Step Card, Fun Fold a card with many names

The card I'm sharing with you today is one that can be found under many names. Some call it a "Step Card" others a "Fun Fold".

It was definitely fun to make and it has a step in it, as you can see from the side view.  The thing that I wanted to do for sure was make a card that would fit into a regular A2 envelope, so I had to go looking for the instructions that someone else had modified for these measurements. Right now I'm not sure where it was I found these but I will edit this posting later to give the credit to the original author.

 After starting with by base of white CS I added the golden yellow that was embossed with my go to favourite "swiss dots" embossing folder. The sunflower in the middle is a die from Spellbinders that is mounted on a piece of green Bazzil CS. Inside the sentiment is "Just wanted you to know how special you are!" It is another borrowed from M-J's collection.  It seemed perfect because when I made this card I didn't have specfic purpose for it and this way I can use it for many different occasions.
In looking at my stash I only have one more card I think I haven't shared, so I sure hope I'm going to have the time to do some creating very soon.
Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy



Two Quick & Easy Cards

A great 'yahoo' card group that I belong to called CCB has a challenge for this month to use two different embossing folders on a card front.

I had fun with this challenge yesterday and found that I could get a second different but similar card using what was left from the first card.
I used the CB embossing folders called "Jules Jewells" and one of the combo set "Cindy Loo".  I cut them using the approximate 1/3 rule.  The CS are both some Bazzil in a pale and moss green. The ribbon I purchased is a group of 'odds & ends' at a LSS in their bargain bin.  I used CB die cuts for both the slider and tag.

The sentiments are from a wonderful clear stamp set from 'Papertray Ink' called mixed messages.  M-J gave it to me for my birthday. I'm so lucky, as it is a fabulous set that is just so versatile.

I now have two more cards I can add to my stash of cards which has really been depleted lately due to my lack for productivity.

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

Two Cards Today

I started trying to make a card for the CCB plaid challenge yesterday. I had the idea of using some plaid DP I'd for quite awhile in my stash to make some flowers. Today I went up to M-J's to play and managed to get that card finished. The frames around the 2 flowers on the left side of the card were made by embossing only using square nesties. The idea for these frames came from Lynette's blog http://mystampingaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-card-parts-birthday.html
The flowers are a CB die set with the 4 different sizes of flowers (sorry I have no idea its name as I bought it second hand). The pink strip on the right was embossed with the ever popular Swiss Dots embossing folder. Inside the card I've used the largest of the flowers, mounted on the pink and green.

This second card  uses a new set of die cut/embossing frames by Nellie's Multi frames. The flower stamp is one of M-J's that went so very well with this die cut. The DP is from a Making Memories pad called "just chillin". The edge has be punched using a MS punch.
This card is another one of those that takes my out of my favorite pink's and green's. Something I must do more often!

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy