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Luv 2 Stamp Blog Hop August 2023

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Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2023 Blog Hop! We are excited to share projects with you again for the third year. This year we are shaking things up and bringing you all new monthly themes to inspire your next project!
Once you are done with each post, scroll down to the bottom and you will see a list of Blog Hop participants, you can click on their name to go to their post, or you can click the next button to go to the next post in line. Happy crafting!
This month’s theme is Fun Fold.
 
From the outside of this card, you'll notice that it's quite ordinary.  The inside is the focus of this card.  I'm using the Pop-Up Vase Fun Fold.  Here is my card.
 
Luv 2 Stamp Fun Fold Blog Hop  Vase Pop Up Fun Fold  Darling Details bundle  Scalloped Contours dies Quatrefoil Tile EF  So Sincere set  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create
My base is Lost Lagoon 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4.  In the center I have  a rectangle using the Scalloped Contours dies in Basic White.  It's the third die in.  My flowers and leaves are from the Darling Details stamp set and dies (bundle).  Stamp everything on Basic White.  The flowers are stamped in Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, and Pretty Peacock.  The leaves are in Lost Lagoon.  This is a 2 step stamp.  The detail outside of the flowers are stamped.  For the inside, stamp off your stamp.  This set is actually easy to match up since it is made in photopolymer.
 
Luv 2 Stamp Fun Fold Blog Hop  Vase Pop Up Fun Fold  Darling Details bundle Card Open  Scalloped Contours dies  Earthen Elegance DSP  Quatrefoil Tile EF  So Sincere set  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create.jpg.png
Here is the inside of the card.  As you open the card the vase becomes 3 dimensional.  Fill it with more flowers to make a really striking card.
 
I have two pieces of Lost Lagoon cut to 4 x 5 1/4.  These are both embossed using the Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder.  In the video I use the brand new Distressed Tile Embossing Folder.  Add one to each side of the inside of the card.  On the right add another Basic White rectangle to the center and use the saying from the So Sincere stamp set stamped in Pretty Peacock.  That stamp set is also brand new.  The Distressed Tile EF and the So Sincere stamp set will be available to everyone on September 6th!
 
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For the vase, you'll need the following.  I'm just going to include what is needed for the front of the card as well.  All flowers and leaves are stamped on Basic White cardstock. 
3 large flowers in Crushed Curry
3 large flowers in Cherry Cobbler
5 small flowers in Pretty Peacock   
4 of the leaves cut into two parts, one leaf and 2 leaves in Lost Lagoon. 
Basic Pearls are used as embellishments.  I apologize that the pearls are retired.  Please consider the Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.  (Pictures already made and edited.)  In the video I color some of the Classic Matte Dots with a Dark Pretty Peacock Blend.  They did end up looking closer to Lost Lagoon in color, but that's fine.
 
Luv 2 Stamp Fun Fold Blog Hop  Vase Pop Up Fun Fold  Darling Details bundle Card Open  Scalloped Contours dies Quatrefoil Tile EF  So Sincere set  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create.jpg
 
It's really hard to describe how to make this card in words.  Pictures are so much better.  So from here I'll play the video for you.  If you want more help search for Pop-Up Vase Card on Pinterest for lots of additional ideas.  
 

 
For the vase you will need a piece of Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper cut to 2 1/4 x 5.  Score at 1 inch from each side.   The ends of the paper (scored off) are then scored at 3/4 down to the score line at each end.  Turn the paper and score again.  Each end will then have the end pieces scored in 3 even sections.  Trim on each score line down to the one inch line.  On the right cut off the center piece.  Two pieces will extend.  On the left trim off the two outside pieces leaving only the one in the center.
 
Additional paper needed is a piece of Lost Lagoon 5/8 x 3 7/8 and scored at 3/8.
You'll also need another paper  of any color 1/2 x 2.
 
I'm not even going to try to put this into words.  It's a pretty neat mechanism though.  Have some tear & tape handy.
 
As you are adding flowers and leaves close the card to make sure they stay inside the card.
 
Luv 2 Stamp Fun Fold Blog Hop  Vase Pop Up Fun Fold  Darling Details bundle  Close Up of Inside  Scalloped Contours dies Quatrefoil Tile EF  So Sincere set  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create
 
Again, watch the video!!!  I really had a sense of accomplishment when I finished this card.  Thanks so much for joining the Luv 2 Stamp Blog Hop today.  I hope that you'll visit everyone.  We all LOVE fun folds!  Don't forget to come back and see me as well!
 
 
If you need supplies I would love to help you.  If you don't already have another demonstrator, I would love to send you the new September-December Mini catalog.  Just let me know.

