Stampers Dozen Fun Fold Blog Hop

Hello Stamping Friends,

Welcome to March's blog hop with the Stamper's Dozen group. I love the theme for this month: fun folds. It's always fun learning a new way to make a card and when it includes fun folds it's even better. 

I used some great new products that can only been seen through the online exclusives on the Stampin' Up! website. Seriously, go check out my website now because there are so many great items. 

I used the Latte Love stamp set and coordinating designer series paper to make this floating diamond fold fun fold card. It will fit in regular envelope since it is about 4 1/4" tall and less than 5 1/2" wide.

I let most of the designer paper do the work on this card. The four coffee cups you see are cut from the designer series paper and the two different background papers (the plaid and the diamond shaped) are also from that set. 

It makes a great decoration piece when standing on a table or shelf.

It is flat here just to show you all the details that are involved in this card. It is all about the layers.

The coffee cups are attached with dimensionals, but first I stamped the coffee splatter on the designer paper. I also attached a few adhesive backed swirled dots to add some extra dimension to the front. 

For the inside panels I stamped the coffee ring and the splatter on the paper after I stamped off on scrap paper so the images were lighter. 

I also stamped the back of the card full strength in early espresso with the splash and ring and then the beans were stamped in pecan pie.

This card will be part of a fun-fold class in April. Watch for details coming soon.

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Latte Love Bundle (English) [163461] $46.75	A Little Latte 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163453] $12.50	Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161717] $10.00
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Fun Fold Cards with Sisters in Stamping

Hello Stamping Friends,

Welcome to another great week with the Sisters in Stamping. This week we are sharing great fun fold cards with you. Handmade cards are always a great surprise to receive, but when there's a fun fold involved it is even better.

I know, I know. My card looks rather simple and regular. But are you sure? You'll have to keep scrolling to see just what is "fun" about my card.

I used a lot of layers on the rather simple front because I still wanted it to look great, but I wanted the fun part to be even better than the front of the card. 

Here it is. The fun fold part. I added a piece to the inside of the card to make it pop up when it opens. It give the recipient a little fun vase of flowers completely unexpectedly. Imagine the surprise and delight.

Here's another angle. Fun, isn't it? To make the pop up part I just cut a piece of cardstock 2 1/8" x 4 1/4" and scored it at 1", 2", 3", and 4". Then the 1/4" piece left over is what closes the vase. I then added adhesive to two sides in order to have it attach to the inside of the card. 

Don't forget to head over to Sisters in Stamping for more great fun fold ideas. 

Also, March classes have been released. Check them out HERE.

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Thankful Hearts Stampers Dozen Blog Hop

Hello Stamping Friends,

Seriously have to ask: Where is time going? I simply can't believe it is the middle of November already. I must be having some serious fun with time flying so fast.  But since it is November 14th, I'll pause to share a thankful heart card with you so you can hop through and see some other great projects. 

I decided to use the saying from the Autumn leaves stamp set because I like the grateful heart part of the saying. We should all have more grateful hearts. 

I also used the wing (aka heart) from the Bee My Valentine set that will be in the upcoming January mini catalog. It is such a cute set. I can see using the bee in a lot of different cards for so many different occasions.

I also used the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper, which is where I picked my color combo from: Pretty Peacock and Bubble Bath.  This card also is a quick fun fold idea. You don't even need to score if you don't want to. Just fold the card in half like you would for a regular card and then fold the front back to the middle crease. Easy peasy!

You can see the fold a lot clearer in the above photo. I added the hearts using dimensionals. The lighter peacock heart was stamped right after the dark peacock heart without reinking so I could get "2 colors" from one pad. 

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Stampers Dozen Fun Fold Blog Hop

Hello Stamping Friends,

Don't you just love blog hops? You can garner so much inspiration in just a few clicks. I'm back today with another great blog hop with the Stampers Dozen. This month's theme is Fun Fold Cards. Now that is exciting, if you ask me. 

Fun fold cards are fun to make, fun to give, and even more fun to receive.  Sometimes crafters find them difficult to make and overwhelming to conquer, but this card is actually pretty easy to make. It's called a double z-fold card. 

And I love letting my designer series paper do the majority of the work. Isn't this a great color combo, too? My two favorite colors, pink and green. The black just makes those two colors pop even more. 

Another thing that has my name all over it is the typewriter. I sure wish I kept mine from my high school/college days. I saw one about a year ago in a shop and couldn't believe the price they were asking for this great memory from days gone by. 

This card is seriously fun to make. Once it was done, I set it up and just admired it. Do you ever admire your creations?

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Fun Folds with the Sisters in Stamping

Hello Stamping Friends,

Today over at Sisters in Stamping for Sunday Fun Day we are sharing fun fold cards. Homemade cards are great by themselves, but add a fun fold to the card and it takes it to a whole new level of greatness and appreciation by the receiver. 

Sunday Fun Day and Fun folds only leaves us one option: FUN!

Upon first glance, this card just looks like any ordinary card. It's still nice, but you don't think fun fold, that's for sure!

Here you can see that it is more fun than first impressions gave. Not quite the traditional card after all. 

Just a different angle so you can see it from the front and how it stands "open."

Laying flat with the left side open and the right side closed.

Completely open. To make this card, you start with an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock and score it at 5 1/2" along the 11" side. Then cut the cardstock into 2 (4 1/4" x 11") pieces. I then cut on a diagonal from the top to bottom on one half of each (4 1/4" x 11") piece. Attach the two rectangular parts together to form one card base making sure one triangle is on the bottom on the left side and the other triangle is on the top on the right side. You'll get a pocket type card if you don't alternate them.

Decorate however you would like. I cut the layers like I was adding normal card layers for a rectangle card and then cut those in half on the diagonal. Tip: Just pay attention to how you are cutting the diagonal if you are set on which side of the designer paper you want to use. You may cut it the wrong way. Don't ask me how I know. (Wink, wink)

Don't forget to head over to Sisters in Stamping for more fun fold card ideas.

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What Can You Do with the Ladybug Punch?

Have you ever looked at a punch and said, "Wait a minute! I can make _____ from that too?"  So many times you can make more than one thing from a punch. It's all how you look at it, what you can add to it, or what you can cut off of it.

Well, take the ladybug punch for example. Obviously, it's a ladybug, but look it can also be cute little bumblebee by cutting thin strips of yellow cardstock and punching the wings from vellum. 

This card is even more fun because it has an extra little surprise with a fun-fold. 

And you wouldn't even know it by looking at the closed card.

It starts with a basic card base. But then I added a 8" x 10 1/2" piece of white cardstock that is scored in half and attached to the inside of the base so the white opens on the left instead of the right like a regular card. 

This allows you to have more room on the inside to write a message and it also hides the writing so it doesn't show through the punched circle.

Isn't that the easiest fun fold card ever?

See more ladybug punch ideas on Sisters in Stamping. 

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