Welcome to our monthly NC Demos blog hop. You may have just visited Jo Anne Hewins’ blog, and I know she shared a great project! As you may know, each month we have a blog topic or theme to work with, and this month the theme is teamwork. We were to use something new from the Annual Catalog AND something that returned from a previous catalog…hence, teamwork 🙂
My card this month is what I call a flap front card. There may be a more technical name for it, but I don’t know what it is, lol! The focal point, which for this card is the sentiment, flips open and the left side of the card opens for you to see the inside.
For the new product, I chose to work with the Beauty of Friendship Photopolymer stamp set. And for the returning product, I used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I’m so glad these dies carried over to the new catalog because they are one of my favorites.
I also decided to use some of our new 2021-2023 In Colors for this card. And to be perfectly honest, I decided to use what had started out as being one of my least favorite of the 5 new colors. Evening Evergreen definitely did not wow me when I first saw it. I felt it was just so dark. BUT, when I paired it with a little Soft Succulent and added coordinating Designer Series Paper from the Beauty of the Earth pack, I was hooked!
This card is pretty simple to make. Other than die-cutting the 2 pieces that I used for the sentiment, the rest was just plain and simple stamping. And the images in this stamp set make it so easy. I stamped one treetop image full strength with Soft Succulent and the other treetop image was stamped off once to give a slightly lighter color.
When it came time to assemble the card, I took the tag with the sentiment and lightly scored the right side where the semi-circle was and folded that under the tag. I glued that scored piece to the right hand side of the open card base and then put the strip of DSP over that, which created the ‘flap’ part of the card.
Here are the measurements for the card:
Evening Evergreen card base – 7 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored at 3 1/4″
Evening Evergreen die cut – 4″ x 3″
Soft Succulent die cut – 3″ x 2 1/2″
Beauty of the Earth DSP – 5 1/4″ x 1″
Basic White – one piece 5 1/4″ x 3″ (card front) and 5 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ (card inside)
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I hope you enjoyed my project this month. Now please continue on through the hop and see what Tina Lesson has to share with us this month 🙂
Tracie Evans Langley
Amy Kinler
Jo Anne Hewins
Toni Campana – YOU ARE HERE!
Tina Lesson
Sharon Maranich
Laurie Meier
Nedine DuPree
Frances Wagner
Fantastic card as always, Toni! Love the colors and the fancy fold is great! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Tracie. I am really loving that color combo and know I’ll be using it frequently 😊
I love the fold you used today, simple but very pretty. Evening Evergreen is one of my favorites, but I’m a green person. I’m glad the Stitched So Sweetly dies carried over as well. I always look forward to seeing your projects! Thanks.
Thanks, Jo Anne. I fluctuate between blues and greens, myself. I’m lad I forced myself to use Evening Evergreen because I do like it now!
Love your card. I was like you about Evergreen but when I paired it with Succulent, it was a different story!
Thanks, Sharon. It really does pair well with Soft Succulent!
Toni, I love your flap card and the way you used the So Sweetly tags.
Thank you, Frances 😊. I’m so glad those dies are still current!
I have this set and you have inspired me to pull it out and use it. The fancy fold is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.
It’s really a fun set to play with, Amy. Looking forward to seeing what you create with it 😊
Love the card and the colors you used plus its a fun fold. Thanks for the ideas
Thank you, Tina 😊
Toni – I love your card (and hope you don’t mind if I CASE it!!). The Stitched So Sweetly Dies are also some of my favorites. Thanks so much for your inspiration and a new fun fold for me to try!
Yes, please feel free to CASE! I love those dies too 😊
Beautiful card Toni! I love the fold with the die cut flap too!! Thank you!!
Thank you, Cindi!