Fun Fold Friday

Welcome to another edition of Fun Fold Friday!  

Today’s fold is inspired by Katherina Tarta Crafts over on Instagram. Not sure what this one’s called - kind of a Gatefold with Pop Out.

I played around with figuring out the measurements by watching the video a few times. This is what I came up with. 

• Card base is 9.5 inches x 5.5” than score in .5” and 2” from each side
• 4 long DSP strips are 1.75” wide x 5.25” I used the pattern side inside and the other side for card front.
• Inside strip is 10” x 2” score at 2 inch increments all way across. 
• 4 squares of 1.75” x 1.75” DSP and a Whisper White square. 

Playing with the Traditions of Christmas DSP and coordinating Sequins, Greetings for You ephemera for my sentiment, Pretty in Pink ink with blending brushes and gold twine.  

It came together so lovely - love the colour combo and the DSP is fun to fussy cut but if you’re not into fussy cutting there are coordinating dies for the paper and stamp sets. Folds flat for mailing in an envelope. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

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Product of the Month

Introducing Product of the Month! 

Each month Stampin’ Up! will release a Product of the Month. This product will be exclusive to the POM program.

This month POM is this gorgeous Designer Series Paper. 

Look at some of the Gorgoeus projects the POM design team has created with this paper.

How it works: 

- Spend $100+ in a single order 

- Unlock the product of the month

- Add to your order for only $5 

- Limit: One per month 

Note: While supplies last so order early so you don’t miss out! You will need an online account to participate. 

Order here and unlock your POM ( Product of the Month)  Click ‘find a demonstrator near me’ and enter Margaret Wake if you’d like to shop with me 💕

Happy Shopping! 🛒

Margaret 

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Throwback Thursday

Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday. I am loving playing with my favourites from my stash. 

Todays card design was inspired by playing along with the following challenges:

Global Design Project Case the Designer #GDP524 … I have chosen to case the colour palette. I have incorporated Real Red, Powder Pink, Mint Macaroon and Pool Party. 

The design layout inspired from over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #AHSC657.

 

Getting inky with a combo of current and retired stash items. The retired Poinsettia Petals and a retired DSP whose name I forgot to write on it and then current Exposed Brick, Greetings for You ephemera, Traditional Sequins dots and Wink of Stella and Pearl embellishments. 

Love how it came together especially the red pop of poinsettia against the softer colour palette and the texture of the folder and curves of the poinsettia giving additional depth. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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Thanks a Latte Monday

Happy Monday! Today’s card design is inspired by the coffee lovers out there! 

Playing along with the Coffee Loving Paper Crafters and their Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #cccc47. 

As well as Just Us Girls mood board Christmas Latte and Sweets #JUG802

And playing along again with the Colour INKspiration challenge #199 cause it’s a fun combo with Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce and Pecan Pie. 

I’m getting inky with an oldie but a goodie the Sizzix Thanks a Latte Emboss and Cut folder and dies and the Stampin’ Up! Jar of Sweets stamp set, Greetings for You ephemera sentiment and Traditional Christmas Sequins. 

I used the Cherry Cobbler ink and blending brush over the embossed areas and added some red bakers twine and sequins and a popped up sentiment from the Greetings For You ephemera pack. 

Perfect “Thanks A Latte” Christmas card to go with a gift for the coffee and sweet lover! 

Inside of the card decorated with the Jar of Sweets jar and sentiments and fussy cutting the embossing folder for the corners. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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Slimline Sunday

Welcome to another edition of Slimline Sunday. 

Todays card design is inspired by the Double Trouble challenge Thing 1,2 and 3 with 3 colours, 2 images and 1 slimline card and the additional prompt to use the letter T and sister site Try a Sketch on Tuesday a slimline sketch #TSOT683.

For my colour palette I am playing along with the last edition of the Color Throwdown #ctd845 I have chosen Old Olive, Darling Duckling and Timid Tiger and a blending brush for my background strip. 

I am sorry to see the design team’s Color challenge journey coming to an end but wish them all the best in their next adventures! 

I’m a getting inky with Stampin’ Up! online exclusives Praire Grass and Friendly Foliage for my “Thinking of you” sentiment. Adding some bling with Holographic Resin dots and some unbranded gold twine.

Love how it turned out. 

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

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Fun Fold Friday - Front Flap Postcard

Welcome to another edition of Funky, Fun and Fancy Fold Friday.

Today’s card is from a team meeting - it’s a quick and simple fold. Your base is a postcard size and matted with a co-ordinating colour. You then mount a front flap of DSP that’s folded in half onto a coordinating mat and adhere to base, if desired can add an insert a coordinating solid colour for leaving a written note the front flap or leave your message on back of postcard and use the front flap for additional decorating. Decorate the front of the folded DSP with your sentiment and embellishments.

