F IS FOR "FOLD IT"

Here I am at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for a repeat Guest Designer slot! This month Challenge #249 is "F is for Fold It". You can see that Edna has made herself a hat to wear for this challenge. Do you suppose it's lined with tin foil? 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: SoSS #249 - F is for Fold It

I won't pretend that this challenge was easy! I started with a completely different idea (you'll find that at the end of this post), but scrapped it because it felt like it had too few folds. I knew I wanted to start using up these paper dolls from Tim Holtz that had been languishing in my stash for a couple of years. I use one once-in-a-while, but wanted to use a bunch of them. There are a total of 19 people + a dog, so there's only a handful of them left - stay tuned! 

I'm not sure what this fold is called, but I've played with it a couple of times - maybe a standing accordion fold? When compressed it's approximately 5" square. It took 3 sheets of chocolate paper trimmed to 5" strips to complete all of the folds. The sentiment is from AALL & Create (#771 "DEE Quips"). The envelope is a custom one.

The card I made initially for my husband is a much simpler fold. I folded an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" card base in half with the fold on the right, then turned back the right side. I added tan panels to both layers and glued on the figures so that they slightly overlapped.

When opened, the second part of the sentiment (AALL & Create #771 "DEE Quips") appears with a pile of wine bottles (Unity Stamp Co.). This card was so hard to photograph. Showing the fold really distorted the image.