Tuesday Tutorial - Small Square Double W Fold card

Back to the how to for the third version of my Double W Fold card... This version being a small square (ie 10.5cm aka 4 1/8") card.. 

Craft Spa Recipe - Small Square Double W Fold Card (actually 10.5cm Square)

Main Card-A4 Rich Razzleberry 21 x 10.5cm  & 22 x 10.5cm

Inside Base sections A4 Rich Razzleberry 21 x 3.5cm (x2)

Inside Top paper panels 20 x 7cm (x2)

Inside Base paper panels 4.8 x 3cm (x8)
Front Old Olive mat 10cm Square

Front paper panels - Floral 9.5cm Square... Dots 10 x 2.5cm

Ribbon x 36cm

Papers - Dainty Flowers (retired)

Embellishments - In Color Loose Flower Flourishes 

Craft Spa Instructions -  - Small Square Double W Fold Card

1. Score 2 larger LANDSCAPE Rich Razzleberry panels at 10.5cm
2. Score longer Rich Razzleberry panel LANDSCAPE at 21cm  
3. Valley Fold both "in half"
4.  Mountain fold thin section on longer piece (aka the glue tab)
5. Open both out and place stood up in front of you - with the longer piece to the left with the glue tab to the right side... 
6. Apply glue to the front face of the glue tab... and stick the shorter/RH panel to the tab...
   
   
7. Score the 2 LANDSCAPE shorter Rich Razzleberry panels at 5.25, 10.5 and 15.75cm
8. Concertina bone fold Valley, Mountain & Valley (as base sections)
   
   
9. Cut the two larger LANDSCAPE paper panels in half to 10cm wide
10. Adhere to top insides
11. Adhere 8 paper pieces to inside base sections
    
    For the 2 left hand sections of the card...
12. Hold concertina base sections with 2 open edges and folded centre facing to the right
13. Apply glue to back/bottom face  
14. Stick concertina section down onto right of right hand section(lining up at the sides and along the bottom edge of the card)
15. With concertina panel still folded up... apply glue to top face
16. Close left section of card onto the glued face
    
    
17. Repeat with other concertina panel for 2 right sections of card...sticking the concertina base section (with 2 open edges and folded centre facing to the left) to the left side of the 2 left sections this time... and folding the right section of the card onto the top...
    
    
    
18. Ink up, stamp, cut and punch as necessary
    I used the A La Mode dies and Alphabest stamp & punch bundle ... along with the 3 x 4.2cm Stitched Rectangle die to cut the white panels - so the mats are 3.5 x 4.7cm in Old Olive(x3), Rich Razzleberry(x3) and Fresh Freesia(x2) 
    
    Finishing off with  a couple of Fresh Freesia In Color Loose Flower Flourishes  and small punched flowers in Rich Razzleberry and Fresh Freesia (using a long retired punch!). Along with irridescent gems and pearls...
    
    
    
19.  Decorate card
    
    
    
    
    
    

Tuesday Top Tip - Painted Labels Mat Template & Tutorial...

Save you all working it out... and so easy to create...  Once you have the measurements, a template on hand... and the know how!

But before I start... today is the day... Sale A Bration Second Release - more free Sale A Bration product offerings added to the line up! Scroll down - or click here for my earlier post with all the details...

And so back to my frame tip, template and tutorial...
(1) Cut a piece of card to 8.3 x 5.3cm size (or 3 1/4" x 2 1/16")
(2) Die cut a Painted Labels notched label from another piece of card
(3) Use this label to draw round the notch on each corner of the sized piece of card
(4) Punch each corner with the 1/2" circle punch
(5) You have a template! Suggest you mark it up as such to avoid any future confusion!

(6) Cut your required card colour to 8.3 x 5.3cm size (or 3 1/4" x 2 1/16")
(7) Draw round the template for the notches on each corner
(8) Punch each corner with the 1/2" circle punch
(9) You have a frame! Or two - or three... Simples!

Tuesday Tutorial - De-Constructed (Faux) Double Point Card

So here we go... the simple way to make a Nested Labels Double Point card... as long as you don't want the "flappy bit" which (for many) is probably a main feature of the original Double Point Card... though not for me...

So this simplified way gives me everything I like in the Double Point design... but at speed... and with less materials being needed....

And I changed this one up after the original Noble Peacock De-constructed Double Point Card posted here... as thinner Magnolia Lane papers meant I could add a co-ordinating mat whilst I was at it...

And please note that for simplicity's sake in the Tutorial...

(1) I kept the paper panel the same size for both of these card variations (the coloured mat being optional and that bit larger...)

(2) I have not altered the panel & mat dimensions for a wider US A2 card (4 1/4" ilo Rest of World A6 4 1/8" wide)... so you will have a bit of a white gap to line up on the top and bottom edge of this version...

But that's nice! So why re-design and complicate matters!! Look at this version here to check out "a bit of a white gap"

Craft Spa Recipe
Stamps - Magnolia Blooms
Papers - Magnolia Lane
Stampin Blends - Mossy Meadow combo, Petal Pink combo, So Saffron Dark

Whisper White A6 Tent Card Blank (OR US A2) 
ie 10.5cm x A4long - scored LANDSCAPE at 14.8cm (OR US 4 1/4" x 11" long - score LANDSCAPE at 5 1/2")
Mossy Meadow Card 7.4cm (2 7/8") Square
Paper Panel 6.7cm (2 5/8") Square
(D) Mossy Meadow 12 x 7cm
(D) Whisper White Thick 12 x 7cm     where (D) is for die-cutting

Craft Spa Tutorial
1. Cut Card and Paper Squares diagonally (point to point!)
2. Adhere to each other
3. Adhere to card blank (with or without a gap round the 3 sides)

4. Die cut 2 x Nested Labels
5. Hand cut white Nested Label (using line inside the stitched line to guide your eye AND do shorter ends first)
6. Ink up & Stamp greeting
7. Adhere to each other and to card blank

8. Ink up & Stamp Early Espresso magnolias
9. Colour in using Stampin Blends
10. Fussy Cut using Paper Snips
11. Adhere