A Smaller Folded Napkin Card Tutorial

First let me blame my friend Sue, at Suzanne's Stamping Spot, who started all of this with her beautiful Napkin card made from a 12"X12" piece of DP.  I loved it and wanted to do one, but not as big.  I decided to use Martha Stewart Around the Page punches because they are quicker.  In reading Sue's post, she refers you to an instruction post found, HERE.  I found it works on the rule of fourths, whatever that is!! Ha!  Here is my journey to a 5 1/8"X5 1/8" Square Folded Napkin card. BTY, IT IS NOT LESS WORK, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SMALLER!! LOLOLOL....

THE FOLDS:
1.  I checked out MS instruction sheet for 10.25" Around The Page.  I knew because Sue's finished card was 6" (1/2 of 12"X12") that mine would be a little more than 5".  I couldn't quickly figure out how to divide that by 4, (you'll get my point if you try doing it following the site above) so this is what I did.  I cut my Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb. text down to 10.25" square.  I used MS Eyelet Lace Around The Page punches and did my edge first instead of last.  You will see why soon.

2.  I folded it  to allow me to crease it (in the middle only) to find the center.  I actually ran my thumb nail across it (the center crease).
3.  Now fold it the other way and make another crease across your other one (in the middle only).

4.  Take a pencil and draw the cross you have made in the center:  It will be my guide all the way through.

5.  This is the part that allows you to use any square piece of paper for your fold.  Take one corner of the paper it to the center (NOT INTO the center) of the paper and crease the fold all the way.  (When this was done I also put my folded edges on my Scor-Pal to make them neater and easier to fold later.)

 

6.  This is the step that was first on Sue's larger card, where the measurements were easy to figure out.  Your sheet is totally open.  You take the two bottom corners of the square and fold them ONLY to the CENTER of the page, creasing the paper, as shown below (1/4 the width/length).  Turn the page a quarter of a turn and do the same thing.  Repeat until you have four creases as shown:

7.  What you do next looks tricky, at least it did to me, but it's relatively easy, once you get one corner going.  You have squares on each of the corners.  Next to them you have triangles and in the center you have one big square.  Gently fold the triangles next to each corner square inward as shown.  The only fold not here is the corners being folded back.  You will see what I mean below.

THE TRAINGLES:

Okay, so I am not going to go step by step.  I will tell you how I set up each step.  Let's take a look at the finished product:

MY STAMPED CARDSTOCK:
1.  I stamped on Cryogen White cardstock using  Cover-A-Card^TM  Tapestry stamp inked with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.  The stamp produces a 5.75"X5.75" piece.  I did two pieces.  I used printer copy paper to trace the pieces I would need with a stylus and then I traced it on the stamped cardstock.  As you can see from the picture, the corner pieces are not perfect triangles because of the punch I used.  :-) The picture looks like I used two different types of green ink because of the lighting.  Go figure!

2.  I stamped on Curious Ice Gold cardstock using the same stamp and VersaMark pigment ink, applied Stampendous Pearl White Embossing Powder, and heated with a heat gun.  I think one piece of 5.75"X5.75" worked.   I still used the copy paper first to determine my pieces.  Again, I didn't have perfect triangles because of the punch I used.  Click on the image to see the difference in the cardstock themselves, even though both names imply white.  One has a yellow cast and the other is whiter.

3.  For the center I put Curious Ice Gold through the Cuttlebug using a Spellbinders Lacy Circles die.  A Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock die cut from a Large Circle Spellbinder die was put through the Cuttlebug using their Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.  Another smaller Spellbinders Circle Die with DCWV Latte Metallic Olive Green cardstock was done, and then another smaller one using the Solar White cardstock.  The sentiment is from Impression Obsession's brand new All Occasion I Clear Stamp set.  The vine twirlies are from Flourishes Sweet Peas Clear Stamp set.  The button is from Hancock Fabrics.  The butterfly is Martha Stewart's Classic Butterfly 3-in-1 punch. used on Stardream Chiara Rose Quartz paper.  The pearls are 2mm I found on EBay HERE.

CARD BAND WITH BOW:

1.  The band is a 2.25"X11" piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock punched on both sides with the same border punch used for the edge.   An 11" piece of May Art ribbon was taped to the center.  The cardstock was rapped around a pencil to break down the cardstock so it would bend easier.  I used the same, just smaller sizes of dies and cardstock for the image as I did for inside the card.  I used Flourishes Sweet Peas Clear Stamp set for the image.  I stamped it with Brilliance Galaxy Gold and painted it with Twinkling H2O's Buttercup, Cherry Sorbet, and Olive Green.  It was cut out with an X-Acto knife, the edges painted again, and mounted with 1/16" pop dots.  The button is Hancock Fabrics.  It was mounted with tape on the band. The bow is May Arts and done with the Bow-Easy.

Hope your week has been good and that your weekend will be even better.  This has been a difficult week for all of us with what happened in the South!  Thank you all for stopping by to look and share!

 Shirley

Well It's About Time!

The left-hand side is a vinyl cover from an old day planner I purchased at Michaels for $1.  I put a new 2 year calendar for 2011-12 in it.  The one on the right is a vinyl check book cover with a note pad inside that tears from the top like checks do.  I found the new day planners with covers at Oriental Tracing Company and got 12 for $1.99 HERE.  It seems they are out of stock for these, but these will also work, HERE.  I needed a couple other things too.  I found the vinyl check book covers and note pads on EBay from a seller.   She also has a store site HERE.  When I bought on EBay, the total shipping was $2.++.  If you bought from her store, I would ask about combining shipping, at least.

