Tabbed Pop Out Swing Card or Square Simple Lever Card Tutorial

Still working on catching up with tutorials… I am now beginning to get there slowly….  So I am prioritising based on the numbers of emails/comments I have received about a particular project! Seemed logical to me….

So…. Remember this… this was the favourite card format made in last month’s classes.. the photos don’t really do the card justice – it is one of those that you maybe have to see in the flesh…and do the swing thing!!

As I am making a new card in the same format for next month’s classes… the photos/recipe in the tutorial are in a different colour way….

So you need….

Card Blank - Cardstock Coastal Cabana 11” x 5 ½” (28 x 14cm)

Inner Panel - CS Whisper White 7 ½” x 5 ¼” (19.5 x 13.5cm)

Tabs - CS Coastal Cabana 1.8cm (just less than 3/4”) x 5 ¼”(13.5cm) (x2)

Card Front Panel- CS Whisper White 3 ½” Square (8.8cm Square)

Instructions

1. Score wider coloured panel at 5 ½” (14cm). Bone Fold.

2. Score narrower coloured panel at 2 ½” & 5” (6.5 & 13cm)

3. Bone Fold as concertina/Z-fold ( ie one as mountain & 1 as valley fold)

4. Score 2 narrow Coastal Cabana panels at 2 ½” (6.5cm)

5. Die cut Square Aperture in card blank front  and keep the Square…
Oh! Remember that the Square Framelits are on WEEKLY DEALS until 11pm tonight Tues 7 April

OR this could be hand cut using your trimmer- go in ¾” /2cm from each side – aka line up at ¾” on the Top Bar and cut from ¾” to 4 ¾” … on all 4 sides

6. Adhere Z folded panel to RHS of open card blank (note: valley fold of Z Fold panel to LHS when stuck )

7. Fold over front of card blank. (with Z folded panel folded)

8. Apply glue through aperture to top of Z fold panel ( ie to RHS of aperture) Note I have used Sticky Strip just so you can see where the glue needs to be…..

9. Adhere die-cut square (making sure the Square can swing through the aperture)

 

But when you open this card…that Square section doesn’t pop out or swing… it just … well sits there!

 

So now for the Tabs to attach it all together….. and allow it all to pop out and swing…

10.Open up Card blank. Open out Z folded panel to the right.

 

11. Apply Glue to narrower side of the 2 Tabs

12. With folded edge of Tabs to outer/RH edge of Z panel - adhere narrower side of Tabs to top and bottom (ie above and below the square panel) ensuring that these tabs clear the square and Z folded panel LHS score line. (Trim if necessary)

 

13.Fold top layer of Z Fold panel back over & open the Tabs out.

 

Check that the Tabs will clear the central score line of the Card Blank.

Trim if necessary

14. With the Tabs opened out, apply glue to top side

14. Fold front of card blank shut to close down onto tabs

And there you have it…one safely attached swing out card mechanism….

Now some of you won’t like the fact that you can see the Tab on the back of the white Z folded panel…

2 ways to work round that …

(1) make your card blank and Z folded panel all in the same colour as I did with the Pistachio Pudding version of the card

(2) cut 2 x  1.8 cm ( almost 3/4”) x 2 1/2” White Tabs…and just stick over the top!

Look vanished!

So there you have it… add a decorated panel to the front Square section… and you have a simple looking card with a WOW on opening… and it is simple to make too…

Right…. onto the Something Borrowed Tri Fold Mini Album Tutorial now…..

CAS Sheltering Tree Spring Blossoms & Tulips…

Well I was popping onto post a lovely tutorial for you for Easter Monday!!

But my PC is on a VERY GO SLOW…and I just have not got the patience!! Sorry! So a very quick share of something simple instead… maybe it will speed up later and I will be back with the tutorial….

In the meantime though I have to say…. please check back with me about 9.30 am on Wednesday 8th April – I think I will have something very exciting to tell you!!!! Up till then my lips are sealed!!

But 2 littles trick to point out on this card….

Firstly - spot the green silhouette behind all the pink blossom…. That is also stamped with the “blossom/leaves” stamp in the Sheltering Trees set…. but using the flat/back side of the stamp instead of the pattern side!!

Yes I inked up the “wrong side” of my stamp with Pistachio Pudding, then stamped off onto scrap paper & then then stamped onto the tree branches to form the silhouette.

