Corner Box Card - Fancy Fold

It is time for another fancy fold, this one is super easy and a card you can put together in less than half an hour.

The fold is a Corner Box card. Not sure where the corner part of the name comes from, as to me it is basically just a box card. We used the video by 'Creating with Kristina' for inspiration.

I haven't bought any of the Christmas DSP yet, so I looked through my current papers and found the Stargazing paper which I had not even opened yet. It is absolutely beautiful with galaxy patterns and planets.

I started with a 6" x 8 1/4" piece of Basic Black cardstock. As I am in Australia and using A4 paper our cardstock in not 8 1/2" wide but only 8 1/4" wide so instead of scoring at every 2 1/8" as Kristina does in her video. I scored at every 2 1/16" to get 4 even panels. I then cut 3 DSP panels to about 1 7/8 x 5 7/8" to fit with only a small border and then a Basic White panel to add a message I adhered all these with Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

I then cut a 1" strip of black cardstock and scored it down the middle and used this to close up the card, so make it into a 'box' which can still fold flat as a card.

I stamped the astronaut from the Reach for the Stars stamp set in Berry Burst ink on Basic White card stock. I used a Blender Pen to drag a bit of the ink into the image to soften up the lines and add a bit more colour to the image without having to colour the whole thing.

I then cut out the image with the matching die from the Reach for the Stars dies. 

I cut out a few of the planets from the DSP and added these to my 'front' panels.

I stamped my greeting with Memento Black ink on Basic White and added the 'bubble' stamp in Berry Burst and cut it out with one of the circles from the die set. I also cut out 2 1" circles from basic black cardstock to use to adhere my greeting circle to the center front of the card.

You score the circles in half and then adhere them on each side of the center score line of the card with score lines butting up to the card score line. Then you adhere the greeting circle or other focal piece to these two circles. This makes the card able to fold flat but makes the focal point 'pop out' when you stand the card up open.

I didn't have any of the Holographic paper from the suite, but I had some old, retired stuff that I cut out some stars from and that was it.

Super cute card which can be done in about half an hour.

Hope you give it a try. Let me know if you do by leaving a comment below.

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Bordered Sentiments - Totally Technique blog hop

I can't believe it is almost Christmas!

And the card today is officially my first Christmas card of the year. I better get a move on if I am to send any Christmas cards this year.

The technique for today's blog hop is bordered sentiments. This is a very simple technique which basically means that you border your sentiment and stamp on both sides of it.

First, I stamped my Season's Greetings sentiment from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Cherry Cobbler. I then used my ruler and drew a line border above and below my sentiment. I drew this line with the Basic Black Journal pen.

I then cut a strip of Masking paper that fit in between my borders and covered up my sentiment.

I then stamped the pine stamp above the sentiment, so it looks like it is coming up behind the sentiment and then turned the stamp 180 degrees and stamped it below, so it again looks like it is coming out from behind. Before removing the masking paper, I flicked some ink onto the card stock with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker.

After removing the masking paper, I added a thin strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to the left of my panel and then stuck the whole panel to a Basic White base card.

I could have stopped here with a very simple card, but I wanted to add a bit more. I stamped the little holly leaf in Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of white. I gave it some colour with a dark Old Olive and a light Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend. I also stamped the holly berries in Cherry Cobbler. I do not yet have the dies for this set, so I fussy cut the holly leaf and the berries and added them to the front of the card with some dimensionals and glue. I also added a little twine bow.

Finally, I added a bit of Wink of Stella and my card was done.

I hope you give this technique a go, it is very simple, and you can do it with anything.

The current host code is XDMEWT4F, make sure to use it to get a little something from me.

The new September-December mini-catalogue is now live with lots of beautiful stuff. Make sure to let me know if you would like a copy. Some beautiful Christmas sets in this catalogue.

And don't forget we now also have online exclusive products, these are available while supplies last, so if there is something you really want - don't delay getting it.

If you are in Australia and would like to join my team, you are more than welcome and were currently have a great special.

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