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Lovely Garden Step Card

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Lovely Garden Step Card

I made this card up in my mind this morning with this fun step card design using the Lovely Garden designer series paper.  I had to cut three before I figured out the measurements, but I got there in the end and was really happy with it. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Fresh Fresia card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Boho Blue card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Lovely Garden designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Happy Birthday Label dies (Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2024)
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scissor
  • Adhesive of choice

The base takes a bit of measuring, cutting and scoring, but once you are done with that it is really easy to put together.  Take your Fresh Fresia and cut a card base of 5 ½” x 7 ¾”.  Now the tricky part, score on the long edge at 3” all the way across and then at 5 7/8 going in only about 1 ¼” and then at 6 ¾” only going in 1 ¼”.  Then the same at the last 1 ¼” at those 5 7/8” and 6 ¾”.  Now with your paper cutter cut 1 ¼” in from the center score and stopping at the 1” score.  Do the same on the other side.  Then with your center panel cut ½” down from the center score toward the scored steps so the rest of your center panel is free.  Now fold the bottom 1” down to the front, fold the next one down to create your step.  Fold your card into the final shape, so your step is folded in and the center panel is now up above your base card.  Lift the center panel and put glue on the ½” section in the center and fold your center panel down onto it.   

With your Boho Blue card stock cut the following:

  • Two pieces to 1 1/8” x 2 ¾” for the sides
  • One piece to 7/8” x 5 3/8” for the bottom step
  • One to 2 7/8” x 4 1/8” for the center panel
  • One to 2 7/8” x 5 3/8” for the inside

With the white card stock cut a piece to 2 ¾” x 5 ¼”.

From your Lovely Garden designer series paper pack find the Fresh Fresia piece with the little flowers on it and the blue piece with the medium size purple flowers.  With the Fresh Fresia with the little flowers, cut two pieces to 1” x 2 5/8” and one to ¾” x 5 ¼” (make sure you are paying attention to the direction of the design).  From the medium blue floral paper cut a piece for your center panel to 2 ¾” x 4”. 

Adhere the Fresh Fresia designer series paper measuring  ¾” x 5 1/4” to the Boho Blue strip measuring 7/8” x 5 3/8” and adhere that to the front of the step.  Take the two pieces of Boho Blue measuring 1 1/8” x 2 ¾” and adhere the two purple pieces measuring  1” x 2 5/8” to the blue and then adhere on of each to each side of the card. 

Take the medium floral piece cut for the center panel and the blue piece cut for here and adhere the floral piece to the blue and then to the center panel. 

Now adhere the white card stock piece and the Boho Blue piece cut for the inside and then adhere the inside of your card.   Take a scrap section of the blue with medium purple flowers and cut out two flowers and two leaves for each side of the front of the step for decoration and one full flower with a leaf and one of the buds for the inside.  Adhere each for decoration.  With a scrap piece of the Fresh Fresia card stock and your happy birthday die and matching label die and cut your happy birthday label and adhere to the front. 

That creates this lovely floral step happy birthday card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Mixed Floral Angled Z-Fold Card

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It has taken me a long time to come up with a card design I am happy with for this stamp set, but I am really happy with what I finally came up with.  And of course a Z-fold card is where I landed, but the angled Z-fold, which I haven’t made of like this for a while.    

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Daffodil Delight card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Soft Sea Foam (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Delightful Wishes designer series paper
  • Mixed Floral stamp set and dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Magnolia Mood (Stampin’ Up)
  • Jet Black StazOn ink
  • Light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’ Up)
  • Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin Blends (Stampin’ Up)
  • Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scissors
  • Adhesive of choice

Take a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock and cut to 5 ½” x 11” and then on your paper trimmer line the left edge at the 5 ½” edge and then move the right end up so it is at 3 ½” and cut to get your angle.  With your straight bottom edge of your card base so starting at the long edge, score at 4 ¼” and at 7 5/8”, folding the middle to the right and the top panel to the left to form your Z-fold. 

With the polka dot designer series paper from the Delightful Wishes paper pack, cut a piece to 5 ¼” x 11” and cut the same angle with 5 ¼” at the left end and 3 ¼” on the right edge.  Cut from the small edge for your front panel to 3 1/8” wide, then cut off a ¼” and cut another piece 3 1/8” wide for the middle panel and then cut off a ¼” and cut your back panel to 4” wide.  Take the middle panel and cut another going the opposite direction out of the polka dot paper and one the same direction from a piece of white card stock. 

