Funky Folds Blog Hop _ Holly Jolly Branches Expanding Bridge Fold Card

am excited to be participating in this month’s funky folds blog hop. I LOVE fun folds and this is a group of like-minded paper crafters with same same passion for making cards with
funky folds.
Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” This hop features cards that are not the usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style.
All Blog Hops have an ‘anything goes’ theme using any type of ‘funky’ card fold.

The card I am sharing today is an Expanding Bridge Fold Card. This is one of the cards I have designed for the Avid Crafting Collective Holly Jolly Branches Tutorial Bundle.

I did a Facebook live showing the assembly of this card. If you would like to purchase this tutorial bundle, you can find the details here. You can watch the assembly video below.

Hop around and see what other funky folds are being shared with us today.

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Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Share It Sunday – Holly Jolly Branches Cascading Panels Card

Thank you for joining us for our Share It Sunday blog hop (of course in Australia this goes live at 1:00am Monday morning, but it is a great start to the working week when we wake up!) There is no theme for this hop, it is for each of us to choose what project we want to share.

I have been dealing with a broken knee cap for the past seven weeks, so my creativity has been at a very low level. I have been managing to keep up with my commitments, but not doing much else.

Today for the first time since I fell I did a Facebook live. This was an assembly video of the September Fantastic Fun Folds tutorial – a Cascading Panels Card. You can watch the replay of the video below. If you would like to subscribe to the tutorials, you can find all the information here.

If you watch until the end of the video, I show you sample of six of the nine cards that are in the Holly Jolly Branches Tutorial Bundle. If this bundle is talking to you and you want some ideas on how to use it, details can be found here.

Hop around and see what else is being shared with us today.

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Share It Sunday – Framed Violets

Thank you for joining us for our Share It Sunday blog hop (of course in Australia this goes live at 1:00am Monday morning, but it is a great start to the working week when we wake up!) There is no theme for this hop, it is for each of us to choose what project we want to share.

I have been doing assembly videos of the projects in the Avid Crafting Collective Framed Violets Tutorial Bundle. I am going to share the videos of the three cards that I designed for the bundle.

My first card is one that uses lots of little bits with vellum leaves.

Here is the video for the card.

The second standard card is really pretty with coloured violets.

Here is the assembly video for this card:

The final card is my Triple-Z Fun Fold Card.

Here is the assembly video for this card

If you would like to purchase the tutorial bundle which has instructions with metric and imperial measurements for six standard and three fun fold cards click here for all the details.

Hop around and see what else is being shared with us today

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Funky Folds Blog Hop – Balloon Festoon

I am excited to be participating in this month’s funky folds blog hop. I LOVE fun folds and this is a group of like-minded paper crafters with same same passion for making cards with
funky folds.
Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” This hop features cards that are not the usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style.
All Blog Hops have an ‘anything goes’ theme using any type of ‘funky’ card fold.

I am part of a monthly collaboration called Fantastic Fun Folds. Each month we have a tutorial for one fancy fold card and 12 different samples using that tutorial. The tutorial for May was a”Pinwheel Pocket Pouch Card”.

This is a square card, but will fit into a standard envelope with some room at the ends.
I made this card during my Facebook live on Sunday. It was a bit chaotic because I couldn’t get the card to close. I think it was stage fright, because it closed easily off camera! Don’t let that scare you, it is easy and fun to make. You can watch the Facebook replay below.
For information about subscribing to the tutorials, click here.

Hop around and see what folds the others are sharing with us.

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Share It Sunday – Framed Violets

Thank you for joining us for our Share It Sunday blog hop (of course in Australia this goes live at 1:00am Monday morning, but it is a great start to the working week when we wake up!) There is no theme for this hop, it is for each of us to choose what project we want to share.

I have been playing with a new suite from the Online Exclusive release that goes live on the 1st July – Framed Violets. This is an absolutely gorgeous suite with the prettiest flowers. I combined beautiful flowers with a fancy fold and this is the result.

I participate in a monthly fancy fold collaboration and this is the fold for June. We give instructions for one fancy fold and twelve samples of that card using different products. (This card isn’t in the tutorial, so it makes thirteen samples). For details about the tutorials and the link to subscribe, click here.

I showed the assembly of this card during a Facebook live. You can watch the replay of the live below.

If this suite is on your “need to have” and you are looking for inspiration on using it, you can find the information about the tutorial bundle that I mention in the video here.

Hop around and see what everyone else is sharing with us today.

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Touches Of Ink Blog Hop – Fern & Flora

Thanks for joining us for this month’s Touches of Ink Blog Hop. This is a fun hop – it focuses on suites and/or bundles. We don’t discuss what we are going to be using for the hop which means that everyone will use something different, or we might all decide that we want to use the same products!

My card is a really easy, (but in my opinion) really effective card that uses the Fern & Flora bundle and the Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder which is one of the elements of the suite.

The stamp set has a butterfly and a moth in it, and for reasons that I am not sure about, I decided that the moth is more masculine and was the one that wanted to go on the masculine card.

I made this style of card during my Facebook live on Sunday. The one I made uses the Floral Spray 3D Embossing Folder and the butterfly from the Fern & Flora bundle. You can watch the replay below. If you watch to the end, I do show the Peaceful Pine card and talk about the products that I used.

Next up in the hop is Iris Philipps.

