Good morning again, y’all! If you’re looking for the fun fold card I posted this morning – here ’tis!
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Good morning, y’all and happy Friday! Hope your week has been great and that you’ve got something fun planned for the weekend. I don’t know about the weekend but TODAY…the children are going to the beauty salon. I assure you I am WAY more excited about that than THEY are. I am certain neither of them is all that interested in going, But..at least ONE of them is pretty stinky. Tip – it’s the little one! 😉
Today’s card ALSO has a critter involved – this time from the new (available on 5 May) and adorable Caring Animals stamp set! I added some new Everyday Essentials Mix & Match DSP to it to make this cool Hidden Flap fun fold birthday card. Take a look-see:
I started by cutting two 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ pieces of Misty Moonlight cardstock.
On one of them, I adhered two 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ pieces of the flowerdy Everyday Essentials Mix & Match DSP using Liquid Glue. I placed them on the ends – leaving a normal reveal on the sides, top and bottom.
The second piece of the Misty Moonlight cardstock is the fold mechanism. I scored it at 1 3/8″ and 2 3/4″ on the long side. I folded it into a “z” – with the 1 3/8″ as a mountain and the 2 3/4″ score as a valley.
On the two narrow panels of the fold mechanism, I used Liquid Glue to adhere 1 1/4″ x 4 1/8″ pieces of the plaid Everyday Essentials Mix & Match DSP.
I made the inner liner next by adhering a Darling Duckling sticker/sentiment from the Sincerely Noted Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (coming on 5 May in the new May-Aug 2026 Catalog) on a 2 5/8″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Basic White cardstock. In two corners, I stamped a little leaf from the Caring Animals (available on 5 May in the new catalog) set in Lost Lagoon ink. Then I adhered the panel to the inside of the fold mechanism.
Using Liquid Glue on the back of the folded panel, I adhered it in the center of the card base.
For the back, I adhered a cupcake sticker from the new Meant For YouMix & Match Ephemera Pack on a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock. Then I adhered it to the back of the card base with Liquid Glue.
The pop-out panel on the front starts with the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Caring Animals set stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on a 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Basic White cardstock.
Using Stampin’ Blends – I colored the lion:
– Light Darling Duckling for the lion’s body, head and ears
– Light & Dark Crisp Cantaloupe for his mane
– Dark Calypso Coral for his nose and tail
– Light Misty Moonlight for the pom-pom on his birthday hat
– Dark Bubble Bath for the birthday hat
I pulled the covers off the balloon sticker from the Meant For YouMix & Match Ephemera Pack and – using my Embossing Buddy – patted the powder all over the adhesive on the sticker so that it would be NOT sticky!
I dry-fitted the panel on the closed front of the card and determined where the top portion of the balloon sticker could go without extending past the top of the card base. Then I cut the sticker into two parts and adhered the balloons section to the back of the panel at the top. I did the same with the bottom portion – the strings – and adhered it – being sure it wouldn’t extend past the BOTTOM of the card front!
I adhered the art panel – with the balloons in place – to a 2 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I put Liquid Glue on the outside left-most flap of the Z-fold and adhered the completed panel – centering it on the card base.
I added a few Darling Duckling 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Caring Animals leaf a few times in Lost Lagoon on the front…
…and more Everyday Essentials Mix & Match DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! This little stand-alone Caring Animals stamp set is just so cute – and great for thank you, birthday and get well card needs! And don’t relegate it to the “kid card” section, either! I think it would be cute for ANYONE – and bring them a smile. The Mix & Match products – Everyday Essentials DSP, and the Sincerely Noted and Meant for You Ephemera Packs are designed to work together – they each have similar colors in them so…instant images, sentiments and color coordination! Find them – and all the Ephemera Packs – on page 70 in your new catalogs! 🙂
I hope you like and are adding these to your gotta-have-it list for 5 May!
If you’d like to recreate this project, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! And – this is the card I made on yesterday’s Thursday After Lunch Bunch YouTube Live video. If you’d like to see it – for the first time or again! – here ’tis!
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
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Misty Moonlight Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (x2 – one for the card base and one for the z-fold piece); 2 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ (mat for front art/sentiment)
Basic White Cardstock: 2 5/8″ x 4 1/8″ (inner Liner for z-fold); 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (front art/sentiment); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (back panel)
Everyday Essentials Mis & Match DSP: 1 1/4″ x 4 1/8″ (x2 – yellow plaid on first two narrow panels); 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ (x2 – flowered panels on sides of card base panel); 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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Good morning, y’all It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. We’ve got a sketch challenge to work with and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table. I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
When I saw the sketch, my brain saw a three-panel card with some pretty DSP and I can’t think of a prettier paper than in the new Valley in Bloom DSP! It’s new and available on 5 May in the May-Aug 2026 Catalog as part of the Valley in Bloomsuite. I used it – along with the coordinating Lily of the Valleybundle and some gorgeous Shimmering Dots – to make a pretty birthday card! Take a look-see:
And – here’ the sketch we all used this week!
I started by stamping the Lily of the Valley sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink in the bottom corner of a piece of Crumb Cake Valley in Bloom DSP.
Then I matted the panel on Granny Apple Green cardstock to make the card front.
