Another More Color Monday back with a Double Diamond Fun fold in hues of purple! Berry Burst, Highland Heather and Blackberry Bliss compliment the rich floral designs in the new Regal Winter DSP! Follow along for the easy instructions for this fun fold design! Also learn a fun coloring technique along the way.

Measurements:
BASE: Blackberry Bliss CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 2 1/8″ and 5 1/2″
Berry Burst: (2) 2 3/4″ squares
Basic White: (2) 2 1/2″ squares
DSP: (2) 3″ x 4″
(1) 4″ x 5 1/4″

Take the two Basic White card squares,
stamp thank you from the Humble Home stamp set on the center of the first one.

Color the entire inside of the hollow lettering of the thank you sentiment in light Stampin’ Blends Highland Heather.

Next I wanted to create a gradient of color so I took the Dark Stampin’ Blends marker in Highland Heather and colored only the bottom half of the lettering.

Color over the inside of the lettering with the Light Marker to blend the colors. This creates an ombre look to the letters!

Have you ever wanted to use a sentiment but it was not the right size?
This is a fun and easy technique – it’s called omitting and you take a Stampin’ Write marker in the color you need – in this case I used the Highland Heather marker. Using the brush tip, I colored the first two words with the side of the brush tip marker “for the” from the Humble Home “for the sweet gift” sentiment.
I stamped those words on the upper middle of second diamond shape.
Then I brushed ink onto the “sweet gift” portion of the sentiment and stamped it below the “for the” on the diamond.
This way I could use the sentiment I wanted on the shape that I chose!

On the edge closest to the 2 1/8″ score line mark at 2 1/8″ on the 4 1/4″ side.

Cut diagonally from the middle 2 1/8″ mark to the score line on the left and then reposition and cut from the mark to the score line on the right edge of the card.

Fold the triangular piece back towards the score line of the card.

Adhere the 4″ x 5 1/4″” DSP piece to the inside right hand panel of the card.

Take one of the 3″ x 4″ pieces of DSP and adhere to the left hand inside panel of the card.

Take the other 3″ x 4″ DSP piece and adhere to the outside panel underneath the triangular cut….

Adhere the Basic White Diamonds to the Berry Burst diamonds.
Adhere the left side of the thank you diamond to the triangle on the card front

You want to place the inside diamond so that it is directly under the front diamond, so it is hidden and a surprise when opening the card!
I found the easiest way for me to do this is to adhere the entire back of the diamond and place tape side up on the back of the first diamond.

Close the back of the card over the diamonds and press on the back of the card securing the adhesive on the second diamond to the inside of the card.

The inside diamond should be in line with the front diamond when the card is closed!

I added three shiny sequins to the front sentiment on the card and two on the inside diamond to finish off the card with a coordinating bit of bling!

Try this easy fun fold with stamps and DSP you have at home. Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie