Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Fun Fold Cards

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am taking part in a blog hop with some fellow enthusiasts who love sharing their creative talents using their Stampin' Up!® products. This theme for this month's Stamping Inkspirations blog hop is Fun Fold Cards.

I love making and sending fun fold cards. There are a few designs that I return to regularly and it's amazing how the same basic folds can be transformed just by using different colours and papers.

For my card today, I have made a concertina folding card with stepped layers so that you get a  glimpse of all three layers, even when the card is held closed. Although I have used the Regency Park Suite quite a bit, some of the stamps in the Sentimental Park stamp set were still unloved. I wanted to rectify that today!

The large layer of patterned paper at the back was my starting point - those pale blue flowers are just delightful. To complement this paper I chose Night of Navy and Balmy Blue card stock for the base card and the layers. The front panel is decorated with some of my previously unused images. To coordinate with the paper the leaves are stamped in Shaded Spruce and the flowers are in Balmy blue. Some of the stamping is at full strength but some is stamped off first to create a lighter shade. Milky Dots complete the flowers perfectly.

The middle panel looked a little busy decorated with patterned paper so I opted for an embossed layer of Night of Navy card. I used the wonderfully textured Cane Weave folder. The Night of Navy Bordered ribbon tied with a bow adds the finishing touch. 

On the reverse of this panel is a Basic White layer, decorated with a few flowers stamped in Balmy Blue, providing the space for you to write a personal message.

The card is an easy one to construct and I made a template to store in my folder of Fancy Fold ideas!

I hope that you are inspired by my card today and that you will continue along the hop to see what the others have created too. Although I have a few favourite fun folds that I turn to I am always on the look out for new ideas or tweaks to a classic. Enjoy the projects. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

Jan Musselman  ●  Mo Rootes

Tricia Butts  ●  Judith Patterson  ●  Susan Webster

Leonie Stuart  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Annette Ball

Anne Krucek  ●  Vickie Littlewood  ●  Teri West 

Do you need any of the products used on today's card? If you live in the UK you can click on the shopping links below to add them to your collection today. 

 

Thank you for joining us today! Looking forward to seeing you next time. 

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. To purchase the items used for these cards, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today. Use the current hostess code (April 2023 code: NNKXSGPV) to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

All Star Tutorial Bundles

All Star Tutorial Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month.

Click HERE for sneak peeks or to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store

 

Click on the images of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

April 2023 code: NNKXSGPV

All Star Design Team Blog Hop - Regency Park Suite

Hello and welcome to our All Star Design Team Video Class Bundle Blog Hop for April 2023. This month the All Star Design Team are using the Regency Park Suite. The projects featured in the Video Class Bundle are exclusive and the tutorials come complete with photos, video directions and a supply list that includes both Metric and Imperial measurements. 

Here is a sneak peek of the Regency Park Suite bundle of tutorials.

To enjoy the tutorials you have several options:

• shop with me -  if you order from my online store you will receive that month's bundle for free
• purchase - buy the bundle for £11.50 
• Join my Team - team members will receive the tutorials for free

In this six-month block of tutorials we will be using current Stampin' Up! Suites to create a Video Class Bundle, each containing 12 exclusive video classes. We will be using products from both the January-April Mini Catalogue and the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue:

• January 2023 - Fancy Flora Suite
  
• February 2023 - Country Floral Lane Suite
  
• March 2023 - By the Bay Suite
  
• April 2023 - Regency Park Suite
  
• May 2023 - Annual Catalogue Suite
  
• June 2023 - Annual Catalogue Suite
  

For the blog hop at the start of the month, each of us will create another project using the featured suite of products to give you even more inspiration. Here is my additional project using the Regency Park Suite. 

Last week, a friend taught me how to make an Arrow Card - it's a fancy fold card that I hadn't come across before so I was excited to learn how to make it. After a bit of measuring and scoring the card came together easily. 

So, I was keen to try it with the Regency Park papers. The great thing about this fold is that it shows off two different patterns of DSP - I chose two sheets of paper and made two cards. Alternatively, you could use one sheet of paper and flip it to use the reverse-side pattern.

I applied some Adhesive Sheet to Basic White card and die cut a selection of flowers using the Sentimental Park dies. I scattered a few of them, together with some Iridescent Pearls, to keep the decoration on the card simple and allowing the DSP to do the talking! I couldn't resist using the let's celebrate sentiment because it is my favourite one in the set. It's such a versatile little saying.

I hope you like my cards - let me know what you think in the comments below. If you want to be inspired with more ideas using this suite you can purchase the Video Class Bundle (along with previous tutorials) HERE. 

Thank you so much for visiting today. Click on the names below to hop around and see all the other amazing projects. Enjoy! If you live in the UK you can purchase these products below.

Blog Hop List:

Stay safe and as always happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the current hostess code (April 2023 code: NNKXSGPV) to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

All Star Tutorial Bundles

All Star Tutorial Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month.

Click HERE for sneak peeks or to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store

 

Click on the images of the products I have used today to purchase them in my online shop:

Rembember to use the current hostess code.  

April 2023 code: NNKXSGPV