Stampin' Up! Quiet Reflections Sympathy Card for the Creative Creases Challenge #99 - Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

Welcome to our Anything Goes With a Fun Fold Challenge. If you haven't played at Creative Creases Challenge before, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Challenge #99. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Oh, and by the way, Happy New Year! Here's a snapshot of mine...

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

No one likes to make a sympathy card, but I think with the Quiet Reflections Stamp Set and beautiful Thoughtful Journeys DSP, it becomes easier.

I created the design of this fun fold with the help of Connie Stewart at Simply Simple Stamping. Here are my deets:

Card Base: Misty Moonlight cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 1 1/4" and 5 1/2"

Mats: Petunia Pop cut at 1" x 5 1/4" (2); 2 3/4" x 5 1/4" (2); and 4" x 5 1/4" (cut the mat for the sentiment out of the top portion to save cardstock!)

DSP cut at 3/4" x 5" (2), 2 1/2" x 5" (2); you can get the template by going to Connie's website or her video on You Tube

Basic White: 3 3/4" x 5" for inside; 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" for circle sentiment

Petunia Pop Ink for stamping sentiments

Two Tone Sparkle Gems (Online Exclusive available 1/7/25)

Brushed Brass Butterflies

Velcro to hold flaps closed

Here's a look at the inside...

NEWS FLASH!! Creative Creases Challenge will be changing from biweekly to monthly ...  see you on February 7th for the next CCC! 

Thank you for stopping by today and I can't wait to see all the creativity from the team. Be sure to check us out at CCC#99 and we hope to see your entry there!

Stampin' Up! Magnolia Mood Thinking of You Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came!! We have a Sketch challenge for you today and here is what I created for our hop...(hopefully the product I used is still available on the Last Chance list as I made this in December!)

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

Granny Apple Green Card Base

Basic Black Embossed Mat (3D Fern) sponged with White Craft Ink

Magnolia Mood Stamp Set and matching dies - colored with Granny Apple Green and Petal Pink Light and Dark Blends

Embellished with Iridescent Pearls

Sentiments stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

For the inside...

Heart from Sale-A-Bration Heart Shaped Stamp Set stamped with Petal Pink ink, second generation

Thank you for stopping by! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko. Clicking on the names listed below will take you directly to team members and their projects. I hope you enjoy all the creativity.

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage

Jaimie Babarczy

Karen Finkle - you are here!

Akiko Sudano

Karen Ksenzakovic

Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright

Stampin' Up! Spring Corners for the SU Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop

Hello my FB peeps! Welcome to our monthly Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop!! The participating demonstrators are listed at the end of my post. I hope you will choose to hop along. Here's a thumbprint of what I created for the hop today...

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

I have used this book binding fun fold so many times. It's my "go to" when I need a card in a hurry. The product used is in the chart below. It pretty much uses products from the upcoming 2025 Spring Mini Catalog and Online Exclusives, available 1/7/25.

The inside...

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will hop along with the list of demos. 

SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup

1. Beth McCullough
2. Mary Deatherage
3. Debbie Mageed
4. Lisa Ann Bernard
5. Rae Burnet
6. Tara Carpenter
7. Kathi Ondus
8. Su Mohr
9. Karen Finkle - that's me!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Corners (upcoming)
Card stock & Papers	Daffodil Delight; Basic White; Storybook Moments (upcoming)
Ink	Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Party Dots and Daffodil Delight Ribbon (upcoming)
Tools	Double Oval Punch (retired)

Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens Holiday Card for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came!! We have a Theme challenge for you today and here is what I created for our hop...(hopefully the product I used is still available on the Last Chance list!)

I CASE'd a card by my upline, Amy Koenders, and you can see her video here so I won't go into great detail on the "how to".  Thank you, my friend, for your inspiration!

I used the same inks and technique as Amy but used a different sentiment (Christmas Friends Stamp Set) and embossed the panel with the Snowflake Sky 3D EF.

Thank you for stopping by! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko. Clicking on the names listed below will take you directly to team members and their projects. I hope you enjoy all the creativity.

Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter

Merry Christmas, peeps! Hope you will enjoy the day of our Savior's birth. I will be spending it with my Tennessee family and having prime rib!

My project today is name place settings for the Christmas family. The gnomes will not be attending!

I used the retired Mini Curvy Keepsake Dies, retired ribbon and retired DSP...after all, I AM retired!!

Have a blessed day and I'll see you again tomorrow.

Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends for the Creative Creases Challenge #98 - Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

Welcome to our Anything Goes With a Fun Fold Challenge. If you haven't played at Creative Creases Challenge before, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Challenge #98. We'd love to see your fun fold creation. Here's a snapshot of mine...

Here are the deets...

Garden Green Card Base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"

Sentimental Christmas DSP: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" (inside)

                                     1 3/4" x 5 1/8" (2) (folds)

Real Red Mats: 4" x 5 1/4" (inside)

                    1 7/8" x 5 1/4" (2) (folds)

Real Red Deckled Rectangle for flap: 5th largest die

Sentimental Christmas DSP: 4th largest Deckled Rectangle die (for flap); 3rd largest die for inside sentiments

Moose from Christmas Friends stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, colored with Light & Dark Blends: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Petal Pink, Gray Granite; Garden Green Stamp N Write Marker; cut out with die from Christmas Friends

Speech Bubble: Cut from Basic White scrap using Christmas Friends Dies; hand printed pun using Garden Green Stamp N Write Marker

Inside Garden Green Ink Sentiments: Sending Smiles Stamp Set (retired) and Sentimental Wishes Stamp Set

for a closer look...

I created this for my late husband's brother and his wife who live in California. My sister-in-law loves moose. (I really think the plural should be mooses or meeses...lol!) I haven't seen them in umpteen years. They aren't able to travel and I have no desire to fly to California again.

Thank you for stopping by today and I can't wait to see all the creativity from the team. Be sure to check us out at CCC#98 and we hope to see your entry there!

Stampin' Up! Sentimental Wishes for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came!! We have a sketch challenge for you today and here is what I created for our hop...

 

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

I used the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder on the Basic White Cardstock as well as the strip of Moody Mauve. 

I cut two circles from the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper and one from Moody Mauve. I used the Stylish Shapes Dies for those. 

On a scrap piece of Basic White I stamped the sentiment from the Sentimental Wishes Stamp Set (unfortunately the set was discontinued 12/4/24 and I had already created my card so you can use any sentiment you would like!) in Moody Mauve Ink. I cut it out with a smaller die from the Stylish Shapes. Everything was adhered with liquid glue. 

Unfortunately, the embellishments did not get moved to my "no longer available" bin but you can always use these...

2023–2025 IN COLOR™ OPAQUE SPARKLE DOTS

For the inside...

I stamped the image in Lost Lagoon Ink and the sentiment in Moody Mauve. Both are from the Shepherd's Care Stamp Set. I adhered a strip of the DSP and the card was fini!

Thank you for stopping by! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko. Clicking on the names listed below will take you directly to team members and their projects. I hope you enjoy all the creativity.

Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright

Carol Buckalew