PERFECTLY PEARS QUADRUPLE Z FOLD

Today’s card features the Perfectly Pairs Bundle and the Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper.  I saw a post where Susan Campfield created several of these Horizontal Quadruple Z Fold cards and I knew I wanted to learn how to make one.  It was not as hard as I initially thought it would be and I had a lot of fun figuring it out.

Here is what I came up with…

 

The card base is Mossy Meadow cardstock that measures 4,1’4 x 9”, scored at 1 ¾ and 3 ½”.  I also cut 4 strips of Mossy Meadow cardstock to 9 x ¾” and scored them at 1 ¾ and 3 ½”.  I folded the card base into a mountain fold at the 1 ¾” score line and into a valley fold at the 3 ½” score line.  The strips are valley folded at the 1 ¾” score line and mountain folded at the 3 ½” score line.  Attach the strips with the longest portion attached to the left flap of the base card and then the smallest portion attached to the right of the card base.  Each is attached equidistant from the other (I found that if I used just a little seal, I could line them up and move them around until they were right and then glue them permanently into place).  Start with adding the strips for the top and bottom aligning evenly with the base and then work the other two strips in until they are all evenly spaced.  This finishes the base for the card.

To decorate the card, I cut my Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper.  I cut the first piece of DSP to 1 ½ x 4” (be sure to watch the direction of the design).  This attaches to the far-left side.  Then I cut a piece of the DSP to 3 ½ x 2” (again be sure your design in running up and down on the 2” side) and then cut that piece into 4 pieces that measured ½ x 3 ½”.  I attached these pieces to my strips making sure to keep them in order so the design was consistent (this is not absolutely necessary it is just how I prefer to do this part).  For the right side of the card, I cut 4 pieces of Darling Duckling cardstock to ½ x 1 ½” and one piece to 1 ¼ x 4”, I used the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder to emboss all five of these pieces before adhering them.  I added the one large piece to the far right of the card and then the 4 small pieces to the strips on that end.

To finish off the card I stamped the cute little pears from the Perfectly Pairs bundle onto Basic White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then stamped the inside of the pears with Darling Duckling Ink.  For the stems and leaves I used Old Olive Stampin’ Blends to color them in.  Once I had my little pears all colored, I die cut them with the coordinating die from the bundle.  Then I cut the third largest of the stitched circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies out of Darling Duckling.  I added the circle to the front of my card using Dimensionals and then added the little pears I stamped and die cut to it again with Dimensionals.  I stamped the sentiment “Hello” also from the bundle onto a scrap of Basic White with Mossy Meadow Ink and die cut it with one of the dies from the bundle.  I added it to my circle again with Dimensionals.  To finish off the card I added three of the Low-Profile Sparkle Dots.

For the back of the card, I also cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” and stamped and colored the same small pear image I used on the front of the card to the corner of it for the back of my card so I could write my message there. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.  Be sure to follow me at: 

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Product List

Perfectly Pears Bundle (English) [166154]	Painterly Pears 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [166146]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Darling Duckling 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165622]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Darling Duckling Classic Stampin' Pad [165277]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]	Low Profile Sparkle Dots [166157]
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder [164049]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

FLORALS IN BLOOM HELLO THERE

Today’s card features the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper and the Blooming Phrases stamp set.  Are you like me?  Do you love a sale?  Well I decided to create a card using some of the products that are currently on sale.  So I used the Florals In Bloom DSP which is on sale for just $10.63 a pack during the month of August as well as two hits from the Last Chance list, Petunia Pop Ribbon and Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins.  So that means I saved on three of my products which is always great.

Here is what I came up with…

The card base is Petunia Pop cardstock cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”.  I also cut a piece of the Petunia Pop to 1 x 5 ¼ and embossed it with the Timeworn 3D Embossing Folder (this folder is retired but there are lots of them in the catalog that would work great, plus most of us have some favorites in our stashes) and one to ¾ x 3 ½” to mount my sentiment on.  I then cut my Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper.  I cut one piece of 2 7/8 x 5 ¼” for the front of the card, one to ½ x 5 ¼” for the inside of my card and one to 2 ¼ x 5 ¾” for my envelope flap (on the one for the flap remember to keep in mind the direction of the design).  I also cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” for the inside and one to ½ x 3 ¼” for my sentiment. 

