Side Book Fold card

 I love learning new techniques and unique ways to create cards. This one is so easy! And it doesn't look like your typical card.

I had fun coming up with different ways to do them! Watch the video here to see a demonstration of how to make this Side Book Fold card.

It can be made as a landscape card like the top three or in portrait style like the red and green Christmas tree card. 

The dimensions for the landscape card are

card base - 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2 & 6 3/4

Designer Series Paper cut at 1 x 4 and 4 x 4

The dimensions for the portrait card are

card base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 & 5 1/2

Designer Series Paper cut at 1 x 5 1/4 and 2 3/4 x 5 1/4

The extra piece of DSP is optional.I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies to cut mine on the two moose cards and the Ornate Layers Dies for the Christmas tree card.

Here's a description of each card.

 

This card uses Crumb Cake card base and Plaid Tidings for the 2 DSP pieces on the front. I stamped the image from the Ornate Style stamp set with Terracotta Tile onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I then used several Fall blends to color the flowers with...light & dark Cajun Craze, light & dark Pumpkin Pie, and light & dark Daffodil Delight. The leaves are light and dark Just Jade. The centers are dark Cinnamon Cider. I then sprayed the whole bouquet with a mixure of rubbing alcohol and Gold shimmer paint in a spritzer to add a sparkle to it. The leaves behind the popped up bouquet are from the Forever Gold Laser Cut Specialty Paper. The ribbon is from a retired combo set.

The portrait card cardbase is Whisper White cardstock and uses the Tis the Season paper set. The Perfectly Plaid stamp set and punch are used for the trees. The trees are stamped in Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler onto Whisper White cardstock, both of which coordinate with the DSP. The piece under the trees is cut from the Ornate Layers die set and makes a beautiful backdrop for the trees. The sentiment is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. I pulled the strings out of the Whisper White Flax ribbon for the bow. The bottom photo shows how the Side Book Fold card opens.

 The other two cards are demonstrated in the video. Plaid Tidings DSP are used for both. The black and white card has Gray Granite ribbon and the Pretty Peacock card has Mint Macaron ribbon. 

I hope that you will give this card a try! I'd love to see a photo of your card so please post it here in  Comments or on the StampinDeDesDoins FB page.
 

 

 

 

 

More Thank You cards made and ready to send!!

The penguin is a digital stamp from Bugaboo and the Winter Subway art is from TLCcreations. I used a QuickKuts die for the lacy doily and colored these with my Copic markers. So easy to make!

Bake and Pray

I love to BAKE, I love to PRAY
Let me Pray for you while I Bake.

Phyllis, owner of 'Taste and See' in Mineral Wells, TX, wants to be able to pray for requests submitted by her customers in her bakery shop. She asked me to make a sign for her to put on an easel on her counter along with slips of paper and a jar to hold the requests. Here is what I came up with for her. It is 8 x 10 mounted on cardboard.

I've entered this project in the following challenges:
Colorful Creations September Favorite Things Challenge
Make It Monday Challenge #156
Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes

My New Venture!

I am branching out with my Designs by Deanna cardmaking venture...to Mineral Wells, Texas. The interesting thing is, we lived in Mineral Wells back in the 70's, and I never would have thought I'd have  cards for sale there in 2013! I have a sweet friend (all the way back from 1973) who has a bakery business set up in a shop there off the square. It's the cutest shop called Merrimac & North.

 And here is my friend Phyllis (on the left) along with the other partners, and Phyllis's amazing bakery shop, Taste and See!

We were together this week and when she saw some of my cards, she wanted some to put in her bakery shop to sell. So I got busy making the first set. Phyllis wanted to use the scripture that underlies the name of the bakery portion of the shop...Taste and See..."Taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him."  Psalm 34:8.

Here is what I did for her first set.

Now I need to get busy on some more!!! Hope you like these Phyllis!

Designs by Deanna

 10/17/2013 additions for Taste & See

The cards belowe are just a few of the cards that I have for sale in a couple of stores and from my home. At the bottom there are 3 gift sets that come in a coordinating package - either a folder or a box - and contain either 4 or 5 cards, depending on the size of the cards. All cards are $3each and the sets are $15. Special order cards are $3.50 each. Thanks for looking! You can contact me by emailing blackmond@verizon.net.

 SETS: