Midweek blog #153 - Mystery Stamping funfold.

 Hello & welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about.

I recently created a card by following a Mystery Stamping video posted by Rachel Tessman from Stamp Your Art Out where she shared step by step clues to create a fun fold.

Here's my completed card...

Here are the clues I used...

Clue #1: This will be a landscape style card with the opening at the bottom. Materials to gather…

• Designer/Patterned Paper (from the same pack)
  • A more subtle pattern
    • 2-1/4” high x 5-3/8” wide (6 cm high x 14.5 cm wide)
  • A more dominant pattern
    • 4-1/4” high x 2-1/4” wide (10.5 cm high x 5.7 cm wide)
• Base cardstock (that coordinates with both patterned papers AND blends in well with the subtle one)
  • 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” (14.8 cm x 21 cm)
• Light neutral cardstock
  • 4” x 5-1/4” (9.9 cm x 14.2 cm)
  • 2-7/8” x 4-1/8” (7.2 cm x 11.5 cm)
• Darker cardstock (that coordinates with both patterned papers)
  • 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” (10.2 x 14.5 cm)
  • 3” x 4-1/4” (7.5 cm x 11.8 cm)
  • ½” x 6-1/4” (1.2 cm x 16.2 cm)

Clue #2: Grab your 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” (14.8 cm x 21 cm) card base piece. Score parallel to the short side at 4-1/4” (10.5 cm). Then fold (use a Bone Folder to help) and rotate this folded base so it’s positioned landscape style with the opening at the bottom.

Clue #3: Measure and mark (with a pencil) the ½-way point on the front right edge. Mark the lower left corner. Open the card base and cut that front from one mark to the other. Pull away that triangular layer. Do not flip it over but rotate it so the once “lower right corner” is now in the lower left corner and the straight edges line up with the left and bottom edges of the folded card once again. This is how this piece will attach eventually, but first we need to add designer/patterned papers and the half-inch strip.

Here is the picture of my card again so you can see where the cut piece will be when re-positioned...

Clue #4: Adhere the more dominant patterned paper to this triangular layer leaving a narrow bit (~1/16”) of cardstock exposed on the left and bottom edges. Trim off the excess patterned paper that isn’t attached to the triangular layer. Adhere the longest edge of this triangular piece atop the ½” wide strip exposing just a narrow bit (1-16” or 1/8”) of the strip all the way along that edge. Be sure this strip extends a bit beyond the triangles corners.

I used the Sale-a-bration Bloom impressions DSP.

Clue #5: Adhere the more subtle patterned paper to the to the top front of the card base leaving a narrow bit (~1/16”) of cardstock exposed on the left, top and right edges. Trim off the excess patterned paper extending past that initial diagonal cut.

Clue #6: Attach the layered triangular piece into place lining up the corners and the left and bottom edges. Trim off any cardstock & paper extending beyond the 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” (10.5 cm x 14.8 cm) folded card base.

Clue #7: Adhere the darker cardstock pieces into place: the 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” (10.2 x 14.5 cm) to the inside bottom half of the open card base & the 3” x 4-1/4” (7.5 cm x 11.8 cm) centered in the middle (with Dimensionals) on the front of the folded card base. Be careful where you place your Dimensionals.

Clue #8: Stamp your white layers. I stamped some small flowers on the inside matte where it would be seen when folded & Add them to the darker cardstock layers. And embellish to finish your card!

For my front images I used the retired Blossoms in Bloom stamp set as it was close to the images on the DSP. I used colours from the DSP - Merry Merlot, Blackberry Bliss, Coastal Cabana inks & Coastal Cabana & Summer Splash markers for the leaves.

This was such a fun project to make, if you get the chance to participate in a Mystery Stamping then give it a go!

That's it for this week's post. I'll be back on Sunday with some cards I've created with extras from the Birthday Bash kit then next week's mid week blog will feature a cards sketch.

I hope you can join me for both. Til next time, take care & keep creating!

XX Alison