Showing posts with label Amber Autumn Bundle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amber Autumn Bundle. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

A THANKSGIVING FUN FOLD

It has been a long time since I made a Double Z fun fold.  It had been so long that I couldn't remember the dimensions for cutting and scoring the two card bases, so I had to try to find one of my old tutorials.

That's when I realized how long it had actually been.  I finally found one, and it was from 2023!  I used to make this fun fold all the time because it is very easy but looks complicated.

It is also a great way to show off a Designer Series Paper (DSP) Collection because there are so many different panels that you can use several different designs on the same card.  This card today uses four different patterns from the gorgeous Gathering Together DSP.

My challenge (to myself) this week was to use Two-Tone Cardstock, and I thought this Double Z Fun Fold would be a good way to use both sides and show off the two shades.

The large Double Z card base is made with the dark side of Pecan Pie two-tone, and the small Double Z card base is made with the light side of Pecan Pie two-tone.  


All stamped images and greetings on today's card are from the Amber Autumn Bundle.  These leaves are so much fun to color.  I'll admit that my version of these oak leaves don't look much like my neighbor's oak leaves that now cover my grass.  Those are pretty much just a solid brown.  If I'd colored mine with solid Pecan Pie, that is about what the ones on the grass look like, but who wants solid brown leaves on a card?  Not me, so I gave them a little "unrealistic" colors.

I chose colors from the DSP, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, and a tiny touch of Old Olive Stampin' Blends to color my leaves.  Since we do not have Crushed Curry Stampin' Blends, I substituted Daffodil Delight.

If you would like to make a Double Z Fun Fold, use this link to download a tutorial with all the cutting & scoring dimensions.

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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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Friday, October 3, 2025

AMBER AUTUMN EXPLOSION FUN FOLD

Today's card is EXPLOSIVE!  Well, not literally, but there is a surprise on the inside of the card that is just waiting for you to open it!

This Book Binding Fun Fold was made with the Pumpkins from the Amber Autumn stamp set and the gorgeous specialty designer series paper (DSP) called Gathering Together.  There are so many beautiful designs in this DSP collection that made it difficult to choose.


The pumpkins were colored with Stampin' Blends, but if you don't like to color, you could just as easily skip the pumpkins and just add a sentiment, and the card would be beautiful with only the DSP.  


The Bookbinding Fun Fold is a very simple fun fold, but it does provide a bit of uniqueness as compared to a standard card.  However, the real WOW of this card is on the inside!

As you open your "book" the inside "explodes" into a fun explosion fold.



Isn't that fun?  Since I wasn't sure how clear the instructions on the tutorial were I made a short video to show how to fold the explosion fold and then how to attach it to the inside of the card.  I hope this helps.



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