Tips and Techniques Wednesday - Tri Fold Card

Hello all,

It's is 'Tips and Technique' day over on the ScrapMuch? blog and of course, I wanted to share my technique here too!

I first saw this card folding technique on the Split Coast Stampers website, it is a great resource for card makers.

Anyway, let's get to it.......

Start off by making your card base, using a 4" x 11" piece of card stock in the colour of your choice.

Score at 3.5" and 7".

fold from left to right so that the large 4" section ends up on the bottom, with the opening on the right.

Punch a tab on the bottom section so that it sits just below where the folded piece will sit.  This will hold the card closed.

Punch a hole in the tab, this will secure a piece of ribbon.

Add a 3.25" x 3.75" piece of patterned paper to the front of your card.

I forgot to take pictures of the next step, but I will talk you through it.  I die cut a green card stock doily with my Cuttlebug, though you can use any shape you would like to anchor your focal point..  Next I adhered the doily intact onto my card front, raising it up slightly above the top of the card.  Then I die cut the centre out of the doily, which in turn created a window on my card.

Then I folded my card up and adhered the piece back onto my card, however this centre doily piece is now actually adhered to the inner portion of the card.  See below.

I then embellished this area of the card with a stamped die cut piece, a flower and a stick pin.

This is how it will look when closed.

Open the card back up and stamp a sentiment  onto the right hand side.

Close the card and secure with a ribbon fed through the hole on the tab.

 And that's it, pretty simple and cute, but of course your possibilities are endless.  If you do not have dies you could use punches or omit the window part altogether and add another layer on top to hold your focal point.

Thanks for popping in to visit!
Laura
xoxo

10 000 Visitors Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!

Today is an exciting day for us here on the ScrapMuch? blog, and it is all thanks to you!  We are celebrating 10 000 visits to our blog, we are honoured that you keep popping in to visit us and we hope that means you like what we are doing.

To show you our appreciation we thought we would have a little fun and offer you a chance to win this great Bo Bunny Prize pack.

So here is the fun part, we have teamed up with a few other blogs, you will need to visit each blog where you will be given a 'secret word', leave a comment on that blog and hop on to the next blog gathering the next 'secret word' as you go.  There are three blogs to visit in total, so that means you will have three 'secret words' and you will leave 3 comments.  After that hop on back to our blog again and leave a final comment and include the phrase created with all 3 of the 'secret words'.

The first blog you will visit belongs to our friend, Laura Shaver, some of you may know her from our crops and retreats, she is the gal that provides our music!

Then you will visit Eileen, our programing genius and co-designer and Elaine's sister.

After that you will visit our designer, Laura's blog.

Then don't forget to hop on back here to leave your final comment and 'secret phrase', oh and sign up to be one of our followers while you are at it!!

Here are links to all of the blogs.....

Laura Shaver
Eileen Mead
Laura Whitaker

 Good luck everyone, the prize will be awarded via a random draw from all qualifying entries.  One entry per person please.  Check back with us next Tuesday the 20th to see if you are our lucky winner!

Happy Scrapping,
Anita and Elaine

All Day Crop!

Hello ladies!

Have you heard that we are having an all day crop on Saturday, Match 17th?  Well we are, and we hope you'll join us!

Here is everything you need to know.....

ALL DAY CROP

DATE: SATURDAY MARCH 17TH, 2012

TIME: 9:00AM UNTIL 6:00PM

LOCATION: 33 DIANA AVE, BRANTFORD ON

SALVATION ARMY CHURCH, IN WEST BRANT

CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE MAP

MORE: Join us for an ALL DAY SCRAPBOOK CROP! Bring all of your supplies and enjoy an entire day of scrapping! For only $25+HST, your day includes a loot bag, lunch, cold beverages, snacks and amazing raffle prizes! PLUS enjoy our on site store with many new collections to shop from!

**Wear your 'green' for a chance to earn tickets for a secret prize!!!

REGISTER ON-LINE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!

In order for us to effectively plan for this event, all attendees must

preregister for the crop either on-line or on the phone at 905-730-2673

Don't forget to preregister to save your spot and make sure that there is a goodie bag waiting for you!

Have a great weekend.
Laura
xoxo

Sketch-y Friday

Hello friends!

It is Friday and that means I have a new sketch just for you!

Enjoy!  And remember, if you play along with this sketch feel free to send your projects to me via email here and I will be thrilled to post them on the blog.

Thanks for popping in!

Laura

xoxo

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!

It is Thursday and that means it is inspiration day here on the blog! 

All layouts were created by Anita and all are her own original creations.

 This layout was created with the Gathering line by Authentique, we love it for its beauty and versatility,  it is also available in our store now.

If you have a layout or card that you would like to see posted here to inspire others, email your creations to me here.  Come on give it a try, I'd love to share your work on this blog!


Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo