Hello! Let’s get right to the “point” – this week on my Facebook Live Class, I taught how to create this Triangle Point Belly Band card. It’s an easy fun fold that closes with two points and a belly band. I CASEd the fold from Jackie Bolhuis over at Klompen Stampers, and I think it’s a lot of fun!
To start, it’s just an easy 5 ½” x 11” piece of cardstock – so it does use more cardstock than a regular card base of 5 ½” x 8 ½”. But I promise it’s worth it! You’ll score at 3 ½” from each end. Then, make a few cuts with your Paper Trimmer. Boom! You’ve got the foundation of a neat card.
When we’re talking fun folds, I always say that a non-crafter needs to be able to open it without an engineering degree – and I never want the inside writing to be visible on the outside of the card. This fold fits the bill completely.
I used the beautiful Delicate Desert Designer Series Paper for this project. I really like that I was able to incorporate THREE different patterns! Sometimes you can only use 1-2 patterns before it feels too busy.
The Delicate Desert DSP features Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent, and Gray Granite. Individually, some of these colors don’t appear in my crafting very often. But somehow, Stampin’ Up! has put them together and created something wonderful! The patterns are full of texture, and several patterns remind me of textiles you’d find in the American Southwest.
I took inspiration for my project’s colors from the Designer Series Paper itself and used Gray Granite, a color that I tend to struggle to use. I think that, since it has both gray and brown undertones, I’m never sure what colors will mesh well. With the Soft Succulent in the Designer Series Paper, it’s gorgeous! And of course, I had to incorporate a pop of pink!
As far as techniques in this card, I did a simple heat-embossed sentiment. For the flower, I don’t know what you’d call the technique, but I used my Stamparatus and stamped in Gray Granite – it is a light enough color that it allowed me to see the image to color but not really stand out. After coloring with my Stampin’ Blends to get some variations in the depth of color, I stamped the image again in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder.
The fonts in the Irresistible Blooms stamp set are so lovely! And the line images for the flowers are seriously so gorgeous. I have used this stamp set A TON since they released it to demonstrators back in February, and there are still so many projects I want to CASE or design on my own!
If you haven’t gotten Irresistible Blooms for yourself yet, I can’t recommend it enough. And when the dies come back in stock in a couple of weeks, you’ll want to grab those, too – they cut out the stamp images, and there are also a couple of detailed dies that are “irresistible”! I think the beaded curtain piece (at least, that’s what I’m calling it) is my favorite, but the circle window with beading is really great too.
Do you struggle with card design inspiration? Or just enjoy watching others create to find some ideas for your own crafting? I’d love to have you follow me over on YouTube. Click this link to watch the video for this week’s project, and be sure to subscribe to my channel while you’re there! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I’ll be back soon with more design inspo for your crafting!