I cut a 4 1/2″ x 2 7/8″ piece of the DSP into three 1 1/2″ x 2 7/8″ panels – and used Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere them (equally spaced – and keeping the design intact) on a 3″ x 4 7/8″ piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock.
Then I adhered the panel to the card front with Liquid Glue.
We’ve got a really cool new embellishment coming in the new catalog 9so…5 May) called Floral Flight Accents.
They’re beautiful black die cuts – with flowers, leaves, butterflies and hearts! Instant silhouettes for all your projects!
I used a Mini Black Stampin’ Dimensional and a little Liquid Glue to adhere one of the smaller butterflies to the card front after lightly curling its wings!
I added some Coastal Cabana Shimmering Dots – part of the suite – three on the butterfly’s body and four on the card front – and the card front was done.
On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment and a pretty floral from Lily of the Valley in Pretty Peacock on a Basic White panel. I colored the flowers with the Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blend and the leaves with the Light Granny Apple Green Blend. Using the bullet end of the Light Granny Apple Green Blend – I added some doodle-dots around the flower.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to the inside of the Coastal Cabana card base and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Lily of the Valley flower on the front (don’t forget the doodle-dots!)…
…and more of the Valley in Bloom DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Much as I love the darker, more moody colors of the Moonlit Flora DSP – the bright, cheerful colors of the Valley in Bloom DSP is…equally beautiful – in a completely different way! And Lily of the Valley says SPRING IS SPRUNG, doesn’t it?! So stinkin’ pretty!
I hope you like – and I am SURE that you’d already put this on your gotta-have-it list for 5 May!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
Missed any tutorials? You can check out my past projects right here!
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Coastal Cabana Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Granny Apple Green Cardstock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for card front); 3″ x 4 7/8″ (mat for DSP panels)
Basic White Cardstock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
Valley in Bloom DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); 1 1/2″ x 2 7/8″ (x3 – panels on card front) 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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Happy Happy Hawwwmp Day, y’all! !! Hope you’re having a great week! I had a fun team meeting (it was Prize Patrol night) AND we had company last night so…our week is going swimmingly!!
We’ve got two new and beautiful kits in our Kits Collection this month! I’m sharing the card kit (the second is a cool scrapbooking kit) and it’s one that I was very excited to get, cuz it coordinates with the amazeballs new Scenic Coast Suite in the May-Aug 2026 catalog. You already know how much I lvoe that suite, so…yeah. This kit was on my gotta-do-it-right-away list. So – I did.
This is a non-stamping kit – and the nine cards are stunning tri-fold fun folds with beautiful die cut fronts. Take a look see:
Good morning and happy Tuesday! Hope you’re enjoying your week – and maybe some nice Spring weather? Our pollen got knocked WAAY down on Sunday so…it’s awful nice here right now! We even opened some windows! Yeah!
I’ve got another sneak peek at the Moonlit Flora DSP and coordinating Fern & Flora bundle – both coming new on 5 May (less than a month!!) in the May-Aug 2026 Catalog! This time I made a fun and easy little fun fold thank you card for you. Take a look-see:
Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend – and that the week ahead looks to be a good one!
My card today harkens back to one of my favorite Online Exclusives – the Lovely Arrangements bundle. I used it to make a pretty – and pretty simple! – thank you card. Take a look-see:
Good morning and Happy Easter! Rejoice – He is NOT there…for He has Risen! 🙂
I made a card that is as bright and happy as this day – to let someone special know how much they mean to you! It’s a pretty sneak peek at the Bloom Boutique Suite – and the new 2026 -2028 In Colors – with the Scalloped Blooms stamp set and Boutique Blossoms bundle! Take a look-see:
Good morning and happy Saturday! Hope you’ve got some fun plans for the weekend. I’ll be cooking today for Easter dinner tomorrow – boiling the eggs, making a dessert (I THINK I’ve narrowed it down – I bought all the stuff for my two top choices so…we’ll see what I end up with!). And with luck we’ll get a minute in the garden!
Even with all that – I’ll be taking a break to go live this evening at 7pm Eastern over on my Stamps-N-Lingers YouTube channel! I’ve got a pretty Sneak Peek card for you – that I think you’re going to like! Here’s a sneaky peek of the Sneak Peek!!
Good morning and happy Good Friday! As you pack up the Easter baskets, take a moment to remember the real meaning behind today…and what is to come on Sunday!
My card today goes back to a favorite fun fold – a Tower card – and I used it to showcase my fave new thing coming soon (5 May!) in the new May-Aug 2026 Catalog! It’s the Scenic Coast Suiteand…it is stunning! With the Scenic Coast Specialty DSP, the Sunset Coast bundle – and a few other goodies….you might just as well add this WHOLE SUITE to your shopping list! Take a look-see:
You’ll see this card – along with the other Design Team members’ cards – at this month’s Creative Creases Challenge! 😎 We’re ALWAYS wanting to see pretty fun folds so…I hope hope hope you’ll make one (or three!) and come share them with us! 🙂 Continue reading →
Good morning, y’all It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. We’ve got a color challenge to work with and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table. I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!
Our colors this week led me to the Cute as a Bug Suite and I just rolled with it! I used the DSP and the coordinating Sweet Bugs bundle! But then – for fun! – I pulled out the new Scalloped Bloomsdies and…some 2026-2028 In Color Butterflies (get THESE on 5 May!). Take a look-see:
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