Sunday, November 3, 2024

Fun Fold Christmas

I am finally ready to get back to crafting classes after almost 1 year. I am a lot healthier, and we've finally gotten our house replaced and moved in. Although we are still finishing some things with the new house, my studio has been emptied of all of the household items so that I can start sharing my love for papercrafting.

There has been so many new ideas shared by other Demonstrators, and I appreciate their creativity to draw from. My November class will share two fun folds that I derived from fellow Demonstrators using stamps, dies and papers that I had on hand.

One fun fold that I found was by Claire. I couldn't find her last name, but her website is Created the Ottaway. This is a pop out easel card. I used the designer series paper from the 2024 July-December Mini Catalog called Nests of Winter. Also used was Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, and Crumb Cake (retired) cardstock; Nested Essentials dies; Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-backed Berries; and Peaceful Boughs stamps & dies (retired).


Base Card:
4 1/4" X 11" color cardstock; score in landscape at 5 1/2"
4" X 5 1/4" Designer Series Paper (DSP)

Easel Stand:
4 1/4" X 4 1/2" color cardstock; score in landscape at 3/4", 1 1/2", 2 1/4" 3" and 3 3/4"

Pop Out Mechanism:
1 1/2" X 2" color cardstock; score in portrait at 3/4" (Note: this may need to be resized to fit behind the die cut piece)

Inside Card: 
3 7/8" X 5 1/8" DSP

Scrap cardstock for stamped images/labels/die cuts and cutouts from DSP

Would be good to use Winterly Tree Tops bundle. You can watch my video for instructions. 

The other fun fold is a Four-Fold Hinge Card by Verna Mullen. I used stamps, dies and papers that I had, and you can use this technique to create whatever you want with what you have.