Mystery Fun Fold: Accordion Birthday

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Happy Sunday…I hope you’re enjoying a nice weekend. We’re battening down the hatches for another BIG snowstorm here in the East. It hasn’t arrived yet but it’s expected to start by late afternoon and continue until tomorrow evening. Just when the remnants of our last storm, which was 6 weeks ago, are just about gone. It’s been a heck of winter here, that’s for sure! But enough of the weather. Again, I have my weekly Mystery Fun Fold card to share. As usual, you can find all the dimensions and details on Jeanie Stark’s blog HERE.

Jeanie calls this an Accordion Fun Fold and it could not be easier to put together with wonderful results. The hardest part of this card was figuring out what double-sided patterned paper to use as you will see both sides of the 12 x 12 sheet. So coordination is key. I chose a pattern from SU’s Frames & Flowers Designer Series Paper. It was actually the last full sheet I had and it worked well, I think. It was a pretty good feeling to have used an entire pack of paper! This doesn’t happen very often and a clear indication it was a favorite. However, I still have some of the cut out pieces like the one on the front of the card to use on other projects. How often do you use an entire pack of patterned paper?

Here’s how it unfolds…

I don’t have much room to write a message, so I’ll probably put a piece of white cardstock on the back for that when I’m ready to send it. The inside sentiment is from SU’s Layering Leaves stamp set.

Supplies

Stamps: ? from stash(front), Layering Leaves (SU)
Dies: none
Punch: 1″ square
Patterned Paper: Frames & Flowers (SU)
Card Stock: White, Petal Pink, Lost Lagoon (SU)
Ink: Lost Lagoon (SU)

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy what’s left of your weekend,

Rosanne

Green & Gold Sympathy Card for CC2C

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This month’s Creating Coast to Coast is coming to you from West to East. Karen Hallam in California has chosen our direction with a color assignment.

Here’s Karen’s festive card…

And here in Pennsylvania, I decided on a sympathy card with a subtle shade of green paired with gold.

I’m trying to add a few sympathy cards to my stash. Most of my current sympathy cards are more on the feminine side. So I’m creating a few that would be appropriate for both men and women. I live in a 55+ community and sadly we get community announcements from time to time that warrant a sympathy card. I also want to create some that are more on the masculine side. To have a nice collection of sympathy cards handy is so helpful given that you never know when you’ll need one and I think it’s important to get them out in a timely manner.

Here’s a look inside…

SUPPLIES

Stamps: Peace on Earth (front sentiment), Flourishing Phrases (SU) – inside sentiment
Dies: Peace on Earth (SU), Bitty Strips (MFT)
Patterned Paper: Gilded Autumn (SU)
Embossing Folder: Tasteful Textile 3D (SU)
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Mint Macaroon (SU), Gold Foil
Embellishment: none
Ink: Versa Fine Clair Nocturne, Versa-Mark, Gold Embossing Powder

Thanks for cross the country with us!

Rosanne

Mystery Fun Fold: Birthday Easel Card

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Here’s this past week’s Mystery Fun Fold from Jeanie Stark , called a Fun Fold Easel card. I’m really please with how this one turned out and how Jeanie’s directions HERE made it easy to make.

Since deciding to (mostly) stamp from stash this year, I’m having a blast pulling out products that I haven’t used in a while or at all. The Build a Gift dies from Pretty Pink Posh is a great example. It was a lot of fun putting these packages together for a birthday card.

Here’s the fold opened up…

The sentiment on the front is from SU’s Sunflower Celebration stamps. It’s heat embossed with white embossing powder and fussy cut. The inside sentiment is from Gina K’s Wreath Builder stamp set.

After creating this card, my head is spinning with more birthday card ideas, as well as, Christmas cards using these dies. I’m also thinking about creating a few Christmas cards on the 25th of each month throughout the year so that I’ll have a good collection by December. I didn’t come up with this idea on my own, however…thanks Hilda Burton for the inspiration! Do you create cards throughout the year or wait until closer to holidays?

Supplies

Stamps: Sunflower Celebration (SU), Gina K Wreath Builder
Dies: Build a Gift (Pretty Pink Posh)
Embossing Folder: Dots (from stash)
Patterned Paper: Pattern Party (SU)
Card Stock: White, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party (SU)
Ink: Versa Fine Black, Versa-Mark, White Embossing Powder

Happy Stamping,
Rosanne

Thinking of You, Valentine: #tttc286

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Welcome back to the the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. We’ve been in a bit of a re-group and are excited to begin another year of fun X & O challenges…hope you are, too! We’re welcoming three new designers to the challenge, Cindy, Jolanda and Kerry and also our guest designer, Karen Hallam. I hope you’ll head over to the challenge page to see our new line-up and give our board a try!

As you can see, this board is full of possibilities. Here’s what I came up with…

I was almost able to complete the whole board, but fell short by one block, the ink blending. I was able to fill the top row across: Hearts, Die Cutting, Red/Pink…bottom row across: Texture, Friendship, Patterned Paper…left column down: Hearts, Florals, Texture…right column down: Red/Pink, Sentiment Strip, Patterned Paper. Like I said, this board is full of creative possibilities.

A cute sentiment and simple die cut embellish the inside.

…and the coordinated envelope ties it all together. I think I enjoy embellishing envelopes as much as the cards.

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Jan. 2020 Kit (front sentiment), Punch Party (SU) – inside sentiment
Dies: Be Mine (SU), Bitty Strips (MFT)
Patterned Paper: All My Love (SU)
Embossing Folder: from stash
Card Stock: White, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Embellishment: Adhesive Sequins (SU)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler (SU), Versa-Mark, White Embossing Powder

Again, we’re happy to be back and hope you’ll join us at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Happy Stamping!

Rosanne