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Inked & Tiled for the Tutorial Medley Group

I belong to a private Facebook group of about 16 SU demonstrators.  Each month we design 1 card and tutorial to add to the group.  These are then compiled.  We can use these as we wish.  These demonstrators are located across the USA and Canada.  I choose to share my large tutorial with my Luv 2 Create team and with my customers.  I love being able to share these.

Inked and Tiled Card  August  Tutorial Medley  Timeworn Tile 3D EF  Painted Texture 3D EF  Linen Thread  Stylish Shapes dies  Tinsel Gems Three-Pack  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This is the card that I created for August.  I used the Inked & Tiled stamp set from the annual catalog.  There is a little fussy cutting, but it's easy cutting.

I'm not going to go through all the directions here, but I will link the tutorial.  Find it Download Inked & Tiled - August 2023 (1)

I hope you enjoy the tutorial.  I'll be sending out the tutorial collection for August later in the month by email.  Meanwhile, here are a few more pictures.

Inked and Tiled  August  Tutorial Medley  Timeworn Tile 3D EF  Painted Texture 3D EF  Linen Thread  Stylish Shapes dies  Tinsel Gems Three-Pack  Close Up  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Inked and Tiled  August  Tutorial Medley  Timeworn Tile 3D EF  Painted Texture 3D EF  Linen Thread  Stylish Shapes dies  Tinsel Gems Three-Pack  Card Standing  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Thank you for joining me today.  I think this card is so pretty.  I'll add a supply list next.  I am an independant Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I do sell these products.  Let me know if I can help!

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Berry Harvest Background Stamp Card

The background stamps are on pages 118 and 119 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.  That's where you will find the Berry Harvest stamp set.  Don't you love blackberries!

Berry Harvest  Nested Essentials  Linen Thread  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This card starts with Berry Burst cardstock cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.  Score and fold at 4 1/4.  Stamp over the front of the card with the Berry Harvest stamp set in the same color Berry Burst.  That's a lot of berries!

Stamp another sheet of Basic White that is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in Memento Black.  Pick some of the areas on this sheet to color.  Think about how it would be to cut out using your Paper Snips.  It will all be fussy cutting.  I color the leaves with the Parakeet Party Blends Combo.  The berries are colored in the Berry Burst Blends Combo.  I did use the Color Lifter to take away some of the color of the berries in places.  This adds a little more interest.

Berry Harvest  Translucent Florals  Blends  Nested Essentials  Linen Thread  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

I used the Nested Essentials to cut the largest tag piece in Basic White.  Wrap the Crumb Cake twine around near the top of the panel 3 times and tape it on the back.  This twine comes from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack.  Make a bow with the same twine and add it to the front with a rolled up glue dot.  Add the panel to the side of the card with dimensionals.

Add the berries and stems that you colored and cut wherever you want them.  On the panel, glue the berries.  On the card itself, add the berries and leaves with dimensionals.  Put dimensionals under the parts that extend past the panel.

The saying for this card is from the Translucent Florals stamp set.  This set is in the upcoming Sept-Oct Mini Catalog (holiday catalog).  Stamp in Berry Burst on a half in strip and notch the end.  Add using glue and dimensionals.

Finish up with some of the Adhesive Backed Sparkly Gems.

Berry Harvest  Translucent Florals  Blends  Nested Essentials  Linen Thread  Inside of Card  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This is the inside of the card.  The saying is Translucent Florals.  I cut additional pieces of the stems and berries.  and added them.  Oh, by the way, the single partial leaf covers a smudge.   The other berries were at an edge but I used them anyway!

Berry Harvest  Translucent Florals  Blends  Nested Essentials  Linen Thread  Sparkle Gems  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit me.  If you need a demonstrator I would love to help you!  The list of products is below.

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I Don't Like This Card But I Do Like the Fun Fold!

Well, you can't like every card that you create.  I don't like this one.  I do like parts of it, and that's why I'm sharing it with you.  It might just be the pink because I don't really like pink.  I mailed this card to a friend.  I did explain that I wasn't proud of it.  I did spend a lot of time trying to improve it.  Then I just  stopped.  My friend does like pink.

Natural Print dies  Easel Fun Fold  Earthen Textures dies  Earthen Elegance DSP  Wildlife Wonder  2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim  Folded Shut  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Natural Print dies  Easel Fun Fold  Earthen Textures dies  Earthen Elegance DSP  Wildlife Wonder  2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This card has a Moody Mauve base.  The fun fold starts with a piece that is 4 1/4 x 11.  Score this at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2.

The small area folds forward and becomes the base for the easel part to rest.  When closed, this part folds up into the card inside.

