Diamond Fun Fold with the Zany Zoo Crew

This is one of my favorite fun folds!  It's wonderful for showing off beautiful designer papers, and it's a great card to display.

This card is easy to recreate, you just need a focal image (or sentiment) that will fit on a 3" x 3" square, and your favorite coordinating designer papers.

I used Lemon Lime Twist for my card base.  It's 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 5-1/2" & 8-7/8".  On the smallest section, make a pencil mark @ 2-1/8" and use your trimmer to cut the diamond shape.

Align the pencil mark and each end of the scoreline in the track of the trimmer to cut the diamond shape.

Here are the rest of the measurements you'll need to make this card:

3" x 3" square of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock 

2-5/8" x 2-5/8" square of Basic Black cardstock

Stitched square die-cut about 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" cut from Basic White

Inside sentiment - Basic White cardstock 2-7/8" x 4"

Zoo Crew DSP 3-1/8" x 4" (2)

Zoo Crew DSP 2-1/4" x 4" (1)

Scraps of Basic White & Basic Black for the banner, turtle & raccoon

Stamp the animals & color with Stampin' Blends.  Stamp the banner sentiment in Versamark & use White Stampin' Emboss Powder then heat set.  Die-cut the animals and the banner.

Adhere the DSP to the card base as shown in the photos.  Assemble the Lemon Lime, Black & White squares together.  Stamp the music notes on the white square, keeping in mind the direction it will be mounted on the card.  Use liquid glue on the folded-back diamond section of the card base and mount the assembled squares there, matching the edges together.

Adhere the raccoon, black banner & inside sentiment.  The turtle is mounted to the front with Dimensionals. 

Here are links to the products I used on this card.  The Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper is on sale through the end of June - the sale price will show when you add it to your cart! 

Product List

Zany Zoo Bundle (English)

[161315]

$54.00

Zoo Crew 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161304]

$12.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$10.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$31.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$10.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

$10.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$10.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154894]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

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Making Progress

 As part of my seemingly never-ending quest to actually FINISH my collection of Paper Pumpkin kits, I have some more ideas to share.  Don't get me wrong, I love these kits, I just wish I were more self-disciplined about completing them before moving on!  Too easily distracted by all the pretty things in my craft room, I guess :)

This week I worked on a kit from February 2020, "Lovely Day".

These are the cards as envisioned by the designer...below are my alternatives.

One more kit completed - I'm making progress!!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Spring Cleaning in the Craft Room

 Hello!

Thank goodness spring is finally here...I think.  Not so much today, but there's promise on the horizon.  Spring is my time to renew & refresh, and when I got to the craft room, I had to face the facts...I've got work to do!

Yup, those are all unfinished Paper Pumpkin kits.  Now in my defense, most of them are at least half done, but I moved on to something else before finishing.  (I'm sure no one else does that LOL!)  My goal is to wipe out this stack before it gets any taller.

It would be easy to just put together the rest of the cards as per the instructions, but I like to get creative.  When I open a Paper Pumpkin box, I first assemble one of each card as the designer intended, but after that I usually go off and do my own thing with the rest.  So that slows me down a bit.  

I wasn't going to share this project on my blog, but then I thought I'm probably not the only one with unfinished kits sitting around and maybe you'd like to see what I'm doing, so here goes!

The first kit I picked up was July 2019.  This photo from Stampin' Up! shows the cards as per the instructions.  I had just 3 cards left in this kit, so here's what I did with them---

I'm pretty happy with the way these turned out, and best of all, there's ONE LESS BOX IN THE STACK!!

Hopefully you're inspired to finish up your own Paper Pumpkin kits.  I just hope I can knock out another kit this week...there's a box of new catalog Stampin' Up! goodies on its way...I'm pretty easily distracted by pretty new stamps & papers :)