Welcome to Creative Creases Challenge #109 where there’s always time for a fun-fold. The Design Team at Creative Creases are here to inspire you to create and share. The link to share your creations is toward the bottom of this post.  

Today’s project is inspired by a beautiful card I found by doing a search a few years ago. 

The WOW piece of this card is definitely the belly band. It is created using the large maple leaf from Gathering Together Suite along with a few scattered leaves from the Specialty Designer Series Paper and leftover gold twine.

Gathering Together Suite

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 (specialty patterned paper)
• SIP = Stamp Ink Paper

Paper Cuts

• Cardstock 
  • Card base: Early Espresso – 5-1/2 x 11; score at 1-1/4, 5-1/2, & 9-1/4
  • Belly Band: Early Espresso – 1-1/2 x 9-1/2; score at 2-1/2
  • Maple Leaf: Early Espresso – 4-1/2 x 4-1/2
  • Writing Panel: Very Vanilla or Basic White 4 x 5-1/4
• Patterned Paper
  • Leaf Pattern –  For fussy cut leaves
  • Neutral Pattern (Basic Beige) – 4 x 5-1/4 (inside right panel) 
  • Neutral Pattern (Basic Beige) – 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 (Maple Leaf)
  • Neutral Pattern (Basic Beige) – Scrap for greeting
  • Neutral Pattern (Early Espresso) – 1 x 5-1/4 (cut 2)
  • Neutral Pattern (Early Espresso) – 1-1/4 x 9-1/4 (Belly Band)
  • Cajun Craze Neutral Pattern – 1-1/2 x 5-1/4
  • Large Leaf Pattern (cut 2) – 3-1/2 x 5-1/4
  • Large Leaf Pattern – 1 x 5-1/4

Construction

1. Fold & burnish card base
2. Adhere patterned paper pieces to corresponding panels.
3. Adhere belly band patterned paper to corresponding cardstock piece. wrap around closed card to determine score lines. Score and adhere overlapped ends with Tear & Tape or other strong adhesive.
4. Die-cut large Maple leaf from Early Espresso Cardstock and Neutral Basic Beige patterned paper.  Adhere to each other with Basic Beige piece in the back, slightly offset. Adhere to belly band.
5. Arrange twine and adhere to the Maple Leaf in step four.
6. Fussy Cut leaves and mushroom. Arrange and adhere over twine.
7. Stamp greeting on Neutral Basic Beige piece. Fussy cut and adhere to focal piece.
8. Die Cut one large oak leaf from second Large Leaf pattern. Adhere to the inside, right panel.
9. Tear the Large Leaf Pattern 1 x 5-1/4 strip. Adhere to writing panel.?

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Creative Creases Challenge #109 closes on December 4, 2025

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