In Full Bloom Fancy Fold Card

 I have finally succumbed to the dreaded Covid, and so I have been hiding in my craft room for the last couple of days. One bonus is that I have had time to try out all sorts of fun new fancy fold cards.

I used the new In Full Bloom Paper Packet, as it reminded me of the exact colours for the current Fusion challenge!

Here is a cutting guide to the measurements for this card if you want to have a go at creating your own.

Using the colours from the challenge, I coloured my stamped florals from the In Full Bloom Scrapbooking Stamp Set and Thin Cuts, although the sentiment came from the In Full Bloom Cardmaking set. I also added some Black Enamel Dots for embellishment.

I was kind of inspired by the sketch as well for this fancy fold card, although I did my panel vertically instead of horizontally, as it looks like the sketch when opened up. You can see a video of the card being opened up here. 

I stamped the inside panel as well, and left enough space at the bottom to write a message.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you will be inspired to try this fun card!

New Year, New Technique

Happy New Year from the team at Heart 2 Heart Challenges- I am so excited to get creating again!

I have already been busy playing with all the new product, but I wanted to try a new type of card that I have never attempted before. Once I searched up the instructions for the Open Panel card I realised how easy it actually is to recreate!

I have been itching to use the new Spruced Up paper on a card, and after some inspiration from a fellow blogger called Ashley I was ready to create.



The two 2 inch panels are held together on the card thanks to the sentiment panel, which I created from the Stitched Circles thin cuts. The panels are decorated in the pine paper, and I added some of the Spruced Up card making boughs and pine cones. The pine cones were stamped on Espresso ink in Versamark then heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.



Here you can see the beautiful detail in the gold embossing, as well as the background boughs that I stamped in second generation New England Ivy ink on the inside panel of the card.

Have you been trying something new recently? We'd love to see it over at Heart 2 Heart!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #166

This week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge immediately made me think of a flap card.

These cards are easy to make, and perfect to add a gift voucher or other mall, flat present on the inside.

The frot of the card was decorated as per the sketch, with the Kaleidoscope Paper Packet and a flower that I embossed then watercoloured. I had to put the flower in the opposite corner from the sketch as it overwhelmed the flap opening if I placed it at the bottom of the framed sentiment.



When you open the card, there is enough room to add your gift and a message. I added another strip of the Kaleidoscope Paper and covered each panel in the paper as well.



The card will flip open and you can add a small amount of the clear temporary adhesive to the flap. For full instructions on hoe to make this card, I used this tutorial without the circle punched top.



Even the back panel looks pretty when covered in this paper. You could easily add more decoration and a note to whoever is receiving this card.



We would love to have you join us with your interpretation of this week's sketch!