JackOtterStamp: 7/21/19

Friday, July 26, 2019

Greetings and welcome to another Stamp Off Challenge,

hosted by Susan, Buffy and myself. We love getting

together every other Friday to share with you.

This week, we are doing a Fun Fold challenge. I'm not

much of a Fun Fold Fan (say that 3 times fast!) because I

feel that sometimes it's frustrating for the recipient to figure

out how to open these cards. In my example above,

the sentiment is latched under the purple flower from

Tropical Chic (page 93).

That is the singular "Fun" fold aspect of this card;

the sentiment, which holds down the top layer of the card.

I used the flowers from Tropical Chic and cut out

Noble Peacock Foil Sheets ferns with the Tropical Dies

on page 197. The blue DSP comes from the Subtles

DSP paper pack on page 168.

I got this Fun Fold idea from Lisa Curcio, and really

appreciate the simplicity of many of her designs.

Thank you for stopping by, and please click on over

to see what Buffy and Susan have done for

their Fun Fold Challenge!

Tasteful Textures, on page 135, with the coordinating Tasteful Background Dies is a wonderful new bundle from SU.

It can be used so many different ways. The sentiments are

wonderful and unique.

In this example, I used the dies to make a mask. I could have

stamped the images, but liked the idea of sponging through

a mask. Then I simple held down the mask and sponged

Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay. I did a bit more sponging

on the edges, and added some more texture with the

lines stamp.

If you want to "set" a record for fast card making,

then Butterfly Wishes, on page18, is the set for you.

This new DistINKtive set creates color variations,

so that using a single color for the branch, ends up

looking like several different colors were used. In this example,

I used Mossy Meadow on the entire branch, but

it looks like two different green ink colors.

The set offer flowers that coordinate with the

Butterfly Duet Punch on page 188.