Creativity Abounds - March 2021 / Stamping With Melva

Creativity Abounds - March 2021

Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Welcome to our Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world who are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can inspire you to make creations of your own.

You may be starting here or you may have come from someone else's blog - either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed - so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin' Up!® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin' Up!® teams.

Here's our amazing Creativity Abounds Design Team!

The theme for our blog hop this month is the Hydrangea Hill Product Suite and all of the projects feature this amazing collection of products. I used the products to create a fun Shutter Fold Card. I was reminded of this fancy fold by my Upline Alison Solven on a recent team meeting and I'm having so much fun making these cards.

Check out how pretty this version is in purple!

Instructions

Cut Gorgeous Grape cardstock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and score at 2 1/8" and 6 3/8". Fold flaps in to form card base.
Cut 2 pieces of Highland Heather 2" x 5 3/8"
Cut 2 pieces of Designer Series Paper 1 7/8" x 5 1/4"
Adhere Designer Series Paper to Highland Heather using Stampin' Seal.
Adhere to the 2 flaps using Stampin' Seal.
Cut Highland Heather 3" x 5 1/4"
Cut Designer Series Paper 2 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Adhere to Highland Heather piece using Stampin' Seal.
Cut out circle using 2 1/4" Circle Punch in the centre
Adhere to the inside of the card - apply 1 row Dimensionals to the top and bottom. Do not apply adhesive in the middle.
Stamp sentiment and small flowers on a 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece of Basic White cardstock. Punch out using 2" Circle Punch.
Adhere to the inside of the circle on the inside of the card.
Cut 2 pieces of Gorgeous Grape cardstock 3 1/2" x 4".
Score each at 1/2" on 4" side.
Use your rule to mark 2" up from bottom on the 4" side - repeat on both sides. Draw a line between marks
Mark in the centre along 2" line at 1 3/4"
Draw a line from centre to outside corners to form "V"
Cut out V.
Repeat on other piece
Apply Tear and Tape adhesive to 1/2" score flap.
Tuck one piece in from the left side and the other piece in from the right side.
Line up edge of piece with the score line of card base.
Peel off backing of Tear and Tape Adhesive and fold down card base flap.
Repeat on other side.
This forms the shutter mechanism.
Cut Gorgeous Grape cardstock 1" x 11"
Fold around the card base to form belly band. Do not make the belly band too tight.
Adhere ends in the middle and trim off excess.
Using the 2 1/4" circle that you punched out, cut around Square Vellum Doily to create a circle.
Adhere to the punched out circle using Stampin' Seal.
Stamp flower using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a piece of Basic White cardstock.
Stamp leaves and stem using Old Olive ink.
Cut out open leaves and stem from Old Olive cardstock. Adhere to stamped image using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Cut out flower from Highland Heather cardstock.
Cut out petals from Highland Heather and Seaside Spray cardstock.
Push petals on flower to front using Take your Pick Tool.
Adhere small petals using Glue Dots.
Adhere small pearls to each small petal.
Adhere to vellum using Dimensionals.
Stamp sentiment on a scrap of Basic White cardstock using Gorgeous Grape ink
Cut out using small tag die.
Adhere to flower using a Glue Dot.
Tie a small bow and adhere above tag using a Glue Dot.
Adhere to belly band using Dimensionals.

You can check out my YouTube Video on how to make this card. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube Channel so that you can view other videos I post.

Check out the amazing projects from the Creativity Abounds Design Team!

In addition to the amazing projects that are being showcased on our Blog Hop, each Design Team member has created an exclusive project for a tutorial! You can get all 13 projects as my Thank You for any order you place with me until April 21st! It is also available for purchase for $20 CDN! Here's a sneak peek of the amazing projects in the Tutorial Bundle!