Made for Each Other

   

Welcome to our September NEW AT SU! Blog Hop! We love to share creative card ideas from Stampin' Up! with you. Today we are featuring Perfect Partners - new stamp and die sets from either the Annual Catalogue or the 2022 Jul/Dec Mini Catalogue! The more I use it, the more I love the beautiful Splendid Thoughts Bundle from the July/Dec Mini. It consist of the Splendid Thoughts Cling stamp set and the Splendid Stems dies. Then, if you throw in the gorgeous Splendid Day Specialty Designer Series Paper with all the gorgeous foil, you can't go wrong!

And I also created a partnership with my project: a greeting card that contains 2 bookmarks, all using the same bundle, Splendid Thoughts along with the Splendid Day Specialty Designer Series Paper. The fancy fold I made it with uses a piece of DSP that is 8 1/2" x 11" and is folded into what's called a Double Pocket Fold card. Here's a quick video on the technique:

• I used a piece of Splendid Day Specialty Designer Series Paper cut to 8 1/2" x 11" to create the fold for the card. Because I wanted a different pattern for the bottom pocket than for the first pocket for contrast sake, I used the folding pattern where the bottom left quadrant is folded behind and over the bottom right quadrant and both are folded up. That meant that I needed to glue the whole card front onto a card base of cardstock. I used Crumb Cake.
• I made two book marks using Crumb Cake cardstock and the Tailor Made Tags dies, but extended the tags by not cutting the top or the bottom of the dies in turn. (Just don't cover that part of the die with the top cutting plate when rolling it through the SCEM.)
• I stamped and embossed in copper some elements with the Splendid Thoughts stamp set including the sentiment. I die cut several elements including the ones I stamped, plus others from Calypso Coral and Copper Brushed Metallic Cardstock, all using the Splendid Stems dies. I added some die cut rectangles of two different panels of Splendid Day DSP to enhance the fronts of the book marks, before adding some of the die cut foliage.
• I topped the bookmarks with Linen Thread bows.

• Here you can see the inside of the card along with another view of the bookmarks. The inside sentiment is also from the Splendid Thoughts stamp set, as is the petal stamp, stamped in Calypso Coral.

I hope you enjoyed this Double Pocket Fold card made with the Splendid Day Suite! I know you would enjoy creating with this great suite of products! 

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my project or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. 

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU September Blog Hop to help you keep on track: 

Product List

Splendid Thoughts Cling Stamp Set (English) [159668] $32.00	Splendid Thoughts Bundle (English) [159677] $71.00	Splendid Day 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159666] $21.00	Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $21.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.75
Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122925] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $25.00	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $37.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $11.00	Linen Thread [104199] $7.00	Splendid Stems Dies [159676] $47.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $48.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $30.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $9.50	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Bohemian Double Pocket Fold Card

I've got to say that I love my Technique Night classes! Why? Because it makes me keep on top of new ideas and techniques. This month's theme is Fancy Folds. There are so many out there, it's crazy! And it is equally crazy the variety of things you can do with a piece of paper! My card for today is a Fancy Fold called a Double Pocket Fold card. It features two little pockets on the outside, where you can slip a book mark or a tag or a gift card, plus you can open the card as usual for a greeting on the inside!  It is very simply made with an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of Designer Series Paper and some scoring and one easy cut! Take a closer look:

Two tags or bookmarks included!

And you can open it like a regular card!



















I'm using Bohemian DSP (Designer Series Paper) for this project, which I cut down to 8 1/2" x 11".

• With its bold designs on one side and more muted designs on the other, Bohemian DSP makes a great choice for this technique. Here is a tutorial on how to do this fold. I added a few different things to my design, but the concept is the same.
• Be gentle with your scoring and folding of DSP, because it can easily crack if you don't. I use the large end of the scoring stylus when I use my Simply Scored Tool for that very reason. I also added two 1/2" strips of Blackberry Bliss cardstock on the edges of my pockets to hide any cracks that occurred.
• The new Tear and Tape Adhesive was perfect for adhering all the edges. It's so easy and convenient to use!

• My tags were stamped using the Amazing Birthday Stamp set from the 2015/16 Annual Catalogue. I inked most of the stamps up using Stampin' Write markers in the following colours: Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry and  Delightful Dijon, which happen to be some of the the colours of the Bohemian Designer Series Paper.
• My tags were made using the Scallop Tag Topper Punch and I added a backing of either Bermuda Bay or Blackberry Bliss cardstock which was 2 1/8" wide. It's a little too wide to fit in the channel of the punch but you can still wrangle it into the punch and turn the punch over so you can see to center it correctly.
• The 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch created the Delightful Dijon scallop circle on the front and I use the 2" Circle Punch for the Rich Razzleberry center. The sentiment is from the stamp set, Tag Talk, inked in Blackberry Bliss ink and punched out with the coordinating Label Bracket Punch.

• Inside I added a panel for handwritten greetings using the Lots of Labels Framelit Dies. I used Very Vanilla cardstock for all my stamping as it is one of the colours in the DSP palette.

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Product List

Amazing Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134228]	Amazing Birthday Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134225]	Tag Talk Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134252]	Tag Talk Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134249]	Bohemian Designer Series Paper [138446]
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133675]	Delightful Dijon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138338]	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [133642]
Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327]	2014-2016 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [133654]	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [131262]	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259]	Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134564]
Island Indigo 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134557]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324]	2-3/8" Circle Scallop Punch [118874]
2" Circle Punch [133782]	Label Bracket Punch [132153]	Big Shot [113439]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]