It's that time of year again . . .
we all need to get our Christmas cards sorted and
what better way to do it than playing along with the
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The prompt from Day 30 is to "Do what we love"
I love to make CAS (Clean And Simple) cards,
interactive cards and cards with fancy folds.
interactive cards and cards with fancy folds.
I made some CAS cards earlier today, now it's time for some more fancy folds.
These folds are doubly fancy, as the card is a fancy "easel fold"
and the scalloped tree is a dimensional "accordion fold".
I opened the card base cut file (details below) in my Silhouette Studio, enlarged, added a sentiment to the sentiment panel, cut the pieces with my Silhouette Cameo then assembled. The fiddly part was the scalloped tree. I cut five scalloped tree panels, scored along the middle, folded firmly then adhered them together. Having the five layers gives plenty of dimension and allows for the tree to still squash down flat. The finished card is 6 1/2" wide by 5" tall but looks a lot larger.
Here is the closed front view ... the scalloped tree pops up beautifully.
Here is the front open view.
The card has fabulous dimension when the easel is propped up against the sentiment panel and the tree pops out.
These side views show the fancy fold in action.
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Silhouette Design Store cut file
Design ID #66544
A2 Christmas Tree Easel Card by Lori Whitlock
(enlarged from A2 size)
sentiment - DK Innuendo font
These folds are doubly fancy, as the card is a fancy "easel fold"
and the scalloped tree is a dimensional "accordion fold".
I opened the card base cut file (details below) in my Silhouette Studio, enlarged, added a sentiment to the sentiment panel, cut the pieces with my Silhouette Cameo then assembled. The fiddly part was the scalloped tree. I cut five scalloped tree panels, scored along the middle, folded firmly then adhered them together. Having the five layers gives plenty of dimension and allows for the tree to still squash down flat. The finished card is 6 1/2" wide by 5" tall but looks a lot larger.
Here is the closed front view ... the scalloped tree pops up beautifully.
Here is the front open view.
The card has fabulous dimension when the easel is propped up against the sentiment panel and the tree pops out.
These side views show the fancy fold in action.
~~~*~~~*~~~ ingredients ~~~*~~~*~~~
Silhouette Design Store cut file
Design ID #66544
A2 Christmas Tree Easel Card by Lori Whitlock
(enlarged from A2 size)
sentiment - DK Innuendo font
Love the pop up trees Tracy, the scalloped edges look great! It was a nice idea to make them into easel cards, they can be displayed right through the season. Fabulously festive colours!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Beccy