Hello, Crafters. Today I have my first fancy fold card video for you since my return. It’s amazing how one idea moves onto onto another and then onto another! I struggle to find good videos because so many are the results of Facebook Lives, which I avoid. However, I stumbled across a video which showed ... Read More about Corner Tuck Fancy Fold Birthday Card – Video 653
Hi again everyone! It’s Maria from Not Only Quilts and I’m so happy to be back here at Moda Bake Shop to share my third tutorial with you all. This time we’ll be making a really f…
Folding a shirt in a fancy and stylish way can add a touch of elegance to your wardrobe organization and make your closet look more visually appealing. In this ultimate guide, we'll show you step-by-step how to fold a shirt fancy. Let's get started! Step 1: Lay the Shirt Flat Start by laying the shirt
Two super simple, step-by-step tutorials for how to fold towels for display or storage. Start folding towels that look stylish and fit on any shelf or rack!
Kate's back with another fun fold card design. She is calling this one the Buckle Fold card template.
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Hello, Freinds, I have lots for you today. Starting with Accordion Triple Fold and many techniques. Some of the technique is thumping, two-tone flowers, watercolor flowers. The video can be vi
I love punch art projects like this Dahlia Flower Fold Card! I will show you how to make this dahlia fold with designer or scrapbook paper.
J'ai trouvé le tutoriel chez Agathe dont je vous mets le lien en fin d'article. Le tuto commence à 11'40''. Il se trouve que Brigitte Gayant en a fait une très belle version dont je vous mets le lien ci-dessous : Or donc la marguerite est ma fleur...
A Free Braided Card Template and a Video Tutorial Demonstration from Brandy Cox. She shows several example cards of this simple but so impressive technique
Flip flop pattern printables are a handy tool for crafting, party decorations, or educational activities. With these templates, you can customize your own unique flip flops for summer-themed projects or use them as a fun coloring activity for kids.
Simple and absolutely delicious. These pork wontons are super easy to make and packed full of flavour. Serve as is with a killer dipping sauce or in a soup!
I recently made a special card using this beautiful Dahlia Fold. I had wanted something different for the design and knew that splitcoaststampers has some great tutorials, so I decided to look the…
Some really excellent work from the demo swap boards on the cruise. Ideas abound!
Once you have cut out the aperture of your pattern, either by hand or with a Cricut, it's time to let the folding begin! 1) Secure the pattern Place the iris folding pattern on your
Once you have cut out the aperture of your pattern, either by hand or with a Cricut, it's time to let the folding begin! 1) Secure the pattern Place the iris folding pattern on your
This tutorial is a long time coming! About two years ago, Becca Feeken at Spellbinders came out with these great Vignette dies where you die cut different layers of a scene and put them all together with a structure that you also die cut. These things BLEW MY MIND! I couldn't wait to get some of these dies. Everyone else felt the same way. These dies sold out very quickly! By the time I got to the website with my credit card, they were gone! I had no way of making an adorable vignette that would fold up, go in an envelope, and bring not only my good wishes but "ooos" and "ahhhhhs" from the recipient. Or did I? That's when I invented this card. But unfortunately, my life was so busy at that point (sole caregiver to my mother, who has dementia) that I didn't have time to make a tutorial. But now I do, and so here we go! Because I wanted this to be a springtime card, I chose to use a base of Stampin' Up's Mint Macaroon cardstock. I cut one piece of cardstock at 11" X 5-12," and cut another piece of cardstock into four pieces, each 4-1/4" X 5-1/2". If you want to make it easy on yourself, MAKE SURE THE 4-1/4" MEASUREMENTS MATCH! Each of those four pieces should be EXACTLY the same width. Stack them on top of each other, and if they are not EXACTLY the same width, trim them so they are. I sound like someone who didn't do this earlier, don't I? Mmmmhmmmm. Score the big piece of cardstock right down the middle at 5-1/2", and score each of the smaller pieces at 1/2" on both long edges (see diagram below). Remember: When you score cardstock, fold AWAY from the indentation, not with it. I know it's counter-intuitive, but if you fold away from the indented score line on the big piece, it's going to make one of the instructions further down make sense. Michelle Wright explains it well here. I bought these dies from Poppystamps specifically to create this technique. If you do not have these dies, you can use any nesting dies you have. You can use dies that are the same size for that matter. If you don't have dies at all, you can cut a tunnel in your cardstock with a paper trimmer or scissors. Heck, it's just paper! Play around with it! Here is the same cardstock after I die cut. (Okay, some of you have noticed that there are two right-side score lines on the bottom right-hand panel. I initially scored the wrong indentation. Whoops! That's why I designated this panel to be in the back. No one will notice.) I colored directly onto the trees and branches with the brush tip of a Copic W5 marker and airbrushed with some yellow-green Copics. I used the lightest marker for what's going to