Mix It Up with a Fancy Fold

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Happy September friends!  Can you believe we’re getting ready to get into the Autumn season already?!  It seems like the summer flew by, but I have to say that I’m so very ready for the falling leaves and all things Autumn to start up now…especially cooler temps!

Today also brings us to a new challenge over at the Mix It Up Challenge Blog.    The challenges always run for 6 weeks so there is plenty of time to enter.  The theme given for us this time is: Fancy Folds or you can always do the ‘Anything Goes” too.  Here’s the card that I came up with for the challenge using the theme:

This is a something I came across a while back and saved the tutorial for later to give it a go.  This is called a “Faceted Vertical Easel Card” and this is a 5″x7″ size.  I would give you a link to the tutorial, but when I started creating half-way through to come upon the layers, I noticed the measurements were not quite right, so I had to figure out an adjustment to make it work correctly.  I do love the look of it with its unique faceted design.  It’s basically just an easel style card with a bit of a design in the center fold area and going vertical instead of horizontal.  (If I make another again, I’ve decided another easier way to work it.

Since I was in the mood for the Autumn season, I decided to make my design with that in mind.  I started with a kraft cardstock base measuring 10″x7″ with all of the different scores/cuts for this design as well.  For decorating it, I’ve pulled out some Autumn papers by Photoplay in my stash and added a layer of glitter gold cardstock.  To make square aperture with the pumpkins, I pull a cardboard cutout from the paper pack to use with it, and then white heat embossed a sentiment and die cut to place on the bottom right of card.  Lastly, I’ve added some gold gems to both panels as well as the square panel in the center of the card.

I think what I like most about this is that it folds completely flat for mailing in an envelope.  Once the recipient receives it, you can slide it open to catch the strip on the right side of the card and it will stand up like the first photo in this post.

  • I hope you’ve enjoyed my fancy fold card today and you’ll hop on over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with.  I look forward to seeing the gallery and what fancy folds will be in there!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a great day!

Challenges:

  1. Creative Creases – Anything with a fun fold
  2. Penny’s challenge – Anything Goes using paper
  3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Anything Goes
  4. The Four Seasons Challenge – Fall
  5. The Crafter’s Cafe – Anything Goes optional:  Use Pattern Papers
  6. The Creative Crafters – Anything Goes
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22 thoughts on “Mix It Up with a Fancy Fold”

  6. Well, you know I love this card! Awesome fun fold! Glad you persevered even when you found the measurements in the tutorial to be off. I find that a lot and it’s so disheartening. It sometimes leads to wasted supplies if you can’t find a reasonable fix. But I LOVE your card and it’s so awesome to begin creating for this time of year! ❤

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  7. Beautiful fold Vicki, so elegant and I love the plaid papers and colours and the gorgeous gold trim and isn’t it so clever to fold so flat for posting..

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  8. Fantastic card Vicki. I love the design and am always blown away when anyone makes these fun fold cards defo not fun for me to make. Love the gorgeous colours and the gold is such lovely touch.

    Marie

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  9. Beautiful fall fancy fold! Love the fall plaids and all the sparkle! Thanks for joining our challenge at The Four Seasons.

    Diane TFS Co-Owner

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  10. OH WOW … you are always SO creative Vic! LOVE this! I’m always inspired when I come to visit your blog!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons challenge!  Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. 

    Darlene
    <a href=http://www.darscraftycreations.blogspot.com/>DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS</a>
    Four Seasons Co-Owner

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  11. I love this unique fun fold card, Vicki! I haven’t seen one like it, so I will see if I can find a good tutorial. I tend to make up my own layers anyway, even if the tutorial is perfect. LOL Thank you for participating in the Creative Creases Challenge! We hope you can join us again soon. Your support is greatly appreciated!

    Debbie, DT 

    <a href=”https://secretstamper.com/” rel=”nofollow ugc”>Secrets To Stamping</a>

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  13. You are indeed patient, Vicki. It’s a lovely card with a nice fold, but that facet would have done me in, lol. The gold frames the focal and the card perfectly along with the diagonal plaid. I got into fun folds a while back but quit doing them when none of my recipients knew how to display the fold and I had to end up including instructions, lol. I could tell, the ones who were into that kind of thing loved it but the others thought it was silly. I’ll never forget the woman I sent a rocker card to showed it off on Facebook splayed out flat on the table. I was so embarrassed, hahaha. Have a good week, xoxo

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  14. What a beautiful fall card and love the fancy fold – I love fun folds – (this one looks complicated) but it is lovely. Love the glitter paper. I’m a glitter kind of girl.

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  15. Not sure I’ve seen this card fold before, it’s so gorgeous with lots of great details and so perfect for our theme at the Four Seasons challenge. Thanks so much for joining in with us!

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  17. This faceted vertical easel card is such a showstopper—what a brilliant way to usher in the cozy charm of Autumn. The plaid papers and glittery gold accents add warmth and elegance, and I love how the pumpkins peek through that square aperture like a little seasonal window. Your perseverance in adjusting the tutorial really paid off, and the flat-folding design is a thoughtful touch for mailing. This is the kind of card that makes someone feel truly celebrated.

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  18. You are much better than me at keeping up with blogging. I wonder how manage to get so far behind? Grin. I love this fancy fold. Too bad it isn’t quite as simple as it might be if the instructions were better. haven’t seen this particular fold before. And yes, autumn is almost here. I love this theme though and what you did with the fancy fold. OK, so I’m almost a week late-but hope it was a good one. hugs-Erika

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  20. Wow, what a gorgeous autumnal card! I love the gold framing and your folded design is amazing, I’m in awe of how you and Leslie created these types of card – perfect 😊. Happy wishes my friend! Hugs, Jo x

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  21. WOW! What a precise and unique card. I love all the folds and the beautiful scrapbooking papers you used.

    I hope you had a wonderful holiday with your family. For the upcoming New Year 2026, I wish you peace, love, joy, health, and happiness. Thank you for the wonderful inspiration and all your sweet comments on my blog, Vicky. Happy New Year!

    xx

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