It May Not Be Spring But Stampin' Up!s Hues of Happiness Suite Can Be Used Year Round With This Locking Tent Easel Fun Fold Card

This Happy Birthday card may seem too springy and out of season at this time of the year, but let's focus on learning how to make the Locking Tent Easel Fun Fold portion of this card. You can incorporate any occasion stamp set, cardstock colors and matching Designer Series Papers you have in your craft collection. 

Front View

Side View Showing How the Locking Portion Workds on Tent Easel Fun Fold

CUTTING DIRECTIONS:

 First Base Piece - Daffodil Delight cardstock 4-1/4” x 11, scored at 2-3/4” and 5-1/2”

Second Base Piece – Daffodil Delight cardstock 3-1/2” x 9”, score at 4-1/2”

For Inside of Back - Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper 4” x 5-1/4”

Basic White Inner Layer for Greeting 3-1/4”x 4-1/4”

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper for front under front flap 2-1/2” x 4"

Basic White cardstock 3-1/4” x 4-1/4”, then slice 1’’ from right side to left bottom corner to create diagonal

Scrap of DD for Tags die holes

Basic White Envelope Flap with Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper  cut 2-3/8” x 6”

Fussy Cut out Flowers and leaves as show and adhere as shown

Online Shopping is easy with these links below for the products used in this project.

Tools Needed:

1/16 th hole punch – available commercially

Paper Trimmer 152392 $25

Bone Folder 102300 $7

Paper Snips Scissors 103579 $11

Take Your Pick Tool 144107 $10

Stampin’ Seal Adhesive 152813 $8

Glue Dots 103683 $5.25

Foam Adhesive Sheets 152815 $8

I hope you'll give this Fun Fold a try. It is a unique one, but worth the effort!

Here's another fun idea using Hues of Happiness, visit here!

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Using New Masking Paper from Stampin' Up!

Since I am still crushing on the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper and all the floral images I fussy cut out in my recliner that I wanted to use so...

Over the weekend I decided to try Stampin' Up!s new Masking Paper. It worked with helping me to select an area on my card front that I wanted to stay white, but I wanted to use the blending brush and Soft Sea foam ink on the upper and lower portions of the Basic White layer.

The Masking Paper did a great job giving me the "edge" I wanted.

However, I must have pressed the masking paper down to much because it peeled off a top layer of the basic white paper as I removed it. Luckily the flowers I used covered up the "roughed up" layer.

Additional Products used on above card:

Retired - Holiday Rhinestone Jewels

Retired - Noble Peacock Rhinestone Jewels

Brushed Brass Butterflies 158136 $10

Taking what I learned from the first card up top, I didn't peel off all the backing layer of the masking paper with this next card when I prepared the masking piece I needed. I just tore off a little bit of the backing paper near the edges so the middle of the area wouldn't be stuck down. Again I used the blending brush with the Soft Sea Foam to create the background for this second card.

Unfortunately, even with the narrower edge stuck down to the Basic White, when removing the masking paper, it still "roughed up" the "edge"  where the masking paper was stuck down. Again, I was relieved my flowers were going to cover up the roughness.

Before I call Demonstrator Support to inquire that I might have received a defective product I am going to experiment with it a bit more. 

Products used in creating this Card are listed below.

Both cards have this image stamped inside.

If you missed this video earlier this month, you can view it at this link:

Stampin' Up! May 10 Masking Paper Video

Products used and available to order at the link below:

Happiness Abounds Stamp set 159238 $23

Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper 158822 $12

Basic White Cardstock 159276 $10.25

Melon Mambo Cardstock 115320 $9.25

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad 147051 $8

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad 147102 $8

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 132708 $6

Iridescent Rhinestones 158310 $7.50

Masking Paper 155480 $7

Blending Brushes 153611 $12.50

Mini Dimensionals 144108 $4.25

Stampin' Seal Adhesive 152813 $8

Basic White Envelopes 159236 $7.50

Art Glitter Glue is available from Amazon

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Springy Kite Delight Friendship Card

Did you ever fly a kite as a child? Weren't those carefree days wonderful? 

Running full speed ahead and holding the bottom of your kite to help the wind grab it and lift it higher and higher? Then that feeling of success and pride when your kite started to lift off and take flight into the sky, swaying back and forth, with the tail waggling along? 

All at the same time in your hand, you felt the tug of the kite string as you moved your arm to gauge the line tautness and make the decision if you needed to let out more string or not to help your kite soar?

Oh, those were good memories of my childhood. I loved flying a kite in my yard, or at the beach on vacations, both were wonderful! Just me and my kite!

Today I'm sharing with you a design of mine using a Z fun fold to help accentuate the feeling of the kite really flying. The Kite Delight stamp set is so perfect for this.  This stamp set is in the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog and available to order at my online store.

Below is the full inside view. As I look at it now I should have added a 1-7/8" x 5.25" strip of Basic White so there would be a place to write a note inside this card. 

Below shows you some of the supplies, but especially the Kite Delight stamp set. Look at all those cool kites you can choose from!

Products used and how to make this card:

Bermuda Bay Cardstock - cut 5.5" x 8.5", scored at 2-1/8" and 4.25"

Retired Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper from the Jan.-Feb. 2022 Sale-a-Bration brochure

Two pieces - 1) 1-7/8" x 5.25" and 2) 4" x 5.25"

Fussy cut out one colorful rainbow.

Basic White Cardstock pieces for the clouds and kite image (and the inside panel as I realized above.)

Stamp one piece of Basic White with the greeting in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, then punch out with the Cloud Punch.

Punch two more clouds with the Cloud Punch from Basic White cardstock, then place them in the Retired Swirls and Curls Embossing Folder and run through your Cut and Emboss Machine.

Kite Delight stamp set - Hint - stamp two kites on Basic White cardstock - one in Bermuda Bay ink and one in Melon Mambo ink. Fussy cut out the Melon Mambo pieces and adhere to the full Bermuda Bay kite as shown in the photo.

With a piece of the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper stamp the kite tail in Melon Mambo ink and carefully fussy cut-out.

Adhesives: Mini Dimensionals and Regular Dimensionals, Stampin' Seal, 

Tools: Paper Trimmer and Paper Snips

As you build your card, savor happy memories of kite flying you may have done. 

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157748 Kite Delight Stamp Set $18 

157749 Cloud Punch $18

131197 Bermuda Bay Cardstock $8.75

159276 Basic White Cardstock $9.75

159236 Basic White Medium Envelopes $7.50

132708 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink $6

147096 Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad $7.50

147051 Melon Mambo Ink Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad $7.50

Retired Sale-a-Bration item – Sunshine & Rainbows DSP
Retired Swirls and Curls Embossing Folder

Adhesives 104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals $4 144108 Stampin’ Mini Dimensionals $4 152803 Stampin’ Seal Adhesive $8 152814 Stampin’ Seal Refill $5.50 103683 Glue Dots $5.25

Tools 152392 Paper Trimmer $25 152391 Cutting Blades Multipack $12 103579 Paper Snips $10 149653 Cut & Emboss Machine $120 150673 Mini Cut & Emboss Machine $60 144107 Take Your Pick Tool $10 147042 Simply Shammy $8 Clear Stamp Blocks various sizes on page 145 of Annual Catalog