Double Decker Pop-Up card - Fancy Fold blog hop

It is time for another fancy fold blog hop and this time it is a double decker pop-up card.

It is another easy fold to make and it is only a few little bits that make it extra fancy. The card base is a standard card size with an extra score to make it a Z-fold. adding a little box to the inside an extra layer makes it a double decker pop-up.

I used this tutorial by Sue Campfield, which is easy to follow and has a few great examples.
For my card base I used Basic Black cardstock. I dry embossed 2 smaller pieces of Basic Black with the dots from the Basic 3D embossing folders (available as online exclusive only) to give a bit of texture to the 2 narrower sections.

On the 'inside' layers a piece of Lemon Lime Twist with a piece of Pretty Peacock Designer Series Paper from the Daisy papers. The 'b-side' of these papers are great to use with other stamps/bundles than the Daisy suite as they are more neutral.

The pop-up has a piece of Basic White, which i stamped with the flowers from the Playing in the Rain stampset and coloured these with Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist Blends.

The front panel is Lemon Lime Twist and Basic White layered. I stamped the greating in Pretty Peacock directly on this piece and added some Lime Lime Twist ribbon from the Zany Zoo suite.

I stamped the little turtle from Playing in the Rain in Mememto Black ink and coloured with Pretty Peacock and Lemon Lime Twist Blends. I cut it out with the matching dies and adhered with dimensionals to the front after adding a bit of Smoky Slake blend to ground the turtle. 
This was a super quick card to make and a bit of fun.

I have been wanting to use this stamp set for a while, but never had a reason, so was good to get it out and inked up.

I hope you give this fold a try and hop around to check out the rest of the hop participants. Astrid is next, so hop on over and check out her creation :-)

The current host code is XAHXH22Y, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

The new Annual Catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. 

And don't forget we now also have online exclusive products, these are available while supplies last, so if there is something you really want - don't delay getting it.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and can choose $283 worth of products for only $169 until end of June. That is an extra almost $50 than usual, so i great offer and don't forget free shipping on starter kits.

We also have a DSP promotion this month, with 15% off select DSP. Are you interested in a DSP share? Let me know and i will explain it all.

See you in a couple of weeks for a hop with the Totally Techniques design team

See you next month for another fancy fold.

happy stamping

Diamond Z fold with the Fancy Folds Team

 

It's June and we are almost half way through the year 😱

This month we are doing a Diamond Z fold. I have not tried one of these before, but it is an easy one to do, and such a great display card when it is finished. This card is a bit bigger than a standard card, at 7 x 5 inches, but it can easily be modified to a standard size card, you just need to make the diamonds smaller.

I followed this tutorial by Jan B, it is a pretty long video, but there are instructions below the video and you can skip the decorating parts to just get to the parts you need.

I used the new Sun Prints suite which is beautiful.

I used Basic Black card stock for the base and one of the Gray Granite patterns and as my main pattern and one of the blue patters, both from the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper, as my accent pieces, both layered on Basic White.

I stamped the big leaf image and the flower image from the Nature's Prints stamp set in Versamark on Basic Black and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. I cut these out with the matching Natural Prints dies and also cut a few extra leaf pieces in Basic Black.

I stamped one of the greetings from the stamp set in Night of Navy on Basic White and layered it on Basic Black.

This is a great fold and not difficult at all. The cutting of all the DSP and card stock is the most time consuming part 😊

This card is a stunner when it is standing up and the diamonds line up neatly.

I will add a piece of Basic White card stock to the back of the card to write on, when I am ready to send the card.

I hope you enjoyed this fold and card and leave a comment below, so I know you stopped by. Also, please keep hopping to see the other great creations from the team. Gina is next, so hop on over and check out her card 😊

 

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If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time as you can order from the new July-December mini catalogue, that goes live to customers from 1 July 2022.

Last change list is out for the January-June mini catalogue, so make sure to order now not to miss out. There are some great discounts on offer.

