Simple on Sunday - Grassy Grove & New Horizons Aperture Card

This is my favourite card so far in my New Horizons & Grassy Grove series... so simple... but a stunner...

Just a Grassy Grove die cut in a portrait tent fold card blank... And then a quick trim of the card blank to 4" wide... which happens to neaten... and "best even out" those tree trunk widths to either side... Trust me you will know exactly what that means should you make one...

Then a stamped 4" x 3"H (7.5cm) paper piece inserted for the background... 

With a quick trim of the leftover bottom 3"H piece for that front base panel.... ie trimmed to best match my aperture positioning... so everyone will be slightly different (though for info - mine is  4.5cm - about 1 3/4" high)

Fussy cut On the Horizons greeting... and finished off with a piece of Black Twine...

And here are the 2 cards primarily created from that one piece of paper...

And hopefully the following picture will save a 1000 words about the paper cutting for the 2 cards...

New Horizons Portrait Easy Step Card with Tutorial

This is the first of a new & long series of cards using the fabulous New Horizons papers... I have also used the In The Moments stamp set, Grassy Grove stamps & dies and On The Horizons stamps & dies

So I took the Easy Step Card  in landscape orientation... 

And flipped it so it's in portrait orientation...

And I have noticed a few other fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators around the world doing the same "flip" this week... 

I admit that I love it when great minds think alike... as that is usually a sure sign of a soon-to-be-very-popular card fold design... so I am delighted to share it with you....

Click HERE for another version using the New Horizons papers & In The Moment...

Portrait A6 (US A2) Easy Step Card Fold Tutorial (aka Simple Step Card)

Main Card Base 
White Cardstock 20 x 10.5cm  (8" x 4 1/4")
Score LANDSCAPE 7.5, 15 & 17.5cm (3",6" & 7")
Bone Fold Mountain, Valley & Mountain
Paper Panels 10 x 7cm; 10 x 2cm (4" x 2 3/4", 4" x 3/4")

Up & Over Panel
White Cardstock  5.5 x A4L (2 1/4" x 11")
Score LANDSCAPE at 14.8cm (5 1/2")
Bone Fold as Mountain
Paper Panel 5 x 14.3cm (2" x 5 1/4") 

Adhere Papers
Adhere card panels
Decorate as required

Follow the LANDSCAPE version photo-tutorial here if you need more step by step with visuals...

Happy Valentines Day - Flap Boxes and Card

Happy Valentines Day... with a tutorial for you today to share my love... 

Along with another slight variant of my Double Treat Flap Box . I actually don't know if my son likes liquorice... but he loves Caramel Nibbles... so I thought I had better make another of the Double Treat Flap Box... so that I could fill the large drawer with chocolate treats that I know he likes...

In the image above... see the box to the top left...  as this time round I didn't add any ribbon... as luckily the flap sits so nicely onto the box section... and so it doesn't actually need any ribbon to keep everything closed... 

I have to admit that I prefer this simpler version... what about you?

Oh and click here for more details on the Valentine Pop Out Concertina Card shown... 

Fancy making this Double Flap Box Treat Holder Box for yourself... well here you go...

Flap Panel 

• Cut card 26.5 x 10.5cm. 
• Score LANDSCAPE at 10.5 & 16cm
• Valley Bone Fold
  
• TIP - if you valley and mountain bone fold the score line that will sit on the top... then the fold is much neater and flatter... and so it doesn't need the ribbon...
• Add ribbon if required to inside

Sleeve

• Cut card to A4 long x 10cm
• Score whilst LANDSCAPE at 4,14, 18 & 28cm
• Mountain bone fold
• Adhere using narrow tab

Large Drawer

• Cut card 17.4cm square
• Score at 1 1/2" on all 4 sides
• Bone Fold & Dart on 2 opposing sides
• Adhere to form open box
• Poke a central hole and add a brad as a handle

Open Top Box

• Cut card 12.5cm square
• Score at 1/2" on all 4 sides
• Bone Fold & Dart on 2 opposing sides
• Adhere to form open box

Large Inner Section

• Cut card to 16.5 x 9.9cm
• Score LANDSCAPE at 1, 1.5, 2.5, 7, 8, 8.5, 9.5, 14, 15 & 15.5cm
• Bone Fold M, M, V, V, M, M, V, V, M, M (where M= mountain/up and V = valley/down)

Small Inner Sections

• Cut card to 11.5 x 8cm
• Score at 4.5, 5.5, 6 & 7cm
• Cut in half- PORTRAIT at 4cm
• Bone Fold V, M, M, V
  
  

Decoration ... Then just decorate as required. 

