Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Jaydee to host this week and she has my favourite, a sketch challenge for us to work with:

The split in the base panel of Jaydee's sketch immediately had me thinking of fancy folds. Now I don't often make fancy folds, they aren't really my thing (especially not complicated ones!) but I had a couple of designs that worked with this sketch and in the end since I made both, I decided to share both with you today as I used the same basic supplies for each - so you get two for the price of one today! Both cards feature the Florals In Bloom Suite and specifically the designer series paper and both the Pretty Florals and Bloom Where You're Planted bundles. Here's a look at both cards:

And here's the second one:

Here's the low-down on today's cards:

Joy Fold - The first card is called a joy fold card. It's in a landscape orientation with the fold on the left, and all you do is cut away half of the card front and cover both this half-panel and the inside back panel in designer paper. You then create another, smaller, card but with both front and back full panels and with the fold on the right hand side. This is then adhered to the inside of the back panel of the larger card, so that the front flaps overlap and when it opens it looks like this:

I used the same pattern on both of my panels and stamped a couple of the flowers that are in the design to decorate the front of my card. I added a little extra colour to the bottom of the blooms with my Stampin' Blends and decorated both with tiny pearls for a little extra detail: 

Perfect for a second entry over at The Flower Challenge too. So pretty, right? This card features one of my favourite patterns in the Florals in Bloom paper pack too.

Accordion Fold - My second card is an accordion fold card. This one required half a sheet of designer paper measuring 6" x 12" and scored at 2", 5" and 8" on the long side and folded (valley, mountain, valley) to create a concertina effect. Panels are then attached to each section and decorated as desired. When closed, you get to see the reverse side of the paper - this is where the main front panel is attached. When opened, there's another panel for a message/greeting:

Then when you fold this over (a little like turning the pages of a book) there's another panel attached to the inside of the back section:

You can decorate however you like - again, I used the designer paper as my inspiration and stamped and diecut a selection of flowers in the same colours to decorate the front of my card, along with a trio of flat pearls:

Whilst this technically has three panels or parts of panels visible, it still works for the sketch because the contrasting papers are what gives the definition for the split. This one is the same proportions as the sketch too, unlike the one above, which I elongated to fit my fold.  I actually prefer the first card (this was the one I actually made second) which is a bit more 'me', but what do you think? Do leave me a comment blow - I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I am baking a cheesecake and we are having family lunch, then the hubs and I are off to the river to paddleboard this afternoon - it's officially my new hobby too and I need to practice not falling in! I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

PRETTY FLORALS bundle (£47.50)	SWEET BLOOMS BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (£48.50)	FLORALS IN BLOOM 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£9.99)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)	SHY SHAMROCK A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	SHY SHAMROCK CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)
PETUNIA POP CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)	PETUNIA POP STAMPIN’ BLENDS COMBO PACK (£10.25)	SECRET SEA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£7.23)	SECRET SEA STAMPIN’ BLENDS COMBO PACK (£8.71)	IRIDESCENT PEARL BASIC JEWELS (£7.00)	2025–2027 IN COLOR™ FLAT PEARLS (£6.80)
PEACH PIE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	PEACH PIE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)	DARLING DUCKLING CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£7.23)	POPPY PARADE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	POPPY PARADE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)	REAL RED CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)
GRANNY APPLE GREEN CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)	GARDEN GREEN CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Jan to host this week and she has my favourite, a sketch challenge for us to work with:

I loved the layering on Jan's sketch today and couldn't resist the opportunity to go big with colour and patterns this week. - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Florals In Bloom - I decided to use one of the bold floral patterns from the Florals In Bloom papers for my cardbase today and that then laid the foundations for everything that followed. I chose one featuring large soft pink and lilac flowers and used it to cover the whole of my cardbase - so pretty! I layered a patterned panel that is one of the reverse papers in this set on top of that; ordinarily I am more likely to use these patterns as a base or backing panel, but with the large florals as the base I needed something with less pattern that was more solid to give something for the other elements to sit that made them more visible as I didn't ant them to be lost against the base pattern.

Pretty Florals - I used a diecut flower from the Pretty Florals dies that echoes the shape of the flowers featured on the card base for my 'any shape' element, picking up the colours of the paper:

Sweet Blooms - For the remaining elements I decided to use a stamp and diecut sentiment from the Sweet Blooms bundle - I just love those word diecuts! A trio of pink sparkly enamel dots complete my card. 

I feel like the bold patterns makes this card slightly busier than my usual style, but I am not unhappy with the the result. It's nice to use a bold pattern once in a while!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; unusually for a Sunday today is a sport-filled one: one of us is paddleboarding, another is playing cricket and I suspect we will all end the day watching to see if the Lionesses are successful in defending their title in the final of the European Cup this evening. I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

PRETTY FLORALS bundle (£47.50)	SWEET BLOOMS BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (£48.50)	FLORALS IN BLOOM 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)	STRAWBERRY SLUSH & PRETTY IN PINK GEMS (£8.00)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)	GARDEN GREEN A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)
PRETTY IN PINK A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	PRETTY IN PINK STAMPIN’ BLENDS COMBO PACK (£10.25)	STRAWBERRY SLUSH A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	PETUNIA POP A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	PETUNIA POP CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)