For details on how this "no-cut patterned paper folder" comes together, please check out Diane Barnes Color Me Happy Blog. Diane has very generously shared her tutorial and tips on making these folders. Make sure you leave her a comment if you plan on using her tutorial.
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| The Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper is perfect for this type of card, because you see both sides of the paper, and trust me they are all beautiful. The Tranquil Tide and Dapper Denim are so rich looking together but pair them up with Fresh Fig and Gold Foil card stocks, and it turns this into a WOW look. |
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| The inside view of the no-cut patterned folder. Love it! |
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| This view shows the inside of the folder with the two note cards removed. The pockets are perfect for holding a 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" note card. I add two of the Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers which are fast becoming "faves" to jazz up the inside a bit. |
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| The two note cards contain the birthday greetings and a gift card can be attached to the back of either note card. "The Happiest of Birthdays To You" sentiment is from the Birthday Blooms stamp set. I stamped the dotted triangle image from Eastern Beauty set in Fresh Fig ink in the corners of both note cards. I stamped the sentiment "enjoy today" from the Eastern Beauty set on the second note card, but it looked too plain so I stamped this fancy square image in Tranquil Tide over top of it. Again it looked too plain, so I stamped the scroll work image in the points of the square. What a difference that made and it was fun experimenting with some of the smaller stamps. |
Stamps: Eastern Beauty Photopolymer and Birthday Blooms
Ink: Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide
Card Stock: Dapper Denim, Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide, Very Vanilla and Gold Foil
Accessories: Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Banners Thinlet Dies, Eastern Medallions Thinlits Dies, Stitched Shapes Thinlet Dies, 1/2 Circle punch, Mini Tassels Assortment, Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers, Basic Pearls, Detail Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Tom Bow Glue.
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| I absolutely love how this belly band turned out. It's got that Moroccan Arabian Knights thing going on, and promises riches on the inside of the card (or at least that's what I imagine). The belly band started with a 1" x 9" strip of Dapper Denim card stock. I added a strip of the Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers to the top and bottom of the band. Next I cut two banners from Gold Foil and Tranquil Tide card stock and layered them together with tear and tape. The Tranquil Tide banner was embossed with the retired Perfect Polk A Dots Embossing Folder. I combined the Eastern Medallions #6, #5 and #4 dies for the Fresh Fig layer and a #10 and 11 for the Tranquil Tide layer of the medallion. The center was a 1/2" circle punched from Fresh Fig and a small Gold Vinyl Sticker and small pearl. Six medium sized pearls were adhered to the Tranquil Tide flower and a gold tassels from the Mini Tassel Assortment was adhered to the base of the medallion with mini glue dots. The finished medallion was adhered to the banners and belly band with tear and tape to make sure it was secured strongly. |
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| Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers |
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| Mini Tassels - 6 to a pack - 2 each of Gold, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide |
Well that's it for today's project. I hope you liked it and will try out this "no-cut patterned paper folder". It's an awesome way to use your DSP.
Happy Stamping!
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