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Country Wreaths & Christmas Barn card ideas by the Flowerbug’s

October 28, 2022

This week I've been proud to share my Team Christmas card swaps from our October swap event. I am thrilled with the quality of our swaps each and every month!

Today's projects feature some pretty bundles in the 2022 Holiday catalog by Stampin' Up! First is a fabulous card by Candy with the Cottage Wreaths bundle.

Her colors include Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, White & Crumb Cake.

Details:

It's an easy fun fold card; she trimmed off 1" on the right side of her card front to reveal the Lights Aglow DSP on the inside edge.
She textured the Crumb Cake layer with the Timber 3D embossing folder.
Silver 3/8" edge ribbon and Festive Pearls are the embellishments

Next is a book binding fun fold card by Mary; she also featured the Country Wreaths bundle.

A book binding card is made by adding an extra score line to your 4 1/4" X 11" card. Score at 4 1/4" and 5 1/2".

The DSP layers are 3/4" X 3 7/8" and 3 7/8" square. Red layers are 7/8" X 4" and 4" square.

She used the Gingham Cottage DSP on her card front and Real Red & Garden Green card stock.

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Lastly today is a beautiful scene made by Roxann with the Christmas Barn bundle seen here.

Her colors include Cherry Cobbler, White & Mossy Meadow. She used Blends markers to color the images and our new Very Best Trio tag punch on the corners.

Here's her inside view:

Stay tuned for more incredible swap cards by my Team.

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Neat Double Decker pop-up card with measurements

July 28, 2023
Today I'm sharing a new pop-up fold – at least it's new to me! It's called a Double Decker pop up.

Measurements:
- White card base 8 ½” X 5 ½” scored at 2 1/8” & 4 ¼”
- White inside pop-up box – 3 ½” square scored at ¾”, 1 ½”, 2 ¼” and 3”
- Front textured piece 1 7/8” X 5 ¼”
- Scalloped White inside die-cut is 3 1/8” X 4 ½”
- Fresh Freesia is 2 ¾” X 3 ¾”
- Designer Paper – 2 pieces per card; 2 ½” X 3 ½” & 4” X 5 ¼”
This card was included in my Masterfully Made card kit this month. I still have 4 to go kits left. Or choose the PDF tutorial. See them both here

The pre-cut card kit includes $20 in products including a half pack of this pretty paper, 2 colors of twine and a share of sparkly sequins.

This unique designer paper is filled with beautiful florals and prints; some with a torn edge look. See it here.

The inside 'box' that pops up the scalloped rectangle layer is adhered to both the side and back of the card. It folds flat when mailing but sure adds nice dimension when the card is opened.

I plan to share this card fold on a future live video soon. Follow me here on Facebook or here on my YouTube channel.

Here are all 10 cards included in the kit. You do need ink and greeting stamps to finish them.

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One Horse Open Sleigh Spanner fun fold card

July 27, 2023
I was surprised to see the One Horse Open Sleigh designer paper back in stock. It was unavailable last week but it's back now. I featured it in one of my July card kits to go. See it here online.

This designer paper is so pretty; it's filled with beautiful scenes and soft prints.

It's called a spanner card because of it's unique fold – the horizontal layer spans the card from side to side.

I added a few die-cut trees on the right side. I colored them with Blends markers – adding brown and Gray Granite to the white. The greeting is from the Lasting Joy stamp set.

The Gray Granite card base is a simple 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4". Then you cut up to the score line at the 1 1/4" mark on front; on both sides.

I added designer paper to the center panel and also to both side panels. The horizontal piece 'spans' under the to side panels like this:

Measurements:
- Card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4". Cut up to the score line at 1 1/4".
- Horizontal layer 5 1/2" X 1"
- Designer paper 2 3/4" X 4" and two pieces 1" X 4" for the sides.
This card was included in both my PDF tutorial and the pre-cut card kit to go; each card is a fancy fold. I have just two kits left. You can see them both here along with other kits and tutorials.

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Check out these projects featuring Clearance Rack deals

July 26, 2023

There are quite a few amazing deals on the Clearance Rack now and I thought I'd highlight a few of my favorites:

First is the beautiful Splendid Thoughts stamp set for just $16 and the coordinating Splendid Stem dies for just $8.25. I shared these projects last year:

I am surprised that the stamp set and dies are both there along with the pretty Soft Seafoam ribbon and the Open Leaf Trinkets. *Both are now just $1.25! Click on the blue highlighted words to see these items in the Clearance Rack.

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Next is the Leaves of Holly stamp set. It was $22 and is now just $15.25 on clearance.

I created these beautiful Christmas cards on a video last year.

I call it the 5 at a time technique. You stamp one sheet of neutral paper and then cut it into 5 pieces using my template below. And the neat thing is the layers under the stamped White card stock are also cut using a template. Just 2 sheets of card stock to make 5 card fronts! *Watch the video below or click here.

See how I stamped down the center of the White card stock on the photo above? Next I cut it using the template below:

The first template is what you stamp on. The one below is for the layers under the stamped pieces. It's just 1/8" larger for a nice thin layered accent.

Next is the template for the colored layers on each stamped layer.

Watch the video below to see how it's done. Think about your favorite stamp sets and how fast you can create beautiful cards using these templates!

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July Specials:

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Get a $5 coupon for each $50 order you place in July. Redeem in August!

Clearance Rack update!

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I have 3 free card kits left! It includes a Beautifully Happy stamp set

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