Hello friends! Hope you're staying warm and dry. It's snowing today! Woo Hoo! It's not like we get snow too often here in South Carolina, so this is a treat for me. Especially when I can stay inside and enjoy how pretty it looks. Just about everything is closed because of the weather - no school, some businesses and doctor's offices are closed, etc. So yes, I'm sitting by my French doors to the deck and watching the show. Everything is turning white and I'm thinking I should be sharing Christmas cards instead of Valentine cards. 😀 But not today. A couple days ago I noticed a YouTube video from Tami White with a darling fun fold. Her design was for Halloween, but I changed it into Valentine cards. She has an easy-to-follow video that was a big help. You can find it here if you are a more visual learner. I'll share all the dimensions that I used for my cards. Some of them are a little different from Tami's.
Here are two of the cards made with just a few differences between them to give you an extra idea. When I saw the fun fold originally, I thought it would be hard to make. But I was so wrong. It's very easy to make and is so cute when finished. I think this is an idea I'll be going back to often.
You can see that the basis of the card is Melon Mambo cardstock and the Marbled Elegance DSP with accents from the Hearts of Elegance stamp and die bundle. The stamps, dies, and DSP are all in the Online Exclusive section of the SU! online store. Aren't they just gorgeous with that marbled paper and all the gold accents swirled throughout? These prints are a beautiful mix of reds and gold - perfect for Valetine cards.
Before you get started, I would suggest that you use a piece of scrap paper the first time you try to make the card. Once you master it, it's very easy to replicate and you should have no problems.
Here are the directions for the actual card: The Melon Mambo card base is 11" x 4 1/4". It is scored at 2 1/4" and 5 1/2". On the section with the 2 1/4" score line, measure in 1" at the line and cut out the rectangle shape. Do this on the other side to match. This will leave you a flap that is 2 1/2" wide that can fold backwards and forwards.
This picture shows you the outside of the card. You can see the two 1" x 2 1/4" sections that are cut out. The card folds on the 5 1/2" score line and the flap stays flat. When you open the card, the flap swings and you can see the front design on the inside of the card.
There are three pieces of the Marbled Elegance DSP cut for the card. They measure one at 4" x 5 1/4" and two of them at 4" x 3". The two smaller pieces are attached to the left flap, both outside the card and inside. The larger piece is attached to the inside back area.
The layered sentiment areas both outside and inside are the same measurements.
Melon Mambo is 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" (2)
Brushed Gold is 4 1/8" x 2 3/8" (1)
Basic White is 4" x 2 21/4" (2)
(I used Brushed Gold on the outside layers, but not inside the card. You could use in both places if you wanted.)
The sentiment on the front layer is from the Hearts of Elegance set. It's stamped with Melon Mambo ink. The inside sentiment is another of the stamps in this set. After stamping both sentiments, attach the proper layers together with adhesive. I used "green glue" as it's easier to manipulate the layer edges with this glue.
Looking back to the third picture, close the card with the flap to the right edge. Add adhesive to only the squarish flap. Then line up the top layer's right edge to the edge of the card front over the flap to cover it. Now the front layer sits across the card front when it's closed but can swing to the inside of the card when it's open.
For the hearts across the front of the sentiment layer, I used three different heart dies from the Hearts of Elegance set. The heart on the left is cut from the Marbled Elegance DSP. This print is the backside of the print I used on the card. It uses the die with the stitched design in it. The heart on the right is cut from Basic White cardstock. It has a trio of flowers stamped across it using a stamp from the Heart Shaped SAB set. They're stamped with Melon Mambo ink. The same ink was used with a Blending Brush to add a little color around the edges. The center heart is the smallest heart die and is cut from Melon Mambo cardstock. There is a flower die-cut from a marbled print scrap. It's attached to the heart with a Mini Glue Dot.
The finishing touches were the Brushed Gold Flat Hearts that are also part of this suite in the Online Exclusives section of the store. Aren't they just the perfect addition to the design? And they're flat so you don't have to worry about bulky cards going through the mail.
Whew! Did any of that make sense? Like I mentioned in the beginning of the post, Tami White made a video giving excellent directions for making these cards. This one was difficult to just write instructions without lots of visuals. If you have questions about making this fun fold, please contact me by email at sharoncarr50@gmail.com.
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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