Fun & Frogs on Friday... aka So Hoppy Together

All the Fs for Friday today... Frogs... Fun and (easy) Fancy Fold!! 

So here is one of the cards we made at Monthly Training last week... using the Sale A Bration promotional set, So Hoppy Together... which can be yours for free with a £45 order... 

Along with the Tropical Escape papers that are the perfect colours to go with our lovely frogs!

The card fold is my Double Z Joy Fold Card design... just click here for my Tutorial... 

And here is a bit more information on the card decoration over on the lovely Julies blog...

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Team Congratulations...

Just sharing the card I made for my wonderful team member Sue to celebrate her first promotion in her Stampin' Up! journey. I am sure there will be more to come... and I am sure I will have a lot to share with you about Sue (and butterflies!) sometime very soon!! Watch this space...

It was lovely to have the new Copper embossing powder to use for this big occasion!! Great timing Stampin Up!

I was also delighted at Team Training today...  to be able to give Sue her selected extra bonus gift of the brand new Labeler Alphabet for joining my team and achieving Bronze Elite...  She was very surprised that I had it already for her (as it is on back order for a few days!)

And then I had to laugh and 'fess up... this was my Prize Patrol prize at Telford... which I hadn't used so I thought great it can be Sue's.... but I needed the letters for Bronze Elite... oops... luckily she understands (and it was only Versamark after all) ... and has been busy using it all afternoon... again Huge Well Done Sue...

And yes it had to be another Double Z Joy Fold Card... Tutorial here... and by the reactions in the room at Team Training I think this going to be another popular card format....

Time of Year Double Z Joy Fold Card...

So I had a moment today... whilst I was waiting (very impatiently for my big box of new catalogue stash to turn up!)...

I wondered what would happen if I took a Small Square Pop Up Z Fold card (Tutorial here) and merged it with a Large Square Pop Up card (Tutorial here) ... with no arms required....

And wow... I really LOVE the result... kind of like a Double Z Fold Joy Fold card if you know what I mean.... how exciting....

But no tutorial today... there is an improvement that will be made.... and then I will be back...

EDITED TO ADD: Tutorial for this Double Z Joy Fold Card now posted here

But in the meantime...what do you think this card fold should be called... answers on a post-card please!! Well  a comment below should do the trick!

And oops before I go... some new products used today.... 

The new Hostess stamp set, Time of Year. (Really love this set!) 

And Confetti Celebrations for the YAY star and inside greeting... 

And mmmmm... the new Copper embossing powder.... 

And you have seen the Dapper Denim papers out of the 2016-18 In Color paper stack on here a plenty before!!! 

Now talking of the New In Color Paper stack... I have pulled together a Craft Spa 2016-18 In Color Kit... you know the kits - you get half of anything I can split and a few yards of each co-ordinating ribbon. Just let me know if you are interested and I will send you the details....