Double flap Fun Fold card - Fancy Fold blog hop

Only 10 days away from a new annual catalogue and a colour refresh, so much happening in the world of Stampin' Up! at the moment.

I am very excited about this colour refresh. It is sad to say goodbye to some of our favourites, but there are a number of returning favourites - i have used some on this month's fancy fold and some brand new colours. You can see what the full colour collection will look like after 1 May 2023 below:

The in-colours are very different from anything we have had before, so that is also a bit exciting to work with. Hopefully they will all arrive shortly so i can start creating with them.

This month's fancy fold is a Double Flap Fun Fold card, and we again used one of Dawn's videos for tutorial and inspiration.

I decided to use some of the DSP that is just about to retire, as i had not even opened the pack...., but i also wanted to show that you don't always have to pair your DSP with the coordinating stampset or bundle, you can mix and match.

My card starts with a 10" x 5.5" card base in Berry Burst - a returning favourite and i still have the old inkpad and some cardstock, so that was easy. It is scored on the 10" side at 1.5" at one end and at 4.25" at the other end. I then layered with Lemon Lime Twist - another returning favourite where i had the inkpad and cardstock. These 2 colours are great and go so well together. 

The DSP i used, is the 'By the Bay' dsp. It is beautiful, with gold foil through on one side of the papers. It is obviously a beach theme in the paper, but not all of them are strictly beach or seaside and can easily be used with other products.

On the Basic White square i ink-blended Polished Pink and Berry Burst ink and left a bit of white at the top. I added a bit of gold leafing to the blended (thanks for the tip Vicki Boucher 😃) and stamped the trio of flowers from the Sweet Citrus stampset in Polished Pink. I added a few droplets of water and some Wink of Stella. Such a pretty background.

For the citrus, I placed a piece of watercolour paper into the Sweet Citrus hybrid embossing folder along with the die. This embossed and cuts out 4 citruses in one pass through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss. I then water coloured the citrus with very diluted Lemon Lime Twist ink for segments and Parakeet Party and Granny Apple Green on the peel.

For the flowers i stamped these with Versamark on the Watercolour paper and lightly coloured them with diluted Polished Pink ink and then a dab of Berry Burst ink in the middle of the bigger flowers. Then i cut them out with the die.

I punched the 'greenery' out of Vellum cardstock with the Bough Punch and stamped part of the 'Enjoy the sweeter things in life' greeting from the Sweet Citrus stampset with versamark on Night of Navy cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. I added it all to the little notecard front along with some Parakeet Party metalic woven ribbon.

On the inside of the notecard i stamp the remainder of the greeting from the front in Night of Navy ink and also stamped the trio of flowers in Polished Pink.

On the inside of the bigger card i again stamped the flowers and another greeting from the stampset.

I really enjoyed making this card, the fold is fun and it is often fun to create a card front in a different size than usual and the notecard front is only 3.5" x 3.5", so quite a bit smaller than my usual card front size.

I also really enjoyed making this card front. This is actually a case of a card a made on Thursday for something else. This was a case of a card by Vicki Bucher. Vicki used blues and purples on her background and purples on her citrus. I used Lemon Lime Twist, Parakeet Party, Granny Apple Green, and Shaded Spruce for my background and did the citrus in Polished Pink, Berry Burst and a tiny bit of Blackberry Bliss.

I hope you give this fold a try and hop around to check out the rest of the hop participants.

The current host code is F74KPYKZ, make sure to use it to get a little extra from me.

Both the current Annual Catalogue and the January-April mini catalogue only has about 1 week left and things are already selling out. Make sure to get what you want before it is gone. When something is gone, it will not get replenished. 

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 $235 worth of products for only $169. 

See you next month for another fancy fold

happy stamping

Window slider card - Fancy Fold blog hop

 

We are in March already - this year is going to fast. Summer is over here in Australia, but these first couple of months of autumn are still as hot and humid as summer.

Easter is only a few weeks away and i thought this month's Window Slider card would be perfect for the Easter Bunny stamp set and punch.

We are again using a tutorial from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts, she does a lot of great folds and use to follow tutorials.

This one is also easy to follow and would be very cute for any kids card.

Here is my card I made with the Easter Bunny

My card base is Granny Apple Green with a layer of the green patterned paper from the Dandy Designs designer series paper which was available during Sale-a-bration. This is obviously no longer available, but can be substituted with any designer series paper.

