Fancy Fold Friday Tutorial - A6 (ish) Pop Up Front Step Panel Card

 

And so finally the Pop Up Front Step Panel Card Tutorial... This is the first variant I re-sized for specific purposes... which was to size for a Stitched Rectangle die cut front panel (as for this card).... so A6(ish) in size... (or A2 from US Letter card) 

And a size I have used a few times over the past few months... Click here for another Pressed Petals card - and the links to 3 other cards at the end of that post.... 

And this card is easier with step by step photos the first time around.. 

As although really easy once you know what you are doing... there are a few key steps that can easily go wrong! 

So... think FLAT WHEN STICKING... and think GO IN ENVELOPE!

Craft Spa Recipe 

Main Card - A4 Card Mossy Meadow 10.5cm x A4L (US Letter 4 1/4" x 11")

Front Panel - A4 Card Crumb Cake 14 x 6.5cm (US Letter 5 5/8" x 2 3/4")

Card Back - Floral Paper 10 x 8.5cm  (US 4" x 3 1/4")

Card Base – Text Paper 10 x 7cm (then cut LANDSCAPE to Top 2.5cm & 4.5cm Front/Bottom)  (US 4" x 2 3/4" - cut 1" Top & 1 3/4" Bottom)

Front Panel –Music Paper 6 x 11.5cm (then cut LANDSCAPE to Top 2.5cm & Front 9cm)  (US 2 1/2" x 4 3/4"- cut Top 1" & Bottom 3 3/4")

Craft Spa Tutorial

1.     Score Mossy Meadow panel LANDSCAPE at 14, 17*, 22 and 25cm (US Letter 5 1/2", 6 3/4", 8 3/4" & 10")

*TIP - 17cm is not to be found on the European SU! trimmer top bar! So score at 14, 22 and 25cm... then turn the panel around 180 degrees (ie so that the right hand side becomes the left hand side!) and score LANDSCAPE at 12.7cm (or 5") 

2.  Score Crumb Cake panel LANDSCAPE at 1 & 4cm (US Letter 3/8" & 1 5/8")
TIP - easiest to score LANDSCAPE at 1cm (US 3/8") to right hand side (RHS) on Top Bar...

Then turn 180 degrees (ie so that the RHS becomes the LHS!) and score LANDSCAPE at 4cm (US 1 5/8")

3.     Mountain bone fold all score lines

NOW... I highly recommend that you do a dry run of the following steps 4-6 then 8-12 then 13-16... before applying glue... as it is (usually) obvious once you do it...

4    Fold up the base of the Mossy Meadow card to create the front step (like a box section) 

5     Apply glue to last/end section (ie on the back!)

6     Fold up flat to stick  ie TIP - height of card should be smallest option so it will fit in a standard envelope!

TIP- the last "glued" section does not fold all the way down to the bottom/back score line - concentrate on folding all the card completely flat and sticking... NOT trying to fold that score line where it doesn't want to go!

7.      Adhere papers as necessary

Note that you are better inking up & stamping the greeting onto the front panel paper before sticking the paper panel!!! Especially when embossing like I have here...

8.   Fold over the top 2 sections of the scored Crumb Cake panel so that they are to the back... 

9.     Apply glue to last/thin "glue tab" section

10. Fold up card base/step so that height is smallest option!

Line up 2nd score line to top of back of main card (ie you have 2 sections folded to the back - not one as would [normally] be more logical!!)

And so that front panel is central to left and to right...

11. Stick

12. Apply pressure along the glue tab to adhere firmly...

13. Fold up card base/step so that height is smallest option!

14. Work out where you need your glue on the front panel at the bottom of the card!

15. Apply glue where needed (ie under the line of the bone folder!)

... or more importantly not where it it is not needed! (ie above the line of the bone folder!)

16. Fold front panel down flat to stick...

17. Decorate as necessary.

Notes 
(1) Don't stick anything that will go underneath the bottom of the card... It needs to be flat to stand up...
(2) I recommend that you have an envelope to hand to make sure everything is stuck on so that the card fits in your envelope. Especially if you are using a US medium (A2) envelope as you have less height than we do with our C6 envelope... With particular attention to the daisy to the top right... I believe that will have to be dropped down compared to mine...

And I thought I had better add the word MOTHER... as we have finally been given a date for her operation today! So I am organised for that next Tuesday now... well at least with a card! Label finished off on a small piece of Gold Foil... 

Stampin Up! products used  

Stamp Sets - Daisy Lane (flowers), Healing Hugs (greeting); Painted Harvest (leaves); Family Party (Mother)

Punches - Medium Daisy, Leaf

Papers - Pressed Petals

Card - Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Thick Whisper White, Gold Foil

Inks - Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sea Foam, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark & White Embossing Powder

Tools - Heat Gun

And sorry! I can't tell you how many times this tutorial has been attempted over the past few months... but I was scuppered every time... such is the time (and concentration!) it takes to make, photo and write a step by step tutorial... and my hospital visiting hours for the last 3 months have meant that I just haven't had those hours in a day! 

