Balloon Festoon Fun Fold Easel Card for Lets Craft Together Blog Hop

  Welcome back to another Let's Craft Together Blog Hop! This months theme is Fun Fold cards.

I have created my all time favourite and go to fun fold - an Easel Card! The twist with this card is that I have created the card base from the largest balloon die in Balloon Festoon, a new die set from the 2026 Annual Catalogue.

It might look crooked but thats intentional. The easel wouldn't work very well if I attempted to stand it upright, so I angled the balloon. 

Here's the challenge picture

Lets take a closer look at this card.

To decorate this card I used the next balloon size from the Die set to cut an inside and outside panel. The front uses the new Velvet Meadow DSP, along with birds from Cutest Crew Bundle and the greeting from Balloon Festoon.

I never forget the inside!

If you're on the fence about purchasing the Cutest Crew Bundle GET IT, its so adorable, you won;t regret it. 

If you're thinking of making this fun fold, heres a tip, use the grid lines on your Stampin Trimmer to make sure your card is straight for the easel score line (see 6.5cm grid line and how I aligned the centre fold on that line) 

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Arched Balloon Z Fold card - Card Chain swap for Mandy

Welcome to the Chain Card Swap Blog Hop! This hop is all about Mandy and the CASES of her card. I encourage you to start the blog hop the beginning and follow along to see the progression of her card through the group. Its so interesting to see the development!

I was 2nd in the chain for this round and have created a Z fold card with the Arch dies. I love how versatile dies can be, such as turning it on its side for a totally new look.

Lets take a closer look at this card.

Repeat stamping is a great way to fill a space, so I stamped HELLO 3 times in different colours to tie in  the colour combiation from the DSP forward. 

The balloons are stamped on the white panel and again on DSP then fussy cut, this illusion is golden and can be used in so many ways.

The Z fold is a great fun way to dress up any card front

For the inside I kept the arch theme going and just another balloon to bring it altpgether.

I'm loving the colour palette of this DSP - Everyday Skies

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Beautiful Gallery Gate Fold Centre Pop Out - Card Chain Swap for Julia

Welcome to the Chain Card Swap Blog Hop! This hop is all about Julia and the CASES of her card. I encourage you to start the blog hop at JULIA's blog and follow along to see the progression of her card through the group. Its so interesting to see the development!

I was 4th in the chain for this round and have created this super cool fun fold, using Beautiful Gallery DSP as the main hero of my card.

Lets take a closer look at this card.

There is just one stamped image and its the sentiment, taken from Beautiful Butterflies.

All the panels are framed by an Early Espresso frame - this rich brown is really growing on me. 

To remake this card start you will need the following:

CARD BASE: 20.4x14.9cm // 8"x 5-7/8"

EARLY ESPRESSO PANELS: (x7) 4.9x14.5cm // 2"x 5-5/8' & (x1) 6.7x10.5cm // 2-3/4"x4-1/4"

DSP PANELS: (x6) 4.5x14.1cm // 1-7/8"x5-1/2"& (x1) 6.3x10.1cm //2-1/2"x4"

BASIC WHITE: (x1) 4.5x14.1cm // 1-7/8"x5-1/2"

Heres how I cut the DSP to get a continuous picture ...

You choose how many writing panels you want 1 or 2?

The pop out panel is adhered using 2 small strips of cardstock, ive tucked mine behind the dsp panel so you cant see them.

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There's nothinng Plane and Simple about this Chain Card Swap for Annette

Welcome to the Chain Card Swap Blog Hop! This hop is all about Annette and the CASES of her card. I encourage you to start the blog hop at Annette's blog and follow along to see the progression of her card through the group. Its so interesting to see the development!

I was 3rd in the chain for Round 8 and have created a Fun fold card with the Adventurous Sky Bundle and matching DSP. 

Here's is the card I CASE'd from Nancy. I loved exploring this card when I received it, The first thing I wow'ed at was the cool fun fold open/close. The Lavender paper is one of my all time favourites so I;m glad she used it!

Lets take a closer look at this card. After deciding on a male card for this project, I grabbed my new favourite bundle. My son wants to be a pilot, so this set was a must have. I have covered the front in panels of DSP. I always measure the cardstock first and then cut the dsp a 1/4" or 1/2cm smaller (just once off the long and short mesuremnt, not from each side) - a guaranteed perfect border everytime!

The Cajun craze tag is also from the paper stack, theres a page full of them. I stamped and die cut the plane, additional clouds and the circles for the sentiment. 

The inside writing panel is slightly thinner than usual but so much more interesting as you can see the patterned panel down the side and the front greeting moves to the inside!

This fun fold will work with any paper or occasion. 

The meaurements are easy,  scored A5 cardstock in the middle at 14.9cm, off each short side measure 2.5cm (1") CUT one and SCORE the other.

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Diagonal Z Trifold Fun Fold with Perennial Lavender DSP

 Today I share with you a beautiful fun fold card! Its the Z Diagonal Trifold Fun Fold, its easy and will definitely stun your recipient.

I've used the beautiful sentiment stamp set "Something Fancy" to show some fancy love , along with this show stopper DSP Perennial Lavender. The colours are so rich, yet earthy, detailed and just lovely from whichever sheet you choose to create with. 

The butterfly cut outs are from retired die set - Brilliant Wings Dies - but any die cut will look gorgeous. 

Z fold means just that, it looks like a Z

When flat, all the panels are covered and there's plenty of room for writing your message.

A winning colour combo!

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