Corner Tuck Fun Fold Birthday

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It's Friday and another weekend is upon us. Hope you have something fun planned. We have been having unseasonably mild temps here in Pittsburgh. So, getting out and enjoying the days in the middle of winter have been great.

Today, I am guest designing with the Creative Creases Blog. It's an anything goes challenge using a fun fold design. I was so honored to be asked to guest design with them.

My fun fold is called a Corner Tuck. It is a new to me fold that I guess has been around for a while, but I hadn't seen it before. Here is a link to the video if you would like to watch how it's made. 

Design Steps:

1.  Start with cardstock measuring  4 1'4" x 11" 

2.  Cut cardstock to 4-1/4" x 8" Score the 8" side at 5-1/2" to create the base of the fun fold card. Leftover panel can be used for the image panel. 

 

3.   Cut a 2-3/8" x 4 1/8" piece of designer paper and adhere it to the front flap on the card base. I used an older Stampin' Up pattern - from the Sunshine & Rainbows collection. Cut a 5-3/8" x 4 1/8" piece of white card stock and adhered it to the inside of the card.

4.    Cut a 2" x 2" piece of the same designer paper and cut the square in half on a diagonal. This is what you tuck the image panel into. 

5.  Add a bit of liquid glue to the top and right edges of patterned paper. Adhere it to the upper right corner of the white card stock piece on the inside of the card. 

6.  For my image panel, I cut a piece of granny apple green cardstock at 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". I used designer paper from the Stampin' Up "oh so ombre" collection and cut it at 3 1/8" x 4 1/8".  

 

The cake image is a die from CottageCutz- Party Cake and the birthday phrase is the Happy Birthday w/Shadow die.  Stamped the sentiment in chocolate chip ink. The stamp set is Bitty Birthday from MFT. 

7.  To complete my fun fold card I attached the image panel to the front flap of the card base. You will be adhering the card stock directly onto the designer paper piece. I only added adhesive to the section that comes in contact with the flap of the card base. Once this panel is secured, you lift up on the right side of the card stock and tuck it under the corner piece. 

To finish off the image panel, I added some "cake confetti". It's part of the Party Cake die.

Here is a photo of the card untucked from the corner. 

That's it for me for this post. I hope you can play along with us in the Creative Creases Challenge #51. The Challenge is celebrating it's 2nd anniversary and have teamed up with the Double Trouble challenge Blog. 

I am also entering:

1.  Let's Craft and Create has an anything goes + add a sentiment. 

2.  Creative Fingers has an anything goes challenge #248. 

3.  Creative Knockouts has a birthday wishes challenge. 

4.  Seize the Birthday has a birthday challenge + option use your initials. I used magenta cardstock. 

5.  The Paper Funday is anything goes w/option of lots of layers. 

6.  Double Trouble challenge is a collaboration with the Creative Creases Blog. 

Valentine Wishes from the Puppies

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

  

I was down all week with a cold and lots of congestion. When I woke up this morning, I felt so much better. The congestion is gone, and I had my energy back. It feels good to be back on the healthy side again.

So onto my card for today. I made this one for the made for the color challenge #930 on Splitcoaststampers. I was the hostess, and I chose real red, basic white and flirty flamingo for my color trio. Optional was anything goes. For this card I chose designer paper.

real red, white, flirty flamingo

I created a slimline Valentine card using dies from CottageCutz. The puppy images are actually from the Christmas collection. It's the Christmas Puppies die.  I like taking dies intended for one season and move them into another. You get more use that way.

The Heart XO Windows Slimline die is also from CottageCutz. Cut it in red cardstock. 

The designer paper I used is from the Stampin' Up "from my heart" collection. It has the challenge colors which is why I chose these colors.

I added the "be my valentine" phrase an "xoxo" in the heart windows to complete my card. 

