Sweet Harvest Fun Fold

This fun fold card is part of my Altenew Educator Certification Program Level 2 Final Project. That's quite a mouthful, isn't it? For the project, the assignment was to create 4 masculine cards covering 4 occasions: birthday, love/thinking of you, anniversary, and encouragement. This is the card I made for the love/thinking of you category.

All papers used on this card are from Your Paper Insider. I used their watercolor paper for the card base, the mixed media panels, the sentiment strips, and the stamped focal point image. The copper cardstock on the front panels behind the focal point is Copper Curious Alchemy from Box 12. 

I started by creating a 5 by 7-inch card base and then scoring at 2 1/2 inches on the front panel. Then I added the metallic Copper Curious Alchemy cardstock to the two panels that created. My copper panels are 2 3/8 by 6 7/8. 

For the strip at the bottom of the front panel, I watercolored with Altenew's Espresso watercolor brush marker onto a panel and then added some of the watercolor to embossing paste and spread that through Altenew's Vintage Motifs stencil. After it dried, I trimmed a piece of it to 2 1/8 inches by 5 inches for the bottom of the front panel. I only adhered it to the panel on the right half of the card so that it swings open on the left side of the card. I trimmed another piece of the stenciled watercolor paper to 2 1/8 by 2 1/2 inches and adhered that to the back of the bottom panel so that side looks finished when it swings open. 

For the apple focal point, I stamped  the image from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Sweet Harvest set onto watercolor paper using the Stampwheel 2.0. Then I die cut the image using the coordinating die from that set. I then ink blended the following colors onto the stamped image using the coordinating stencils: Ruby Red, Burnt Red, Mahogony Bark, Autumn Blaze, Firebrick, Cocoa Cream, and Choco Hazelnut. I added the focal point onto the card with Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape being careful to adhere it strategically so that the card front can swing open. To finish the front of the card, I stamped "love you" from the same Sweet Harvest set using Burnt Red ink and watercolor paper and then added the sentiment using Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

For the inside of the card, I ink smooshed Cocoa Cream and Choco Hazelnut inks onto watercolor cardstock and then used one of the stencils from the Sweet Harvest project kit to add some texture to the background. I also stamped "love you" randomly onto the panel (the stamp is from Altenew's Mini Delight: Afternoon Delights set) using Burnt Red ink. To finish the inside of the card, I stamped "you are apple-solutely the best!" from the Sweet Harvest set and adhered it to the inside panel using more Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

If you're interested in shopping at Altenew, I'd love it if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link. I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. I highly recommend the Sweet Harvest set as it's so versatile with cute dies, a unique embossing folder, and a beautiful stamp set, and a set of stencils.

Challenges I'm entering: 

Creative Creases #107: I'm on the DT and entering just for fun and inspiration

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (3/3; ends 10/3/25)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils with optional theme of Nature (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the 10/12/25) Top 5 Pick 10/15/25

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month) 

A Place To Start: ATG with option of leaves and circles (7/8; ends at the end of the month) Top Sprout Honors for September 10/6/25; Rising Star Honors for September 22-28

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (3/3; ends 10/4/25)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of lots of leaves (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Trees, Leaves, or Plants or ATG (5/5; ends 9/26/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 10/8/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of changing seasons (5/6; ends at the end of the  month)

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Die and Why: I love dies that coordinate with large stamped images like this one because I don't love fussy cutting but often want my stamped images cut out to pop up on foam take and place on different backgrounds (3/3; ends 10/1/25) Top 3 10/2/25

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (2/5; ends 10/1/25)

We Love Stamping: Make it cute or ATG (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Stamping Sensations: CAS or ATG goes (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Gals Corner: Fill in the blank: Fall ____ I chose Fall Colors (1/3; ends 10/6/25)

 

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