Fancy Folds – Page 2 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, feminine, Flowers, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Berry Burst: Pop Up Vase card

2 July, 202525 June, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 9 – Berry Burst

This handmade card features the Pretty Florals Bundle and three different Designer Series Paper (DSP) packs!

The Beautiful Bokeh DSP is used to die cut the petals on the Berry Burst flowers seen in the image below. The leaves were die cut from the reverse side of some Thoughtful Journey DSP for instant varied colour.

Open the card and that is where the pop up vase appears, full of Pretty Florals. The mechanism is attached to the card front and slides to pull the vase into its glory and closing the card, slides it flat again.

The ‘vase’ is from the Perennial Lavender DSP. All the leaves here are die cut from the Thoughtful Journey DSP. All the flowers are stamped onto Beautiful Bokeh DSP and die cut then added to the card, some glued, and some on Mini Dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Blackberry Bliss inspiration.

@stampinupofficial Product List
Stamps: Pretty Florals, Simply Said
Dies: Pretty Florals, Spotlight on Nature, Textured Notes
Ink: Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Timid Tiger
Paper: Basic White, Beautiful Bokeh DSP, Perennial Lavender DSP, Thoughtful Journey DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Flower Accents, Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

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Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, feminine, Flowers, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Basic Gray: Thankful Garden Fun Fold card

25 June, 202515 June, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 8 – Basic Gray

This handmade card features @stampinupofficial products; Thankful Garden Bundle, Layered Thoughts stamp set, Lovely Garden DSP and some Ephemera packs.

All the images are stamped in Basic Gray ink and coloured using Blending Brushes and the masks with inks; Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green and the DSP is coloured with Basic Gray in and a Blender Pen!

When the card is open, you have this wonderful scene and gorgeous sentiment on the inside using the Ephemera packs; Foiled Frames & Labels and the Greetings for All Mix & Match. Those small leaves were stamped and coloured the same way as the Designer Paper.

You can see some extra die cut leaves that have some blending on them and some droplets of water slattered on them.

on the back is the writing panel with the large bold sentiment [Layered Thoughts stamp set].

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Berry Burst inspiration.

Product List
Stamps: here*
Dies: here
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Basic White, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Stampin’ Blends Markers: here
Other: Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy, Heat Tool.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, feminine, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Azure Afternoon: Fun Fold card

11 June, 20255 June, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 6 – Azure Afternoon

This handmade Circle Flip & Pop Out fun fold card features @stampinupofficial products; Celebratory Sips 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (DSP). You may have noticed I also used this fun paper last week too, but this week in totally differrent colours. I love how the Azure Afternoon really pops with this paper. Again, all the images are fussy cut from the DSP.

As you open the card, the circle feature pops into the centre of the card

On the inside this ‘bay window’ style feature is fun, with more patterns of the DSP and another fussy cut drink!

Here you can see the fun fold design from the top. I added some extra DSP in the back behind the fun feature.

I cased this idea from StampinNotes, you can view her tutorial here.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Balmy Blue inspiration.

Product List
Stamps: Cake Celebrations
Dies: Stylish Shapes
Ink: Azure Afternoon
Paper: Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Celebratory Sips DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Strawberry Slush Faux Linen Ribbon, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Easter, Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!, Sympathy, Techniques & Tutorials

Super Simple Cross Card with Free Tutorial

30 May, 202528 May, 2025 craftwithkate

This super simple Cross card features the beautiful Floral Delight Designer Series Paper (DSP) and my new favourite In Color™, Secret Sea. It just goes with everything and is my new ‘black’!

This is a standard A5 side opening card, but has the cross feature on the front that folds flat to go into a C6 envelope. This could be used for a Sympathy card or an Easter card.

On the inside

Click here for my Written Tutorial.

Thanks for dropping by.

Product List
Stamps: Simply Said
Dies: Impressions Abloom
Ink: Secret Sea
Paper: Basic White, Secret Sea, Pecan Pie, Peach Pie, Floral Delight DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy. @stampinupofficial
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, feminine, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Secret Sea: Pop Up Floating Shadow Box card

21 May, 202515 May, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours. For the first 5 weeks we showcase the new 2025-2027 In Colors and then continue with all the remaining colours in alphabetical order.

