Flower Fold

Here is another Horizontal Fold using the Circle Thinlit.  Shelli the Ceo of Stampin' Up showed a sample that inspired this card.  If you get a chance check out her blog:  www.SoShelli.com

She posts some amazing projects and talks about her Family and is a great inspiration to all of us Demonstrators around the world.  My card is much simpler as I want to be able to offer it as a Stamp a Stack option.

The card base is Crumb Cake and the Designer paper is SoHo Subway.  The Flower Shop bundle provides the stamps and punch to add the Crisp Cantaloupe flowers.  Randomly stamped directly to the card base and 2 stamped on Very Vanilla and punched out with the matching punch.  The centers were darkened with an Early Expresso marker. 
The Crisp Cantaloupe 2 1/2 Scallop Circle punch is "Felted".  If you are not familiar with this technique, it is very easy.  Use your Bone folder or a Popsicle stick and distress your paper.  Going round and round until the layers of card stock start to separate.  Gently pull layers apart and expose the inner layer which resembles and feels like felt!  Love the texture this adds to the card.  7/16 Trim burlap ribbon and a strip of Halloween Washi tape add some interest inside the fold.  I did notice a few Halloween words, so need to watch that when adding to NON Halloween cards!  But this is a sample!  At Stamp a Stack we can use a strip of newsprint paper!
And the bottom flap was embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.  I chose the Sympathy Sentiment from Best of Sayings, but this card would be appropriate for many occasions.

Ingredients:

Circle Thinlit 133480  $32.95

Flower Shop Bundle  132726 Clear $28.75,  132727 Wood $33.95

 

 

Best of Greetings  133485 Clear $14.95

 

Crumb Cake card stock  120953  $6.95
Very Vanilla card stock  101650  $8.50
Crisp Cantaloupe card stock  130021  $6.95
SoHo Subway designer paper  130140  $10.95
Fancy Fan embossing folder  127751  $7.95
Crisp Cantaloupe ink  131176  $5.95
Early Expresso ink  126974  $5.95
7/16 Burlap trim  129287  $6.95
2 1/2 Scallop Circle punch  118874  $16.95
Halloween Washi tape  132156  $4.95

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