A6 U Fold Card Tutorial for Fancy Fold Friday

Back to the U Fold Card  .... and a tutorial for you as this is resized specifically to fit the Star Blast die cut... and it is also the perfect size for fitting the card in a C6 envelope... so this will now be my go-to Small U Fold Card sizing...

It doesn't however fit in the SU! Medium Envelopes... which I presume are a US Standard envelope... so my US readers may wish to visit my very first U Fold Card (aka modified Centre Box Card) share in this post... (the one with the Palm Trees!) with both a metric tutorial and Liza's linked inches tutorial... that one does fit in the Medium Envelope...

You will need...

A4 Thick Whisper White 22.5 x 10.5cm (or 22.5 x 21cm if you want to do 2 at the same time like I do!)
A4 Thick Whisper White 15.5 x 8.5cm (*)
Paper for Back 8x10cm
Paper for Front/Sides 6 x 10cm (x2)
* Not got the Star Blast dies... shame but never fear... cut 15.5 x 3cm instead... and do something like this!)

And here is what you need to do...

1. Place the large Whisper white panel LANDSCAPE (long side along top) on your trimmer
2. Score at 3.5, 7, 15.5 & 19cm

3. If doing 2 up... Turn 180 degrees so PORTRAIT (short side along top) and cut at 10.5cm

4. Bone Fold Mountain, Valley, Valley, Mountain
5. Basic card done! Now wasn't that easy...

6. Die cut the smaller piece of Whisper White centrally using Star Blast die (note that the card panel is wider than the die!)
7. Snip at either side where shown...

8. Ink up & stamp as necessary

9. Cut the 2 smaller paper panels in half  PORTRAIT at 3cm

10. Adhere these cut panels to front and sides

11. Adhere larger paper to back

12. Adhere left side of front die cut piece to folded left hand side (NOTE - think about where your glue needs to go... or rather not go!!)

13. Fold the Left hand side over (so flat) and adhere the right hand side (again - think re glue!)

14. Finish decoration...

The card decoration is kept simple...

Front star panel stamped with a large greeting... and centre back stamped with the star flourish  - both from from the co-ordinating Birthday Blast stamp set

Sponge Brayered Irresistibly Floral papers on the sides

A Basic Black Star Blast die-cut added to the back of the white stars panel to add more definition

Whereas the first one had another Sponge Brayered Irresistibly Floral panel on the centre back and a gold glimmer Star Blast die cut added to the front of the white stars panel... and the side papers were added after the white Star Blast die cut panel...

Here are my Star Blast duo of cards together...

And before I go today... I have a few more of these to share in the pipeline... some which look completely different!... so keep watching this space!

Irresistibly Floral Star Blast U Fold Card

Oh I REALLY wish these Star Blast Edgelit dies were not retiring come 31st May.... and I REALLY wish I had bought and used them ages ago!

So we loved this card for the quick & easy WOW effect! My ladies were all quite surprised by the simplicity and speed of this one... but sorry... tutorial will have to be another day... really met myself coming backwards this week...

Papers are all from the Irresistibly Floral pack... reduced to just £9.40 (RRP £11.75)... love them!!

And these are the dies.... and yay! Reduced down to just £12.60 (RRP £18)

And these are the co-ordinating Birthday Blast stamps... again retiring.... and clear mount version reduced ... just £13.60 (£16 RRP) though actually I think I won this at On Stage Prize Patrol... great sentiments... nice and big!

And here are a few other ideas with the dies and stamps for you...

Six panel Pop & Twist Card & Congratulations Sue

Well... the Pop Up & Twist Panel card (aka Pop Up Panel Card, Pop Up Twist Card or Twisted Pop Up Card) is an incredibly popular card format at the moment... and I have made a few already... which have been proving very popular with people coming and visiting my blog... see here, here, here, here and here ...

But I was determined to make one with more panel sections than the 4 panels offered in all the cards doing the rounds...

And so I have!! So I bring you a World Exclusive (I think!)... the 6 Panel Pop & Twist Card...

And talk about a wonderful excuse to do so... my lovely Sue has gained her Stampin' Up! Silver promotion... for which I am a very proud SU! Mummy!!

So I was delighted to make the prototype for her to accompany the celebratory gift I sent her.... and I can't wait to see what she makes with her gift! So... again... well done Sue! And if you live in the UK and would like to join my merry bunch of Craft Therapists... and earn gifts and cards from me... just go here!

Beautiful silver embossed greeting care of Birthday Blast (again), flowers and butterflies from Grateful Bunch (had to be butterflies for Sue!) with flowers punched out by Blossom Bunch Punch. Die cut Large Letters in Silver Glimmer  and papers from the Neutrals ( Silver) and Subtles (Pool Party) Designer Series Paper Stacks. Finished off with 3/8" Stitched Pool Party Ribbon

And here is the simple (but I think classy!) understated front... as I really wanted the opening of the card to cause the WOW!!!

And no... no tutorial today... as a second version has already been made which improves on the making of this first prototype... and I have just one more thing to try before I finalise the design... as I do like to fine tune to make the making of a card as easy as possible!

Where there is a Bloom there is a wreath...

Remember this card... well if you flip the Blooms & Bliss paper panel over... this is what you get... so much softer and prettier...

Only other change is the greeting... and what a beautiful greeting... think this will be my go to large Happy Birthday greeting for a while... from the Birthday Blast stamp set in the new Spring Summer (Occasions) catalogue.

I was lucky enough to win this set from the On Stage Prize Patrol back in November... so nice to start finally using it! And of course the co-ordinating Star Blast dies too...

And here are the 2 versions side by side...