Right in time for Christmas my favorite blogger MayMay showed us all how to do the Corner fold card. So quick and easy. Though she makes it look easier when she just grabs whatever paper she has and goes for it. So I decided that while watching the video I'd just grab pieces from my scrap box and put the card together as I go. Well................First off not all papers should be combined with other papers. Even though I thought it would be ok (after all MayMay said she was out of her comfort zone by combing so many patters and colors on 1 card) Somehow I don't think I pulled it off. But here we go.
And here are the easy peasy directions.
The card base is made from Double sided Designer paper. Make sure you find at least one other coordinated DSP as well as a piece of solid card stock for middle light enough for stamping on.
1 3" x 3" scrap for a template write "TOP" on the top of the square.
from top left corner measure down 5/8" and make a tick mark then from bottom right corner measure in toward left 5/8" and make a tick mark.
1 Double sided DSP 8.5" x 5.5" scored in center
1 4" x 5.25" layer DSP
1 3"x 4.25" solid card stock
Take the designer piece and fold for the card. Place the template in the top right corner of the card and draw a faint line from the tick mark down on the left side of template and then from the tick mark over to meet up with first line. You will then cut on the lines making a little flap. For directions I am using just plain card stock.
Oooopppsss.......just noticed the stripe dsp is upside down. the dimensions for this piece is 4 x 5.25. This is for the inside panel.
Now just have fun decorating. I've seen some people use solid card stock in place of DSP for base so with my above sample I turned it into this:
I really love this Paper Pad by Prima. I think I bought it over a year ago at Hobby Lobby and it has such beautiful papers in it. This particular pad is called Lavender and like I said it is by Prima Marketing Inc. I will definitely use alot more of this line. Wish I had more fall winter birthdays that I need cards for but I guess the paper will have to wait til spring.
I really like this fold and need to work on a better (MUCH BETTER LOL) Christmas card because frankly that first one stunk! But I am one who will share my bad as well as my good. Lucky you heeheehee!
Fall festival season is here for us so I will be spending some quality time with the grandkids. So excited to watch them enjoying all the fun activities of fall.
Til next time..............................................
HAPPY CARDING
I have often thought of Random Acts of kindness. Sometimes I have passed on some homemade soup to a Elderly woman I know or I have paid for someone in lines coffee. I've sent cards to unknown soldiers or I've dropped off some piping hot breads to a neighbor. Right now a friend of mine has a friend that is going through a difficult time. My friend has a heart of gold and has put aside her own needs to help her friend. Its always hard when someone has to go through illness's, death, depression etc by ones self and to have someone willing and caring reach out is a blessing. My friend is that blessing for her friend. I had decided that I would like to send her friend just a little card to say "You are not alone".
I used the style of my previous baby card as a starting point. But changed it up just a tad so that I could provide you with a few more details on the making of the card.
Here's the finished card:
I guess you could call this a pop out gate fold card. The center band is a separate piece of card stock glued on the left 2" of the gate fold. Then the end 2" of the band is glued to the *8" fold line. To close you would fold in the right side of the card first then the left.
The base is 5.5" x 12 scored at 2", 4', 8", and 10". The band is 1" x 8" scored at 4" and 6".
DSP needed is (4) 1 7/8" x 5.25" and (1) 3 7/8" x 5.25" (1) 7/8" x 3 7/8" and (2) 7/8 x 1 7/8" That will get you the basics for the card and the decorating is up to you.
I also wanted to make my friend a little card too so I chose another Fancy fold. It's pretty much my style to do fancy folds lol. This is a card seen on Maymay Made it. Not really sure what the fold was called but it was oh so simple to make. I'll post the directions later as a Christmas card. I wanted my friend to know how wonderful I think she is. She has endured her own obstacles and yet finds time to help others.
Paper was from Kaiser craft for this card and the first card the papers were from Prima Marketing. I didn't use any dies though I did use my tag punch for the first card and my We R Memories Keepers Punch board for the Be Brave strip.
Well I want to get these in the mail. That's all for now............til next time
HAPPY CARDING!
Hello!!! Welcome to the Jungle! A very dear friend of mine is becoming a grandma for the 1st (kind of) time. Her son is to become a father. He has been practicing since the mother to be has an 18 month old little boy right now and she is due with his first in the beginning of October. Everyone is very excited. My ladies group put together a Jungle scrapbook for the new Grandma. We used that theme because the theme for the shower is all Jungle. I personally am very sad that I won't be able to attend but I was able to help in the building of the diaper cake this weekend. Oh what fun that was! Cindy and I hot glued, paper punched and decorated while June and Karen rolled the diapers for us. I have no idea how many diapers we used but this is what we came up with.
So adorable for a centerpiece if that's how it will all be used. Or Marilyn may just scatter them all around the room. The ladies promised me pictures from the shower next week.
Cindy and I worked on a card for the shower gift too. We started with the base already cut. I had tried the new fold at home before showing up at her house. I said "Ok...here's a jungle green card with some gold leopard border on it now lets put our heads together and figure out how to decorate the rest." Well TA DA......here it is...........
The brownish papers are from Echo Park, the animals are a die...not sure of brand because they are not mine. The tree is a sticker. Cindy cut off the backs of Brads for the little embellies on the gold border and our sentiment is attached to corrugated card stock. There was a blank tan piece attached to the back for signing.
