Giving Gratitude Hop Fun Fold

I was recently invited to be part of the Giving Gratitude Instagram Hop. Something I'm especially grateful for is the community of crafters I'm blessed to be part of! Like many of the other participants, I have a giveaway for the hop. If you'd like to check that out, please visit my IG at @carriesheridan.70. 

For my gratitude card, I decided to use Altenew's Sweet Pumpkins set to decorate my 5 1/2 by 5 1/2-inch fun fold card base. This set has stamps, coordinating stencils, coordinating dies, and a coordinating 3D embossing folder! The sentiments were perfect for a thankful-themed card! I started by stamping the Sweet Pumpkins image using Altenew's Orange Cream crisp dye ink. Then I used the coordinating stencils to color in the Sweet Pumpkins image using the following colors of Altenew inks: Sunkissed, Orange Cream, Autumn Blaze, Firebrick, Burnt Red, and Caramel Toffee. After I finished ink blending all the images, I embossed them with the coordinating embossing folder. I also embossed a piece of Amber Stardream paper from Your Paper Insider's Box 12 that I had trimmed to 5 1/4 by 5 1/4 inches. All papers used on my card except the plain white cardstock are from that same box. I am very excited to be on the DT for Your Paper Insider starting next month! 

I created the fun fold base for this card by trimming white cardstock to 5 1/2 by 11 inches. I scored it at 5 1/2 and 2 1/8 inches to make the z-fold. Then I trimmed 3 pieces of Rust Colorplan cardstock to the following sizes: 1 3/4 inches by 3 3/4 inches, 1 3/4 inches by 4 3/8 inches, and 1 3/4 inches by 5 inches. I trimmed my stenciled and embossed panel into 3 smaller panels to fit on the Rust Colorplan cardstock: 1 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches, 1 1/2 inches by 4 1/8 inches, and 1 1/2 inches by 4 3/4 inches. I adhered the stenciled panels to the Rust Colorplan panels and attached them to the left panel of the z-fold. Then I stamped and die cut the words "grateful," "thankful," and "blessed" using shades from Altenew's Warm and Cozy inks in an ombré pattern. I die cut several more of the words to stack behind the sentiments so they stand out better from the background. I adhered them with foam tape for even more dimension.

For the inside of the card, I adhered the Amber Stardream panel I had embossed with the Sweet Pumpkins embossing folder to the card base. Then I added a few die cuts from the same set. I used more of the Rust Colorplan cardstock for the pumpkin and leaves I die cut.

For the middle section, I trimmed a panel of Rust Colorplan to 2 1/2 inches by 5 1/4 inches and embossed it using Altenew's Ways to Thank You embossing folder. Then I die cut 3 leaves from Altenew's Mix Foliage set (this was a limited edition set from one of their retreats) using Gold Gmund Treasury, Amber Stardream, and Mars Stardream papers. I adhered them using foam tape. If you'd like to learn more about Your Paper Insider's quarterly mystery boxes or other paper products, I'm including my affiliate link here. I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you: Your Paper Insider

If you're interested in shopping at Altenew, I'd love it if you used my affiliate link here: Altenew | Card Making, Scrapbooking & Paper Crafting Supplies. I highly recommend the Sweet Pumpkins set as it's so versatile, and the die cuts all the pieces at once. So quick and easy to use!

Prize pack I'm offering on my Instagram Giving Gratitude Hop post:

 Challenges I'm entering: 

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: Halloween or Fall (1/3; ends 10/6/25) C10

Inspiration Station: ends at the end of the month (my card features a fall theme and fall colors like the inspiration photo)

Dream Valley Challenge: Autumn colors (ends 10/4/25) C10

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils with optional theme of nature (I used the coordinating stencils to color in the embossed pumpkins and leaves on the front of the card) (3/3; ends 10/4/25)

Can You Handle The Pressure?: ATG with an embossing folder and optional twist of trees/leaves(1/3; ends 10/8/25)

Crafty Gals Corner: Fill in the blank: Fall ____ I chose Fall Colors (3/3; ends 10/6/25)

little red wagon: I'm Still Standing (projects of encouragement) (ends 9/30/25)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of lots of leaves (7/8; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 10/8/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (4/5; ends 10/1/25)

No more challenges. 

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26