Easier-Than-I-Thought Fun Fold Card

This is the card I made for a recent swap at my friend Terry Kaspari's monthly meeting.

I've been admiring cards made with this diagonal cut for a long time, but I was never very successful at cutting the paper so everything lined up properly . . . until I saw this great YouTube video showing how simple it really is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhe9CEJKxjE  Susan Reynolds (Makincraftsstudio) shows 5 different card designs using the same basic cut for each.

Materials:

* Hammermill 100# Premium Color Copy Cover Stock:

    * 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" scored at 4-1/4" (card base)

    * 6-1/2" x 3-1/4" scored at 3-1/4" (small overlapping card)

* Berry Burst card stock: 3-3/8" square and 3-1/8" square

* Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper: 5-1/4" x 4"

* Happiness Abounds Stamp Set (flowers and leaves)

* Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder

Cutting and Assembly:

Card Base:

* On the front of the card, use your paper trimmer to cut a diagonal line from the top at the scoreline to the bottom right corner.  NOTE:  Don't discard that triangle -- I used mine for the inside (see instructions below).

* Emboss Beautiful Bokeh paper with Exposed Brick and then cut a diagonal line from the top left corner to the bottom right corner, creating two triangles.  Adhere one piece to the front flap and the other to the upper right corner on the inside.

* Remember that triangle we cut off the front?  Here's what I did with mine -- before I adhered the Beautiful Bokeh paper to the front flap, I lined it up with that triangle and trimmed 1/4" from the long diagonal side of the white card stock.  Then I adhered it to the lower left corner of the inside.  Since the patterned paper was embossed, it had a little thickness to it, so adding the thick card stock to the opposite corner kind of evened it out so when I adhered the smaller card to the inside it was more level and not "bumpy."  (It also made me happy to use that triangle instead of tossing it into a scrap bin and never looking at it again . . . .)

Smaller Overlapping Card:

* Fold card at score line.  Adhere to 3-3/8" Berry Burst square.  Adhere inside of card with the fold to the right and the opening to the left overlapping the front flap.

* Adhere 3-1/8" square to front flap of small card.

* Decorate to your heart's content with whatever makes you happy!!!

Notes:

* Other than the Hammermill paper, everything I used for this card was from Stampin' Up!

* I had previously colored and copied a bunch of the flowers from the Happiness Abounds stamp set, so it was handy for this card to just print out several sheets of them and cut them out with my Brother Scan 'n Cut.  I had planned on making a simple card, but once I got started putting flowers on the front flap I just couldn't stop myself from adding more and more and more!!!  I even put some leaves and a small bouquet of flowers on the inside -- just because I could.

* I was kind of in a hurry to assemble these cards, so I decided to try out some sheets of adhesive dots I had purchased on Amazon.  The results were disastrous, and it probably would have been just as quick to use my fine tip liquid glue -- I ended up with adhesive on the fronts of the flowers, all over my hands, and on my table!  As far as I can tell, the glue is holding and nothing has fallen off any of the cards, but I doubt I'll be using those sheets again.  Just too messy for me!

I hope you enjoy this card and try it yourself!  And be sure to watch that video -- Susan Reynolds offers easy to understand instructions and lots of tips as she is making her cards.  She also has a Facebook page which I've just started following with lots of great card making and paper crafting ideas!  Visit https://www.facebook.com/makincraftsstudio to check it out.

Delicate Leaves All-Occasion Card (Craft Box 03-20-2026)

For this card, I chose very soft and subtle colors to coordinate with the delicate leaves die.

