Fun Fold Tripanel Card

I've had a sketch with dimensions for this type of card

sitting on my desk for some time now.

Seeing the sweet scrappy Christmas cards my 

blog friend Margaret has been sharing recently

prodded me into finally making one of these cards.

I don't need more Christmas cards this year,

but I wanted to make one of these new to me

 fun fold cards. So I now have another card

put back for next year -

and want to make more of these cards!

I had to cut into new sheets of 

designer paper to create this card.

I have scraps, but nothing 

nearly as pretty or that coordinates well. 

This paper is from Stampin' Up!

so it matched my card stock and inks

(also SU!) almost perfectly. 

I used Cranberry Crisp and Gumball Green.

I thought the green matched better when I was

making the card, but in the bright sunlit room

taking photos I saw that it did not,

Same with the ribbon  :( 

The die cut MERRY is from a die set I bought

from Michael's/Recollections a couple of years ago.

Christmas is from Everyday Flexible Phrases (SU!).

Circle Dies

The organdy ribbon and metal star brad

were in my stash, unknown. 

Here are a few more photos:

Flat for mailing

Trying to show how it will open.

Mine slides open with no problem.

Depending on the size and placement

of your center sentiment panel,

you may have to slightly twist

the long decor paper panels to open it.

This is it all the way open, face down,

showing how it looks with the 

alternating panels. 

I don't know the exact name of this type of card 

or where I saw the tutorial so I could link in case you are interested.

Here are the dimensions:

Card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of card stock  .

Score it at 2 1/8″ from each end along the 8 1/2″ side.

Fold the ends in to create a 4 1/4" wide x 5 1/2" tall card. 

Card stock panels are 1 5/8″ x 4″.

Designer paper panels are 1 3/8″ x 3 3/4″.

The top and bottom panels are attached to the right side.

 The middle panel is attached to the left side.

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Holidays =) 

Teeny Paper Punches Card

 I put some teeny tiny paper punches to

use to make this card.

I also used a very small frame embossing folder

that I have never used before.

Scallop square paper punch,

bakers twine, tiny stamped greeting and 

a polka dot Texturz plate background

finish off this card.

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Holidays =) 

Ornament Card

This color combo is so not my norm!

I was inspired by a decor piece that I saw

briefly in the background of a scene in a

Hallmark movie. Seriously.

The die is a Mika Ornament.

I cut it from Stampin' Up! glitter paper.

I hand cut the Lemon Lime Twist background piece.

I brushed Crystal Effects over it to 

make it glossy and to adhere the die cut.

A few rhinestones were added to

circular parts of the die cut.

I had this scrap of thin satin ribbon in

my crafts stash for years. 

It matched the lime card stock almost perfectly.

I also added silver edged white organdy ribbon.

The top layer was run through the Subtle embossing

folder from Stampin' Up! to give it texture

and then die cut with a stitched rectangle die.

It's backed with super shiny silver card stock

then layered onto more Pool Party card stock.

This was a time consuming card for me to make,

but I'm happy with the outcome. 

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Holidays =) 

Angelic Joy Card

I stamped then water colored this angel image from Stampin' Up!

The embossing folder is 3D Botanical by Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

Scalloped edge border punch and satin ribbon finish it off.

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Holidays =)

Merriest of Christmases Card

This was a pretty easy card to make. 

The most difficult part was using markers on the Santa image to make it two colors.

Stamp image  from Stampin' Up!

Buffalo plaid paper is actually gift wrap

baker's twine

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Holidays =)

Wooden Snowflake Card

I really like how this turned out!

The design of this card was inspired by the packaging that the stamp set

was in. It had been part of a Paper Pumpkin kit. I picked up the 

stamp set alone at a yard sale last fall for a couple of dollars.

I sponged white craft ink over the snowflake embossed Kraft background.

Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Wooden snowflake from Stampin' Up!

Snowflake border punch, unknown

Thanks for looking

and

Happy Holidays =)

Stained Glass Partridge Card

Don't look too closely at this experiment that was a fail:

I tried to add clear embossing powder over a previously embossed

and colored stained glass image.

The black bled into the clear. 

The thought of the black remelting then running

into the clear never crossed my mind. Argh!

old image from Stampin' Up!

Cuttlebug embossing folder

satin ribbon

Thanks for looking

and

Happy Holidays  =) 

Pickup and Plaid Card

This card was made to somewhat resemble my husbands truck 

for him to send a car buddy.

I used Loads of Love and Happy Winter stamp sets
from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Paper Mesh Holiday Card

                                             I've never used "mesh" on a project before.

There was a little bag of "mesh" scraps in a freebie box of goodies

I received from a yard sale last fall. 

This is thin paper with lots of tiny holes in it.

I added a simple stamped tag for a quick card to send out.

Thanks for looking =) 

Simple Snowflake Greetings

A fairly fast holiday card.

Cuttlebug folder embossed background

Stamped and border punched tag

eyelet

Thanks for looking =)