The end of each month brings great joy to die cut crazy card makers like me because I know I am soon going to be receiving a brand new Fabulous Folded Die Set in the mail! I am a subscriber to the Fabulous Folded Cards monthly cardmaking club at Paper Wishes so each month I receive a fantastic new die set at a discount with a free gift!
All the Seascapes and Sand gorgeous paper is from Paper Wishes and Hot Off the Press and the fish dies are from Poppystamps and Tutti Designs. To really see how fun this card is when "popped" you will want to watch the video, but here are still pictures of it partially popped and all the way open:
All the adorable "whittle" sea creatures and the perfect stamped sentiments are from Poppystamps. These Pocket Pop-Out cards are so easy to make with the Fabulous Folded die set as I show in the video when I make this Father's Day gift card pop-out card:
The sentiment die sets are from Karen Burniston and the ice cream cones were cut with a die set from Sunny Studio. Here is this pocket pop out partially and fully "popped":
The way these cards pop open is much better seen in the video and I also show how I attached the ice cream gift card to surprise my hubby when he pops open the card.
I will admit one thing I really don't like about typical subscriptions is that the products are usually exclusive and if I share a project with them and you watch later and love the dies and want to purchase them, you cannot. The Fabulous Folded die set subscription gives a 10% discount, a free gift and early access to the dies, but anyone can order the Fabulous Folded die sets after the month they are featured as well. I have linked the subscription but also the individual die sets in this blog post so be sure to check them out as well as watch the new video here for many more interactive cards with great dies.
I love fun folds and using humor in my cards, but I have to admit I do not like to color or shade. I avoid coloring my stamped images, but in my newest video here I share three different ways to add color to our stamped images and three different fun folds with Taylored Expression's Sarcasti-Chick stamps. Here is the fun fold Sarcasti-Chick card I show how to make in the video:
I "colored" my Mama chick using inks and smaller make-up brushes and attached her to a pull Sunny Studio Sliding Window door. On the door you see Mom, Mom, Mom over and over and when the pull tab is pulled:
That sentiment from Taylored Expression's Sarcasti-Chicklets set is just hysterical! Click on the picture to make it bigger or watch the video on how I made this card with these awesome stamps and the Sunny Studio Sliding Window die.
I also share this birthday tri-fold card in the new video and my favorite way of "coloring" my stamped images - paper piecing. Mama Chick is a fun polka-dotted yellow and her apron is blue checked and I could never do that with markers or other coloring mediums.
The Taylored Expressions chicklets and balloons (cut with Karen Burniston dies)were all paper pieced with scraps of designer papers. Happy Birthday on the top was made with an older Martha Stewart punch. To see how easy it is to "color" with paper piecing and other ways, watch the new video here.
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In my newest Die Cut Crazy video, I share how easy it is to make great masculine cards if you have the right dies. The two cards I am sharing today from that video both were made with the Sunny Studios Sweater Vest Die Set. This die set creates vest shaped cards that are perfect for any guy. I made this one for Father's Day using Karen Burniston's Alphabet Die Set. I could not resist making an ugly sweater version for Christmas:
Isn't this card fun? I embossed the sweater vest with a cable knit embossing folder and added strips and deer cut with a Tim Holtz Sixxix die to make it a truly perfect ugly Christmas sweater. I added some holiday wished inside the card with a Stampendous die set:
I am a die cut addict I admit and have so much fun designing and sharing cards with you here and on my YouTube channel. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!
