Author: michelescraftcottage

I am an avid crafter. I love making cards and giving them to friends and family. I love teaching card making and scrapbooking.
Fun Folds

Fun Fold Blog Hop

July 22, 2025

Welcome to the Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Fun Folds Blog Hop. There’s a lineup below to make it easy for you to hop along and see everyone’s creations.

This month I used the beautiful Kintsugi Inspirations DSP, stamp and dies. If you don’t know what Kintsugi is here is what AI on Google says about it. “Also known as kintsukuroi, it is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. This is done by mending the cracks with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum.”

It is a ancient art form. The DSP in this suite is amazing.

My card is a shadow box fun fold. It starts with a standard card 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″. To the front of the card I added a piece of DSP that measures 4″ x 5-1/2″. I cut another piece of the same cardstock at 5-1/2″ x 6-1/4″. and scored at 1/2″ and 1″ from the left and right on the 6-1/4″ side. Folded and burnished the score lines. Using the largest Sentimental Framing dies I cut out a frame on matching cardstock. With the smaller frame, I then centered and cut a rectangle, for a window. Then I centered the frame on the 5-1/2″ x 6-1/4″ front.

After that I adhered the furthest fold, using glue, to the card front. (be sure to check that you have the card base orientated correctly.)

I used Tear n Tape on both ends of a piece of 1/2″ x 3-7/8″ window sheet. I centered the piece behind the opening. This is where I placed my sentiment.

I fussy cut a bowl and a vase from the DSP, and adhered using dimensionals. I cut the floral piece, in white cardstock, using the die from the set. I then placed it in the tall vase, using glue.

I used the gold Floral Accents embellishments. On the inside of the card, I adhered a piece of 4″ x 5-1/4″ white cardstock. Add a sentiment as desired.

I hope you like this version of a shadow box.

Please follow the links below to see more stunning cards.

SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Karen Finkle
  2. Rae Burnet
  3. Debbie Mageed
  4. Su Mohr
  5. Beth McCullough
  6. Tara Beth Carpenter
  7. Mary Deatherage
  8. Lisa Ann Bernard
  9. Maria Mench
  10. Michele Deschenes
  11. Sue Jackson
Blog, Fun Folds

Fun/Fancy Fold of your Choice Blog Hop

Welcome to the July Fun/Fancy Fold Blog Hop. This month, I used a card from Deb of Delight of my Art. I changed it up a bit. She created a gate fold. She cut off the top right and left corners. Then, she applied them to the bottom left and right corners. Try as a I may, I couldn’t find a way to do that without the flowers being upside down. So I altered it some.

I cut the DSP 5-1/2″ x 12″. Then the DSP is scored at 2″ and 4″ on the left side along the long side. I turned the DSP and again scored at 2″ and 4″ on the right side. This way my score line looked the same. Next I measured down the right side to 2-3/4″ and made a pencil mark. After which I cut from the 4″ score line to the 2-3/4″ mark. Then repeated this on the left side of the DSP.

I traced the cut off pieces of DSP onto white cardstock and cut them. Then those pieces of white cardstock were applied to the left and right bottom corners. Now I had a tuxedo looking card.

I cut (2) 1/2″ x 2″ pieces of DSP and applied to the front of the card at the bottom.

From there I cut a piece of Strawberry Slush cardstock at 3-3/4″ x 5-1/4″. A piece of white cardstock was cut at 3-1/2″ x 5″ and adhered to the Strawberry Slush cardstock. This unit was adhered inside the center panel of the DSP.

After that I stamped a sentiment on white cardstock and cut it using the tag die from Unbounded Love. The sentiment is from the same stamp/dies set.

I fussy cut a few flowers from the Florals in Bloom DSP and placed them around the tag. One was placed inside the card.

To finish the card I added the Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems.

I hope you like my card.

Please follow the link below to see the other amazing fun fold cards that were created this month.

