I love this fun fold and how nice it looks when displayed. I learned how to make it using 12×12 cardstock. However, RV life prevents me from having the space to keep a stash of 12×12 cardstock. Instead, I reconfigured this card to work with your 8 1/2×11 cardstock. It looks great, fits in an A2 envelope, and is sure to be loved by anyone who receive this beautiful card. I hope you enjoy making this one as much as I do.
Don’t the colors just pop! I used Petal Pink for the base and layered Secret Sea and lovely paper from the Lovely Blossoms Suite. It’s one of the many wonderful new products in the mini catalog. I love stripes and flowers together. The Cloud Cover stripes are just perfect here. I stamped in Secret Sea. If you want a little more accent color in your flowers, just grab a Cloud Cover Stampin’ Blends marker and trace over the lines in your flower. I also brushed some Color Lifter over it all to soften the lines. You can use your bone folder to give a little life to your flowers so they aren’t flat. Just give them a little curl on the ends! To finish off the flowers, I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the flower centers. You can create a belly band, use a scrap of ribbon and make a bow to slide over the card or even just leave this card as it and slide it right in the envelope. It all works.
CUTTING/SCORING INSTRUCTIONS
BASE: (Petal Pink) 8 1/2″x5 1/2″, score at 2″, 4″ and 8″; 4″x 5 1/2″, score at 2″
HAMMOCK: (Petal Pink) 9″x3 1/2″, score at 1 1/2″, 3″, 6″, and 7 1/2″
BASE LAYERS: (Secret Sea) 3 7/8″ x 5 3/8″, 1 7/8″x 5 3/8″ (x4); (DSP) 3 3/4″x 5 1/4″, 1 3/4″x 5 1/4″ (x4)
HAMMOCK LAYERS: (Secret Sea) 1 3/8″x3 3/8″ (x2), 3 3/8″x 2 7/8″; (DSP) 1 1/4″x 3 1/4″ (x2), 3 1/4″x2 3/4″
BACK: (Secret Sea) 3 7/8″x 5 3/8″; (White) 3 3/4″ x 5 1/4″
**Optional: Belly Band is 9″x 1 1/2″
Here’s another sample using the same suite and just changing up the colors. This time I used Crumb Cake and Secret Sea. I created a belly band to close up this one. And, I wanted to show you what happens if you accidentally glue the side panels onto the base before adding the hammock. To fix this I just added panels to the hammock to give the front a nice flow. It still worked and I’m happy with it. So you can make mistakes, but there’s almost always a way to make it work!! That’s something I love about paper crafting.
Isn’t this last card so pretty! I created with products from the Beautiful Gallery Suite. I used Basic Beige for the base and layered it with Early Espresso so it matches the Designer Series Paper. Instead of using Designer Series Paper on the front panels, I embossed them with the Damask Designs Embossing Folder. I die cut some stems and added them to the front as well. If you’re wondering about the tag on the front, it’s punched from the Three Banner Punch. I use that punch all the time!
Have you tried this fold before? I hope this inspires you to create a beautiful card for someone special very soon.
Happy Crafting!