Monday, December 1, 2025

TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS FUN FOLD

Rather than featuring a particular product this week, I've decided to share Fun Fold Cards.  I love making fun folds.  They are always a great way to show off pretty Designer Series Paper (DSP).

And the DSP, Traditions of Christmas, on today's cards is one of my favorites this Christmas.  I'm hooked and can't stop finding new ways to use it.

I received a card from a fellow demonstrator a while back that used this particular fun fold.  I'm not sure what its "official" name is or even if it has a name, so I'm going to call it an Interweave Fun Fold.

The card is basically made from two cards -- a larger card and a smaller card that Interweave with each other when they are closed.  The larger portion is made of DSP so is great to show off both sides of pretty paper.  One my card you can see the Secret Sea pattern from one side and the red and pink poinsettias with pool party gold foiling on the opposite side.

The small card is a complete card in itself that is adhered to the large card front and interweaves with the DSP card.

I decorated the front of the small card with a Sentimental Framing die cut from Brushed Gold Foil.  The floral bouquet was die cut from the Traditions of Christmas DSP.

When you open the small card and then the DSP card, this is what you see.

You could mount this interweave card to a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" piece of cardstock and call it good.  But I wanted a little more space to write my Christmas message, so I adhered it to the front of the standard Cherry Cobbler A2 card base.  

Much of this card was made with "leftovers" from other cards so that made it quick and easy.

The Gold Foil Sentimental Frame was a die cut I had in my stash.  When I use foil, or other more pricey cardstock I try to stretch it as far as I can, so I had die cut this from the center of a foil mat.  I have several of these "leftover" die cut flower bouquets because when I received this Traditions of Christmas I die cut all of these images from the paper.  The sentiment on the inside was also a "leftover" from another card. 

It's kind of like leftovers from Thanksgiving Dinner.  They are still good and sometimes they are even better the 2nd day!  These paper leftovers were great because they made making this card very quick to put together.

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the details on how to make your own Interweave Fun Fold.

A list of the products I used is shown below.

And don't forget -- the Cyber Monday Promotion started today.  


From now through December 9 you can get a great savings on pre-paid Paper Pumpkin Subscriptions.
  • 3-month prepaid: $61.00 (regular price $81.00)
  • 6-month prepaid: $122.00 (regular price $162.00)
  • 12-month prepaid: $244.00 (regular price $324.00)
If you order during the promotion period the subscription starts immediately, so the first Paper Pumpkin Kit you receive will be the December Watercolor in Bloom Kit. You will not be able to skip the December Kit.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:  If you purchase multiple subscriptions for the same recipient the recipient will end up receiving duplicates of the same kit each month.  So, unless for some reason that is what you want, it is not recommended to order multiples for the same person.

If you have questions or would like additional information please contact me via email.  pat@fairlessstampinflair.com


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Friday, November 28, 2025

CHRISTMAS STAR SWIRLED DESIGNS

I wanted to use the star die cuts from Swirled Design today, and what better way to use them but for a Christmas Card?

I turned the large gold star die-cut into an "ornament" by layering it over the stamped circular swirl image from the stamp set.  To create a hanger for my ornament, I used one of the narrow scrap gold strips that are created when the star is die cut.  If you look closely at the star you will see that I had plenty of the little strips to choose from.  I adhered it above the star and then added a Cherry Cobbler & Gold Bow.

The front of the Cherry Cobbler card base was covered with the Cherry Cobbler Season of Elegance Specialty Paper.  Doesn't it make a pretty card base?

A brushed gold foil mat creates an elegant border around the Basic White cardstock, AND -- I was able to die cut the large star and several of the small stars from the center of that foil cardstock before I adhered the Basic White cardstock to it.  

I always try to remember to do this as it really stretches the use of foil and expensive specialty papers.  

The Merry Christmas greeting is from the Long Time No See stamp set.  It is stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink directly on the Basic White cardstock to keep the card nice and flat for mailing.  The small die-cut stars added to the center of the large star and above the sentiment also create a "flatter" card than other gems or embellishments would.

For the inside of the card I used another piece of the Season of Elegance Specialty Paper as the mat, and then I die cut a lot of stars from both the Season of Elegance Paper and little gold foil scraps that I can never seem to throw away.

I thought it really dressed up the inside of the card and tied it to the front.

What do you think?

Use this link to download a tutorial for today's card.

A list of the products I used is shown below.

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 




Thank you to all my Stamping Friends and Family for your support, kind words and encouragement this year.

I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.


"Give Thanks to the Lord, for he is good;  His love endures forever."

                                                                                         1 Chronicles 16:34

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

THANKSGIVING SWIRLED DESIGN

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, I thought I would see if I could make a card appropriate for the celebration using this week's featured product, the Swirled Designs Bundle.

I decided to use the Diamond Die to create my focal point.  I die cut a diamond from three different patterns of the Gathering Together Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This is one of my favorite Autumn DSP collections in many years.  I love it not only because it has beautiful, foiled patterns of colorful leaves and autumn foliage but also because the reverse side has great subtle patterns that can be combined with the colorful foiled sides.

When I die cut the DSP with the diamond die from Swirled Designs Dies I retained the center portion of the diamond and adhered it in the middle of the "swirly" border of the diamond.

The Early Espresso background is embossed with a Leaf Fall die which provides pretty texture in person but is too dark to show up well in the photos.


The greeting is from Banner Sayings and was heat embossed with white embossing powder on Early Espresso cardstock.  

I used the small oval Swirled Design die to cut it twice--once using the center portion of the Early Espresso for the sentiment and the second time from Gold Foil for the swirly border.

A Gold Striped Mesh Bow and some Gold Pearls finish the card front.

For all the details use this link to download a tutorial.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I am very thankful for each and everyone of you!
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