• I used the retired 2017 Merry Music papers as so perfect... as these sheets have either "catherine wheel" shapes or music notes... 
• I used card mats 9.9cm square, Paper panels 9.4cm square and 26" of Ribbon
• Be sure to add any ribbon on the inside of the Flap Panel before you adhere any boxes or other panels...
  
• Adhere the Sleeve to the bottom section of the Flap Panel.. pop in the drawer... and then adhere the Open Top Box on top... 
• BIG TIP!!! Only apply glue on the back of the Open Top Box  to adhere the sections to the Flap Panel... if you apply glue to the central section of the Flap Panel and/or the back of the drawer... then you will not be open to open the drawer!! 
• White panels 8cm square on the front and 5cm square on the inside...
• 4 spogs in the liquorice wheels just a 3/4" punched circle and a small punched heart (using a long retired punch)
• Record is embossed on Basic Grey card using black embossing powder and die cut using Layered Circles dies
• Centre of the record is a 1" punched circle plus a die cut heart (Sweet & Sassy dies) and a larger die cut heart on the inside...
• Quickly snip the sentiment " You're My Favourite Song" to remove the word "song" ... and add eg HUSBAND as required...

True Love Pop Out Panel Card Tutorial

As promised... coming back to the True Love Pop Out Panel card shared last week... 

With another version... and the tutorial for you... as this card fold is so simple but so effective... 

1. Cut a 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of card (19 x 14cm)

2. Score when LANDSCAPE at 1 1/4", 2 1/2"5" & 6 1/4" (3, 6, 13 & 16cm) 

3. Bone Fold Valley, Mountain, Mountain, Valley

4. Cut & adhere papers...
    Sides 1" x 5 1/4" (2.5 x 13.5cm)
    Centre 2 1/4" x 5 1/4" (and white panel for back) (6.5 x 13.5cm)

5. Decorate as desired
I simply stamped using a cut-down stamp from Happiest of Birthdays and die cut a label using the Stitched So Sweetly dies... Then Stampin Blends coloured some fussy cut  flowers from the True Love papers. 

This is actually a very slight tweak on previous Pop Out Panel cards shared on this blog... as the side sections are slightly wider... which in turn means it "stands better aka more robustly"... 

Now can I interest anyone in a True Love Paper Kit... with or without the pinks... or actually ... I could even do a fabulous prepped Class in the Mail... watch this space... but in the meantime do email me if you could be interested... as I would love to be preparing an order for next week.... 

Tuesday Tutorial - A6 Double Fan Fold Card

Quickly coming back to the True Love A6 Double Fan Fold card I posted last Friday... with the A6 recipe and measurements for the A4 cardstock users... 

Edited to Add...But before I start... Free Shipping tomorrow... for orders £35+... 24 hours only... starting at 11pm tonight for us in the UK... 

And I have added the links to more detailed tutorials at the end for those of you that haven't made a Double Fan Fold card before... I used Carole's tutorial as my base for this size as it is the most similar... and there are some very useful photos in her post to make the steps clearer... 

Recipe

Basic Black cardstock 14.8 x 19cm.
Basic White cardstock 6.5 x 14.3cm (for back of card)
True Love Paper Front Panel 6.5 x 14.3cm
True Love Paper Long Side Triangle 2.5 x 14cm (x2)
True Love Paper Short Side (Top & Bottom) Triangles 2.5 x 5.7cm (x4)

Tutorial

(1) Score Black card panel when LANDSCAPE (ie 19cm length along top) at 3, 6, 13 &16 cm

(2) Score - when LANDSCAPE (ie 19cm length along top) - from upper left corner (0) to bottom 6cm score line (ie 2^nd score line from left). Then score from top 6cm (2^nd) score line to bottom left corner (0)

(3) Now score from upper 13cm score line (ie 3^rd from left) to bottom right (19cm) corner. Then score from upper right corner (19cm) to bottom left 13cm (3^rd) score line.

