Gone Fishing pinwheel fun fold

Stampin'UP! has a fun outdoorsy masculine stamp and die bundle in their current catalog called Gone Fishing, with a corresponding Designer Series Paper pack too. I had fun creating a card with it at my friend's card class recently and wanted to share this neat fun fold:

The card base is simply a 4.25" x 5.5"panel of card stock. The neat part of course is the pinwheel fold. And when you open the pinwheel, this is what you see inside:

It’s always a bit tricky figuring out how to close up the pinwheel…LOL Bit isn’t that sentiment just perfect?? The lure is die cut from silver foil card stock and the fish is fussy cut out from the DSP…

And no, there isn’t any space to write much of a personalized message on the front of the card. But you can write on the back. Know anyone who would LOVE this card? Or who loves fishing in general? Then this stamp bundle is made for you! Contact me if you'd like help ordering it..

have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by!

Cathy

Dainty Flowers DSP Another Mountain Fun Fold Card

 Here’s another Mountain fun fold card I created recently. This one uses the DaintyFlowers DSP (printed paper pack). This paper pack was one of the free items available with a $50 purchase during Salebration earlier this year (Jan-Feb 2023). 

The greeting on the belly band is from the retired Flowers of Friendship stamp set and the large sentiment in the center of the card is from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set, also retired. The card base is Old Olive and the mat layers are Fresh Freesia. If you’d like the dimensions for this card so that you can make your own Mountain Fold card, please check my earlier blog entry about the Mountain Fun Fold. I’ve included some rough photos of my card’s template there.

And if you're interested in a 6x6" Sampler DIY Card Making Kit that includes all 6 of the beautiful double sided papers in this printed paper pack, please see my Etsy shop at www.kikumidesigns.etsy.com

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Shaker Valentine with Sweet Talk

Here’s a fun Valentine shaker card I made recently and mailed off to some special little friends. I used a variety of supplies…The heart is die cut using the larger heart from the  Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder set. The red dot paper is from the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper pack and I used the Window Sheets to create the “window” for the heart shaker. I then used foam adhesive strips to follow the shape of the heart on the underside, added some faceted sequins (retired) on the card base, centered over where the heart would be positioned, then adhered it to the front to the Basic White card base. Oh and before adhering anything to the card base, I stamped the hearts along the top and side. The conversation hearts and Happy Valentine’s Day sentiment are all from the Sweet Talk photopolymer stamp set (retired). 

Here is a list of the non-retired supplies used to make this card (at the time of posting):

Basic white cardstock 8.5x11” (item #159276)

Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder (item #157641)

Flowering Fields DSP (item#157670)

Window Sheets (item #142314)

Foam Adhesive Strips (item#141825) 

Tombow Multipurpose Glue (item#110755)

Poppy Parade Stamp Pad (item #147050)

Daffodil Delight Stamp Pad (item #147094)

Polished Pink Stamp Pad (item#155712)

Highland Heather Stamp Pad (item #147103)

Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for stopping by. 

Dainty Flowers friendship card Salebration freebie with purchase

Stampin'UP! has a sale called Salebration every year where they offer freebies with every $50 purchase. This year the sale runs from Jan 5th until Feb 28th, 2023. There are several wonderful choices but the favorite pick has surely been the 12x12 printed paper pack called Dainty Flowers. One of the six designs in this paper pack has 6 wonderful oval wreaths of dainty watercolored flowers. Very little needs to be done with this beautiful paper to make a gorgeous card and here is my first card made with one of the 6 beautiful watercolor designs:

The card base is Mint Macaron card stock, with a mat layer of Rich Razzleberry. The center sentiment is from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I then die cut it using one of the labels in the Painted Labels Dies set and then adhered it slightly offset and also raised with dimensionals. The lacy edge is also from the Painted Labels Dies. A strip of retired ribbon and a few pearls finish off this card. 

This free paper pack with a $50 purchase has sold out however I will have sampler card kits available on my Etsy shop hopefully starting in early March. My sampler card kits have 6x6” of each double sided design in the paper pack (a total of 6), coordinating 5.5x4.25” card stock, ribbon and embossed panels so that you can start creating cards immediately. 

Thanks for stopping by…hope it’s inspired you to create something to share today.

HoHoHo Santa Holiday cards

I’ve been busy lately working on the Oct 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit. If you’re not familiar with Paper Pumpkin, it’s a monthly subscription box usually making 9 cards, but some kits create treat boxes, tags for gift giving, etc. October’s kit makes 9 cards of 3  different designs. The kit includes everything to make these cards:

I made a few modifications to two of the designs (of course) and transformed them into these easel cards. Here’s the first card close up, beside it is the instruction sheet for the card made as shown in the kit.

And here’s the card opened up into its easel position:

Converting it to an easel design was fun so I decided to convert the second one too. Here is that card, close up and flat (as if just out of the envelope):

And that same card opened and propped into easel position: 

Just a little change to the original designs but I love making standard cards into fun folds. 

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!!

