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

 

The Winner of the 12th Second Sunday Sketches is....

Candy Nash! Congratulations, Candy! She is the winner of the 12th Second Sunday Sketches card sketch challenge! Your prize, the Mint Macaron 1/8" Sheer Linen Ribbon and 3 handmade cards, will be in the mail on Monday.

I love how Candy layered the plumeria flowers with the leaves as well as with the labels from Stitched So Sweetly dies! Candy's card looks like a tropical oasis, indeed! Gorgeous!

Check out the other entries for the 12th Second Sunday Sketch card challenge. Candy actually submitted two cards for this challenge. One with the plumeria flowers centered on the lily designer series paper and the card below with the plumeria flowers centered on the strip of Sahara Sand cardstock between the designer series papers.

For the record, you can submit more than one card for each challenge, but it only counts as one entry. I know, right?! Maybe we will have one month in the future that we can count each card entry as a separate entry.

You guys continue to blow me away with your creativity and style! Toni, the way you tied the ribbons onto the mug handles is so cute and clever! Donna, adding the embossing folder underneath the bees is genius! Pat, I love how you have a word pun with your greeting! Sarah, I love how you added even more texture by creating your own designer series paper! Thank you so much for also continuing to enter the Second Sunday Sketches challenge! It means more than I can express that you are all enjoying the sketch challenge!

Missed this Second Sunday Sketches? 

Not to worry. The next Second Sunday Sketches card challenge starts on May 10th. The prize will be a package of the 5/16" Braided Burlap Trim (Item #151254) and 3 handmade cards from me.

Share Second Sunday Sketches with a Friend

Come back on May 10th for the next Second Sunday Sketches! Be sure to join in on the fun and share with a friend! Starting in March 2020, if you enter the Second Sunday Sketches challenge, you can get a bonus surprise prize by sharing this challenge with a friend (for US residents only)! Here's how to get a bonus surprise prize. Limit two bonus surprise prizes per person per month.

1. Enter into May's Second Sunday Sketches challenge
2. Share May's Second Sunday Sketches challenge with a friend
3. Have your friend submit their May's challenge card entry
4. Email me that your friend has submitted their card entry. Submit your complete mailing address and the name of the friend that you shared with. I will confirm their entry and then send you a bonus surprise prize.

Happy Stamping!
Beth

P.S. Ever wonder how I draw for the Second Sunday Sketches winner? I use an app called Tiny Decisions. I input all of the names of the participants onto the wheel and spin it. The name that the wheel stops on is the winner.

Share Sunshine Downloadable PDF Digital Stamps now available!

Stampin’ Up! is committed to making a difference in our global communities and caring about people first. As part of our Making a Difference program we’re offering a product giveback opportunity to support organizations that are helping COVID-19 frontline responders and communities vulnerable to the pandemic.

Stampin' Up! created the Share Sunshine PDF Downloadable "Stamps" and is donating 100% of the proceeds to COVID-19 efforts (to the World Health Organization and to the United Way).

The Share Sunshine PDF Download is a digital stamp set that’s packed with both lighthearted and heartfelt sentiments and imagery relevant to the unique COVID-19 and social distancing situation we’re currently experiencing–including many ideas that came from Stampin' Up! customers and demonstrators!

You can use the download in your cardmaking and papercrafting projects. Simply, print the imagery on cardstock and cut it out using our Paper Trimmer, punches, or dies. Since we are physically distanced from each other, now is a perfect time to share sunshine with our friends and family by sending cards!

The Share Sunshine PDF Download is $12 and can be purchased in Stampin' Up!'s Shopify store here.

The Sending Sunshine PDF Download is available from April 28th, 2020 through June 2, 2020. Stampin' Up! may or may not extend this date further, and will let us know if they extend this promotion beyond June 2nd, 2020.

Promotion Details

• To maximize our donations, the PDF download sales are non-commissionable. Tell your customers that these charities are the sole beneficiaries of each purchase—that means every cent goes to these organizations!
• Sales of the download will not count toward your quarterly minimum requirement; to get the product out quickly, we made it available on Shopify (and not on our online store) and there is not a way to link the purchases customers make to their demonstrator.
• The Share Sunshine PDF Download is for personal use only. Encourage your customers to purchase and print their own.
• When you purchase the PDF download, please remember not to share it with others, as this takes away from the organizations we are trying to support–and encourage your customers to follow suit!
• The download will be charged in US dollars; your financial institution will convert the charge into your currency based on current exchange rates.

Organizations Receiving Proceeds

Stampin’ Up! will donate all proceeds to the following global organizations to help vulnerable communities and frontline responders.

• The World Health Organization’s COVID-Solidarity Response Fund
• This fund supports the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, which includes:
• Tracking and understanding the spread of the virus.
• Ensuring patients get the care they need.
• Buying and shipping essential protective gear for frontline workers.
• Generating awareness for the general public on ways to prevent the spread of the disease.
• Accelerating efforts to develop vaccines, tests and treatments.Learn more about WHO here.
• Learn more about the World Health Organization here.

• United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund
• This fund supports communities across the world struggling to cope with COVID-19. United Way is working to protect the most vulnerable by helping them access food, shelter, vital information, and more through United Way’s global network.
• Learn more about United Way here.

Help us make a difference today!
Beth