To assemble the card, attach the embossed piece to the left side of the card base and the Designer Series Paper to the right side of the card base leaving equal borders around each piece.  Stamp the sentiment “hello there” from the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set onto the small piece of Basic White cardstock with Petunia Pop Ink (the tail of the word there will go off the paper and that is fine).  Mount that piece onto the piece of ¾ x 3 ½” Petunia Pop cardstock.  I fashioned a bow without a knot for the back of the sentiment and adhered it with tape then I added Dimensionals and popped the sentiment up about 3/4 of the way down the card.  I added three of the Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins and that finished the front.

For the inside I simply added the ½ x 5 ¼” strip of the DSP to the Basic White 4 x 5 ¼” insert and added it to the inside of the card.  For the envelope I adhered my 2 ¼ x 5 ¾’ DSP to the envelope and trimmed around the envelope to make it fit.

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.  Be sure to follow me at: 

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Product List

Blooming Phrases Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165523]	Florals In Bloom 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165175]	Petunia Pop 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163801]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad [163811]
Petunia Pop 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163785]	Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins [164970]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

FLORALS IN BLOOM HELLO THERE

Today’s card features Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper, Blooming Phrases Stamp Set and the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder.  The best part about this card is that I created it using some of the products that are currently on sale as part of the In-Color sale running through the end of August.

Here is what I came up with…

The card base is Granny Apple Green cardstock cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”.  I then cut a layer of Timid Tiger cardstock (on sale) to 4 x 5 ¼” and embossed it with the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder.  Next, I cut a layer of Granny Apple Green cardstock to 3 ¼ x 4 ½” and then cut a piece of the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper (on sale) to 3 x 3” and then cut that into four pieces that measured ¾ x 3” (watch the direction of your pattern).  I also cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to ¾ x 4” and using the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set I stamped “Hello There” in Granny Apple Green In starting to the far left of the paper.  I added the leaves from the stamp set to the tail of the works.  I added the Designer Series Paper and the sentiment equally spaced to my Granny Apple Green layer; I adhered the Designer Series Paper directly to the layer but used Dimensionals to pop up the sentiment.  I added Dimensionals to this layer and popped it up on the center of my card. 

For the inside of the card, I cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” and using just the tail of the sentiment I stamped a stem in Granny Apple Green Ink.  I added leaves from the stamp set and finally a flower from the set that I stamped in Timid Tiger Ink (on sale).  I did the same thing to the envelope. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.  Be sure to follow me at: 

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Product List

Blooming Phrases Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165523]	Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder [165614]	Florals In Bloom 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165175]	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]	Timid Tiger 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165626]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095]	Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad [165278]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

FLORAL IMPRESSIONS ONE SHEET WONDER

Today’s post features the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper.  I created a layout of one sheet wonder cards created with this beautiful paper.  I was having a hard time deciding how to use this specific sheet of the DSP because of the way the design was laid out on it.  Then I saw a video on YouTube where Cheryl’s Stampin’ Squad had used this paper.  I got to thinking about how she had cut the sheet of paper and realized with a little tweaking of the cutting measurements I could turn this into the perfect one sheet wonder by changing up the dimensions of the DSP and adding an additional layer of cardstock.  I was able to get 21 cards out of one sheet of this DSP with a few scraps to spare.  

Here is what I came up with…

 

Here is the sheet of the Floral Impressions DSP I used for this project.  Just think there are two sheets of this in the pack and that means 42 simple and quick cards with 10 sheets of beautiful Designer Series Paper left for other projects.

So, I started by cutting my DSP into three pieces of 4 x 12” going across it at the 4” mark so that I would have all seven of the different patterns showing.  Once that was done, I followed what Cheryl had done on her video and cut that piece down into 3” wide strips (NOTE:  Here is where the secret comes in.  As you are cutting be sure the pieces are going to all be one color.  There is a point where one of the pieces will have blue and green both in it.  When I got to that point, I turned my paper around and started cutting 3” strips from the Petunia Pop side and cut that and the Misty Moonlight pieces out.  That left me with that piece that I was talking about which had both the green and blue in it, I just set it aside to use on another project).  With these 3 x 4” strips all cut I then went back and cut each one to ¾ x 4” and started selecting the cardstock I wanted to use with them. 

