Diagonal Tier fun fold card Tutorial

 Here is the tutorial for the fun fold card I made for Fridays inspiration using the Pansy Patch stamps and dies. You can see the original post here. 

To start your going to need a piece of cardstock measuring 10.5cm x 28.85cm. Score at 3.5cm, 7cm, 10.5cm and 14cm. Then mark up 2.5cm from the left hand edge and cut diagonally up to the 14cm score line. The image and video below will show you how to score , cut and fold.

Next you'll need a piece of cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 10.5cm.  You the mark up the right hand side at 2.5cm and cut diagonally to the left-hand top corner to create 2  piece. The video will show how they are adhered to the card base to become the card fronts.

Here is the video 

I hope that  if you make this card please share your creations over on our Facebook page.  

Have fun

Cary xx

Fun fold Friday Pansy Patch

 Well that has been a very busy week!! I am having a 3 night sleepover with my 5 year old grandson 🩵 He is typical 5 year old bundle of activity and joy 😊 but this nanny is having a ball 😃. So I made today's inspiration before my visitor arrived but didn't get time to write a how to for it 🫣 so will share pictures today and a how to when he goes home tomorrow 😉. 

Of course I've used the gorgeous Pansy Patch to decorate this angular fun fold.  I'm  not sure what to call this fold. It's easy to make and gives you lots of space to decorate always a great way to make it a wow.

I love black pansies and knew I wanted to use them for this card. I think they have real impact especially with their yellow centers and green leaves.

The fun fold, which at present is namelesss, folds flat for posting. But opens with 2 levels at the front.

This allows you to decorate 2 fronts and the inside!

The fronts are all held on a concertina hinge. 

So now I have a question...What shall we call it?

Well that's  all my projects for this week using the Pansy Patch stamps and dies. I do hope you'll join me here next week as Gill will be sharing her inspiration. 

What ever you have planned for the weekend...

Have Fun!

Cary xx

This or That Thursday Pansy Patch

I saw a picture set in to a frame with a mount inside in an online shop. What took my fancy was that it was available in either a  white frame with a black mount or a black frame with a white mount. And whilst I was admiring the frames an idea took seed in my imagination... and it was perfect to show how wonderful the Pansy patch bundle is!

The dies that coordinate with the stamps make the most amazing flowers . You can create your own colour palette and just let your imagination have fun!

For my cards today I decided to keep it fairly natural in the colour department.  I wanted them to be striking though. So I went for shades of purple. I made 2 sets identical so that I could test the frames.

I wanted to copy the black in white and white in black idea to see which I prefer.  And here is card 1...

As you can see I started with a white card base . I decided to use my Stiched rectangles dies which are sadly retiring at the end of this month. I took 2 that would give a nice trim boarder. 

I then took a white mat the size of the front of my card and die cut out the larger of my chosen dies. Next I cut a black mat slightly smaller than the white and die cut the smaller stitched rectangle out .

I then adhered the 2 mats together and adhered them to my card base with 3d foam.

This left the perfect space for my gorgeous purple pansy.

The second card was created the same as the first but with a black card base and large mat and a white smaller mat.

The flowers were made using 2 shades of purple cardstock and white which I  blended light purple onto.

One thing that you might notice is that I didn't put a sentiment on the front of the cards. So I put it on the inside instead...

So which do I prefer 🤔 I can't decide can you? White with black? Or black with white?

Watercolour Wednesday Pansy Patch

 A simple one colour watercolour wash is the basis for today's card. I knew I wanted to create a card using a single colour ink and that it would be made using layers of colour. I also knew that I would be using the highlight stamps from the Pansy Patch set.

So I started with a piece of watercolour paper and wiped it all over with my anti static bag! Yup I decided to heat emboss my images directly onto the watercolour paper before I did the watercolour wash. Not only did I heat emboss the pansies I also heat embossed the sentiment directly onto the watercolour paper as well!

I then decided on what colour to use. I chose a shade of pink called polished pink.  It's a vibrant shade that's one of my favourites. 

Next I took my spritzer and spritzed the paper with plenty of water. I then added a few drops of reinker to the cover of my ink pad and added a few drops of water to it. Then I used my wide waterpainer mixed the ink and gently applied a very light wash all over the paper.

