Welcome to the April 2022 Candy Hearts Blog Hop! This month we are featuring Fancy Folds, or Fun Folds. I used the Flowering Rain Boots Bundle and Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper to create an easel card. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop around to all the stops on the hop. You don’t want to miss any of the great projects this talented group has created for you today.
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Here’s what I made:
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Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my paper trimmer:
- Pool Party card stock (CS) cut to 4-1/4″ x 11″, then scored at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″
- Pool Party CS cut to 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
- Blushing Bride CS layer cut to 3-3/4” x 5”
- Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper (DSP) layer cut to 3-5/8” x 4-7/8”
- Pool Party CS layer cut to 2-5/8” x 3-3/4”
- Basic White CS layer cut to 2-1/2” x 3-5/8”
- Blushing Bride CS cut to 3-3/4” x 1-3/4”
- DSP layer cut to 3-5/8” x 1-5/8”
- Basic White CS cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″ for the inside of the card base
Stamped with the Flowering Rain Boots stamp set:
- sentiment and flowers in Flirty Flamingo ink onto a scrap of Basic White Thick CS
- watering can in Pool Party ink onto a scrap of Basic White Thick CS
Cut using the Rain Boots Dies:
- watering can and flowers
- tool from a scrap of Smoky Slate CS and from a scrap of Pool Party CS
Cut using Stitched Rectangle Dies:
- sentiment
Cut using Stitched So Sweetly Dies:
- a piece of Blushing Bride CS
Embossed with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder:
- 2-1/2” x 3-5/8” Basic White CS layer
Assembled the card:
- burnished the folds in the card base with a Bone Folder, so that the one at 5-1/2″ is a mountain fold, and the one at 2-3/4″ is a valley fold
- glued the top half of the 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ Pool Party CS onto the top half of the card front (which is really the bottom of the card front that has been flipped up)
- 3-3/4” x 5” Blushing Bride CS glued onto the 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ Pool Party CS
- 3-5/8” x 4-7/8” DSP glued onto the 3-3/4” x 5” Blushing Bride CS
- the die cut Blushing Bride CS glued onto the 3-5/8” x 4-7/8” DSP
- 2-5/8” x 3-3/4” Pool Party CS glued onto the die cut Blushing Bride CS
- 2-1/2” x 3-5/8” Basic White CS glued onto the 2-5/8” x 3-3/4” Pool Party CS
- watering can and flowers glued onto the 2-1/2” x 3-5/8” Basic White CS
- cut the handle from the Pool Party tool using scissors, and glue it onto the handle of the Smoky Slate tool
- tool glued over watering can
- 3 Artistry Blooms Sequins applied onto the 2-1/2” x 3-5/8” Basic White CS layer, using a Take Your Pick tool
- 3-5/8” x 1-5/8” DSP glued onto the 3-3/4” x 1-3/4” Blushing Bride CS
- sentiment glued onto the 3-5/8” x 1-5/8” DSP
- 4″ x 5-1/4″ Basic White CS glued onto the inside of the card base
- sentiment stack adhered onto the bottom of the 4″ x 5-1/4″ Basic White CS using a piece of Foam Adhesive Sheet, making sure to leave an even border around the bottom and two sides
- prop the card front behind the raised sentiment stack
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- Candy Ford of Stamp Candy
- Joanne Whittington of The Inky Dragon
- Lisa Graham of Lisa’s Little Ink Spot
- Brian King of Stamp with Brian
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Here are today’s colors:
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Here’s what I used:
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Awesome card!! So elegant! Snail mail is so important these days. It is amazing how a card will touch a life!! Especially one like this!
Thank you so much, Jeanne! I agree, snail mail is important.
Candy, I love your beautiful fancy fold card today. The colors and sentiment are sweet. I love all the elements you used. Enjoy your day!
Thanks so much, Hilda!
I love this card so much, Candy! It’s so soft, so sweet. The Flowering Fields paper in the background is such a perfect one for this watering can and hand tiller. Love!
Awesome card Candy. Just everything about this card..I really like this set.
Thanks, Lisa! I really like this set, too.
Thanks, B! Hand tiller – you can tell I’m not a gardener.
Candy your layering on this card is superb!
Thank you, Katrina!
Candy, this easel fold is simply a terrific card. I love that it displays so perfectly. The PoolParty and Blushing Bride color combo is fab!! Great card! Thank you for sharing this. 🙂