I created the first set for a friend who likes purple and green.  I used the cover of the old day planner to cut the new covers from (2) 2 sided pieces of DP.  I think it's from SU, not sure.  It measured 6.25X7.5 for the day planner cover and 6 1/8X6.5 for the checkbook cover.

I used opposite sides of the DP for each cover.  The image is Stampendous Shelley Rose Bouquet painted with Twinkling H2O's.   The images are from days gone by.  The yellow flowers were highlighted with Glossy Accents, the white ones with Viva Ice White and glitter glue for the centers.  Any floral image that is elongated will do for the cover.  The background is Martha Stewart's Deep Edge Garden Trellis.  It was stamped twice for 6".  Each piece was trimmed to the edge of the trellis and then overlapped and sealed with glue.  The same thing was done with the ends. The ribbon is Michaels $1 bin.  The pearls are 3mm stickers.  It was woven through the scallops and tied with the Bow-Easy used for the bow.

It really wasn't that much work.....so I did a second set for another friend who likes daisies.  I did everything the same except the mat behind the vases is Spellbinders Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles.  These images were also done a long time ago.  The image is from Impression Obsession Red Rubber Cling Set Charming Gardeners.  It was painted with Twinkling H2O's and the edges on the image on the bottle were done with Gold Leaf.  The rose bud and daisies were highlighted with Glossy Accents.  The pearls are 3mm stickers.

I hope you enjoyed your visit and I should be back soon with more! Thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 Shirley

IO Encouragement Challenge

When we received our list of upcoming challenges at the end of February, I checked out what encouragement means.  It is anyway you would let someone know you are there for them.  It would be a person needing comfort, someone who is graduating, a friend who is looking for a job, etc. It just so happens I have a friend who just had a disappointment and another young man, graduating from middle school, who is going on his first plane trip for his birthday.  So I thought I would try to do 2 cards using the same layout with different words of "encouragement".

I stamped Leigh Hannan's Watermelon Bugs on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock 2 times using Stazon Jet Black ink.  I painted them with Twinkling H2O's Garnet and Mallard Green.  I accentuated the heads and bodies with a Spica At You Black pen and then went over the red watermelon and the heads with a Sakura Clear Glaze pen.  Trimmed around the edges as shown.   I embellished it with 2mm pearls mounted with Glossy Accents.

Ran some Neenah Classic Linen Epic Black through my Cuttlebug using Spellbinders Lacey Squares largest die.   Measured the inside of the square and cut Neenah Solar White that I folded for the card.

For the envelopes I used Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Text weight paper, cut 7.25"X7.25", and The Enveloper.  I found it very easy to use.

Next I used an ink dauber and Stazon Jet Black ink on the Watermelon Bug stamp as shown below, for the inside top of the card and the lower left hand corner of the envelope.  I painted the same as the front of the card.  I used a Viva Ice White Pearl Pen to accent around the bugs!

I mounted the ribbons to the card fronts and did the bows with a Bow-Easy.  The red plaid is a left over and the red and black organza is May Arts.  The white acrylic tags are eons old.  I stamped the From the Heart words from Mini Messages with Stazon Blazing Red.   I mounted 3 2mm pearls in the middle of the heart and used Glossy Accents around them and the heart.  I stamped Fly from All Occasion I with Stazon Jet Black and then used Glossy Accents on the words and the 2mm pearls.  They were tied on with gold cord.

So that's my encouragement for this challenge and you can get even more by visiting the IO DT blogs below.  You can now join in the IO challenges for the $25 gift certificate drawing by using Inlinkz.  Also customers will have from the start of the challenge until the Wednesday before DT Thursday (1 week) to enter their card.  More details on the IO blog.

• Daniela Dobson
• Deborah March
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Menzies
• Laura Fulcher

Supplies:

Images: Impression Obsession Leigh Hannan Watermelon Bugs; Clear Stamp Sets All Occasion I and Mini Messages

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock and text; Neenah Classic Linen Epic Black
Ink: Stazon Jet Black and Blazing Red; Twinkling H2O's Garnet and Mallard Green
Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, The Enveloper, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Lacey Squares; 2MM pearls, May Arts ribbon, Bow-Easy, Glossy Accents, Viva Ice White Pearl Pen.

I hope you enjoyed your visit and I should be back soon with more!  Thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 

 Shirley

 

NetworkedBlogs Widget

Not my normal kind of post, I know, but I think this information might be helpful to anyone who, like myself, imported their blog to a page on their Facebook site, and then couldn't, for some odd reason, find the widget to post on their blog. Duh me!!!! I actually looked for almost a week.

I tried Googling, typing into the Help section on my Networked Blog page, etc.  Then I found, quite by accident, a video by Joseph McDevitt. I set it up in a different tab and had my Facebook page on the other tab. Here is the site for THE VIDEO that kept me from losing my mind. LOLOL The answer was right in front of my face, but I kept looking for something more concrete.

The key for me was to play the video for the different steps and stop it after each one, go to my page and then on to the next step.  The link was just too obvious and hiding in plain site among other information.  I would outline the steps, but I got so confused trying to follow other people's steps, I think it's better for you to watch the video, like I did.

Thanks for stopping by to look and share!  Happy stamping and the next time I will see you is for the IO Inspiration Challenge on this Thursday!! :-)

 

 Shirley