Joy Fold Card

I challenged myself from my norm by trying out the Joy Fold on my card today. It was really easy to do!

• Lost Lagoon card base - 4-1/4" x 8-1/2" - scored at 5-1/2"
• Very Vanilla card base - 3" x 8" - scored at 4"
• Flowerpot Designer Series Paper
• 4" x 5-1/4"
• 2-3/4" x 4"
• 2-3/4" x 3-3/4" 
• Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock
• Lost Lagoon ink
• Best Day Ever stamp set (SAB)
• Deco Label framelits
• Best Year Ever embellishment pack (SAB)

Here a couple other angles of the card for you. 

See some other fancy fold cards today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration! 

Swap Breakdown Day 2- WOW! Card

As with the punch art, I was over-thinking this card a lot when I was trying to design it. So I headed to Pinterest in hopes of finding a wow project for inspiration. I struck gold with this pin.

There were minimal instructions on the blog post so I had to figure it out with just a little trial and error.
The card was relatively simple for as complicated as it looks.

You score straight lines at 3 inches on all four sides of your 12 x 12 cardstock. Then grab the Simply Scored Diagonal Scoring Plate and put it on top of your Simply Scored. Score diagonally at 6 and 9 inches on all four sides. Looking at these pictures should help you figure out which ways to fold on the score marks to make it come together. Here's a hint: Valley Folds on all the straight score lines and Mountain Folds on all the diagonal score lines.

Supplies used can be found here

I love the Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper that is brand new this year (and through the end of July it's Buy 3, Get 1 Free). I picked these two patterns that weren't too hard on the eyes when folded together. I liked the idea of only putting the DSP on the triangles you would see when it was folded and thought the black cardstock made a nice contrast when it was open. My alma mater's colors are black and gold, so I kept thinking, "Go Hornets!" each time I looked at the card open. I cut the DSP in 3x3 (actually just a smidge under) and then cut them in half diagonally. You will notice that I was a little AR with the Daffodil Delight pattern and made sure that all the lines were going in the same direction when it was folded.
I wanted to add a lighter piece in the middle for a personal message. Using the tone on tone stamping with the Swallowtail allows for the message to be written right over the top of the stamped image. The middle piece of cardstock was cut at 5 1/2x5 1/2.

I plan to offer this as a product-based class in the near future, which will come with a video tutorial, along with the DSP and cardstock. Please let me know if you'd like to participate!

I'd love to see your own rendition of this WOW! card. Feel free to link to your own below.

July 2013 Stylin' Stampin' Blog Hop

Did you have a great 4th of July? I enjoyed the local display with my husband, but I have to admit I'm very glad that my neighborhood no longer sounds like a war zone until 11:00 every night!

Our blog hop theme this month is birthdays. My card this month is one that I taught at my June card class. It is a double pocket card and is made out of one piece of Designer Series Paper. Two cuts, a few scores, and a little folding; add some adhesive, decorate, and you're done. Well, the recipient of the card might appreciate something being put in the pockets. Perhaps some birthday money in this birthday card?

Supplies used:
Epic Day & Gingham Garden Designer Series Papers
Pool Party cardstock
Gumball Green ink
Epic Day This & That Designer Stickers
Epic Day This & That Washi tape
Label Love stamp set
Artisan Label punch
Simply Scored
Grid Paper
Sticky Strip
Stampin' Dimensionals

Inside view

I really can't tell you what supplies I love most on this card. I love all our Washi Tape as it's so easy to use and adds so much to step up a project. I have used the Epic Day and Gingham Garden Designer Series Papers on several of my projects lately. Label Love is quickly becoming one of my most used stamp sets from the new catalog. The coordinating punch can't be beat! I like to layer behind this punch, by punching out an additional piece, cutting it in half and gluing the halves to the back so they peek out on the top and bottom.

You will see many exciting changes to my blog starting this weekend. I just finished and mailed 76 items for a swap I participated in, which was actually 10 different projects. I will be posting those swap projects this weekend with all the supplies used, and then a daily post featuring each of the projects, especially if I did something "tricky" on them. (Totally not tricky, but lots of fun!)
Then starting in August, I'm proud to be a Design Team member for our new DAILY inspiration blog that will be brought to you courtesy of several of our blog hop members. If you're not currently following my blog, I would love for you to start because I don't want you to miss out seeing some of my favorite projects, which I hope will inspire you.

A HUGE shout out to Kim Ryden for getting the ball rolling on this & Bree Renwick for creating the badge! 

Thank you for joining us our our monthly hop! I hope you are as excited as I am about the new catalog, and our upcoming fun times in blogland! Now head on over to Pam's blog to see what she's created to share with us!





Blog Hop Participants:

1. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
2. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
3. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
4. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
5. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
6. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
7. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
8. Jennifer B. of NW Stamper
9. Bree R. of Craft-somnia
10. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
11. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
12. Jamie H. of Unique Ink
13. Jennifer C. of Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life