Fun Fold Friday: Flip Card

Hi Everyone!

I have decided to restart Fun Fold Friday! I always think it's fun to add a little interest to cards by doing something easy and simple like using a different kind of fold.  I've done a few other posts with different types of folds as well, including this "Double Z" Fold card  and this Free Standing Pop Up card

For today, I decided to try this "new to me" fold and created a "Flip Card" There are many tutorials for this fold out there on Pinterest and in blog land. I decided to use this one from Stampin U

At first, it was a little confusing; but once I got going with it, it came together pretty easily. My base is Simon Says Stamp Blue Violet Card Stock. I also used PTI Autumn Rose, and Summer Sunrise along with Neenah Solar White. For stamp sets I used Verve's "Beautiful Kindess" and Clearly Besotted "Eastern Delights" Unfortunately, I don't think this particular set is available any longer. I stamped the border flower images in Fossilized Amber Distress Ink and the sentiment in Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.  To make the flip part of the card, I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 11 Dies

I took a few pictures so you can see the different angles of the fold. Links to the products where available are included below.

Have a great day and I'll see you Sunday for Coffee House Sunday!

Challenges:

--Anything Goes--
1. Crafting with Friends
2. Polkadoodles
3. Simply Papercraft:

Other Challenges:
4. Cut it up: Use a die cut and follow a tutorial

Blue Violet Card Stock SSS	PTI Autumn Rose	PTI Summer Sunrise	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
Fiskars SureCut Personal 12	Martha Stewart Crafts Mini Scoring Board	Beautiful Kindness: Verve Stamps	Ranger DIS-27119 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Chipped Sapphire
Distress Ink Fossilized Amber	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153

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Coloring Page and Prisma Color Combos

Hi Everyone!

I hope you're all doing well today. I am here to share a coloring page I recently completed. I love my "Calming Swirls" coloring book. It is so relaxing! Still, even though it's relaxing for me, I still spend some time coming up with color combos that I like and use those as I make my way through the page.
I have included the color combos I used for this page as well. I don't do a lot of fancy blending and techniques with my coloring pages...I just color! For me, that's what makes it relaxing!
I have also pinned the color combinations to my new "Prismacolor Pencil Combinations" Pinterest board if you would like to pin them for later as well!
That is all for me today, sorry for the late post. I hope you have a wonderful evening and I will see you all again soon!

               

               

                 

Thinking of You Stencil Ink Blending

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for visiting me today. I hope you're all doing well this morning. We are in our last week of school here, so the kiddos are just trying to make it to the finish line!

For today's card, I decided to use the scraps of paper that were left over from the Standup Post It Note Holder I shared last week. I haven't used any stencils in a while, so I got out my Abstract Petals from MFT and did some ink blending. I used Rosie Cheeks, Hot Mama, Soft Navy and Cloudy Sky inks from Simon Says Stamp. I added texture to the card with the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder on the panels behind the image.

I wanted the focus to be on the stenciled image, so I just added a simple "Thinking of You" sentiment at the bottom. The stamp is from Hero Arts Hello Set. I also stamped the small hearts from the set and covered them with Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and some Glossy Accents. I added drops of  Diamond stickles to the centers of the petals in the image panel. Finally, I added some faux
white stitching lines with my Signo White Pen.

That is all for me today. I have decided to provide the links to the products I used in making today's card. It's been a while since I've done this; but I hope it helps you if you are interested in purchasing these products.

Have a great day and I will see you again tomorrow!

Challenges:
Artistic Inspirations: Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies: Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread:Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs: Anything Goes
Crafty Creations: Anything Goes (2nd Entry)
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Ocean Tide card stock: PTI	Enchanted Evening: PTI	Melon Berry: PTI	PTI Berry Sorbet
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	*Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool 42-05013 New 2012	Swiss Dots Embossing Folder Provo Craft	Scalloped Sentiment Border Punch Fiskars
Fiskars SureCut Personal 12 SCBK	RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini	My Favorite Things MIX-ables Stencil, 6 by 6-Inch, Abstract Petals	Hero Arts Hello and Die Set
Simon Says Stamp Cloudy Sky	Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad SOFT NAVY Blue Ink021	Simon Says Stamp Rosie Cheeks	Simon Says Stamp Hot Mama
Diamond Stickles: Ranger Industries	Wink of Stella Clear	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents Precision Tip, 2-Ounce

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Zentangle Circles and Squares

Hello Everyone!

I hope you're all doing well and enjoying your holiday! I have something a little different to share with you today. While I am an avid paper crafter and card maker, I also enjoy other forms of creativity as well. One of my favorite things to do is to create pages with intricate designs sometimes in color and sometimes all in black and white. Now, I think this is referred to as "Zentangle" but I'm a little hesitant to call it that because I'm not sure that's exactly what it is. Still, it sounds better than "doodle art" so, we'll stick with "Zentangle"
I have quite the collection of these that I want to share with you; but I thought I would just start with these two for now.
For this first one, I drew a whole page of interlocking circles on a piece of plain white paper. Normally, I use grid paper but when I work with the circles, I like the blank paper better.  I then set out to fill each circle with "doodles" When you look at it, there doesn't appear to be a pattern; but when I was doing it there was, and that is what I love about it!

For this second one I decided to do squares in a variety of sizes and to fill them all in. Sometimes the pattern lies in the design, and sometimes it lies in the color pattern. It's probably best to point out that when I make these, I actually do them in "portrait" mode; but they photograph better in "Landscape" mode. So this design went black, color, black, color etc.

One other quick note before I go, maybe you've noticed a few subtle changes to the blog? There's more to come....stay tuned!

Hope your day is great!