Now back to the card. I'm not taking credit for this one though this is my version. The card is called a DOUBLE GATEFOLD POP-UP card. The original I found HERE I did not purchase the tutorial she has but if you'd like it you can see it there. My own pieces may have fit better if I had used her tutorial but you know me I love a challenge.
Well that's all for now.
Til next time.......................
HAPPY CARDING!
Hello!! This card is popping up all over the Internet. Most of the tutorials are done in German making it a bit confusing for this American Girl! Well if you seek Ye shall find! But not all have full instructions or they are in Cm's instead of inch's or there are 2 different ways for the base and the fronts to fit together or there is large sized ones and small sized ones. So after some fiddling I think I have what you need to follow along and make one of these beauties.
We are making the small one which when finished standing measures 5.5 x 5.25".
You don't need alot of supplies either.
1 piece solid card stock for base measuring 6" x 5"
1 piece double sided DSP measuring 5.75" x 4.75"
Embellishment of choice for center of front (varies with occasions)
Along 6" side score and fold at 3". Then open and cute from the 3" mark to bottom left and bottom right corners to make a triangle with score mark in middle. Save the 2 side pieces for front.
With the DSP having the 5.75" side at top of trimmer cut at 2 5/8" then with each half cut diagonally. See pic below.
Arrange DSP on base pieces and glue down. DSP will need to have 2 of the pieces flipped so make sure you are using double sided DSP.
After base has pieces on fold along score line and make a tick mark 2" (3 1/4" for larger card)up from the slanted side with straight folded side lined up on a grid to make sure it is straight. Then from this tick mark make a 3/4" (1 1/2") cut straight down. As seen below.
Sounds confusing but if you have the folded end lined straight and the wider bottom part up against the top of your trimmer measure down 2" and place tick. Hope this makes sense.
Now with the 2 front pieces place together on angle until you are satisfied. A small "W" will form at the bottom. When you are satisfied glue the 2 pieces together.
Now Just slide the front piece into the slits of the back piece!
CUTE!!! Now add your embellies and your done! This will fit in a 5.5" square envelope.
Here's one done with larger pieces. The base starts at 9 x 6 3/8" and then the 2 pieces of DSP would be 4.25 x 6 and just follow the same directions above for assembly.
I believe this card requires a 6 x 6" envelope. They are so cute and easy I just may be making a few more soon.
Til next time...........
HAPPY CARDING!
So I have often admitted to my addiction to Pinterest. LOVE it! I pin and pin and pin. I don't often make what I pin though. These last 2 weeks I spent my time relaxing at my summer cottage. In advance I sent my sister, who live up there full time just across the street from me, 2 pics of a fun Fall craft. We would be in need of corks and wine bottles. She just so happens to have friends up there that run a local bar. To my surprise when I showed up she handed me a bowl of corks and 2 wine bottles and said "Ok I did my part! Your turn" lol. Well I was ready for her even though I did not think she would actually remember the corks or bottles. I have packed a craft bag with all the needs for the projects. While our hubby's tended the smoker of ribs, we plugged in glue guns and got out the paints.
I have no idea why I smiled so stupidly maybe I was distracted by the Packers jersey! LOL Anyway we had so much fun. Gabbing, gluing, painting......Here are our creations.
My sisters friend will have the luck of enjoying a couple of these since she got us the corks. I'm giving the small one and one of the larger ones to my daughter in law for her mantle. I'll be making one for me with my ladies group later.
And Here are the Scarecrows. OMG I'm in love with these guys!
My sister constructed the hats...complaining all the way! LOL It was getting close to "Wine" time for her...heehee.
I do believe we can call these a Pinterest success!! Both projects are awesome and I can't wait to re-create them with my group.
Well I think it's time to surf Pinterest again for another fall project that my sister and I can do when I go up next month!
Till then HAPPY CARDING!
Halloween is around the corner and I had decided to share the lantern project with friends. There were 4 of us this past friday and we met up at 1pm and crafted, ate, and gabbed until midnight! We had a ton of fun and bloops to boot. On our "To Do" list was re-creating MayMay's paper lanterns seen on my previous post here....http://ladyslipperway.blogspot.com/2018/07/tealight-lantern.html So a real simple project was a bit complicated only due to our constant gabbing and forgetting where we were at in the project. Lots of giggling...heehee. Anyway here's what we came up with. First the fronts.............
and the backs............
We then finished up on the 4 re-purposed Christmas cards that I also had on a previous post seen here....http://ladyslipperway.blogspot.com/2018/08/more-re-purposed-christmas-cards.html and here.......http://ladyslipperway.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-blue-christmas.html Check them out.
Another card was designed by one of the other ladies. Very cute birthday card using some Stampin Up DSP. I'm not sure but it might be discontinued but if not grab some because its really cute paper for birthdays.
The rest of the evening was eating and talking...so much fun. Always good time when we ladies get together.
Bye til next time...............................
HAPPY CARDING
I decided to keep going on the simple card theme using those note cards from a friend. I probably have at least 20 of these blank cards so I may as well use them. I always forget how cute simple cards can look even without all the dimensions. Although I used more of the navy blue papers on one of them , I had decided to go black and white with the second. But at the last minute I decided to add just a pop of red. Yes....I could not help but use a little bling! But it's Stickles so that doesn't really count. lol
I'm going to make just a few more before I mosey on over to my more "Blinged" up cards.
Til next time
HAPPY CARDING!
