Joyful Stampin: Fancy Fold Cards

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Twitterepated Box Card

I wanted to share this cute card box we did at my Fancy Fold Class last week. It's really cute and fun to make!

One of the reasons I love convention is because of all the sharing. Fran Kennedy cut and showed me how to do a box card (decorated for Christmas) for one of my shoe box swaps. I had no time to come up with something with my mother in the hospital before convention so she did it for me. What a sweet friend!

Then I received a swap card from Penny Hanuszak which had this element on the belly band but in different colors. I took the two ideas, changed up the colors and I love what I came up with. So did the gals in the class. I also changed the dimensions so that it would fit in a standard A2 envelope.

Here's a picture of the inside of the box. I used the Fabulous Florets Stamp set on the inside. Inked with Baja Breeze and used the rock and roll technique with Island Indigo. I could see placing some handmade tags inside to give as a gift. Or how about some tea bags for a tea lover or as a get well card box. Or better yet...tell your husband for your next gift occasion you'd like him to buy a gift certificate from me for Stampin' Up goodies and I'll make him a card box to put it in. :)

Stamp Sets: Language of Friendship (Clear 122752) (Wood 122750), Fabulous Florets (Clear 123027) (Wood 123025)

Ink: Baja Breeze (126960), Island Indigo (126986), Old Olive (126953)

Paper: Old Olive (100702), Whisper White Card Stock (100730), Twitterpated Designer Series Paper (125406)

Tools: Bird Builder Punch (117191), 1" Square Punch (124094), Scallop Trim Border (118402), Paper Snips (103579),

Accessories: Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246), Sticky Strip (104294), Stampin Sponges (101610), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

There are some wonderful New Holiday My Digital Studio 2 Downloads this week! I love the Storybook DSP. Go take a peek.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Got Birthday? Gift Card Holder

It's taken me a few days to get unpacked and organized. My mom left the hospital as I was leaving for convention so we've had to do some follow up visits in Atlanta with docs. I also have a fancy fold card class tomorrow night so I have been preparing for that. By the way, there are a few spots open so if you are local and would like to join us give me a call or text me today.

Thought I would share one of the cards for the class with you. It's a folded gift card holder. Summer Starfruit is one of my new favorite colors. This color has had to grow on some people but I loved it from the start. The cupcake is from the Got Milk Stamp Set. It's a cute idea.

The color combo is from the Color Coach...the Sweet Set for the color Summer Starfruit. It's a great tool if you need a place to start. It gives you 3 ideas for each color - a Dynamic Duo, a Creative Combination, and a Sweet Set.

The Stripes Embossing Folder gives texture to both the inside and outside panel. Once you own your Big Shot it's an inexpensive way to add interest to your layers.

The embossing folder mimics the stripes in the cupcake and the Scallop Dots Ribbon does the same with the cupcake sprinkles. This helps to pull the entire project together.

Then add a little Dazzling Details to the sprinkles for that extra touch. Wish you could see it in person. :)

A view to show the gift card holder.

Now let me show you all the swaps, gifts, and make and takes I brought back from convention! The container (much larger then it looks in the picture) is full and overflowing. Just think if I would have had even more time to make the general swaps I had intended to make. There's so much to share it's difficult to know where to start.

Here's an idea that was shown on main stage. At the time I thought for sure I would remember who showed what projects but I'm finding my memory is not as good as I hoped it would be. :)