The card bases are Thick Basic White cardstock cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and scored at 4 ¼”.  Then I cut a piece of cardstock (I just chose coordinating cardstock to match the pieces of DSP I was using) to 3 ¼ x 4 ½” and a piece that was 1 1/8 x 4”.  Next, I cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 3 x 4 ½”.

With everything cut out I started to assemble.  I took the 3 x 4 ¼” Basic White layer and added my two pieces of DSP (one on each side) and my 1 1/8 x 4” piece of cardstock to the center.  I made sure I had equal margins on one four sides and between each of the pieces and adhered them.  For the cards in photo 1 I simply adhered that directly onto my card base.  This is the simplest of the cards.  For the cards in photo 2 I added the white layer to the cardstock layer using Dimensionals and then added that to the card base.   For the cards in photo 3 I added my white layer to my cardstock layer and then popped that up on my card base with Dimensionals. 

I used a mixture of punches, dies, stamps and embellishments to finish of the cards (some are retired) but that doesn’t really matter because you can use whatever you want to add sentiments to these cards. 

I hope you enjoy these cards I certainly enjoyed figuring out how to make them.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog.  Be sure to follow me at: 

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ARCHED EASEL

 Today’s card features the Beautiful Gallery DSP and the Everyday Arches Dies.  I decided that an easel card utilizing these arched dies would be great and the Beautiful Gallery DSP was perfect for the focal point.

Here is what I came up with…

The card base is Secret Sea cardstock cut to 4 ¼ x 11” and scored at 5 ½” and 2 ¾”.  I then went to work on my arches.  I took one of the pieces of the Beautiful Gallery DSP and cut it down to 4 ¼” and then cut it in half at 3” (this means you can get two cards out of each sheet with 1 ½ x 6” remaining to use on another project).  I then used the 5^th largest of the dies from the Everyday Arches Dies and die cut it.  Next, I moved onto my Cloud Cover cardstock which I cut to 4 ¼ x 5 ½” and then cut it out with the largest of the dies from the set.  I also wanted a layer of Mossy Meadow so I cut my cardstock to 3 ½ x 4 ¾” and cut it with the 3^rd largest of the dies from the set. 

To assemble the card, you fold it at the 5 ½” score line in a mountain fold and again at the 2 ¾” score line also in a mountain fold.  I adhered all three of the die cut layers together and then centered that with the bottom front of my card base.  I adhered just the bottom half of the arches to the card being sure not to add adhesive above the 2 ¾” score line (note: I used a light pencil line on the back of the arches so I would know where to put my adhesive and then just erased it one I had the adhesive in place).  To finish off the front of the card I took a piece of Cloud Cover cardstock that measured ¾ x 1 ¾” and stamped the sentiment “Thanks” from the Impressions Abloom Stamp Set onto it with Mossy Meadow ink (remember you can mix and match sentiments from any stamp set you own to make your card work for the occasion you want it for).

For the inside of the card, I added a piece of Basic White cardstock that measured 4 x 5 ¼”.  Then I took a piece of Basic White cardstock that measured ¾ x 3 ¼” and stamped the sentiment “I appreciate you” also from the Impressions Abloom Stamp Set onto it with Mossy Meadow ink (you can use anything you want to work as the stand for your easel, a sentiment, a flower, you name it).  I adhered this to a piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock that measured 1 x 3 ½” and added that to the center bottom of my white inside about ½” up with Dimensionals.  This gives my card front somewhere to lean against so it stands up. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and more on my website at https://www.stampinup.com?demoid=2206796 or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.  Be sure to follow me at: 

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Product List

Impressions Abloom Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165605]	Textured Notes Cling Stamp Set (English) [165548]	Everyday Arches Dies [164629]	Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165196]	Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165621]
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]