Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #222. Our host for this challenge, Dawn, chose Transport as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Let me start by saying that one night last week, I went down the rabbit hole of the internet by clicking, then clicking again, and again. Then, I had no way back to the video tutorial for this card, but thankfully I wrote down the dimensions of the inside, smaller card. Therefore, I am dividing the measurements and directions into Part 1 for the outside card, and Part 2 for the inside card.
Part 1 – the basic card
The Lemon Lime Twist base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The Zoo Crew DSP (designer series paper measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I also trimmed a piece to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Then, I punched a 1-inch circle from the DSP and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker backside up for the envelope seal.
Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the front cardstock and DSP pieces together.
Stamp the sentiment on the front using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
Crop the sentiment using the second smallest Countryside Corners die. Outline the sentiment in Lemon Lime Twist ink.
Using a Countryside Corner die, crop out an opening in the middle (or as close as possible) of the front of the card. Crop another cut using the same die out of scrap cardstock to use in Part 2.
Next, use the same size die and the next larger die to cut out a frame, as pictured below.
Adhere the frame and sentiment to the front of the card.
That’s it for the basic card front.
Part 2 – Masking and coloring the “inside” card:
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 7-3/4 by 5-1/8, scored at 3-7/8.
Use removable tape to temporarily adhere the inner card in place making sure that the fold side is on the right hand side of the card.
Use a pencil and a very light touch to add tick marks showing where the cropped center of the front of the card appears on the inner card.
Remove the inner card so you can work on it without making a mess on the outer card.
Use the negative of the extra cropped die from part 1 as a mask on the inner card by lining up the sides of the mask with the tick marks you lightly drew.
I used Post-It note tape to adhere the mask to the front of the inner card.
Using a blending brush, add layers of color to the front of the inner card using Pool Party ink. When you get the color intensity you want, remove the mask and decorate
Part 2 continued: Decorating
Unless otherwise noted, I used liquid glue to adhere the pieces together when decorating.
The bike riding alligator was cropped from the Zoo Crew DSP using the coordinating dies. I love when the DSP images match up with the coordinating dies.
Add dimensionals to the back of the alligator.
Using the cropped mask again, I stamped the ground in Tuxedo Black ink. This stamp came from the Wildlife Wonder stamp set.
Using the flower stamp and coordinating dies from Fluffiest Friends, I stamped and cropped flowers from a scrap of Petal Pink cardstock.
The bird stamp comes from the Beach Day Bundle.
The cloud die cuts were made using the cloud die from the Zany Zoo dies.
Then, I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card and added the trio of flowers from Fluffiest Friends stamp set.
Finally, line up your blended ink-masked area so it lines up with the cropped middle of the Lemon Lime Twist/DSP card front. Then adhere the inside card to the back of the base of the card.
With that, I’d finished this Zany Zoo fun fold coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Welcome to the June edition of the SU! Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop! This is my second post for today. You can see the first post for the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge here.
If you haven’t already guessed, I am a big fan of fun folds and get inspired by this blog hop every month! I always look forward to seeing what the other demos have created for the hop. These ladies are all super talented and creative. Please hop along with us using the links below.
Since this is a fun fold, I will also be adding it to the Creative Creases challenge. You can find that link here.
I went to the YouTube channel for one of my favorite demos, JanB, from England. I found her video for a sliding windows card. You can find her video here.
Here’s my card:
Here’s a (not very good) video showing how the windows work:
This video box is massive! Sorry about that. I’ll try to figure out how to make it smaller.
Also, I outlined all my DSP (designer series paper) pieces using my Basic Black Stampin’ Write Markers. The card is thick enough, and using the extra cardstock or dimensionals will make it too think for a medium white envelope.
JanB’s video:
While JanB’s video is wonderful to follow along so you can make the card, I used the U.S. measurements and still had to adjust a couple of things. I figured the easiest thing to do would be to take pictures of the pieces you would need to create the card. All measurements are shown are inches.
Here’s that gallery:
Some tips for putting it together:
First, once you get all the pieces trimmed out, you can follow along with JanB’s video. I’m sharing some tips I found to make it easier. While the card looks complicated, it’s good for a casual or avid papercrafter.
HUGE HINT:
I messed up my first try using Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and had to start over. I cut out all the pieces from some Fresh Fresia cardstock. Then, I followed the video and used my favorite Adtech removable tape to adhere the pieces together. Then, I trimmed down all these Pumpkin Pie pieces using multipurpose liquid glue.
HINT: I found it much, much easier to follow the directions for adhering the two tabs. However, I made tabs longer and then trimmed them down after I had everything adhered. JanB’s video show that she lined up the tabs so they would match up with the outside edge. I struggled doing it that way.
The above photo is after the tabs were attached and trimmed. I also had adhered the horizontal piece that will keep the tabs from flopping around.
HINT: The back piece, which will cover all the glue and pencil marks, measures 4-1/8 by 5-1/2 inches.
HUGE and IMPORTANT HINT: This is showing the placement for the liquid glue for the window pieces. DO NOT DO THIS! You only need a line of glue on the end of the tabs. Next time, I will use some tear & tape for the windows. There’s too much glue shown above and your windows will stick. DO NOT DO THIS!!
If you do get too much glue on these tabs, let it dry and then run your embossing buddy over the excess to keep it from sticking.
Back to the SU! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop:
I hope you will follow the links below to hop along with us! If you get lost, you can use the list below to help you find your way. The next demo on the list is Beth McCullough with Stamping Mom.
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