Peaceful Poppies Elements Layered Fold

Hi Stampin' Friends!
It has been awhile since I've connected with you via blog. In that short amount of time, it seems our world has completely upended and we are in uncharted territory. About the current Coronavirus situation, let me say I hope you are safe and healthy, as well as your families and those you love and work with. Obviously, this unprecedented situation is creating many headaches and inconveniences with cancellations of school, church, events, travel and more. I personally had a busy March and April ahead of me and now it's wide open with no plans. I'm assuming you are in the same boat. While I'm praying for a swift passing of this virus and a return to "normal", I'm also praying for some silver linings such as more time together as a family, a general slowing down of our hectic lives and maybe some resetting of priorities and goals.

While I take all this very seriously, I'm also stuck at home for the next few weeks and so being a crafty person, is this the opportunity I've always dreamed of? I am a little bit overwhelmed with nothing but time ahead of me so I plan to make it productive by crafting - all of it - stamping, knitting, quilting and catching up on my photo albums. I could binge watch Netflix all day, everyday, but that would be a waste of this unexpected and unplanned gift of time.  What are you thinking?

I'm not sure what direction my Stampin'Up! business will take, especially regarding the in home classes that I offer, but I do plan to use this time to up my game online so, with that in mind, here's a post today, including a video "how-to" for your viewing pleasure.  Here's the project:

The feature set of the 2020 Mini Catalog has been the Peaceful Poppies Suite. Included in the suite is a product called "Peaceful Poppies Elements" that contains some fun die cuts, black accents, vellum and watercolor paper flowers. I've already used several of the vellum and watercolor pieces, but hadn't used the rest. I recently needed 10 cards for a swap at my demo team meeting and decided I wanted to use these elements. I had wanted to make a tri-layered card as well, with each fold cascading away from each other. I know this has been done before, but I just figured it out myself and was so happy with the results. The video below gives you all the details but in case you need it in writing, here's the card directions:

Poppy Parade cardstock cut at 5-1/2" x 11-3/4"
From left to right, score at 2", 3", 5" and 7-3/4"

I used the Peaceful Poppies DSP to decorate the surface of my panels as well as the Stone 3D embossing folder. One other note, I did use white embossing powder and heat embossing for my "Congratulations" sentiment to make sure it popped out agains the black background. Here's the video:

I hope you've enjoyed this project idea!  Stay tuned for more videos and more Facebook Live  videos on my Facebook Page, located here:

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Until next time, stay warm, stay healthy, stay inside and keep on stamping!
Sarah