Bev Adams, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
More Organization – More Time for Crafting
This card has an easy, but fancy fold. It’s really just the basic 4 1/4″ x 11″ card, but scored at 2 3/4″ from each end so the card opens out like a gate… a gate-fold card. The Sahara Sand layer is attached only on the left side and the Crisp Cantaloupe frame is only attached on the right side. When closed, they buckle together.
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This card is quick and thrifty. I wish you could feel the texture of this card stock. It feels like artists’ watercolor paper. It could be used for many occasions. You could even change it up more with a different sentiment covering up the one on the stamp.
The Watercolor Wonder note cards come in a pack of 20 for just $12.95, pre-printed with soft background colors and include the envelopes. You just need to add a stamp and they’re ready to go!
We added People Like You stamped in StazOn ink and with Aqua Painter brushes and Tangerine Tango and Gumball Green ink, quickly added color. Stamp the same image on white card stock, punch it out with the coordinating Decorative Label Punch, and pop it on with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Done!
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People Like You Watercolor Card 3-8-14
Big Shot Cutting Plates get cut up and warped when used for cutting. You can extend their life by placing your die cutting toward your worst plate. When that one is too marked up, rotate your “good” plate to the cutting side and replace it with a new one. You can buy 2 replacement cutting plates for only $8.95. But you can extend the life of your cutting plates even longer! Put that old cut up plate in the oven. Here’s how.
This was a mash up of 2 great ideas from other Stampin’ Up! demonstrators:
Found on Pinterest: Easy Peeps, by Liz Keehn. I don’t know if Liz pinned it first or if someone else pinned it. http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/LizKeehn/#
Found on YouTube: Easter Egg Throne Box, by Connie Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWr-S-5VlWQWXG7tAU_kLkA
Put them together and this is what I got. So fun!
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Want to make a custom box? All these boxes were based on the smallest envelope listed on the chart on the Envelope Punch Board. I just added increments of 1/4″ up to 7″ for the height of the box. I was experimenting to see how much I would need to add to get the thickness (or height) I wanted. The ones made with Melon Mambo can be made with 8 1/2″ X 11″ card stock. For the Basic Gray ones, you’ll need to use 12″ x 12″ card stock.
Use this chart to find what to add to your dimensions for a particular height. There are also a few extra tips.
Printable Chart: Envelope Punch Board Box Height Chart
We all need thank you cards and I think this one is just the ticket! The fancy fold is called a Joy Fold. Perhaps it’s called that because it brings joy by being pretty thrifty and easy.
When you open up the top layer, a little bird peeks out the window and the bird is still there when the second layer is opened.
It will take some precision stamping to get the bird to sit perfectly on the branch, but Stampin’ Up! has a tool with a funny name, a Stamp-a-ma-jig, to help you. I know… my Getting Started Challenge is all about minimal supplies. Don’t worry. Here’s a link to sh
ow you how to make your own. It’s not quite as good, but it will get you through until you are ready to buy the real thing. In the picture with the bird in the window I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig and took a picture and forgot to press the stamp down. The Stamp-a-ma-jig is so great, I was even able to stamp again. If you look very closely you might be able to see those tiny bird toes are not precisely lined up. That was with my home-made tool, so perhaps if I’d used the real one it would have been perfect. The bottom picture shows a close up of the bird precisely on the branch (only stamped once).
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Getting Started Sample – Joy Fold Thanks