From the outside, this looks like just an ordinary square card. But open it up for a surprise inside! In today’s post, I share the cutting directions, supply list, and a video showing you how to create this Mixed Florals fun fold. (Fun fold inspired by the West Coast Papercrafter.)
Petal Pink card stock measuring 8 1/2 x 8 1/2. Score on both sides at 4 1/4 and score diagonally on both sides/
Mixed Media Florals 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper: three pieces measuring 4 x 4
Basic White card stock measuring 4 x 4
Smaller pieces of DSP, if desired, for embellishments
Die cut circle from Spotlight on Nature Dies
Front image stamped with Memento ink and colored with Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends
Inside sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies stamp set stamped in Petal Pink ink.
Petal Pink & White Diagonal Ribbon — about 20 to 22 inches
Low Profile Dots
Here’s what the inside of this fun fold card looks like:
How to Video
Be sure to watch this video (a Facebook live replay from 3/4/2025) to see how this card comes together. From my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, I offer step-by-step instructions for creating this DIY fun fold.
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Mixed Florals Fun Fold Supply List
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Do you love getting your hands on new and exclusive products? Good to hear! Today, Stampin’ Up! releases a new slate of Online Exclusive products. This means that you won’t find these offerings in the catalogs. Click here to see all of the Online Exclusive products.
I’m really loving the textures in the Woven Textures 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper as well as the unique stitching on the Textured Notes Dies. The textures on this patterned paper seem to pop off the page; they look so real!
Today, I’m giving you a free card-making tutorial using some of these brand-new products. I’m using elements from the Botanical Textures Suite Collection. See that collection here.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Stamping Supplies
Stamps — Textured Notes Cling Stamp Stamp (165548) (Buy as a bundle with the Textured Notes Dies and save 10 percent — 165556)
Paper — Woven Textures 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper (165560) (DSP), Crumb Cake Card Stock (120953), Pecan Pie Card Stock (161717), Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
Ink — Pecan Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (161665)
Other — Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder (165559), Textured Notes Dies (bundle with Textured Notes Cling Stamp Set and save 10 percent – 165556), Linen Thread (104199), Stampin’ Seal + (149699), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
Cutting & Scoring
Pecan Pie Card Stock — 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4
Crumb Cake Card Stock — 5 x 3 3/4 and 4 x 1
Very Vanilla Card Stock — 5 1/4 x 4
DSP — One piece measuring 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 and three other different pieces measuring 3 x 1 1/2
Linen Thread — 10 inches
Instructions
With adhesive, glue 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 piece of DSP to Pecan Pie card front.
Emboss the 5 x 3 3/4 piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock with the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder
Die cut the three pieces of 3 x 1 1/2 DSP with the second second smallest die cut from the Textured Notes Dies. Adhere to the embossed piece.
Add this panel to the DSP panel on the card front.
Stamp the sentiment with Pecan Pie ink on the 4 x 1 Crumb Cake card stock. Die cut with the long thin die from the Textured Notes Dies.
Tie a bow with the Linen Thread. Attach a Glue Dot to the knot on the ribbon thread and add to card front, right in the middle.
Place a Stampin’ Dimensional on each end of die sentiment and place in the middle of the card, covering the Linen Thread bow.
Place Very Vanilla Card Stock in the center of the card.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! I hope you enjoyed this free, card-making tutorial. Be sure to check out my other free tutorials on this site. Explore them here.
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Botanical Textures Free Tutorial Supply List
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Spring is in the air! And with it, comes flowers. Like tulips! Mixed Florals, one of Stampin’ Up!’s brand-new offerings, gives you a chance to craft with tulips as well as Black Eyed Susans.
The stamp set is part of a larger suite of products (Mixed Media Florals Suite Collection) that includes two stamp sets, two coordinating die sets, Designer Series Paper, embossing folder, and gems. Explore the whole Online Exclusive offering by clicking here. See lots of great product that isn’t featured in a catalog.
Please enjoy this free tutorial using elements from this suite.
PAPER – Thick Basic White Cardstock (159229), Basic White Cardstock (159276), Daffodil Delight Cardstock (119683), Mixed Media Florals 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper (164638)
INK – Daffodil Delight (147094), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708)
· OTHER – Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Low Profile Dots (164658), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
Cutting & Scoring:
Thick Basic White Cardstock – 8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored and folded at 4 ¼”
Basic White Cardstock – 4 ¾” x 3 ½”, 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”
Daffodil Delight Cardstock – 3 ¾” x ¼”
DSP (black floral design) – 3 ½” x 2 ¼”
Instructions:
Die cut the 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” Basic White Cardstock with Stylish Shapes Die circle that size.
