As I previously told you I have this awesome upline
named Karen with Stampin’ Up! who shares creations with us on a regular
basis. This card was one she shared with
us a couple weeks ago. I really thought
it was a cute fun fold so I wanted to share it here. It could be made using several different
shapes or stamp sets. I really love the
Prized Peony bundle and have wanted to design a card for my card club using the
3D Peony die for a while so I thought this was a perfect opportunity to do
that.
Here is what I came up with…
So now let me share how I made this card. The card base is Petal Pink and is 5 ½ x 8 ½”and
is scored at 2 1/8” and 6 3/8” (this creates a gatefold card). I added two strips of the Peony Garden
Designer Series Paper that measured 1 7/8 x 5 ¼” each to each side of the gate
fold. Then I moved on to the inside of
the card. I cut a piece of Basic White
cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼” and stamped my sentiment and image from the stamp set in
the Prized Peony Bundle as shown below using Basic Gray ink.
Once I was done with the inside it was time to move
onto my slider. This is the mechanism
that keeps my card closed but also allows it to open. I cut 4 each Basic White cardstock to 2 ½ x 2
½”, I left two whole and the other two I scored right down the middle at 1 ¼”
and folded them down. I adhered the two folded
pieces to one of the unfolded pieces with the folds in the center as shown
below.
Once they were securely adhered, I then added the
fourth piece of the cardstock directly onto the other side of the two folded
pieces. This becomes a little sliding
piece that can slide up and down the center of the gatefold card. To finish off my card I die cut one of the 3D
layered Peony flowers from the dies in the bundle. I cut it out of Petal Pink cardstock and to
give it more interest I used a sponge dauber and Petal Pink ink to ink the
edges of the flower before I assembled it.
The assembly looks complicated but it is not. You simply start with your largest piece and
slide the next smallest piece inside the slit on the larger one. At the bottom there is a little curve (this
is on all of the pieces) use it to line up your pieces and everything will work
out fine. Do this with all the remaining
pieces working from the largest to the smallest. I also die cut my pistil or the center of the
flower out of Daffodil Delight cardstock and using the dauber I inked it with
Daffodil Delight ink. This is the last
piece of the flower and tucks right down in the center. To give my Peony a more realistic look I did
shape it some with my bonefolder and I also added a few little Mini Dimensionals
between the three largest layers.
Now cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 3 x 3” and
add a piece of the Peony Garden DSP that measures 2 ¾ x 2 ¾”. Adhere the peony onto this and then add this
onto your slider. Now just slide this
down between the openings on your card and voila you have a slide and lock
card!
I hope you enjoy this card while it was something pretty
unique for me I was really happy with how it turned out. As always you can find the supplies to create
this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net
or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the
supplies listed below.
Happy Crafting!!!
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