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Fun Fold Cards Vol. 4 | Ideas for Year-Round Card Making Fun!

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Are you ready for Fun Fold Cards Vol. 4? Let’s kick off this month with another 4 templates that you can add to your collection. If you have been joining us each month, this will give you 16 fun-fold templates! We designed all the templates to be used with any stamps, paper, and inks you … Read more

Make Use of Your Free Card Template & Make This Partial Flap Fold Card

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Are you ready to learn how to make a partial flap fold card? This easy and fun card will definitely make you smile. As you work on making your collection of Fun Fold Templates, you will find that I sometimes go back and pull a template that I already shared and create a new card with it. This will help you see the value of making these templates, as well as how to use and re-use them.

The partial flap card I’m sharing today is from class #2 (July.) If you made the templates, you already have all the cutting and scoring details.

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This flap fold card also shows you how you can change the orientation of your template (portrait or landscape).

The Storybook Gnomes Designer Series Paper is my feature designer paper today and it’s used for almost every element on the card. The greeting is the only stamping we have on this one.

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Handmade Wedding Card You Can Make For A Beautiful & Lasting Impression

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A handmade wedding card is a keepsake that will leave a lasting impression. Think it’s hard to make this greeting card? Let me show you that it’s not! I did some very simple watercoloring on this card and I know you can do it too!

It is so easy because you first emboss which gives the image some “ridges” that hold in the watercoloring. I love doing this and it’s so quick and easy. Want to learn how to make a handmade wedding card that’s this beautiful yourself? Keep scrolling for the video, measurements, and supply list to make both of these cards.

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This stamp set is perfect for handmade wedding cards. It’s elegant, yet super easy to use. The video gives you all the instruction you need to accomplish the watercoloring!

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Embossing Folder Card Ideas | Will This Be YOUR New Favorite to Make?

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What I love about embossing folder card ideas is that they are a quick and easy way to make elegant or simple greeting cards. Let the embossing folder do all the work, and then just add a greeting! Keep it simple and make many cards to share with friends and family!

These embossing folder card ideas allow for such simple card making! There are so many gorgeous folders that it’s hard to pick a favorite. In today’s video, I have tips for using embossing folders as well as tips for adding the greeting to your card. Give this idea a try!

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Are you ready to see how fun these embossing folder card ideas are to make? Scroll down, watch the video for all the tips, then keep scrolling for all the measurements.

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Fun Fold Card Ideas & Templates To Love | Vol 3 Fun Fold Cards

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Ready for some more fun fold card ideas and templates that you’ll fall in love with? It is the first Friday of the month and that means it is our FREE FUN FOLD TEMPLATE CLASS! We are making 4 more templates that you can add to your collection. This month I have Volume 3 for … Read more

Masculine Fun Fold Cards: All Occasion Guy Cards

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I’m excited to share these masculine fun fold cards that work for all occasions PLUS Volume 2 of my Fun Fold Series. You can purchase the written tutorial or watch the FREE class and learn how to make these fun fold templates. Last month we started with Volume 1 and now we have 4 new … Read more

Handmade Note Card Ideas: Sweet Songbirds To Make Cute Greeting Cards

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These handmade note card ideas are simple enough for a beginning card maker or those who want to make greeting cards quickly! These little birds are so cute and you will have fun making all different designs with them. They are perfect for baby cards, wedding cards, engagement cards, and many other occasions. This ‘Sweet … Read more

Tea Boutique Card Ideas To Inspire Your Creativity

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Looking for Stampin’ Up! Tea Boutique Card Ideas? I’ve got 5 different design ideas to share with you today. But here is the best part, I am also featuring one of my fabulous Klompen Stampers team members as a GUEST STAMPER today.

Each month I am going to bring in a guest stamper and let them show off their stampin’ style with you. We are kicking it off with Kathi Ondus. Keep scrolling to see Kathi’s beautiful cards, and make sure to watch the video to “meet Kathi” and let her share her fun design ideas with you.

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Part of the fun of this monthly featured stamper is that you will get to see some different card making styles, as well as learn some tips and tricks from others. I hope you enjoy Kathi’s projects and visit her blog to see more of the beautiful cards that she creates.

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Sending Smiles Is Super Easy With The SIP Card Making Method

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Sending Smiles cards and design ideas is easy! These cards can be made in minutes and I’m so glad that I got this new Stampin’ Up! stamp set! Today we are stamping with a SIP! What is a SIP? Making cards with only STAMPS, INK, and PAPER.

Don’t let the “overwhelm” take over and cause you to feel like you need tons of supplies. You can make darling cards with just a SIP. Start there–then step things up as you go!

So, let’s start with a SIP….

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Sending Smiles cards are perfect for beginner stampers, as well as anyone wanting to make quick cards! Then, easily step up your card using dies – still easy peasy and adorable!

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Bottled Happiness: Charming Card Ideas You Can Make In Minutes

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Want the best ‘Bottled Happiness’ Card ideas? I’ve got designs using this fun Stampin’ Up! bundle plus lots of card making tips. I want to show you how to use markers to add multiple colors to your stamps and more.

This stamp set offers so much variety for making cards. Once I started playing with it, I could not stop. It is great to make all occasion cards for anyone. Keep the cards super simple, or step them up!

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You will love all of the variety you can get from the ‘Bottled Happiness’ stamp set! Let’s make a quick and easy card, plus I have lots of other sample ideas to show you!

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A Fun Fold Card Class You’ll Rave About; It’s Your Cup of Tea!

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I am so excited about this new monthly class! Each month we will feature 4 new easy fun fold cards. This month, the fun fold card class is focused on the lovely Tea Boutique Suite by Stampin’ Up! This is totally new and different… you will learn to make FUN FOLD TEMPLATES that you will … Read more

Step Up Your Card Making With This Awesome Explosion Card

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If you are wanting to make an awesome explosion card, and keep it simple to make, this is the tutorial for you. The stamping is simple, but the explosion card insert makes it amazing!

It’s quite a surprise when you open this card and see the inside. This explosion card tutorial will teach you how easy it is to make. You can use any products you have; you basically create a card and then add the explosion part to the inside!

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The video tutorial teaches you all that you need; you will be an explosion card expert in no time!

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