Fancy Folds - Square Fold Cards

Welcome back to another month of hopping with the Fancy Folds Design Team - this month we are doing Square Folds. I hope you are joining me from my good friend Gina's beautiful blog. 

This is my first "square fold" following the easy to understand tutorial from Stamp With Nellie:

The materials used were:

Thick Whisper White Cardstock

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Papers

Old Olive Cardstock 

Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Real Red Classic Ink

Wonderful Gems

Stitched Circles Framelits

Layered Circle Framelits

Shimmery Crystal Effects

Base card is Thick Whisper White card, mounted with a square of old olive on the back of the card and two triangles on the front and then mounted with coordinating Poinsettia Place DSP.

The poinsettia image was fussy cut from the Poinsettia Place DSP, once situated on the card I coated it with Shimmery Crystal Effects. The black and red berries were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Real Red Ink using the two step stamps from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set. The sentiment was stamped from the same set in Real Red.

The card is really simple and easy to make and it would be an impressive card to receive as it looks a little more complicated than it is. An easy Christmas card to impress.

My second "square card" is a little more complicated:

This is a square card with a double fold inside. The materials used included:

Thick Whisper White Cardstock

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Papers

Old Olive Cardstock

Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set

Real Red Classic Ink

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Timeless Label Punch

Dark and Light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blend

Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend

Dark and Light Old Olive Stampin' Blend

Beaded Pearls

Pearls

This is the pattern for the card. The base card is Thick Whisper White cardstock.

I mounted the Poinsettia Place DSP directly onto the front of the card. 

The poinsettia image is from the Poinsettia Petals Stamp set, stamped in Memento Black and coloured using the Stampin' Blends mentioned above. I then fussy cut the petals and glued them together. The centre of the flower is the beaded pearl embellishment, the leaves were also fussy cut; I used the flower petals and coloured them with dark and light Old Olive Blends.

This is what the inside of the card looks like, the sentiment from the same set stamped in Real Red.

And the base area also contains another sentiment from the same set stamped in Real Red.

My final "square fold" card, looks a little complicated but is very easy:

This is a square card with a double fold inside. The materials used included:

Thick Whisper White Cardstock

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Papers

Old Olive Cardstock

Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set

Real Red Classic Ink

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Timeless Label Punch

Dark and Light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blend

Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend

Dark and Light Old Olive Stampin' Blend

Wonderful Gems

This is the pattern I used. The case card is Thick Whisper White, you can make this card in any size simply make sure your base card is square.

Score the card in quarters and then on the 45 degree. Fold and burnish all the score lines. I mounted the base card with a square of the Poinsettia Place DSP.

The poinsettia is stamped in Memento Black and coloured using the same colours described above. Again I fussy cut the petals and leaves. The centre of the flower on this occasion is three of the gold Wonderfull Gems.

The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in Real Red. I simply cut the banner to size. 

The inside of thee card folds like a piece of origami but is very effective and looks fancy! Simple and sensational.

Don't leave us just yet as my friend Astrid has the most amazing project! 

I hope that you give these a try. They are fun and easy and very satisfying.

Until next time, stay glittery!

Cheers 

Shanni xx

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