Take your card base and your small panel for the front and adhere.  Then adhere your large panel to the back panel.  Adhere the middle panel to the middle panel when the card is fully open, and the opposite direct one goes on the back side of the middle panel so when the card it closed it has the same decorative paper. 

With your remaining piece of angled white card stock with the highest part of your angle to the left.  With the Magnolia Mood “Happy Birrthday” greeting stamp and your Jet Black StazOn stamp the greeting.  Adhere this to the back panel of your card aligning to the left side and aligning the bottom so it doesn’t show when your card is closed. 

With your large tulip stamp from Mixed Florals and your Jet Black StazOn Ink stamp the design and then stamp the right half again for the inside.  Color the leaves of both with the Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends, color the tulips with the Light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends, highlight with the Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends if you would like, and color the little flowers with the Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends.  Use the Mixed Florals dies to cut out the full image and also the partial.  Then take a pair of scissors and trim down the partial one along the large leave between the two tulips to the right so you just get the one tulip. 

Then with your Soft Sea Foam card stock cut two of the large leaves with the die from Mixed Florals.  Adhere the to leaf cut outs to the front of your card with the one toward the right hanging over the edge a bit and both hanging over the top, but not higher than your 5 ½” card height.  Now adhere the full size colored tulip cut-out to the front centered between the two leaf pieces.  Take the small cut out and adhere that to the inside panel to the right aligned along the side of you white panel but to the right edge so it shows with the full size one when closed. 

Now that I finally came up with a design, I am happy with I really like this card and I hope you do as well. 

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Botanical Textures You Are Awesome Card

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Black and white are my favorite colors, so I love this Botanical Textures designer series paper from Stampin’ Up.  I also used the new Fancy Boader Dies which are really cute, as well with both being part of the Stampin’ Up Online Exclusives starting in March 2025. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Basic Black card stock
  • White card stock
  • Botanical Textures designer series paper
  • Memorable Blooms stamp set and dies (leaf die)
  • Fancy Border Dies
  • Two nested stitched oval dies
  • Basic Black ink
  • Black lace
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

With your Basic Black card stock cut a card base of 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 1/4 “ x 5 ½”.  Cut two white card stock pieces to 4” x 5 ¼” and a strip to ¾” x 3 ¾”.  With the Botanical Textures designer series paper, find a piece of the white small leaf paper and a piece of the black small leaf paper.  With the white small leaf paper, cut a piece to 2 ¼” x 3 ¾” and with the black small leaf paper cut a piece to 3” x 3 ¾”. 

Take the white strip you cut to ¾” x 3 ¾” and use the smaller design Fancy Border Dies die to cut one side of the strip.  Take some spare Basic Black card stock and cut out a leaf with the leaf die from the Memorable Blooms die set and then also cut a larger stitched oval with your oval dies.  With the smaller oval die cut out with a spare piece of white card stock.  With the Memorable Blooms stamp set and your Basic Black ink stamp the “You are awesome!” greeting in the middle of the white oval. 

Now let’s put the card together.  Take your Basic Black card base and adhere the plain White card stock piece you cut to 4” x 5 ¼” to the front of the card base.  Adhere the piece of black small leaves paper to the bottom of the white base and then the white small leaves paper to the top portion of the card.  Adhere the white strip you cut with the fancy cut edge facing the bottom of your card.  With a piece of black lace, or if you don’t have black lace you can cut a smaller strip of black card stock cut with the same Fancy Border Die.  Adhere this to the top portion of your white strip.  Take your “You are awesome” white oval and adhere to the center of the black oval and with pop dots adhere your black oval centered over your borders. 

With the black leaf you cut out, adhere that to the right side of the White card stock you cut to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Then with your Memborable Blooms stamp set and your Basic Black ink and stamp the “Thanks so much” greeting toward the upper right corner.  Adhere this White piece to the inside of your card. 

There is your lovely black and white Botanical Textures You Are Awesome card to give to someone you care about and make their day!

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Mixed Media Floral Z-Fold Card

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This cheery floral z-fold card made with Mixed Media Floral designer series paper from Stampin’ Up was so easy and quick to make.     

