Silly Safari Fun Fold

The images in Stampin’ Up!’s Silly Safari Photopolymer Stamp Set are just so super cute! You can’t help but smile when you see this cute little monkey face. Find this set in Stampin’ Up!’s 2025-2026 Annual Catalog.

In today’s share, I combine the Silly Safari stamp set with the Rectangle Column Fold (fun fold) to create this super cute birthday card.

Measurements and Details

Below, I provide some basic information to help you make this card at home. Be sure to watch the video to see how this fun fold comes together.

  • Crumb Cake Cardstock base measuring 8 1/4 x 5 1/2. Score at 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, and 4
  • Crumb Cake Cardstock measuring 4 1/4 x 3 and 2 3/4 x 4
  • Designer Series Paper (Timeless Plaid 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper) measuring 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 (2), 3/8 x 5 1/4, 4 x 2 3/4, and 3 3/4 x 5 1/4
  • Image stamped with Memento Black and colored with Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends. Sentiment stamped in Pecan Pie ink. Image punched with 1 7/8″ Circle Punch and layered on Cajun Craze and Pecan Pie Cardstock.
  • Linen Thread
  • Neutral Matte Dots (Pecan Pie)

How-To Video

From my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, I offer step-by-step instructions for creating this Rectangle Colum Fold Fun Fold card. (Just a quick note: This video depicts the creation of a holiday card using the Jar of Joy stamp set. But it uses the same fold.)

I hope you like this cute card and the fun fold. Please let me know if you have questions about this card or any other paper crafting project. I’m happy to help!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Kim Quade/Stampin’ Up! demonstrator Mesa, Arizona

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Interactive Spring Treat Box

Interactive Spring Treat Box

Who loves treats? Especially when they come in a cute box! An interactive box, too! Include these in Easter baskets, use on the table for dinner, give to a server as a tip, or share with a friend during a special celebration. I gave these out as party favors for a recent fundraiser kit gathering.

In today’s post, I share the directions for creating an interactive spring treat box. It features the Mixed Florals Photopolymer Stamp Set. Find it online as part of Stampin’ Up!’s Online Exclusives. (Please let me know if you need help finding this stamp set or help in ordering it.)

Mixed Florals Stamp Set

Measurements and Details

  • Card stock of your choice (I used Crumb Cake) measuring 6 x 4 3/4. Score at 1/2, 2 1/2, 3 1/4, and 5 1/4 on the 6-inch side. Score at 4 inches on the 4 3/4-inch side.
  • Stamp tulip image from the Mixed Florals Stamp Set across the long side of the box. I stamped the image twice using the White Craft Ink.
  • Added a sentiment (from a Paper Pumpkin kit) heat embossed in white and die cut with a circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
  • Petal Pink 3/8″ Scalloped Ribbon: 16-18 inches
  • Embellishments, if desired. I used the Petal Pink dots from the Low-Profile Dots.

How to Video

Be sure to watch the video below. From my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, I give step-by-step directions for creating this cute box.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I hope you love this project and want to try it at home. Please let me know if you have questions. I’m here to help.

Kim

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Mixed Florals Fun Fold

Mixed Florals Fun Fold

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.)

I used Stampin’ Up!s Mixed Florals Photopolymer Stamp Set and the coordinating Mixed Florals 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper. Find these as part of Stampin’ Up!’s Online Exclusive offerings.

Measurements and Details

  • 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.

I hope you enjoy this card and video. I appreciate you stopping by! For more inspiration, subscribe to my free, email newsletter. I send three to four newsletters each month that include a card making tutorial, a paper crafting video, and updates to Stampin’ Up! news and specials. Click here to subscribe.

Kim

Mixed Florals Fun Fold Supply List

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Documenting the Day

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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Fruit Salad Photo Memory Book

Fruit Salad Photo Memory Book

Memory keeping doesn’t have to be difficult. In today’s post, I show you a quick and easy mini photo book. I made many of these several years ago and thought I would re-create the project with updated products.

This project uses two SaleABration offerings: the Fruit Salad 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper and the Documenting the Day Photopolymer Stamp Set.

Fruit Salad 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper
Documenting the Day Photopolymer Stamp Set

Remember, SaleABation runs through February 28, 2025. Earn your choice of free paper-crafting products with minimum purchases of $60 and $120 before tax and shipping.

Click here to see the great products to choose from with a $60 purchase.

Click here to see what’s available with a $120 purchase.

On another note, do you spot a brand-new product in the above project? The rectangle die cuts are part of the Textured Notes Dies. Find them as Online Exclusive beginning March 4. In addition, find the the 1/4-inch White Ribbon as Online Exclusives in March. (Want them now? Put them in your Starter Kit. Contact me to learn how!)

Measurements and Details

Here are some details to help you get started. Be sure to watch the video below to see how this project comes together.

  • Base card stock measures 9 1/4 x 4 3/4, score at 7 1/4 and 8 1/4
  • Card stock for front measures 6 1/4 x 4 3/4
  • Designer Series Paper (DSP) for front measures 6 x 4 1/2
  • Two DSP strips measure 4 1/2 x 3/4
  • As many Stampin’ Up! Medium Clear Envelopes as you wish to include
  • If desired, DSP placeholders measure 5 7/8 x 4 3/8
  • Any sentiment and graphic you desire for front of album
  • Tear & Tape Adhesive

Here’s another version of the Fruit Sales Photo Memory Book. This one uses the Wanted to Say Dies die cut with Foam Adhesive Sheets.

How To Video

From my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, I give step-by-step directions for creating this memory keeping project at home.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. Please let me know if you have questions about this project or any other stamping related project.

Kim

Fruit Salad Photo Memory Book Supply List

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