Fun Fold Friday - For The Guys Bridge Fold Trio

Finished off some alternatives for the samples made as I "tweaked along"... so one became three....

But first apologies as I have still not "turned off the Feedburner blog notification feed"... I will as soon as I find out what to do! Or they may turn it off first at this rate!! 

But please ensure you subscribe to the follow.it feed if you still wish to see my blog posts.... Add button/form down the right hand side of this blog if there isn't an obvious button within the emails... Thank You...

Click HERE to see the original and for more information...

But basically the Thank You one has wider panels and front stuck on to create the scene... which would have meant some trimming in class... so I decided to change that...

The Happy Birthday one has narrower panels and front... so there is more gapping (vanilla space!)

So I decided on the in between for the final version... ie the Happy Anniversary one shared here

Friday Five Panel Fun Fold Card

Another alternative card using scraps of the For The Guys card kit... Click HERE for a quick Tutorial...

Searched the internet for a name and other creations for this simple little fold... to no avail... much to my surprise... 

So I will simply call this what it is... a Five Panel card... 

Though I did have a few more names... but  I will keep one of those for a special series one day!!

And I have to admit that this came about due to a mistake making my Bridge Fold card... 

Especially as we all preferred this fold... so you will no doubt be seeing a few more from time to time... along with a tutorial as I actually tweaked the final measurements for class to make things neater... but I forgot to re-take new photos!

And I wonder if you can guess what the "initiating mistake" was!!? 

Note that I am sharing 2 versions for you today... for those that think that may be seeing things! One with and then one without the Sailing Home yacht...

Friday Field of Flowers....

 

Thought I'd try a Bridge U Fold card with the Field of Flowers as my final moonlit scene trio card...

Didn't quite work out quite as my eyes intended... but effective none the less... but I'll redo for my Class in The Mail using the daylight colours! Hence the delay - sorry!

Also used Lovely You (leaves from the top), Winter Woods (spindly trees at back)  & My Meadow (right hand tree, birds & clouds)

And so here is the complete moonlit trio...

Spot the Difference!

Howsabout simplifying what has gone before!!! 

For a little game of Spot the Difference....

This one really does take minutes... as the "filling in" was definitely the most time consuming part of the card on the right hand side!

Click here for all the details on the card...

And before I forget... do feel free to come back at 9pm UK time tonight for another sneak peek... and an international blog hop to inspire you....

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Detailed Birthday die cut Bridge U Fold Card

A little gem of a card... with a gem of a die set!

Detailed Birthday dies... Still available here in Europe... but probably not for long... particularly as not carrying over...  Really love both the pressies and the cupcakes!

And don't forget the co-ordinating Birthday Cheer stamps... especially this brilliant greeting... as it can be used for birthdays... exam success... or just cos! Kind of a set for all seasons!

Or the bundle with 10% off...

And we are still loving these Tea Room papers...

Click here for the Bridge U Fold card recipe and tutorial... though you don't need the inner box sections parts... and the front Base panel is die cut (and then snipped at the sides) from a 15.5 x 6.5cm (6 1/8" x 2 1/2") high piece of Thick Whisper White card...

Love to make my ladies happy with such a simple but effective make!

Dashing Deer in the Winter Woods...

Another little scene built using my favourite Winter Woods and Dashing Deer stamp sets... with some Rooted in Nature trees thrown in for good measure...

Click here for the card tutorial... though I added 2 hand-torn and glittered pieces of 8cm wide x 2.5cm high Whisper White to the back and central section too...

Set on A Twinkle Twinkle Paper background.... no sponging required!

Finished off with a 1 1/2" circle punched moon... and lots of Dazzling Diamonds Stampin Glitter....

Farmhouse Christmas Bridge U Fold Card for Fancy Fold Friday

Too good a card fold for a little scene with a house, trees and a fence not be used... Just perfect...

But first a quick update on classes and tutorials for my Farmhouse Christmas trio shared over the last 3 days... Wow... I have had such a lot of people contact me... that I felt I had to write up the Tutorials... so...

Live in the UK? Full multi project Tutorial file available when you purchase Farmhouse Christmas (or products to £40 value or more if you already have the set!) through my Online Store... but please remember to add the current Host Code to the field where prompted... Current Host Code to be found to the top right hand side of this blog page...

Not in the UK... or a UK demo? Just click on the Add to Cart button below to order and pay £5 for the Tutorial bundle. This will cover the Box Frame, Bakers Box and Bridge U Fold card shared 10-12 October - and will be in the form of a 15 page pdf document with lots of photos. Payment and currency conversions handled by Paypal. No Paypal account needed as Paypal or major credit cards can be accepted. 