be the front panel and went gradually darker. However, I don't think that was necessary because you can always change how light or dark you go by airbrushing lighter or darker. (Eventually, I end up adding more color anyway, but at this point in the process, I didn't know I was going to do that yet.) Cut a contrasting panel (mine is yellow) at 5" X 3". This is going to go at the back of the tunnel, so I used a really bright panel. Then, after placing the tree panel with the smallest opening over top of the 3X5 panel so I would know where to stamp, I stamped the word "Spring." I also smeared some glue at the bottom and covered it with Flower Soft that I found in a drawer. The flower soft did not cover completely, so I added some light green glitter as well. It's like a meadow of flowers and glitter, like in real life. Now it's time to add our first windowed panel to the inside of the card. Start with the panel with the smallest opening. Add some Score-tape (or other adhesive; your choice) to the left flap of that panel. Because you have folded your 11" X 5-1/2" cardstock against the fold indentation, you should have a ridged score line on the inside of the card. Place the panel with the tree window on the right side of that ridge. Peel the Scor-Tape liner off, make sure everything is lined up, and close the front of the card. Now, when you open the card back up, you should see something like this. Take the panel with the second smallest opening, put some Scor-Tape (or other adhesive) on the left flap, and adhere it just above the panel you just did. Keep doing that until you have all four windowed panels stuck down evenly on the inside front of your card. I forgot to take a picture of it, but adhere the 3" X 5" panel (mine is yellow) to the inside back cover so you will be able to see it through the windows. Even though I forgot to photograph that part. You are very smart and will be able to figure out exactly where it goes. At this point in this particular card, I realized that just airbrushing some green around the tree tops was not going to make this a very woodsy card, so I took some distress ink and a sea sponge and sponged leaves on the various layers. It was extremely easy to mask off each layer by simply putting a half sheet of cardstock behind the panel I was working on and another half sheet to the left of that panel. I also took the opportunity to airbrush some moss or grass on the ground under the trees. And then I die cut some deer, and a bunny, and some birds. I believe these dies are from Impression Obsession. I sponged some ink on the edges to make them look more rounded and lifelike. This is a great time to add any critters or flowers or vines or whatever to your layers. So much harder after sticking the right side of the flaps together (voice of experience). I also realized I wanted to scatter some more Flower Soft at the bottom of each layer, so I did that too. Now cut one more piece of the green cardstock at 5-1/2" X 4-1/4" and score it lengthwise at 2". I went ahead and stamped mine with a wood background. The 2" part of the panel is going to be used to hold all four of the right-hand side flaps together, and the 2-1/4" part of that panel is going to get stuck to the right-hand inside of the card. Because you are sticking flaps together, on the back of that panel, run your adhesive horizontally. I used my wide Scor-Tape for this because . . . I really don't have a lot of other uses for tape that wide, and I have a whole roll. You can absolutely use adhesive that is narrower. Open up your card completely and press all those layers down. See how they line up nice and even? That's where the 2" part of the new panel is going to go! Take your Scor-Tape liners off, and stick it all together. I glued the 2-1/4" part to the back cover first, and then--while it was all still flat--glued the 2" side down. Open the close your card to make sure it all works. If you want to take another run at it, Scor-Tape can be loosened with your heat gun and the paper very gently pried apart again. Also feel free to use your scissors to trim anything that didn't quite fit. To finish up the inside of the card, I stamped this sentiment by Penny Black to the left of the trees. And this is how the tunnel looks all put together! Magical! Here is the entire inside of the card put together. Oh yeah, I need an outside of the card too! I used this die from Eutreec that I bought really reasonably from Amazon, and a wood-grain embossing folder from Stampin' Up. Here are a couple more samples I made: This one uses regular old nesting dies, and some very old but gorgeous paper from a company I don't even think is in business anymore. I can't remember what this paper is. I made the card two years ago. I have a thing for adding butterflies wherever I can. The nesting dies used here are Spellbinders, and the butterfly and plant dies are Cheery Lynn. And this one uses Spellbinders dies from the one and only Becca Feeken! Yes, the very dies I was looking for and couldn't get at the time, came back in stock and I bought them!!! And now I can use them in the Storybook Tunnel Card! I also got to use some very beautiful paper from Graphic 45 on this one. This card is made even more special with a door. The door opens and everything. Look! Another magical world inside! A message of thanks! And thanks to all of you who hung in there all the way to the end of this very long blog post. If you have made it all the way to the end, you have to click on this link and see the VERY GORGEOUS card made by my good friend, Shelly Hickox. Shelly is a genius with Graphic 45 (with anything really--very creative that one). Now go make one of your own! Cyndi
