Meant to Bee freestanding pop-up card

 Do you make a card and then as you're sharing it with others begin to see different versions of it ? Well that's what happened with this card....

Made using the Fully Flowering mix and match ephemera pack to decorate led to this version...

Stepped up and using the amazing Everyday Arches dies and the gorgeous Lovely Garden pattern papers led to this version....

Made during my weekly Facebook live this version uses the oh so cute Meant to Bee stamps and dies with a little of the coordinating pattern paper called Cute as can bee!

All three of these versions of the card start with the same base. Made from 2 pieces of cardstock each measuring 10.5cm x 11cm ( 4" x 4¼") scored at 2.5cm, 5cm, 7.5cm and 10cm along the long side ( 1", 2", 3", and 4"). Fold along the scorelines and form into a tube. Apply adhesive along the narrow strip and close the tubes.

To see how they are formed watch the video below.

Have fun and enjoy making your own version of this  easy yet wow fun fold. 

Everyday Arches and Lovely Garden free standing pop up card

Some time all you need is some pretty paper and a go to set of dies to create a simple but wow card. The paper I've used is the gorgeous Lovely Garden . These pattern papers have beautiful stylish images in bold colours with some monochromatic patterns too!

I love the hydrangeas especially 😍 and the bold colour palette combined with the Everyday Arches dies make this freestanding  pop up card a real wow card.

The card is free standing and is deceptively simple to make.

The looking through aspect of this card is sure to inspire your creativity. 

The card folds flat and fits in a standard C6 envelope. 

And there is space to write your personal message on the bottom too!

If you'd like to see how to make this fun card I will be sharing how it's made during my Live at 5 Facebook live on Monday the 12th of May at 5pm GMT on my Facebook page here. 

Thankful Garden faux tile card

 What colour is you favourite for hydrangeas?  Mine is the white ones with a hint of lime green. But today's inspiration is a blue version. Why? Well I wanted to create a card using a fun technique called faux tile. This then led me to Delft pottery and tiles and oh boy are they beautiful 💙. Their distinctive blue and white colour palette just struck a cord with me and I just had to go blue! I  knew I wanted to use the beautiful Thankful Garden stamps and the amazing masks that make colouring so easy. The Delft style just seemed right even thought I wanted a less fussy look to my card.

Isn't this example of a 9 tile blue Delft floral piece panel just gorgeous 😍. 

So with the stamps, tequniques and colours chosen here is my finished inspiration...

Faux tile can be done one of two ways. You can either score your cardstock then stamp on top so that the ink doesn't go into the dips or you can stamp on your cardstock and then cut it up into tiles and adhere onto another piece of cardstock to create the tiles effect.  

The colour used was a beautiful shades of blue called blueberry bushel.  When using the masks from the Thankful Garden bundle I used just the one colour for the flower head. By layering the ink one on top of the other you create a beautiful tonal quality to the piece. With hind sight I wish I had coloured the leaves in blueberry bushel too but instead I went with green.

The spacing between each tile allows the crisp white to shine through.

To decorate the inside I stamped, coloured then die cut out 2 further flowers and layed them along the edge of the insert cutting and reusing them to cover the bottom edge.

The sentiments both inside and out are kept purposely simple to allow the tiles to shine.

I love the modern feel this card has with it's nod to the beautiful antique pottery of the past.   A perfect pairing don't you agree?

Thankful Garden clean and fresh thank you card

 Do you ever make a card then are so happy with the front that you just don't want to add a sentiment ? Well that's what happened with today's card! Do you like hydrangeas?  I sure do... growing them on the other hand not so successful 😝 So as soon as I saw the gorgeous Thankful Garden bundle I just knew I'd have yo have it! This bundle is especially fun as it contains not only stamps and coordinating dies but masks to make colouring the flowers sooo easy! That being said today's card has been coloured using alcohol markers 😝

So today's inspiration is a clean and fresh design where the flower does all the talking. 

It starts with a card base measuring 14.85cm x 21cm scored at 10.5cm.  Then I created and appature by using my trimmer and cutting a rectangle the center. This was achieved by measuring 2.5cm in from all 4 sides of the card front. 

Next take a mat measuring 14.4cm x 10cm then using the fabulous Mini corrugated 3d embossing folder run it through your cut and emboss machine.  Then bring your trimmer back in and cut a rectangle from the center of this panel by cutting by measuring 2cm in from each side. Don't discard the rectangle you'll use it later.

Stamp, colour then die cut out the gorgeous hydrangea and die cut another in plain cardstock.  I've used thick basic white cardstock for all this card but you may wish to choose to use coloured.

Adhere the corrugated panel on the card front . Now take the rectangle that you saved and adhere it through the appature onto the inside of the card base. 

