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Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Journey Gatefold

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Welcome to JUNE! I can’t believe it is the 6th month of the year already… time marches on. :O) The Thoughtful Journey 6×6 DSP has lots of watercolor type images of streams, landscapes with flowers, grasses, etc, and is perfect for cutting apart and piecing back together again. A traditional gatefold uses panels on each ‘gate’, while this uses panels attached to each ‘gate’. Let’s look…

Stampin' Up! Thoughtful Journey Gatefold card front
Stampin' Up! Thoughtful Journey Gatefold, 2

In the two photos at left, you can see how the panels are attached to each side of the card front – or gates – and it allows the card to be opened easily. Here are some simple instructions for re-creating this type of gatefold.

  • The card base is 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 2 3/4 on the long side. You can score again @ 8 1/4 but I prefer to close the scored left side and fold the left side to meet it and burnish well with my bone folder. This guarantees no gap or possible overlapping if you have not been particular about scoring.
  • Layers for the front: cut and adhere together
    • Misty Moonlight: cut 2, 1 3/4 x 5
    • Basic White:: cut 2, 1 5/8 x 4 7/8
    • DSP: cut 2, 1 1/2 x 4 3/4 (in this case Thoughtful Journey 6×6)
      • I stamped my DSP at this point: butterflies on the top are from Sketched Butterflies stamp set, stamped with Pumpkin Pie ink; sentiment on the bottom panel is also from Sketched Butterflies stamp set and is stamped in Misty Moonlight ink.
  • Close left ‘gate’ of card base and adhere top completed layer to the ‘gate’ only, leaving equal distance at top & left at score line
  • Now do the same on the right side. Notice that when the card is closed there are equal distances between the top & bottom panels as well.
Stampin' Up! Sketched Butterflies, card inside

For the inside:

  • Misty Moonlight 4 x 5 1/4 is adhered to the inside of the card
  • On Basic White 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, stamp the butterfly image in the center with Pumpkin Pie ink. This is from Sketched Butterflies stamp set. Add color to specific areas with Stampin’ Blends Peach Peach Pie and Misty Moonlight.
  • I added some doodles around the body of the butterfly with my Basic Black Marker.
  • Stamp the sentiment from Sketched Butterflies stamp set in Misty Moonlight ink; adhere panel to the inside of the card

To complete the card front, I added three Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots.

Stampin' Up! Thoughtful Journey Gatefold card & envelope

For the envelope, I added another panel of Thoughtful Journey 6×6 DSP to the flap and trimmed to fit. I then stamped the butterflies from Sketched Butterflies stamp set in Pumpkin Pie ink on the envelope front. And done!

Interestingly, there is no die cutting on this card! It’s just stamps, ink, paper and an easy fun fold. There are so many ways to make this gatefold different.

Stampin’ Up! has a new offer beginning June 5 – 30, 10% off any Stamp & Die set bundle AND 10% off the Mini Die Cut & Emboss machine as well as the standard size Die Cut & Emboss machine. I encourage you to make your list and take advantage of this generous offering.

Click here to see all SU! bundles available in the Stampin’ Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog.

And remember, bundles in the ONLINE EXCLUSIVE SU! store are also part of this offering – click here to see those

Thanks for stopping by. May you have a beautiful day!

Stampin’ Up! Well-Suited DSP

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WooHoo! it’s Saturday… do you have something special planned? I certainly hope that whatever you have going on – is something you enjoy doing. It is supposed to be sunny here today and in the 60’s. Perhaps I can get outside and do some cleaning of flower beds and mulch. 🙂 Gardening is one of my favorite things but I confess, it is taking me longer than it used to. 😦

Today’s card is a quickie, showing off some of the Well-Suited DSP which is perfect for a masculine card – no frills either.

Well-Suited DSP Congratulations

  • Begin with a card base of Smoky Slate card stock.
  • Adhere a layer of Well-Suited DSP to fit the entire front of the card, with liquid glue or Stampin’ Seal
  • Cut another panel of the Well-Suited DSP that coordinates with the card front, with Stitched Rectangles Dies and add it to the card with dimensionals
  • Cut yet another coordinating panel of the Well-Suited DSP and adhere with liquid glue
  • Stamp the sentiment from A Grand Kid stamp set on a Basic White panel using Night of Navy ink. Die cut using Tasteful Labels Dies. (These are such great dies!)
  • Adhere this sentiment panel to the card front with dimensionals.
  • Add Metallic Pearls in silver for a finishing touch
Well-Suited DSP Congratulations

For the inside I simply took a 1/2 x 4 strip of Well-Suited DSP and added to the side of a Basic White panel, adhered the panel to the inside and the card was DONE! The folks who ordered this card didn’t want a sentiment inside so that made it easy.