The great thing about this card is that it is just a standard card base with a couple of score lines and a couple of cut lines. Remember to stick the DSP on the front of the card before cutting, it makes it much easier 😊

When i looked at the different stamps in the set and realised that i needed to one bunny to face the opposite way, so i had to do some mirror stamping using the Stamparatus and the silicone mat. It is really easy and doesn't take long.

After stamping I did some masking so I could stamp the grass at the bottom and i also did a bit of ink blending with Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue to give a bit of extra green and some blue sky.

I coloured the bunny with Blends - Smoke Slate and Petal Pink.

I coloured the other bunny the same way and punched it out as it was slightly too big to stamp on the piece of cardstock.

I also stamped the little butterfly and coloured it in with Mango Melody and Polished Pink Blends.

On the other side of the bottom white layer i stamped the eggs and the Happy Easter. I lined the words up in the Stamparatus and then only inked half the stamp, then repositioned and stamped the other half. You can also cut this stamp in half if you wish. I often do that with stamps that can be used either separate or in different 'order'.

This was a quick and easy card to make and super cute with the slider mechanism. And with the punch it is even faster.

I hope you like my card and give this fold a try. Leave a comment below, so I know you were here and hop along and check the other creations - Gina always makes great projects.

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

The January-April mini catalogue only has about 7 weeks left and things will start sell out. Make sure to get what you want before it is gone. When something is gone, it will not get replenished. 

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.

We have been advised, that a colour refresh will be happening with the new catalogue in May. When you are a demonstrator you get prior notice of these things and are able to pre-order, that means that demonstrators can pre-order new products and and NEW COLOURS early, woot woot.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and can choose $235 worth of products for only $169. 

See you next month for another fancy fold

happy stamping

Diamond Flip Fold Card - Fancy Fold blog hop

It is February and the Fancy Fold team is back from our Christmas Break.

I am back from Denmark, school is back, and all the extra curricular activities are back. It is a bit of a logistical puzzle working all the driving out with 2 girls and dance lessons.

This month we are doing the Diamond Flip Fold card. I started with a tutorial by Linda Bauwin and then I came across another by France Martin so I added a couple of extra cuts. 

I used the Fitting Florets bundle, and the DSP is no longer available, so had to make my own.

My card base is Basic Gray layered with Night of Navy and stamped Basic White. I layered a Night of Navy square bottom angles.

I stamped the leaf and flower images on Basic White cardstock with Basic Gray ink and coloured in with the Balmy Blue, Evening Evergreen and Soft Socculent Blends. That gave me my DSP.

For my focal point a cut one of the frames from the Framed Florets dies and stamped my words in Mememto Black and another floral image in Basic Gray.

Again, i coloured with blends, adding the Polished Pink duo and then cut one of the floral dies from Night of Navy. I added this to the front diamond.

This card is super easy to make and had I used DSP it would not have taken more than 30 minutes.

It is a simple card, but it will still stand and can be on display.

Hope you like it and 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 😊

The current host code is P6ASSXYJ, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

The January-April mini catalogue is live with lots of great products and next month we start with online exclusives. There will be 3 of those every year in between the catalogue launches, so there is lots to be excited about..

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time as it is Sale-a-Bration and you $283 worth of products for only $169, but only this month, next month it is back to normal with $235 worth of product. You can even add a mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine in white or Boho Blue at an amazing price.

See you next month

Shaded Gatefold Card - Fancy Fold blog hop

We are still in Denmark, working on our last 4 weeks over here. We have had some very cold weather and a little bit of snow. We are still hoping for a good dumping of snow before we leave, but I doubt it will happen.

This month's fancy fold is a Dual Pop-Up Card and I have used this tutorial by JanB Cards , which is very easy to follow. The video is a bit long, but there are also a few layers and parts to this card but get the measurements from the description below the video and do it in your own tempo.

This card is a 'use your stash' card as I have used the retired stamp set 'Tulip Fields' with the windmill. But any stamp set could be used for this card, you can use flowers or for a Christmas card the Santa Express suite would be perfect.

I have also used the Design a Daydream designer series paper, which is a hostess pack with 48 sheets and great patterns.

Here is the closed card

And here it is in full display mode

The card base is Basic White layered with Blackberry Bliss. I have used one pattern from the DSP pack for the front and another for the inside.