I promised a picture tutorial for making a Dahlia Fold flower and today’s the day! Making these flowers is very addictive and so much fun. I will say that at first, I got a little frustrated folding the tiny pieces but with practice it has turned from frustrating to fun. Practicing with larger circles is […]
Hello & welcome to another project share. Something a little different today - a card I made for DD's 21st birthday in May. We can talk another time how my baby can actually be 21. She absolutely loves Formula 1 racing and her birthday pressie was a trip to the Melbourne Grand Prix, so her card had to include something related to F1. Daniel Ricciardo is her favourite driver (& mine too) so the challenge was to create a card with Danny's McLaren car. An oversized double z fold card base is the support act. Here's how it turned out. I started by making the car, which is about 20cm (8 inches) long. For those of you wondering, no, Stampin' Up! don't have a die set for F1 cars (I wish). I found a great svg file on Etsy by ClipClipFinds, which I was able to use to cut the basic car shapes on my ScanNCut machine. Some hand cutting, circle punches and hand colouring with my Stampin' Blends turned it into my interpretation of the current McLaren livery (minus sponsors) including Danny's no. 3. Coincidentally the colours I used are Pale Papaya ( like #teampapaya) & Pool Party. I coloured the cardstock with my Stampin' Blends markers in the same colours to add subtle dimension. Miss always says a number birthday has to have a number on the card - you too? - so a 21 was also required. Cue her fave Danny Ric helmet for inspiration: I figured out that the font was Presley Slab Black (I think) and created & cut a layered 21 to match Danny's no 3. The happy birthday sentiment is from the retired Blossoms in Bloom stamp set. As for the double z fold card base I've made lots of these before but this one is supersized. Folded flat, the front is 20 x 10.5cm (approx 8 x 4-1/8 inches) so the overall length of the piece is 40 x 10.5cm (16 x 4-1/8 inches). I had to join the cardstock and the papers to make it that long. Here's another view from the top so you can see the fold. And some shots of the card folded flat front and back. The sentiments on the back are from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set. One final shot to show you - a sneaky one from Miss' room showing where the card has been since her birthday. That gives me some happy that it was on point. Yay! So whether you're a formula 1 fan or not, thanks for visiting and checking out my card today. Next time we'll be back to our regularly scheduled program with a Stampin' Up! card or two. Until next time, happy stamping! Di LAST CHANCE SALE - 2022 JAN TO JUNE MINI CATALOGUE Up to 50% off - while supplies last until 30 June SHOP NEW 2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOGUE
Hi everyone, last week I had a go at the Lattice/Plait fold technique. This has been a very popular video with so many of you re-creating your own beautiful versions. This paper fold style is a for…
Hello, Today, I want to show my first tried bench fold card using piece of cake stamp set. I’m from South Korea and I love to go to bakery in Korea, because there are so many beautiful cakes displayed. (I missed it because I live a small town in America, so only I can see
I have some fancy folding for you today - 3-D Celtic Knot Embellishments. They look great in gold glimmer paper. The knots look impressively intricate - but you can learn to fold them with just a little practice. The basic knot shape is of one-piece construction, which is convenient --- and a nice party trick! All the knots work on the same principle: fold the "arms" to the centre, then swing the free side to the back. You can catch a hoop in the loops for an extra-fancy touch - loop-de-loop deluxe. Print the Celtic Knots template onto the wrong side of the paper, then cut and fold. There are tutorials for each shape of knot. There's also a download for a bag topper. The idea is that a cello pack of Celtic Knot embellishments would make a welcome gift for a calligrapher or card-maker: 3-D illuminated manuscripts! Fix the knots onto your project with sticky dots. Here are your downloads: CelticKnots.pdf CelticKnotBagTopper.pdf I've done tutorial sheets for the three knot shapes - the squares, the trefoils, and the hearts: If you'd like to learn how to design your own 2-dimensional Celtic Knots, these books by Sheila Sturrock are great: Celtic Knotwork Handbook Celtic Spirals Handbook Both books are from GMC Publications Ltd. Neither title is new - but they are worth tracking down. The first title is available used and new, the second is still in print. Each title de-mystifies the process of drawing Celtic Knots in a clear and user-friendly manner - and throws in a bit of history to boot. The books are intended for pencil-drawing, but if you've gone digital than the geometric principles still apply, of course. Have fun illuminating your manuscripts, gifts, or cards.
The lovely Stampin' Up! Spotlight on Nature bundle is a joy to create with! To make these cards sparkle I coloured one of them using a Wink of Stella pen.
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A fancier way of folding towels!
Make this easy Tri-Fold Accordion card using Designer Series Paper with stamps and dies of your choice for a beautiful card!
