Remarkable You – Friends

Welcome back!  Wednesday already…

Playing with a few challenges:  Creative Creases (#101) always a Fun Fold; Shopping Our Stash (#544) also a Fun Fold this time around; and choosing the Atlantic Hearts (#623) Sketch because it would make a great Gate Fold card.

Additionally, I chose the Tic Tac Toe (#267) Board Line – Enamel Dots, Die Cut and Free (picking a Fun Fold) with the Color Dare (#644) Palette.

Here the is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 2⅛” and 6⅜”) Petal Pink cardstock.
• Accent Panels: (2” x 5⅜”) Timid Tiger cardstock.
• Background Panels: (1⅞” x 5¼”) Black and White Open Leaf patterned piece of paper from the Botanical Textures Designer Series Paper pack, an On-Line Exclusive product.
  • The Leaves were colored with the Light Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Marker and the Background was colored with Petal Pink ink using a Blending Brush.
• Decorative Top Panel Accent Mat (#1): (3⅛” x 4⅛”) Poppy Parade cardstock.
• Decorative Top Panel Accent Mat (#2): (3” x 4”) Petal Pink cardstock.
• Decorative Top Panel Accent Mat (#3): (2⅞” x 3⅞”) Timid Tiger cardstock.
• Focal Panel: (3” x 4”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The Floral image from the You Are Remarkable stamp set, also an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • Using the coordinating Two-Step Flower Petals, Flower Center and Leaves images, 2^nd Generation (stamped off once) Poppy Parade, Blueberry Bushel and Timid Tiger inks were stamped respectively.
  • The sentiment, Friends are flowers in the garden of life, was stamped with Blueberry Bushel ink.
  • The right side of the Flower was fussy cut with Paper Snips. The (2¼” x 3¾”) Stitched Rectangle die from the Textured Notes Dies set, also an On-Line Exclusive product, was fitted around the cuts to allow the Flower to pop-out.
    • Note: This did not actually work out as planned, so I die cut another Rectangle from Basic White cardstock and adhered the two pieces together resulting a panel that was (2¾” x 3¾”).  I think if I did this again, I would just fussy-cut the entire Flower and adhere it to the die-cut Rectangle.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, and three Peach Pie 2024/2026 In-Color Shimmer Gems were added for a bit of bling.

Gate Folds are one of the simplest and basic Fun Fold cards, yet they are cool when opened.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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If you choose to shop with me today, please use HOSTESS CODE: ZZRZYEDH (April 2025) if you spend less than $150.00.  The Mini Catalog and the On-Line Store both have lots of great products and the Last Chance List has been updated.  There are some wonderful choices.