Monday, October 5, 2026

SUNFLOWERS FOR A FRIEND

This week I am featuring the Radiant Sunflowers Bundle.  Last week's video used this bundle for one of the cards also.  If you missed that video, visit my post dated 10/1/26.

Today, I have another Fun Fold Card.  It uses the gorgeous Sunflower Fields Designer Series Paper (DSP).  Isn't it pretty?

Today's fun fold is very simple, and when you open the right panel of the card front there is a smaller card on the inside that also opens.

The inside of the smaller card is where you can write your message. To decorate it, I die cut a flowerpot from a scrap of DSP using a Radiant Sunflower die.  The Radiant Sunflower stamp was colored with Stampin' Blends.

To create the card front you simply cut the front of the card up to the fold 1-1/2" from the left edge.  The left edge is then adhered to the back of the card, so it stays stationary when you open the right flap.

Since the pretty DSP is the star of the show on this card, I wanted to minimize how much of it I covered.  So, I just added a stamped sentiment from Radiant Sunflower stamp set and tucked a few small stamped and die cut leaves to set it off.  The sentiment is die cut with a die from the Radiant Sunflower dies.

A tiny yellow bow made with ribbon in my stash draws your eye to the sentiment.

When you open the flap on the right, this is what the inside of the card looks like before you open the small inside card.

The flower on the front of the inside card was stamped with the Sunflower stamp from Radiant Sunflowers and then colored with Stampin' Blends.

For detailed directions and a cutting and scoring diagram for the fun fold download the PDF tutorial at this link.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

AUTUMN FIELDS

Today's Autumn Fields Fun Fold card uses several of the dies from the Bundle.  I think the dies are my favorite part of this bundle.

The stamped images for the leaves and flowers in this bundle have coordinating dies, but there are also dies for additional leaves that provide their own detail, so stamping is not required.

The only stamped image in my autumn bouquet is the Wheat Head.  The other four leaves were just made with die cuts from Very Vanilla Cardstock.  

I used Stampin' Blends to darken the detail cuts in the leaves and then added a little color around the edges and center area with Sponge Daubers.

This card is a very easy fun fold card.  If you can cut, score and fold cardstock you can make this fun fold.

Watch this video to see just how quick and simple it is.

Once you have your card base scored and folded, you can decorate it any way you like.  I used the Autumn Opulence Designer Series Paper, but as you can see in the video, there are also other options.


The focal point on the center fold can also be any shape you like.  I used the double-sided scalloped die from Autumn Fields Dies for my focal point and then decorated it with the die cut leaves.

The back of the card is used for your personal message.

All the sentiments on this card are from the Sweet Words & Labels Stamp Set.  I used the "rock & roll" technique with one of the small decorative element stamps to add color to each corner of the message layer.  I first inked the stamp with Petal Pink ink and then "rolled" the edges of the stamp lightly on a Cajun Craze ink pad.  

Adding the couple of die cut leaves is totally optional, but I had them leftover from the card front so added them to the lower corner.  Adding DSP to the side panels on the back is also optional, but I do feel it adds a nice "finished" look.

Use this link to download the Tutorial.  It includes a diagram for cutting and scoring the card base as well as step-by-step directions to decorate the card.

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Monday, September 28, 2026

WE ARE FAMILY - AUTUMN FIELDS

This week I am featuring the Autumn Fields Bundle.  I purchased this bundle to use in an Autumn Sampler that I made recently for a class, but I also wanted to see how I could use it for a card.

The sentiments and greetings in this bundle are large and bold so for my first card with this bundle, I decided to focus on a couple of the sentiments.

If you are a scrapbooker the sentiments in this stamp set would be great for scrapbook pages!  Can't you just picture this "we are FAMILY" on a scrapbook page surrounded by pictures of your family?  Check out the bundle in the product list below to see all the images and dies that are included.

The background for today's card was created with a decorative Painted Pumpkin mask.  I used the mask to create an ombre background of leaves using Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon ink.

I used three of the small flowers from the Autumn Fields Bundle to add some pops of color.  The curvy Pretty Peacock row of leaves and the FAMILY Basic White die cut sentiment strip were made with dies from the bundle.  

I purposely made the background for the card front a little larger than I needed so that I could trim off a strip and use it to decorate the inside of the card.  Three more little flowers surround the sentiment from Fabulous Sayings.  This sentiment stamp set was a Product of the Month a few months ago, but obviously any sentiment could be used.

If you are not familiar with the Product of the Month, it is a product that is new each month and can be purchased for $5 when your order reaches a value of $75.  These products are only available while supplies last and sometimes run out even before the end of the month.  September's Product of the month is this beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper called Luxe Foliage.


Isn't it pretty?

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the details to create today's card.

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