If you get lost along the way, here is the complete link list

  1. derdiedasKleine bastelt – Simone Kleine
  2. TraceOfCreativity – Tracy Held <== You are here
  3. Iristempelt – Iris Philipps
  4. Stempelfamilie – Angela Köber
  5. JazzleDazzleCraft with Janice – Janice Thomson
  6. gittisgiftcorner – Tatjana Niederberger
  7. Vickie Lou Designs – Vickie Littlewood
Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Funky Folds Blog Hop – Valley In Bloom

I am excited to be participating in this month’s funky folds blog hop. I LOVE fun folds and this is a group of like-minded paper crafters with same same passion for making cards with
funky folds.
Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” This hop features cards that are not the usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style.
All Blog Hops have an ‘anything goes’ theme using any type of ‘funky’ card fold.

I am part of a monthly collaboration called Fantastic Fun Folds. Each month we have a tutorial for one fancy fold card and 12 different samples using that tutorial. The tutorial for May was a Secret Message card.

This was a new card for me – I haven’t made one like this before. It is very unique because you pull panels of the card apart to reveal the hidden message. I demonstrated the card assembly in my Facebook live last weekend. You can watch the replay below. For information about subscribing to the tutorials, click here.

Hop around and see what other funky folds are being shared with us today.

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Share It Sunday – Waterside Retreat

Thank you for joining us for our Share It Sunday blog hop (of course in Australia this goes live at 1:00am Monday morning, but it is a great start to the working week when we wake up!) There is no theme for this hop, it is for each of us to choose what project we want to share.

I have been playing with a new suite from the new catalogue – Waterside Retreat. The next Creativity Stamp Camp is on the 11th July, and this is the suite that we are using this time. I am LOVING this suite. I made a Reverse Z-Fold Book Binder card in my Facebook live last week.

You can watch the replay of the Facebook live below.

It is easy to join the Stamp Camp, simply place your order for the suite at my online store and you are registered! All the details about the Stamp Camp can be found here.

Hop around and see what everyone else is sharing with us today.

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Product Of The Month Blog Hop – Berry Botanical Vellum with Balloon Festoon

Welcome to our Product Of The Month (POM) blog hop. If you haven’t heard of POM yet, this is what it is all about. Stampin’ Up! has started a new monthly promotion. Every month there will be a new product. To get your hands on the product, all you need to do is place an order. If your order is $125 (in Australia – the $ amount will differ depending on your market) then you can add the Product Of The Month to your order for only $9. We won’t know in advance what the POM will be. It could be a stamp set, embellishments, ribbon, dies or any other paper crafting product. No matter what it is, paying $9 is a bargain!

This month’s POM is a pack of gorgeous vellum Called Berry Botanical Vellum. I’m a bit obsessed with the Balloon Festoon bundle at the moment. When I saw vellum, I knew that it had to be used for balloons.

Still on the balloon theme, I LOVE the new Pretty Party kit. It is exactly what it says – a very pretty kit with balloon cards. When I looked at one of the cards in the kit, I had to make it into a shaker card. This is my CASE-d version of that card with the vellum balloons.
I made this card during my Facebook live on Sunday. You can watch the replay of that live below.

Hop around and see how the others have used the Berry Botanical Vellum.

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial

Funky Folds Blog Hop – Bloom Boutique

I am excited to be participating in this month’s funky folds blog hop. I LOVE fun folds and this is a group of like-minded paper crafters with same same passion for making cards with
funky folds.
Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” This hop features cards that are not the usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style.
All Blog Hops have an ‘anything goes’ theme using any type of ‘funky’ card fold.

I was recently at a weekend craft retreat. One of the things that we always do at the retreat is a shoe box swap. We each design a card, put all the products to make the card into a box and then everyone grabs a box and makes the project. My swap was this handbag card.

While this card might look complicated, it is really easy to make. I have done a video to show you how to make it.

Hop around and see what the others are sharing with us today.

Product List

Do you love fun fold cards and want a new project to complete every month? Sign up for a Fantastic Fun Fold annual subscription. You can find all the details about this fun collaboration here. (Once you have filled in the subscription form I will send you an email. If it seems like you haven’t heard from me with a day please check your junk mail folder).
This month’s fold is a “Twisted Step” card. I have made this card before, and I love the design. Here is a sneak peek of the samples included in the tutorial:

This is a photo of my sample for this tutorial

If you live in Australia and don’t have a demonstrator, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you with your stamping needs. You can also shop from home at my online store.

If you are like me and need to have absolutely everything in the catalogue, give some thought to joining my team! There is an amazing current joining offer that runs from 6th – 31st October: You pay $175.00 and receive $240 in products. This is $65 in free goodies and an ongoing discount on all your future purchases. For this offer, you will receive an additional $95 in Stampin’ Rewards that you can use for purchases within the next three months. You also get 15-20% off your orders, the opportunity to see new products before everyone else, me as your leader, and access to a tutorial bundle that I contribute to each month for added inspiration.
Talk to me if you would like more information, or you can sign up now.

Any orders placed by the 15th October will get a tutorial bundle as a thank you. The theme for this month’s bundle is “Fun Folds”. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial projects.

This is the project that I contributed this month:

I am starting a new project with Diane Evans in Canada. Any orders over $75 will receive a card kit and tutorial to make four cards. This month’s kit uses the Sunflower Fields suite and has two standard and two fun fold cards. If you don’t have the Radiant Sunflowers bundle you can use any floral bundle and sentiments to complete your cards. If you have a demonstrator but would like to purchase the kit, it is available for $60 including postage. Send me an email on TraceOfCreativity@outlook.com and I will organise to send it to you. This is a sneak peek of the cards in this month’s tutorial