Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all relaxed and ready to enjoy the weekend.  We have no plans, which is probably a good thing as mentally I am all over the place.  I have to say the Surgery couldn't have been nicer yesterday,  they fitted me in for bloods straight away and as I was so anxious they must have spoken to the doctors as the one of them called me later on to ask if there was anything she could do to put my mind at ease,  she has promised to call me as soon as she can see them when she gets in on Tuesday,  even though the results are going to the consultant, she can access them.  I thought the fact that she went out of her way to call me was so thoughtful.  

To try and occupy my mind yesterday I did a quick tutorial for a fun fold card, it's a.....

Pop Up Tent Fold Card

So this is a regular 'tent' card (which is a top fold card) with a concertina at the bottom and a floating panel in the centre. 

So we start with our card base, cut your card to :      4 1/8 × 11 3/4 

Score @ 5 7/8 inch.

Next we cut the decorative panel for the card front: 3 7/8 × 5 5/8 inch 

Adhere to the front of your card 

Now open the card up and place a rectangle die in the centre of your card front.  

Now keep the piece you cut out as you will use this as the floating panel.

The pop up hinge piece :  

Cut a piece of card 4 1/8 × 4 3/4 inch

Score @  5/8, 1 1/2, 2 3/8, 3 1/4 & 4 1/8

Make sure you burnish those creases well ! 

Add adhesive 

Align the first crease with the bottom of the back panel of the card. 

Cut a piece of paper : 4 1/8 × 4 3/4 

Adhere this to the inside back panel,  it will cover where the pop up mechanism attaches to the card.

Next we make the floating hinge, cut a piece of card

1/2 × 2 inch 

Score along the short side 

Adhere the floating hinge to the top of the piece that you die cut from the card front.

To adhere the floating panel in the right place add  glue to the floating panel hinge, close the card and place the panel pack into the aperture

Like so..

Press down firmly at the top of the floating panel to make sure its stuck.  As the card opens the floating panel should stay in place. 

Add adhesive to the other side of that bottom 'pop up hinge' 

Line the crease of the first fold to the bottom of the card front.

This is how it should look 

Now comes the fun part.....

The decorating & embellishment! 

These are how it looks from different angles, it also folds flat to fit in an envelope! 

Oh and this is the back panel with space to write your sentiment. 

I hope you enjoy this fun fold Ladies x 

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Maria has kindly picked another fold for me to do next time, thank you Maria  xx

I hope that you all have a good Saturday,  

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx