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book binding fun fold leftovers card

by nataliegramleystamps | Jan 19, 2024 | card samples, embossing folders, fun fold, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, stamps ink paper, techniques

I set out after designing Wednesday’s blog post card to use both the positive and negative vellum die cut pieces and this is the card I designed for the negative portion of the Everyday Details die set. This is such a cool die set (It actually coordinates with the Everyday Details stamp set in a bundle that saves you 10% – but I actually just bought the die set because it is so versatile!)

I had a second piece of 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of cardstock from the card on Wednesday that was scored at 4 1/4″ so I used that and scored it additionally at 5 1/2″ to make the base for the Book Bind Fun Fold.

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″
DSP: 1″ x 4 1/4″
leftover handmade DSP from 1-10-24’s blog
post cut to 4 1/4″ in length I saved the small
piece I cut off and placed it in the inside
corner.
Embossed piece: One of my customers at my
open house last week placed adhesive on the
wrong side of her embossed layer so I gave
her another piece and told her to watch for
the blog post that I would use her “mistake”
and I repurposed it for the background.
Sentiment piece: was repurposed from an extra
I had made from the 1-10-24 post as well!

Score the 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of cardstock at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″. Adhere between the two score lines and press to seal creating the book bind fun fold.

Adhere the 1″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Smoky Slate DSP to the book bind panel.

I cut the other half of the handmade Designer Series paper from my last Wednesday’s blog post on 1-10-24 post to 4 1/4″ in length and adhered it to the opposite side of the card front.

I cut an embossed piece of Painted Posies 3D paper to fit inside the DSP and handmade DSP spot.

I repurposed a second sentiment piece from the 1-10-24 blog post and fussy cut a banner edge to the sentiment piece and then matted it with Basic White cardstock and fussy cut a matching banner cut. I then adhered it over the negative Everyday Details die cut and added mini glue dots to the covered back areas and adhered it to the card front.

I added 5 Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed dots to the vellum die piece. If you replicate this idea it is easier to add the embellishments first and then add mini glue dots to all the areas that the embellishments cover instead of doing it after adhering down the vellum!
(Do as I say LOL not as I do!) Much easier to do it in that order than the way I did it!

Hope you enjoyed this book bind leftovers card! I love how it turned out sometimes challenging yourself to make something fun out of leftover pieces turns out a lovely card and it definitely stretches that creative bone in your body that you might not have known even existed! Try stretching your creative bone in your body soon and try to create your own artwork from pieces you have already on your desk – let me know how it turns out! Now go and create – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

Detailed Dogwood Cling Stamp Set

[162953]

$26.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161722]

$10.00

Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161641]

$12.50

Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad

[161648]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$26.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Everyday Details Dies

[162864]

$34.00

Painted Posies 3 D Embossing Folder

[159175]

$11.00

Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

[156506]

$9.00

← bee mine partial fun front fun fold more color mondays - berry burst, highland heather and gorgeous grape →

pretty pleats extended

by nataliegramleystamps | Dec 15, 2023 | 3D projects, card samples, Designer Series Paper, embossing folders, fun fold, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, sneak peak, stamps ink paper, techniques

Same beautiful paper as Wednesday and the same fold just bigger and better!

This is the Pretty Pleats extended version using a 4″ x 12″ piece of DSP. Twice the fun and 7 score lines!

Measurements:
Base: Basic White 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
layer: 3 3/4″ x 5″ embossed
DSP: 4″ x 12″ scored at 3″,4″,5″,6″,7″,8″ and 9″
scraps for dies
Boho Blue layer 4″ x 5 1/4″ scraps for dies

You will notice in the photo above that the Boho Blue layer is die cut – this is a matted layer and you will only see about 1/4″ around the outside – so why not use the inside for your die cuts – waste not want not!
Adhere this Boho Blue layer onto the card front.

Score the 4″ x 12″ piece of DSP at 3″, 4″, 5″ 6″, 7″, 8″, and 9″ then using your bone score each edge well.

Adhere the left hand panel to the left inside edge of the card leaving an even 1/8″ border on the top, bottom and left hand edge.

Adhere the larger right hand panel to the right inside edge of the card leaving the same 1/8″ spacing on the top, bottom and right side.

Using the third smallest Stylish Shapes circle die I cut birds from the Flight and Airy Sale-a-bration paper and mounted them on Boho Blue circles die cut from the 4rth smallest circle in the pack.
I cut a leaf pattern from one of the small circles and stamped the Happy Mother’s Day greeting from the Stippled Roses I went over the sentiment with our Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker to highlight the cursive writing.
Adhere the first bird circle high on the first pleat.