Have you browsed the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue yet and created your shopping list?

Week 3 – Secret Sea

I have to say, I am in love this new colour – such a gorgeous rich deep blue and it is even stunning stamped off for a lighter shade. Anyway, I get side-tracked, this handmade card features @stampinupofficial products; Pretty Florals Bundle and the Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper (DSP).

This patterned paper is so beautiful, I didn’t know which piece to use first, but I selected this one as it has my favourite colours. The flowerrs are stamped in Secret Sea, Petunia Pop (both 1st & 2nd generation) and the stems are watercoloured with Shy Shamrock to get the lighter shade.

But here’s the wow when you open the card!

Here’s the side view where you can really see why it gets its name. I decided to use a more muted pattern paper on the inside to let the feature of this card shine. I stamped the floral image overr the pop up panel in Secret Sea to add more of a soft design element.

That window is die cut using the Nested Essentials dies, as are the layering elements. A strip of Window Sheet holds the sentiment layers in place. More of the same flowers are added here.

Both of the sentiments are from the Simply Said stamp set. Those gorgeous Flat Pearls finish it off nicely with the little Gingham Ribbon bow.

Lisa Curcio has a YouTube Tutorial for this but I have converted it to suit metric measurements.

What you need
Front:
Secret Sea (card base): 28cm x 10.5cm
DSP: 10cm x 13cm, cut 3.5cm off the bottom for lower section

Inside:
Basic White: 10cm x 9.5cm
DSP (back): 10cm x 9.5cm
DSP (strip): 10cm x 1.5cm

Pop Up Panel:
Secret Sea: 18cm x 10.5cm
DSP: 7cm x 5.5cm to fit inside the Nested Essentials dies
Basic White: 6cm x 4.5cm to fit inside the Nested Essentials dies
Window Sheet: 10cm x 1.5cm

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Strawberry Slush inspiration.

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Butterflies, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Beautiful Butterflies fun closure card

12 May, 202512 May, 2025 craftwithkate

This handmade card features the Beautiful Butterflies products.

I made this style of card back in 2018, you can see it here, where I was inspired by Terri Gaines, a US Demonstrator. Her video tutorial is in that link.

For this card, I began with a Summer Splash cardbase, then a Basic White layer before adding the 2024-2026 In Color™ Designer Series Paper ( DSP), making sure to only add glue around the edges. Once these layers were adhered, I die cut the large label die [Beautiful Butterflies dies] through the card front. The DSP piece keep for the inside.

The butterflies were die cut in the 2024-2026 In Color™ Glimmer Specialty Paper. Adhere the smaller butterflies, add the sentiment [Beautiful Butterflies stamp set] on Dimensionals with a piece of White Baker’s Twine. Some 2024-2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems are added.

Fold her wings together to open the card…

Here’s the card open with white panel to write your message. This is where that DSP label die cut is adhered. Once the Basic White insert is glued in place, close the card and place that DSP through the gap so it is in the perfect position. Then you can glue the body of the large butterfly in place and fold her wings together to fit through the gap.

Thanks for dropping by.

Have you browsed the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue yet and created your shopping list?

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Markers for Colouring, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB), Stampin' Up!, Thank you

Wild Wheat: Peekaboo Arches Fun Fold card with Storybook Moments

30 April, 202529 April, 2025 craftwithkate

Week 51 – Wild Wheat

This is the final colour in the Stampin’ Up! Collection. Next week we will start from the beginning of the alphabet, so please join me next Wednesday, but in the meantime, enjoy my Wild Wheat project.

This handmade card is a fun fold card using my favourite Everyday Arches dies and the Storybook Moments Suite Collection.

These gorgeous Beatrix Potter inspired products remind me of all the storybooks read to me as a child, they were my favourite, and I read them to my girls when they were little. I love how the front of the card has the arched window (remember Play School on ABC TV?!).

As you open up the card you are wow’d with more details and the die cut elements from the Storybook Moments Specialty Designer Series Paper pack.

The Storybook Friends and Storybook Garden Patch bundles are stamped, coloured and diecut and work perfectly with the patterned paper & more!

