Friday, October 17, 2025

GATHER TOGETHER FOR SOME AUTUMN FUN

Another great way to use our designer paper is on Fun Fold Cards.  Today's card is a Double Flap Fun Fold, and I used four different designs from the Gathering Together Designer Series Paper DSP.

I love fun fold cards, but if I'm honest, I don't love photographing them.  Those "fun" flaps and folds sometimes want to go every which way but where you want them to when you try to take pictures.  

It's like trying to take pictures of cats!  Most of the time they have a mind of their own!  Although when they don't know you're looking, they can "behave" for a secret photo shoot.

This is my neighbor's cat, Coco.  She likes to come and visit and lay on my deck.

OK, back to today's card.  Without a little "persuasion", this is how it usually wants to stand up.


Those two flaps on the front like to pop open.  I don't really think it is being "uncooperative"; I think it just really wants to show you want is under the flaps.


There is a place for a special greeting under the flaps.  Typically this fun fold is mounted to a fixed panel, so under the flaps would be the main place to write your message or greeting.  Of course, you could always put a panel on the back, but for today's card I decided to put it on a card base that opens at the top.


By doing this I have lots of room to add another greeting and/or write a special note on the inside of the card.  

I decided to make this a Thanksgiving card as I still need a few more or those.  The "Happy Thanksgiving" stamp is from a VERY OLD stamp set I keep called Holiday's & Wishes.  This stamp set is so old it has wood mounted stamps.  The reason I keep it is for this Happy Thanksgiving stamp.  Of the hundreds of stamp sets I have, it is the only one I have (or can find) that has a "HAPPY Thanksgiving" stamp in it.  

Now, let's back up a bit and take a little closer look at the card front.


I mentioned above that I used 4 different designs from the DSP.  Can you find all 4?  Three are obvious.  The foiled plaid on the panel on the front of the card, the beautiful, foiled leaves on the left flap and the Cajun Craze pattern on the right flap.  But do you see the 4th pattern?
Maybe not.  It is the dark Early Espresso Swirled Design die cut under the pumpkins.  This is a very tiny sneak peak of a new bundle coming in November as an Online Exclusive.  You are going to love these dies!    There are all different shapes with all kinds of swirling details.  I'm excited to use them more.


Here's a closer look.  You can only see a couple of the swirls peeking out behind the pumpkins.

The pumpkins are from the Amber Autumn Bundle which I featured a couple of weeks ago.  They were stamped and then colored with Stampin' Blends and die cut with their Amber Autumn coordinating die.

For all the details on how to make this Double Flap Fun Fold download the tutorial at this link.  If something doesn't make sense, leave me a note in the comments or even better, send me an email.  I'm here to help!


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