Join us for next week's Zoom stamping session!

Thank you for a wonderful Zoom stamping session on Monday! Everyone's cards were beautiful! I love how everyone interpreted the same layout differently, using different stamp sets, designer series paper, and embellishments. Your creativity never ceases to astound me!

We made two types of corner pop-up cards - one card base that has a pocket and one card base that does not have a pocket. This fun fold completes our three week series on squash style cards. Below is my card sample without a pocket using the new Hot Dog stamp set.

The Hot Dog stamp set is an adorable stamp set in the January-June Mini Catalog tucked in the back of the catalog that is not to be missed! Hot Dog features three dachshunds and all of their sweet little accessories, including a birthday hat and a cone!

 

I used the watercolor pencils to fill in the each of the balloon images, giving the card an overall softer yet still vibrant look. 

I would love for you to join our weekly Zoom stamping sessions! We are a group of demonstrators, hobbyists, customers, stampers, family, and friends. We meet each Monday at 6:30pm on Zoom to create a project or two, chat, and have fun! We share projects that we are working on and take turns demonstrating a project. 

There is no set sharing schedule; we each volunteer when we see or make something that we would like to share with the group. There are so many amazing card making projects to try that there is always something to inspire us each week.

 Next week (Monday, February 8th), we are making a book binding fun fold card.

Email me that you would like to join in on our Monday evening Zoom stamping sessions, and I will send you the Zoom information as well as the card measurements and materials list.

Thanks for stopping by!

Beth

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Happy World Cardmaking Day! Today is a fantastic day to make and send cards to loved ones! Choose your favorite stamp sets, designer series papers, and embellishments and create a card for an upcoming occasion or to send a special message to a favorite friend.

Fun folds are some of my favorite ways to make cards! I love the way fun folds are constructed and how they open differently than regular cards. I also like that fun folds have a layout already designed for you, but you can still add your own touch by choosing the color palette, the papers, the stamps, and the embellishments. Sometimes, deciding on a layout is the most difficult part of creating a card.

This Whale Done tower card came together quickly. I added a label die cut to the front of the card with a stamped underwater scene and whale punch.

Techniques are a great ways to expand and grow your stamping skills. It also helps see new possibilities, creative options, and layouts. Sponging techniques are some of my favorite ways to incorporate color and dimension to my cards like this birthday sliding puzzle card below!

Whether you are creating new cards, finishing cards in progress, or trying a new technique,  I hope you are having a fun-filled day of making and sending cards to family and friends!

I would love to see what you created for World Cardmaking Day! Email me a photo of your cards to craftwithbeth @ gmail.com. I would love to feature your card in one of my upcoming newsletters!

Happy Stamping!
Beth

Botanical Flap Fold Thank You Card

The Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper is one of my favorite designer series paper packs from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog! I have been using it sparingly throughout the year because it is so pretty and so my style. In addition to stamping, I also make different natural cosmetics and natural cleaning products. I love learning about flowers and plants. This particular patterned paper reminds me of my flower press. I used to press little leaves and forget me not flowers. So beautiful!

I am not sure of the official name of this fun fold, but I do know that it is a variation of a flap fold. The card opens by lifting the top flop to reveal the message inside of the card. What a cute way to open a card!

The flap fold card base when folded is 4-1/4" by 5-1/2", so it can fit easily into an envelope and two card bases can be made from 1 sheet of 8-1/2" by 11" cardstock. The basic layout of this flap fold card doesn't use a lot of materials, making this an economical card and a card that you can customize to your occasion and materials on hand.

Pressed Petals Top Flap Fold Thank You Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Mossy Meadow Cardstock	4-1/4” x 8”; scored at 5-1/2”
1st Mat	Crumb Cake Cardstock	4-1/2” x 3-1/4”
2nd Mat	Very Vanilla Cardstock	4-1/4” x 3”
3rd Mat	Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper	3” x 3”
Inside Mat	Very Vanilla Cardstock	4-1/4” x 3”

The focal point of today's card is a 3" by 3" square of Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper. This size piece of designer series paper makes me so happy because you can evenly cut 16 squares from one sheet of designer series paper with no scraps left over.

No little bits to throw out. No small pieces to figure out how to use. Nope. Not a one. I can see using a sheet of designer series paper to create 16 flap fold cards to make a gift. You could use the front and back sides of the designer series paper and a variety of greetings too!

It is so easy to hold on to designer series paper because it is so pretty. I am totally guilty of that, too! But, we should use it and share it. My stamping goal this year is to find ways to use up the designer series papers that I have so loving organized on my shelves.

Let's do this! Let's use our designer series papers and share their beautiful patterns with family, friends, and our community members! Are you with me? What are some of the ways you use your designer series paper? Leave a comment below. I would love to hear your tips and tricks to use designer series paper!

If you would like to purchase the supplies I used to create this card, please use the supply list below to shop in my online store. I would love to be your Stampin' Up! demonstrator!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Pressed Petals Top Flap Fold Thank You Card Supply List
Stamps	#151595 Peaceful Moments (Cling-Mount)
Paper	#120953 Crumb Cake Cardstock #133676 Mossy Meadow Cardstock #101650 Very Vanilla Cardstock #149500 Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper
Ink	#147111 Mossy Meadow Ink Pad
Embellishments	#149485 Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack
Tools	#152392 Stampin’ Trimmer #102300 Bone Folder #103579 Paper Snips Adhesive Corresponding Clear Acrylic Blocks