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!!
Continue readingThe current mini catalog has a very pretty card and envelope pack called Gold Foiled Flowers & Envelopes, while they are very pretty to use by themselves you can always make them go further by cutting one up and using it as the focal point of a card.
Continue readingThings are looking up ‘eyewise’ so I am hoping to get back to blogging and sharing my projects with you on a more regular basis – I thank you for your patience while I worked thru a really trying time for me 🙂
I like techniques – using stamps and ink in different ways shows the flexibility of what on the surface appears to be simple things, today I have taken Blending Brushes and Stampin Spritzers to create a great background and show the magic of water – check out the video to see what I mean! 🙂
Continue readingYou are probably aware that when a new SU annual catalog is launched we get 5 new ‘in-colors’ that are with us for two years. This years colors are rich, earthy tones and today’s card features two of them.
I showcased this new stamp set and coordinating dies ~ Timeless Arrangement ~ a few days ago, I knew then I would l be using a lots as it has some pretty floral images and a boatload of greetings in lovely fonts – my kinda stamp set!!!
Continue readingI do love techniques, today I am sharing the Floating Strip Technique. This is one of the techniques I shared with my monthly class at the end of March, although most the products I used have now retired 😦 – the technique will work for any papers, stamps and dies that you have in your stash!
Continue readingAnother success for my personal decorative paper challenge – I love the Stampin’ UP! paper packs – it is practically the first thing I look at when a new catalog comes out – when it arrives I oooo and aaahhh over it then ‘save’ it for the perfect project to come along, which is a long way to say that I hoard it!!!!!!!
My challenge to myself is to use the paper – so today’s card uses a big piece of it!!!!
Continue readingTime for a Christmas card – I know we are still aways away but the holiday season can creep up on us and then we have a bit of a rush. That doesn’t leave enough time to create some fancy cards to really impress our friends and family! Today I have a great double pop up fancy fold which is fun to make……… and there is a video too!!
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Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Cheryl’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month we are sharing projects using a Colour Challenge. We can pick any three colours from a list of 5 and make a card, packaging, decor, whatever we wish
Continue readingI think you may have guessed that Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set with the coordinating Splendid Stems Dies is a firm favorite in my stash!. This must be the 6th or 7th card I have shared in the last couple of months.
Today I am using this bundle to demonstrate a die stenciling technique, where I have used the dies to create stencils which gives a really neat coloring technique.
Continue readingTucked away on page 93 of the 2022 Annual Catalog is the pack of Lovely Layers Vellum. It has some pre-printed pages as well as some blank ones which you can use for other techniques. Today I have used one of the blank ones with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder to create a focal point for today’s birthday card.
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Cindy's Corner 