Materials:

* Gray Granite card stock: 8-1/2” x 5-1/2”, scored at 4-1/4” (card base); 4” x 2-5/8” (frame)

* Hammermill 80# Premium Color Copy Cover Stock: 5-1/8” x 3-7/8” (first layer)

* Hammermill 100# Premium Color Copy Cover Stock: 3-1/4” x 1-7/8” (inside frame)

* Petal Pink card stock: 5” x 3-3/4” (embossed second layer)

* Soft Seafoam card stock: 3-1/2” x 1-1/2” (leaves die cut)

Inside:

* Petal Pink card stock: 5-1/4” x 4” (first layer)

* Hammermill 80# Premium Color Cover Stock: 5-1/8” x 3-7/8” (second layer)

* Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder

* Memorable Blooms Dies (Ali Express knock-off of Stampin’ Up! set)

* Deckled Rectangle Dies (3-15/16" x 2-9/16" for outside of frame; 3-1/8" x 1-3/4" for inside)

* Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems

** Unless otherwise indicated all materials are from Stampin’ Up!

Assembly:

* Adhere 5-1/8” x 3-7/8” white cardstock to card front.

* Adhere embossed Petal Pink card stock over white.

* Center and adhere Gray Granite frame.

* Note: Before stamping sentiment on white rectangle, be sure to match up the corners to the frame making sure you stamp the sentiment in the correct orientation.  Then go ahead and stamp your sentiment and adhere to inside of frame.

* Adhere leaves and bling over frame.

Inside:

* Adhere 5-1/4” x 4” Petal Pink card stock to the inside.

* Adhere 5-1/8” x 3-7/8” white card stock over pink.

* Optional steps:

    *Adhere cutout piece of frame as shown.

    * Adhere leaves over the cutout piece.

* I hope you enjoy this design.  It's kind of a departure from my usual darker and brighter colors, but perfect for early spring!

Turtle-y Awesome Fun Fold Card (Craft Box 03-20-2026)

This card was inspired by my friend Janet Weisheit who made a very similar card for a swap last month.  Since I've had these turtles since sometime last year I decided it was time to use them.

Side View

This card looks difficult to make, but it's actually pretty easy!  It's kind of built in two separate pieces and then assembled into one card, so I took the two pieces apart on Janet's card to measure them.  Here's the info:

Materials:

* Real Red card stock: 

    * 9” x 4-1/4”, scored at 1-1/4”, 2-1/2”, and 5-3/4” (card base)

    * 11” x 2-1/2”, scored at 5-1/2” (tall front and back panel)

* Bright yellow textured card stock: 5-1/4” x 2-1/4”

* Dark yellow textured card stock: 2” x 2-1/4”

* Light yellow textured card stock: 1-1/4” x 2-1/4”

* White card stock: 5-1/4” x 2-1/4” (back panel); 2” x 5/8” (sentiment)

* Turtle-y Cute Designer Series Paper: turtle cut-outs

* Freshly Baked patterned paper: 4" x 3"; 4" x 1" (polka dots)

* Washi Paper punch

Notes:

* Card stock, turtle paper and punch are from Stampin’ Up!

* Words on back are from Ali Express (knock-off of Stampin’ Up! Turtle-y Awesome stamp set); Happy Birthday is from Rubbernecker Stamps (now Brass & Bliss Craft Co.)

* Freshly Baked paper is by Close to My Heart

Assembly:

* Fold out card base and, with 1-1/4” section at bottom, adhere 4” x 1” polka dot paper to bottom flap.  Skip the next 1-1/4” section, and adhere 4” x 3” polka dot paper to the third section.  Set aside.

* Adhere 5-1/4” x 2-1/4” bright yellow textured card stock to front panel of red 11” x 2-1/2” card stock.  Use marker to trace across one 2-1/4” edge of 2-1/4” x 1-1/4” light yellow card stock and one 2-1/4” edge of 2-1/4” x 2” dark yellow card stock.  With marked edges toward the top, adhere dark yellow card stock to bottom of bright yellow card stock and adhere light yellow card stock over dark yellow card stock

* Adhere turtle cut-outs as shown (I used pieces of foam adhesive to pop up balloon and chef turtle).  If desired, use Q tip to smudge a shadow near feet of each turtle (see photo).

* Adhere Happy Birthday label to 2-1/4” x 3/4” red card stock; use foam adhesive to adhere label near bottom of light yellow card stock.

