Good morning everyone and welcome to the Fun Folds Blog Hop for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators! We’ve got a talented line-up and…I think you’re going to like what you see! This is a once-a-month hop and…all our cards will be fun folds!! How cool is that?!?
Now. Fair warning. I did the exact same fold the other day.
Sorry. Not sorry. I mean – it IS one of my fave folds – but…I sorta hate repeating myself this fast. So…🤷♀️🤷♀️
This is a book-fold made into an easel – and decorated with the fun Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ DSP and the Beautiful Balloons stamp set and bundled dies! Take a look-see:
I started by scoring a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock at 5 1/2″, 6 3/4″ and 8 7/8″. I folded the 5 1/2″ score line as a “valley” – then the 6 3/4″ as a “mountain” – and the 8 7/8″ score as a “valley”. I burnished each of the score lines with a bone folder.
Next – I used Liquid Glue between the 5 1/2″ and 6 3/4″ scores – and used that to adhere the front and back of the card base together to form the book fold.
I used the long die in the Beautiful Balloons die set to cut two pieces of Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ DSP. One of the pieces was 1″ x 4″ and the other was 7/8″ x 4″. Note: While the slits created by the die are “bound” on the edges on the 1″ strips, the 7/8″ wide strip is actually a “fringe” – so…it’s a super fun die cut!!
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the 1″ wide strip to a 1 1/8″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Lemon Lolly cardstock and then to the narrow front panel.
On a piece of 4″ x 4″ Basic White cardstock, I used the balloons from the Beautiful Balloons set to stamp in Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia and Lost Lagoon. Some are in full strength and some are stamped off once. Then I added some Bubble Bath confetti images here and there!
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Lemon Lolly mat. Then I adhered the 7/8″ wide die cut strip to the bottom of the panel with Liquid Glue.
I die cut a medium balloon, large star and two small stars from a couple of Bright & Beautiful DSP papers.
On a piece of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the confetti balloon in Fresh Freesia ink. Over the top, I stamped the Beautiful Balloons sentiment in Lost Lagoon. Then I cut it out with the largest balloon die.
Using Liquid Glue I adhered the medium die cut balloon and the large star to the card front. Then I popped the sentiment balloon over top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The two smaller stars were adhered with a single dimensional.
I added some gold Pastel Adhesive-backed Sequins and the card front was done.
For the inside, I adhered another piece of the Bright & Beautiful DSP to a Lemon Lolly mat. On a piece of Basic White, I stamped the confetti a few times in two corners in Bubble Bath ink. Then I adhered it with Liquid Glue near the top of the panel. I adhered the whole thing to the inside of the card base with Liquid Glue.
I stamped another Beautiful Balloons sentiment in Lost Lagoon ink on a piece of Basic White, matted it on Lemon Lolly and then popped it into place as the easel stop, using Stampin’ Dimensionals. A gold sequin finished it off.
Using Liquid Glue on just the bottom panel of the card front – see the diagram above! – I adhered the card front – and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got some Beautiful Balloons on the front…
…and more Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! How fun is this Beautiful Balloons set? I love the fun images and happy sentiments! With the addition of the cheerful Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ DSP – it’s a party on a card! Made over-the-top fun with an amazing book-fold easel fun fold!
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! I also made a quick video on how to make this card over on Instagram – if you’d like to see it, check it out right here!
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!
Now that you’ve seen my card, take a minute to hop thru all our projects today – you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!
- Beth McCullough
- Karen Finkle
- Rae Burnet
- Tara Carpenter
- Mary Deatherage – This is me and you are here!! 😎
- Debbie Mageed
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M
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Lost Lagoon Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base scored and folded at 5 1/2″, 6 3/4″ x 8 7/8″)
Lemon Lolly 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 top-fold panel); 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ (mat for easel stop)
Basic White Cardstock: 4″ x 4″ (card front); Large Beautiful Balloons die cut balloon (front sentiment); 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ (easel stop); 2 3/4″ x 3 7/8″ (inside panel)
Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ DSP: 1″ x 4″ (die cut for top-fold panel); 7/8″ x 4″ (die cut for card front); Medium balloon, large star, 2 small star die cuts; 4″ x 4″ (inner liner); 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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Such a cute card! Love the little fringe die cuts, perfect! 🙂
It’s fun, isn’t it?! Thanks, Amy! 🙂
Love your book-binding easel card, Mary! I’ve seen it as a twisted easel before and I really like the look of yours when closed. Great card for the new products – might have to move this bundle up on my list! Thank you for joining the hop this month!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Debbie – and thanks for hosting the hop each month! 🙂
What a fun card! I love this new suite! TFS
Thanks, Tara! 🙂
Mary, this fold is so easy and I just made a card yesterday following your directions. I sold it yesterday too! The buyer didn’t get the easel part so now I know I need to provide a guide to opening and setting it up! People are so used to mundane store bought cards…lol!
Right!? It’s the Hallmark syndrome…ALL cards MUST open from the left! Fun to shake it up some, huh?! Thanks much, Karen! 🙂
What a fantastic celebration card! Can’t wait to see more from this suite of products.
Thanks so much, Rae! It’s a fun one, for sure! 🙂
What a fun card, Mary! This is a great suite! I’ve never made a book fold easel, thanks for the great directions.
Oh – hope you’ll give it a shot – it’s so easy and folks who receive them really like them! :). Thanks very much, Beth! 🙂