Happy Mothers Day in the USA

So although ours is long gone... it is Mothers Day in the US today... and in a few other countries too... so a perfect opportunity to share this card that I made a while ago... and to wish everyone a lovely Mothers Day - or just a lovely Sunday... wherever you may be...

So another Double Pop Out Swing Card... for which you will find other versions and the Tutorial here...

Note that this was the first prototype card I made to test the new card fold I had designed... and that I just used the Everyday Label punch to create the apertures on this one...

I then quickly brought out the Lots of Labels dies for the follow up cards... as getting the apertures central and straight was a bit hit and miss with just the punch! Shame!

Stampin Up Products used
Petal Passion papers
Labels to Love stamps
Thoughtful Banners stamps
Brushwork Alphabet stamps
Everyday Label Punch
Lots of Labels dies (not used on this sample... but makes the card easier!)

Double Pop Out Swing Card Tutorial.... for Fancy Fold Friday...

Long awaited post today for some of you... as today brings the Tutorial for the Double Pop Out Swing card... I think I have had more messages about this one than any other card I have ever created...

But before I start... announcement... the Retiring List publishes next Monday, 9th April at 8 or 9pm UK time (actually says 8pm GMT but we are on BST hours now!! So it might be 9pm!!) Some items will be discounted... and all available only while stocks last!! So I recommend on-line ordering for everyone!!

So ... another 2 versions of this card have already been shared... click the photo(s) below OR here for the MUMMY Petal Passion one... or here for the MUM Springtime Foils one...

And I am really ahead of the game with this card... as it isn't my sons 19th birthday until May...  a bit of a first for me!! Wonder if I will remember I have made it by then...!

Craft Spa Recipe
And sorry to my US followers as this is very specific to rest-of-the-world A4 card/C6 envelopes and centimetres measurements... as preciseness is key... I will try to convert for a sensible A2 card from US Letter cardstock/A2 envelope... but it will have to be another day.... On Stage awaits me after all!!! And I am on my way...

Card Blank A4L(long) x 10.5cm (aka 29.7 x 10.5cm OR 11 3/4" x 4 1/8")
Inner Panel 21.8 x 10.1cm
Tabs 7.2 x 4cm
Paper Front Sides 6.6 x 9.7cm (x2)
Paper In-Sides 3.2 x 9.7cm (x4)
Paper Centre Back 7 x 9.7cm
(OPTIONAL) Paper In-Side outer Left & Right 6.6 x 9.7cm (x2) See notes in Tutorial - pt.14
(D) Card 5cm x A4L (White in this card/Smoky Slate in the MUM card/Black in the MUMMY card)
(St) White Card 4.5cm x A4L (not required in this card)
 where (D) is for die- cutting and (St) is for stampin & punching
(D) Silver Foil (for the numbers on this card) or Whisper White (for the letters in the MUMMY card)

SU! Products used
Large Numbers dies
Perennial Birthday (Greeting)

Tutorial

1. Place larger (A4L) Card Blank cardstock LANDSCAPE onto trimmer
2. Score at 7.4cm
3. Turn 180 degrees
4. Score at 7.4cm
5. Valley bone fold to meet in centre...
   
6. Place smaller (21.8cm L) Inner Panel cardstock LANDSCAPE onto trimmer
7. Score at 3.6, 7.2, 14.6, 18.2cm
8. Bone fold Mountain/Valley/Valley Mountain
   
9. Place smallest Tabs cardstock LANDSCAPE onto trimmer
10. Score at 3.6cm
11. Place it PORTRAIT on trimmer
12. Cut into 4 x 1cm wide tab pieces
13. Mountain bone fold the 4 tabs
    
14. Decorate all panels.... Note that the OPTIONAL Inner LHS & RHS outer panels can only be done when using thinner papers such as these Petal Passion papers... the Springtime Foils (as used on this version) makes it too thick for the die to cut through the resultant 3 layers... and it is very difficult to cut a separate piece of paper in exactly the right position!! (but not impossible!!)
    
