I made several cards for a class I held last week that featured the Tropical Escape and Petal Promenade designer series papers. Three of the four cards also featured fun folds. The group I did the class for asked to use sentiments for get well, sympathy, inspirational so I had a variety of stamp sets from the current catalog that they were able to choose from. I will be holding the class again this Saturday, August 25. Full details are posted on my calendar of events. This is the first of several posts to follow.
The first card uses a diagonal fold. I’ve been seeing a number of cards lately that use this fold so wanted to give it a try. I got the measurements and the belly band idea from Dawn Griffith in one of her recent blog posts. I used the Tropical Chic designer paper and chose to only work with different shades of green with the thought that it is common to send plants as a get well gift, so this perfectly evoked the image of a plant. The group also thought it also fit in the category of a masculine card and indeed one of the women in the group was going to send it to a male relative that is currently in the hospital. It uses the get well greeting from the Healing Hugs stamp set.
The card base is Shaded Spruce and the designer paper is attached to Granny Apple Green cardstock. The belly band and greeting use Soft Sea Foam. The greeting was cut with one of the circles from the Layering Circles Framelits sets and is attached to a Shaded Spruce circle cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.
The inside sentiment was stamped in Soft Sea Foam and one of the leaf stamps from the Tropical Chic set was stamped in Granny Apple Green.
Cutting measurements:
- 1 sheet of Shaded Spruce cardstock – vertical score at 4 1/4″ and horizontal score at 5 1/2″, cut on the diagonal – makes two cards
- 2 pieces of Granny Apple Green cardstock cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″, cut on the diagonal – makes two cards
- 2 pieces of designer series paper cut at 3 3/4″ x 5″, cut on the diagonal – be
careful when working with directional patterned papers! - 1 piece of Soft Sea Foam cut at 1″ x 10″
- 1 piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″ for inside of card
This was a fun and easy to put together card and is a great way to showcase many of Stampin’ Up!’s great designer papers!
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