Corner Flip Card

My team participated in a Fun Fold swap this month and I decided to try the Corner Flip card! It is actually so so easy! I am really into the Tropical Oasis Suite at the moment so I used elements from the suite to embellish my card. A fun twist is to stamp the flower images on vellum with Whisper White and emboss! I hope you can make sense of my directions, if you are unsure please feel free to send me a message!

I tried to capture in photos how to make this Corner Flip card. There are a lot of Youtube videos you can search if you can’t quite figure it out. Even though I have oodles of time, I just don’t think videos will be my jam! Anyway, start with a regular card base. Measure along the top (outside in) 3.5 inches and make a little tick (picture #1). Measure down from the top (picture #2) 3.5 inches and make a tick. Then using your trimmer SCORE a line between these two ticks and fold over. Picture #3 shows you how it folds. Easy! You will then need a 4 x 6 piece of DSP. Make sure you look at both sides as you will be seeing both on the card. Take that piece of DSP and cut off 3/4 of an inch (picture #5). Set aside (it is used on the inside of the card, see below). Take the bigger DSP piece and lay it on top of the card and using the fold, crease it over the DSP (picture #7) . You will then trim along the fold line (I found my mini guillotine trimmer was awesome for this!). Fold the card base flap down and adhere. The remaining DSP triangle is then glue to this (last photo).

Birthday Gift Card Holder

I recently participated in a card swap that my upline coordinated. The theme was a birthday gift card holder. I had came across another swap I had made that was laying on my desk and it gave me the inspiration for this one, updated with new stamps and products of course! I think this style of card is called a Matchbook, I could be wrong but that is what I think of at least!

I used two of the new Sale-a-bration second release products, the So Very Vellum and Flowering Foils DSP. I actually really loved colouring the flower with my Blends. I used Purple Posey, Highland Heather (light), Soft Seafood and Pool Party (light) for the flowers. The stamp is from the Tags in Bloom Sale-a-bration stamp set that coordinates with both the Label Me Fancy and the Label Me Lovely punches.

I hope these visual instructions help you in recreating this project. It is not as complicated as it seems and is a great way to use up DSP!

We will weather this together...

Today I was inspired to make a card to send out to some of my tribe. In light of everything, it is our relationships with each other and this amazing Stampin’ community that will see us through these trying times. I am so thankful for this amazing hobby that I love so much!

I don’t know if I would call this card a ‘fun fold’ but it is a bit of a pocket card. A style I have been leaning on a lot lately! You basically score your 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of card stock in half and then score again on one side 1 1/4 inches. That becomes the little flap. I like to round the edges too! I do use an adhesive to keep the flap down so the Bakers Twine around it just helps to keep the pocket card closed.

I used the Under My Umbrella Bundle (found on page 42 of the Occasions Catalogue) to decorate this card. The card base is Balmy Blue, a color I haven’t pulled off my shelf lately and the little strip of raindrop DSP is from the limited edition Pleased as Punch DSP. The Stampin’ Blends in Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight and Flirty Flamingo made colouring the umbrella and little flowers so easy. I did add some Wink of Stella to the umbrella and flowers as well.

This is for all of friends far and wide, thinking of you and knowing we are in this together!

Quick Tip: I wanted to share a quick tip on how to align your stamps so they coordinate perfectly with the Umbrella Builder Punch. I start by punching a template (do you like my finger print smudge? haha, I kept it there to keep things real :), and then take the template and line up on a block. I align the stamps I need under the template (you can see in picture two how they are underneath) and then when you stamp them out they will punch out perfectly.

Joy of Sets March Blog Hop--Easter Fun!

I am so happy to be participating in another Joy of Sets Blog Hop for March! The theme this month was Easter so I knew immediately that I wanted to use the Welcome Easter stamp set in the Occasions catalogue. And I couldn’t resist using the Pleased as Punch DSP for the color inspiration for my page. The hearts are a part of the DSP and are designed to work with the Heart Punch Pack. The Happy Easter sentiment is from the Word Wishes dies in the Idea Book & Catalogue.

The images were stamped in Sahara Sand and coloured with the Water-colour Pencil crayons and an old school Blender Pen! I love the soft look it gives. A few little embellishments like the Rose Gold thread and the In Color faceted dots finished off the page!

Scrapbook pages can easily be inspired by cards—-or in this case, a card can be inspired by a page! I loved colouring these cute easter critters so much I needed to make a second project!

Click on the link below to visit the amazing Jill Chapman in the UK to see her crafty creations!

Magnolia Birthday...Catty Case!

I think I have mentioned a couple of times on my Blog that one of the fun things I do with my team is try and case the entire Idea Book & Catalogue. So far we have not completed this challenge over the years, but we are always ambitious to give it a try! It is a great way to get the team together and help them use up their Stampin’ supplies! This month, I chose this card that you can find on page 4 of the catalogue! I also decided to make a few extra and turn them into birthday cards featuring the Birthday Jubilee stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue.

My magnolia’s are coloured with Flirty Flamingo and Rich Razzleberry inks and an Aqua Painter for the bloom and Granny Apple Green and Old Olive for the foliage. The coolest part of this card is the strip at the bottom. I cut a 1/2 inch strip of Seaside Spray and ran it through the Corrugated Embossing Folder.

TIP: run several strips through at one to avoid the paper ripping apart. This folder puts a lot of stress on the paper fibres so distributing it amongst multiple strips helps avoid breakage.

I hope you will let the amazing work of the SU concept artists inspire you create and get those stamps working!