This week I had fun making THREE fun folds, all with one thing in common.
They are Lock Fold cards (or locking folds), which just means they have a closure on the front to keep them closed.
Watch my Video HERE or click the video photo below
The printable Recipe/measurement PDFs are located under each card below
The first card is called a Gate Fold Slide & Lock. Not sure where it originated but I learned it from my talented friend, Cindy Brumbaugh.
(You can see Cindy’s Ice Cream cards Video HERE )
I used the Ornate Garden paper along and added a butterfly from the Butterfly Bijou paper to save time on coloring.
The sliding mechanism is super easy to make and gives a basic gate fold card some extra interest.
This paper is so pretty any way you use it!
It’s from the Fine Art Floral suite and I used the Butterfly Brilliance bundle but you could really
use a heart, a circle, a square….as long as you have the fold down the middle, it works!
I really love this one! It’s easy to do and really holds the flap down.
I used the Forever Greenery bundle and the soon to be retired Pretty Peacock Cardstock and Ink.
By the way, the Stampin’ Up Annual catalog Retiring List will be out near the end of March!
So if you have the 2019-2021 In Color ink pads and need the re-inkers, I suggest to grab those soon.
Rococo Rose Ink Refill #150089
Seaside Spray ink Refill #150092
(Purple Posy was retired last year-if you need one, let me know)
Pretty Peacock Ink Refill #150090
Terracotta Tile Ink Refill #150093
Being a SU Demo, people think I never go into craft stores but I do sometimes.
Although Stampin’ Up carries a huge catalog of products, they can’t possibly carry it all.
The craft world is MASSIVE, isn’t it?
Sometimes I run into my customers and they hide their baskets behind their back and say “why, what are YOU doing here?!” LOL
I found these up near the register at a local craft store chain:
I believe they were $1.00 each, some had snowmen, some had stars. Just cute little balsa wood boxes, about 3″ wide and 4″ tall.
They just jumped off the shelf and into my cart begging me to adopt them for a makeover.
I braided the Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine to make more sturdy handles. I like the way it coordinates with the designer paper that looks woven.
Like I say in the video, you can buy a box quicker than make this BUT why not make it?
It’s fun, you get your craft on, you know you have enough stuff to make 10 of them 🙂 and it feels so GOOD to give something that you made with your own 2 hands.
Supplies From the Holiday catty:
Festival of Prints paper stack (page 20), hot glue gun and silicone pad (page 31), Champagne Glimmer paper (page 18), Sanding Blocks (page 6)
From the main catalog: Vintage faceted buttons (page 176), Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding (page 172),
Jumbo Pearls (page 175) glue and paintbrush, Lucky Limeade card stock 1-1/2″ x 10-3/4 for lolly and scored every 1/4″. (go 11-3/4″ for a fuller lolly)
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For those just tuning in, I’m posting a series from the stamp set Button Buddies (from the new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog) It’s a really cute and versatile set! Scroll down to the posts below to see more ideas.
Here is a fun way to give buttons as a “love ya” or a hostess gift. I love Tic Tacs so saving the containers and going green is a plus plus for me! I call them Tic Tac Button Packs and here is a post making one (with a video) 3 years ago . The snail and flower from Button Buddies was perfect to jazz up the front!
I used the new Berry Blossoms DSP (front and back) , Early Espresso Ink, Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder ink. I stamped the flower 2x , cut out the inner part to glitter and pop up, adding our new polka dot brad.
If you haven’t seen the new Flirtatious Specialty Designer Series paper from Stampin’ Up, it has 2 cool sheets of laser cut doilies in there! One is Melon Mambo and one is Pumpkin Pie. BUT my favorite side of those is the other side, which is white. I cut them apart and use them as accents or focal points like the quick and easy note cards above.
Video here:
Tune in tomorrow when I’ll use one as a snowflake for a cute button snowman! Linda
It’s June 1st and I can officially share some sneak peeks from the upcoming NEW catalog!
Here are 3 of the Make & Takes from the SU Alaska Cruise last week! The New In Colors are”
Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limade, Wisteria Wonder (yay! A purple!) and Island Indigo!
"Just For Fun" Mini Album with Belly Band 2011 Alaska Make & Takes Linda Heller
This is a mini album folded from a 12×12 piece of cs and is about 3″ x 4″ when closed (I’ll be doing this for Stamping School, it was a neat lil project!) It has a belly band around the album to hold it together. It’s a cute stamp set and I’ll post a few more samples with that set later.
Mini Album Open 2011 Alaska Make & Takes Linda Heller
“Amazing Fold Card” 2011 Alaska Make & Takes Linda Heller
Look close to see the little bag with candy
“Amazing Fold Card” Open 2011 Alaska Make & Takes Linda Heller
“Pinwheel Card” 2011 Alaska Make & Takes Linda Heller
Did you see some new colors? There will be 5 new IN COLORS coming out in the new catalog July 1st! The other 5 stay in another year – woo hoo!
If you have ordered from me this past year, I’ll send you the NEW catalog free! Just email me with your mailing address to be sure I have the correct one on file.
Sale-A-Bration time keeps me hopping as a demonstrator (which is WONDERFUL and thank you to my customers and hostesses who have made this a fun season, too!). Other than videos for Stamping School, I haven’t had time to post more swaps or projects here on the blog so I’m adding a video by Carrie Cudney from Stampin’ Up! Carrie is showing how to watercolor one of the free SAB stamp sets called Sweet Summer. Thanks to SU for sharing what they love, too!
Sweet Summer - Where The Rubber Hits The Road Blog
Spend $50 on Stampin’ Up! merchandise and receive this stamp set free!
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