Count Dracula Cute Halloween Card

PANIC MODE!! I needed a cute halloween card…and QUICK!! I had to make it AND mail it ASAP and with the distance it was going to, it likely still won’t make it before Halloween. Darned. Just goes to prove how the best laid plans can and do go awry! The original card was a pull up spider card with big googly eyes that I had finished before going on vacation…I was so proud of myself for having finished it “early”! But first day back from vacation, when I put it in an envelope…I realized it was thicker than 1/4”, which meant that postage fell under the “thick envelope/package” category. Sending it to Canada (even thought it was light and only 1 ounce) and would cost $14!! (And that’s just the card without any Halloween candy!) So, despite the card being specially made, I needed an alternate Halloween card super quick! This is what I came up with:

The printed papers come from last year’s Cute Halloween DSP pack. I just sold out of my DIY Sampler kits of this on Etsy but I’m sure someone else on Etsy or eBay will have it if interested. I created a folded flap and couldn’t decide until the last moment whether to glue it down or not. Final decision was to NOT glue it down. 😆 

The punch art “Count” body is the larger shape from the Penguin Punch and his face is the smaller of the larger shapes from the same punch. The horns are from the Whale punch!! I free hand drew the face features and used a tiny scrap of the printed DSP to cut out a bow tie. The “Boo” stamp is from my stash…

And here’s the inside:

though I added a sentiment from the Frightfully Cute stamp set after I took the photo that said “You’re so sweet…it’s SCARY!!” 

And yes, I blotched the stamp impression but it was already glued in so there were no easy redo’s. So off it went to a dear great niece in Canada. Hope she  likes it (and that it doesn’t arrive too late). My next post will be the original pull up spider card that WILL get sent to a special great niece and nephew on the east coast (where it’s not crazy expensive to send a thick envelope!).

Hope this post made you chuckle! Thanks for stopping by…Have a wonderful day.

Hydrangea Hill Barn Door Birthday Card

Have you ever bought a paper pack that was too pretty to start using? That was this paper pack for me. Hydrangeas are so beautiful! And this paper pack captures the lilacs, blues and pinks of this flower so well. I decided to do a barn door card. Why is it called a “barn door”? It’s because the card opens like this:

 

A simple but neat design! I started with cardstock in Fresh Freesia (11”x4.25”). I scored the card stock at 5.5” then used my paper trimmer to cut along the score line from the top of the card down 2 1/8”. The piece that was cut off was trimmed down to 1 7/8 x 5 and then run through the Cut & Emboss machine using one of the Meadow embossing folders. 

Inside the card is a Basic White panel 4 x 5.25” and three pieces of the DSP measuring 1 5/8 x 1 3/4. To decorate the white area beneath (and the envelope) is a flower stamp from my craft stash. The sentiment is from the Boho Indigo set atop of Highland Heather grosgrain ribbon. A few small pearls finish off the card!

This card is available at my Etsy shop, while quantities last at https:KikumiDesigns.etsy.com

Thanks for stopping by! Hoping I’ve inspired you today!

Hues of Happiness Simple Fun Fold

I love love love this Designer Series Paper (DSP) called Hues of Happiness! This simple fun fold is an easy way to create a quick card that shows off the gorgeous paper!

I started with a white sheet of heavy cardstock for the base and added a mat of mint macaron card stock. I then added an 8.25” x 3.5” piece of the DSP which was scored at 4.75”. Add a label with a sentiment, embellish it as desired and there you have a simple fun fold!

 

Here I used Magenta Madness ink for the Happy Birthday sentiment, which is from the Flowing Flowers stamp set. The dies for the labels are from the Hippo And Friends die set and the Melon Mambo flower was created  using the bloom punch. This is the card opened:

 

On the envelope, I stamped one of the florals from the Happiness Abounds photopolymer stamp set, also in Magenta Madness. 

If you don’t have a lot of time to figure out a design but need a card quick and have some gorgeous double sided printed paper, this layout is simply wonderful!

Thanks for stopping by…have an awesome day!

Wisteria Wishes Card

We used to have wisteria growing in our side yard at our previous home. I had a bit of a love/hate relationship with it. It grew so vigorously…It was admirable. I would prune it back several times a year and yet, it would grow back quickly each time. And the blossoms were so beautiful! But ...it would always bloom on my neighbor’s side of the fence and not mine …so I’d have to go visit to see them! Luckily I got along well with my neighbor… 

So when I saw this set in the annual catalog, I absolutely HAD to get it! I wanted to recreate the look of the vines and blossoms against the backdrop of brick so I used the Brick and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder on the background mat. But first, before embossing, I stamped the “Happy Birthday” sentiment. Sponge daubers and Crumb Cake ink added a bit of definition to the raised bricks, just a little here and there. The leaves were cut using Old Olive. 

For the  wisteria blossoms, I used Fresh Freesia but also used a sponge dauber with Highland Heather and Orchid Oasis randomly before die cutting the wisteria. I had the perfect ribbon from my stash and to finish it off, sequins from the retired Expressions in Color Ephemera Pack.

Inside the card, I used the Stitched with Whimsy dies to outline the inside of the card. I  propped up the front of the card and made it into an easel card using the leaves stamp and die from the Wisteria Wishes set and adhered it using a foam dimensional so that the card front had something to grab on to to stay propped up. (Sorry I forgot to photograph the inside before sending the card off! I'll make another one and post an update to this entry.)

If you haven't sponged with finger daubers or brushes, give it a try. It's loads of fun!

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful day!