Next I took a paper towel and dabbed it dry. Now I added more colour to parts again dabbing it dry. I could have waited for it to dry naturally in-between applications but I'm  too impatience 😉. It also gave the background  some nice texture from the paper towel itself!

I then took the finest of the waterpainers and used much neater ink to add highlights to the pansies. 

I then adhered the panel onto a deep pink card base added a few iridescent pearls and the card was done.

I lovebhow this card came out.  It was so easy to make. The watercolour paper definitely adds to the feel as does the texture from the paper towel. 

All in all a fun card to make. I hope you like it too.

Tip Tricks and Techniques Tuesday Pansy Patch

 When I'm working out colour combinations for things I like to stamp them onto basic whit cardstock. This way I can see the true colours and decide which I like for my project. What it does mean is that I'm often left with a selection of images . Does this happen to you? We'll if it does I've  got a suggestion....  use them! Want to see what I did with my prototype Pansy Patch ? And my top trick? Can you guess by looking at the card?

I cut all the colour test images out... and now for my top trick... I scattered them onto a piece of card and see where they fall! 

I let fate decide and it turned out very pretty if I do say  so myself 😁 I did slip the leaves around. I also decided to emboss the mat to give it some more texture. 

I also popped some of the pansies up on 3d foam. And added a few sparkles and a simple sentiment and it was made!

So don't waste any of you wonderful creations use them to make more beautiful cards!

Make It Simple Monday Pansy Patch

 I do hope you've had a good bank holiday weekend. Easter Sunday was absolutely glorious 🌞! And today.... well what can I say it's  a typical British bank holiday Monday!!! 🤣 any way back to the good stuff... stamps 😉 As many of you may know the new annual catalogue from Stampin' Up! Comes out on May 3rd.  With every catalogue I go through all my stash and remove those which are retiring and look to see what is carrying over. Then I look to see what I haven't used since buying... this can be a bit frightening 🫣 Luckily for me the only stamp set  I've found so far is one that's  carrying over! So that's what I'm going to be using this week. Called Pansy Patch it's  a cute floral.

This is a 2 step stamping set. It's  also a photopolymer ( see through) set which makes it so easy to do the 2 step stamping. 2 step stamping is where you stamp one image then stamp another over top. Usually in a different colour ink to give the image lot's  of detail.

I'm starting the week with #simplestamping as always .  The power and beauty of stamps, ink and paper. The lovely thing about stamping is your imagination can run riot with colour. But with pansies they do it for you!!!

Believe it or not all these pansies are based on real life ones!

Isn't nature wonderful? 

Join me tomorrow as I explore the wonderful world of pansy patch some more. 

Fun Fold Friday - Artistically Inked

 Here we are and it's already Friday! Today's card is similar to one that I cased from another demonstrator, Susan Stampfield. I made one similar to Susan's card for our retreat but tomorrow is my daughter in law, Jemma's birthday so this will be for her. I have still used the Artistically Inked stamp set and Artistic Dies and decorated by adding some DSP from Hello, Irresistible 6" by 6" DSP. 

 Susan's called her card a Flying Seagull and is only 10.5cm high or 4,1/8" but this time I have made mine from 1 sheet of A4 White card. I cut the sheet in half at 14.85cm by 21cm.  I then had 2 pieces the same size and scored each piece at 5.7cm, 10.1cm and 15.8cm. (2,1/4", 3,15/16" and 6,3/16")I burnished each of the score lines and then turned the right hand one upside down. This now means that the outer panels are both 5.7cm. I cut another piece of White card  at 10cm by 14.85cm (4,1/8" by 5,7/8") This panel will now be adhered to the 2 inner panels that measure 5.2cm or 2,1/16" wide. I suggest using Tear 'n Tape or Tombow, one side at a time. Susan advised fixing the other side of the panel by turning it over once the first half of the panel is glued. There is no other fixing for this card. Once the single panel is glued to the 2 panels/card base, it should measure approximately 32cm or 12,1/2". 

