Ramblin' Stamper: Fancy Fold

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Friday, May 10, 2024

Country Flowers Diamond Fold Card

This awesome fun fold card, called a Diamond Fold, has been a favorite of mine since the first time I tried it. The images in the Country Flowers stamp set are sized perfectly to fit it!

The teapot and the flowers in it are 2 separate stamps, so I was able to adhere the teapot with liquid glue, then pop the flowers up on Stampin' Dimensionals. I colored everything with Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Old Olive, Misty Moonlight, Petunia Pop & Pretty in Pink.

This is the base for the Diamond Fold Card. I used Misty Moonlight cardstock. To create the point, make a small pencil mark at 2-1/8" and use your trimmer to cut from that mark to each end of the scoreline, as shown in the photo.

Here are the rest of the measurements for this card:

3" square of Misty Moonlight cardstock

2-13/16" square of Basic White

2-5/8" square of Country Lace Designer Paper (Smoky Slate)

2-7/8" x 4" Basic White for inside

3-1/8" x 4" Misty Moonlight Designer Paper for card front

2-1/4" x 4" Misty Moonlight Designer Paper for inside (to the right of the Basic White)

3-1/8" x 4" Smoky Slate Designer Paper for inside (to the left side of the center fold)

You can see another example of the Diamond Fold in this blog post from June 2023.

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Country Flowers Bundle (English)

[163411]

$53.00

Country Lace 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163415]

$12.50

So Sincere Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162283]

$24.00

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$11.50

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131202]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153108]

$11.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

$11.00

Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163828]

$11.00

Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163824]

$11.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$11.00

2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems

[163781]

$8.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Abundant Beauty Masks for a Milestone Birthday

I wanted to share this card I made for a very special lady who's turning 95 this month.

My friend is amazing. One of her favorite activities is making cards, so I hope she likes this one!

I used the Abundant Beauty Masks, Blending Brushes & Very Vanilla cardstock to create the sunflowers, then fussy-cut them. Colors are Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie & Early Espresso. The inside & outside sentiments are from a new stamp set called "So Sincere".

The beautiful paper I used for the numbers and strip along the bottom is Oxidized Copper Specialty DSP.

This fun fold is one of my favorites, the Double Z-Fold. The base of the card is 4-1/4" x 11" (Daffodil Delight) scored at 2-3/4" & 5-1/2". The band along the bottom is 11" x 1-1/4", scored at 5-1/2" & 2-3/4".

The two patterned designer papers I used are retired, but you probably have some others that would be lovely on this card style! The 2 yellow panels are 2-1/2" x 4" and the large brown panel is 5-1/4" x 4".

The Oxidized Copper strips are 5-1/4" x 1" & 2-1/2" x 1" (2 pieces).

The trickiest part of the Double Z-Fold is fastening the band. The long section of the band is glued to the short front section. The easiest way to to apply liquid glue to the folded band, as that exposes only the sections that should have glue. You'll want to fold the card closed while adhering the band in place. Definitely have a "dry run" at it before applying glue.

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Friday, October 13, 2023

Stack, Slice & Shuffle with the Autumn Leaves Suite

This beautiful designer paper is one of my all-time favorites. It's called All About Autumn, and it's been so popular with Stampin' Up! customers that it has sold out twice already, and in production for the third time this fall.

This paper pack is especially well-suited to the Stack, Slice & Shuffle technique because you can show three different patterns on the same card. Trust me, it's hard to choose from just one, as every sheet is gorgeous.

The oak & maple leaves surrounding the sentiment are cut from Oxidized Copper Specialty DSP, which is part of the Autumn Leaves Suite. I've used Thick Very Vanilla cardstock for the base of each card. I chose a mat to coordinate with each card - here, from left to right, the mats are Copper Clay, Moody Mauve & Cajun Craze.

I have to admit that I didn't care for Moody Mauve before I saw this paper. Now I love this color - especially paired with Pretty Peacock.

This diagram shows how to cut your papers. You will cut 3 pieces of 3-3/4" x 5" designer paper, stacked on top of each other, at the same time. This is the "Stack & Slice" part of the technique. No measuring needed here - just make the first cut approximately as shown. Move the corner pieces you cut off out of the way and make the second cut as shown.

After you finish cutting you'll have 9 pieces of designer paper (3 pieces of 3-3/4' x 5", cut into 3 pieces each). Now comes the shuffle - simply rearrange the pieces to make 3 card fronts, each having 3 different papers.

Now comes the fun part...the shuffle!

This is such a great card design to make a bunch of cards quickly. Just mount these on a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of coordinating cardstock and add to your card base. Add a punched or die-cut shape with a sentiment stamped on it & you're done!

The All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper is currently scheduled to be back in stock the week of October 23. If you would like me to notify you when it's available again, please drop me an email: ramblinstamper@gmail.com

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