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All my girlfriends aren’t online right now. I have a stamp camp tomorrow and needed one more card. I needed something with a darker blue. Most of the other cards have green and saffron in it. Do you like it? Please let me know.

I had seen so many cute ladybugs made with the Pick a Petal set, I thought I give it a whirl. Since I already have one Joy card, two square cards and a normal size card, I thought I make a 3 1/4″” x 6 1/4″ card that fits in the smaller long envelopes Stampin’ Up! carries.

The card base is a 6 1/2″ x 6 1/4″ piece of Blue Bayou cardstock folded in half. On top of that is a 3″ x 6″ piece of white cardstock. I took a 1 1/2″ x 6″ piece of Rose Red Prints designer paper and scalloped the edges with the newly retired corner rounder (I am curious to see how the new smaller corner rounder will look as a scalloped edge). I tied some black grosgrain over that.

I stamped a saying from Stem Saying behind the ladybug.

The ladybug is made with two blue bayou polka dotted leaves from Pick a Petal and two 1″ circles. I paper pierced it’s antennas, to tie in the paper piercing on the top right.

So….would you like to make this at a stamp camp? 

Today’s sketch challenge is a

  Joy Fold Card

If you need help with this card fold, check out my tutorial here.

This challenge will run until Wednesday, July 11th at 10 a.m. central time. If you want to enter the drawing, upload your card online and post a link to your image as a comment to this post.

The winner will be chosen by random.org and will receive a spool of the new retired 1/4″ grosgrain bluebird. It matches wonderful to Stampin’ Up!s Brocade Blue.

Here is my sample:

I made this card before I left for Germany. It was another make and take sample for Julia’s downline meeting.  I simply love Baroque Motifs and the new in colors (well…I still need convincing for Wild Wasabi!)

The Card base is a 4 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Purely Pomegranate, scored at 5 1/2″.  I sponged all the edges with chocolate chip ink.

The flap on the left has a 2 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Groovy Guava over it. I stamped the flowers of  Baroque Motifs all over in Groovy Guava ink and then sponged the edges with the same ink.

The center flap base is a 3″ x 7″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. I sponged all the edges with chocolate chip and scored the Cardstock at 3 1/2″.

The front panel is a  2 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ piece of River Rock cardstock. I stamped the Swirls and small flower on it in River Rock and added a Faux Stitching border with my trusted All in a Row Argyle stamp.  Two Chocolate Chip window Word punchouts  were added as tabs and secured with vintage brads and Cherish was stamped  in chocolate chip to finish the card front off .

On the inside I stamped the inside right with the swirl stamp from Baroque Motifs in Chocolate chip. On the right side is another piece 2 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ River Rock Cardstock stamped with swirl and little flower. The bottom has the outline Argyle stamp from All in a Row stamped on it.

For the card closure I stamped the bigger Flower of the set twice in Purely Pomegranate on Groovy Guava cardstock and the smaller flower once with Chocolate chip. I cut out the bigger flower ones around the dots, ones directly around the flower image and sponged both with chocolate chip ink. I cut out and sponged the smaller flower as well, layered all three flowers on top and added a vintage brad in the middle. I adhered it with dimensionals so that the bottom left corner of the chocolate chip flap would stay underneath.

Kelly responded when I lamented that I don’t use the copper and diamond brads out of the vintage brad selection, but always the antique brass and black ones. She said for her it’s just the opposite. I sent her my copper and diamond brads and she sent me her antique brass and black ones. Along with the brads she send me this great card with the new Baroque Motifs set.

Thanks again Kelly for trading with me and sending me this beauty!