Creativity Abounds February 2025

This month the international team at Creativity Abounds has a great theme for our bundle and hop: Fun Folds. This hop - and the associated tutorial bundle - is always popular and will give you a lot of examples for fancy folds 

Even if you don't have the exact sets, you'll find inspiration in the different folds each of us have used.  If you get the tutorial bundle, you'll have step-by-step instructions for thirteen projects, all of which you'll see as you go around the hop.

You can earn the Tutorial Bundle as a free gift from me with a purchase of $100 or more (excluding P&P) or by being a member of my team. You can shop with me, and join my team, from anywhere in New Zealand.

There are two parts to this post: a bonus project and a sneak peek at my tutorial project.

1. Bonus Project Teepee Fold

The fold I'm showcasing is one I haven't used for some years, the TeePee Fold. Once I got it out and started playing with it, I don't know why I haven't been using it more! It was an excellent chance to explore the Darling Dinos bundle, a current favourite of mine. 

The triangular shaped card stands by itself and can be made so that it folds neatly into a standard envelope. It has three faces that can be decorated, or you can - as I have - leave one relatively blank to write a message on. 

Here's a look at each of the three faces.

2. Tutorial Project Teepee Fold

Here's a glimpse at the card I've created for the tutorial bundle. Same fold, different bundle. I've used the Beautiful Butterflies bundle for this one. Step-by-step instructions are in the tutorial package, along with 12 other projects from the rest of the Creativity Abounds team.

Here's a glimpse at the other twelve projects in the tutorial package. Take the hop around the rest of the team and you'll see exactly which Fancy Folds are being showcased.

If you live in New Zealand, you can get this tutorial bundle free with a qualifying purchase from me. If you live somewhere else, you can get the bundle from a team member in your country. 

Here's who we all are and where we're from.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

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Stampin' Royalty 337 and Inkspire Me 257

This week's challenge at Stampin' Royalty is to use a fancy fold. This was good luck for me, as a couple of weeks ago I discovered the teepee card on a video by Kim Fee and I had a go at it. I wanted another reason to play with it again, so thanks Stampin' Royalty for the impetus to do so!

I was also enchanted with the colour combination at Inkspire Me.

I made some changes from my prototype such as leaving the third side of the teepee free of design so that there was room to write a message. I do like the effect of stamping Timeless Textures in Smoky Slate onto Smoky Slate. It provided a more interesting backdrop for the bouquet of flowers and leaves.

The really nice thing about this very 3-d card is that it folds flat to fit into an envelope easily.

Update: Happy to be a Top Pick at Stampin' Royalty

Ingredients

Card: Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Emerald Envy, Whisper White

Stamps: Botanical Blooms, Endless Birthday Wishes, Timless Textures

Inks: Smoky Slate, Tuxedo Black

Other: Botanical Builders framelits, Lots of Labels framelits, dimensionals, Flirty Flamingo marker, Emerald Envy enamel shape