Welcome to Creative Creases Challenge #105

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

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to all who submitted a project last month. You inspire us every day.

Today’s project features a big, beautiful coneflower against a bed of embossed sunflowers.  Did you know Coneflowers (Echinacea) come in almost every color you can imagine? Why I don’t have these in my garden, I don’t know. You better believe I’ll add them soon.

The Purple Coneflower is a perfect choice to showcase various colors hues of purple from Stampin’ Up! 

And then there is that beautiful bed of big sunflowers.  

Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder

Coneflower Celebration Bundle

The fold is a simple “Z-fold” to showcase as much as those big beautiful blooms as possible.  Follow it through to the inside with a stamped version of the coneflower.

 

“To the Point” punch from Stampin’ Up! was used to create the pretty greeting panel.

Hot tip: Using Two-Toned cardstock doubles the depth of color in your project.

Nuts & Bolts

All measurements are in inches. 

Finished Size – A2 (4-1/4 x 5-1/2)

Acronyms & Jargon

• CAS = Clean And Simple
• CASE = Copy And Share Everything
• CS = Cardstock
• DSP = Designer Series Paper (aka patterned paper)
• SDSP = Specialty Designer Series paper
• SIP = Stamp Paper Ink

Paper Cuts

• Cardstock –
  • Basic White Thick – 8-1/2  x 5-1/2. Score at 2-1/8, 4-1/4 on long side.
  • Basic White –
    • 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 (cut 2)
    • Scrap for greeting
  • Blackberry Bliss Two-Toned –
    • 4 x 5-1/4 (cut 2)
    • 5 x 5 (cut 1)
    • 5 x 2-1/2 (cut 1)
    • Scrap for greeting background
  • Highland Heather Two Toned –
    • 5 x 2-1/2 (cut 1)
  • Strawberry Slush Two-Toned – 
    • 5 x 2-1/2 (cut 1)
  • Old Olive Two-Toned –
    • Scraps for leaves and stem
  • Pebbled Path (or other dark color)
    • Scrap for coneflower center
• Other Supplies & Tools –
  • Adhesives
  • Blending brushes or daubers
  • Bone folder
  • Punch
  • Scissors
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss or other die-cutting machine
  • Sticky Notes
  • Trimmer with score blade or scoring tool
  • A complete list of Stampin’ Up! products used can be found at the end.

Construction:

1. Z-fold and burnish your card base. See cuts above for scoring dimensions
2. Emboss one of the Basic White layers
3. Build the front panel:
   1. Adhere embossed layer to Blackberry Bliss layer. Apply Stampin’ Seal (or other strong adhesive) on the back of the panel, left side only. Adhere to the front left panel of the z-fold.
   2. Die cut and build the flower, leaves and stem using the Two-toned Cardstock listed above. The largest piece will be your flower base.
   3. Before building the flower, use a Blending Brush to apply Highland Heather ink to the top most layer of the  coneflower.
   4. Adhere layers together with a combination of Dimensionals and Liquid Glue.
   5. Adhere all elements to the card base.
   6. Embellish as desired. I used Starburst Sequins.
4. Greeting:
   1. Stamp sentiment on Basic White. Punch.
   2. Punch the same shape from Blackberry Bliss. Cut in half horizontally.
   3. Adhere the two pieces the back of the sentiment piece, creating a shadow effect.
   4. Adhere to the card front with Dimensionals
5. Inside:
   1. Stamp a greeting and part of the coneflower with Blackberry Bliss ink.
   2. Adhere to remaining Blackberry Bliss Two-toned cardstock piece.
   3. Adhere to inside of card.

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