Then carefully adhere the hydrangea at the points that it meets the frame. Adhere the plain die cut shape from the inside of the card to stabilise the hydrangea and the card front.

Now decorate the inside of the card . I stamped, coloured and fussy cut out some of the petals from the hydrangea as well as some of the small leaves that are also part of the stamp set. 

The inside is where I chose to add my sentiment . Stamp the sentiment onto a small mat of cardstock and carefully position the petals  it so that they don't show from the front. 

I love this clean and fresh card for someone many reasons not least because it's  so beautiful and stylish in it's simplicity. What do you think?

Arched wishes fun fold card

 A quick post today to share a fun fold card with you. The fold is a pop out swing card. I've used the fabulous Everyday Arches dies, the Arched Wishes stamp set and the gorgeous Everyday Skies pattern papers. 

The papers range from bold and dramatic to calm and peaceful colour palettes. For today's sample I chose to go for a calm and delicate look.

I think the balloons from the Arched Wishes stamps add to the whimsical feel to the card.

Whilst the Everyday Arches dies make for an unusual appature for this fun fold.

All in all a fun card . If you'd like to see how to make this card then watch out for my Live at 5 on my Facebook page here on Monday the 28th of April 2025 at 5pm BST. 

Here's the video

Lovely Garden fun fold thank you card

 Pattern paper is such a valuable tool for a crafter. You can use it in so many ways. From using it  as a background layer to making it the star of the show pattern paper is so very useful.. and beautiful 😍.  Today's inspiration is a fun fold where the pattern paper is front and center.  I'm not sure what the fold is called so if you know or have suggestions please leave a comment. The paper used today is from the Lovely Garden paper pack. These double sided  papers are bold and striking with their beautiful floral design on one side and striking monochromatic image on the other.

Choosing a fun fold that shows of both sides of the pattern paper is always fun and especially when the papers are as striking as these ones! So that's exactly what this card is all about.

Start by chosing your double sided pattern paper then cut a piece that measures 16.5cm x 20.5cm. With the wrong side up score the paper along the short side at 6.5cm . Next rotate the paper and score at 14.4cm. Flip the paper over and  fold both sides inwards. This creates a natural diagonal score line on both parts to leave a square on the top left corner. Watch the short video below to understand 😉

Once you have your pattern paper folding mechanism create the card base with a piece of coordinating cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 10.5cm.  Then adhere the larger center panel of pattern paper to this panel. Next cut cardstock panels to decorate as desired. I would suggest that adding a panel of cardstock to the inside portion of the small square that folds over is a good idea 💡 

I have used the stamps that coordinate with the papers.  Called Thankful Garden these open line work images are perfect for colouring in.

The card folds flat for posting and will stand!

Here is the finished card from the video above using the same lovely Garden paper pack and Thankful Garden stamp set.

Friends of the Ocean fun fold birthday card

 Do you ever make a card love it, then when you go back to look at it again realise you made a mistake? But you also realise it's too late! Well that's exactly what's happened with today's inspiration!  I made the card using the beautiful Friends of the ocean pattern papers. I just love the beautiful bright colour palette used for these fun papers.

The colours and patterns in this paper just work so well together.  I love using paper packs because you know they're going to coordinate together with out any hard decisions! 

The card base is a very easy fun fold version of a gatefold. For this card I made a belly band to secure it closed. Which just slips on and off .

The card base is 14.85cm x  21cm scored at 5.25cm,  10.5cm and 15.75cm ( 8½" x 5½" scored at 2⅛", 4¼" and 6⅜"). The scores are folded as valley, mountain then valley. 

The fun surprise on the inside is the pop out. Create the pop out mechanism before decorating the card base.

To create the pop out mechanism all you need is a piece of cardstock measuring 4cm x 12 cm scored at 2cm, 4cm, 5cm, 7cm, 8cm and 10cm (1½" x 4½" scored at ¾", 1½", 1⅞", 2⅝", 3" and 3¾"). Fold the scorelines as valley,  mountain,  mountain,  mountain, mountain then valley. Adhere a piece of cardstock measuring 4cm x 5cm (1½" x 2") to the center panel as shown below. 

Then adhere the mechanism to the center panel of the cardbase  on the left hand side as shown below. Taking care to adhere just upto but not on the center scoreline. 

Next adhere the other side, again upto but not on the scoreline , as shown here.

Now decorate as desired. Make sure that your pop out portion doesn't extend beyond the center of the card base. You want the card to close flat over the center decoration.

This fun fold stands beautifully on the mantlepiece yet folds flat for posting. 

Can you spy my big boo-boo 👀? 🤣 it wasn't until I was writing this post that I realised what I'd done 😳 Even after all these years I still make those silly mistakes 😜