Fun Fold Christmas Card

Happy Thursday, peeps! I was scrolling through my favorite bloggers' posts and came across a really sweet fun fold card from Michelle Last.  (You can see her video HERE or her blog post HERE.) I decided to use the Nests of Winter DSP and the Peaceful Season bundle.  So here we go:

There is a bit of an accordian-style fold on the inside and the front is scored and trimmed to the three panels.  I fussy-cut the birds and added the diecut and stamped sentiments outside and in:

I finished it off with some red ribbon and another little bird on the inside.  This was actually the second card I made; here's the first one I made; I haven't added the sentiment yet:

This time I used the dies to cut out the birds, and used a different sentiment and Cherry Cobbler ribbon.  It's not hard to figure out the panels once you do it a couple of times!  I am not quite sure why I used Moody Mauve for my card base, I must have thought the berries would match or something...I'll try it again with another shade, LOL!

Since this is a fun fold, I am going to enter this at Debbie's Creative Creases #94 Challenge!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details for Both Cards—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Moody Mauve, Garden Green, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler & Gold Ribbon, Red Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Peaceful Season Dies, Corner Rounder Punch (ret)

Happy Halloween Fun Fold for Creative Creases

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's the weekend!  I was asked to be a guest designer at Creative Creases this week; it's always interesting to come up with some creative "fun folds" to kick up our stamping!  I recently saw this card on Pinterest and thought I'd re-create it!  Thanks to Laura for her video!  So here we go:

There are four inside panels to the card; I used some Grapefruit Grove (and for the life of me, I don't know why I didn't use Pumpkin Pie!!!) for the base, and some Haunted Hues papers from Unity for the patterns.  I will write my greeting on the back!   Here's what it looks like unfolded:

I used an older stamp from Recollections for the two stamped panels; they were stamped with Black Memento ink and colored with SU Blends:

And it was fun to highlight some of these spooky papers too!

To keep the bulk together, I added a Black & Vanilla check ribbon!  

I hope you'll play along with the Creative Creases challenge this week too! Maybe you'll be a guest designer as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  

We were at a meeting last night and missed the show, but Dana took this picture of the northern lights; I am so bummed, but at least she and her family got to see them!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Recollections), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Spooky Street (Newton's Nook)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basici Black, Grapefruit Grove (ret), Haunted Hues (Unity)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Black & Vanilla Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Various Blends

Celebrate You

Happy Monday, peeps! Just a quick post today; Friday was Dana's birthday and we weren't able to celebrate it with her on the day as she was standing for her best friend at her wedding!  So we got together over the weekend at PF Chang's (no pictures, oops) and had a birthday dinner.  Here's her card; I was experimenting with some "fun fold" techniques:

It uses a 12" piece of DSP (in this case, I used two 6" pieces!), cut to 5 1/4" then scored and folded at 2" and 4" from each end.  The top section on each side is cut from the 4" score down 2" to create a triangle.  The triangles are then flipped over and adhered to the bottom section of the DSP on the inside and folded back and forth to meet in the middle:

I used some Carta Bella's Gather papers for this card, and I covered the "seam" on the inside back with another strip of paper.  It all got adhered to a Blushing Bride mat of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  The belly band on the front was stamped with a sentiment from Suite Sayings and the inside sentiment was from Hooray for Surprises, both in the retired Soft Succulent ink:

A fun fold for my sweet daughter!  I am going to enter this over at the Creative Creases Challenge, where they are always looking for fun folds!  Thanks for popping by today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Dana's and Wayne's newlywed friends Billy and Lisa:

What a pretty background for a courthouse wedding!!  They look so happy!  Congratulations!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises (ret), Suite Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Evening Evergreen (ret), Gather (Carta Bella)
Ink	Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

Creative Creases GD Bay Window Card

Happy Friday, everyone!  I was super pleased to be asked by Debbie from Creative Creases to be a guest designer!  Fun folds are fun to make and fun to receive!  I went searching in blogland for some creative inspiration and here's what I came up with:

This is called a "bay window" fun fold card, and it came courtesy of the uber-creative Mary Deatherage, and you can see her tutorial HERE.  Here's how it looks when it's folded out:

For my card, I used Moody Mauve for the base, and Cajun Craze and All About Autumn DSPs for the panels.  It was fun to use that beautiful leafy image for the front, then add some glittery patterns for the sides!  I added a sentiment from Charming Sentiments on top of a Bubble Bath Soft Shimmer diecut accented with some Moody Mauve ribbon.  The cool thing about this card is that it can fold flat for mailing...it's the same size as a regular card!

I hope this inspires you to try out this fun fold...or any fun fold....and share it over at the Creative Creases blog! We can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Moody Mauve, Cajun Craze, Basic White, Bubble Bath Soft Shimmer Specialty, All About Autumn DSP
Ink	Moody Mauve
Accessories	Moody Mauve Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Charming Sentiments Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Peekaboo Bunny Fun Fold Card

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I had a good time yesterday doing some "fun folds" with a few of my stampers, and one of the folds I shared was Julie Dimatteo's Double Diamond fold.  You can see her tutorial HERE, and the first card I created using it HERE.  I decided to make a cute little Easter bunny card in some Blushing Bride hues, so here we go:

The outer squares were covered with some Blushing Bride DSP, then we added a cute diecut peekaboo bunny (Poppy Stamps) and some eggs from the retired Basket Builder dies.  The Basic White paper was backed with an Adhesive sheet so that it would be easier to attach:

The inside panel was stamped with some eggs and sentiment from a Paper Pumpkin 2017 set:

This was a wee bit challenging, but I think they liked it!  And I am going to enter this over at Debbie's Creative Creases Anything Goes with a Fun Fold challenge!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (March 2017, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride DSP, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Blushing Bride
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Embossing Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Basket Builder Dies (ret), Peekaboo Bunny Dies (Poppy Stamps)

Grateful Heart

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have something fun planned!  I think we'll go to the Veteran's Breakfast at our local senior center!  That's always fun!  I have a couple of cards to share today! Hope you can hang in there! The first one is a simple card for the CAS Color and Sketches challenge:

I pulled out some Hand Penned DSP and did a bit of diecutting first, then a wee bit of stamping as well:

I added a scallop of Blushing Bride, some foliage from Sparkle of the Season and a sentiment from Banner year:

Of course, everything is better with a little sparkle, so I added a few sequins too!

My next card is for our pastor's son...he's a real cutie, and I wanted to make him an extra-special card, so following some directions for a Vertical Stair-step card on Splitcoaststampers, I came up with this:

Here's a side view:

The card base is Bermuda Bay along with some miscellaneous printed paper I found in my stash.  Sentiments and number are from Number of Years.  I added some Bermuda Bay and Poppy Parade balloons, punched with the balloon punch, and I hand-drew the strings:

Hope he likes it!  I am entering this at the Little Red Wagon challenge, where this week they want to "Hear It For the Boys", as well as Debbie's new-to-me challenge of Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases!  

And here's the birthday boy:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins (ret), White Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Layering Circle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Party Favor DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Frames Dies, Large Numbers Dies (ret), Balloon Punch, White Gel Pen, Basic Black Marker