Diamond Fold Card

I thought I should share some of the fancy fold cards that I have made in the past few weeks. I like doing different folds because they highlight stamps sets in different ways and it's a great way to incorporate designer series papers.

This is a Diamond Fold card its really simple but looks impressive!

These are the stamp sets, tools and materials I used to create the cards:

    Art Gallery stamp set

    Floral Gallery Dies

    Fine Art Floral DSP

    Bumble Bee card stock

    Merry Merlot card stock 

    Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Ink

    Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Write Markers

    Merry Merlot Stampin' Write Markers

    Bumble Bee Stampin' Write Markers

    Mossy Meadow Stampin' Write Markers

    Bakers Twine

    Champagne Rhinestones

    Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder

    Simply Scored

    Spritzers

I made four cards and changed out the sentiments for each card:

To make the card cut a piece of A4 in halves length ways (so landscape). I have used Bumble Bee to pop the colours in the DSP. Score at the half way point to fold the card in half. Then remove the right angles on each end ~ I think it was about 5.25cm in from the edge on both sides.

For the front, score down the front of the card from the point at the top of the card to the point at the bottom and fold the card back on itself. This creates the diamond shape which is really a square on the 45 degree angle. The "back" of the card stays flat with the arrow.

On the front folded arrow, mount a square of card 7.4cm squared in the same colour as the base card.(Bumble Bee). I also added a contrasting colour 6.9cm squared in Merry Merlot. I embossed this contrasting card with the Painted Texture Embossing folder. Score this front fold firmly so that the flip front sits nice and flat.

The flowers from the Art Gallery stamp set were stamped using Merry Merlot, Bumble Bee and Mossy Meadow Stampin' Write Markers, inking directly onto the stamp and spritzed with water then stamped on scrap white card. I cut them out with the Floral Gallery Dies. I popped the stamped images up with dimensionals and added some rhinestones and gold and vanilla bakers twine for a touch of glitter!

The sentiment from the same set was stamped in Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Ink on a scrap of white card. I cut out the mounts with the rectangle dies in the Floral Gallery Dies set.

I lined the inside of the card with white and used one of the extra flowers for decoration. You could leave this blank if you like.

I hope that you like the end product and are inspired to give it a go. I get a lot of my fancy fold ideas from France Martin who does great YouTube tutorials and Facebook Lives.

Enjoy and I hope you stop by again soon!

Sheryl 

Flowers of Friendship - Team Swap

 

With the release of a new catalogue our Stampin' Up! team, The Paper Belles does a swap meet. We have certain requirements such as: new stamp sets, layers, DSP, embossing, punches or framelits and embellishments.

This is my swap card featuring the Flowers of Friendship bundle which is a new bundle in the new Annual Catalogue which will be released next month. I am so excited for all of the new stamp sets, new in colours and so much more. Please let me know if you live in Australia and would like a copy of the new cattie.

These are the stamps, materials and tools I used in this card:

    Flowers of Friendship
    Whisper White card stock
    Polished Pink card stock
    Soft Succulent card stock
    Polished Pink In Colour DSP
    Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Ink
    Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Ink
    Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Ink
    Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Ink
    Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Ink
    Flowers and Leaves Punch
    Ornate Layers Die
    Stitched Rectangles Dies
    Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder
    Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Base card is Whisper White layered with a rectangle of Whisper White, embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder, I added a rectangle horizontally for interest and to frame the main images of the card.

I cut the ornate frame using the Ornate Layers Die in Polished Pink card stock and layered this with a perfectly sized rectangle of Whisper White cut using the Stitched Rectangles Die - I love how these framelits all marry together to make the ideal project layers!

Stamping the floral images from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set was so easy in the new in colours (on scraps of Whisper White) and punching them with the Flowers and Leaves Punch made them even easier! Stamp the different colours on long strips for ease of punching so that you don't waste too much card stock.

To give the flowers some depth I stretched the card with my bone folder so that the petals sit up a bit. For some of them I layered two cards. The leaves are stamped on Soft Succulent card with the same colour ink.

For a touch of bling I added the rhinestone basic jewels to  the centre of the flowers. The sentiment from the same set is stamped in Evening Evergreen!

Thanks for stopping by,

Sheryl

Etched in Nature - Virtual Swap

This is a swap I did for the OnTour Virtual Swap earlier this month. We received the Etched in Nature stamp set as part of our registration, unfortunately the stamps have a few issues with stamping, I am sure that Home Office will correct this error in due course and we will have another fantastic stamp set to share.

In the interim, these are the stamps, tools and materials I used:

    Etched in Nature

    Very Versailles
    Polished Pink card stock
    Crumb Cake card stock
    Whisper White card stock
    Polished Pink In Colour DSP
    Soft Succulent In Colour DSP
    Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad
    Genial Gems
    Wink of Stella

The base card is Polished Pink, standard half A4 page folded in halves. I mounted this with a rectangle of Polished Pink In Colour designer series paper, and mounted this with the rectangle of Whisper White. I stamped all images (branches and bird from Etched in Nature and the script from Very Versailles) in Early Espresso on the base white card and on a scrap of white card stamped the moth from the set. 

I also stamped an extra bird in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake card. I coloured in the moth and the bird with Wink of Stella, the alcohol in the WOS was enough to make the colour run and add a touch of glimmer to the images; just enough to "pop" them. I fussy cut the moth and the bird and attached them to the card. Before I positioned the bird I added a strip of Soft Succulent In Colour designer series paper across the script so that the bird appeared at the front of the card.

Often I leave the sentiment off cards so that I can quickly stamp and adhere one according to my needs. I enjoyed sharing the swap with my fellow demonstrators during the OnTour networking sessions.

See you soon,

Sheryl

 

Cairns Wedding & Formal Expo 2016

Sunday 6th of March 2016

My good friend Shannean and I held a booth at the Wedding Expo last weekend in Cairns. We meet some beautiful brides to be and their dotting grooms.

We spent a few weeks designing our display with current 'Stampin' Up! Products. My favourite project was my wedding cake made with the Cutie Pie Framlits and Spiral Flower Originals for the Big Shot. Best cake ever, no calories.