How to make the Stair-Step Fold Card

Hi Stampers!

I had a few people asking for the instructions and measurements on how to make the Valentine's Stair Step Fold Card I made here. I had a link posted to SCS which is a great resource for ideas, techniques, sketches, etc. but for some reason there has been some problem accessing it. I'm not sure why. So I decided to add the measurements directly from SCS here.

• Cut your cardstock to the size of 10.5 X 5.0 - if you want to stamp on this, now would be the time to do it.
• Score your cardstock at 1.25" - 2.5" - 4.25", 6" and at 8.25" Now fold with hills and valleys (accordion style) making sure that the smallest (1.25" fold) is folded down, as this will be the front of your card)

Once you do this, all that's left is to decorate it however you wish, stamp images, cut-outs, punches, whatever your little heart desires! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Good luck, and if you end up making this type of card I'd love to see what you come up with, so please drop me an email with your creation! :o)

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Another Valentine Card

Hi Stampers!

I made my very FIRST Stair Step Fold Card. I had seen lots of samples of these cards floating around and kept wanting to make one, but just kept putting it off. Well, I wanted to make a Valentine card for a dear friend of mine, and decided that I had put this off long enough. So I did it! I think it turned out pretty nice, though I think in the future I will make the back panel a bit bigger. But all in all, I love it! I'd love to hear what you think...

You can find the instructions on how to make a Stair Step Fold card by going to SplitCoast Stampers. They have lots of great ideas, techniques and sketches to try out. It's a wonderful site with lots of resources!

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Stamps: Love You Much, A Happy Heart

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Close To Cocoa

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Heart To Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Flower Fusion Too, Silver Brads, Blender Pens, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

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Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

Hi Stampers!

Sorry this post is so late but again, school is so hectic for me right now! Well, I just wanted to share with you the cards I made for the children in my class. They came together fairly quickly, and all of them measure 4x4. Since my school has a "No candy" policy I gave each child a Valentine's pencil, heart eraser and Valentine's sticker. They loved it!

Here's a group shot of the cards, aren't they cute!

With this first card, I paper pieced the cute birds from the Love You Much stamp set using the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper. I also used the scallop edge punch to add some detail to the bottom of the card. I love it!

For the second card I stamped the elephant from Happy Heart Day in Jet Black Staz-On ink and colored him using the Stampin' Write Marker in Going Gray. The rest of the images (heart, flowers and grass) were colored in using Blender pens and Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Pink Pirouette ink. The card is the same layout as the above card I just turned it on it's side so that the elephant would fit nicely. The background paper is again from the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper.

The final card uses the little mouse also from the Happy Heart Day stamp set. I think he is soo cute, holding that heart. He was also stamped in Jet Black Staz-On ink and colored in using blender pens and Close To Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette and Tangerine Tango Ink.

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Stamps: Love You Much, Happy Heart Day

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, Close To Cocoa, Jet Black Staz-On

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Blender Pens, Going Gray Stampin' Write Marker, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Paper Snips

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Thanks from the Heart

Hi Stampers! I just wanted to share with you a card I whipped up on Sunday. I was looking for a Thank You card to make for my customers that was not only quick and simple but pretty as well. So I was doing some blog surfing and came across this card, by Dawn Griffith. I fell in love with it right away. It came together in mere minutes!

The hearts are punched out using the Heart to Heart Punch and the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper. The "Thank You" sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. I also added some hearts to the envelope to match the card.

Sorry the picture is dark but my Natual Light lamp is broken! :o( I'm not sure what happened to it, after several years of owning it, it just gave up on me. So now I have to buy a new one, until then I think my pictures will be a little dark.



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Stamps: All Holidays
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Paper: Very Vanilla, CandyLane Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Heart to Heart Punch

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Love You Much Workshop Samples

Hi Stampers!

I know this took me a week or two to post but let me tell you, homework has been building up and by the time I have any free time available to stamp or update my blog I'm mentally exhausted! I am hoping to work on some Thank You cards, Valentine's Cards and goodie bags today after I get home from my cousin's Bridal Shower if it's not too late.

These are the three projects we made at my Love You Much Workshop on January 25. They were very quick and easy to make. I had to make some substitutions with some of the projects because I had ordered extra cardstock but it didn't arrive in time so I had to make do with what I had. But I still think they turned out great, don't you?

Here is the front view of a box we made to hold some Valentine's Day treats. This box was a lot of fun to make and came together rather quickly! My original idea was to make it out of Riding Hood Red Cardstock but I didn't have enough to use, since my order did not arrive in time for the workshop, so I substituted by using Chocolate Chip instead. I still think it came out cute.

I don't remember where I got the measurements to make this box, but as soon as I find the information I will post it on my blog. If you happen to know what blog I saw the tutorial on please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.

I love the little birds from this set and for the box, I used the Candylane Designer Series Paper to paper piece the two birds. Aren't they cute? I stamped them first in Close To Cocoa Ink onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. I then restamped them again with the Close to Cocoa onto two different pieces of scraps from the Candylane Designer Series Paper, cut out the bodies and glued them onto the Very Vanilla stamped images. Cute!!

This is a side view of the same box, so you could have a better idea of what it looks like. We filled it with some Skittles and mini Starbursts. Again, I needed to improvise here because I had wanted to use the small, flat cello bags to fill with treats but I did not get them in time. Oh well, such is life. The inside of the box is actually quite roomy so I'm thinking we probably could have fit some more candy inside of it. You can never have too much candy!

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Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Close To Cocoa

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candylane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Heart Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, 1/8" Circle Punch

This is one of two cards we made at the workshop. Isn't it lovely? I had seen lots of samples using the Flower Fusion Too felt flowers but since I didn't have them I substituted yet again. LOL Instead, I used the Boho Blossoms punch and punched out the flowers out of Pink Pirouette and Close to Cocoa Cardstock and attached them to the flower image using the Silver Mini Brads and used my finger to curl up the petals.

The "Love You Much" was stamped using Close to Cocoa Ink and then I colored in the word using my Blender Pens and Riding Hood Red Ink. I then punched out the two hearts out of Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette Cardstock, using the new Heart to Heart Punch, and layered them over the "O." I also cut out the little heart from the scallop circle image after I stamped it onto Riding Hood Red Cardstock and popped it up using dimensionals and attached it to the scallop medallion.

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Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Close To Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Candylane Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Mini Brads, Blender Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals

The final card was a CASE from Andrea Walford. I love the way this card turned out! It's similar to the card above with a few minor changes. This is my sample that I had out for the workshop. As you can see in the picture, I did not use Pink Pirouette for my cardbase. However, I did supply my guests with Pink Pirouette Cardstock for their cards. I didn't have any enough, so my sample was made using I think it was, Pretty in Pink Cardstock.

The flower is again punched out using the Boho Blossoms punch and Pink Pirouette Cardstock and attached with the Silver Mini Brads. Tip: When attaching brads to your cards, attach them through at least a couple of layers, because if you attach it to just the top layer, the result will be lumpy, and we don't want that!

The "Love" was again colored in using Blender Pens and Riding Hood Red Ink. I stamped the hearts from the Love You Much set across the top to make a background in Riding Hood Red ink and then sponged the edges of the card. Voila!

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Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Close To Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Candyland Designer Series Paper

Accessories: 1-1/4" Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Blender Pens, Paper Piercing Tool, Boho Blossoms Punch, Silver Mini Brads, Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals

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