This was a tip shared at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership event in  the USA earlier in the year…. pretty cool huh….. I have been looking at the flat side of my photopolymer stamps in a totally new light ever since!

And secondly, the “texture” in the sky is added by using the blossoms/leaves stamp the right way round…  Soft Sky inking keeps it nice and subtle….

SU! Products Used

Stamps - Sheltering Tree

Inks – Pistachio Pudding, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Sahara Sand

Card – Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red

Garden Trugs using the Berry Basket die – and a Tutorial for an Extended Basket using less cardstock

Happy Easter to you all…I hope the Easter Bunny has been generous…
As my Easter Sunday Share - here is my Garden Trug range! With a tutorial for you too!
The extended double basket is slightly smaller than the previous double berry basket shared. I wanted the trug to fit my egg better so it wouldn’t roll around…but I kind of failed as the Egg is still slightly smaller than my trug! So much for my measurements!! But an oval aperture in an insert inside quickly fixes that!
But I did work out how to use less cardstock in the making of an extended basket! Details shared at the end of this blog post…
I also had a fail with the plant I bought for the single version too … the pot is slightly higher than the Berry Basket! So on the search for a lower pot….
So onto the extended Berry Basket…. see the link above for a video on a full Berry Basket…. but here are my tips…
Die Cut 2 Basket sides… Stamp as required…

Apply glue to one side of one Basket side ( I used Sticky Strip so you can see it!)

Adhere 2 Basket sides together… Note that I have positioned the sides so that all 6 slats are spaced apart equidistantly – which makes the basket narrower than the full Double Berry Basket version linked…

Cut 2 partial basket sides using 2 cardstock pieces of a minimum 3 1/2” Square size… I just used a scrap so it is slightly longer… Note I have just photoed one being cut so you can see what I am talking about…but you can easily do both at the same time (on top of each other or to each side of the die – or even cut one full side and then cut in half!)

Apply glue to bottom side of partial bases

Adhere one to each short Basket side. You could then even cover this base with a card piece (mine would be a piece 3” x 5 1/2”)

And to finish off… you will need 3 of the die-cut straight basket tops in total ….

The long Basket sides of my extended Basket were 5 3/4”.

Add 1/2” to allow for the overage on either side of the Basket when assembled… Which makes 6 1/4”.

Trim one Basket top length so that it is 6 1/4” long plus the small end tab. ( see RH length in photo)
Adhere the other 2 (folded on the score-lines as the die intended) using the small tabs.

Trim the other long side as necessary as the last part of your assembly..

You will notice that I assembled the short sides first and then the long… easier for me to eyeball that way!
One other thing to note… this was another project rejected for my production-line Easter Baskets class… this time because of the stamping…. lining up the Hardwood slats in bulk would have proven far too hard!!

MDS Berry Basket

Spotted this whilst spending some quality time on my favourite inspirational web site….yes you guessed it … Pinterest.

Jess Williams  at The Paper Caper - a very clever demo in Australia has produced and shared this great template she produced using My Digital Studio (MDS) that you just print and then cut with the Berry Basket die…

But the template bunny was chopped into by the slats… So a quick stamp, colour and fussy cutting of my favourite Happy Easter Bunny…and there you have it… open top Easter Berry Basket made easy!

Thanks for sharing your genius Jess… this project is just FUN! And SO clever….

Easter Egg Double Berry Basket Holder

Just popping onto share another version of an Easter Egg holder I created. Again I had to keep it simple as one of my crafting friends was making 12 at one sitting!!

But unfortunately this one had to be rejected…  as I think she would have thrown “stuff” at me if she had had to die cut & assemble 24 baskets… never mind the other 25 being made by the other ladies at the time… I don’t think one Berry Basket die would have gone round!!

  

Shame as it does look rather good surrounding the Easter Egg  so perfectly… even if this is just my prototype version… and in Elegant Eggplant so as to best match the Cadburys Easter Egg!!

