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Card Sets · Fun Folds · Hello Irresistible

Irresistible Birthday Happiness

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Today I’m sharing another design in the Irresistible Birthday card pack that will be available in the Etsy shoppe at the end of the week. I had a lot of fun learning this new fun fold that my mom shared with me (originally shared by Dawn Griffith). The original design is a square card, and I like to keep all of my designs a standard size that doesn’t require special envelopes or additional postage. So I resized the original to be a standard-sized vertical card. Because I didn’t want to make any mistakes with my “good paper,” I worked on getting all of the measurements and folds just right by using paper from our shredding bin. And now I have a workable template where I scribbled all of the measurements as I went. Do you ever make templates? It helps me to keep all of the instructions I scribble down straight with what they actually make!

I am really loving the versatility of this designer paper. The first design in the Irresistible Birthday card pack really lent itself to being more masculine, but this card is definitely softer and more feminine. It’s the perfect combination of pale pinks and soft, rosey oranges. And I think the fun fold design really adds some fun to this card!

Would you like to know how I made this card? Hop on over to my Instagram feed and check it out! Link over on the right ➡️➡️.

Products used:
Petal Pink, Basic White cardstock
Hello, Irresistible DSP
Vellum
Calypso Coral ink
Pansy Petal, Bold Bouquet stamps
Bold Bouquet, All That, Nested Essentials dies
Wink of Stella
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Download the tutorial here!

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Card Sets · Fun Folds

Zany, Bright, and Beautiful Birthday

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I’m working more with combinations of patterns with the latest designs. It’s still quite a challenge for me, but I do feel like designs came much more easily with this set. And what could be more fun than bright designs and fun folds?! This newest card pack called Bright and Beautiful Birthday will be available in the shoppe later this week.

I focused on the SU! Bright and Beautiful and Zoo Crew designer series paper packs in designing this set. As I was sketching out design ideas, it seemed natural to focus on a birthday theme. The bright colors and fun patterns just lent themselves easily to it. And to me, birthday designs call for fun folds! Let’s take a closer look at each card.

Something to Celebrate flap fold:
Blueberry Bushel, Shimmer White, Basic White cardstock
Bright & Beautiful DSP
Zany Zoo stamps
All That dies
Circle punch
Lemon Lime, Smoky Slate ribbon
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Birthday Confetti angled gate fold:
Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Bright & Beautiful, Zoo Crew DSP
Shimmer vellum (retired)
Special Moments stamps (retired)
Scallop punch
Adhesive-backed sequins
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Birthday Balloons angle fold:
Lemon Lime Twist, Shimmer White, Granny Apple Green cardstock
Bright & Beautiful, Zoo Crew DSP
Shimmer vellum (retired)
Zany Zoo stamps
All That, Nested Essentials dies
Adhesive-backed sequins
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Koala Cupcakes angle fold:
Lemon Lime Twist cardstock
Bright & Beautiful, Zoo Crew DSP
Shimmer vellum (retired)
Stitched Stars dies (retired)
Wink of Stella
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Birthday Fox angled trifold:
Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Bright & Beautiful, Zoo Crew DSP
Shimmer vellum (retired)
Wink of Stella
Pansy Patch stamps
All That, Nested Essentials dies
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Card Sets · Fun Folds

Simple Blooms

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I tried out some new card folds over the weekend. I like to experiment with retired papers so that, if it happens to not go well, I haven’t sacrificed new product in the process of learning a new technique.

This suite of cards features the Paper Blooms designer paper. I’m especially pleased with the two new foldover designs and will definitely be incorporating these folds on a more regular basis. Both are simple to make and produce stunning designs.

If you’re interested in purchasing any of the designs you see featured here, pop over to my Etsy shop.

Products used:
Paper Blooms DSP (retired)
Night of Navy, Basic White, Petal Pink, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink (retired) cardstock
Glimmer vellum
Pastel adhesive-backed sequins
Festive pearls
Wink of Stella

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Gone Fishing · Shop the catalog

Good Things Come Pop-Up Card

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I ventured to try another fun fold technique today that I learned over at Klompen Stampers. I modified the template to create a pop-up card because I forgot how the template was supposed to fold, which created a whole lot of extra work. Because I was winging the pop-up portion of this design, there was way more cutting and measuring of smaller pieces than is really necessary for the original template. BUT in the end, I did like the result so I’m gonna go ahead and share my happy accident. (PRO TIP: just go back and rewatch a tutorial video when you can’t remember exactly how to make a fold work!)

I used the Gone Fishing Suite for this design. The front of the card is CASEd from the current catalog but flipped to accommodate the horizontal orientation of this design. The base of the card and pop-up segment is Night of Navy. I fussy cut the fish on the inside of the card and popped them up to give some depth of field.

Products used:
Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Gone Fishing stamps and dies
Let’s Go Fishing DSP
Silver embossing powder
Gold trim
Dimensionals
Adhesives
Sending You Thoughts stamps for inside sentiment (retired)

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Dies · Gone Fishing · Shop the catalog

Fishing Fun Fold Card

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I’m excited to bring you another design using the Gone Fishing Suite and another fun fold technique. The StampingBae girls posted this terrific belly band fun fold card design today, and I just had to give it a whirl!

My favorite thing about this particular design is that it showcases so many of the wonderful elements of the Gone Fishing Suite, but especially the DSP. The card base is Night of Navy cardstock that is cut and scored. All of the patterned panels are comprised of strips of designer paper, and the sentiment panels are white cardstock. TIP: you can use the tackle box die to cut sentiment panels!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Let’s Go Fishing DSP
Gone Fishing stamps
Gone Fishing dies
Silver Simply Elegant Trim
Adhesive
Dimensionals

Download the tutorial here!

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