Fancy stadium wave fold. This fold isn’t as difficult as it sounds, the stadium wave fold mechanism are simply strips of card stock. You score, fold, and adhere to each other in a staggered formation to form a fan shape. This card is quite bulky, so it may require extra postage, or better still, hand […]
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Retro cards with Tune In
Retro card with Tune In. The Tune In stamp set features an image of an old fashioned TV from the 50s. You’ll find the bundle in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue on page 67. If you recall those TVs, and grew up in that era there weren’t any remote controls back then. As a child, we […]
Buckle card with Wildflower Designs
Buckle card with Wildflower Designs. Today’s project is a buckle card with a peekaboo frame so you can see the card stock behind. The Wildflower Designs dies have been well thought out. After cutting the scalloped frame, you can die cut a smaller stitched frame from the inside remnant of the die cut scalloped frame. […]
Fancy Concertina fold – Country Flowers
Fancy concertina fold – Country Flowers. Today I’m featuring the other bundle in the Country Woods Suite Collection from the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue. You’ll find it on pages 48-51. The fancy concertina fold is made up of two sections. You can use a 12″x 12″ piece of card stock, but I didn’t have any in […]
Dry embossed background card – Country Flowers
Dry embossed background card – Country Flowers. Today’s project is another card using the Country Flowers bundle. I’ve used the Eyelet 3D embossing folder to create a dry embossed background for the card in lieu of using pretty patterned paper. I love it when you use tone on tone card stock. The Spotlight on Nature […]
Quick easy card with Country Flowers
Quick easy card with Country Flowers. I’ve also used the Spotlight on Nature Dies which coordinates with a stamp set called Spotlight on Nature. You can purchase both as a bundle and save 10 % or separately. Something we often overlook are the foam adhesive sheets. I wanted to pop-up the tea pot, but it […]
How to create a monotone card
How to create a monotone card. Stampin’ Up! is known for its colour co-ordination. There are 10 colours in each colour family – Subtles, Regals, Brights and Neutrals. In addition there are 10 In Colours, 5 of which constantly get refreshed every two years. Every colour in each family co-ordinates within the family which makes […]
Spotlight technique with Spotlight on Nature
Spotlight technique with Spotlight on Nature. I’ve been using the Spotlight on Nature dies in previous posts so I thought it was time to feature the stamp set as well. In today’s post, I’m sharing a card made with the spotlight technique. I used the Stylish Shapes dies and a punch which unfortunately has retired. […]