Tamara's Paper Trail: Summer Dreams with Sweet as a Peach

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Summer Dreams with Sweet as a Peach - Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop

Happy Blog Hop Day! Every month my friends with the Stampin' Creative Blog Hop bring you projects around a common theme. THIS month the theme is "Summer Dreams". We have SO many products and colours that scream summer! Sweet Strawberry, Sweet Ice Cream, ANY of our ocean-themes products .... but the one that says summer to ME is our Sweet as a Peach Bundle of products. Mmmmm a big, juicy, ripe peach is the EPITOME of summer to me! Here is my project inspired by the "Summer Dreams" theme:

It's a fun, Fancy Fold card that is SO quick and easy! It was inspired by a card I found made by Heidi Smith over at www.flutterbyheidi.co.uk, where she showed this unique side-gate-fold. Brilliant! A little something different than the usual "cut your card stock and fold in half" layout!

The base is 4 1/4" x 11", scored on the long side at 1 1/2" and again at 7".
The Pale Papaya card stock layer is 5" wide x 4" high ... and then you cut off 1 1/4" off the 5" wide end. You now have a piece that is 3 3/4" wide x 4" high and a pice that is 1 1/4" wide x 4" high.
The Designer Paper layer is 4 1/2" wide x 3 3/4" high .. and then you cut off 1" off the 4 1/2" wide end. You now have a piece that is 3 1/2" wide x 3 3/4" high and a piece that is 1" wide x 3 3/4" high.
Tape your designer papers to the Pale Papaya layers.
Wrap ribbon around the larger 3 1/2" x 3 3/4" layer. I used my Light Granny Apple Green Marker to colour my White Crinkle Ribbon.
Attach your layers to your card base using Stampin' Seal.
Cut out a large shaper for your sentiment. I used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies for mine and used the Biggest Wish stamp set for the sentiment. I used Pale Papaya and Granny Apple Green inks.
I embellished the card using a fussy cut peach from the designer paper and flowers from the Peach dies. I attached the sentiment to the card base using dimensionals (only on the left hand side, as you need to be able to open the card!)

Bam! Done! Quick, easy and CUTE! This layout is a great way to use up some of your Designer Paper stash .. so you can justify buying MORE of it, as select papers are 15% off until August 2nd!

Here are a few more card made using this same layout. It's a good one!

So there you have it. MY project for the "Summer Dreams" theme. Hop on over to my friends' blogs to see what THEIR "Summer Dreams" projects look like ... and have a stampy day!

Tam

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