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Daffodil Delight card stock
  • White card stock
  • Mixed Media Floral designer series paper
  • Mixed Florals stamps and dies
  • Mixed Labels stamps and dies
  • Basic Black ink
  • Calypso Coral Dark Stampin’ Blends ben
  • Scissors
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

Take the Daffodil Delight card stock and cut to 5 ½” x 11” and score at 3 3/8” and 6 ¾” and fold.  With the white card stock cut two pieces 3 1/8” x 5 ¼” and one to 4” x 5 ¼”.  From the Mixed Media Floral designer series paper pack, find the piece with the mixed florals of yellow cone flowers and peach tulips.  Hand cut around the flowers with the even portion on the right side and up to the large cone flower on the right side.  Then cut another portion of the two cone flowers from the rest of the left side to use in the middle section. 

Note:   The other easier option if you don’t care about the additional flowers on the middle panel is to not cut the white cardstock, but to just cut your Mixed Media Floral designer series paper to the three sizes of the white card stock and then you don’t have to the cutting out of the flowers.  The other just ads a bit more dimension and I wanted the additional flowers in the middle section.

Take the first 3 1/8” piece of white card stock and line up the right side of the floral paper you cut out to line the right and bottom, and cut to size.  Take the second 3 1/8” piece of white card stock and cut the next section of the floral paper to match for the lower portion and use the piece of two cone flowers you cut separate to the right and line up to look like they go together.  Then take the 4” x 5 ¼” piece of white card stock and line up and cut the last section of the floral paper to match.  Adhere all pieces to the white portions and adhere to the Daffodil Delight card base. 

With the Mixed Florals stamp set, stamp two ladybugs with the Basic Black ink, color them in with the Dark Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends pen.  Die cut out each of the ladybugs and adhere one to the white portion of the middle panel and the other to the upper right side of the back panel.  With the Mixed Labels stamp set and the Basic Black ink, stamp the small “Thank You” and cut out with the small label die and then cut out the next size up label die in Daffadil Delight and adhere together and to the upper left corner of the back panel of the card. 

That is all it takes to make this cute card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Everyday Happiness Double Concertina Interlocking Card

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I just love this card, the front is pretty as a card all on it own, but then you open it up and the real card is on the inside.  It is also made with the Everyday Happiness designer series paper from Stampin’ Up which I am infatuated with right now, it is just so beautiful.  This card is a full-size card at 5” x 7” but could be done as a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card as well.  I made this for a good friend’s 50th so wanted the larger size. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Everyday Happiness designer series paper
  • Wild Wheat card stock
  • White card stock
  • Wild Wheat ink
  • With You in Mind stamp set
  • Nested rectangle dies, one about 3” x 4 ¼” and the next size down
  • Banner die
  • Number dies
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Scissors
  • Pop-Dots

This card is not hard to make but it has a lot of cutting for the different layers of paper.  Since this is a full-size card, it takes a bit more paper.  With White card stock, cut the following:

  • One piece to 7” x 10 ½” scored on the long edge at 5” and 10”
  • One to 7” x 10” scored on the long edge at 5”
  • One to 3 ¾” x 9 ¾” scored at 4 7/8”
  • Two pieces to 2 ½” x 3 ¾” each scored at ½” and 2”

With the Wild Wheat card stock cut two pieces to 2 ¾” x 4 1/8” and one to 3 ¼” x 4 ½”.

Grab your Everyday Happiness designer series paper.  Take a piece with the swoops of blue, gold and white.  Cut three pieces to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”.  With the floral piece cut two pieces to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and one to 4 ½” x 6 ½”.  With the blue plaid paper cut two pieces to 3 ½” x 4 ¾” and two pieces to 1 ¼” x 3 ½”. 

With the White card stock pieces cut to 7” x 10 ½” and the 7” x 10 pieces, fold both pieces at the 5” score mark and with the fold pointing down fold the ½” mark down as well.  Then adhere the second piece of card stock, also with the fold pointing down to the ½” piece, forming a “W” shape. 

Take the two pieces of the swoops designer series paper that you cut to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and the largest of the two nested rectangle dies and cut the rectangle out of the center of both.  Adhere these to the two center pieces of your base White card stock.  Take the smaller rectangle die and place the die in the center of your swoops cut out and cut out the smaller rectangle.  Keep all of these cut out pieces to use later.  Now take the two floral pieces you cut to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and adhere on the front and back panel of the inside of your card. 

Let’s start making the interlocking piece.  Take the piece of white card stock cut to 3 ¾” x 9 ¾” and fold in half.  Then take the two pieces of white card stock cut to 2 ½” x 3 ¾” and fold each into a “U” shape.  Adhere one side of the “U” to the back of the 3 ¾” x 9” ¾” piece and the other to the other end, both each with the “U” facing to the center.  Take the four pieces of blue plaid you cut earlier and adhere the two small pieces to the ends and the two larger pieces to the center panels.