* Stamp sentiment on 5-1/4” x 2-1/4” white card stock and adhere to back flap of 11” x 2-1/2” red card stock.

* Apply adhesive near center of 1-1/4" bottom section of card base (over the polka dot paper); adhere front flap of red card stock, lining up the two pieces at the bottom.

* Apply adhesive near center of back panel on card base and adhere back of flap by folding it down over the adhesive.

A lot of words to describe a fairly easy process.  I'll try to get back to this in the next week or so and add a video tutorial -- as they say, a picture says a thousand words!

Spring Flowers Fun Fold Card (Stamp Camp North 3/14/2026)

If you hadn't noticed, I've been making a lot of spring flower fun fold cards lately.  I think I'm still trying to recover from the huge number of Christmas and winter cards I had made toward the end of the year, and I'm just trying to thaw out!!!  This is the card we made at my table this past Saturday at Stamp Camp North in Westminster.

I already had the flower image on my computer, so it was a cinch to print and cut out the design on my Brother Scan 'n Cut machine!  Then the search was on to find some paper in my stash to match the flower!  This is what I came up with.

Materials:

* Spotlight on Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up! (flowers image)

* Scalloped Contours dies by Stampin' Up!

* Petals & More Thinlits dies by Stampin' Up! (label for sentiment)

* Black Stampin' Write Marker by Stampin' Up!

* Starform Round Black Glitter Stickers (Stamplistic.com)

* Watermelon Wonder card stock by Stampin' Up!: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 2-1/8" and 4-1/4"

* Smokey Shadow card stock by PapertreyInk.com: 5-1/4" x 4"; 5-1/4" x 1-7/8" (2 pcs); 3-7/8" x 2-5/8" (2 pcs)

* White card stock: 3-3/4" x 2-1/2" for scalloped rectangle die cut; 3-5/8" x 2-3/8" for inside

* Patterned paper for background**: 5" x 3-3/4"; 5" x 1-5/8" (2 pcs)

** When searching my stash, I was unable to find any paper I liked for the background pieces.  However, I did find a few sheets from a vintage pad of Stampin' Up! paper that had this design on it.  My only problem was the design was in green (perhaps Pear Pizzazz).  So to get the color I wanted, I copied the paper on the black & white setting of my printer.  It turned out to be exactly what I had been looking for!

Assembly:

* Fold card in half at 4-1/4" score line; fold front flap back at 2-1/8" scoreline, creating a "Z" card.  (TIP:  I found it easier to adhere paper to the three panels by opening it back up and laying it flat.  I then followed the steps below.)

* Adhere dark gray card stock to each of the three panels.  Adhere patterned paper over card stock.

* Adhere small white rectangular card stock to coordinating dark gray card stock.  Center and adhere to inside panel.

* Adhere scalloped rectangle to second piece of dark gray card stock.  Adhere flowers to scalloped rectangle.  Close card and adhere assembled piece to front panel, lining up to cover rectangle on inside of card.

* Use brush end of black marker to trace a line around the edge of the white label.  Stamp sentiment on label and adhere to front with foam tape or hexagons.

* Apply round black glitter stickers to front panel as desired.

Many of the ladies who made this card at my table told me they really liked the design and how easy it was to assemble.  I hope you'll try it too!

Sweet Welcome Baby or Kids Birthday Card

What a fun time I had designing this card!  One of the ladies in my Thornton Active Adult class had requested a birthday card for her 4-year-old niece, so this is what I came up with.  A perfect opportunity to use a recently-purchased stamp set from Unity!!!

Materials:

* Li'l Jumbo stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. (the elephant was stamped, colored, copied, and then cut out on my Brother Scan 'n Cut machine)

* Heart balloon dies from TEMU

* Label dies from TEMU

* 2003-2005 In Color 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

* Small amount of white card stock for sentiment label

* Small amount of black card stock for balloon die cut

* Dark Indigo, Real Red and Bumblebee card stock for blue card

* Sweet Sugarplum, Lemon Lolly and Balmy Blue card stock for pink card

* Oplymio Thick Vellum (Amazon.com)

* 2-1/2" circle punch

(Dark Indigo card stock is from PapertreyInk.com; all other card stock is from Stampin' Up!)

