Welcome to Creative Creases Challenge #106

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

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Today’s project features Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper (from Stampin’ Up!) front and center. This beautiful paper is reminiscent of impressionist art you may see in an art gallery. Blooms, artful scenes and charcoal-like sketches as well as beautiful backgrounds are all part of this package of patterned paper. Here’s a taste of the different images you’ll find in this 6×6 package of patterned paper.

 

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This card almost went into the circular file, never to be photographed or given away. Instead, it became a fun fold card that can be used as a mini photo gallery. I just hate to throw things away.  Its basically a card within a card. Nothing fancy here.  The floral decoration you see above was created by stamping on Old Olive Two-Tone cardstock once, then stamped again on one of the Gallery Blooms background papers. Since the dies for this set were on backorder when this was created, everything is fussy cut, layered glued.

Stamps used for this project are part of the Gallery Blooms Collection.

Gallery Blooms Stamp Set

Beautiful Motifs Stamp Set

 

Let’s make the card.

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

Color Pallet

Paper Cuts

• Cardstock –
  • Old Olive –
    • 8-1/2  x 5-1/2; score at  4-1/4 on long side. This is the card base.
  • Old Olive Two-Tone – 
    • 3-1/2 x 5
    • 7-1/2 x 4-1/2; score at 3-3/4 on long side
    • Scraps for stamping
  • Petal Pink
    • 3-7/8 x 5-1/8
  • Very Vanilla –
    • 3-1/2 x 4-1/4 
    • Scrap for greeting
  • Designer Series Paper
    • 1-1/8 x 4-7/8 (3 pieces)
    • 3-3/4 x 4-1/2 ( 2 pieces)
    • Scraps for stamping
• Other Supplies & Tools –
  • Adhesives
  • Blending brushes or daubers
  • Bone folder
  • Scissors
  • Embellishments & Ribbon
  • Trimmer with score blade or scoring tool
  • A complete list of Stampin’ Up! products used can be found at the end.

Construction:

1. Fold and burnish scored pieces
2. Build the front panel:
   1. Layer & adhere Petal Pink & Old Olive panels
   2. Arrange and adhere the three patterned paper strips on top
   3. Stamp and crop greeting on Very Vanilla scrap. Position and adhere with Dimensionals. 
   4. Snip a short piece of ribbon, fold in half and adhere under the left edge of the greeting.
   5. Embellish 
3. Inside:
   1. Position and adhere the two DSP panels to the inside of the card. Make sure you adhere them on close to the center fold on either side of the score line.
   2. Adhere the Very Vanilla writing panel to the inside of scored Old Olive Two-Tone card stock. Attach this inside card to the center of the main card base with strong adhesive.
   3. Stamp and fussy cut flower on Two-Tone cardstock AND DSP. Fussy or Die Cut. Use these pieces to decorate the inside left panel of the card.

That’s it!

Wild West Wisdom (aka Crafty Tip): 

Reinforce the spine of the insert card with a strip of matching DSP or Cardstock BEFORE adhering it to the card.

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