Monday, February 23, 2026

SCALLOPED WISHES SNEAK PEEK & A FUN FOLD

My theme this week is FUN FOLDS.  I love fun folds because they often are a great way to show off pretty Designer Series Paper.  Fun Folds can be a bit technical, or they can be super easy.  Today's is super easy.  In fact, the most difficult part of this card was photographing it.


The Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper (DSP) is the "fun fold" of this particular design.  It is mounted to a 5-1/12 " x 4-1/4" fixed base, but the DSP is where all the fun takes place.


The DSP is folded like a fan, so it creates two folds to attach any type of focal points you like.  Just be sure to position the middle one behind the first, so you don't see it until you open the card.

For this card I used a new Online Exclusive coming March 3, 2026.  It is called Scalloped Wishes, and I fell in love with the oval layering frames that come in the Bundle.


On the card front I used two of the larger of the oval die cuts.  The fancy, beautiful, Berry Burst Metallic Oval was die cut from another online exclusive coming in March -- Garden Textures Foil.  If you love rich saturated colors, you will love this textured foil.  It comes in three colors, Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, and Shaded Spruce.

For the smaller oval on the middle fold, I first stamped the pretty oval frame with Berry Burst ink and then die cut it.


All the stamped images and die cuts used on this card are from the Scalloped Wishes Bundle.  

To give you a little better understanding of the Fun Fold, here are a couple additional photos.

View from the top...


View with the card fully opened...


I left the message layer blank for now.  I can always stamp an additional sentiment when I know who it is being sent to, but there is also plenty of room to just write a hand-written note.  I will just need to remember to keep my messy handwriting to the left, so it doesn't show when the card is closed!

If you haven't made many fun fold cards, this is a great one to start with.  A long as you can score & fold paper at simple dimensions like 2", 4", 6" & 8", you can make this fun fold.

Use this link to download a tutorial that includes a diagram with all the dimensions.

A list of the currently available products that I used is shown below.  I apologize, I thought the Perennial Lavender DSP was still on the Last Chance list, but as I checked just prior to publishing this post I see that it is now officially retired.  But don't let that scare you off from trying this fun fold.  You can use any DSP and products that you already own.  The shapes on the folds can be any shapes.

The information for the online exclusive products available on March 3 is:  
  • Scalloped Wishes Bundle:  Item # 167453; $43.00 USD
  • Garden Textures 12' X 12" Specialty Foil; Item # 167125; $10.50 USD

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Thursday, February 19, 2026

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL FUN FOLD

Today I have a very easy Fun Fold to share with you using the Simply Beautiful Bundle.  I cased this fun fold from a video I saw on YouTube by Alisa Tilsner.  Her card was a little different size, so I changed up the dimensions a bit to make is a standard A2 card size (finished size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4").


The above photo shows the card slightly open, and you can see that there are three separate panels.  

I'm not sure how well is shows in the photo, but since I made the card base with Fresh Freesia Two-Tone Cardstock the front panel is a slightly lighter shade of Fresh Freesia, and the other two panels are darker Fresh Freesia.

Here's what the fun fold looks like when fully closed.  The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is the Lovely & Beautiful DSP.


The floral bouquet is attached to only the first far left (top) panel.  The large and small flower were made completely with die cuts from the Simply Beautiful Dies.  The centers were colored with a Blending Brush and Fresh Freesia ink, but there was no stamping involved.

The leaves were stamped and also colored a bit with Old Olive Ink and a Blending Brush.  Below is a closer look.


Since the left panel is relatively narrow, I die cut a "mounting" surface for the bouquet using the largest Nested Essentials rectangle die.

Open the bouquet panel and the second middle panel is revealed.  Isn't that DSP beautiful?


Since I didn't have a great spot to attach a greeting on the front, I added it to the middle panel.  I also like that it gave that panel a "purpose".  

The sentiment is from the Simply Beautiful stamp set.


Since the right side of this third layer shows when the card is closed I am going to have to remember to stay close to the left side when I write my message.  

If you are wondering how to actually make this fun fold, watch my video below see how easy it really is.   


Use this link to download a tutorial with a sketch that shows all the dimensions for cutting and scoring the card base.  There is also a link to the video on the sketch so you can find it when you are ready to give it a try!

A list of the products I used on the card is shown below.  

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Monday, February 16, 2026

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL

This week I am featuring the SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL BUNDLE.  This is the second bundle in the Lovely & Beautiful Suite Collection.  

Today's card uses the large flower and leaves.


The Textured Notes dies were used to die cut my background for the flower.  Each of these rectangle layering dies creates a unique border on the die cut.  These awesome dies are on the Last Chance list at a discounted price.  They are currently showing as "unavailable", however they are scheduled to be back in stock the week of March 2, so they aren't gone forever -- yet. 


Two strips of embossed Basic White were added behind the flower to add a bit of texture.

I wanted this card to have a very "soft" feel, so I stamped all images in Basic Gray ink rather than black.  A bit of color was added to the center of the flower and leaves using Sponge Daubers.  To stay with the soft feel of the card, I used Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam ink. 


All of these floral images have coordinating dies, so cutting them out is quick and easy.



For the inside of the card, I used some of the smaller floral images in the set.  The leaves are stamped directly on the Basic White Cardstock, and the flower was stamped on a scrap and die cut.  Rather than stamping the flower first and then masking it to stamp the leaves around it, I decided to die cut the flower. This let me easily lay it over the leaves without having to create a mask.

Both sentiments used on this card are from the Paper Tags stamp set which is also on the Last Chance List at 50% off!


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