Jungle Pals standing fun fold birthday card

Salebration…it’s the two month promo period (Jan-Feb) when Stampin’UP! offers a special selection of free stamps, dies, dry embossing folders, and printed paper packs free with purchase. And this year (2024), I picked the Jungle Pals stamp set and dies for two of my freebies. Here’s the card I CASED from my friend Laura Seki, with her permission. CASEing a card means to “copy and share everything” where you use what has been shared, and make a change that makes the card our own! 

I stamped the sloth from the stamp set and added a toucan to Laura’s design (also from the same stamp set). I used the corresponding dies to cut them out. Then I die cut the tree twice, adhering  the second die cut over the first but flipped (look at the branches for a clue!). I added some leaves and a panel as the background from the Daisy Designer Series Paper pack that looked lush and “tropical”. I wanted a custom greeting for a special 4 year old….so I printed this out using my computer and die cut it using the banner die from the Stylish Shapes die set (#159183).

The card design is a fun fold that includes a “pillar” (where the tree is adhered to) so the card actually stands upright. And the pillar folds up so that the card fits into a standard A2 envelope. (Sorry that I didn’t take a photo of it folded up!)

Here’s a close up of the sloth: 

And a closeup of the toucan. I also used dimensionals to pop the leaves up in front of it. 

On the back, I added another sloth and a vine: 

For this sloth, I stamped it on Crumb Cake cardstock before die cutting it. Hoping the special birthday boy liked his card! Would you if you were 4??

Thanks for stopping by…have a wonderful day!

Latte Love coffee card

Ever get a stamp set (or other craft item, like some pretty fabric for example) and get all anxious about using it? That was this “coffee” based set for me. So I brought it on vacation. And yes I did make this card but I realized that I couldn’t use any of the wonderful dies since I hadn’t brought the right colors of cardstock! (Oh well, I can revisit that when we get back LOL. )

Anyhow so I needed to use mainly the DSP (A Little Latte #163453) and stamp set (#163455) for this card. No problem - Pinterest always provides  plenty of inspiration! And since I love fun fold cards, I decided to create a triangle flap card that has a smaller notecard attached. 

I decided to fussy cut from the printed DSP the coffee cups with the artistic milk foam…I love when a barista has some fun adding an artistic flair to the coffee foam💕 I chose two different (double sided) DSP prints for the triangular pieces so that all four triangular pieces would be different. And then I adhered the center panel and added a partial coffee cup on the bottom 

Last but not least was the sentiment, from the Latte Love stamp set, die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies (#159183)

And with a bit of twine underneath the sentiment, this card was done! Perhaps a neutral color gem or matte dot might be nice but I don’t bring them along. Stay tuned for more cards with this set!

Hershey Nugget Purse Treat holder

 Here I go again, another little purse treat holder! Love this little one and it holds 2 Hershey Nugget chocolates!

This little gem measures 2” across and 1.5” wide and tall (minus the handle of course). Isn’t it adorable? I used the (retired) Tag Topper Punch since it made the pretty scallop AND the hole for the brad closure all at once. Here are the measurements of each part:

DSP 2” x 6”  (If your paper has a direction  to it,  be careful to punch so that your  image  is in the correct orientation to be the flap.)

Cardstock: 2”x1.5” (optional but I like the solid cardstock so that it emphasizes the print “flap”

Cardstock: 1.25x5” (this is the “wrap” for the Hershey Nuggets)

Cardstock: 1/4” x 7” (this is the handle)

Mini brad (or other closure mechanism)

Awl (to poke a hole for the brad)

I scored the DSP 2x6” DSP at 1.5”, 3”, 4.5” and 4.75”. Then I used the Tag Topper Punch on the 1.25” segment…which also took off and extra 1/4”. This left a 2x5.75” panel

I folded all the score lines then added the 2x1.5” cardstock to the front panel of the same dimensions.

Using my awl, I poked a hole through the purse “front”. To figure out where to make the hole, fold up the score lines to form the purse shape and see where the mini brad needs to be to latch the purse flap shut. Insert a mini brad in the hole and secure it.

I wrapped two Nuggets with the 1.25x5” cardstock and adhered it to the inside bottom of the purse

The handle got added into the 1/4” space. 

And that’s it…you’ve just created an adorable little chocolate purse! Thanks for stopping in…have a wonderful day!

Mountain View Fun Fold - Dainty Delight Birthday Card

I love making special fun folds for special birthdays and this one is no exception. I found a wonderful tutorial on Pinterest by France Martin (“Mountain View Fun Fold” dated Jan 9, 2023). Her examples didn’t include the paper I was using though and I changed it up a little inside as well.

Inside, I added some panels of embossed card stock and since I was traveling when I finished off the card, I was missing a stamp for “and”, so I had to draw that in using a blending pen and ink spot. Not happy with the way that turned out but, this is a handmade card after all and no one can dispute that! LOL Here’s the inside:

Please check out France Martin’s blog at  Frenchiestamps.com (search for “Mountain View Fun Fold”) to get the directions making this fun fold. It’s easier than it looks!

Thanks for stopping by…have a creative day!