Happy Happy Hawmp Day, y’all – and happy first day of February! Hope you’re ready for a good month!
I like fun folds. Actually – I LOVE fun folds! And one of my very favorite folds – which also happens to be one of the EASIEST – is the Book-Fold! I pulled that one out again today and added some so-pretty paper from the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ DSP. The focal point is from the slightly overlooked (just my thoughts!) Around the Bend Bundle. Take a look-see:
And I played along with the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge this week. I went across the top, down the middle and across a diagonal or two!
I started out by scoring a 4 1/4” x 11” piece of Basic Gray cardstock at 5 1/2” and 6 3/4” on the long side. I folded the 5 1/2” score line as a “valley” – so….you know, ”regular”! – and at the 6 3/4” score in the opposite direction. Topographically speaking, that would be a “mountain” fold!
Using Liquid Glue between the 5 1/2” and 6 3/4” score lines, I adhered the front of the card base to the back – just in that 1 1/4” area. This made the “book” or “side” fold.
I matted a piece of pretty Regency Park 6″ x 6″ DSP on an Evening Evergreen mat and then adhered it to the larger side of the card front with Liquid Glue.
I matted a smaller, narrow panel on Evening Evergreen for the side fold panel. I wrapped a length of Evening Evergreen 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon around the narrow panel – securing it in the back with a couple of Glue Dots. Then I adhered the panel to the side fold with Liquid Glue.
A faux bow tied around the ribbon was all I added from there! Tip: a “faux bow” is just a length of the same ribbon tied around the first piece, snugged down and then the ends are trimmed to look like bow tails. Easy peasy!
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the leaf corner image from Around the Bend in Evening Evergreen and then added a sentiment in Sweet Sorbet. I matted it on Evening Evergreen and adhered it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
Using my fun little Boho Blue Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, I cut out a Basic White flower, a small two-leaf leaf from Evening Evergreen cardstock, two leaves from Evening Evergreen Fine Shimmer Paper and a little flower center from Daffodil Delight cardstock.
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I used Liquid Glue to adhere the leaves and flower (with it’s little yellow flower center) in the corner of the card front.
I added a Pale Papaya 2021-2023 In Color Opal Round to the middle of the flower – and a few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels – and the card front was done!
The inside got another Around the Bend sentiment in Sweet Sorbet on a square of Basic White – plus the Evening Evergreen leafy corner in the…well…the corner! 😎😎
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to an Evening Evergreen mat and then into the inside of the card – and the card was done!
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the Around the Bend leafy corner on the front…
…and a little more Regency Park 6″ x 6″ DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I love love love this fun fold – it’s a perfect way to design to a square card – without making an ACTUAL square card! And it gives you a lot of real estate for showing off pretty paper like our Regency Park 6″ x 6″ DSP! I am also a real fan of the Around the Bend bundle – the sentiments are really nice and the die cut flowers and leaves are perfect!
I hope you like!
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M
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Basic Gray Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″ and 6 3/4″)
Evening Evergreen Cardstock: 4 1/8″ x 4 1/8″ (x2 – mats for card front and for inner liner); 1 1/8″ x 4 1/8″ (mat for narrow side panel); 3 1/8″ x 3 1/8″ (mat for center sentiment panel); Around the Bend die cut leaf
Fine Shimmer Paper (in Evening Evergreen): Around the Bend die cut leaves (x2)
Daffodil Delight Cardstock: Around the Bend die cut flower center
Basic White Cardstock: 3″ x 3″ (center sentiment panel); 4″ x 4″ (inner liner); Around the Bend die cut flower
Regency Park 6″ x 6″ DSP: 1″ x 4″ (narrow side panel); 4″ x 4″ (card front); 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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Finn Fan Fix 
Dinner prep for the Man.
Food – Pumpkin – a teaspoon of Oil.
He really really love the oil!
And it makes his skin so moisturized! 🙂
TTFN
M
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Sweet card! Love the colors that you’ve used, great layout too! Finn really does have a rough life… 😉
Thanks so much, Amy! And yes – it’s pretty hard to watch, isn’t it?! 🙂
Beautiful card! I need to play with my Around the Bend set more…. Wow wow wow Eden’s Garden bundle FREE with purchase? That set is so very rich in possibilities of cardmaking—it has become one of my go-to favorites. Hope people realize how lucky they are with this deal.
It IS a great deal to get the WHOLE bundle, for sure! Hope you’re able to snag it, too! Thanks for the kind words, Judi! 🙂
Love this pretty bookfold card!
Thanks so much, Carol! 🙂
What a great way to highlight these dies Mary and add a pop of colour from the DSP too. Thanks for playing with us over at TicTacToe Challenge this week!
Thanks much, Joanne – appreciate you stopping by!