Another Fun Fold and a Blog Hop

 Happy Sunday! It is the 15th November, which means two things: it is my hubby's FIFTIETH birthday and it is time for another Stamping Symphony blog hop! While I'm spending the day spoiling my love, you can hop along with some of my Stamping Symphony team and check out the magic they have in store. 

This month we are all about fun folds and gift card holders. Check out this cute fun fold I made using the Trimming the Town Designer Paper...

I am absolutely IN LOVE with this Designer Paper...it is so cute and is literally all you need (beside card stock for bases) to make adorable Christmas cards. Can you believe that there isn't a single stamped element on this card??

I die-cut the house and tree images from the DSP and using the Home Together dies and the sentiments were fussy cut with my paper snips. SO stinkin' cute and SO easy! I also used the Home Together dies to cut my snow drifts...I love these little wintry scenes!

One of the things I love about this fun fold is that it is easy to hide little surprises inside. This one could easily be turned into a gift card holder with the addition of a pocket on the inside...so fun!

You can see how this card is made and find all of the measurements on my Facebook Business page. Then set a reminder to join me every Tuesday for my free live stamping demonstration. Each week I make three cards using my featured product for the week. This week I am all about the Wonder of the Season suite! I hope you'll join me!

In the meantime, hop on over to Sandy's blog for more fun fold-y inspiration!

1. Leena (You are here)

2. Sandy

3. Barb

4. Jennifer

5. Leigh

6. Laurel

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $11.25	Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491] $15.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00
Home Together Dies [153515] $46.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50

Trimming the Town Fun Fold

 Happy Tuesday! I hope your week is off to a good start. Here we have had a string of absolutely GORGEOUS summer-like days. Sunshine and mild temperature are SO special in November. I'm back to wearing my sandals to work! Although it seems odd to be working on Christmas cards with warm temperatures like these, that is exactly what I have been doing. I turned my attention this week to the Trimming the Town suite...

One of the things I love about this suite is the DSP pack. It has so many fun images and patterns and I adore the bright colours. There is even an entire sheet of holiday sentiments in several languages that can be snipped out for use on projects. Many of the images also can be die-cut using the Home Together Dies. I challenged myself to make a card using NO stamped images (gasp!)...here is what I came up with:

It's nothing special when closed, but when opened you get a fun surprise...

I love this fun take on an easel card! I was inspired by a project by Mitosoucrafts  and couldn't resist trying it with this fun suite. Getting this look is actually surprisingly easy...it just takes a bit of creating cutting plate placement with the die-cutting machine. Can you believe that every single image and sentiment on this card is from the DSP?? Not an ink pad in sight!

I used the Winter Snow embossing folder on the front panel and the So Many Snowflakes dies for my dangling snowflake...

I opted to leave the inside panel blank to allow space to write a message.

I will be demonstrating this card and two other fun folds in today's Live @ Five video at 5 pm ET over on my Facebook business page. If you miss the live broadcast, the recording will be posted to my YouTube channel shortly afterwards. Included in both videos posts will be measurements for all three projects. 

Thanks for stopping by this week...make it a good one!

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $11.25	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119793] $12.00	Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491] $15.75
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Home Together Dies [153515] $46.00	Winter Snow Embossing Folder [153577] $10.25	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $48.00
So Many Snowflakes Dies [153560] $49.00	All The Trimmings Ribbon Combo Pack [153541] $11.00	All The Trimmings Embellishments [153540] $11.00