This month is also the great BOGO kit sale - buy one and get one half price - you can even get the most expensive one at half price. Ensure you enter the cheapest kit first as the 50% is taken off the second entered kit.

Please leave a comment, so I know you stopped by.

Happy Stamping!

 

 

Double Dutch Fold with the Fancy Folds Team

It's May and I hope you are ready for another round of fancy folds :-) This time the Fancy Folds Team is doing the double dutch fold. 

It's funny how we are often intimidated by fancy folds and yet usually they are super easy. This one is another super easy fold. I used this video tutorial by Splitcoaststampers - it is so easy that the video is less than 3 minutes 😃

You take half a sheet of cardstock cut the long way, score it in half and cut a smidge of one of the sides approximately 1/16" or 2mm. Then you cut a piece of your front card flap. The tutorial says to cut 2" off, but as I am using A4 cardstock which is longer than 8.5"x11" I cut 2.5" or 6.5cm off. I felt that balanced the card better.

You then cut another piece of cardstock that is same height as what you cut off and the width of a sheet of cardstock (8.5" or 21cm) . For me this piece is 6.5cm by 21cm. Stick it to the bottom back of your card and wrap it around to give you the 2 gates.

My base card is Basic Gray and I layered it with Fresh Freesia. I used the Garden Green piece from the Heart & Home DSP pack.

I stamped the smaller flower image from the Blessings of Home stamp set in Staz-On ink on watercolour paper and water coloured the image with Fresh Freesia, Garden Green, and Mango Melody ink. After it dried I die cut the image with the matching Flowers of Home dies and gave the flowers some Wink of Stella.

I popped the flower image up onto a die cut in Basic Gray cut with a label die from the Painted Labels die and a Fresh Freesia circle. I then added a few Basic Rhinestones to the card.

On the inside I added a piece of Basic White cardstock and stamped the same image in Basic Gray in the corner.

Don't forget that the new annual catalogue is now live.

The current host code is AHWCWBZG, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

Let me know if you would like a copy of the new catalogue.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time with the in-colour offer. $169 to join and in addition to the usual $235 worth of product you also get a selection of 2022-2024 in colour products for FREE! Only available until 31 May 2022.

I hope you have enjoyed today's card and that you continue the hop to see what Gina has come up with this month.

Please leave a comment, so I know you stopped by.

Happy Stamping!

Double Triangle Fold with the Fancy Fold Blog Hop team

We are almost through April April and it is time for another hop with the Fancy Folds Team. You may have come from Teresa's page, welcome, she makes beautiful cards.

This month we are making the Double Triangle Fold and I have used this Splitcoaststampers' video tutorial by Dawn Olchefske. 

The tutorial is easy to follow. You cut the paper in half diagonally and get 2 cards, depending on which way you cut you get different openings of the card. The cutting can be difficult to do depending on your trimmer, but it can be done with scissors.

When I first set out to create for this hop I had not yet received my pre-order from Stampin' Up! containing all the new 2022-24 in-colours and new stamp sets which were available on pre-order for demonstrators, so used an old stamp set. I do love this set, Forever Fern, and the matching dies, Forever Flourishing. Both of these will carry over to the new catalogue going live on 3 May 2022.

I used a Basic White card base and  Beauty of the Earth designer series paper, which is part of the Beauty of the Earth suite. This paper is still available in Australia at a great discount, so get in quick before it is discontinued or sells out.

I cut the designer series paper in a rectangle 1/4" smaller than the standard card front, and cut it in half diagonally.

I stamped some of the images from the stamp set in Night of Navy, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow. I cut these out with the matching dies. I also die cut 2 other pieces in Night of Navy cardstock, these dies does not match any stamps in the set. I clustered the leaf images together and finished off with a little bow with twine from the Flowers for Every Season ribbon pack. This twine is made up of Misty Moonlight and White twine twisted with a silver tread.

I finished the card off with a bit of ink flicked on with Stampin' Write Markers in the same colours as i stamped.