Close up of the Peter Rabbit image coloured with Stampin’ Blends Markers and the Colour Lifter dotted on to create the fur. It is so cute?!!!

on the back is where you write your message to the recipient!

I was inspired by Dawn Griffiths at The Glitter Pit (click for tutorial).

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday as I embark on the Stampin’ Up! colours again, starting with our brand new 2025-2027 In Colors™.

Product List
Bundles: Storybook Friends, Storybook Garden Patch
Ink: Memento Black, Black Stazon
Paper: Basic White, Boho Blue, Wild Wheat, Storybook Moments Specialty DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Stampin’ Blends Markers: Boho Blue, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite, Old Olive, Color Lifter
Other: 2023-2025 Stampin’ Write Markers, 2023-25 InColor™ Dots, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Butterflies, Fancy Folds, feminine, Handmade Cards, Markers for Colouring, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB), Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Smoky Slate: Z Fold card with Everyday Arches and Beautiful Butterflies

16 April, 20257 April, 2025 craftwithkate

Week 49 – Smoky Slate

This handmade card features a Smoky Slate card base measuring 29.7cm x 10.5cm, scored at 9.9cm & 19.8cm and folded in three and dry embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing folder. The Everyday Arches dies are used to die cut 3 x Bubble Bath arches, 3 x Smoky Slate arches and 3 x Basic White arches.

The large butterfly die is cut in the three colours and glued together in the centre. The body is die cut in Basic Black card. Two of the Basic White arches are stamped with Versamark ink, White WOW Emboss Powder added and melted with my Heat Tool. A Blending Brush with Bubble Bath ink is blended over the butterflies to reveal the magic! This is known as the Emboss Resist Technique.

I also took the Smoky Slate and Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers and gently placed the larger tip inside the lid and carefully flicked ink onto the White arches to get the splatters.

When assembling the card, the Bubble Bath arches are glued on first to the card base, then a piece of gold Open Weave Trim across the card length. The White and Slate arches are glued together and then onto the card.

The sentiment is also heat embossed with White Wow Emboss Powder and added on Mini Dimensionals. Some sequins were added to the centre of the butterfly and around the card.

The centre panel is splattered with Blends Markers and embellishments around the edges. This is the panel for writing a message. Thes smaller butterflies were die cut from Bsic White card that I splattered with the Blends Markers before die cutting. Then added the body in Basic Black card.

The last panel is the same as the front panel with emboss resist and blending, and some more die cut butterflies and sequins added.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Soft Sea Foam.

Product List
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies*
Dies: Beautiful Butterflies, Everyday Arches
Ink: Versamark, Bubble Bath
Paper: Basic White, Bubble Bath, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Open Weave Trim, Blending Brushes, Foreever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, White Wow Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers (Bubble Bath, Smoky Slate), Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy
can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB), Stampin' Up!

Pretty Peacock: Pyramid Arrow card

19 March, 202517 March, 2025 craftwithkate

Week 45 – Pretty Peacock

Today’s fun fold card was surprisingly much easier to make than it looks.

The Lily Pond Lane Designer Papers are the main feature, even the ducks are fussy cut from the papers!

Here’s a side view

On the back is where you write your message!

Today’s fun fold card was inspired by Claire @ Created the Ottaway. Click here to watch her tutorial.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Pumpkin Pie

Product List
Stamps/dies: Charming Duck Pond stamps & dies, Unbounded Love dies
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Versamark
Paper: Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Lily Pond Lane DSP
Other: Adhesive-backed Dappled Dots, White WOW Emboss Powder, PAcrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB), Stampin' Up!, Thank you

Envelope Box Card

14 March, 202513 March, 2025 craftwithkate

While all my Stampin’ Up! friends are in Brisbane at the #OnStage2025 3-day event, I was not so fortunate to be able to travel this time, but I will be stalking them all to see their excitement as they receive a copy of the new Annual Catalogue and share new product inspiration and amazing achievements.

Today’s fun fold card uses some new Online Exclusive products, the Lovely Garden Suite Collection. I am using only a couple of these items from the collection, the Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the Thankful Garden stamp set.