Double Flap Fun Fold Card with Radiant Sunflowers | Mystery Stamping #36

 This double flap fun fold card was the surprise reveal for Mystery Stamping #36! I used the Stampin’ Up!® Radiant Sunflowers stamps and dies to create a warm sunflower card that works beautifully for fall—or anytime you want to send a cheerful hello to a friend.

Mystery Stamping is a fun way to use the supplies you already have. I share the cutting and scoring clue before we begin, but no one knows exactly what the finished card will look like until we assemble the pieces together.

A Double Flap Fun Fold Card

The base of this card has a shortened front panel. A second, smaller flap is attached from the opposite side and overlaps the first panel, creating the double flap design.

It looks like a more complicated fun fold, but the construction is surprisingly easy. You can position the smaller flap toward the top, middle, or bottom of the card depending on the stamped image or greeting you want to use.

The measurements and scoring instructions are included in the Mystery Stamping clue graphic. Watch the video below to see how all the mystery pieces fit together.

Radiant Sunflowers and Watercolor Pencils

I stamped the large sunflower in Early Espresso ink and colored it with several shades of Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils. Starting with the lighter colors and adding darker shades gave the flower more depth.

A Blender Pen softened the pencil marks and blended the colors together, creating an almost-watercolor appearance. This is an easy way to avoid harsh pencil lines while still controlling exactly where the color goes.

After coloring the sunflower, I cut it out with the coordinating die and attached it with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Linen Thread and coordinating embellishments added the finishing touches.

Make This Fun Fold Your Own

This card layout can be used with far more than sunflowers. Try changing the Designer Series Paper, placing a greeting on the overlapping panel, or replacing the stamped focal image with a die-cut shape.

That is one of my favorite things about Mystery Stamping: everyone begins with the same basic clue, but every finished card is different.

I hope you’ll give this double flap fun fold card a try! If you make one, I’d love to hear which stamps and colors you used.

I’m Cheryl Wright, an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator in northeastern Montana. Join me each week for free cardmaking classes, Mystery Stamping, fun-fold card ideas, and other paper-crafting inspiration.

Find my current classes, shopping links, and upcoming events at CraftWithCheryl.com.

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Something Old, Something New

The New Stampin' Up! Catalog is full of so much goodness!  I am so excited to play with all the new products!  Once I fill my shopping list that is!  That could take awhile!  Until then, there are so many products that I did purchase last year that didn't retire!  So what you will see over the next year is a mix of new products and some that you may or may not have seen before.  The project below is an example made from products that were new from the last catalog, but are still available!  This card is made from the Country Livin' Stamp Set (141925) and the Jar of Love Stamp Set (141587).

Stay tuned for much more!  If you find yourself shopping this month, please use host code G7KJRENN if your order is less than $150.  If it is over $150, you get the Stampin' Rewards aka free stuff!  Of course, you could always get your Stampin' Up! products at a discount every time by joining my team.  For $99, you pick $125 worth of products.  There is no obligation afterwards but there are many opportunities.  Let me know if you have any questions!

  

New catalog projects coming soon!

Beautiful You

I love this card.  I made it for a special person who is fighting leukemia.  The sentiment is perfect for dancing through the tough times.  Keep fighting, Deb!

If you'd like to make a card like this one, here's how...

Supplies:

·         Stamp Sets – Beautiful You (143637)

·         Card Stock/DSP  – Sweet Sugarplum (141418), Chocolate Chip (102128), Whisper White (100730)

·         Ink Pads – Chocolate Chip (126979)

·         Misc. – Watercolor Pencils (141709), Blender Pens (102845), Brights Enamel Shapes (141680); adhesive
           

Measurements:  

·         Chocolate Chip – 8.5” x 5.5” – score at 4.25”

·         Sweet Sugarplum  - 4” x 5.25”

·         Whisper White – 3.75” x 5”

           

Instructions:

1.    Stamp girl and sentiment on whisper white using Chocolate Chip Ink Pad.

2.    Color girl using watercolor pencils. Use blender pen, if desired.

3.    Adhere Sweet Sugarplum to Choc. Chip base. 

4.    Adhere Whisper White to Sweet Sugarplum.   

5.    Add embellishments.

Thanks for Building Me Up

All images © 1990-2016 Stampin’ Up!^®
Cheryl Wright – www.CraftinWithMe.blogspot.com

Supplies:

·         Stamp Sets – Nailed It (143077)

·         Card Stock/DSP  – Crumb Cake (120953); Pacific Point (111350); Shimmery White (101910)

·         Stamp Pads – Basic Black Archival (140931); Chocolate Chip (126979)

·         Misc. – Hexagons Dynamic Embossing Folder (143231); Build It Framelit Dies (143230); Urban Underground Embellishments (142786); Watercolor Pencils (141709); Duet Banner Punch (141483); Sponge Brayers (141714); Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Fast Fuse (129026); Mini Glue Dots (103683); Blender Pen (102845)

     

Measurements:  

·         Crumb Cake – 4.25”x5.5”; 3.75”x5”; scrap for punch

·         Pacific Point – 4”x 5.25”

·         Shimmery White Cardstock approx. 4”x 2” for tools

           

Instructions:

1.    Score and fold Crumb Cake base. Adhere Pacific Point to base.

2.    Emboss 3.75”x5” Crumb Cake with Hexagons Embossing Folder.  Use brayer to add Chocolate Chip Ink.  Adhere to Pacific Point.

3.    Stamp, color, blend, and cut out tools.

4.    Stamp sentiment on scrap piece of Crumb Cake.  Punch with Duet Banner Punch.

5.    Line edges with Black Marker.

6.    Arrange Banner and Tools.  Adhere Banner with Dimensionals. Adhere tools with Glue Dots.

7.    Add screw embellishments.

I'm back!

My Christmas break lasted a little longer than planned!  I'm back in the swing and even just scheduled my first class!  You're invited!  All the information is on my Facebook Page.

Sale-a-bration (which I will often refer to as SAB) and the Occasions Spring Catalog Products are available NOW.  There are so many beautiful things and some fun ones too!  If you are unfamiliar with Sale-a-bration, for every $50 purchase you get to select 1 free exclusive product.

If you watched my Pre-Order Unboxing Video, you know that I really liked the SAB Hey Chick Stamp Set and the Watercolor Pencils and...  Anyway, I tried the Pencils with both the Aqua Painter and the Blender Pen.  Which one do you like better or do you have a preference?