The front of the card has a piece of Bubble Bath that measures 4 1/8 x 4 1/8.  The designer paper is 4 x 4.  Add these layers.  The Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper is used with this card.  NOTE:  You can cut out the wreath for the front of the card from the layer under the designer paper if you are careful to save paper!!!

The wreath is cut from the Natural Prints dies from Bubble Bath cardstock.  The cutout from Lost Lagoon is from the Earthen Textures dies.  The other stems in Coastal Cabana are from the Natural Prints dies as well as the Moody Mauve cut out.

The bow is made using the 2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim.  I pulled the strands apart for the Moody Mauve jute.  I think I used 2 of the strands for the bow.  Add it with a glue dot.

Natural Print dies  Easel Fun Fold  Earthen Textures dies  Earthen Elegance DSP  Wildlife Wonder  2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim  Close Up  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

For the inside of the card, I used a layer of Bubble Bath 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 (as on the outside) and a layer of Basic White 4 x 4.  I added a stem in Lost Lagoon from the Natural Prints dies.  The saying is from Wildlife Wonder.

Natural Print dies  Easel Fun Fold  Earthen Textures dies  Earthen Elegance DSP  Wildlife Wonder  2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim  Card Open  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

For the base of the easel, the Bubble Bath cardstock is 2 3/8 x 4 1/8.  The Earthen Elegance designer paper is 2 1/4 x 4.  The saying is from the Country Bouquet stamp set.  Stamp the saying on Basic White in Moody Mauve and cut around it.  I then glued the saying to a piece of Moody Mauve cardstock and trimmed around it.  Place this near the edge and use dimensionals to elevate it.

If the easel has a little trouble working as you wish.  Burnish those folds with your Bone Folder again and play with it.

Natural Print dies  Easel Fun Fold  Earthen Textures dies  Earthen Elegance DSP  Wildlife Wonder  2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim  Partially Open  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create
The finished card is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4.

Thanks.  If you have a comment about the card, please leave it.  Just remember that at the beginning I told you that I don't like it.  Please be kind!  My list of products used is listed below.  Clicking can take you to my online store.

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Inked & Tiled and the 2023-2025 In Color 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper Stack

I hope this post finds you well.  I also hope that you find time in your busy world to stamp.  For me, stamping is my happy place.  Today I'm sharing the Inked & Tiled stamp set with Pebbled Path and Boho Blue, 2 of our new In Colors.

Inked and Tiled Card  Pebbled Path  Boho Blue  2023-2025 In Color Jute  2023-2025 In Color 6 x 6  Adhesive Backed Solid Jems  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

I needed a card that didn't take a lot of time.  I'm sure this happens to you as well.  This card fits the bill.  The base is Pebbled Path cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and folded at 4 1/4.

The Boho Blue layer is measures 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.  

The white layer is 3 7/8 x 5 1/8.  Add to the left of this paper a piece of Pebbled Path that is 1 1/2 x 5 1/8.  Over the right of that paper, add a 1/4 inch piece of Boho Blue designer paper from the same 2023-2025 In Color 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper.  I suggest that you add the designer paper to the white BEFORE you add that layer to the card front.

Inked and Tiled  Pebbled Path  Boho Blue  2023-2025 In Color Jute  2023-2025 In Color 6 x 6  Adhesive Backed Solid Jems  Close Up  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

We are going to add color to the stamp from Inkded and Tiled by using the Stampin' Write Markers directly on the stamp.  Use the larger end of the marker on the stamp.  Color by using the side of the marker so that you don't ruin the point of the marker. Use Boho Blue for the flowers and Pebbled Path for the stems and leaves.  When done coloring huff on the stamp to add a little moisture and stamp.

Stamp the saying from Inked & Tiled in Pebbled Path.

I used the 2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim for my bow.  I pulled apart the strands, and then tied my bow.  Add it with a glue dot.

Embellish the card with the Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems.

Inked and Tiled  Pebbled Path  Boho Blue  2023-2025 In Color Jute  2023-2025 In Color 6 x 6  Adhesive Backed Solid Jems  Inside of Card  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Here's the inside of my card.  My Pebbled Path ink pad is very juicy so I stamped off the leaf stamp from Inked & Tiled.  For the other stamp, color directly on the stamp with Stampin' Write Markers.

Inked and Tiled  Pebbled Path  Boho Blue  2023-2025 In Color Jute  2023-2025 In Color 6 x 6  Adhesive Backed Solid Jems  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you can use the information that I shared.  I am a Stampin' Up! independant demonstator.  I'm so happy to help you if you don't already have a demonstrator.  Let me know how I can help!

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