Fun Folds Stampin' Dream Blog Hop

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Today I'm hopping with the Crafty Collaborations team, which is a global group of fellow Stampin' Up demonstrators. Blogs are a great way to check out a variety of awesome card ideas. So let's get hopping along.

Our theme today is any fun fold. I chose to share this open-and-pop fun-fold card I taught at my classes a few weeks ago. My customers couldn't get over how easy it is to make.  The above view is when it's open and below is the closed view.

If you look closely, you can see that the sentiment piece is raised up on dimensionals to serve as a stopper to make the card stand up when it is open.

There are a few details I want to point out on the flowers. First, they were punched from our new, beautiful, shimmery vellum that comes in all 5 new In Colors. Here I have used 4 of them. Also, after I punched them out, I embossed them with the Hammered Embossing Folder to give them some texture.

For a free tutorial, click on the box below.

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Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set [154994] $21.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $35.00
Color & Contour Bundle (English) [158356] $50.25	Back On Your Feet Cling Stamp Set [149385] $21.00
Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75
2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum [155616] $12.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $7.50	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $7.50
Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154903] $9.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $35.00
Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder [150646] $9.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $10.00
Flowers & Leaves Punch [155373] $18.00	Opal Rounds [154289] $7.50
Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155672] $7.00

Technique Tuesday Dry Embossing with Evergreen Forest

Hi, Crafty-Happy People!

Today I'm hopping with the Crafty Collaborations team, which is a global group of fellow Stampin' Up demonstrators. Blogs are a great way to check out a variety of awesome card ideas. So let's get hopping along.

Our theme today is different ways to use dry embossing, also known as pressure embossing. This is a method in which  an embossed image is applied to your paper, usually with a die cutting and embossing machine, such as the Stampin' Up! Cut and Embossing machine. 

Yes, I thought I would show you a very easy Christmas card. Foil paper is one of my favorite papers to emboss. It always makes quite an impression (get it, impression!!) when embossed. If you need a quick and easy card, this is the one for you.  It is also beautiful in colored foil like the green foil paper we had last Christmas.

Just emboss your foil and adhere it to your card base. Easy Peasy!

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Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder [153576] $10.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00
Red & Green Foil Sheets [153510] $10.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237] $8.25

Quiet Meadow for Kylie's International Blog Highlights

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I've made this gorgeous Quiet Meadow Thank You card for Kylie's International Blog Highlights. This means I'm asking you to vote for me so I can participate in her Top 10 Blog Hop! CLICK HERE TO VOTE! Look for entry #22: 

Now some details about this card. Thanking someone for a kind act you're thankful for will be easy with a card this beautiful and serene. Don't you feel like you're walking in a meadow with the plants and butterfly? 

The Quiet Meadow bundle is the focus of this card. The background words and dots on the embossed Brick and Mortar background set up the card base for this card. Misty Moonlight ink was used for these stamps, after stamping off twice, first. This piece was then embossed with the Brick and Mortar Embossing Folder.

Down in the left hand corner is where I added a die cut in Night of Navy from the Encircled in Friendship dies, which I also used for the thank-you sentiment. If you look closely, you can see the Wink  of Stella on the butterfly that was stamped with the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set, in Night of Navy ink, and cut with the Brilliant Wings die. The colors were sponged on the butterfly in Misty Moonlight and Old Olive.

The ferns were cut from Old Olive cardstock and the edges sponged with Mossy Meadow ink. Two flowers were cut out of Basic White cardstock and two from Balmy Blue. The Basic White flowers were sponged with Misty Moonlight ink and the stem and leaves with Old Olive ink. The flower centers were cut from Night of Navy with a die from Poppy Moments. I cut the Balmy Blue flowers off their stems and adhered to the back of the white flowers with dimensionals.

I hope you like my card and I want to thank Debbie Reemtsen for the inspiration.

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Quiet Meadow Cling Stamp Set [155082] $21.00	Meadow Dies [155852] $38.00
Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $17.00	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $44.00
Encircled In Beauty Dies [155546] $34.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $10.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $8.25	Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [159231] $7.75
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702] $8.75	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $7.50
Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $8.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $7.50
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00