Stamp the large flower image from the Mixed Florals Stamp Set onto the circle with Daffodil Delight ink.
Stamp the sentiment “You’re Pretty Wonderful” from the Mixed Labels Stamp Set with Memento Ink on top of the floral image.
Attach the DSP to the bottom of the 4 ¾” x 3 ½” Basic White Cardstock. Add to card front.
Add Daffodil Delight Cardstock strip on top of the DSP.
Pop up the sentiment with dimensionals, as shown above.
Add three gold Low Profile Dots.
Click here to see another post and video using this stamp set and a fun blending technique.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!
Kim
Mixed Florals Free Tutorial Supply List
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Have there been events, memories, days, and/or happenings you want to record? You can easily accomplish this with Stampin’ Up! products. In the last few months, Stampin’ Up! has been adding to its memory keeping collection by adding more 12 x 12 paper as well as Scrapbooking Workshop Kits and other items. Click here to explore the memory keeping options on Stampin’ Up!’s store.
In today’s post, I share a page I created to commemorate my niece’s 40th birthday. I’ll give this page to her so she can either frame it or include it in an album.
I haven’t scrapbooked in many years, so I called on my team member Lori Miller. For a recent team meeting, she demonstrated this fun page and shared her memory keeping journey.
Lori told us how she used a card sketch from page 22 of Stampin’ Up!’s Annual Catalog as the inspiration for this page. I love it!
Measurements and Details
Here are some details to help you get started:
Lost Lagoon 12 x 12 Two-Tone Card Stock
Everyday Happiness Designer Series Paper. The banner piece measures 12 x 4 and the piece matting the photo measures 7 x 4 3/4
Very Vanilla layers measure 5 3/4 x 2 1/4 (for sentiment) and 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 as a mat for the photo
Pretty Peacock layer measures 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 (mat for photo)
Crumb Cake layer measures 2 3/4 x 6 1/4 (for sentiment) and 7 1/4 x 5
Stamp set is Documenting the Day. Earn it free with a $60 purchase during Stampin’ Up!’s SaleABation Sale. Sale ends February 28, 2025. Sentiment stamped in Pretty Peacock.
Birdhouse created with Country Birdhouse Bundle
Lost Lagoon Soft Cording
Riverside Irregular Pearls
With Lori’s direction, this page was a breeze to create! I hope you are inspired to record your memories.
How to Video
In this Facebook Live replay (2/25/2025), from my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, I offer step-by-step instructions for putting this page together.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! Be sure to leave me a comment!
Kim
Documenting the Day Supply List
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Welcome to Team Stamp It’s February Blog Hop! Thanks so much for joining us! This month, we feature cards and projects with a spring theme. Be sure to visit all the participating stampers to gain a host of paper crafting inspiration. Leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win a Painted Wishes Card Kit.
For me, spring means tulips. (Even though tulips are not a “thing” here in Arizona. I grew up in the Midwest where we eagerly awaited the first tulips poking through the dirt.) I use Stampin’ Up!’s Mixed Florals Photopolymer Stamp Set as the focal point of today’s card. Look for it as one of Stampin’ Up!’s Online Exclusives. If you haven’t checked out the Online Exclusives, I highly recommend you do so. It includes so many fun products not included in the catalogs. Click here to check them all out.
Measurements and Details
Here are a few specifics to help you make this card at home:
Calypso Coral Card Stock base measuring 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4 and another piece measuring 5 1/4 x 4
Basic White Card Stock panel measuring 5 x 3 3/4 and embossed with the Pattern of Friendship Die. I offer this as a sneak peek of Online Exclusive products to come. It’s available March 4. Don’t want to wait? Add it to your Starter Kit. Ask me for more details.
Tulip image stamped with Black Memento Ink. Add Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Granny Apple Green ink with Blending Brushes. Die cut with coordinating Mixed Florals Dies.
Sentiment stamped in Calypso Coral ink and die cut with die from Mixed Labels Dies.
Daffodil Delight 1/8-inch Cotton Ribbon
Brushed Brass Butterflies
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! I hope you love this project. Please let me know if you have questions about this card or any other stamping projects.
Visit each participating stamper and leave a comment. You could win a Painted Wishes Card Kit.
Congrats to last month’s winner: Dianne Rivers.
Participating Blog Hoppers
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Mixed Florals for Spring Supply List
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