🔥 HOT: Search/label/gems - Uncensored 2025
Size: 5"w x 6.75"h
One of our Crafty Dozen gals made a card like this and brought it in to show us. She'll be showing some of the gals at the next Wed get together which I won't be at. I only go to P&I for the past while... So thought I'd give it a try on my own. I love the results but left it without words since I have no idea whom to give it to...
It almost reminds me of a baby card...
I used Value Pack blue and some pale pink cardstock and my geli print paper.
The card base is folded with approx 1/2 gutter in the middle for the middle page to fit in and have room for the embellies.
Rounded the corners. Added the pockets for the bookmarks to each page.
Raided my boxes of pre-die cut or electronically cut butterflies and flowers etc. When everything was glued down... I added some mini rhinestones or butterflies made from woven threads.
size closed: 5"sq
The challenge for our next Art Of The Fold Group (Jan 2026) has us making a spinner cards and after making 2 of them I decided to try a rotating waterfall card... couldn't resist trying to make this particular style. The original is 8.5"sq and not a card so set it aside to mull over and decided to make this smaller version and made it into a card. Much more useful...
Card base is basic black cardstock.
The mechanism is a circle scored to create 24 sections and a 1.25" circle in the center, then 7 sections cut away including the small center circle. Accordion folded both ways to make the mechanism very pliable. (the 1st section will be glued to the card base at the end of construction).
Adhered my 1.5" squares to each fold area, starting at the 2nd folded section.
Note: I didn't do any decorating or writing till the end so my letters were always in a readable orientation.
Drew out the letters for "thinking of you" in my funky style and painted with US ArtQuest Mica Color Metallic and Interference sets. Added a thick black shadow to each letter and a decorative doodle in each with gel pens.
Link Rotating Waterfall Card base Instr HERE
I was playing with this circle border...
size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out several sized circles and spaced diagonal lines through the center to create this design... and even with that I still got some sections a little wonky...colored with Prisma colored pencils, then added the gem in the center.
Words written with a pink toned metallic gel pen and then shadowed with a black Juice Up pen.
words: Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight. Orhan Pamuk
Size card closed: 4.25"sq
opens to: 9"w
I came across this cute card structure on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/DMNkDoJs9n_/) uploaded on July 17,2025 by aveereneecarddesigns called a slim line card. Couldn't resist making one...
Cut 110# cardstock to 4.25" x 9"w
Scored at 2", 2.25", 4.125", 4.625", 6.125" & 6.875"
Fold scores: v,v,m,m,v,v
I adhered geli print scraps from my stash... raided my die cuts to create the floral branch adhering only to that 1/2"w section. added amber gems to the floral centers.
Be careful when opening the card... Have both sides folded back to open the flaps to not damage the protruding florals...
Text will be added when I know what it will be used for...
I just bought some black drawing paper and while with the gals continued using it...
I wondered about the spelling of Saphire and looked it up before I wrote it and this is the way it was spelt... And now writing this post it said I spelt "Saphire" wrong. sheesh... Since writing this post a friend decided to look it up as well and found it said this was an alternative way to write it. thank you
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson XL Black Drawing Paper using metallic gel pens and Prisma colored pencils
words: Ruby Amber Saphire Emerald
size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a ZIG Writer, Prisma colored pencils and Uniball white gel pen.
Text with a 1.5 Parallel pen and Sumi ink
words: The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles and spirals. John Hartford
