Funky Folds Hop ! ~ July

July 7, 2025July 4, 20254 Comments

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Welcome to the Funky Folds Hop ~ a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” so hang onto your hats and see what the talented artisans have to offer 🙂

We don’t have a specific theme ” anything goes” it is all about the fold!! I chose to go with an oldie but goodie fold this time, Double Dutch Barn Door fold. I was reminded of it by my dear friend Elly B

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Triple Pocket Junk Journal Signature

July 3, 2025June 29, 2025Leave a comment

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Today I am continuing on my junk journal journey. I began this one when I was still living in North Texas but had to put it on the back burner while my supplies were still packed away. I am gradually starting to unpack and reorganize them and doing a little creating as I go along.

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2025 Flip Over Desk Calendar – July

July 1, 2025June 23, 2025Leave a comment

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For the last 4 – 5 years I have designed and enjoyed making my flip over desk calendar for the ladies who came to my classes. As I have done for the last few years I am going to be sharing one at the start of each month. Like last year, I recognize not everyone is into making 3D items so have created a card for each month, using elements from the calendar for that month. .

So today I share, Fireworks for the Fourth!!

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Customizing Off-the-Shelf Envelopes

June 29, 2025June 29, 20252 Comments

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Sometimes we create a card which just will not fit any envelopes we have, this happened to me just this past week when I needed to mail a card I had made a few weeks ago. I could have used my envelope punch board but did not have a piece of plain paper large enough for the job, so I scratched my head a little and came up with today’s idea.

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More Junk Journaling ~ Multi-pocket with Journaling Surprise

June 26, 2025June 23, 2025Leave a comment

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I have been sharing my Junk Journal Journey for a few months now, with our move I haven’t really made a lot of progress but I have made some! I wanted to make this journal with different and unusual signatures (pages) and the one I share today has 5 pockets as well as a sliding journaling patch.

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Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges # 195

June 23, 2025July 9, 20252 Comments

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The challenge this time is ‘Water’ so an ocean theme worked perfectly for me. I am trying to build up my mixed media skills so have used this challenge to do just that! You want to check out the video on this one as I share how to attach vellum to card without any adhesive showing!!!

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Using Cut & Embossing Folder

June 15, 2025June 15, 20251 Comment

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We are just coming to the end of exam season here in the UK and our eldest grand-daughter is in the final days of some key exams. She is a bright cookie but sometimes doubts her own abilities so when the exams started back in early May I made and sent her this card to let her know she was in our thoughts.

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Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges # 194

June 11, 2025June 11, 20254 Comments

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This month the theme of the challenge is a project with a window. I used this as a chance to do a simple triple fold card which was perfect for my window 🙂

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An Oldie but a Goodie

June 9, 2025June 9, 20252 Comments

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In the excitement of getting new goodies to play with we sometimes forget the goodies we already have in our toy box! Today’s card shows a few techniques such as ‘tone-on-tone’ stamping, heat embossing and a little paper punching.

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