Fun fold Friday Citrus Blooms

 The sun is shining and it appears as if summer has decided to put in an a much wanted appearance...at last! Does the weather effect your crafting?  The sunshine certainly does make me want to use bright and bold colours. Which is why the Mediterranean Blooms suite has been perfect for this weeks posts! With its summer vibes it just brings a smile and a feeling of warmth to you.

As it's Friday today's inspiration is a fun fold and today's is a beauty . Taking full advantage of the Mediterranean Blooms pattern paper and the fantastic Citrus Blooms dies and stamps. 

The name of the fold escapes me but you're going to love the simplicity of it!

Start with a piece of cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 29.7cm.  The score at 7.5cm, 15cm, 19cm, 23cm and 25.5cm. Next reinforce the folds using a bone folder and starting with a mountain fold concertina fold them. 

Now the hard part... chosing which of the beautiful papers to use! The 3 chosen papers are cut into mats. The largest measures 6.5cm x 13.9cm, the middle one is 3cm x 13.9cm and the smallest is cut at 1.5cm x 13.9cm.  These are all adhered to basic white mats that are 0.5cm bigger. Next adhere these pieces to the panels of the card base.

This fun fold stands beautifully and has a multitude of opportunities to decorate! Using the dies to cut out images from the gorgeous Mediterranean Blooms paper made it a quick and easy option.  As the images would only be adhered partially I used the same die and cut basic white versions and adhered the paper ones to them for extra stability. Top tip use your envelope to measure as you go so that the elements don't overflow.

The place to write your message is on the back of the largest panel. To complete the look you can decorate here too.

The other nice thing with this fold is that it folds flat for posting... Today's project fits in to a standard C6 envelope.

This fun fold is very versatile.  You can change the width of the card base to 10.5cm and you end up with a portrait version that still fits in a standard C6 envelope.  You can scale the width up to 21cm and create an A5 version. The length and scorelines remain the same!

Well that all folks for this week from me. Hopefully you have found inspiration amongst my post's using the fantastic Citrus Blooms stamps and it coordinating products in the Mediterranean Blooms suite. 

Next week Gill will be sharing her inspiration with us all here. 

Have fun 

Cary xx