Hello friends! I'm back with another fun fold card for you today. I've been hoarding my stash of Designer Papers because they are so beautiful I can't bear to cut into them. Yes, silly. I know. But that's been changing lately. I've been making a concerted effort to start using all those fun and gorgeous prints I have. Today's card uses 1/2 sheet, so I didn't want to make a mistake on the card made with my current paper. So, I got out some retired prints I've been playing with for practice lately. The card worked great, so on to the real project. If you stick around until the end of the post, you'll see two other cards using different dsp to keep you thinking. Just a fun extra.
Here's the final card I made. I love the Nests in Winter DSP prints here. They just work so well with this design. Start with a print you like. Cut it down to 12" x 5 1/2". Make sure your print is either all-over with no up and down design, or make sure your print goes in the correct direction. This is really imperative to the final design.
For scoring the DSP, I turned mine to the back side and scored at 4 1/4", 8 1/2", and 10 1/4".
The front piece has a circle cut from it. You can cut this in different sizes or shapes from what I used depending on your design. I used the largest circle in the Stylish Shapes Die set. This card has the circle cut a little higher than center. Make sure you open your card before cutting so only the front flap on the card is cut.
Using the same circle die, a Gray Granite circle was cut to fit inside the front circle. Using the next size down, a circle of Shaded Spruce cardstock was cut. Then with the next smallest circle a bird was cut from another print of the same Nests in Winter DSP pack.
Okay, have all your circles cut? It's time to move on then. When you open the front flap, you have the right side that's been scored to fold in, then fold out again. This makes a half fold inside flap to work with.
Shut the front flap again. You can see the half-folded flap through the circle you cut. I added "green glue" just to the inner half circle of the flap that showed. Keep this to a light amount of glue so it won't ooze out. Attach the Gray Granite circle to this right through the cut-out circle on the card front to get the correct placement.
Attach the bird circle to the center of the Shaded Spruce circle with adhesive. Then attach these to the center of the Gray Granite circle using Dimensionals. This is how it looks at this point.
A piece of Basic White cardstock was cut to fit inside the card. This measured 5 1/4" x 4". A sentiment from Perched in a Tree was used on this card. It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. A small bird from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp was stamped right near the sentiment also using the same black ink. A Real Red Stampin' Blends set added the color to the bird. It was colored with the Light Real Red and then a little shading was added with the Dark.
The Basic White layer was attached inside the card with adhesive after the stamping and coloring.
The front sentiment on the card is from the Greetings of the Season stamp set. This is an Online Exclusive set that also has a set of coordinating dies you can purchase. So far, it seems like I'm using both the stamps and dies, just separately. They are both great basic sets to have on hand.
For this card, the sentiment was stamped on a 1/2" strip of Basic White cardstock using Real Red ink. A Shaded Spruce layer that measures 3/4" x 3 3/4" is added behind the sentiment to frame it. This is added to the card front with Dimensionals.
At this point, there is no bling added to this design. I tried several options, but nothing stood out to enhance the design. Who knows, I might consider adding something later when inspiration hits. (yes, it does once in a while)
Now on to the other cards I made to test out the fun fold...
Do you remember this DSP? It's been at least 5 years since this retired gem was current. I've only got little bits of this package left, but I was happy to find a full half sheet to work with here.
The same circle die was used for this card, only this time a Real Red circle of cardstock was cut with the largest die. Then a Basic White circle and a piece of DSP as the last circle.
The sentiment is the same as the first card, just cut apart and attached at an angle with no layers this time. The pieces are attached with Dimensionals.
This time a double white Baker's Twine bow was added to the design. And it's a little hard to tell, but one Real Red & White Peppermint was added to the center of the door of the gingerbread house as an accent.
For this card, I didn't make my score lines on the inside, but on the front of the design. When I made my folds, I noticed the inside design of 'frosting' was upside down from how I would have made it if I was paying attention. You might also see an extra score line on the DSP because I measured wrong. I know you never do that, but I just wanted to point out my mistakes.
You'd think I'd learn from my mistakes, but not so much. Again, I scored on the outside of the DSP. This green herringbone pattern was supposed to be the inside of the card. Oh well. Now it's the outside with all the prints on the inside. Really, sometimes I don't know what happens to my brain when it just doesn't want to function properly.
I think it still turned out cute. I love the added pop of Shy Shamrock to the design. I think this is really supposed to be the Emerald Envy color of several years ago. But the Shy Shamrock seems to fill in just right. The holly leaves were stamped and die-cut using the Hang an Ornament Bundle. And another of those cute little peppermints was added as a berry.
The design is just a little 'busier' than I would prefer. But all in all, I think my practice cards turned out cute.
This is definitely a fun fold I need to bring out more often. If you give this fun fold a try, let me know how yours turns out. And try not to make the same silly mistakes I did!
Thank you for stopping by today so I could share another idea or two with you. Leave a comment if you would. It brightens my day to know you're spending some time with me. And a big thanks for the lovely Thanksgiving cards that are gracing my dinner table! I love seeing your wonderful creativity!!
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
Love the fun-fold, especially the bird and forest!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving (from Chicago this year).