Friends Of The Forest - Happy Birthday

Today's card uses the lovely Friends of the Forest stamp set and coordinating Deer builder punch. You can find this stamp set in our current Mini Catalogue - but it retires at the end of June!

The beautiful sentiment is from a stamp set coming in our new Mini Catalogue at the start of July - Go To Greetings.

The paper is from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper pack - also coming in July :o)

I stamped the Tree and the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then over-stamped them with Versamark using the Stamparatus. They were then heat embossed with Clear powder.

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Embossing Buddy - Currently retired but coming back soon!

If you are in Europe (UK, DE, FR, NL or AT ) you can purchase any of the products below through me in my Online Store. Click on any of the links to take you directly to that item.

Friends Of The Forest Photopolymer Stamp Set [157746]	Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English) [158763]	Abigail Rose 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159037]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock [121683]
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893]	Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154879]
Deer Builder Punch [156390]	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]	Basics Embossing Powders [155554]	Stamparatus [148187]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Stampin Friends Blog Hop - Celebrating Men

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop for May! 

This month's theme is 'Celebrating Men'. So this month's projects have a masculine theme.

If you are following along with the Hop, you may have arrived from  Maureen's Blog. 

Be sure to read through my post, comment below and then continue on to Barb's Blog. 

If you get lost along the way, you can find a full list of all the participants at the end of each of their Blog Posts.

Here are the projects I made for this month's Hop ...

For this month's Hop I created two Fancy Fold cards and boxes to gift them in.

I've called the fold a Concertina Display card although I've no idea if it has a 'proper' name :o)

You can find a Video showing you how I created these cards below.

I kept the Boxes very simple. These are my standard box size to hold any 6"x4" card. If you are interested in creating them, you will find all the details HERE.

I used Soft Suede card for the card base for this first one and Tahitian Tide for the layer underneath the paper.

The paper is from the Neutrals 6" Designer Series Paper pack but the designs I used are retired. We still have the packs with the same colours, but the designs have changed.

You need a card base of 12"x6" - so half a sheet of 12"x12" card. If you haven't got any 12" card in the colour you want you can still create one using your standard size card stock - I show you how to do this in the Video.

The card is quite versatile in how you display it - the concertina folds allow it to stand easily.

Here you can see the shape of the card from the top.

This is the card fully opened out.

... and the reverse of the card, where you would write your message.

This is the card I created in the Video. I used Evening Evergreen for the base and Cajun Craze for the layer.

The paper comes from the 2021 - 2022 In Color 6" Designer Series Paper pack and the patterns used are our new current ones :o)

Four stamp sets were actually used to create this card.

Seas The Day is the main one but I also used a couple of images from the Whale Done set. 

The horizontal image mats were stamped using the Gentle Waves stamp set to add a little colour and interest and I used the Biggest Wish stamp set for the main sentiment.

Either of these cards would be perfect for a masculine birthday. But it would be simple to change the colour of the card stock and layers to make it more 'feminine' if you wished to :o)

This is a very quick and easy Fancy Fold card to create :o)

The card fully opened ...

... and closed in its Box.

Here is the Video for the Card ...

Measurements

Evening Evergreen                                        30.5cm x 15.25cm       (12” x 6”)   

 

Or join 2 pieces of card together to create the card base: 

16.5cm x 15.2cm and 15.2cm x 15.2cm)

(6½” x 6” and 6” x 6”)

 

With the LONG side across the TOP, score down at: 2”, 4”, 6” and 8”  

 

Cajun Craze x2 – card base                      14.9cm x 9.8cm           (5⅞” x 3⅞”)

Cajun Craze x4 – card base                      14.9cm x 4.8cm           (5⅞” x 1⅞”)

Cajun Craze x3 – stamped panels         9.8cm x 4.8cm             (3⅞” x 1⅞”)

Cajun Craze – sentiment panel              7.9cm x 4.5cm             (3⅛” x 1¾”)

 

Basic White - back                                         14.6cm x 9.5cm           (5¾” x 3¾”)

Basic White x3 – stamped panels          9.5cm x 4.5cm             (3 ¾” x 1⅞”)

Basic White – sentiment panel               7.6cm x 4.2cm             (3” x 1⅝”)                     

 

In Color DSP – card base                           14.6cm x 9.5cm           (5¾” x 3¾”)

In Color DSP x4 – card base                     14.6cm x 4.5cm           (5¾” x 1¾”)

 

You will need additional Basic White card to complete the project.

Here is the list of all the Blog Hop participants for this month:

1. Jo Blackmann - UK

2. Jean Beaulieu - USA

3. Maureen Rauchfuss - USA

4. Teri Pocock - UK - You Are Here!

5. Barb Pfifer - Canada

6. Steph Jandrow - USA

7. Tiziana Milano - USA

8. Melissa Thomas - USA

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Seas The Day Bundle (English) [157858]	Seas The Day Cling Stamp Set (English) [157849]	Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152470]	Gentle Waves Cling Stamp Set [157868]	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052]
2021–2023 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159254]	2021–2023 In Color 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock Pack [155642]	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575]	Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock [121683]	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230]
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101]	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576]	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115]
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087]	Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [159210]	Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212]	Sea Dies [157857]
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]