Cut the paper pieces at a diagonal…

(4) For the 4 small Short Side triangles… When PORTRAIT (ie narrow 2.5cm side along top) - cut from upper left corner to lower right corner for 2 of the pieces. Then, cut from upper right corner to bottom left corner for the remaining 2 pieces

(5) For the 2 Long Side triangles… Mark the top centre at 7cm when LANDSCAPE (ie along the 14cm side) Cut from that top centre point to bottom left corner and then from top centre to bottom right

(6) Adhere all papers

(7) Die cut Stitched Stars, Gold Foil numbers (retired) and Stitched So Sweetly label

(8) Add Matte Black Dots and Gilded Gems to centres of stars

 

Click the links below for detailed tutorials ...

(1) Originator Sam Calcott at Mixed Up Craft's  7x 5 version (with video)

(2)  Tina Shaw's 7x5 version (with video)

(3) Carole Baumgartner's A2 version with photos... which is the one I used...
This size does also fit in a standard C6 envelope in case you were wondering...

Tuesday Trio - Geraniums....

So as I was kitting out the Welcoming Window Class in the Mail... I thought I should add a simple but fun fold card to the pack... just to say Thank You...

But time was of the essence... so a simple easel card with geraniums fit the bill... and so making a nice little trio of geranium cards for you...

Love how the planter makes the perfect "stop" and greeting label for the card... with those flowers strategically placed below the window...

Bricks stamped repeatedly in Sahara Sand using the brick stamp in the set... and then Sahara Sand ink brush blended (or sponged) over the top...

Missed out on the first round of the Welcoming Window Class in the Mail kit... 

Well never fear... second round requested and now on for the product bundle with the 10 card free class kit in the UK ... Close date 23rd March... though actually the card kits can be with you within 5 days (on a first come first served basis... as I prepped a few more as I was doing the first round)

Live elsewhere or already have your own Welcoming Windows.... you can just buy all the tutorials for not 8... not even 10.. or 14... but actually 15 cards... in a whopping 19 pages of step by step photo tutorials in PDF format...

PS this Simple Easel card is not included in the Tutorials... But just score a LANDSCAPE 21 x 10.5cm piece of card at 5.25 and 10.5cm (or for US Letter.. trim & score a LANDSCAPE 8 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of card at 2 1/8" & 4 1/4") and mountain bone fold both score lines

Best Dressed Dressing Table Bench Fold Card

I guess a lot of you knew one of these was coming! A dressing table just had to be created with the wonderful Best Dressed papers and suite... Simply perfect!

And I tried out a few new concepts as I created it... and I love the results... in particular spot the detail under the chests of drawers at either side... the fancy mirror... and the long central drawer...

And to celebrate... I thought it high time I rolled out Series Two... and Series Three of my Bench Fold Card Tutorials... again in written pdf form with step by step photos ... emailed to your inbox!

Series Two covers this Dressing Table...

The Crafters Desk...

And the Student Desk... so so sorry I have been so long coming back to this one...

Want the know how? Click HERE to order the tutorial...

Series Three covers the Shop Window shared yesterday... 

And you can also get Series One at the same time - for a significantly reduced rate if you buy all three... This covers the Aga (ie Range cooker), BBQ and the Tool Bench... 

Want the know how? Click HERE to order the tutorial (s)...

Tuesday Top Tip - Painted Labels Mat Template & Tutorial...

Save you all working it out... and so easy to create...  Once you have the measurements, a template on hand... and the know how!

But before I start... today is the day... Sale A Bration Second Release - more free Sale A Bration product offerings added to the line up! Scroll down - or click here for my earlier post with all the details...

And so back to my frame tip, template and tutorial...
(1) Cut a piece of card to 8.3 x 5.3cm size (or 3 1/4" x 2 1/16")
(2) Die cut a Painted Labels notched label from another piece of card
(3) Use this label to draw round the notch on each corner of the sized piece of card
(4) Punch each corner with the 1/2" circle punch
(5) You have a template! Suggest you mark it up as such to avoid any future confusion!

(6) Cut your required card colour to 8.3 x 5.3cm size (or 3 1/4" x 2 1/16")
(7) Draw round the template for the notches on each corner
(8) Punch each corner with the 1/2" circle punch
(9) You have a frame! Or two - or three... Simples!

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!

3D Thursday Easter Baskets... AKA Painted Poppies # 8

Before I put the Painted Poppies away.... I couldn't resist a re-make of these 2 favourite Easter projects for the display...

But now I have been asked to include the Large one in some of next month's classes... happy to oblige for those that didn't create one before! Or would like another one....

Too many miles away from me to visit... then click here for the tutorial for the Small Basket... or here for the Large Basket... The main difference being that we now have the fantastic Basket Weave embossing folder for the even more realistic finish!