1.
Tracy Held – Trace Of Creativity (Australia)
2.
Melva Peters – Stamping With Melva (Canada)
3.
Diane Evans – Stampin with Diane (Canda)
4.
Michele Deschenes Michele’s Craft Cottage (USA)
5.
Sharni Green – The Stamping Green (Australia)acy Held – Trace Of Creativity (Australia)
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Scrapbook Global Blog Hop

July 17, 2025

Welcome to the monthly Blog Hop for July. This month’s theme is Travel. Perfect time for this theme, summer travels . I truly enjoyed creating this layout. I used a variety of new and retired Stampin’ Up! products.

Please be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page. There, you can view all the posts that were created for the theme Travel.

My scrapbook page is about going places. I used DSP from On the Go DSP packet as a map for the background. Cut a piece of Smoky Slate card stock at 5-1/2″ x 7-3/4″. Then scored at 2-5/8 to create a brochure. I used Just a Note stamp and dies to create a journal page and paper clips. I stamped Date__/__/__ , Going Places and Today marks and adventure from Tags to Go stamp set.

I then cut out images from the On the Go DSP. I also cut out images from the Take To The Skies DSP. I added them to the layout to create my page.

Thank you for stopping by to see my July Scapbooking Blog Hop page. Please visit the other wonderful blogs.

1.Michele Deschenes Michele’s Craft Cottage (USA)
2.Julia Quinn – Handmade by Julia Quinn (Australia)
3.Sherry Roth – Stamped Treasures – Canada
4.Beth Rush – New Driver!
5.Margaret Workman – Crafty Chemist Designs (USA)
6.Cheryl Taylor – Stampin n crafting with Cheryldiana – UK

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June Fun Fold Blog Hop

Welcome to the Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Fun Folds Blog Hop. The theme is “Anything Goes.” There’s a lineup below to make it easy for you to hop along and see everyone’s creations. (click on the photos to make them larger)

SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Lisa Ann Bernard
  2. Beth McCullough
  3. Debbie Mageed
  4. Michele Deschenes (Shelly)
  5. Karen Finkle
  6. Su Mohr
  7. Maria Mench
  8. Tara Carpenter
  9. Sue Jackson
  10. Rae Burnet
  11. Kathi Ondus
  12. Mary Deatherage

This month’s design is called Floating Tent Easel card. I was inspired by Kate Morgan from Australia.

First, I fussy cut several flowers from the Floral Impressions 12″ x 12″ DSP. And because there were no measurements available, I created my own measurements for the card.

I cut Summer Splash card stock at 4-1/4″ x 11″ and scored at 5-1/2″. Then I cut off 4″ from the bottom of the card front. I scored that in 1/2 at 2″ (tent piece). I set this aside.

Then I cut pieces of Summer Splash card stock at 1-1/2″ x 4-1/2″, 1-1/2″ x 5″ and 1-1/2″ x 4-1/4″.

Then I took the DSP and cut two different patterns. They measured (2) 1-3/8″ x 4-1/8″ and (2) 1-7/8″ x 4-1/8″ with the 1st pattern. Using the 2nd pattern, I cut 1-3/8″ x 4-1/8″, 1-3/8″ x 4-7/8″, 1-3/8″ x 2-7/8″. I then centered and adhered them to the coordinating card stock pieces (see photo). There are 2 pieces on the back of the card. One on the back pillar (floral) and one across the top (circle print) on the tent piece.

I centered the 1-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ unit and adhered it to the back of the short card front. Then, I attached it to the inside of the tent piece. I then centered and adhered the 1-1/2″ x 5″ unit to the front of the tent piece. This will make the easel piece. Be sure to measure so that they align with with the bottom section so as not to exceed 5-1/2″.

Next, I adhered the fussy cut flowers. I glued some of them. I used dimensionals for others to create the easel stopper.

Next was the sentiment in coordinating ink. I placed it on the top, short panel. I glued 3 more flowers on the top left of the card base.

Finally, I added embellishments and Wink of Stella.

I hope you really enjoy this fun fold card. I really had fun putting it all together. Please follow the links above.