP packages are on sale, and this pack is one of the selections. I’ve already made some gorgeous cards using it, and will update this post when they go live.

Measurements:

  • The Calypso Coral base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches
  • The Pretty Peacock mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
  • After I finished water-coloring, I trimmed the water-color paper to 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • I dry embossed the envelope flap

Water-coloring:

I am not very experienced with water-coloring, and this card was outside my comfort zone. However, I knew I wanted to use the colors I see in the sunsets from my back porch. Therefore, I found some Stampin’ Up! videos showing various watercoloring techniques. Here are three different SU! videos to help you as well.

Heat embossing:

  • I used VersaMark ink to stamp the sentiment on cardstock vellum
  • Cover the ink with black embossing powder and heat set
    • HINT: Be careful when using your heat tool on vellum. I only let it warm up for about 15 seconds and then quickly heat the embossing powder so the vellum doesn’t burn.
    • Please don’t try to emboss on vellum that is not as thick as the SU! cardstock vellum since it will burn
  • Using the Oceanfront stamp set, stamp the grasses on the bottom of the grass using VersaMark ink
  • Cover the ink with black embossing powder and heat set

Assembly:

I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces together.

To adhere the vellum, I used a make-up sponge to evenly distribute a layer of multipurpose liquid glue on the back of the vellum. Don’t be stingy, you want a solid layer. As long as you cover the back evenly, the adhesive won’t show through the vellum.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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