That's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless.

card details:

Paper: real red, basic white, smokey slate, basic gray, baked berown sugar, crumb cake, from my heart specialty designer paper (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: Heart XO Windows Slimline, Christmas Puppies, Be My Valentine Puppies, Valentine Phrases & More dies (CottageCutz)

Techniques: slimline card

I am also entering:

1.  C.R.A.F.T Challenge is Love/Valentine. 

2.  Creative Knockouts has a love is in the air/Valentine challenge. 

3.  Tic Tac Toe Challenge- I chose- heart-fee space-die cut.

4.  Crafty Catz has an anything goes challenge w/option to add a little love. 

5.  Cut It Up has a have a heart challenge. 

Stop Monkeying Around

Hello Blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today.

I have been battling a cold since Monday. Lots of congestion but today I am starting to feel a bit better. Sitting around or sleeping during the day is not my thing at all. I have been taking lots of Vitamin C to help fight this thing off. I don't take any over the counter cold medications because I don't tolerate them well. 

So sitting her basically doing nothing I am posting a card I made for the color challenge #930 on Splitcoaststampers. I was the hostess, and I chose real red, basic white and flirty flamingo for my color trio. Optional was anything goes. 

real red, basic white, flirty flamingo

For this card I chose a die cut monkey for the optional item. Since it was an anything goes option, I wasn't concerned that the monkey wasn't in the challenge colors. It was part of the Stampin' Up Paper Pumpkin Safari Celebration kit. (February 2022). I will be sending this one to a special 7 year old boy. I visit with him weekly to give his Mom a break. He is in a wheelchair.

I used a slimline design for my Valentine card. The designer paper is from the Stampin' Up "from my heart" collection. It has the challenge colors which is why I chose these colors.

The stamped sentiment is from a Technique Tuesday set. The Valentine phrase is from a CottageCutz die. It's part of the Be My Valentine Puppies die. 

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless

card details:

Stamps: monkey business (Technique Tuesday)

Paper: real red, basic white, from the heart specialty designer paper (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: 7 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Ink: real red (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: be my valentine puppies, stitched heart set (CottageCutz), safari celebration (Paper Pumpkin Kit 2022),

Techniques: slimline card

I am also entering:

1.  Crafty Gals Corner has an add a heart challenge. 

2.  Fab 'n' Funky has a Valentine or hearts challenge.

3.  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is fun with dies. 

4.  Sisterhood of Crafters has a hearts challenge. 

5.  Cardz 4 Guyz has a Valentine for a guy challenge. 

Peace & Joy

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today.

Hope your week is starting off well. Have you noticed the days getting longer? Our sunset time here in Pittsburgh is now at 5:45 pm. Makes me happy when we have more daylight. Ah- the simple things in life.

You might be wondering why I am posting a Christmas card today. Well in December I said I was going to try and make Christmas cards throughout the year so I am not rushing in December to get them done and mailed. 

The tree on my card is from an older Stampin' Up Paper Pumpkin kit - Winter Gifts. I have a bunch of these kits and I want to get them used up because they come monthly. I added some red circles for Christmas ornaments. I also used a deer image from the same kit. It's a bit light in the photo. The background designer paper is also from Stampin' Up. It's part of their 2021 "peaceful place" collection

The peace and joy phrase is a die from CottageCutz - the Peace and Joy Wreath. 

That's it for me for this post so until next time......God bless.

I am also entering:

1. Girlz Creative Christmas challenge wants us to use baubles. 

2. 12 Months of Christmas Linkup Challenge is anything goes w/optional of "into the woods we go". 

3.  Merry Little Christmas Blog Challenge is anything goes. 

Valentine Love

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog this first Monday in February. Hope you had a good weekend and had some crafty time. 

Friday night I had a few of my girlfriends over for a Galentine party. I did this last year and intend to make it an annual tradition. We started off the evening with appetizers and wine. Then I had them all make a Valentine card for their Hubby's. 

None of them are stampers so I used a Stampin' Up Valentine kit to help them out. I kept them to the kit design which is fairly easy and they all did well. I gave them enamel dots and sequins to personalize the card. They all did something just a bit different with the embellishments. 