Measurements:

* Card base is 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"

* First layer (polka dots) is 5-1/4" x 4"

* Second layer (yellow card stock) is 4-11/16" x 3-7/16"

* Third layer (hearts) is 4-1/2" x 3-3/4"

* Inside is plain . . . just one piece of yellow card stock (5-1/4" x 4") and one piece of white card stock (5" x 3-3/4")

Assembly:

* Adhere polka dot paper to card front

* Adhere yellow card stock over polka dots

* Adhere heart paper over yellow card stock

* Adhere elephant to center of vellum circle

* Assemble balloons (black full die cut on bottom; yellow balloons over black balloons; blue and red balloons over yellow balloons).  Adhere string to elephant's "hand".

* Apply glue to back of vellum circle behind elephant (so glue doesn't show through vellum) and adhere to card front as shown.  Use foam hexagons to adhere balloons.

* Stamp sentiment on white label; cut mat from Dark Indigo or Sweet Sugarplum card stock.  Adhere sentiment to mat and adhere to card front with foam hexagons.

* Adhere 5-1/4" x 4" yellow card stock to inside of card; adhere 5" x 3-3/4" white card stock over yellow.

I really enjoyed making this card.  A fun break from all the adult cards I'm accustomed to making.

Here We Go Again . . . Yet Another Stash-Buster Easy Fun Fold Card

Yes, you've seen this one before, but this time I added a little extra twist (or tear).

This time I used Splendid Autumn 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper and Gorgeous Grape card stock from Stampin' Up! and added another ripped edge to the design.  If you click on the photo above and look closely, you'll see that the edges of not only the 3/4" x 5-1/4" patterned paper along the left edge of the card, but also the flap of the 6" x 5-1/4" patterned paper are ripped along the edge.  Since the card on the left has such a plain, almost solid color design on the reverse side of the patterned paper, I thought it needed a little more contrast.  Thus the extra rip.  Was it a pain in the you-know-what?  Well, yes, a little -- since you're removing only about 1/8" to 1/4" from the edge, it's a little more difficult and tedious to rip, but I was pleased with the result.

Visit https://cathyscraftroom.blogspot.com/2026/03/easiest-fun-folddsp-stash-buster-card.html for complete instructions and measurements and start busting your own stash!!!

Another Fun Fold Card Just Like the Other One . . . Almost

I love the design of this easy fun fold card -- so much so that we made it again at Sassy Stampers Card Camp in Berthoud last Saturday and Thornton Active Adult Center this past Tuesday!  This time I used some bright spring flowery paper.

Materials:

* The card base is 110 lb. white card stock from PapertreyInk.com:  5-1/2" x 4-1/4".

* The next layer is Pinefeather card stock from PapertreyInk.com: 5-1/4" x 4".

* The flap attached to the front is 4-1/4" x 3" (also Pinefeather), scored at 7/16" from one short edge.

* The flowered layer is Floral Impressions 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up!: 5" x 3-3/4"; a 1” strip is cut from both the right and left side for the inside; leaving a 3-3/4” x 3” piece for the front flap.

* The white card stock on the inside is 3-3/4" x 2-3/4".

* The 2-1/2” circle punch (Stampin’ Up!) was used to cut the circle under the sentiment out of Oplymio Thick Vellum (Amazon.com).

* The sentiment is a Karen Burniston die from my stash

* The cute butterflies with gems are from TEMU.

The basic assembly instructions are exactly the same as the last card I posted from my class at The Craft Box.  (https://cathyscraftroom.blogspot.com/2026/03/floral-fun-fold-card-craft-box-class.html)

I love these easy cards featuring patterned paper.  If you're like me and have a lot of extra paper in your stash, these are a great way to use it up.