Snowflake Wishes Glittery Step Card

I really needed a piece of 12" square cardstock to make this centre fold card but
made it in two pieces instead

I kind of made this one up as I went along - but I think I got away with it!  It started with the glittery black rectangle with the snowflake negative die cut.  This had been sitting on my table for a while - it was a mistake I made the first time I used this die - I hadn't noticed that it cut the negative shapes.  

I finally got around to doing something with it.

A centre fold fun fold Christmas card featuring a panel cut with one of the Snowflake Wishes Dies

I wanted to use Gray Granite for the card base and for some reason had my heart set on making a centre fold.  The only challenge being that I only had A4 size .   

If you look carefully, you can see where the two pieces have been joined

So this is a centre fold card made in two pieces!  Where there's a will, there's a way - another of my Grandmother's favourite sayings!

Just add glue to the 1.25" section of the main piece and stick it to the underside of the separate tent fold.

Diagram for Part 1 of the long Centre Fold fun fold using A4 size cardstock

Diagram for Part 2 of the long Centre Fold fun fold using A4 size cardstock

Thank you for visiting today.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Snowflake Wishes Bundle (English)

$97.00

Black Glitter Paper

$10.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Gray Granite 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack

$15.75

Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes

$10.50

Gilded Gems

$12.25

Christmas Gleaming Centre Step Fun Fold with floating baubles

A Christmas Gleaming Centre Step Fun Fold card - with a little extra!

I love fun fold cards and centre steps in particular as they provide a lot of wow factor for minimal effort and complexity!

The baubles on this centre step fun fold Christmas card are "floating"

I did "up the anti" a bit on this one by floating the baubles on a piece of window sheet glued across the void - also something not difficult to do!

The base card is Pretty Peacock decorated with Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper and I used gold heat embossing and Pretty Peacock  for the baubles - cut with the coordinating punch.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - all available for purchase from my online store

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Window Sheets

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

$13.00

Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems

$14.00

Old Olive/Pretty Peacock 3/8" (1 Cm) Reversible Ribbon

$13.00

Christmas Gleaming Parisian Layers

Another day .... another distraction!  That's how it seems to be going for me at the moment - and this is why .....

A distracting game of hide n' seek in my light box!

Game over, this cute little boy decided to pose

They're 8 months old now.  I heard a noise behind me and found them playing hide & seek in my light box - they obviously feel photogenic!  They're cute and funny, full of energy and curiosity, somewhat naughty but cuddly and affectionate - great companions and incredible time wasters!  I don't seem to get much done these days!

Well - back to cards!  This is a simple but elegant Christmas card.

It's not necessarily a Christmas embossing folder but I think the Parisian Flourish embossing really complements the decoration on the bauble.

It's a great card for using up bits and pieces.

The image is gold heat embossed on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I sponged the edges of the bauble with some Gray Granite ink and then punched it out with the coordinating punch.

I used Gray Granite ink to stamp the holly image onto a bit of Very Vanilla Cardstock and then coloured with Pretty Peacock and Gray Granite Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  I darkened the markings on the leaves with a Stampin' Write Marker.

I tied a doubled piece of the gold thread from the Forever Greenery trim combo to the top of the bauble (I made a hole with my Take Your Pick tool) and then attached the holly. I attached this with dimensionals to a Very Vanilla Stitched Shape (it was leftover from a previous project) which in turn had been attached to a square of Pretty Peacock cardstock.

The base card is Pretty Peacock and I added a Very Vanilla layer that had been embossed with the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie (and my four legged companions!)

Product List  - All available for purchase from my online store

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder

$17.50

Stitched Shapes Dies

$50.00

Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack

$15.75

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00

Gnome For The Holidays Pop & Twist Fun Fold

This cute little Christmas gnome is hiding a surprise

Aren't these gnomes adorable?!

I've coloured them with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers in Real Red and Shaded Spruce.  "Them?" you say.  Well, this is a Pop & Twist fun fold card - so there are more gnomes inside!

It's a Pop & Twist fun fold card featuring the gorgeous Gnome For The Holidays stamp set

I used the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper to decorate the card and thought that the wood grain paper would go well with the image of the gnomes' tree house.

I used Stampin' Blends alcohol markers to colour the gnome images

The last image, below, of the card beginning to open gives a better idea of the Pop & Twist mechanism.  There are many great tutorials for this cute fun fold, so I'm not going to add to the plethora - google Pop & Twist and you'll be able tochoose your favourite tutorial.  

This image gives an idea of the mechanism for the pop & twist fun fold

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products used are available for purchase in my online store

Gnome For The Holidays Cling Stamp Set (English)

$33.00

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

$61.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

$61.00

Layering Ovals Dies

$58.00

Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon

$12.25

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

$17.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50