All the stamped panels are Basic White with masking and ink blending.

 

This was a fun card to make. It does take a bit of time and has a lot of measuring, cutting and layering, but it does make a beautiful card to display.

Hope you like it and have a go. 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 😊

The current host code is XHDMJ97D, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

The July-December mini catalogue is coming to an end and the last chance list is out with lots of great discounts and there is sure to be something to cover your Christmas needs. There is even a stamp set more appropriate for our warm Australian summer. The Clearance Rack has also been updated with lots of great products.
 
If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you should do so if your wish list is over $169 - you get extra product and get to partake in pre-orders and events.

If you get lost in the hop, come back here and check out the ones you missed using the links below

 

Gina Connor (UK)
Teresa Milke-Steinman (Canada)
Mette Nordling Shaw (Australia) - this is me 😊  

Cascading Display Card with the Fancy Folds Team

It is October and we are back with another fancy fold blog hop😊 I skipped the September hop as we were travelling to Denmark that weekend, and it all got a bit stressful that last week. We are still in Denmark where we are staying until January. My family is all in Denmark and we haven't been here for 4 years due to COVID, so now we are taking almost 4 months to catch up with everyone.

This month we are doing a Cascading Display Card and I followed this tutorial by Dawns Stamping Thoughts.

This is a pretty easy card and with some relatively easy cuts and folds. Dawn explains it all thoroughly in her video.

The first card I made using this tutorial used products from the Lights Aglow suite, stamp set and DSP as well as the Tree Lot Dies from Sale-a-Bration.

The card base is Evening Evergreen with a layer of Basic White on the base, where I stamped the tree from the Christmas Lights stamp set in stamped off Soft Sea Foam and then stamped the Merry Christmas from the Brightest Glow stamp set on top. The second layer has a layer of Lights Aglow DSP. The final layer has Basic White stamped with the snowflake in Soft Sea Foam. I cut 2 of the big trees from the Tree Lot Dies in Evening Evergreen and then cut 2 of the detailed trees in the Vanilla Glimmer paper. It is a beautiful display card which stand on its own.

The second card I made use the Splendid Day suite.

The base card is Night of Navy with a Basic White layer at the base. I stamped this with the big open leaf image from the Splendid Thoughts stamp set in Night of Navy Ink and layered with the non-matching in-fill stamp in Soft Sea Foam. The next layer has layers of the Splendid Day DSP which is foiled and beautiful. it also has a die cut on the left side panel cut with the Splendid Stems dies in Night of Navy. The front layers have been stamped with the fill in stamp in Soft Sea Foam overlayed with a Night of Navy die cut.

There are lots of possibilities with this fold. The base Basic White layer can either be decorated or left blank to write on. I will probably add another Basic White layer at the back to write on and keep the front decorated.

Hope you like it and have a go. 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. Mary Ann is next, so hop on over and check out her card 😊

The current host code is 6DEBM34K, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

The July-December mini catalogue is live with lots of great products and there is sure to be something to cover your Christmas needs. There is even a stamp set more appropriate for our warm Australian summers.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time as it is Sale-a-Bration and you $283 worth of products for only $169, but only this month, next month it is back to normal with $235 worth of product.

this month we also have a demonstrator only offer, where you can pre-order the Fitting Florets Collection. if you decide to sign up, you can include this collection in your starter kit. It is beautiful.

Here is the hop list, make sure you hop around and check out all the beautiful creations.
Mary Ann Rossiter (United States)
Astrid Hofman (Austria)
Teresa Milke-Steinman (Canada)
Mette Nordling Shaw (Australia) - this is me

Curvy Pop-up with the Fancy Folds Team

 

It is August and we are back with another fancy fold. 

Usually, August is rather warm here in Cairns, and it was a few weeks ago, but then this week we had another cold spell with a couple of nights with temperatures under 10 degrees (C), so we had to get the socks back out! ❄️

Yesterday our school held its fete, which is put on by the P&C committee made up of volounteer parents. Our school used to have a huge fete, but due to COVID we haven't had one the last 2 years, so we decided to start out small just in case. And thank god we did, it was a huge job for our small committee, but we pulled it off and the night was a success ending with fireworks. I don't know how the previous committee managed to pull the bigger fete off, cause this slightly downsized version was a lot of hard work.

