KINTSUGI FAN CARD

This week I am featuring products from the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite.  About a year ago, I made a video for my Learning with Friends series showing how to do the Paper Kintsugi Technique.

Well, with the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog, Stampin' Up! has done all the work for us!

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by fixing the broken areas with urushi lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum. It embraces the history of a piece and believes the repair makes the object even more beautiful.

You can see the gold "cracks" in the design of some of the Kintsugi Inspirations Designer Series Paper (DSP) patterns.  It makes very interesting and beautiful patterns in the DSP doesn't it?

I was introduced to the Fan Fold "Fun Fold" card by my good friend and fellow demonstrator, Kathi, from Simply Kards by Kathi.  Since I was working with the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite, I couldn't wait to give this card layout a try with its beautiful DSP.  My card features three of the pretty designs from the Kintsugi collection.  Since the "cracks" in the DSP designs were "filled" with gold, I used gold Textured Metallic foil as the accent mats on my fan and on the sentiment.

The texture of this foil creates even more shine and glimmer than regular foil cardstock.  It is gorgeous!

If you would like to make this Fan Fold card with your favorite DSP, use this link to download my tutorial for all the instructions.  Several easy to follow diagrams are included to make cutting the cardstock and DSP easy to understand.  Cutting triangular pieces can be a bit tricky sometimes -- particularly if you are picky, like I am, and like to have equal borders all around the DSP.   I tweaked some of the dimensions that you may see from other demos to insure that my borders are equal.

Once you get your pieces cut, all that is left is simple assembly!

The beautiful gold Flower Accents are also from the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite.  They give the Textured Metallic Gold foil a run for its money with their shimmer and shine!

On the inside of the card I used the same Misty Moonlight Kintsugi DSP design so it coordinates with the largest fan layer on the card front.

Below is a list of all products used on the card.

Product List

Inspiring Imperfections Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165161]	Perennial Postage Dies [162607]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]	Kintsugi Inspirations 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [165159]
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [163772]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]	Flower Accents [165171]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

Add All to Cart