15. Die cut front sides of Card Blank (Tip for easier/straighter cutting... I used a piece of Grid Paper and marked out a 3.7cm line (ie half of the 7.4cm width) to aid the eye... this was temporarily stuck onto the underside of my thin ( Metallic die) plate so everyone could ue it all the classes...
    
16. Die cut 3 frames (White in this card/Smoky Slate in the Springtime Foils card)
17. Stamp, silver emboss letters & frames AND Everyday Label Punch as necessary (none in this card but is on the Springtime Foils version)
    
18. Adhere centre of Inner Panel to back Card Blank panel (TIP - the score lines of the Inner Panel line up perfectly within the scorelines of the Outer Card Blank when you lay it all down flat)
    
    NOTE - this Tutorial assumes that you have already created a single Pop Out Swing card and so know how to stick the Tabs in and stick the frames in the aperture... If not... then please visit this Tutorial here for further pictorial instruction...  points 12-17
    
19. Fold over left hand sides of Inner Panel flat onto central section (ie both open)
20. Adhere 2 Tabs to top and bottom
21. Open Z fold section with Tabs out to left, apply glue on top of Tabs and fold LHS of card onto the glued Tabs
22. Repeat for Right Hand Side (and a Tip from my ladies... a lot of them found it easier to turn the whole card around 180 degrees... as they were used to sticking the Tabs in that way round!)
    
23. Close left hand side of Card Blank onto Z folded Inner Panel left hand side & adhere frame through aperture
24. Repeat for right hand side
    
25. Adhere all other parts... I just faux stitched the frames with a Basic Black marker pen

Petal Passion Double Pop Out Swing Mothers Day Card for Fancy Fold Friday...

So this Petal Passion Double Pop Out Swing card is my Mothers Day card for my own mother this year... as she does prefer just neutrals... though I might just give it some Crumb Cake Stampin Blends action before it goes... oh gosh it is Mother's Day this Sunday in the UK!

And I would never get away with the MUM Springtime Foils version shared earlier here... as it just has to be MUMMY!! Though I never call her that anymore of course... it is always Grandma... or Mother when I am exasperated!

But I do prefer the front of this version... with the word MY when closed... and then MUMMY when you open it... as in My Mummy!

Dressing simply using Petal Passion papers... Large Letters die cut letters on Lots of Labels die cut frames... with a small & simple stamped Happy Mothers Day (from the can't be without Teeny Tiny  Sentiments - aka TT Wishes - stamp set) on the letter M in the centre panel...

Double Pop Up Swing card for Mothers Day...

Quick post today... but I wanted to share one of my brand new card fold designs, a Double Pop Up Swing card... aka Double Lever Card... though I will be back another day with more details...

Rather a lot of snow has fallen in these parts... which has changed my plans somewhat this week... and my husbands a lot! Don't think he has ever not got to work for 2 days (so far!) before... but it has been lovely watching all the families with young kids wandering around the village pulling sledges... the street has been a lot busier with bodies than usual!

So decoratively on this card ... I used...

Smoky Slate cardstock... and Springtime Foils papers ... yours exclusively for free with every £45 ordered during the Sale A Bration promotion until 31st March. This time the beautiful silver foil stripe and the gorgeous silver foil leafy patterned papers...

And quite a lot of stamps, punches and dies...

Lots of Labels dies for the apertures...

Labels to Love stamped frame punched out with the Everyday Label Punch ... which co-ordinates well with the Lots of Labels shape...

Along with Brushwork Alphabet stamps for MUM & Teeny Tiny Sentiments (aka Teeny Tiny Wishes on other parts of the world) for the Mothers Day greeting... in a Thoughtful Banners frame... which is punched out with the Classic Label Punch

And finished off with a vellum Sweet Soiree Embellishment with the leaves coloured in using a non-SU! gold Signo gel pen to match the small gold foil leaves in the papers...

I am really pleased how this card fold turned out... What do you think?