FUN FOLD FRIDAY

Today I am sharing my On Stage swap that I will be sharing with 40 (maybe a few less) members of our Joyful Heart Stampers Group.  I needed to make 40 cards, however.  Not sure why I always choose something that is not going to be a snap, but I really liked the card after I designed it so I said, "What the heck".  

Here is my take on a movable pocket slider card (not sure if there is a REAL name for this).

Card closed

Card opened

You pull the little slider up and the panel folds and pops up to reveal the message.

This card took quite a while, but it was fun.  Here are directions.  Hope they will be helpful.

Start with a piece of card stock 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2

I closed the card and put it into the Woodland Embossing Folder that way so that my tree would be going the right direction (if I had just put in one end, it would have been upside down.)  I thought I took a pic of that, but I didn't. Sorry.

Then I started to cut the "window"

Open you cardstock and place the open end at the top of your cutter.  Lay the right side of the paper on the 1" mark.  Come down 1 1/4".  Cut from 1 1/4" down to 4 1/2"

Turn your paper and lay the open short side along the right side of your cutter, again at 1".  Cut from the line down to 3 1/4".

Turn your paper again.  Lay the right side of your paper again at the 1" mark.  Cut down from the end of your last cut, down to 9 3'/4".  

You should now have your "window".

Using your Scoring Pad, score a line at the top of the window to connect the two cut lines.  Then score another line 1 1/4" down from there, and another score 1/4" from the bottom of the flap.

Take a piece of white c.s. cut at 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 and adhere it to the inside of the card that has not been cut.  The 2 3/4" side should be on the width of the card.  Place it in the center of the card so that there is the same amount of space on each side and move it up 1 7/8" from the middle fold of the card.

Now you are ready to work with your Crushed Curry piece that is the "pull up" part of the card.  This piece is 4 3/4" x 2 5/8".  Using the thinlit from the Animal Friends that has the holes in it, cut out the thinlit near the top of the Crushed Curry piece, leaving about 1/2" at the top.

Round your top corners using the Detailed Trio Punch and punch a hole in the top center using the same punch.

Now you are ready to adhere this piece to the inside of the card.  Put a little Tombow Glue on the bottom 1/4" part of your cut flap.  You are putting glue on the inside.

Now lay your crushed curry piece, right side against the inside of the card, onto the flap, centering it over the flap and aligning the top of the crushed curry piece with the top of the card.  Rub well where you put the adhesive.  Make a small pencil mark in the center of the hole at the top of the piece.

Now lift the curry piece enough that you can get your 1/2" circle punch under it. Center the punch around the pencil dot and punch out half of the circle.

Now you are ready to adhere the card together.  Put Fast Fuse or Tombow Glue along three edges of the card.  DO NOT put glue on the open end.  The blue marks in the picture will show you where the adhesive goes.  Keep the adhesive close to the fold rather than close to the white piece so that your slider will work better.  The side adhesive can go close to the edges.

Now you are ready to embellish the front.  Cover the front flap with a piece of DSP.  Here I used Animal Expedition DSP.

This next step you could have done beforehand.  You want to make a stencil by cutting a piece of Vellum (3 x 3) and then cutting out the thinlit piece two times in the center of the Vellum.

Use this Vellum stencil to make "giraffe skin" marks on your circle.  I just used a sponge, dipped it onto my ink pad and then rubbed it onto the stencil.  You don't need to worry about covering the middle of the circle.  You might have to move the stencil down just a little after your first inking to fill in a tiny space that is not covered by the stencil the first time.

This is just showing you what I mean.  I did not do this when it was on top of the card.

Now to your giraffes.  First stamp the tall giraffe on your circle, making sure it is over far enough to the left that your other giraffe head will eventually fit in.  You are eventually going to have a popped up giraffe where the tall one is, but stamping one here helps you with placement for the next giraffe and the next step.

Now take your Silicone Sheet and we will make a reverse image.  Stamp your giraffe onto the bottom edge of your Silicone sheet.  

Pick up your sheet and carefully, flip it over, ink side down, and place it on your white circle where you want it to be.  Your Silicone Sheet is slightly transparent so you can see through it.  When you get it in position, just press or tap lightly to move the ink to the paper.  Lift off carefully.  Pretty cool, huh?  LOVE this technique for reverse stamping!

One more thing before assembling.  Take your cut out giraffe you have stamped and cut out earlier and lay it down on top of the one you have stamped in the circle.  Holding it in position, cut off the little extra at the bottom of the giraffe so that it aligns with the round edge of the circle where it will be placed.  I also stamped the leaves and colored in with Call Me Clover Ink and a Blender Pen.

Now you are ready to put the final touches on.  Adhere your Crushed Curry circle to the flap with Dimensionals (only at the bottom of the circle so your flap will open). Adhere your white circle to the crushed curry one, and your popped up giraffe on top of the stamped one.

Stamp a message onto a piece of Crushed Curry and punch out with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch.  Add a sequin for bling.  Slide your slider up and stamp a message on the inside.  

I also went over all my embellished tree trunks with Wink of Stella to give it a little more pizazz.

Add 4" of Braided Linen Thread through the hole and voila'.  You have a card ready to open and send.

After doing this post I think I need to get into videos.  It would have been easier.  Sure hope you can figure this out from the directions because the card is so cute and can be used with many different stamp sets.