Hey, great news! The weather has decided to cool down some around here. But we still have the rain to deal with on and off for the next foreseeable future. We even had tornado warnings yesterday again. Oh well, win some, some not so much. Still enjoying all the birds showing up at our feeders though. They are here rain or shine. Don't you like dependability?
Thought today would be a great day to share a fun fold card with you. Actually this was a fold we did years ago, but I had forgotten all about it. Lately I've been seeing lots of this fun fold on Pinterest and blogs, so figured it was time for me to resurrect this too.
This card has an accordian-style fold on either end so stands up nicely on a mantel or bookshelf, or my favorite place - the dining room table. This will be a perfect card to be part of your holiday decorations.
It starts out with a card base of Cajun Craze cut to 5 1/2" x 9 1/4". It's then scored at 1 1/2", 2 3/4", 6 1/2", and 7 3/4". There is a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock for the backside of the card cut to 3 1/2" x 5 1/4".
The cute print paper comes from the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper. You could use two different prints on your card - one for the center and a different one for the two side wings. For this card, I chose to stick with one print because it was fairly busy and I didn't want to overpower the card with competing prints. These papers were cut 5 1/4" x 3 1/2" and (2) at 5 1/4" x 1 1/4" for the sides.
The pumpkins were stamped with images from the Pretty Pumpkin stamp set. These were stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock using Early Espresso ink. The coloring was all done with these Stampin' Blends: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, and Old Olive. If you haven't noticed yet, I just love coloring with the Stampin' Blends! It's so easy to get shading and highlighting and infinite shades of colors with just a few Blends. So easy to get multiple colors of pumpkins. After coloring the pumpkins and leaves, they were die-cut using the coordinating Detailed Pumpkins dies.
Then I chose the large filigree pumpkin die and Cajun Craze cardstock to cut. Oh my, so gorgeous! I also die-cut two leaves with Old Olive cardstock. Don't you just love all the detail in both the pumpkin and leaves? I'm going to have to play with that some more! The pumpkin has some MultiPurpose Liquid Glue sponged on the back to attach it. The leaves have Mini Glue Dots behind them. The "painted" pumpkins are attached with adhesive, but the leaf out in front has Mini Dimensionals attaching it to the card.
The sentiment is from the Pretty Pumpkins set along with the sentiment stamped on the back of the card. This was stamped with Early Espresso ink on a Very Vanilla die-cut from the Ornate Frames Dies. Love the different shape and stitching on it! It's attached with Dimensionals.
The back of the card is Very Vanilla cardstock. This tucks in so nicely right between the folded "wings" of the card. I also stamped a vine with leaves and flower on the card with Early Espresso ink. It was colored in with Stampin' Blends to match the pumpkins on the front of the card.
I was going to finish the card off with some Linen Thread tied in a bow. But then ran across some Crushed Curry Twine that was left over from another project and liked that better. It was attached with a rolled Mini Glue Dot.
Wouldn't this be the perfect card to display on Thanksgiving? I love the different styles, textures, and prints on the card, and yes, I'm really happy with how it turned out. Hope you try making a card similar to this with the easy fun fold and different styles of elements added together to form a happy card. Just put your own take on it and have fun! Let me know if you've tried this one.
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Thanks for stopping by again. I love hearing from you, so leave a comment if you would and tell me what you think of my creations and what you're doing too.
Stay cool, and keep stamping,
Sharon
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