This fun fold bay window card fits in a standard Medium Stampin’ Up! envelope!
Bay Window Card
This is the challenging time of the year for a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator….the new catalogue is just around the corner, there’s lots of retiring products and things are selling out one by one…which means sometimes our project posts that have been prepared in advance feature now unavailable product – and that just feels mean to show off some of them now! The main featured products for this card are still available (at time of writing…). Your fastest way to check if something is still available is to go to the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store (shortcut is https://yamstamps.com/shop) – all available products will show in the store. You can place your order online there, or if you’d prefer to pay by etransfer or want assistance placing your order, you can email me.
This fun fold bay window card is a standard sized card, but with a few extra score lines to create a popped out area. The card easily stands on its own, but mails in a regular sized medium Stampin’ Up! envelope, which honestly, is a key point for me.
The base is a 4.25″ x 11″ piece of cardstock scored at 3/8″, 1-7/8″, 3-5/8″, 5-1/8″, 5-1/2″, and then I just cut a 6″ wide piece of Designer Series Paper to 1/8″ narrower than my scored areas. The “leftover” piece was used for the anchor piece on the inside of the card for the final tab to slide under to keep the cardfront in the bay window position.
Can you tell what Designer Series Paper I used for this bay window card? Hard to believe, maybe, but it’s the Waves of the Ocean! It’s not just blue themed patterns! The die cut label for the sentiment is from the Waves Dies. The Waves Dies and the coordinating Waves of Inspiration stamp set (and discounted bundle) will be available in the next Annual Catalogue that starts Tuesday 3 May 2022 – but the Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper will NOT be there – so you’ll want to purchase that by Monday 2 May 2022 if you need it in your stash! (or before then, because there’s that pesky “while supplies last” clause).
We created this bay window card in Stampers Club this month – if you’re interested in regular craft nights, consider joining us! We are meeting virtually right now – so you don’t need to be close to Burlington ON to join in (though you do need to be within Canada). We meet once a month (typically the third Monday of each month, though it may occasionally change depending on stat holidays and club consensus). You can see more information about Club (and other events in my business) on the YamStamps Events Page, or you can always message me if you have any questions.
In the meantime, happy crafting and don’t miss out on those retiring products!
I love clean and simple type cards and this layered monochromatic card fits the bill!
One Colour Card with Dimension
Easy and effective paper crafting is my motto – and this card fits the bill. This layered monochromatic card is not difficult to make, and by using Stampin’ Dimensionals to lift the die cuts on the cardfront, it creates a really stunning effect I think!
This card features the Floral Squares Dies – which are sadly already sold out, but I couldn’t resist sharing this design with you. If you missed out on these dies, try it with dies that you have in your craft room (I’m sure you have some….). Stampin’ Up! has a number of ways to help you “elevate” your paper crafting: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, (both available in the Black Stampin’ Dimensionals Combo Pack for your darker coloured projects), Foam Adhesive Sheets(great for putting on cardstock before you die cut) and Foam Strips – great for shaker cards or along thin edges like the frames of these die cuts. Any of these items can help you to create your own layered monochromatic card easily!
My go to product to pop up anything on my projects tends to be the Stampin’ Dimensionals. Using Foam Adhesive Sheets is fantastic when I know I’m going to want to pop up a die cut…but I don’t always know this when I’m designing on the fly! My thrifty tip for Dimensionals – after using up all the hexagons from the sheet, there’s a frame around the outside that’s left over – use your scissors to snip that up for more Dimensionals – though they’re not as pretty, they’re still functional! (Besides, who is going to see the underside of those popped up images?!).
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This easy fun fold card has a floral theme and is sure to brighten someone’s day!
Easy Fun Fold Floral Card
I am always on the hunt for effective card designs that aren’t too difficult to create and this one fits the bill! It’s an easy fun fold card – and I used some of my favourite retiring products. I used the Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper as the main focal element for the card, and then used Magenta Madness (retiring 2020-2022 In Colour) for the card base. I always choose my colours for cardstock and ink from the colours used in the Designer Series Paper – Stampin’ Up! coordinating colours make it so easy! The sentiment is stamped in Garden Green, and I added the flower in the background for interest – but after I inked the stamp in Magenta Madness, I stamped it onto scrap paper a couple of times first so that the image was a faint background for the words.
Easy Fun Fold Card – Partially Opened
The Magenta Madness cardstock is cut to 4.25″ x 11″ and folded in half, and then the front of the card is cut to leave a strip along the bottom. The inner card is Basic White cardstock folded in half. One piece of Designer Series Paper is cut so there’s a smaller strip along the bottom that gets adhered to the Magenta Madness cardfront strip, and the rest goes onto the Basic White card – so that the pattern is continuous. I think that’s the big thing to take away when you’re using patterned paper and you cut it into smaller strips or pieces to use – try to keep the pattern in the right order so that when you put it down, the pattern is continuous across the pieces. It makes this easy fun fold card look more impressive!
