One of my favorite ways to make cards is to use a fun fold for the base. While making Christmas cards I used a variety of fun folds, but realized that an intricate fun fold can lead to using more paper, which leads to a heavier card, which means more postage. So I developed this card design that is easy to make, uses a small amount of your DSP (which stands for designer series paper or decorative paper), and fits nicely into an envelope.
You will need:
a paper trimmer
one piece of 8.5″ x 11″ solid color cardstock
one piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ white cardtock
two pieces of DSP 2 1/4″ x 4″
your favorite stamp set
adhesive
embellishments (optional)
Take your 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock, place it in the paper trimmer so that it is vertical, and trim at 4 1/4″.
Set the excess aside. Turn your 11″ x 4 1/4″ paper horizontally and score at 5 1/2″
Slide your paper to the 3″ mark and cut off 3 inches.
Fold at score line. This is what you should have so far:
Save the piece on the right! You will use this on the front of your card. (The picture distorts it, but this is the 3″ piece you cut off)
Take your two strips of DSP (2 1/4″ x 4″) and adhere them to the front flap and the right most section of the inside flap, as shown.
Adhere your 3″ piece of cardstock to the front of your card. When you close the card, it should be centered across it.
Cut a piece of white cardstock cut 4″ x 2.75″. Stamp your greeting on it; then when you satisfied, adhere it to the front of rectangle.
Cut a 3″ x 4″ piece of white cardstock to fit the inside of the card. Stamp first, then adhere to your card.
If you have an extra large image stamped here, you can add a piece of white cardstock to the left, as I did, to give extra space for writing a greeting and/or signing your name.
That’s it! Let me know what you think. Every Friday I’ll be featuring a different Fun Fold that you can try at home.
Here’s an earlier fun fold I did, check it out! Fun Fold
Happy Creating!
Jen
The Inky Flamingo | Stamp with Jen Vitek 
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