Fun Folds – Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

It’s time for the August Creativity Abounds Blog Hop!  We are a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all around the world who are here to share our creative ideas with you. We hope to inspire you this month with tons of different FUN FOLD projects! You may be starting here, or you may have come from someone else’s blog. Either way, there is a list at the end of this post to help you “hop” to all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our countries listed, so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, we would love to help you with your Stampin’ Up! shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up! teams!

This month’s theme is FUN FOLDS, and I’m really excited about the HUGE tutorial that you can buy as an instant download in my Made to Create store! I know you’re going to love it. Those of you who have made a $50+ purchase (before tax & shipping) through my Stampin’ Up! website in the month of August will also receive a copy of this awesome tutorial for FREE!

For today’s blog post, I made a card featuring the Terrific Toadstools stamp set, featuring the cool Fun Fold technique that I’ve demonstrated in this month’s tutorial. It’s super fun!

I love the natural colors I used for this month’s card. The cardstock colors I featured are Basic Beige and Cajun Craze, and then I used tons of different stamp pads: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, and Soft Sea Foam. Whew!! I had a lot of fun stamping and hand-cutting out all of these cute little toadstools.

I also featured the Everyday Arches dies here, which are one of my favorites!! They’ve become a staple in my go-to die selection! I highly encourage you to grab them.

The Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper is also a MUST!! There are so many colors in the pack, and the prints are PERFECT for alllllll different kinds of cards. Oh my! I’ve used this pack so much!

I used a technique on my toadstools that is always such a good one. It’s called the “Rock & Roll” technique. That means that, for example, when I inked up one of the stems with Crumb Cake ink, I then took it and “rocked” the right-hand edge of the stamp into Early Espresso ink to give it some shading. If you look closely, you can see that I did this on several stems, as well as the large mushroom top. It’s a GREAT technique to use when you’re stamping your autumn leaves during the Fall!

Trust me…I’ve already had a look at the tutorial for this month, and you’re going to love it! Fun Folds are always SO MUCH FUN to make!! You’ll be able to use the fun fold I’m featuring here today, plus 12 other folds in this mega tutorial.

I would love for you to grab August’s Creativity Abounds Tutorial Pack! Click here to purchase, in my Made to Create store, and it’s an instant download FULL of 13 different FUN FOLD ideas that you’re going to love. Here is the Sneak Peek for the projects that are featured in August’s Creativity Abounds Tutorial:

Have fun hopping to everyone else’s blogs! I hope you gain some inspiration that you can add into your everyday crafting! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Here is our amazing Creativity Abounds Design Team: 

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