For a long time now, I have both admired and felt intimidated by this fabulous card fold. I'm ashamed to admit that until very recently I've never even investigated the mechanics behind how it works simply because it appeared so complicated. I finally decided the time had arrived to step outside my comfort zone and give this fold a go... Now I'm almost embarrassed to share this tutorial with you. The card base is formed from just four pieces of card stock joined together in the corners, and eight score lines. I admit that I was gobsmacked when I realised how simple and easy it was to make. Lesson learned. 1. Start with four pieces of card stock, each measuring 3" x 6". It's important to have nice straight lines and accurate measurements so the card can move freely. 2. Lay a piece of card stock horizontally on your score board and score at 11/2" and again at 41/2". Repeat for the other three pieces of card stock. Fold back and forth along the score lines. 3. OPTIONAL: ink the edges of the card stock, including the folds, for a vintage look. 4. Lay two piece of card stock vertically on the desk in front of you with the score lines running horizontally. 5. We're going to place adhesive in each of the four corners, 11/2" from the centre of each piece. I've marked the location of the adhesive in the photos below. Make sure you only apply it to the outer section or your card will not operate properly. 6. Add glue or double sided tape to the first corner. I found it easier to work on one section at a time. Make sure your glue or tape is strong enough to withstand a lot of handling... people are going to play with this card! 7. Secure a piece of card stock horizontally across the top of the two pieces that are on your desk. Keep the edges flush and the score lines all lined up. Refer to the photos for correct placement. 8. Repeat the process in the bottom corner. 9. Now we're going to adhere the other two corners, remembering to keep all the score lines and edges lined up nicely. 10. Believe it or not, that's all it takes to complete the card base. Once the glue is dry, you can have a little play with your card. 11. Now to decorate. I must admit that I found this more difficult that the actual card itself... mostly because of how many different spaces there were to fill. If you want to decorate your card the same way I did, you'll need four image panels - two measuring 23/4" x 53/4" and two measuring 53/4" x 23/4" (two vertical and two horizontal). You'll also need eight pieces of patterned paper measuring 11/4" x 23/4" and eight pieces of patterned paper measuring 11/4" x 11/4". 12. I wanted my card to look kind of like a puzzle, so I chose to cut each of the image panels in half so that they split and come together as the card is viewed. If you don't like the idea of cutting your four large image panels, you could opt to have eight individual panels instead. 13. Start with the image that you'd like to appear on the front of the card. Remember, the orientation of the card doesn't matter - you could just as easily start with a horizontal image by turning the card 90 degrees. 14. Use glue or double sided tape to adhere the elements to the front of the card. Avoid bulky embellishments that will hinder the operation of the card and definitely avoid placing anything over any of the edges. 15. Flip the card open to the next area for decoration. Be careful not to turn the card while you're decorating - you don't want to end up with images or sentiments that are upside down! 16. When you come to this section, be aware that the middle pieces will actually cover a whole image panel rather than some of the small pieces of patterned paper. Refer to the photos below. 17. Complete the card with the remaining patterned paper and image panels. I absolutely love this card! Even though I know the mechanism is simple, it's still incredibly satisfying to play with. My 13 year old son thought I had performed some sort of magic when he saw it... in fact, he enjoyed it so much that he appropriated the sample version! Products:
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When one man posted the hilarious towel animal that his sister witnessed while staying at a hotel, he probably did not expect to kickstart a whole thread on these hilarious "animals." But as one person after another started posting the towel art that they've seen while staying at hotels and B&Bs, it was bound to become viral. People from various corners of the world started sharing the folded towel artworks that they've spotted, making the Twitter thread blow up, amassing over 160k likes and more than 30k retweets in almost no time. So scroll down below to see the beautiful folded towel art done by hotel maids, who, in our opinion, should definitely earn a pay raise!
I used our beautiful new Butterfly Bouquet Suite on this fun fold. It is a CASE of a card by Kathrin Fuchs of Stempelfux, and it is beautiful in so many themes! We made it in our weekly team meeting, and I also showed it in this week's Facebook Live. The card opens in three directions. Complete instructions are in the video below. If you are receiving this post in an email, please click here for the video. Dimensions are as follows... Cardstock base 8" x 8 1/2"Cardstock mats (4) 2 7/8" x 2" and (2) 2 3/8" x 4 1/8"Designer paper (4) 2 3/4" x 1 7/8" and (2) 2 1/4" x 4"Basic White 4" x 5 1/4" The Butterfly Bouquet products are available now, as an early release from our upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. … Continue reading →
Unleash your creativity with this One Sheet Wonder technique using the Fancy Flora DSP. Make a variety of cards with only one sheet of pa...
You can follow these clear, step by step directions to make this fun pinwheel card. It's perfect for so many occasions.
