There’s Gnome-One better than you - a fun fold

 Sometimes I just want to make a card using a fun fold. Using fun folds gives the card so much character! And - thee fun fold doesn’t have to be a complicated or difficult.

Case in point- today’s card fold is called a faux front step fold. This fold uses 2 pieces of cardstock, versus one piece in which you need to measure,  score, cut and fold.

Before I explain my card more, here is a picture of the completed card.

As I mentioned, this fold uses 2 pieces of cardstock- in this case Poppy Parade.  Why poppy parade? That is one of the colours in the DSP, and also a colour for Valentine's day (as this could be a Valentine's Day card)

The Poppy Parade card base is 9 by 4 1/4"  and scored at 3 1/4, 6 1/2, &7 3/4". It is folded as follows:  At the 7 3/4" score line make a mountain fold; at the 6 1/2" line a valley fold, followed by a mountain fold.  See the picture above.

Add a  4 1/8 by 3 1/8"  piece of Tea Boutique DSP to the base between the 7 3/4 and 6 1/2" score lines. 

Add a 2 3/ 8 by 5 3/ 8" piece of DSP to the other longer piece. On top of this, centered is a 1 1/4" strip of Garden green DSP embossed with a polka dot embossing folder

Adhere the two pieces of cardstock together to create the fold. 

Stamp the sentiment on a piece of Basic White card stock, sponge the edges with Garden Green ink and mat with Garden Green cardstock and add it to the bottom of the longer strip using Dimensionals.

The little bird and squirrel were stamped separately, coloured with Stampin' Blends and added to the bottom of the card with dimensionals.

The images were stamped on Basic White cardstock and coloured with Stampin' Blends. The colours will be listed at the bottom of this post. The Gnome was die cut using the Gnome die, but there is no die for the Toadstool so it was fussy cut. Both were added to the embossed Basic White piece of cardstock - the Gnome with dimensionals. 

Before this was added to the front of the card, a strip of embossed Garden Green cardstock 1 1/4 by 5 1/2" was adhered to the center. The focal image was adhered to this using dimensionals.

After this focal piece was matted with Poppy Red cardstock, it was added to the longer piece of Poppy Parade cardstock.

The DSP - Tea Boutique -  was selected first, and all the colours in the card, from the image colours to the colour of the card stock came from the DSP.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Friendly Gnomes

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends

Papers:

Designer Series Paper Dimensions:

1 piece   4 1/8 by 3 1/8"  

1 piece  2 3/8 by   5 3/8"

Poppy Parade cardstock:

Poppy Parade cardstock 9 by 4 1/4"  Score 3 1/4, 6 1/2, 7 3/4"  - base

Poppy Parade cardstock 8 1/2 by 2 1/2"  Score 3" - front flap - add DSP and image to this piece.

Other cardstock:

Basic White:  3 1/8 by 1 7/8 "  embossed with Quilt embossing folder.

Garden Green 1 1/4 by 5 1/4"  

Accessories: Stampin dimensionals, Quilt embossing folder, Clear wink of Stella, Glitter Organza ribbon, Gnome dies,

Stampin Blends used:

Gnome:  Fresh Freesia, Real Red, Smokey Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Light Natural

Toad stool: Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil delight, Soft Suede, Old Olive

Little Bird: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Squirrel:  Smokey Slate, Basic Black

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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A Swinging Gnome - cards that move - a CASE

 I cased this card from Susan Campfield, but used different DSP.  I just love interactive cards and this one brings a smile to your face. 

The card is interactive as the legs swing back and forth like the pendulum of a clock.  I tried making a short video showing the legs moving, but I  couldn't capture the motion well enough.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Kindest Gnome

Ink:  Real Red

Papers:  Real Red, Basic White, Santa Express DSP

Accessories:  Real Red Rhinestones, Gnome dies, Dimensionals, Fabulous Frames dies.

Ghome Be Merry - Paper Craft Crew Challenge Horizontal sketch Challenge #479

 The temperature has been extremely hot for the last week or so.  I had to cancel my outdoor class and bring it indoors and today I am "hiding" in the basement making some Christmas cards.  Just seeing snowflakes, snow on the ground, snowmen, and penguins has a visual cooling effect. Crazy maybe, but it does work!

Gnomes have been popular for the Holiday season for a number of years now, and this year is no exception.  The "Kindest Ghomes" bundle and DSP, is absolutely adorable and work so well together.  Most of the images of the Gnomes and toadstool houses can be  cut directly from the DSP using the coordinating dies. Which is what I did for this card.

I made this card for the horizontal sketch challenge at the Paper Craft Crew Challenges #479

The card I made is a monochromatic blue, having used the following colours: Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Balmy Blue, and Pool Party.

The card base is Pacific Point card stock, layered with Basic White embossed with the Winter Snow embossing folder.  At the left end of this embossed layer is a 2" strip of Storybook Gnomes DSP (Pacific Point blue with white snowflakes).

The 4 by 3" focal image piece was sponged using the Stampin' Up blender brushes.  Starting with Pool Party, I gradually layered on Balmy blue, Pacific Point, and finally Night of Navy ink leaving the saturation lighter in the center and darker around the periphery. Snowflakes were added using white acrylic paint and the tip of a small paint brush.

Wonderful Snowflake embellishments were carried over from last year and this was a perfect time to use one.  I added one towards the left side of the background, and then added the toadstool house (shades of blue)on top of it using dimensionals.  The gnome was added to the right and slight in front of this house.  A bunny, fussy cut from the DSP was added to the left of the house.

Some liquid applique and glitter was added below the added elements to 'ground' them.

The sentiment is from "Christmas to Remember".  I think one word says it all.

To finish the card, some Clear Wink of Stella was added to some of the Toadstool elements, the attire of the Gnome and the bunny.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Kindest Gnomes, Christmas to Remember

Inks:  Black Memento, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy

Papers: Pacific Point, Basic White, Storybook Gnome DSP

Accessories:  Winter Snow Embossing Folder, Wonderful Snowflake embellishment, Clear Wink of Stella, Liquid Applique, Dazzling diamonds, Gnome dies.