Take the two White card stock rectangle pieces you cut from the card center cut-outs and the two Wild Wheat pieces you cut to 2 ¾” x 4 1/8” and adhere the White to the Wild Wheat.  With a scrap piece of the blue with polka dots cut cut 5 banner pieces and use four of them to adhere to the tops of the two pieces in whatever arrangement you like.  With the While Wheat ink and the With You In Mind stamp set, stamp the “Happy Birthday” after stamping off first. 

Use a number stamp set or dies to add the age if desired to the second.  Adhere each piece to the front center panels. 

Now take that and put through the center of the card base and fold to align the center piece in the center and to the back.  Open the front panel trying to keep the rest aligned and put adhesive on the ½” strip then lay flat and fold the front of the card onto it to align.  Do the same for the back. 

Now for the front of the card, take the last swooped paper and the last floral piece and adhere together and then to the front of the card.  Then the piece of Wild Wheat and one of the cut-outs of the swooped paper.  Stamp a greeting in the center of the swooped paper.  Cut out a few of the flowers and leaves and adhere to the upper left corner and lower right corner and use the last banner you cut to put in the upper right corner.

There is your Everyday Happiness double concertina interlocking happy birthday card.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Thoughtful Journey Slant Front Card

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The paper in the Thoughtful Journey designer series paper pack from Stampin’ Up is so beautiful that it doesn’t need much help with decoration, it is the star of every card it is used on. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Petunia Pop card stock
  • Fresh Freesia card stock
  • Thoughtful Journey designer series paper
  • Memorable Blooms stamp set
  • Fresh Freesia ink
  • Brushed Brass Butterfies embellishments
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for your paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With your Petunia Pop card stock cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 10” and score at 5 ½”.  Fold on the score mark.  With the Fresh Freesia card stock cut a piece to 4” x 4 3/8” and a second piece to 4” x 5 ¼” for the inside.  Then choose a piece of the Thoughtful Journey designer series paper that matches the card stock and cut to 3 ¾” x 4 1/8” and a piece to 1” x 3 ¾”.  I choose the one with bunches of purple flowers, but you could also use one of the two thistle papers.  Layer your Thoughful Journey piece on top of the smaller Fresh Freesia and then onto the shorter front piece of your card base, all aligned to the right end of the front and cut your slant so they will all align when you adhere them.  Once cut, you can then adhere the Fresh Freesia to the Petunia Pop card front and the Thoughtful Journey piece on to that. 

Take your inside piece of Fresh Freesia you cut earlier and adhere to the inside of your card.  Now with the “Thanks so much” stamp from the Memorable Blooms stamp set from Stampin-Up and your Fresh Freesia ink and stamp your greeting in the upper right corner centering in the space.  With your Brushed Brass Butterflies embellishments, adhere a few to the front of your card and one with your greeting.  With the 1” x 3 ¾” piece of Thoughtful Journey paper, adhere that to the left side of the inside of your card for decoration. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Nests of Winter Banner Pop-Up Card

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The Winterly Tree Tops paper is so pretty and can take so much of the work out of making a card.  This card is the perfect example of that.    

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Grey Granite card stock
  • White card stock
  • Nests of Winter designer series paper
  • Winterly Tree Tops stamp set
  • Grey Granite Ink
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop-Dots

With the Grey Granite card stock cut a card to 4 1/4” x 11” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Also cut a strip of Grey Granite to 1” x 11” scored at 2 ¾”, 5 ½” and 8 ¼”.  Cut a piece of White card stock to 4” x 5 ¼” and adhere to the front of your Grey Granite card base.  Get your Nests of Winter designer series paper out and find one of the pieces that have the pussy willows with the birds on the bottom and top of the paper.  Cut a section to 4” x 4 ¼” making sure you have the birds positioned where you want them for the section of paper you are using.  Find two spots with birds that you can cut to 1 ¾” x 1 ¾” and also cut two pieces of White card stock to the same 1 ¾” x 1 ¾”.  I also cut a ½” x 1 ¾” of a bit of pussy willow for the bottom of one of the white pieces.  Cut four squares out of the Grey Granite to 2” x 2”.  Adhere your 4 pieces cut to 1 ¾” x 1 ¾” to each of the Grey Granite pieces.  On the plain white one get the  “many thanks and much love” stamp from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set and stamp it with your Grey Granite ink.

