Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “Home for the Holidays”. We really hope that you enjoy and are inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
I chose a New to me fun fold Bay Window card for today’s hop. It fits perfectly in keeping with the Home for Holidays theme. Please forgive the length of the post. I wanted you to see all of the views.
Stamps and Dies
I used the Tidings & Trimmings Bundle to create the stockings, star, and sentiment. The matching Dies were used to cut the stockings and star. Did you notice the personalization on the stockings? My kitties are honored to share their stockings with you.
The Merry Christmas is from the Word Wishes Die set. These are a wonderful group of sentiments. Make note if you case this card, and use a similar sentiment, only adhere it to the center panel. It needs to hang over the other panels when open.
Papers and Color
The Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper is a favorite and the pattern on the front of the card is the #1! So that paper is what defined my color choices for the rest of the card. The inside DSP is a complimentary piece from the same pack.
The Soft Succulent layer of the right side sentiment as well as the stockings also come from the DSP. To tie in the inside paper, I added the “berries” to the stocking patterns with Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends. The pearls on the side sentiment are also colored with the Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend to match.
Other Views
The inside sentiment layer could be made larger. I chose to have it a bit smaller so it did not show when the card was in display mode.
This is the flat view. As you can see it does fold flat for mailing without damaging the Merry Christmas. And you can see my non professional personalization of the stockings. 🙂
Directions and Measurements
I discovered this Fun Fold from fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Lisa Cursio.
- Card base of Cherry Cobbler is cut 4 1/4 X 11 and scored at 3/8, 1 7/8, 3 5/8 5 1/8 & 5 1/2
- The front DSP is cut in portrait mode at 1 3/8 X 4 1/8 (x2 for the 2 outside pieces) and 1 5/8 X 4 1/8 for the center
- The right side greeting layers are Soft Succulent cut to 1 5/8 X 1 5/8 and Basic White cut to 1 1/2 X 1 1/2.
- The inside DSP is 5 X 4 1/8 (5 is width)
- The inside sentiment layer is 2 1/4 X 3 1/4
Fold and burnish the score lines. Add Tear & Tape between the last two score lines and adhere. This makes the hinge on the left side of the card. When adding your right side sentiment ,align it even with the right edge of the inside DSP. Place dimensionals only the right side of the sentiment. This allows the Bay Window to slip under the unattached left side to stay open. I hope you give this fund fold a try!
Thank You!!
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on December 8th. Our theme will be “My Favorite Things” with our design team showcasing some of their favorite products from any catalog they choose.
Until then, have fun in your craft space.
Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Annette Elliott at AESTAMPS A LATTE
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps, INK
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
- Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Lori Webb at Clever Copies
- Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
SUPPLIES:
Ok…this is an amazing card but writing the kitties names on the stocking is so adorable! Love your fun card!
Wow, what a cool fun fold card! Love how you added your kitties names. so cute.
Very clever card, Jackie! That fold is amazing (and I love “our” choice of DSP! 🙂 )
What a great fun-fold. You definitely made me smile with the stockings. Perfectly executed.
Darling fun fold Jackie! Thanks for the directions 🙂
A mantlepiece extravaganza Jackie! Beautiful work here! Always a pleasure to see how you put your own stamp on our Pals Hop!
Very pretty card fold.
Great fun fold, Jackie! Wonderful detail!
Great card Jackie. I love that paper and that fantastic fold!
Such a pretty card! I love this fun fold.
I have fallen in love with this fun fold card and have already made a couple. However, I absolutely love the way you made this card yours with the DSP on the whole inside and the sentiment on dimensionals to hold down the end piece. Beautiful!
What a fantastic fun fold! Great choice of DSP.
What a wonderful bay window holiday card, Jackie! It’s on my list to try soon actually. Love the choice of designer papers! Thank you for joining the blog hop this month.
Jackie, thank you for sharing this fun “Bay Window” fold with us. New to me as well. Thank you for hopping along with us this month too!