Jan Hoyt
http://www.janhoyt.stampinup.net inkerzaway@aol.com |
Butterfly "triple easel card"...with a twist! |
T his interesting fold is fairly easy to create and is definitely a non traditional card! The trick is keeping everything squared up.
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Cut 8" square of cardstock from thick whisper white cardstock. Score from top to bottom on the vertical, turn cardstock one quarter turn and repeat this top to bottom score so you have 4 equal squares. Refer to photo for next step and create a diagonal score line from top middle of cardstock
Use ruler to score the top left square on the diagonal from the 4" mark on top to the 4" mark on the left side creating a triangle shaped flap.
Repeat this step on the right side of card scoring from top middle of card to the 4" mark on the right side of card to create another triangle shaped flap. Crease both of those new score lines down so the two flaps form a point at center of card.. When they are folded down your piece will look like this diagram.
After finishing the top triangle flaps use the paper trimmer to cut along the vertical score line, start at center of card and cut all the way down the scored line on lower half of the square.
Use the triangular cut DSP and adhere it to the outsidetop left and right triangles with the base of DSP aligning with the fold line. The lower/inside triangles will remain blank.
this leaves you with two upper triangle flaps and one more DSP triangle which you will apply to the bottom right corner "pant leg" flap Make sure you put the triangle DSP with the long edge facing the middle of card and running diagonal from bottom left to top right just like the top triangle pieces in upper corners.
Use the dual butterfly image to stamp several random butterflies on a scrap of white cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink, color as desired. I used daffodil delight and Calypso Coral markers. but blender pens and ink pad lids would work as well. punch out colored butterflies with Butterfly Duet punch and use bits of Scor Tape or small dimemsionals to attach them randomly on the card panels.
Use Calypso Coral ink to stamp "the good things in life " sentiment from the Butterfly Gala stamp set on a white cardstock scrap and punch it out with 2" cicle stamp. Use 2- 3 /8th inch circle punch to punch out a Calypso Coral scalloped circle and layer the greeting on it.
Now to finish the card! Use a 3.5"x 1/2"strip of the thick white cardstock to create a little "easel" or "kickstand" to hold the punched out sentiment. to do this just fold the long strip and use strong adhesive to attach the skinny ends together to make a little 3 sided pop up easel stand and attach one side to the back of the punchie so the greeting will fold back flat on itself and attach the other end of the strip to the flat surface of the card. The scalloped piece with sentiment will fold flat when card is closed and open back up when card is opened. If necessary you can score a small edge of the scalloped circle as a base to support the greeting.
To close the card, flip the "triangles" of the two upper panels up and gently pull them forward and together like you are closing a book. Guide the bottom right square (the one with the DSP) so that it slides over and covers the left bottom corner square which creates a base so the card stands up.
to keep the bottom panels together I attached 1/2" punched out magnet circles from advertising magnets from my fridge. I first glued a 1 /2" punchie of DSP to each magnet then glued the plain side of one magnet onto the bottom outside corner of each overlapping card base flap. The magnets cling together to keep the card open but pull apart easily to collapse the card to put into the envelope. And yes, I actually thought up that trick all by myself!
The bottom right square should swing over to cover the bottom left square while card is opened allowing it to be freestanding.
As a final touch, I decided to use a magnetic closure to prevent the base from slipping and keep the card base stable while card is open for people who like to display their cards. You can use SU magnet sheets or salvage some magnetic sheet from any extra magnetic business card size magnets on your refrigerator. I punched two 1/2 inch circles from magnets then covered each with a punched out circle of matching DSP.
Then flip the card face down and glue one decorated magnet on the bottom of each of the lower outside corners. This way the magnets will overlap and cling together to hold the card open when the base panels overlap and will still pull apart easily and collapse to go back intgo the envelope.
The bottom right square should swing over to cover the bottom left square while card is opened allowing it to be freestanding.
As a final touch, I decided to use a magnetic closure to prevent the base from slipping and keep the card base stable while card is open for people who like to display their cards. You can use SU magnet sheets or salvage some magnetic sheet from any extra magnetic business card size magnets on your refrigerator. I punched two 1/2 inch circles from magnets then covered each with a punced out circle of matching DSP.
Then flip the card face down and glue one decorated magnet on the bottom of each of the lower outside corners. This way the magnets will overlap and cling together to hold the card open when the base panels overlap and will still pull apart easily and collapse to go back into the envelope.
Then I used the same size punch on a small scrap of matching decorative paper and covered up both magnets to make them pretty.
To position the magnets so they keep the card in an open position for those who like to look at their cards just stick the one magnet on first magnet on the bottom right corner of the flap with the pop up scallop. Use the magnetic attraction of your circles and stick the 2nd magnet on top of the glued down magnet then slip that corner piece into position as if the card was fully open open and freestanding, then put another dab of Scor Tape onOnce the
look! it's cute with the teapot, too!!