Then we moved onto to the soup and salad course. It was such a really cold night that  I thought soup would be something good to serve. It was an apple butternut squash cream based soup. There are plenty of other veggies that go into it for a delicious taste. It went over very well. 

For dessert, I served French macarons and brownie coffee ice cream sandwiches. Needless to say they all loved dessert.

I had everyone brings a small gift. I gave numbers to each gift and then they picked a number to select the corresponding gift. Interesting that no one picked their own number.  I sent each guest home with a box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers. All in all,
the evening went very well, and everyone sent me texts the next morning thanking me for a fun evening. 

Now onto my card for today. This one I created for the color challenge #933 on Splitcoaststampers. We were to use coastal cabana, poppy parade and crumb cake. 

I went with a Valentine design for my card. I had this idea for the truck carrying lots of hearts.

The truck die is one from the CottageCutz Christmas collection - Sweet Treats Truck. I just eliminated Santa and his treats and added hearts. I cut the truck in poppy parade and added the hubcaps in crumb cake. Stamped the special delivery phrase in black ink.It's an older stamp from Verve. 

Used acetate for the windshield and headlight but it didn't show up very well in the photo. In retrospect I maybe should have shaded it with gray ink or used vellum?

I cut the Valentine phrase in poppy parade and stamped the love word in black ink. The larger love word is a Penny Black stamp and the smaller love word is a Lawn Fawn stamp. 

Well that's my card for today. So until next time........God bless. 

Card details: 

Stamps: words sweet (Penny Black), practically perfect (Verve), love letters (Lawn Fawn)

Paper: coastal cabana, basic white, poppy parade, black, smoky slate, crumb cake, playing with patterns dsp (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: poppy parade (Stampin' Up), tuxedo black (Memento)

Accessories: sweet treats truck, happy valentine's day phrase dies (CottageCutz),

I am also entering: 

1.  Crafting Happiness has a Love challenge. 

2.  Cupcake Inspiration #562 is a Valentine challenge. 

3.  Allsorts challenge is anything goes with optional theme of love. 

4.  Sweet Stampin' has a love challenge. 

5.  Cut it Up challenge is love and include a die cut. 

Birthday Mugs and Kisses

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today.

I can't believe it's been a month since I posted on my Blog. January was such a busy month and then we had the opportunity to spend some time in Florida at our friend's winter home. It was just so nice getting away and enjoying the sunshine and warmer weather. 

But now it's back to reality and the winter weather of Pittsburgh. We had snow a couple of days ago and this weekend the temps are to be bitter cold.

Tomorrow I am having a Galentine party at my home with some of my girlfriends. I had one last year and it was so much fun I decided to do it again. This year I decided to have the girls make a Valentine card for their hubby's. 

The January Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin' Up is all about Valentines. The cards are simple enough to make because I have a group of non-stampers coming.  

I have lots of appetizers and I am also going to serve some Butternut squash soup and a salad. The soup recipe is amazing and so delicious. 

Now onto my card for today. This one I created for one of my nieces who has a January birthday.  I used the colors from the Splitcoastampers color challenge #929. We were to use mint macaron, sweet sorbet and early espresso for the color trio. Optional was to use  something sweet. I am claiming the option since I have whipped cream on my mug!

early espresso mint macaron sweet sorbet

The dies I used are from CottageCutz - .happy birthday w/shadow, cup of love, and double stitched rectangle dies.

The background paper is from the Stampin' Up "pattern party" collection. I stamped my sentiment in early espresso on a flag cut in mint macaron.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless.

card details: 

Stamps: hug in a mug (MFT)

Paper: mint macaron, sweet sorbet, white, pattern party dsp (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: early espresso (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: happy birthday w/shadow, cup of love, and double stitched rectangle dies (CottageCutz), flag stax die (MFT)

I am also entering:

1.  Seize the Birthday is anything goes w/option of candles. 

2.  Little Red Wagon has a warm drinks challenge. 

3.  A Place to Start has an anything goes challenge. 

4.  Cupcake Inspiration has a polka dot challenge. 

5.  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends has an anything goes.