Parisian Blossoms Suite

 Today I want to share with you my projects using the Parisian Blossoms Suite. This is a new suite in the Stampin Up Mini Catalog. You can find information on pages 14-17. Each product in the suite can be purchased separately or together as one whole bundle. And best of all, because of Sale-A-Bration, you would earn 2 free exclusives products, just from ordering this suite. Click here to view the Parisian Blossoms Suite.

 The first card I am showing you is actually the make n take we make at the Stampin On Stage Convention back in November. It was a quick card to put together, but beautifully showcases the suite. This card features the Forever Blossoms Stampset and DSP, as well as the Petal Pink Metallic Edge Ribbon. The image was stamped on vellum, colored with blends and layered on DSP onto a Pool Party Cardbase. Finished off with beautiful new Champagne Rhinestone Jewels.

This beautiful card below, uses the Tri-Fold Shutter fancy fold technique. It's a little tricky but WOW how gorgeous is this!!!

To make this card you need a piece of cardstock that measure 5 1/2x12. I used Cherry Cobbler.

Using your Simply Scored Scoring Tool, score the long side at 2", 4", 8" and 10".
Then take your trimmer, using the short edge and line it up to 1 1/2", cut from the 2" score line down to the 10" score line.
Repeat this step by moving the left edge of the paper to the 4" mark and score again 2" to 10"

Now here comes the tricky part. The folding...so we will go fold by fold

1. from the left edge, fold over

2. at the next score line, fold under.

3. From the right edge, at the 8" score line, fold over

4. Then Fold over (which is actually folding back on the 10" score line.

Ok so now the picture above shows the correct direction of the card. We need to refold the middle section because right now it all folds the same way. We need to create the tri-fold part of it.

We are now going to take that second score line and fold it in the opposite direction. If you look at the picture below you can see that the middle section, second score line, is now folded opposite.

Now it's time to decorate. I used 3 sheets of DSP. And cut layers to be 1/4" smaller than each section. You can use one sheet of DSP if you prefer. But I liked the idea of mixing it up.
So you will need:
2 - 1 3/4"x5 1/4" outer edges
4 - 13/4"x1 1/4" flaps
1 - 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" inside
2 - 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" inside -sides
2 - 3 3/4"x  1 1/4" top insides

You can see below, that the blue (Pool Party) is that section we went back and folded opposite.

For my embellishments, I used the stamp set and dies in this suite. The Eiffel Towers were cut from a piece of silver paper using the Die in Parisian Dies set, as well as the word Amour. This die is from the same set and I used Cherry Cobbler. The stamped flowers are from the Forever Blossoms stamp set cut out with the Cherry Blossoms Dies. I used the same dies to cut out the flowers on the Eiffel Towers. The greeting in the middle is from the Parisian Beauty stamp set. Stamped in black on vellum and laid over the diecutted flower.  As you can see from the picture at the top, the card layers fold nicely!!!

This fancy fold card, took a little bit of work, but the end result is totally worth it. It is just beautiful in person. Remember you can find all the products I used to make these cards by clicking here.
I hope you enjoyed the cards I shared with you today.
If you have any questions  or are interested in this Suite, please contact me and I would be happy to help.
Thanks for stoppin by
Happy Stampin
Steph