Fun Fold Friday - Easy Step Card Tutorial

Back with the tutorial as promised... for both the Easy (aka Simple) Centre Step Card AND Side Step Card... as the only difference is where you stick your front up & over panel... be it centred (as on the Tutorial sample)... or offset to one side (as on most of the others)...

Recipe
Main Card 14.8 x 20cm
Up & Over Panel 7.4 x 21cm *
Paper 14.3 x 7cm ; 14.3 x 2cm
Thin White Card - Inside: 14.3 x 7cm Front: 6.9 x 10cm
Plus white scraps for stamping the flowers and leaves

OR click here for the tutorial for Julie's original (US A2/inches) version that inspired my creations... Though I used a longer Up & Over panel* as I thought it slightly easier to score in half and assemble this way...
* This panel would be 3" x 8 1/2" scored LANDSCAPE at 4 1/4" to go with with Julies version...

1.     Score Main Card panel LANDSCAPE at 7.5, 15 & 17.5cm

2.     Bone fold mountain, valley & mountain

3.     Score Up & Over panel LANDSCAPE at 10.5cm

4.     Mountain bone fold

5.     Adhere papers to front faces of main card 

6.     Adhere white card panel to inside face

7.     Put glue on front base section where required (ie centre or offset) 
TIP - using grid paper useful for lining/eyeing things up for next steps...

8.     Adhere Up & Over panel to front/base section... ensuring things all lined up on front and back sections...

9.     Put glue on back of main card panel where required

10. Adhere Up & Over panel to back of main card panel

11. Ink up, stamp , colour and hand cut 2 flower duos, 1 leaf spray and 6 leaves as required.

TIP - I simply flicked Stampin Blends out from the centre of the flowers for a subtle colour effect...

12. Glue 2 leaves together to form 3pairs

13. Place card onto envelope… TIP - very important! It saves sticking flowers where they won't fit in the envelope!!!

14. Adhere white card panel to Up & Over section

15. Adhere top left leaves… (Note- leaves are stuck flat)

16. Adhere flowers (Note- flowers are 3D foamed) 

17. Ink up & stamp greeting 

18. Adhere rest of flowers and leaves 
TIP - you could ink up and stamp the leaf spray direct onto the white panel to avoid fussy cutting if preferred!

And voila...

 

And here's a group shot for you... with all the Friendly Hello versions I made.. 

Note that the even simpler aka Easiest versions in the central slots above (and previously shared here)  just have Whisper White Main Card and Up & Over panels (so no extra thin white panels needed)... and the Granny Apple Green version does not have the 14.3 x 2cm piece of paper... 

Painted Poppies Splatter Notecards Trio Step by Step Pictorial

So I have been asked a few questions on the creation of my Painted Poppy notecards with splatters .... so I thought it easiest to just make another, take some photos and come back to share!

So colourwise... I used Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray and Granny Apple Green on this and most of my other Painted Poppies samples but Poppy Parade (instead of Pretty Peacock) on the first version shared (as shown below but first shared here with more product details and images...

No masking involved...

And note that ...

I stamped off the Seaside Spray (sky) splatters ie ink up stamp, stamp on scrap paper, then stamp onto card... 

But I didn't stamp off the Granny Apple Green (grass) splatters - I just stamped twice/thrice without re-inking ...

(1) Die cut label ( this label is in the co-ordinating Painted Labels dies)

(2) Stamp single stem poppy in Memento Black

(3) Stamp large Splatters behind poppy (to top) NB stamped off!

(4) Stamp Granny Apple Green splatters to bottom NB stamped twice

(5) Using stamped label for required positioning on card... ink up and stamp Seaside Spray and Granny Apple Green large splatters directly onto notecard to left hand side... you can see better in the 3rd photo below...

(6) Colour in flowers and leaves using Stampin Blends

(7) Adhere stamped label to card using 3D foam Stampin Dimensionals

(8) Finish off with a hand cut Label Me Bold greeting (in Pretty Peacock/Poppy Parade)

And then I used the same technique on this card...

With the extra touch of the Enjoy Life grass image (in Granny Apple Green)... over the "grass splatters"  for extra definition... ie Top Left image below...

And I will be back soon with a tip for the shaped card mat behind that Painted Poppies/ Labels die cut label on this last card!

Triple Time Tropical Chic

Another of these for you... multi coloured mats the other way round... and some extra stamping in black to add more definition... Card Tutorial here too... 

Though I do think the black blobs look like fish swimming through a tropical seascape!

And here is the inside,,,

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Thursday Triple Time Tropical Stamping... with Tutorial

Haven't done one of these Triple Time Stamped (aka Triple Layer or Triple Time or just Triple Stamped) cards for years!! But seemed like the right time... with the right stamp set, Tropical Chic! Aided and abetted again by Friendly Expressions

Though I have done a couple of things slightly differently this time around... as...

(1) I have used different colour mats/card base... which adds variety and is a bit more subtle than using just the one colour for all the layers... So the card base and inner mat are in Soft Sea Foam... and the middle mat is in Lemon Lime Twist...

(2) I have embossed the three stamped panels with the wonderful Subtle embossing folder to add texture... which immediately makes the finished card look and feel more luxury! Though it is impossible for you to see this... so just trust me on this point!!!

I embossed all 3 whilst they were still temporarily adhered... very quick and simple that way! But do note that they do then stick together quite well (even with the temporary glue!)... so you do need to take more care separating the layers before adhering to the cardstock panels...

Stamping in Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green... What a gorgeous selection of greens...

Craft Spa Recipe - A6 Triple Time Card Design
A6 Card Blank 14.8W x 10.5cmH (ie 14.8cm x 21cm Scored LANDSCAPE at 10.5cm)
Coloured Card 12.4 x 8cm, 9.9 x 5.5cm
Whisper White Card 14.4 x 10cm, 11.9 x 7.5cm, 9.4 x 5cm

And for you guys in the the US with US Letter Sized and A2 card... here you go!
Craft Spa Recipe - A2 Triple Time Card Design
A2 Card Blank 5 1/2" W x 4 1/4" H(ie 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Scored LANDSCAPE at 4 1/4")
Coloured Card 4 1/2" x 3 1/4", 3 1/2" x 2 1/4"
Whisper White Card 5 1/4" x 4", 4 1/4" x 3", 3 1/4" x 2"

And click here for the step by step Pictorial of the stamping and assembly for one of these cards... as well as the dimensions for the larger A5 Triple Time Card in centimetres...