June 2017 - A Year of Card Making Techniques - Basic Card Folds Using Double-sided Paper

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:

Stencils from Elizabeth Craft Designs

 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, so be sure to check her blog on Sunday.

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.

You should  have arrived here from Candy Scraps. If you're visiting  here first, you might want to start at the beginning so you don't miss a thing and increase your chances of winning by commenting on  each blog. 

I have three cards to share with you today, as I wanted to be sure to try all of the folding techniques.  First up is  a card featuring the drapery/curtain fold, and for this card I used some double sided paper from Close To My Heart's Ariana collection.  It came with an amazing stamp with a quote by Oprah Winfrey.  

 I love the striped paper that is peaking between the pleats.  And it's hard to see, but the sentiment was embossed with silver embossing powder. 

Second up is a card with the double-z gate fold.  Now I will tell you that my card got a little wild . . . that pattern paper was leftover from a scrapbook layout I worked on a few weeks ago, and I didn't want to throw it out . . . and yet I never thought I could use it on a card.  But then comes the double-z gate fold and I was proven wrong.  

Busy and crazy paper, for sure.  

 And I have to say . . . that little ticket just hit the spot.  Since the card ends up being 4 inches, the ticket can hang off the edge and still fit in the envelope!  This was a really fun technique. 

And then finally, my favorite of the three . . . peek-a-boo fold.  

 This card started as one thing and ended as something else.  the sentiment was going to be where the bunny was . . . and the bunny was going to be somewhere else on the card . . . and I was going to use the reverse side of the pattern paper . . . and the folds were going to be on the right! 

Proof that sometimes things do not work as we planned. 

I am the last stop on the hop!  I certainly hope you had fun and thanks for stopping by.  See you next month with another technique!

And I hope you find some time to create today. 

Here’s the full line-up in case you get lost:

• Sharon
• Claudia
• Kim
• Wilma
• Jearise
• Amanda
• Card A Day Challenge Team
• Lisa Frederick
• Sandy Bell Hentzel
• Jodie Park
• Candy Spiegel
• Debbie Rumrill Bonczek

Supplies Used - Surround Yourself

Stamps:  Ariana Workshop Stamp Set (CTMH)

Ink: Versamark

Paper:  Ariana Workshop Paper (CTMH); Desert Storm Cardstock (CTMH)

Accessories:  American Crafts Ribbon and Ranger Silver Embossing Powder

Supplies Used - Admit One

Stamps:  Chunky Monkey (Sugar Pea Designs); tickets2stamp (The Stamps of Life)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers

Paper:  Pattern Paper (Best Creations); Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp and Neenah)

Accessories:  Circle and Dotted Circle Die (Catherine Pooler Designs); Stitched Mats (Lil' Inker); Ticket Dies (The Stamps of Life); Enamel Dots (Queen & Company)

Supplies Used - Some Bunny

Stamps:  Some Bunny (Simon Says Stamp)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copic Markers

Paper:  Celebrate Easter (Echo Park), Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp and Neenah)

Accessories:  Notebook Die (Papertrey Ink); Orange Twine (Studio Calico)