Adhere the sentiment to the middle of the second pleat.

Adhere the last bird circle to the bottom of the third pleat.

They should be in a cascading pattern so that each is visible.

I added the Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies and Birds to both the card front and the inside to finish off this awesome pleated fold card!

I added Dragonflies to the card front

I love the way it stands hands-free for an awesome display of your artwork!

Try this extended pretty pleats fun fold with the your own Designer Series paper today and go create your own beautiful artwork for a special someone in your life to display!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Just a remind some of these products are sneak peaks and will not be available until January 4th and therefore will not be below in the pictured links!

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161724]

$10.00

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[161650]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$26.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Painted Posies 3 D Embossing Folder

[159175]

$11.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds

[162743]

$8.50

← pretty pleats card sneak peak more color mondays - wild wheat, lost lagoon and pool party →

pretty pleats card sneak peak

by nataliegramleystamps | Dec 13, 2023 | 3D projects, card samples, Designer Series Paper, embossing folders, fun fold, new catalog, Sale-a-bration, sneak peak, stamps ink paper, techniques

Isn’t this paper awesome and what is better than awesome – FREE! Yep you can earn this paper for FREE starting on January 4th through February 29th! Our annual Sale-a-bration is back and will be better than ever!

Today’s tutorial is inspired by a very creative demonstrator in my indirect line named Susan C., she creates a lot of unique fun folds and this is one I worked out my own measurements for using our new sale-a-bration DSP called Flight and Airy!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Layers: (2) 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ will emboss these
(1) 3 3/4″ x 5″
Boho Blue CS Layers: (2) 2 3/4″ x 4″
(1) 4″ x 5 1/4″
DSP: 1″ x 5 1/4″ and 4″ x 6″

Emboss the Basic White layers in the Painted Posies 3D embossing folder.
Layer the large layer onto the 4″x 5 1/4″ Boho Blue layer.

Score the 4 1/4″ x 11″ base at 5 1/2″.

Adhere those layers to the card front.

Adhere the DSP 1″ layer to the card front.

Add three Brushed Brass Butterflies to the card front above the embossed posies.

Adhere the smaller embossed Basic White layers to the 2 3/4″ x 4″ pieces of Boho Blue cardstock.

Adhere each layer to the outside edges of the inside of the card leaving an evenly spaced border of about 1/8″ around the top sides and bottom edges.

Score the 4″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper on the 6″ side at 1 3/4″ 3″ and 4 1/4″. Fold the 1 3/4″ score line into a Valley fold, the 3″ score line into a Mountain fold and the 4 1/4″ into a Valley fold, (it will look like a W from the side).
Adhere the left hand edge of the DSP to the right hand side of the embossed layer on the left side of the card. Evenly space the DSP about 1/8″ from the top and bottom and from the right hand edge of the Boho Blue cardstock edge.

Adhere the right hand panel down in the same way on the other side of the card making sure that the edges top, bottom and the right hand edge are about 1/8″ spaced evenly apart.

I wanted to use the Best Birthday Wishes sentiment from one of our upcoming stamp sets in the new mini catalog also available January 4th called Stippled Rose. It was longer than my thin banner die in Stylish Shapes so I used a technique called partial die cutting to extend the die. I have detailed this technique before but basically I stamped the image and then lined up the cutting plate about halfway along the die and only cut half of it then I reversed the cutting plate to the other side and moved the die and extended the middle – it’s like pulling taffy! It stretches the die not technically but it allows you to cut each side separately and extend the middle portion!

I added some color around the edges with Boho Blue ink and a blending brush and popped the sentiment piece up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and added it over the 1″ strip of Flight and Airy DSP on the card front to finish off the front of the card!

The card stands on it’s own for display which is VERY COOL!

I added some Brushed Brass Butterflies to the side panels to finish off the inside display! I love the way this turned out!

Try this new fun fold today with some of the paper you have around! Go create some art of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Just a reminder that the new products are a sneak peak so the details in the picture links below will not be available at this time!

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161724]

$10.00

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[161650]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$26.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Painted Posies 3 D Embossing Folder

[159175]

$11.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Brushed Brass Butterflies

[158136]

$10.00

← more color mondays - lost lagoon, highland heather and gorgeous grape pretty pleats extended →

wonderful wedding card

by nataliegramleystamps | Oct 6, 2023 | card samples, embossing folders, my favorites, techniques

Well tomorrow is a special day in our family, we gain a daughter and celebrate with a beautiful wedding for our eldest son! I wanted to make special cards for both my future daughter and my forever son! I talk about happy accidents all the time and I knew that I wanted to do an embossed silver and white on white card with vellum. I purchased the Painted Posies 3D embossing folder forever ago but never used it! So the very first time I used it was for these cards and it will always remind me of this special day! Happy Accident!

