Bright Star Stampers : #fun fold card

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Perennial Lavender Happy Birthday Fun Fold Card

Today's card is so pretty in person. It is not a traditional fold on the left card. The center panel opens to the right! The paper is from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper. Depending on how you cut the paper you can just a few flowers or a whole panel of flowers. For this card, I chose just a few flowers.

I love purple and this card delivers on that. Two shades of Stampin' Up! purples: Gorgeous Grape and Fresh Freesia. Plus those pretty sparkling gems add more shades. They are our Purple Fine Shimmer Gems. The Happy Birthday is stamped in Gorgeous Grape. The Double Oval punch is retiring but it was perfect for this card.

This is what the card looks like opened up.

My Tip: Be sure and adhere the 1" strip under the white card liner before adhering the liner to the inside of the card! Ask me how I figured that out? And: do not put your adhesive all the way around the Fresh Freesia layer or you will stick your card together and it won't open!

Here's the video on my You Tube channel so you can see how to assemble the card.

Cutting instructions:

Card Base (Gorgeous Grape): 5 1/2" x 7 1/2', score and fold at 4 1/4"

Score the 1" strip at 3", the short side goes under the inside liner

Liner (Basic White): 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White panel for left front of card: 5 1/4" x 3", embossed

Center Panel (Fresh Freesia): 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

DSP: 3" x 3"

Gorgeous Grape and Basic White for punching

Thanks for stopping by! Let me know if you make this card. There are many possibilities using different papers and color combos.

Happy stamping,

Mary Lou

Print Recipe

Product List

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$10.00

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162593]

$12.50

Cane Weave 3 D Embossing Folder

[160580]

$10.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$9.00

Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

[162611]

$8.00

Double Oval Punch

[154242]

$22.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$26.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

A Way to Use Traditions of St. Nick DSP

Do you ever buy something because you like one part of it? When I saw the Traditions of St. Nick online, I told myself that it wasn't really for me. But any way, I bought a package. It was a challenge for me to use the paper. There isn't a coordinating stamp set so I was free to use the paper however I wanted. Here is one of my two cards using this Designer Series Paper.

This is a fun fold card so you can use a lot of paper! Here is the inside of this card:

This card can be a gift card holder, too. Those little Classic Gift Card Envelopes are set to retire. I mentioned in my video that they would carry forward but that was incorrect. So if you want them, don't wait too long.

Cutting Instructions for this Card:

Cherry Cobbler card base: cut 4 1/4" x 11". Score at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2" and fold to create Z-fold

DSP for front and first fold: 2 1/2" x 4", cut 2

DSP for inside:5 1/4" x 4"

Here is the card opened all the way:

Notice the flap of the Gift Card Envelope is covered with coordinating paper for an added detail.