Find a piece of designer series paper from your Nests of Winter pack that has the white birch trees with the birds.  Cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼” and adhere one to the inside top portion of your card and the other to the inside bottom portion.  Now take the Grey Granite strip you cut and scored and accordion fold it.  Adhere the top section centered to the top of your card with the center part of your accordion fold popping up and then adhere the bottom section to the bottom of your card.  Now adhere you 2” x 2” pieces from top down centered in each section of your grey accordion strip with one of the birds in the top section.  Your word stamped piece in the second section, the second bird one in the third section and the plain white with the strip of pussy willow to the bottom section.

And that is it, you have an adorable, easy pop-up card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade by and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Countryside Inn Foxy Tri-Fold Card

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This elegant foxy tri-fold card made with the Countryside Inn designer series paper from Stampin’ Up is just adorable and easy to make. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Night of Navy card stock
  • Balmy Blue card stock
  • White card stock
  • Countryside Inn designer series paper
  • Three stacked Oblong Nested dies
  • Sizzix Forest Friends (not sure on the name) dies
  • Small floral dies
  • Framed Florets stamps
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Embellishments to decorate the center of the flowers
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With the Night of Navy card stock cut a piece to 3” x 9” and another to 3” x 4 ¼”.  Score the 3” x 9” piece at 4 ¼” and at 8 ½”.  Fold the 9” piece in half and then fold the half inch piece in the opposite direction.  Put adhesive on the ½” piece and adhere the 3” x 4 ¼” piece to make a z-fold.  Find the blue striped piece from the Countryside Inn designer series paper pack.  Cut three pieces to 2 ¾” x 4” and adhere to each panel of the z-folded card base. 

With your Night of Navy card stock die cut three of the largest panels which are about 4 ½” long.  In the Countryside Inn designer series paper pack find the paper that has the foxes on it, use the middle size die or next size down to cut three of these.  With White card stock us the next size down cut two.   Cut out one each of the fox and the racoon (which looks like a fox) with Night of Navy card stock and Balmy Blue card stock and adhere the pieces together.  For the racoon version, just take the Balmy Blue tail and cut it with a jagged edge instead of the double stripes for the racoon.  With Night of Navy, Balmy Blue and White card stock scraps cut some flowers for decoration. 

With the two white oblong octagons, Night of Navy ink and the “wishes for a beautiful birthday” and stamp that on one toward the top, then with the “for a special person on a special day” stamp that onto the other white one toward the top as well. 

Now take all the oblong octagon pieces and adhere the three fox designer series paper to the three Night of Navy pieces.  Add the two white ones to two of the pieces.  Take the back one with the “for a special person on a special day” and put adhesive slightly less than half way up from the bottom and adhere to the back panel.  You want it to measure 5 ½” in total so that it is the proper size for an envelope.  Put adhesive about 1/3 of the way up for the piece that doesn’t have a white panel, line it up face down on the back one and fold the middle panel down so that they line up perfectly.  Now put adhesive on the front panel about 1/3 of the way up and with the card folded, align with the other panels so that when the card is folded it should only show the front panel. 

This now gives you the Countryside Inn Foxy tri-fold card with this beautiful fox paper in these elegant blues. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Delightful Wishes Double Gate Fold Card

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Send some appreciation to someone with this bright and cheerful double gate fold card.  This Delightful Wishes set is so beautiful and you can’t beat the Floral Delight designer series paper. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Daffodil Delight card stock
  • Lemon Lolly card stock
  • Crumb Cake card stock
  • White card stock
  • Floral Delight designer series paper
  • Delightful Wishes stamp set and dies
  • Memorable Blooms stamp set and dies
  • Limon Lolly ink
  • Daffodil Delight ink
  • Old Olive ink
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Bone folder
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop-Dots

With your Lemon Lolly card stock cut your card base to 5 ½” x 11” and score at 1 ¼”, 3 3/8”, 7 5/8” and 9 ¾” and fold up from the center and then out on the ends.  Take a piece of White card stock and cut that to 3 ½” x 8 ¼” and score at 1 1/8”, 2 5/8”, 5 5/8” and 7 1/8” and fold the same with coming up from the center and out on the ends.  Use a bone folder on all your fold edges to make sure they are folding flat.  Then take your Daffodil Delight and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and two strips at 1” x 5 ¼”.  With your floral delight designer series paper find the Forsythia paper and cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 5”. 

