A Fancy Fold for the Fella's

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

Well what a day we had yesterday!  We had an Electrical Inspection a few weeks ago and it highlighted that there are two sockets on two different ring mains that are drawing too much current,  so we had the electrician out yesterday morning to resolve the problem, he needed access to EVERY single socket in the house,  behind big wall unit, behind huge fridge freezer,  behind my craft desk to name but a few, oh also behind the bed, we had to move all kitchen appliances away from sockets, pull out washing machine & tumble dryer!  He arrived sometime before 9am and got straight to work, he was dashing around the house like a mad thing, he couldn't detect the problem sockets on the first run, so then he said that he had to remove the cover of every one and check wiring!  So round he went again, it had taken close to 2 hours by this point,  he did it eventually,  bizarrely he didn't tell us which ones were faulty,  despite us asking, I wonder if he gave up! 🤣 His next job was to replace the Smoke detectors that expired in 2016,  we had bought our own but its good to know that we have the extra security now.  I felt awful because I went to offer him a coffee but of course we had no electricity!   I was relieved when he finally left, thank goodness Paul was able to be home!  The rest of the day was relatively quiet thankfully!  

Todays card is a fun fold for men, I made a standard sized card  (4 1/4 x 5  1/2) in Navy card, the covered the front with a piece of nautical themed pattern paper, I then die cut an aperture for a finishing touch for aperture I cut a slightly larger scalloped circle and used the die that I used for the aperture to cut the centre out, credted a scalloped frame, it just looks neater. I actually did the same for the inside too.  Now for the fun fold part, cut a piece of card 8 inch x 5 1/4 in and score along longest part at 4 inch & 2 inch then fold the first fold a valley, the 2nd fold a mountain fold, so you end up with a reverse z fold card, adhere this part to the card base with the 'Z' fold closing in to the centre of the card (see photo above).  Now the easiest way line up the circle with your focal image on (the circle has to be the same size as your aperture) is to have your circle stamped with matching mat (i used navy)  now close your card and take your circle and place it through the aperture, it will now be perfectly aligned. Remember to only add adhesive to right hand half of your Circle too.                                                              I finished mine with a sentiment embellished with a little Anchor.  You could choose any theme for this fold, you can even change the aperture shape.  

I hope that you all have a terrific Tuesday, 

Love & Hugs to all,

Sandra                                                                    xxxxxx 

PS:  I had a lovely message from Janet's daughter to say that Janet had no Internet at the moment but she will be back with us in a couple of days. XXX