Friday, December 5, 2025

HAPPY SPANNER FUN FOLD

My last card this week is a Spanner Fun Fold and surprise, surprise it is not another Christmas Card.

This card was made with Sharon Armstrong's Million Dollar stamp set called Happy Place.  Even though the "HAPPY" is designed as a tropical beach scene, I decided to combine it with the gorgeous Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper.  

It's Autumn (going on winter) here in Michigan and our summer boats and toys have been put away for a couple of months but it is always a good season to be HAPPY!

I inked my "HAPPY" stamp with sponge daubers working from top to bottom with Balmy Blue, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Mossy Meadow -- some good Autumn colors.


My biggest challenge with this card was that I wanted as much of the Autumn path on the arch to show as possible.  I played a bit and finally a lightbulb went off when I remembered there is such a thing as Acetate Sheets.  So I decided to cut apart each letter from the "HAPPY" and mount them to a strip of Acetate with dimensionals.  


This way I could at least see through between the letters, and then when you lift up the spanner portion of the card you can see the full path.  (Yes, you can see the dimensionals on the backside of the letters when you open the spanner, so just place with neatly!)


What do you think?

Isn't this Splendid Autumn DSP beautiful?  I honestly thought it was retired, but when I looked it up on the Stampin' Up! Online Store I was pleasantly surprised to see that it is still available!  YAY!


Flip up the middle flap and you see the inside of the card.  The "BIRTHDAY" was also inked with sponge daubers to create a bit of ombre effect with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze ink.

I think this card would work well for men or women.  What do you think?


A list of the products used is shown below.


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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

MODERN SANTA FUN FOLD

I'm excited to share today's card with you, and I look forward to hearing what you think about it.


The style of this card is a little less traditional, but I love how it turned out.  There is a lot of Christmas gold which leans right into my taste of Christmas decor.  Even Santa is all decked out in his gold Christmas Suit!


His suit was made using the paper piecing technique.  I first stamped him on Basic White and then again on Brushed Gold Foil.  Just be sure to use Stazon or some permanent ink when you stamp on foil because otherwise it wants to smudge.   To create his suit, fussy cut just the sections you want from the foil and adhere it to the Basic White stamped image.  Fortunately this Festive Santa has a coordinating die so I die cut him before I dressed him up in his fancy suit!

On Monday on indicated that the fun fold that I cased was based on a card I received from a fellow demonstrator.  I also received this fun fold from another fellow demonstrator.  When you have a sample in hand, it sure makes it easier to figure out how to make it!

But this fun fold definitely needs a few extra photos to get the full impact of the awesome card.


Here the card is shown fully open so you can see how each panel is decorated.  Obviously, you could decorate them differently than I did (mine is very different from the one I received), but that's part of the fun.

I know all the cuts & folds look a little complicated -- which is what I thought when I received it, but actually it was so much simpler than it looked.  There are no strange dimensions!  I even "messed up" my horizontal cuts for the pop-out section, but it still turned out great.  In fact, in one way it actually worked out better as the largest Stylish Shapes Die now worked perfectly to cut the Gold Foil mat behind Santa.  

Because I had miscut I had to adjust the size of the DSP & gold mats above and below Santa a bit, but it worked out great.  In fact, I may experiment with making the pop-out section (where Santa is) in different sizes depending on the image I want to put on the pop-out.  I would just recommend that you do not cut your mats until you have your horizontal cuts done.


Above you can see the card all closed up and below is a close-up of Santa.


I think he likes his fancy gold suit!

The trees behind Santa were fussy cut from the same Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper that you see on the far right section of the card.

I didn't want to write my message on the pretty forest of trees, so I decided to add a message layer on the back of the card.


If you would like to make this fun fold, use this link to download a tutorial.  The tutorial includes a diagram with all the cutting and scoring dimensions and step by step directions.

Again, I don't know the name of the fun fold so I'm calling it a Quadruple-Double Fun Fold!

A list of the products I used is shown below.  Click on any image to learn more about that product or to make a purchase.

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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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