If you’re interested in other fun fold or fancy fold cards, I currently have two online classes with this theme (and more to come!). They are some of the most popular online classes I have – there’s the Fancy Folds Class and the More Fancy Folds Class. Not sure what I’ll call the next one in this theme…LOL. Once you purchase access to the class, you’ll have lifetime access! If you have any questions, you can always contact me.
In the meantime, this weekend has an intersection of holidays – so whether you are celebrating Easter, Passover, Ramadan, or just celebrating spring, I hope that it is meaningful for you and you are able to spend it with those you love.
Waves of the Ocean is a Limited Time offering from Stampin’ Up! – available while supplies last or until 2 May 2022. It features the Waves of Inspiration Stamp Set and coordinating Waves Dies (also available together in a discounted bundle). These items are a sneak peek from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue. Other items available in this collection during the Promotion Period are the Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper featured on the side panels of this bridge card. They are actual images from acrylic pours that one of the Stampin’ Up! Concept Artists created – and they’re gorgeous. I die cut the wave images from the Blue Foils that were available in this collection and I love the effect. Unfortunately, the Foil sheets are sold out and no longer available. Also no longer available – the Rhinestone Wave Basic Jewels. So if you like the look of this Designer Series Paper – don’t hesitate, because you may miss out!
What I like about this Bridge Card design is that it fits into a regular Medium Stampin’ Up! envelope (the “usual” card sized envelope) but it’s a little fancier than your average card! We made this card in Stampers Club last month, and one tip when you’re making this card in advance – if you only stick down one side of the bridge strip, you can still easily write or decorate the middle panel, then stick the other side down when you’re ready to send it.
Our Stampers Club continues to meet virtually at this point in time, and the bonus to this is that out of towners can easily join in on the fun! The other bonus is that if any club member has to miss our usual get together, the recordings are available in our member site so can be watched later. We will likely meet in person again in the future, but may try to figure out a way to do a hybrid version so that there’s an option for those who can’t travel easily to Burlington! If you’d like to join Stampers Club, or have any questions, please contact me. You can find more information on club on the YamStamps Events Page as well. New members can start during any month –though if you want to join us starting in April, you’ll need to contact me ASAP so that I can prepare your class package in time!
Cut up your Designer Series Paper to make this Simple Patterned Paper Card!
I’ve always been of the belief that paper crafting doesn’t have to be difficult. So much of the rest of life can be hard, so why not do something that is fun and easy?
Simple Patterned Paper Card
This is just a section of a piece of the New Horizons Designer Series Paper, cut into thirds and then mounted onto cardstocks. Super quick, super simple. You can add some bling or ribbon if you want, but honestly, if you just need a quick card to send a note to someone, or to accompany a gift, whip up a simple patterned paper card like this one! I pulled the cardstock colours from those used in the Designer Series Paper – Evening Evergreen and I cheated and used Pear Pizzazz – it’s not listed as one of the colours, but I think when the colour gets diluted in the watercolour image, it’s a comparable tone.
Variations on a theme – cut the paper into different widths – they don’t all have to be the same – make one section wider than the others! Cut into squares or blocks, cut on the diagonal….whatever works for you! (Just keep them in the same order when you stick them in place so that the pattern is intact).
That’s my quick and easy take today – a simple patterned paper card. There are times when we may want to do a more challenging project, but there are times when we just need a nice card right away. Tuck this idea away (or pin it on Pinterest!) for when you need instant results, and come back to visit the YamStamps site for more crafting inspiration!
I was super happy with how this turned out, because it was pretty close to how I envisioned it – and I was also really happy with how easy it was to create!
piano card
I started piano lessons when I was 5 years old….and continued until I was in high school, though I switched focus to flute. (Sight reading on flute was so much easier than piano – only one line of notes to follow….LOL). World Piano Day is on the 88th day of the year, since there’s 88 keys on a full sized piano. To make this card, I simply cut strips of Basic White Cardstock (.75″ x 4″) and strips of Basic Black Cardstock (.5″ x 2″ I think? I don’t have the card in front of me as I write this…). I searched through my stamp sets and found one that referred to a note, so used that for the sentiment! It’s from the Enjoy the Moment stamp set – which is included in the Last Chance Sale that’s on right now. Selected retiring products are being offered at a discount, and this stamp set is one of them!
This piano card would be a great thank you for a piano teacher or to keep in touch with a musical friend. Check out this quick video on how it was made. (if you can’t see the video below, click here to watch it on youtube)
Fun, right? I was so pleased that it came together so easily. Truthfully, some of these “quick videos” can take a while to make – either because what I envisioned doesn’t actually happen (aka it’s a hot mess and I have to re-design it) or I mess up while constructing it and have to re-do it – but this one actually was a true one take from start to finish – I only had to make one version of this card!
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