more color mondays – sweet sorbet, daffodil delight and petal pink

more color mondays – sweet sorbet, daffodil delight and petal pink

OnStage@Home is a special event for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators coming up on November 11th – it is a craft along day where we are joined by Stampin’ Up! Executives to celebrate the year and talk about business for the upcoming year! We always get a sneak peak of some of the products in the upcoming mini catalog or new annual catalog! This year the set we will be crafting with is featured in the upcoming January to April 2024 mini catalog! It is called the Bee Mine Suite Collection and it features a sweet valentine’s Day bundle with bees and hearts called Bee My Valentine! Today’s More Color Mondays is a sneak peak into that suite and a fun accordion pop out card!

Measurements:
BASE: Sweet Sorbet 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
DSP: Bee Mine (available in January)
(3) 4″ x 5 1/4″
Pop Out Mechanism: Basic White 11″ x 1″
Basic Black layers: (4) 2 1/8″ x 2 5/8″
Daffodil Delight Layers: (4) 2″ x 2 1/2″

This a WOW card but super simple to put together!

Score and fold the Sweet Sorbet card base in half at the 5 1/2″ mark.
Adhere the striped side out of the Bee Mine DSP to each of the three sides – card front and two insides. (You can also put a Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer on the back for writing)
Cut a 1″ strip by 11″ and score at 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″, and 8 1/4″ – fold into a W.

Adhere the flat portion down to the outside edge in the center of the left inside panel.

Place adhesive on the outside flat edge of the mechanism and close the back of the card over the mechanism to adhere the strip to the back center of the inside of the card. Make sure that the center score line is lined up with the center score of the card base.
Adhere the Daffodil Delight pieces to the Black matte pieces.
Decorate and stamp the daffodil delight pieces with images and sentiments.
Decide the order of the small pieces and adhere the entire back to the first and last piece centering it over the pop out mechanism.
Placing adhesive only on the middle of the second and third sections of the mechanism adhere the second and third pieces to the pop out mechanism piece placing them in line with the first and last piece.
Decorate the card front. I added a bee and hearts blended with Petal pink ink and a sentiment. I added three Iridescent Pastel Gems to the card front to add a final touch of sparkle!

The card ingredients below will not have the Bee Mine Suite shown until January when they become available to customers.

Join me for More Color Mondays each week use these exact or similar colors and post your creation in the comment section of that Mondays Facebook post!

Try this easy fun fold with items you have in your stamp room and create some pop out fun of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

accordion fold – two ways

accordion fold – two ways

There are many ways to make an accordion fold and here are two ways to make this easy card!
The first way to make this fold is to select a
12″ x 12″ piece of double sided coordinating designer series paper. Cut at 5/12″.
Here I used the Harvest Meadow DSP and scored it at 7 3/4″, 4 1/4″, and 1 3/4″. Fold into a valley fold at the first score line and mountain fold at the second score line and another valley fold at the 1 3/4″ score line.
Because it is double sided coordinating paper you will be able to see both sides of the beautiful DSP that you pick to do this technique!
Cut three additional pieces 2 1/2″ x 5″, and 2 1/2″ x 4″ out of Basic White Cardstock and a piece of 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ of coordinating colored cardstock (I used Calypso Coral to coordinate with the DSP!
I stamped a sentiment and a splatter pattern onto the 2 1/2″ x 5″ piece and added it to the inside piece of DSP tucked into the left hand corner to hide it while the card is closed!
Attach the focal piece to the colored cardstock and adhere to the left side of the card front. Be careful to only adhere tape to the left side of the piece to attach to the far left top piece of the card front and nothing behind it!
Here is another sample using those dimensions but I added a 1 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of colored cardstock behind the DSP (this provides a pretty accent border and because I colored the flowers on the FREE Sale-a-bration DSP called Beautifully Penned DSP and the alcohol markers will bleed through so I added gthe layer to also hide that bleeding area!) I also cut a piece of colored cardstock to 4″ x 5 1/4″ to add to the back panel. I colored the flowers with light and dark Poppy Red and Granny Apple Green light and dark Stampin’ Blends markers.
The second sample uses a 5 1/4″ wide piece of 12″ x 12″ DSP, scored at 8″ x 5 1/8″ x 2 3/4″. Fold into an accordion. and mount the back page onto a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ piece of coordinating colored cardstock.
The second way to make this accordion fold is to cut the DSP at 5 1/4″ x 12″ and score at 8″, 5 1/8″ and 2 1/4″. Fold in an alternating pattern and use the same dimensions as the above card for the focal center piece.

Mount the accordion to a quarter sheet of colored cardstock as the cardbase.

This sample uses the Quiet Meadow stamp set and the 5 1/4″ dimensions.
This fold is simple cut, score three times, fold and decorate! Hopefully this fun and simple WOW card inspire you to go out and create some beautiful art of your own – one stamp ata time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie