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Bee Mine Sweet As Honey Card

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Bee Mine Sweet As Honey Card

If you stop and think about it, even if some of us still have our Christmas trees up, it is about a month until we probably need to mail out the valentines we make! This Bee Mine Sweet As Honey Card doesn’t have to be a Valentine, but it could be. Or should I say, “It could BEE”?! Yes, the Bee Mine Suite is in the new Spring Mini Catalog on pages 8-10 and will be fun to use for making valentines and any other cards.

This card is called a “Book Fold” card. It is so easy to make. The card base is cut at 11″ x 4 1/4″, then scored at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″. The 5 1/2″ score line is actually the center fold of the card. The 4 1/4″ score line makes the “binding” on the side of the card. Glue that area to the card base so that only the 4 1/4″ portion of the card opens. You can put the fold at the top or to the side. Decorate with pieces of designer paper or stamping, whatever you like.

This card has a card base of Sweet Sorbet. I used the Bee Mine Designer Series Paper to decorate the card. I chose the paper with the little jars of honey for the front of the card. This piece is 4″ x 4″. The opposite side of the paper is the Sweet Sorbet pattern with the dotted lines. I used that small piece, 1″ x 4″ on the book fold area. Before adhering that area to the inside of the card, I adhered ends of the Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon to the inside of the card and then adhered that side of the card to itself for the book fold. Then I tied on a separate piece of ribbon to make a bow and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

If you like punches, using the Bee Builder Punch will be fun to make a bee. For my bee, I stamped the black stripes on a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock, the punched it out for the bee body. There are stamps for different bee faces and even the antennae, which can abe stamped on a little heart made with the punch. I thought they were just little hearts until I realized the antennae would fit! The wings are stamped with Petal Pink ink. Actually, I first stamped the wings on a piece of Basic White, but I wanted them to be pink so I colored in with a Petal Pink Stampin’ Blend marker. They are adhered behind the bee body and the antennae on top of his head. You can make your bee “standing up” like this bee or flying from the side. For a little background to help the bee stand out, I diecut a Deckled Circle from Petal Pink cardstock. The whole bee is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is in the Bee My Valentine Stamp Set. I stamped it in Sweet Sorbet ink on a scrap strip of Basic White. I flagged the ends and adhered it to the card. You could add a layer of Sweet Sorbet to make it stand out a little more but I didn’t want to cover up the jars of honey any more than necessary.

For the inside of the card, you can add a layer of Basic White 4″ x 4″ and then stamp a little something or cut out a little bee from the designer paper.

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Delightful Floral Book Fold Card

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This Delightful Floral Book Fold Card is called a book fold card because of the left side fold being glued down instead of the card opening the whole way! Just something different and super simple to make!

For this card, I used a couple of patterns of designer papers in the Delightful Floral 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. You won’t find this paper in either of our catalogs. It is one of the recently released designer papers in the Online Exclusives category in the Online Store. There are many great products in there so don’t forget to check them now and then!

Here is how to make this basic card. Cut the Fresh Freesia cardstock lengthwise in half at 11″ x 4 1/4″. Score at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. Fold and crease the score lines. You could put the fold line at the top of the card, but in this case, I have the fold on the left. I applied glue to that narrow section so that the card would open at the next score line.

The designer paper I used on that small section is cut at 1″ x 4″. I chose a leafy patterned paper. For the larger front of the card, I used a piece of floral designer paper cut at 4″ x 4″. This pattern has very small flowers, but other papers have larger flowers and you could use any of those instead. On this card, I punched two holes in the side of the card (the part that is adhered so that the card doesn’t open all the way) and tied a ribbon through. This is the Lemon Lime Twist ribbon in the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack. It’s a perfect match and perfect size. If you are going to tie ribbon through this book fold portion, then you wouldn’t necessarily need to adhere to inside front and back together.

The greeting is stamped in Fresh Freesia ink with words in the Sentimental Park Stamp Set. The greeting is diecut with a square stitched die in the Stylish Shapes Dies. Then the next larger square die is used to cut out a piece of Fresh Freesia for a layer. You could use other die shapes but I thought the square shape worked well with the square area of the card front.

For a little embellishment, I added three Fresh Freesia gems from the Tinsel Gems Three-Pack to the greeting. They add a little sparkle and interest to the card. There are many other gem choices in the Stampin’ Up! embellishments you could choose from! The card is pretty enough without it, but I think it’s fun to use that extra little pop!

Here is another easy card I made with this designer paper.

This Delightful Floral paper is really some lovely paper with its watercolored florals and botanicals. This paper coordinates with the Translucent Florals Bundle in the Holiday Mini Catalog. You will want to check out this paper soon!

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Zoo Crew Book Fold Card

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Zoo Crew Book Fold Card

This Zoo Crew Book Fold Card is something just a little bit different to make! There is a card design called a Book Fold. Instead of the entire front of the card opening, there is an additional scored line to the left on the card front and that 1 1 /4″ section is glued or tied down so that only part of the card front opens. Just something a little different and interesting!

Cut a piece of cardstock for the card base that is 11″ x 4 1/4″. Basically, cut a piece of cardstock in half lengthwise. With that piece of cardstock horizontal in your Paper Trimmer or Scoring Tool, score at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″. It should look something like this:

Book Fold Card Paper Scoring

In this card design, you are creating a “hinge” where the card opens rather than at the normal fold line. That section of the hinge will be glued down so that it won’t open on the fold line but on that additional score line.

You will also need a 1″ x 4″ piece of designer paper (or stamped piece) to adhere to the front of that narrow hinge area and a 4″ x 4″ piece of designer paper (or stamped piece of plain cardstock) for the front section of the card. On the inside of the card, you can add a piece of Basic White if the card is dark for your stamped or written message. You can cut it at 4″ x 4″ or longer to fit underneath the hinge area before it is adhered.

You can adhere that hinge area with glue or Stampin’ Seal OR you can punch two holes and tie it shut with ribbon or twine.

For this card, I used Basic Black cardstock for the card base and one of my favorites, the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper to decorate the card. The 1″ x 4″ piece on the hinge side is the black & white side of one of the designer papers. Before adhering to that section, I wrapped a piece of ribbon around it first and then tied on a bow.

For the card front, I added a 4″ x 4″ background piece of Whisper White, stamped with a few music notes in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set. For the overhead valance and curtains on the side of the stage for the dancers, I used Lemon Lolly cardstock, die cut using the Zany Zoo Dies. You can purchase the stamp set and dies in a Bundle and save 10%! And save 15% on the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper during June! For a little something on the top valance, I used a retired white gel pen to draw in some “folds” or “pleats” (just straight lines!).

The dancers are cut from the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper and are partially colored but I added a bit more color to some of them with my Stampin’ Blends. I love to color with those but leaving the characters plain would be fine too! I drew a little spiral under the center dancer to show that she had leaped up in the air! The other two dancers are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Just a fun card to make with a little different design! Try your hand on one of these Book Fold cards next time you are crafting!

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