 

My pre-order finally arrived and I thought I would make another card, just so I could have a play with the new in-colours.

I again used a Basic White card base. I then layered on half the card with the new colour Starry Sky and Parakeet Party designer series paper. These colours are VERY bright in person.

I used the new stamp set Bottled Happiness (available 3 May 2022) and stamped the bottle in Starry Sky ink. I stamped the floral image in Orchid Oasis and Parakeet Party. This is a two-step Photopolymer stamp set and easy to line up. There is a punch to match the bottle image, but I don't have this yet, so I fussy cut the bottle as well as the flower image.

I stamped the flower image again and cut a couple of extra flowers out and popped these up with dimensionals for a bit extra interest.

Again I flicked some ink on the white card, this time Starry Sky.

I was great having a play with these new colours. I really like them all, but together they are very bright. I think I might need to tone them down a bit with some neutrals, when using them, but they are fun.

There are still great discounts to be had on the retirement/last change list for the 2021-22 annual catalogue, check these out here.

The current hostcode is Q4CNNRSK, so make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

And if you have shopped with me this last year, you will be getting a complimentary catalogue as soon as I have them. If you haven't shopped with me before and are in Australia, let me know and I will get one to you. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and that you continue the hop, to see what Gina has come up with this month. Please leave a comment below so I know you were here.

Impossible card with the Fancy Fold Blog Hop team

Time for another hop with the Fancy Folds Design Team and this time around it is the fun impossible card, which is not that impossible after all 😃

It has been a very long time since I last created a card with this fold, so it was fun to do revisit.

I used this video tutorial from Dawn Griffith and it was easy to follow.

Again this month I chose to make more than one card.

The first one uses the Cactus Cuties stamp set.

I am not that into cacti and plants and this stamp set was not one that caught my eye when the catalogue came out, but I bought it, and it is a lot of fun.

For this card I used a Evening Evergreen base and layered with Calypso Coral before adding a DSP layer. On the pop up I didn't add dsp but added a piece of Basic White.

On a scrap piece of Basic White I stamped the pots and the cacti. For the pots I first applied BumbleBee ink to 2/3 of the stamp and then applied Calypso Coral ink with a dauber to the remaining 1/3 overlapping a bit to soften the change and a bit to the bottom. I used the same colours on the little flower.

For the cacti I first stamped with Old Olive and daubed with Evening Evergreen.

I fussy cut it all out and adhered with dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment with Evening Evergreen on whisper white and added some polished dots to finish the card off.

Love how these cards pop up all by them selves.

For the next card I used a Magenta Madness card base, Night of Navy layer and then Abstract Beauty dsp.

I again stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White. This time I stamped the pots in solid Night of Navy. For the flowers I used Blushing Bride, which I stamped off, as it has a slightly brown tone that didn't quite fit with my dsp. I used a dauber and Magenta Madness ink to add the colour variation. The little cactus i stamped in full Just Jade and the flower in Magenta Madness.

I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy on Basic White and again added some polished dots.

These cards are fun and quick to make so watch Dawn's tutorial and give them a go.

Do you know what this is?

This is a graphic depicting the new in-colours from Stampin' Up! for 2022-2024.

This also means that demonstrators now have access to the new catalogue, but we are not allowed to share just yet.

Finally this also means that the retirement list is out from the current Annual Catalogue. And that the 2020-2022 in-colours are retiring, this include BumbleBee, Just Jade and Magenta Madness that I have used on my cards.

Click here to go straight to the 'last chance product page' to shop.

The current host code is MVWMFEMV - don't forget to use it when shopping 

Also, don't forget the current 'Savings are in Bloom' promotions - the mini Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine is on special as well as select dies. Click here to access this promotions ended on 31 March 2022.

Thank you for stopping by today 💗, I hope you enjoyed today's cards and specials. Make sure you follow the hop around and check out the rest of the gorgeous creations from our super talented team 😀

Next up is Gina, so hop on over to check out her creation