And there are more class dates being arranged... though I am already booked up till 22 Nov...

So back to today's card... Click here for the Bridge U Fold Card Tutorial...and here for the Background Trees tutorial...

Think this is my last Farmhouse Christmas and Winter Woods with a touch of Merry Christmas to All projects for now... though more may come along as the stamps and dies will be out for classes on both October and November... so I could yet be tempted...

More Stampin Blends action for colouring... in Crumb Cake, Real Red and Pool Party... and another Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint daubed Farmhouse Christmas embellishment...

Oh... and yes the card does fold down flat for popping in an envelope and posting...

And remember...
Live in the UK? Full multi project Tutorial file available when you purchase Farmhouse Christmas (or products to an equivalent value-or more- if you already have the set!) through my Online Store... but please remember to add the current Host Code to the field where prompted... Current Host Code to be found to the top right hand side of this blog page...

Not in the UK... or a UK demo? Register your interest in purchasing the Farmhouse Christmas etc multi project Tutorial file for £5 by emailing me here .... and I will see what I can set up...

Merry Monday Dashing Deer & Winter Woods Bridge U Fold card

Thought it was about time I created a simple Fancy Fold Card to go with my set of sponged Night of Navy Dashing Deer and Winter Woods clean & simple cards...

So the old faithful Bridge U Fold card (for which the Tutorial is shared here) was the perfect format... creating a simple little 3D scene in moments...

See how I created the background scene here... though I won't add the snowflakes as on today's version next time... as they weren't necessary when I finished off with the "spindly trees"...which look even more stunning when adorned with lots of sparkly Dazzling Diamonds glitter....

See more details on the other cards here and here...oh and here...

Petal Passion & Palette Bridge U Fold Card

Apologies that yesterday's Happy Easter post was late... techno-bomb!!

Now who said these Petal Passion papers were just black and white!! Reckon that this card might be bright enough to dispel that myth...

U Fold card... aka Bridge Fold Card... for which the tutorial can be found here....  though this time I only used the one box section/insert for the birdie perch.... so that was scored at 1.5cm from each side from a 11.5cm x 2.5cm high panel...

Spotty papers coloured with Blends or Markers... back paper panel brayered with Pool Party and stamped with Old Olive marker thumped veins on Lemon Lime Twist inked leaves... and a couple of extra leaves stamped separately on Whisper White and then fussy cut... 

Memento Black Petal Palette stamped images with Stampin Blends colouring of leaves (Old Olive) and flowers (Rich Razzleberry & Pool Party) and then die cut with the Petals & More dies

And lovely die cut Petals & More frame in Pool Party (under the Classic Label punched Thoughtful Banners greeting to the bottom right hand side)

Year in Review - aka Tutorials Round Up!

Just out of interest I had a scan through my 2017 blog posts and worked out the Most Popular Posts by number of visits during 2017... and not unsurprisingly posts with Tutorials leapt to the top!

So here are the Top 10 Popular Posts/Projects for 2017... just click on the picture to go straight to the relevant blog post... most with the Tutorials... so I hope some of you may find this useful...

Number 1 - Bench Fold Card Tutorial - with a staggering 9000 visits! Actually putting this in my Top 5 Blog Posts of all time (though not showing up in the Top 10 list down the left hand side for some reason!?) ... And the individual Tool Bench and Aga (Kitchen Range) cards each hit the year's Top 10... though  - for the purposes of this review - I am not letting them count twice... 

Edited to Add - Click HERE to go straight to the ordering page and order the tutorial (s)... 

Number 2 - Hearts Come Home #4 Village Bridge U Fold Card Tutorial

Number 3 - Hearts Come Home #3 Baby Wipe Swipe Scene

Number 4 - Sending Love Valentine Pop & Twist Card

Number 5 - A6 U Fold Card Tutorial... with over 6000 visits...

Number 6 - Thanks A Latte Coffee Cup Treat Holder Tutorial 

Number 7 - Delightful Daisy Double Z Joy Fold Card (though Tutorial post is here) 

Number 8 - Six Panel Pop & Twist Card Tutorial

Number 9 - At Home With You For Christmas Centre Step Easel Card 

Or for A New Home card... and I have just popped this one onto the Tutorials to write up list... I could have sworn I had done it!

And finally at Number 10... DinoRama U Fold Card Tutorial... with nearly 4000 visits... 

So glad I have done this review... which actually goes as far as the Top 30... as now I have been reminded of a few tutorials to write up... as well as some other variants that I had in my head at the time... but that I never quite got round to .... that should keep me busy for a couple of months!!