Welcome to A Year of Card Techniques Blog Hop where each month we feature a different card technique. We’ve assembled a team of card makers who range from new to advanced, so you’ll see a great variety of cards and ideas.
June‘s hop is devoted to basic card folds; featuring drapery/curtain fold, peek-a-boo fold or double-z gate-fold. And we’re adding a twist of using double-sided paper. We hope this gives you lots of ideas and will inspire you to try these card folds yourself...and pull out that double-sided paper as well! If you would like to check out our past technique hops, you can do that here:
January-Shaving Cream Marbleizing
February-So Sketchy
March-no hop this month
April-Stamp Set Showdown
May-World of Watercolors
We have an amazing sponsor this month, Candy Spiegel. Please take a moment to check out all the crafty goodness on her blog, Candy Scraps.
And the awesome prize this month is four stencils from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Thanks, Candy!
We really appreciate feedback, so please leave a comment on each of the blogs in the hop today. While you are encouraged to comment at any time, only comments received by Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8:00pm (EST) will be eligible to win. The winner will be announced on Sunday, June 25, 2017 on A Piece of (my) Heart’s blog (that’s here), so be sure to check back here again on the 25th to see if you won!
And speaking of winners, the lucky hopper from last month is SUSAN ELIOT; picked by Random Name Picker. Congratulations, Susan! Please get in touch with last month’s sponsor, Jodie Park, to claim your prize.
Since I’m the first blog on this hop, let’s get started!
Let me just start by saying that this was my first attempt at the drapery fold and it’s definitely not my favorite one of the bunch. I used a digital image that I had saved on my computer and colored it with Copics. The paper is from a Recollections paper pad and it was the ONLY double sided paper pad that I owned. I thought I had bunches of it but it turns out I don’t. Enough said about this card. Let’s move on, shall we.
I decided to try and attempt another drapery fold with Card #2 and I’m much happier with the results. Since I only had one double sided paper pad and I wasn’t very fond of the papers available in that pad, I decided that I needed to make a trip to Michaels where I picked up a pretty little 6x6-inch pad of double sided papers in various patterns of pink and gold. I chosen a cute chevron pattern for this card but it does make it a little more difficult to see the folds. I added a glitzy gold bow and a sentiment that I sponged the edges of to make it pop.
Next I tried the double drapery fold with some digital paper that I printed. This was a little trickier but I think it turned out ok. Next time I think I will try to make the folds wider so that you can see more of the other side of the paper. I added a black ribbon and a “happy birthday” sentiment to finish the card off.
My last card is a peek-a-boo card. It’s pretty simple to make. Once again, I printed my paper with a different pattern on each side. To make this card you measure up halfway on the long side and then cut in about 1.5-inches. Then you fold each corner back to make the peek-a-boo. I stamped a “My Favorite Things” Adorable Elephant image onto some cardstock and used my circle punch to cut him out. I colored him with Prisma Color markers in Cool Grey 10%, Cool Gray 20%, and Cool Grey 30%. I sponged the edges of my circle with some light blue ink. I added a “happy birthday” sentiment to finish off the card.
As an extra special bonus, I am giving away some Basic Grey products (see below) to one very special person so make sure when you comment to mention the words BLOG CANDY!
Ok, that’s it for me. I hope you enjoyed my cards. Now you’re off to visit with Claudia. Don’t forget to leave a comment on each blog to increase your chances of winning. Hope you had fun and thanks for stopping by. See you next month with another technique!
Here’s the full line-up in case you get lost:
