Tricia's Stamping Creations: Stamping Inkspirations September Blog Hop Fun Folds Favorites

Welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations September Blog Hop as we share our favorite Fun Fold card designs with you all. Our wonderful Design Team Members will be sharing their beautiful projects and ideas to help inspire you to explore creating your own Fun Fold card designs.

There are so many wonderful Fun Folds to choose from and I love exploring new ideas and techniques to create them. One of my favorite Fun Folds is the Easel card and I recently learned of a new twist from fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Susan Campfield, called the Vertical Easel card. So for today's Fun Fold design, I chose to create a Fall themed Vertical Easel card using the Cheerful Basket Bundle from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog combined with the beautiful new Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. I love the warm muted colors of Fall and this was a fun card to design.

Products Used:

Cheerful Basket Bundle

Layering Circles Dies

Double Oval Punch

Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Old Olive Cardstock

Poppy Parade Cardstock

Basic White Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad

Soft Suede Classic Ink Pad

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Linen Thread

Measurements:

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Card Base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Scored at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"

Large Scalloped Circle die cut with Layering Circles Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Large Circle die cut with Layering Circles Dies

Stamped and die cut basket and apples images using Cheerful Basket Bundle

Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper

1 pieces - 2" x 5 3/8"

Small picnic triangle die cut with the Full Basket Dies

Old Olive Cardstock

4 leaves die cut with the Full Basket Dies

Poppy Parade Cardstock

3 apples die cut with the Full Basket Dies

I have often created Easel cards in the traditional layout but this was the first time that I had tried a vertical style version. I wanted to create a clean and simple Fall themed card and I just love the beautiful colors and designs in the new Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper. For the focal image, I loved the idea of a basket full of apples that might have been just harvested from the local orchard. I colored the images with Stampin' Blends Markers to create the beautiful colors. The small picnic napkin that peeks out over the side of the basket, was die cut with one of the dies from the Cheerful Basket bundle and I chose to use the reverse side of the designer series paper that I used for the background of the card front panels. For the anchor on the inside of the card, I die cut some leaves and apples and attached them to the layered ovals that I punched out with the Double Oval Punch. I attached it to the right side of the inside panel using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up to give the front a place to rest against. I didn't add a sentiment to the front but instead stamped one on the inside of the card. I just love this alternative style for the Easel card and look forward to creating more of these in the future.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore the wonderful world of Fun Folds and help you find your own favorites to create.

Now it's time to visit Angie's wonderful blog and see what Fun Fold she has to share with us. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List below to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

Roll Call List

Angie McKenzie ● Aurélie Fabre ● Jo Blackman

Judith Patterson ● Jan Musselman ● Mo Rootes

Danielle Kassing ● Cheryl Hamilton ● Vickie Littlewood

Leonie Stuart ● Teri West ● Annette Ball ● Marieke Bart

Karen Henderson ● Terry Hamilton ● Tricia Butts

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.