Heart of Christmas – More Wishes All Around
Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects. My gosh, can you believe it is already week 1o!
This week I have another card with the Wishes All Around Bundle, this time a simple fancy fold using the tree wreath.
I think this fancy fold is called a Double Gate Fold and it is perfect for using your 6" x 12" sheets of patterned paper. It works best with an all over design and a strong contrast on the reverse. I have used the holly design from the Shining Christmas Specialty Paper that is in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. It is quite hard to photograph with all the shininess, but it is very pretty in real life. I have used the 6" x 12" sheet as is, but you can cut it down to the normal metric size if you like. The finished card fits into a metric Medium Envelope and stands for display.
For the centre embellishment that keeps the card closed, I have stamped the tree wreath in Mossy Meadow ink and adhered it to a Foam Adhesive Sheet and then cropped it with the coordinating die. The greeting was stamped and cropped with a circle from the Deckled Circles Dies – there is one almost the exact size and the tree wreath was adhered over it. It adds a lovely dimension to the embellishment, which I adhered to a Gold Glimmer circle also cropped with the next size Deckled Circle Die. I could have used the wreath by itself, but I do love the sparkle of the glimmer paper when it catches the light.
This photo gives you a better view of the entire card and how it unfolds. I have used a Mossy Meadow mat with a strip of the holly paper at the bottom, with a space to create the border and then the writing panel. You can see how only half of the embellishment is adhered to the front fold.
| Project Details | |
| Stamps | Wishes All Around |
| Card stock & Papers | Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Shining Christmas Specialty DSP, Adhesive-Backed Gold Glimmer |
| Ink | Real Red, Mossy Meadow |
| Accessories | |
| Tools | Wishes All Around Dies, Deckled Circles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Sheets |
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This is a clever fold, and a beautifully put-together card, Judy. (It’s week 11 – even worse! LOL) I had the idea to use that wreath with the same paper, but couldn’t quite make it work. I love your use of the Deckled Circles – a perfect complement!
I love how the wreath of trees is framed by the cute red polka dots. It’s a great fancy fold, and you’ve decorated it so well.
What an interesting fancy fold Judy and it is a fabulous way to display both sides of the DSP. The Christmas tree wreath looks gorgeous layered onto the gold glimmer paper. Your card opens up nicely with the contrasting bold pattern on the inside.
Wow Judy, there’s nothing simple about how amazing your card looks, a very effective fancy fold, love the papers you’ve chosen.
Such a lovely elegant fancy fold card Judy. I agree that paper, gorgeous as it is, is hard to photograph to show it’s beauty. Great idea to pop up the trees using the foam adhesive sheet.
A lovely card, Judy. You are so right with choosing the correct DSP for the cardbase, and yours looks amazing. That wreath of trees with the deckled circle mkes for a great centrepiece.
Judy, your Double Gate Fold is stunning! I just love the composition of your card and the mix of DSP designs, especially the way you’ve layered the inside of your card as well.
Judy, you chose such a pretty pattern to showcase this Fun-Fold card. The wreath of trees compliments the paper so well. I love the peek of sparkling glimmer paper too.