Vintage Elegance

  Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week the challenge is: Fun Fold!

And here is the card I created:

This card turned out quite differently from what I "thought" I was going to make.  I have a beautiful pad of paper that I have recently started to work on using up.  It has a lot of pinks and purples and some gold foil thrown in on different sheets.  But when I started looking at the pieces that were large enough to use, these brown patterns really caught my eye (it helps that they had the larger pieces to work with as well!).  I ending up cutting the smaller label shape from 3 different pieces of paper trying to find one that worked.  One was too brown--it didn't show up well against the other patterns, one was too pink--it stood out too much, and this script pattern was just right!  I used the "too brown" piece to paper piece the dress on the dress form.  I've actually had this dress image for 2 years and this is the first time I have used it!  I added a few pearls, this beautiful handmade flower from Petal Lu, and the metal corner piece that I discovered while putting a jar of sequins back in it's place.  A happy discovery for sure!

This card uses a fun variation of the Joy Fold.  It's super easy and can be done with any die cuts and made in any size (as long as you have large enough dies).  You start with a panel the size you want your card to be.  In this case, I used an A2 size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  Die cut your larger panel, score it along the left edge and adhere the scored flap to the left side of the panel.  Then, die cut a smaller piece, score the right side and adhere the scored flap to the right side of the panel.  Add a piece of patterned paper, slightly smaller than the base panel to cover up the scored flaps and your ready to decorate!

My flower is hot glued to a button to give it a little bit of lift and it acts as the closure for the right hand flap.  You do need some kind of embellishment there to keep the card closed.  My patterned paper is double sided, so the recipient has a surprise of a bright pop of color when they open the card.

I think this will probably end up as a birthday card, but since I wasn't quite sure, I didn't add anything to the inside yet.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Dress Form"

Dies: Spellbinders "Labels 37" and "Labels 4"

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #689--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #566--Stamp Act

Scor-Pal #82--Father's Day or Anything Goes

Crafts Galore #88--Anything Goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #59--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Dies R Us #170--anything goes (using die brands the DRU carries--spellbinders)

We Love Chocolate Baroque--hand colored or paper pieced image

Creative Craft Cottage #141--Eileen's anything goes challenge

Crafty Creations #422--anything goes

613 Avenue Create #6--anything goes with the optional twist: paper piecing

Cut It Up #227--shaped card or fun fold

Cardz TV #142--anything goes

Creative Creases #8--any fun fold

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #159--anything goes