Welcome to this month’s Tech4stampers Academy Blog Hop

This month’s theme is make a Fancy Fold card

Hello Everyone,

I am taking part in this months Tech4stampers Academy blog hop. The theme this month is to make a Fancy Fold card.

I knew as soon as I saw the theme I wanted to make a Christmas card using the Christmas friends stamp set. I love this stamp set and love all the images are nice and big to colour using either my Stampin’ Up! blends (alcohol markers) or my water colour pencils.

How I made my Fancy Fold Christmas card

To make my fancy fold Christmas card I started by cutting a piece of A4 Garden Green cardstock along the long edge at 29.00 cms. Then I cut this along the short edge at 10.50 cms. I now have two pieces so can make two cards at once.

Next I scored this at 5.00 cms, 9.75 cms, I flipped it around and scored at 5.00 cms and 9.75 the other end. Next with a bone folder I pressed on my score lines so it was a mountain, valley, valley, mountain. When folded the two 5.00 folds meet in the middle.

Picture showing the mountain and valley folds in the mat layer

Next for my fancy fold Christmas card, I cut a piece of A4 Real Red along the short edge at 10.50 cms and cut it along the long edge at 14.85 cms. Out of one sheet of cardstock I made 4 card bases.

On my Real Red card base I marked with a pencil at 2.50 cms on each end and using Tombow glue I stuck my Garden green piece on top making sure I lined it up with my 2.50 cms marks I had drawn so it was even both ends.

Picture showing how my fancy fold Christmas card should look after the mat layer has been attached to the base

I chose a sheet of patterned paper from the Take A Bow pack and cut it at 10.00 cms. Make sure if you use paper with a pattern the pattern is going the right way before cutting. Putting it in the trimmer along the shorter edge, I cut a piece at 2.00 cms, 4.50 cms 4.50 cms and 2.00 cms. As I cut them I kept them together so I could stick them on so that when the card was closed they all matched. The two 2.00 cms pieces I glued onto the Real Red card base and the two 4.50 cms I glued onto the Garden Green front flaps.

Picture showing the patterned paper and polar bear attached to my Fancy Fold Christmas card

I cut the inside mat from Basic White card stock measuring 10cms x 9.50 cms and stamped my sentiment from the Greetings Of The Season stamp set. I stuck the little bit of patterned paper on to the bottom of the Basic White and glued this on the Garden Green layer.

Next I cut a mat layer out of Real Red measuring 8cms x 7.50 cms. Cut a Basic white layer 7.50 cms x 7.00 cms and stamped my polar bear. I coloured him using my blends. I used Granny Apple Green light and dark, Real Red Light and Dark and Gray Granite for the ground. I love colouring with blends or watercolour pencils.

I put glue onto the left side and stuck it onto the left flap of my card.

My Fun Fold Christmas card is now complete.

My finished Fancy Fold Christmas card

I had so much fun creating my fancy fold Christmas card, I hope I inspired you to sit and create one. I would love to see what you create so please do share.

Well that’s it from me today, it’s time for Herbie and I to go out for a walk before it gets dark. He is waiting patiently hoping we might go to his favourite beach for a run and then a treat of a sausage. Herbie has a challenge every Wednesday on my Dorrie’s Designs facebook page where he asks a question and is rewarded with sausages. He does so well, last week he earnt 3 sausages, currently we have an IOU with sausages so I can spread them out.

Until next time stay safe and happy crafting.

Fiona and Herbie

Please click on the names below to visit each website and see what lovely projects my other friends in the Tech4Stampers Academy Group have designed for their White Christmas blog hop. Please do leave comments as you visit each one.

Thank you.

Blog Hop List

Product list

Christmas Friends Cling Stamp Set (English)

[164279]

£24.00

Greetings Of The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164325]

£24.00

Take A Bow 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164309]

£11.75

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

£10.75

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

£10.75

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

£13.00

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154899]

£10.25

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

£10.25

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154886]

£10.25

Basic White C6 Envelopes

[159235]

£10.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£27.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

£5.75

Clear Block D

[118485]

£9.00

Clear Block E

[118484]

£13.00