September Special Cards
that I mailed out

 

 

September Blog Hop - Creative Card-iology Team

 

Welcome to the Creative Card-iology Monthly Blog Hop

This month's theme is a color challenge
and I chose to make a Curtain/Drapery Fun Fold Card

with Holiday Colors of Real Red, Very Vanilla and Gold
using the Poinsettia Suite

here are the supplies I used for this card

Real Read Cardstock - 102482
    Card Base is 11" x 4¼", scored at 5½"

    6¼" x 4¼" poinsettias pieces
Very Vanilla Cardstock - 101650

     5¼" x 4" (need 2) front panel and Inside
Any color Cardstock scored at half on the long and short side (To catch Emboss Powder)

Gold Foil Sheets - 132622
    2½" x 2½" leaves (cut 2) and a flower center

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper(DSP) - 153487
    11"W x 3"H

Stampin UP Clear Block H - 118490
Poinsettia Petals Bundle - 155148
    Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set - 153475
    Poinsettia Dies - 153522

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad - 126949
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink - 132708
VersaMark Pad -102283
Embossing Buddy - 103083 (Retired)
Gold Emboss Powder - 109159
Heat Tool - 129053

Stampin' Blends Real Red Set - 154899
⅜" Gold Metallic-Edge Ribbon - 144146

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals – 144108
Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430
Tear & Tape Adhesive - 138995

Mini Glue Dots - 103983

Stampin' Seal -152813

Paper Snips - 103579

Bone Folder - 102300

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine - 149653

Paper Trimmer - 152392
Simply Scored Scoring Tool - 122334
Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels - 151193

Simple Shammy - 147042

Silicone Craft Sheet - 127853

Take Your Pick tool - 144107

 

HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE THIS CARD

In this tutorial the name Seal is referring to the use of the new Stampin Seal

 

Fold the Real Red Cardstock (CS) in half at 5½" and set aside

We will start with the front Very Vanilla piece

Rub your Embossing Buddy over the lower part of the Very Vanilla CS

to remove any finger prints/oil still on the card
Place the Merry Christmas stamp on the block H

Tap a few times on the VersaMark Ink Pad
Stamp Merry Christmas near the bottom of the Very Vanilla CS

Place the Very Vanilla piece on top of your any color CS

Pour Gold Emboss Power over the words Merry Christmas

making sure it is completely covered

Shake off any excess, then snap the back to remove any loose pieces

Pour the excess powder back in the container

If you used the Embossing Buddy, 

you should only have powder on the words Merry Christmas

If there are any little floaters, brush them off with a small brush

Turn on your heat tool

Holding the Very Vanilla CS at the top of the card

Move the heat tool back and forth

In about 20 seconds you will see powder start turn to gold

Don't over heat it, but make sure it all turned gold

 

Now to make the curtain/drape

Place the DSP on your score board

Score at 1½", 2", 3", 3½", 4½", 5", 6", 6½", 7½", 8", 9", 9½"

With your pattern facing up, turn you DSP over

On each of the 3" sides, make a small pencil mark at 1½"

Draw a line from the left side pencil mark down to the bottom of the 5" score line

 Draw a line from the right side pencil mark down to the bottom of the 6" score line

cut off the triangular pencil markings

 Now fold accordion style starting at either end with a mountain fold

with 5" and 6" both being mountain folds

Apply Tear and Tape across the front and the back to hold the folds in place

Pull the paper off the front tear and tape, then lay the ribbon on top.  

Pull the paper off the back tear and tape then adhere to the Very Vanilla CS

Seal the two side flaps to the back of the Very Vanilla CS

 

Now place your poinsettia dies on the single Real Red CS

I taped them in place with Memo Tape

The outer dies cut the shape and the inner dies emboss texture all in one pass

Take your bone folder and curl all the points.

Add dimensionals to each layer and place it on the card

Now run the gold piece twice thru the big shot

Add glue dots to the flowers and tuck them behind the Poinsettia

Add the flower center to the Poinsettia

I added 4 gold Rhinestones to the front of the card

3 in the upper right and 1 in the center of the Poinsettia

Now for the inside piece

Stamp the greeting with Real Red Ink

Stamp the Berries with Memento Black

Use the Real Red Stampin Blends to color the berries.

Seal the back of the Very Vanilla CS and adhere to the inside of the card

 

This card is easier to make than it looks

I enjoyed making this card and hope you will two

Now head on over and see what the others have done.

Click on the names below to visit the other team member's blogs and 
see what amazing projects they have created to inspire you! 
Please feel free to leave me a comment and thanks for stopping by.

Jessica Brigden
Bonnie Mountford
Kim Thompson
Diana Buckingham (You are here)