I’m finally back with our Wednesday evening AWHT Colour Creations Hop and so glad you are here. In my absence we have made a change to how we are showcasing the full range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours by moving from a blog hop to an Instagram hop.
I’ll continue to post my cards here as well, however if you want to follow along the blog hop you’ll need to visit my Instagram account 8pm on a Wednesday evening at @whatcathymade (https://www.instagram.com/whatcathymade/).
Our colour this week is Pool Party, a favourite colour of mine and just perfect for making a birthday card for my husband who turns 60 this week!
I’ve taken my colour combination from the sheet of gorgeous Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper I’ve used for the front of the card, combining Pool Party with Misty Moonlight, Basic White and a touch of Petunia Pop.
My husband loves to surf so the Beach Days bundle was just perfect for his birthday card. And as it is a special birthday that ends with a zero I decided to make a fancy fold.
This short video shows you the magic that happens when you open up the card!
If you’ve never made a Trifold Shutter Card before, here’s a template I’ve created using metric measurements and A4 cardstock.
Trifold Shutter Card Template
Cut a piece of Pool Party cardstock (this is the outside card base) 24.5 cm wide x 18.5 cm high.
Score the outer card base at 12.25 cm along the 24.5 cm side and then fold in half along this score line.
Cut a Basic White inner card base (for the fancy fold) 24 cm wide x 18 cm high.
Score the inner card base at 12 cm and then fold in half along the score line.
Measure and draw with a pencil the cutting lines as per the template diagram below then carefully cut along these cutting lines.
Now measure and score all of the fold lines and then rub out any pencil marks.
Decorate each panel as desired.
This photo shows the direction to fold the score lines. I cut the larger Pool Party and Misty Moonlight cardstock layers for the panels at 5.5cm square. The smaller cardstock panels behind the surfboards measure 5.5 x 2.5 cm.
I’ve decorated the inside of the card using stamps and dies from the Beach Days bundle.
Using Post It notes to mask off sections of my stamps as I inked them up (you then remove the Post It note before stamping), allowed me to stamp the “happy birthday” sentiment inside the card to fit onto one of the panels.
The 60 inside the card has been die cut using the brand new Birthday Celebration Dies.
After decorating the inside of your trifold shutter card, adhere it to the Pool Party card base. Make sure you only adhere the left and right sections of your fancy fold to the inside of your card base so the middle section of your trifold shutter card can open and close.
I’ve also used some of the Thoughtful Journey Memories & More Cards to decorate the front and the inside of the card and the handmade envelope.
The challenge for Day 14 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is “Christmas Morning”.
I’m sure my Christmas beach scene is not what most people think of when they think Christmas morning!
However, I’m incredibly lucky to live in Australia at the beach and I have the most beautiful Christmas tradition of spending Christmas morning at the beach with my friends. It’s such a wonderful way to start the day. My family then do a Christmas patrol at our beach, South Curl Curl Surf Life Saving club.
To create a card that truly reflects my Christmas morning I’ve added some festive elements to a beach scene that I created using the Beach Day dies.
The palm tree has a Christmas cardinal sticker and a sprig of holly from the Reindeer Days Memories & More pack.
But my favourite festive touch would have to be the Christmas patterned surfboards, duie cut from the Reindeer Days DSP!
What does your Christmas morning look like? Is it hot like mine or cold and cosy?
I’ll be tomorrow I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
Welcome to week eighteen of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Coastal Cabana, a beautiful aqua colour from the Brights Family.
As it is Father’s Day this Sunday I’ve made a Father’s Day card for my husband. You’ll see the Father’s Day card I’ve made for my dad in next week’s Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop.
I found the instructions for this pop up fancy fold card on Youtube. The papercrafter who designed this fancy fold is called Ann Melvin and she has wonderfully clear and easy to follow instructions on her Positively Papercraft Youtube channel. Although Ann calls this type of fancy fold a “Nappy fold card” I prefer to call it a hexagonal pop-up platform card!
This card folds flat to pop into an envelope and the pop up element is created without any dies, which is great!
I’ve chopped up one of the card bases from the Boho Beach Kit to decorate the outside hexagon band. This Lost Lagoon pattern looks just like the froth and bubble of the ocean and coordinates beautifully with Coastal Cabana!
Inspired by the Boho Beach Kit, my colour combination is Coastal Cabana, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie and Basic White.
It was a no-brainer to use the Beach Days bundle to make a card for my surfer mad husband, however this pop-up fancy fold card base can be used to create any kind of scene.
The “Happy Father’s Day” sentiment is from the Gone Fishing stamp set, die cut using the smallest rectangle in the Nested Essentials dies. The DSP used to create the surfboards is from the Brights 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper.
A trio of brown Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins completes the front of the card.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Amie McIllroy – I can’t wait to see what Amie has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday 4th September, showcasing Copper Clay or you can join us on Monday night for some more Christmas inspiration.
Welcome to week forty-two of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!
Our colour this week is Pretty Peacock, a deep teal colour that is an absolute favourite of mine.
As there’s only one day left of Sale-a-bration, I’m sharing a card I’ve made using the Sweet Thoughts Memories & More Cards & Envelopes, one of the new items added as a Sale-a-bration reward in February.
This pack contains 20 cards and 20 envelopes. Having the card base and envelope ready cuts down on your prep time and helps you get to crafting much quicker.
It’s my husband’s birthday this weekend and as he is a surfer it was a no-brainer to use the Beach Day bundle to make his birthday card.
I’ve used the surfboard die from the Beach Days dies and two of the Sweet Thoughts Memories & More cards from the card pack to make the floral and the striped Pretty Peacock surfboards, with the black and white surfboard die cut from the Zoo Crew 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper.
The rest of the stamped images and dies are from the Beach Day bundle.
The Happy birthday sentiment is created using stickers found in the Sweet Thoughts Memories & More Card Pack.
This gorgeous matching envelope is also included in the free Sale-a-bration Sweet Thoughts Memories & More cards and envelopes.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan. I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
