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Welcome back to the craft room and today’s How to Make a Diagonal Joy Fold Card post. If you love cards that wow people the moment they’re opened, you’re going to love this one. The Diagonal Joy Fold Card is like getting two fun folds in one beautiful design. It looks impressive, but it’s surprisingly…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Double Z Fold Card project. Sometimes you find a fun fold that’s impressive enough to wow the recipient, yet simple enough that you actually want to make it more than once. That’s exactly how I feel about today’s Double Z Fold Card. Not only does it offer…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s How to Make a Front Flip Fun Fold Card post. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned card maker, I have a really cool fold to share with you today: the Front Flip Fun Fold card. What I love about it is that only part of the…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Easy Overlapping Tri-Panel Fun Fold Card post. I have recently come across an interesting fun fold card, but when I searched for more examples, not only did they not have the same name, there were only three videos that I could find. So I decided to call…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Gatefold Card Challenge post. Back in August 2011 I participated in another StampTV Release Party challenge. I’m not sure what the other challenges were, but at the time the gatefold caught my eye. This was also the perfect time to use a newer stamp that…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Easy Book Binding Card Tutorial post! Today I’m sharing two takes on the classic book binding fold—one traditional horizontal layout that I made years ago, and a vertical version that gives the design a fresh little twist. Both versions come together quickly, and you don’t need any…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Crinkle Embossed Backgrounds to Card Fronts post. I had so much fun discovering how beautifully the WausauPaper Crinkles cardstock took to embossing—I couldn’t wait to turn those textured backgrounds into cards! Even though the backgrounds were freshly made, I took the opportunity to dig into my stash…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Gatefold Anniversary Card post. Today, I’m taking you all the way back to my very first card tutorial—a sweet anniversary card I made for my niece and her husband. It also happened to be my first attempt at creating a gatefold card! At the time,…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Try This Zig Zag Fun Fold Card post. While I was sick recently, I did what any good crafter does—I scrolled Pinterest for inspiration! That’s when I stumbled on the Zig Zag Fun Fold, and I knew I had to try it. This fold looks intricate, but…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Pop-Up Easter Cross Card Tutorial post.Over the last few weeks, I’ve been battling a horrible cold. The cough (which is still hanging on!) was so relentless that I couldn’t do much besides scroll through YouTube and Pinterest. But the silver lining? I found tons of inspiration—especially on…