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MAKING FUN FOLD CARDS IS ALWAYS FUN ON A FRIDAY

For today’s Friday Fun Fold card I decided to use the same colours that were from the #GDP337 Challenge this week.

The fun fold today is a waterfall card. I thought it would be perfect for the pot and cactus image sizes.

For the background I used the Stacked Stone Stamp and my Stamparatus. I used all three colours to stamp this image. After I stamped each colour, the stamp was cleaned and the Basic White panel moved slightly to fill the white spaces.

The next step was to create the waterfall mechanism. I cut a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock 8-3/4″x 2-1/2″ and scored it at 2-1/2″, 3″, 3-1/2″ and 4″

I cut four Blushing Bride 2-1/2″ squares and one rectangle measuring 4-1/2″x 2-1/2″. Then I cut four Basic White 2-3/8″ squares and one rectangle 4-3/8″x 3-7/8″.

I stamped a variety of pot and cactus images to adhere to the Blushing Bride squares.

To add these squares to the waterfall mechanism, I added strips of Tear & Tape to each of the 1/2″ scored spaces.

The rectangular stamped piece was added last.

The bottom section of the ‘just a note’ square was glued to a 1″ strip of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. To fix the mechanism in place, I added Stampin’ Seal+ to the Soft Sea Foam strip either side of the Blushing Bride squares.

During my Facebook Live today (07/04/22), I made another waterfall card.

Tomorrow is #simplestamping – I hope that you can join me.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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WHEN IS A CARD A 3D PROJECT?

Originally I hoped to share a gift box with you today.Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a small potted cactus to make a gift box for. Instead I made an easel card because, at least, when standing it does qualify as 3D.

The Cinnamon Cider card base is a perfect match for the brick paper from the Bloom Where You’re Planted 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper. Before attaching the calendar to the front I added a strip of the same paper around a pen and secured it under the calendar.

The pot and cactus were stamped and fussy cut. Then a length of Linen Thread was wrapped around the plant and tied in a bow.

The message, from the Cactus Cuties Stamp Set, is perfect for this project.

So, we agree that this is not a box but it’s still a great little project.

These calendar and notepad easel cards are so quick and easy to make.

Tomorrow I have a fun fold card to share.

until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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WEDNESDAY IS A WONDERFUL DAY TO SHARE CHALLENGE PROJECTS

The #GDP337 Global Design Project theme this week is a colour challenge.

This week’s colour combination is Soft Sea Foam, Blushing Bride and So Saffron. This is such a sweet and soft colour combimation!

Make sure you head over to the the GDP website to see the gorgeous projects the design team created – just click on the image below.

It was an interesting colour combination to use with my featured bundle this week – Cactus Cuties Bundle.

I decided to use a lot of white space for this card. After preparing the card base, I scored three horizontal lines 3/4″, 7/8″ and 1″ from the bottom of the card. I think that you can just see them above the sentiment.

The sentiment was partially stamped so that only ‘a note’ was on the front. The little cactus flower was stamped inside the card and on the envelope.

I stamped the three pots on Blushing Bride and So Saffron cardstock using the same ink colours. When they were dry, I stamped them again using some Whisper White Craft ink.

The cactus shapes were stamped in Soft Sea foam ink onto the same coloured cardstock.

The pots and cactii were then fussy cut before being positioned above the top score line. Each piece had Stampin’ Dimensionals popped behind them.

I coloured a length of White Glittered Organdy Ribbon with the Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blend. Then the ribbon was cut in half and I created a #tammybow. A Mini Glue Dot secured the ribbon in place.

To finish the card, I coloured some silver shapes, from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials, using Stampin’ Blends.

So far, so good! I have been able to create a project for each GDP challenge using my featured weekly products. Here’s to next week’s challenge.

Tomorrow is 3D Thursday. I am tossing around ideas for a gift carrier for a potted succulent. Join me tomorrow to see what I have made.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00