This month's fancy fold is a curvy-pop-up card fold, and it is super easy.

This tutorial from Lisa Curcio is easy to follow.

I used the beautiful Hues of Happiness suite for this card, and I absolutely love it. And this is what I came up with.

I stared with Basic White for the card base and then layered with the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper. This paper is great, it has a very busy side with flower patterns and a more muted side with just colour.

I did the front panel in Blushing Bride which is not actually in the paper, but I thought it matched well enough. I used the blending brushes to blend some darker pink ink up from the bottom. I then heat embossed the sentiment from Happiness Abounds with white embossing powder.

I stamped some flowers and leaves in Memento Black on Basic White, coloured them with Stampin' Blends and cut them out with the Blossoming Happiness dies. I finished the flowers off with some Wink of Stella, as one can never have too much sparkle.

I didn't decorate the back of the card, but added some Blushing Bride cardstock. When I am ready to gift the card, i will write on a piece of Basic White and add to the back.

And here it is, this is such an easy card, and it sits really nicely on a shelf.

Hope you like it and have a go. 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 😊

The current host code is ARZ7SNYW, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

The July-December mini catalogue is now live and you can order from it. There are lots of exciting new products and there is sure to be something to cover your Christmas needs. There is even a stamp set more appropriate for our warm Australian summers.

It is also Sale-a-Bration which means you can earn more free product. For every $90 you spend you get to pick a level 1 reward and for every $180 you can pick a level 2 reward - see all the items here.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time as it is Sale-a-Bration and you get the exclusive planner for free.

 

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

 

Happy Stamping!

 

Mirror Fold with the Fancy Folds Team

It’s July and winter in tropical Far North Queensland, which usually means about 2 cold days and nights, and we have just had them - 2 nights with temperatures under 10 degrees (C), and it was cold! ❄️

Yesterday was our annual show holiday and I took my girls to the show and spent all day there. Perfect whether to spend a day at the show, only about 20 degrees, but we still managed to get sunburnt and the wind was very cold while we waited for the fireworks, lucky we brought the winter jackets.

So, this months fancy fold is a mirror fold, and I love it. I have never made one of these folds before, but I will be making more, I really enjoyed it.

This tutorial from the Artful Inker is a good place to start for this card, however I also took some inspiration from Susan Wong from the Crafty Carrot Co, who did this same card in a slimline version, so that’s what I did.

You start with a 10.5 by 8” piece of cardstock. On the 10.5 side you score at 3.5 and 7. Then mark 2” down on the first score line and make a score line to the corner and the next fold.

Then you make a mark 2” up on the second score line and score to the corner and the next fold. If that makes no sense, watch the video 😊

You then fold the first one back and the second one to the front. That is your card base. Mine is Orchid Oasis.

I the cut a piece in same colour at 3 1/8 by 7 5/8 for the front panel then lay in place and mark where you need to cut to get the perfect fit. The score lines take up a bit of room, so it is hard to give precise measurements.

I ink blended this front panel with Orchid Oasis ink and did some splatters in same colour.

I also cut a piece from the Wonderful World DSP with same measurements to fit on last panel. The middle panel is a bit tricky to give measurements for, so I just cut a piece in same side and then marked and cut to fit. This panel is also from the Wonderful World DSP.

I fussy cut a flower from the same DSP and stamped some flowers from the coordinating stamp set. I stamped these with markers in Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Orchid Oasis and Pear Pizzazz on Shimmer White card stock. These were also fussy cut. Both the front flower and the middle panel flowers are layered on a Basic White circle. I stamped some words in Versamark on Starry Sky and heat embossed with white.

 

I finished it all off with a silver brad and Linen Tread.

 

Hope you like it and have a go. It is pretty easy, when you get started.

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 😊

The current host code is ARZ7SNYW, make sure to use this for a little gift from me.

The July-December mini catalogue is now live and you can order from it. There are lots of exciting new products and there is sure to be something to cover your Christmas needs. There is even a stamp set more appropriate for our warm Australian summers.

It is also Sale-a-Bration which means you can earn more free product. For every $90 you spend you get to pick a level 1 reward and for every $180 you can pick a level 2 reward - see all the items here.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, now is a great time as it is Sale-a-Bration and you get the exclusive planner for free.

 

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

 

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 😊

 

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

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!