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret

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Whimsical Wings & Things Wednesday

Welcome to another edition of Whimsical Wings & Things. Love channeling my inner child with this theme! 

Taking a break from Christmas cards to play along with the Just Us Girls “Celebrate” word prompt. #JUG800

 

I had some leftover Tie Dye background from yesterday’s technique Tuesday so wanted to show how it can be used with other products so pulled out my Beautiful Butterfly Stamps & Dies.

So pretty! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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Technique Tuesday - Tie Dye Watercolor

Today’s technique Tuesday fun is Tie Dye Watercolour. This is a fun background technique but can also be used with stamped images if you heat emboss your image to help your watercolour stay within the raised embossed edge. 

Card designs inspired by Global Design Project #523 create with a BRRR COLD theme. 

The Snowflake Kisses Dies were perfect to pair with the GDP523 challenge as well as the tie dye technique. 

Colour palette used is Coastal Cabana, Petunia Pop and Gorgeous Grape. Bright colours were inspired by over at Festive Friday challenge #FF0197 along with making my own patterned paper with my technique and using the Greetings for All ephemera for my Happy Christmas sentiment.

Also using some silver twine and rhinestones for the bling bling!

The Tie Dye technique is really easy. 

• Cut your watercolour paper to desired size
• Prepare your colour palette with reinkers - I find it easiest to just use my lids to hold reinker. I am using Petunia Pop, Coastal Cabana and Gorgeous Grape.
• Wet your paper with clear water - I am using aqua painters but a paint brush would work too.
• Then pick up ink with your brush and dab onto watercolour paper and repeat and add other colours until you get your desired look. 
• Allow paper to dry completely- you can speed this along with a heat gun. Make sure to heat from both sides to help prevent curling of paper.
• Once completely dry complete your card design. 

Love how they turned out. This was such a pretty colour combo. 

I ended up making several more of the same designs as once I got playing with the tie dye I just couldn’t stop and I love the craftherapy of mixed media and giving up some of the control of an outcome to the medium itself. 

While I had the Snowflake Kisses materials out also decided to play along with the Clean and Simple Holiday challenge over at Paper Players #PP764 with a favourite holiday image and while I love to drive in it I do love the beauty in freshly fallen snow! 

I also played along with Tic Tac Toe challenge #tttc283 with a diagonal of snow, gold and Christmas Sentiment for the win! 

Clean and simple isn’t always my wheel house but love how this one turned out! The White on White with pops of gold is gorgeous! It’s hard to pick up in a photo but my card front mat is a piece of retired iridescent white glitter paper - the glitter is so pretty just like snowflakes reflecting the colours around them. 

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret

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Slimline Sunday

Welcome to another edition of Slimline Sunday!

I’m playing with the Christmas Tags & More DSP, Christmas greetings Mix & Match Specialty cards & envelopes, Greetings for You ephemera, Traditional Christmas sequins and the new online exclusive triple banner punch.

It turned out adorable - the plaid just gives me such warm holiday memory vibes! I’ve used one of the Mix & Match specialty cards & envelopes for my background layer. Added a gold foil banner using the triple banner punch. Made a collage using the circle punches to layer gold foil and white circles under the bell from the Christmas Tags & More DSP ephemera with some of the Holly leaves. I used my Cherry Cobbler blender pen to colour some of the white holly berries to have some more pops of red on my design. Added some gold twine and red sequins dots for added bling! 

While I had the materials out took a little extra time to keep playing and made a couple extra cards as the ladies at work are eagerly wanting some Christmas cards donated to our the Everyday Dreams fundraiser so they can make another donation and get some Christmas cards as a thank you. Love knowing that the cards will do double duty of making not only the receivers of the cards happy but are helping to raise funds for help those we support have some of their everyday dreams come true. 

I need a card for this afternoons Stamp2Cr8 team meeting and this old Gloval Design Project is the inspiration we were given to be inspired by: 

Quick and easy no stamping required designs but that still pack a punch of WOW 🤩 love the 3D Forever Plaid embossing folder for holiday cards as it gives me Christmas plaid vibes! 

Fussy cutting can be so therapeutic - focuses the mind on the task and helps quiet unwanted thoughts. I’ve made a bonus card today playing along with Tic Tac Toe challenge #tttc283 for left line win of ornament, red, Christmas sentiment.

I fussy cut this design and mounted on the 3D exposed brick embossing folder. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

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