craftykarendesigns: Fun Fold Friday - #8

Hi Everyone,

Today For Fun Fold Friday, I am bringing you a Centre Step Card, I love making these, they are so effective and really easy as long as you take it step by step. Thanks to Kelly Acheson for the inspiration for the heart punch balloon. I hope you like it and will give it a try. There is a video tutorial for this card over on my YouTube channel, please click the link below:

https://youtu.be/Naulphu5zT0

Materials

1 piece of coastal cabana card stock 10" x 7"

1 piece of gingham dsp 4 3/4" square

2 pieces of gingham dsp 3 5/8" x 3/4"

3 dsp hearts (I've used the Pleased as Punch dsp but any will do)

1 piece of whisper white 4 3/4" square

Scrap of whisper white for the sentiment and the scalloped heart

Coastal cabana ink

Sending You Thoughts stamp set

Pretty label punch

Heart punch

Scalloped heart punch

Ruler

Bakers twine

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Glue dots

Trimmer

Simpy scored

Bone folder

Instructions

Put coastal cabana card on score board with the long side at the top.

Put ruler across the card at 1" down from the top and then score at 1", 2" and 6".

Flip the card over and repeat on the other side to match.

Turn back so that the short edge is at the top and join the score lines from 1" to 6" on both edges of the card.

Turn back to long side at the top and score at 5" between the two horizontal scorelines.

Put card in the trimmer and cut down the scorelines between the 1" and 6" marks on both edges.

(I've just put the stamp set on the top so it will lay flat and you can see the scores and the cuts)

Now fold and burnish all score lines and the card should fall into the correct shape.

Stamp and decorate the piece of whisper white (if required) and adhere to the inside of the card.

Add the gingham dsp layers to the front of the card leaving a small border all around.

Fold the 3 hearts in half and glue them together to make a 3D heart and add them to the scalloped heart layer and arrange at the top left of the card front.

Double up a length of bakers twine and make a bow with a longish tail and add to the bottom of the heart balloon with a glue dot.

Stamp the sentiment on the scrap of whisper white with coastal cabana ink and punch out with the pretty label punch. Add dimensionals to the back and arrange on the card front over the tails of the balloon to keep them in place.

Here's a sample of this type of card using the Magnolia Lane Suite, lots of different looks depending on the decoration, the dsp and the colours.

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