Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Around the World on Wednesday - Fun Fold with a Technique



Hello and welcome to the last Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for 2025. 

It has been a wonderful year hopping with these lovely creatives who are also friends now. Below is and image of where we all live around the world.




This month we have a dual challenge. A fun fold with a technique. And we are CASeing the amazing Tina Zinck - MacDonald. She is such a creative and talented lady. I love her YouTube channel. Such a great source of inspiration and her teaching style is wonderful too.

I tried a new Fun Fold this time called a Front Panel Stepper Card. You can watch Tina's presentation and instructions here. I created the card using her measurements and it was incredibly easy to follow and create. It looks difficult but is truly the easiest and most fun way of creating a card. I will definitely be using this template to create another fun fold. Thanks for the inspiration Tina!

You can watch her YouTube presentation here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClSonAf2bqI




You can see in my CASe that I have used coordinating products from the Traditions of Christmas Suite. Cherry Cobbler card stock for the card base and Cherry Cobbler ink for the sentiment on the back.  The Designer Series Paper measurements are as instructed by Tina.




 The white panel is partially embossed using the Traditional Wreath 3D embossing folder before adhering the die cut blooms from the DSP. I glued the DSP with the bloom on another piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock before die cutting to give it strength as it is adhered using Dimensionals. I tied a length of the Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon in a knot and glued it to the White Panel before adhering the sentiment on top using glue and Dimensionals. Three gold sequins surround the bloom and sentiment.

My technique for this card was a very simple one. I used Old Olive Stampin' Blends to colour some Vellum card stock. A simple way to add some gentle colour to your card. I die cut the sprigs from the coordinating die and adhered them to each end of the bloom using GlueDots™. A simple, but effective technique.




The back of the card has a white panel that is glued to a piece of DSP the same size. As per Tina's instructions. This panel is glued to the back left hand side panel only. So that the DSP shows through to the front of the card. The sentiment is stamped on the back and two thin strips adhered to each side to complete the card.




Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderful Rochelle Laird-Smith. I am sure you will enjoy everyone's Fun Fold with a Technique cards this month CASeing Tina Zinck-MacDonald.




Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Marga Bultena - DE

Angie McKenzie - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US



Thank you for stopping by today. I hope to have sparked your creativity and that you would like to try this easy fun fold sometime soon.

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎄
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Colour INKspration #201



Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #201. Our last challenge for 2025.

This year has gone by so quickly and I am sure you would agree there is never enough time for creating cards. I am so grateful for this wonderful group who keep recreating with wonderful colour combinations. This last challenge has got to be one of my most favourite colour palettes. Perfect for Christmas and beyond. I hope you will join us for this last challenge.



I have not purchased many Christmas stamp sets this year as I want to focus on using my chosen stamp sets to their fullest. I am using products from the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection. I love this traditional bundle and I am a traditional Christmas lover, right down to the wreaths, snowflakes and snowy scenes from the northern hemisphere. I hope to enjoy a white Christmas one day.




I started with a Pretty Peacock card base and mat layer that I ran through the Cut & Emboss Machine using the Traditional Wreath 3D embossing folder. I used Pretty Peacock ink to darken the edges of the mat layer using a Blending Brush. I then splattered some White ink mix with water on the mat layer for some snowy interest. Then glued this to the card front

I die cut the label in basic white,The sprigs in Gold Foil, the holly in Pretty Peacock, the berries in Poppy Parade and the bow and leaves in Melon Mambo. I used a Blending Brush and Pretty Peacock ink to darken the holly so it would stand out on the card front. I adhered these elements, except the bow, on the card front using glue and GlueDots™.

The Basic White label was adhered on top of all the elements using Dimensionals. I adhered the sentiment to the Basic White label by peeling off the back of the sentiment. This is such a great way to adhere these sentiments and makes Christmas card making a lot easier. The bow was glued on the right hand side of the sentiment and the final touch was three gold sequins around the sentiment and lower elements. 




I did not pop things up with Dimensionals as I wanted this to go in the post without anything falling off en route. But the design lends itself to much more embellishment and height.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will join us for this last challenge.

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎄



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