Stampin Up – Canada Inks Up November Blog Hop – Fancy Fold

Welcome to Canada Inks Up Blog Hop for November 2021. We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators, that are sharing our ideas in hope to inspire you. This month’s theme is a Fancy Fold Card. I love making fancy fold and fun fold cards. Today I’m using the new In the Moments stamp set that will be available in the new January to June Mini Catalogue.

I love to color using my Blends and this card was perfect for that. I stamped the lady on a piece of Basic White and colored her with my Blends and then fussy cut her out. I also did a reverse image of her because the blends bleed though the card stock and I wanted to hide the back of the image. I then stamped the sentiment on the card front and die cut a circle out and then ran the layer though the Tasteful Textile embossing folder. I also cut out the circle in the Basic Gray layer matching the placement on the white layer. I attached the Basic White layer to the front of the Basic Gray with liquid glue.

To make the card base I cut 2 pieces of Basic Gray card stock cut 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4. I glued the two pieces so that one opens to the right and the other opens to the left, gluing them in the center of the card.

For the inside flap of my card I used the Mountain Air stamp set and stamped the mountains in Smokey Slate and then moved the stamp over a little and stamped it again giving the look of background mountains as well. I stamped the trees on the base of the mountains in Old Olive. I make a mask of the mountains, then brushed a sun set using Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and finished the sky in Misty Moonlight. I was quite please with the way the sky turned out. I lightly brushed the shore line in Misty Moonlight to give it a darker shore line and then brushed the water in Balmy Blue. I stamped the sail boat from the Sailing Home stamp set and colored it. I then stamped the trees in Mossy Meadow from the Mountain Air Stamp set. The island that the trees are on is from the Evergreen Elegance stamp set and stamped in Early Espresso. I used a white gel pen for the ripples in the water.

For the signing area of the card I cut a piece of Basic White at 4 x 5 1/4 and stamped the trees from the Mountain Air stamp set in Mossy Meadow.

To finished the front of the card with some bling, I placed 3 of the silver metallic pearls.

I hope you enjoyed my card and not hop over and see the great creations from the other Demonstrators.