Measurements:
BASE” Basic White 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Vellum layer: 4″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White scrap for the sentiment piece

Only a few items but I am so pleased with the finished product!

I wanted a smaller banner die that I had so I used the partial die cut process that I highlighted a while back. I used a scrap of Basic White cardstock and inked the Here’s to Beautiful Beginnings & Happily Every Afters sentiment in Versamark and sprinkled Silver embossing powder over it from our Metallics Embossing Powders pack.

Using a heat tool, I heat set the powder just until it melts creating a gorgeous embossed silver sentiment!

I used one of the banner dies from the Nested Essentials die set but I wanted it smaller to nestle around the sentiment so I die cut twice matching up the die edges to create a smaller banner!

I embossed the vellum layer with the absolutely gorgeous Painted Posies 3D embossing folder.

I placed Stampin’ Dimensionals behind the sentiment piece and added it to the Painted Posies embossed vellum layer and tied the White 1/2″ Iridescent ribbon below the sentiment.

Because vellum is tricky to attach without the adhesive showing I only placed adhesive on the back of the ribbon and behind the sentiment piece and adhered it to the base card!

I made one card for my future daughter with Iridescent Pearls.

I made my son’s card with the Iridescent Rhinestones.

Praying for a beautiful and memorable day!

Go and make a beautiful card today – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101856]

$10.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$26.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$31.00

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$18.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Painted Posies 3 D Embossing Folder

[159175]

$11.00

Nested Essentials Dies

[161597]

$34.00

Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels

[158987]

$7.50

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels

[158130]

$7.50

← woven gate strip card more color mondays - misty moonlight, night of navy and smoky slate →

heartfelt hexagon window card

by nataliegramleystamps | Jan 3, 2023 | card samples, color challenge, embossing folders, new catalog, online exclusives, stamps ink paper, techniques

Today will be a very fun day and this is one of the fun projects you will be able to do if you are local and coming to visit me between 1-3pm at my New Catalog Open House. This bundle was made available early on-line because it was used in an on-line stamping day but it is one of the new bundles available in the January to April 2024 Mini Catalog! (and there is a FREE set you can earn during Sale-a-bration that coordinates with the punch HOW FUN IS THAT!!)
One of the best things I like about punches is that they can do so many fun things and cutting out a peek through window is one of those things and the one use I will be highlighting in this blog post!

Measurements:
Orchid Oasis: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
1/2″ strips of:
Bubble Bath
Flirty Flamingo
Lemon Lime Twist
Coastal Cabana
Orchid Oasis
Basic White layer: 4″ x 5 1/4″ embossed and
punched

Slide the Hexagon punch onto the Basic White layer from the top of the 4 1/4″ side and punch out the hexagon shape.

Place the punched layer into the Painted Posies 3D embossing folder and emboss the image around the punched window.

Cut at least one 1/2″ strip of each of the colored cardstock in Bubble Bath, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Coastal Cabana, and Orchid Oasis.

Place adhesive closely around the punched out window on the back side.

Layer one strip butting up next to the next strip and lay down onto the adhesive above and below the punched out window opening.

Place the Basic White layer embossing side up on a Stampin’ Pierce mat and stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento ink, one of the sentiments from the Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle. Press firmly as you are stamping on multiple pieces of cardstock layered next to one another and not a single sheet of cardstock.

Tie a length of Orchid Oasis Metallic Woven ribbon in a knot around the Basic White embossed layer. Pop up this layer on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to the Orchid Oasis cardstock base.

One of the coolest things about this Metallic Woven ribbon is you can pull it gently to create a pattern within the ribbon or pull it all the way to create loose singular threads at the end – I used both techniques on the edges of this ribbon. I placed a small patch of adhesive down under the ribbon to keep the pulled design intact!

I added five 2022-2024 In Color Pearls in coordinating Orchid Oasis to complete the card with a little coordinating bling – LOVE that about Stampin’ Up!

Hope to see you this afternoon and help you make this card! Come and create a little artwork of your very own – one new stamp at a time!!!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

P.S: If you are one of my out of town customers be sure to leave me a comment on today’s Facebook post to be entered into a Open House Prize drawing for those that cannot make it today!