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Leaf Punch Wreath Seasons Greetings...

Well this card was so popular I was asked to make it again... but change the sentiment! It appears that "Merry Christmas from our Family to Yours" doesn't suit a lot of people!! Funny that when it will be my most used greeting this year! 

Though I did actually (eventually) get it... as if you only make a few christmas cards to send ... most of them will actually go to your own family!! Whereas I make all my christmas cards to send... so only a few actually go to my own family!

Click here for more details on the card... but before you go... this copper embossed sentiment is from Snowflake Sentiments...which is fantastic Christmas sentiment set... and my go to this year...

Year of Cheer Snowflake Flowers & Stampin Blends Part 2

Following on from yesterday's post with the details... another quick tip for the Stampin Blends (coming soon!) for you...

Want a coloured Foil mat in a colour of your choice? Well now you can... just colour the edge of your Silver Foil mat using your Stampin Blend marker... in my case, dark Bermuda Bay to co-ordinate with my flowers (on yesterday's card!)

Though I will be honest and say that it works well for a thin mat such as used here... but I wouldn't use this technique for a larger area and it goes quite streaky when you have to go over the same area multiple times...

You will also notice that I have a few mats from my one Silver Foil mat. This is one thing I am always frugal with... just line up at 1 cm (or 3/8") on your Stampin Trimmer and cut from 1 cm at the top to 1cm from the bottom, Turn 90 degrees and repeat... and so on until you have cut out a rectangle from the centre. The larger is on today's card whereas the middle one was used on yesterdays...

And another silver embossed Big on Birthdays greeting to set everything off...

Year of Cheer Birthday Flowers with Stampin Blends...

Today's make is a combination of a colour challenge and a few ideas picked up along the way that I wanted to try out...

First up... a Team Color Challenge ... featuring the 2017-19 In Color, Berry Burst...

Oh ... and a mess up on my behalf that I have just realised...as I thought the green to be used was Garden Green!! Oops... please pretend I have used Old Olive... would have been nicer too!

Second up... Year of Cheer snowflake flowers in more typically floral colours... click here for more details on the flowers... Berry Burst sponged all over one of the Pansy Punch flowers...

Third up... the delivery of my new (coming soon!) Stampin Blends alcohol markers... so outlining and colouring with my Bermuda Bay dark & light markers rather than carrying on sponging... I wasn't sure that it would work over the foil detail... but it does! The foil still shines through... And no inky fingers...

And a Clear Faceted Gem quickly coloured using the brush tip end of the dark Rich Razzleberry Stampin Blend for one of the flower centres... just because I could! Though personally I prefer a clear one!

Fourth up... two step Painted Harvest stamped & Leaf Punch punched leaves given dimension with a quick score along the centre using my trusty Bone Folder and thick Stampin Pierce mat... really makes those leaves pop into life...

And Fifth up... oh that can wait till tomorrow!! Though the eagle eyed amongst you have probably already spotted it!

Set off around a silver embossed Big on Birthdays greeting to match the foiling on the snowflake flowers...

The Simplified Year of Cheer Wreath card

As a few of you have asked me about CASEing the Year of Cheer & Painted Harvest Wreath card I shared here earlier... I thought I should quickly share the simplified version I have made in the meantime... 

More foil leaves simply punched from the Champagne Foil mat to save time as less stamping... so I used 9 here... though I could punch 10 from that Champagne Foil mat... and there are 4 Copper Foil leaves and 4 stamped and punched leaves...

I did then add veins to every other with my bone folder (using the Thick Mat)... little thing ... huge difference as they say!  And a tip or two for you... do not rush your veining and start from the leaf tip... otherwise most will go wonky!!

And the card itself... just a Large Square card... so mine is a 14.8cm square card (with 14.3cm Foil mat and a 14cm White panel)  ... as that is the largest you can get out of A4 Thick Whisper White cardstock.... so would have to be a 5 1/2" Square if cut from US Letter stock... (with 5 1/4" Foil mat and 5 1/8" White mat)

Foiled Wreath Card using Painted Harvest & Snowflake Sentiments

Take a Leaf Punch... punch a few Champagne and Copper Foil leaves... the Champagne ones being punched from the lovely large Foil mat...

Stamp a lot of Painted Harvest leaves in Cajun Craze with Copper embossed veins...then punch those too...

Copper emboss the Snowflake Sentiments greeting on the Whisper White card panel... then draw a circle around it using the outside of a parcel tape and a Frixion pen (or pencil)...

Stick all your leaves on around the circle... and finish off with a Burlap Ribbon bow... and sticking all onto a Large Square Card Blank...

We liked this one so much I had to do another to speed up the making of this card... but more on that another day!