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Four Panel Accordion Fold using Thoughful Journey for Card Class June 2025, Tons of samples

Fancy Folds are a bit of a thing for me and we made these at class this week. Everyone's card was slightly different, using different papers. The main thing is to get the patterned paper pieces lined up with the image flowing seamlessly across the page. This way the colours will flow nicely when the card is closed. The directions are available from my post on 06.06.25 There are no instructions on this page, just lots of samples and different ideas using the same layout and different papers. As you can see there are lots of different looks from the same layout. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you give this card a try. I hope you have a creative week and remember, "don't just post online, post something pretty!" cheers, Liz

CI#189 Flowers to celebrate some New Colours

Welcome back for CI#189. The inspiration pic for this week's challenge is just gorgeous. I love Gum flowers, and my Mum has one of these amazing flowering gums in her back garden. Our guest designer this week is Petra Noeth, we welcome her beautiful project. Do be sure to check out all the inspiration projects on our Facebook Page from the design team. Our picture credit this week is https://www.tobiashayashi.com/blog/tag/eucalyptus+macrocarpa I made a card and matching little gift box. I am trying (very hard) to embrace Darling Duckling so have used that as the focal flowers for my project this week. They are simply cut from the DSP and then layered up in a bouquet. I have gone around the cut edges with the Darling Duckling Stamp n'Write marker to give some added definition and remove the white which shows from the cut edge. The leaf sprays are also fussy cut from the DSP. I have only a hint of Melon Mambo in the card base and then all the flower cen...

Square card with diamond fold using DSP for Card Class June 25, Impressions Abloom and Greetings for All make it super easy.

I recently posted a simple design for a card that uses more DSP than cardstock. The original design uses half a sheet of 12x12 and you can find the instructions and measurements on this post from May 16th. It also contains the smaller measurements whih we made at class. ( using piece 5 x 10"). I was able to source some square envelopes ( 14x14cm) which will fit this size card. Black and white work so well with a pop of a strong colour and I love these Strawberry Slush and Shy Shamrock versions. The smaller white square for the card front has been embossed so that the texture allows the white feature flower to stand out. I don't usually do black leaves but I love the effect here. The stitched flowers are from the Impressions Abloom dies and are quite a feature. These cards came together very quickly using sentiments pressed out from the pre printed sheets "Greetings for All" . The layout is the same but the different colours produce quite different looks. The only...

Pop up Frame Card with Wildflower Birthday for Card Class June 2025

What a wonderful time we had at class yesterday. Lots of fancy folds. This one was the trickiest but everyone created a beautiful card. We just took it step by step. You can cut the cardstock from one sheet of A4 cardstock. There are a number of steps to add the DSP. Then you cut a large and small circle to create the frames. We all put a little posy of flowers in the centre of the frame. It's such a lovely surprise when you open the card up. The belly band holds the card closed. You don't want this to be too tight. The gorgeous Wildflower Birthday Paper is so easy to use for these cards, and the press out elements make it easy to decorate. The boldest DSP is best at the back of the frames. This side view shows you the middle and front frames. This is the original video. It is in German, but you can see the process and create along with Ingrid Hafner and this is Ingrid's link to the cutting diagram. I hope you give this a try, it's a very versatile card. Ingrid also ha...

Grow with Love Sliding Lock Mechanism Masculine Version

This is the second version of one of the cards we made at Card Class recently. It's a Sliding Lock Mechanism card - although it doesn't really lock, it just keeps it nicely closed and neat. Yesterday's post shows the pink version but this one is great as a masculine option. You can find the dimensions and more samples there. If you would like to download the pdf to print your own set of instructions you can find that here When the lock mechanism is in place you can't see the sentiment inside. The Grow with Love Bundle. I love it. You can find it here in my Online Store but it's only available until sold out. I hope you have a creative week and remember, "don't just post online, post something pretty!" cheers, Liz

Impressions Abloom and a Four Panel Accordian Fun Fold card - old and new together.

This is one of the Fancy fold cards which we will be creating at my June Card Class I had fun creating this card which is another great design to use up some of your DSP stash. My friend Janine Rawlins put me on to this tutorial, although I am sure there are plenty out there for a similar design as it is not new. This version is from Connie Stewart - Simply Simple Stamping. She calls it a 4 Panel Accordian Fun Fold card. I created her imperial version first but this is adapted to be closer to Australian dimensions. Cardbase 12 x 5 3/4" Score at 1 3/4, 4 3/4, 7 3/4" ( this size is 14.5 x 10cm which is close to our standard 14.8 x 10.5) white card insert 4 x 5 1/2" white card and mat for sentiment as desired DSP 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 cut 2 2 3/4 x 5 1/2 cut 2 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 I've created a few recently experimenting with different papers and colours. This one was a great woodgrain background to show off some new Flower Dies which are coming May 6th. They ar...