Well-Suited DSP Congratulations

For the envelope, in keeping with the request for something simple, I added more Well-Suited DSSP to the envelope flap and voila! This kind of card could so easily be for a birthday or a job well done – and it’s masculine! It really looks quite elegant in person.

Products for todays project are from the 2020-21 Annual Catalog which ends May 3, and from the Jan-June Mini Catalog. They may be found in the list below. I’ve made it easy for you to simply ‘add all to cart’. 😉 If I can help you in any way to order these items, or others, please give me a holler. As a thank you to my customers, when the order is between $50-$150 I offer a SU! item of your choice valued at $10. Remember to use MY CURRENT HOST CODE – 2HWX9GEA – good Apr 16-30 . When the order is over $150, you still receive that free gift from me, but SU! has Stampin’ Rewards that may be used for additional products, so don’t use the host code at that time. If you have questions just let me know. Card cuts are listed at the bottom of this post. If you would like to be able to order products early from catalogs, join my team now… you may do that here. We have lots of fun and are a creative bunch that encourages & supports one another.

Please remember that I am offering Designer Series Paper Shares this time around. That information is below.

Trying some of the NEW Designer Series Paper from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog gets you in the spirit of creating with some gorgeous papers. I’m offering a Designer Series Paper share from that Annual Catalog and it would be my pleasure to supply you!  I‘ll place my share order early on May 4 and use the expedited shipping option so I should be able to have the shares cut, bundled and back out to you that very next week. Please place your order with me by May 2 @ 9 PM ET.

TLsBrightSpot 2021-2022 Annual Catalog

Designer Series Paper Shares!

New Designer Series Paper Share – $5500 plus $7.75 for Priority Mail shipping

You will receive one 6×6 sheet of each design from the following DSP packs (the number behind the name indicates how many 6×6 sheets of that paper pack you will receive):

  • Beauty Of The Earth – 6
  • Bloom Where You’re Planted – 6
  • Expressions In Ink Specialty – 6
  • Hand-Penned – 6
  • In The Wild – 6
  • Pansy Petals – 6
  • Simply Elegant Specialty – 6
  • Sweet Symmetry – 6
  • Tidings Of Christmas 6″ x 6″ – 6
  • You’re A Peach – 6
  • 2020-2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ – 10
  • 2021-2023 In Color 6″ x 6″ – 10
  • Brights 6″ x 6″ – 20
  • Neutrals 6″ x 6″ – 20
  • Regals 6″ x 6″ – 20
  • Subtles 6″ x 6″ – 20
  • Ombre Specialty – 4 (one of each color)
  • 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum – 5 (one of each color)
  • Gold & Rose Gold 6″ x 6″ – 2 (one of each color)
  • Linen Specialty – 1
  • Ombre Gift Bags – 5 (one of each color)

In all, you’ll receive 172 – 6” x 6” sheets of designer or specialty paper plus the awesome food safe gift bags!

Double DSP Share – $110 + $8 Shipping by Priority Mail – if you’d like double shares of the designer paper, I can do that as well. The designer paper sheets will be cut into 6×12 so that you’ll be able to get 3 full A2 size card fronts from each sheet (Tidings Of Christmas, 2020-2022 In color, 2021-2023 In Color, Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles and Gold & Rose Gold 6×6, you’ll get double sheets of those since they’re already precut).

FREE Gift from me! – As a bonus for joining my share, you’ll get a sampling of the new host exclusive Pattern Party 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper!

Anyone is welcome to join in my share (please note, I can only ship to addresses within the US).  If you’d like to join, either complete the form below or email the following information to tlsbrightspot@gmail.com.

  • Your first and last name
  • Your share selection
  • The email address that is connected to your Paypal account. I only accept Paypal for payment unless you are a customer of mine.  If you are a customer, I will accept payment by check.  ***You do not need to have a Paypal account to pay the invoice, you can choose to pay by credit card without having a Paypal account.

Deadline to sign up for my share is Sunday, May 2 at 9:00 PM ET.

Items from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog are also on sale through May 3.

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