Now take your Delight Wishes stamp set and dies and the Crumb Cake card stock and cut two sticks with the stick die.  Get your Old Olive ink, White card stock and the double leave stamp and stamp and die cut out 5 of them.  Take more White card stock, your Lemon Lolly ink and the solid Forsythia back group stamp and stamp three of these.  Then change the stamp to the Forsythia detail stamp and with your Daffodil Delight ink and light up the stamp and stamp on the detail over the background stamped items that you stamped in Lemon Lolly.  Use the Forsythia die and cut out the three sets of flowers.  Arrange and adhere one set to each and two leaves to each of the sticks.  Find your White scored piece of card stock for your inside and with your Memorable Blooms stamp set stamp “I appreciate your thoughtfulness” on the inside as a greeting and then decorate with the remaining set of Forsythia flowers and one last leaf.  Take a spare piece of White card stock and your Old Olive ink and stamp “Thanks so much” from the same Memorable Blooms set and use the small label die from that set to cut it out. 

Now it is time to put all the pieces together.  Start with your Lemon Lolly card base and adhere the Daffodil Delight 4” x 5 1/4 “ piece to the center and then adhere the Forsythia designer series paper centered on the Daffodil Delight piece.  Then take the scored white piece and adhere one side centered to the top fold on each side of your Lemon Lolly card base which leave it floating up about ¾” from the back of the card.  Find your two 1” x 5 ¼” strips of Daffodil Delight and adhere that over the white and the other flaps on each side.  Then take you Forsythia sticks and adhere to each side, making sure they are not hanging over in the middle so that the card can close.  Adhere the “Thanks so much” label to the lower right flap. 

There is the Double Gate Fold card.  You may want to incorporate a ribbon in to tie at the front to help keep it closed, but I think it being open is the appeal of this card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Cards, Papercrafting

Wildflower Birthday Level-Up Card

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This Wildflower Birthday set is such a girly and pretty set of paper, I am just obsessed.  It comes with two sheets of cut-out shapes as well, which I didn’t use for this card but have on others. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Wildflower Birthday specialty designer series paper
  • Mixed Labels stamp set and dies
  • Pretty in Pink card stock
  • White card stock
  • Pool Party ink
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop-Dots

With the Pretty in Pink card stock cut a card base of 4 ¼” x 11” and score to 1 ¾”, 3 1/8”, 3 ½”, 7 ½”, 7 7/8” and 9 ¼”.  The center four scores fold up and the two outside pieces fold out. 

Grab a piece of White card stock and cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 4”, one to 1 ½” x 4”, 7/8” x 5 ½” and one to 3” x 3 ¾”.  Now grab the Wildflower Birthday specialty designer series paper and cut a piece of the pink and white gingham paper to 3 ½” x 3 ¾” and two strips to 1 ¼” x 3 ¾”.  The find the paper with the cakes and cut a strip of cakes to 1” wide making sure you are lining up to center the cakes and then cut to a length of 3 ½”, but making sure you are getting your cakes close to the top as the bottom area will get covered.  Then with the Pool Party banner piece cut a strip to 5/8” x 5 ¼” which should give you three banner stripes, and then another piece for the back of the card measuring 5/8” x 3 ¾”. 

Take a scrap piece of White card stock and your Pool Party ink and stamp the “You’re Pretty Wonderful” and then use the label die to cut it out. 

Now it is time to assemble it all together.  Take your Pretty in Pink card base and your 3 ¾” x 4” White cards stock piece and the pink gingham measuring 3 ½” x 3 ¾” and adhere the gingham onto the white.  Then adhere the white to the center of the card base.  Grab the label and adhere with pop dots to the upper center of the card center.  Take your two white strips measuring 1 ½” x 4”, the two pink gingham strips and the two cake strips and adhere the cake strips to the pink gingham and the pink gingham to the white strips and then adhere each of those to the front ends.  Now take the white strip measuring 7/8” x 5 ½” and the Pool Party strip measuring 5/8” x 5 ¼” and adhere to the white strip.  Then adhere that strip to the bottom of each end of the card flaps. 

Now take the last piece of white measuring 3” x 3 ¾” and adhere in the center of the back of the card.  Then adhere the Pool Party banner strip toward the bottom of the white piece.  You can add an additional greeting here in Pool Party ink if you choose to. 

This adorable card is ready to give to a good friend or sister or whoever else would enjoy receiving this cute card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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