Milka Chocolate Bar Pull Treat Holder with Travelling Tag! and the Tutorial

Remember these posted just the other day…

Well not only have mine multiplied but I have had lots of emails asking me for the directions for this years’ Easter treats … so here they are for those of you that have already gone out and bought your chocolate bars!  No pressure!!!
All of these wishes were from Europe – so I have left the tutorial as metric – as that suits the bar I used….
Oh and I have to add…. I loved the nickname given by Karen… the Pull Bar with the Travelling Tag… I think that sums up the extra element of this project perfectly!
And for those of you that needed to know…. The size of my Chocolate Bar is 100g in weight and 5cm wide x 18,5cm long x almost 1cm deep
Recipe
Box: 19 x 21cm
Tag: 5.1 x 18cm
DSP (Paper): 7,5 x 15,6cm
White Panel for Stamping: 4,6 x 15,6cm
Ribbon: 46cm (18”)
Twine: 22cm (9”)
Punches – Ornate Tag Topper Punch, 1/4” Handheld Circle
DSP (Paper) – Painted Blooms
Stamps – For Peeps Sake, Happy Easter Bunny ( see what I have done to my stamp at the end!!!)
Instructions
1. With large box panel PORTRAIT, score at 8,9,17 & 18cm

2. Turn 90degrees so LANDSCAPE with 2 narrow score lines across the top
3. Score LANDSCAPE at 19 & 20cm

4. Bone Fold all score lines
5. With panel PORTRAIT and narrow sections to bottom and to LHS - cut up all 4 bottom score lines (see red lines)

6. Cut out 2 outer bottom sections (see red striped sections)

7. Apply glue to small tabs and outer narrow sections (bottom and side)
Sorry for awful photos here – don’t know what happened!


8. Adhere 2 small tabs to inner bottom section

9. Pull over outer bottom section & remove protective tape

10. Adhere long outer side section

11. Adhere paper
12. Punch ¼” circle through top ( about ¼ cm down from top line of paper)

13. Punch Tag ( I used the Ornate Tag Topper Punch)
14. Stamp & adhere white panel to Tag
15. Place Tag hole over box hole

16. Insert ribbon from inside the box up through these 2 holes

17. Place chocolate bar inside the box with the ribbon underneath it

18. Holding onto the front end of the ribbon - push chocolate bar into the box allowing the ribbon to slide under it and ending up with the 2 ribbon ends the same length ( you may find you need to adjust ribbon to size to achieve this!)

19. Knot ribbon and make a twine bow around the knot


20. Now when you pull on the bow, the chocolate bar and the Tag move up the box to surprise the recipient!



21. And here is the view behind the Tag. Looks SO SO SO much better with the Travelling Tag added!!

Now I know a few of you will be saying…where is that Happy Easter Bunny in the Spring Summer Catalogue….
I was guilty too…I just didn’t spot it until I saw it used by another demo – and then I fell in love!!
So here is the image…

And here is (actually are) my stamps….
 
I just cut out the Bunny before I mounted the stamp… the Bunny being mounted on a spare wooden block I had lying around… eh voila! – Easy Bunny stamping…. I wouldn’t have him any other way!!
Right – off to nurse my aching back – my new “heat rub” definitely needed now …..

Framelits a go go on Weekly Deals at 25% off! And Gift Box Punch Board too

WOW! Click on the picture to go straight to the Deals on my on line site….

4 Framelits on there this week… love all 4 … but most used…

• The HAVE TO HAVE Squares (including my favourite die shape over my SU! life of nearly 7 years … the Scallop Square!!) These are always out in my Craft Room!
• Word Bubbles – especially useful for Project Life… been using these such a lot recently….

And don’t miss that Gift Box Punch Board – I know there were plenty of you eyeing that up!

For those of you that have not know me for years – I was nicknamed the Scallop Square Queen by the Team and my customers … so I know there will be a few of you laughing at (with) me as I declare this as my favourite shape!!

I think there are about 40 or so projects posted on this blog using a Scallop Square die (admittedly many being the wider scalloped Bigz die shape we had a few years back – but the square size is the same – so most will still work. Only the projects with 3 or 4 layers of card being cut at the same time that won’t…)

Don’t know if this will work…but… Here is the Search list from my blog for Scallop Square… If not – just go to the Search box up at the top RHS – and type in Scallop Square. Loads of tutorials amongst that lot….

And just to prove that I do HAVE TO HAVE the Squares Framelits … here is another variant of a recent project that I had to have them for….

These deals end Tuesday 7th April

And couldn’t resist signing off with this….. Ah…memories!!