I used 2 different designs of the papers, one is in a lighter shade of Flirty Flamingo and the other is the Soft Sea Foam. I used the same ink pad colours too. When I stamped the flowers, the colour was a little too strong so I stamped over the stamped images with my Whisper Ink pad. I softened the colours down perfectly.

My completed card standing up. I like the 2 colours together, they seem to complement each other nicely. What do you think?

The card laid out in full length.

Measurements for each piece of the card

You should be able to see how the panels are adhered in the centre. The folds from left to right should be Mountain, Valley, Valley. The 2 edge pieces are standing up together facing you. This will be the front of your card. The next folds are Valley, Valley, Mountain.

This picture shows the 2 centre panels that the single piece will be adhered to. You literally push both folds together, glue one side, turn it over and glue the other side up tight to the fold. You will notice a small gap at the sides of the front, floating panel. That is to allow the cars to fold without bulking the card out.

Once the panel is glued onto the card bases it is now time to decorate. I did not decorate the 2 panels below the centre one as they are not on show at all. I added a sentiment to the centre back of the card so there is somewhere to add my message for Jemma. The sentiment is from Celebrating You stamp set. I used some left over strips of the DSP and some flowers and leaves to make it a little more interesting.
 

 Here we are and it's already Friday! Today's card is similar to one that I cased from another demonstrator, Susan Stampfield. I made one similar to Susan's card for our retreat but tomorrow is my daughter in law, Jemma's birthday so this will be for her. I have still used the Artistically Inked stamp set and Artistic Dies and decorated by adding some DSP from Hello, Irresistible 6" by 6" DSP. 

 Susan's called her card a Flying Seagull and is only 10.5cm high or 4,1/8" but this time I have made mine from 1 sheet of A4 White card. I cut the sheet in half at 14.85cm by 21cm.  I then had 2 pieces the same size and scored each piece at 5.7cm, 10.1cm and 15.8cm. (2,1/4", 3,15/16" and 6,3/16")I burnished each of the score lines and then turned the right hand one upside down. This now means that the outer panels are both 5.7cm. I cut another piece of White card  at 10cm by 14.85cm (4,1/8" by 5,7/8") This panel will now be adhered to the 2 inner panels that measure 5.2cm or 2,1/16" wide. I suggest using Tear 'n Tape or Tombow, one side at a time. Susan advised fixing the other side of the panel by turning it over once the first half of the panel is glued. There is no other fixing for this card. Once the single panel is glued to the 2 panels/card base, it should measure approximately 32cm or 12,1/2". 

I used 2 different designs of the papers, one is in a lighter shade of Flirty Flamingo and the other is the Soft Sea Foam. I used the same ink pad colours too. When I stamped the flowers, the colour was a little too strong so I stamped over the stamped images with my Whisper Ink pad. I softened the colours down perfectly.

My completed card standing up. I like the 2 colours together, they seem to complement each other nicely. What do you think?

The card laid out in full length.

Measurements for each piece of the card

You should be able to see how the panels are adhered in the centre. The folds from left to right should be Mountain, Valley, Valley. The 2 edge pieces are standing up together facing you. This will be the front of your card. The next folds are Valley, Valley, Mountain.

This picture shows the 2 centre panels that the single piece will be adhered to. You literally push both folds together, glue one side, turn it over and glue the other side up tight to the fold. You will notice a small gap at the sides of the front, floating panel. That is to allow the cars to fold without bulking the card out.

Once the panel is glued onto the card bases it is now time to decorate. I did not decorate the 2 panels below the centre one as they are not on show at all. I added a sentiment to the centre back of the card so there is somewhere to add my message for Jemma. The sentiment is from Celebrating You stamp set. I used some left over strips of the DSP and some flowers and leaves to make it a little more interesting.
 

Below is the original card that I made for the retreat that is 10.5cm high.

Well, that's it from me for another week so thank you for stopping by. I do hope that you have found some ideas to get you crafting too. I am absolutely hooked on it, I just can't get enough of making cards! 😀😀

Today is Good Friday and I wish you all well for the Easter weekend. 

Cary will be back on Monday with some more of her creations waiting to share with you.
Until I return, Stay safe, keep well but of course....

KEEP ON CRAFTING!! 

😍😍 xx Gill xx 😍😍