Free As A Bird Fun Fold Card!

Hi, Stamping Friends,

We just returned from a weekend trip to Grand Marais, Minnesota.  It is a quaint little town located on the north shore of Lake Superior that has awesome food, relaxing atmosphere and the best pie and frozen custard ever!  We saw a beautiful rainbow as we were waiting for a table at the Angry Trout restaurant.  The unique thing was that it wasn’t raining at the time.

But I also wanted to share with you this fun fold card we made using the Free As A Bird stamp set at our August Play Day:

When the small flap is opened, it looks like this:

And when the other flap is open, it looks like this:

It is easy to make this card.  First, I adhered the "birdcage" DSP to the Whisper White card stock panel.  I adhered that panel to the Old Olive panel.  Then I used a strong adhesive (Tear and Tape) to adhere the small portion of the small flap to the back of the Old Olive panel.  It will look like this from the front:

and like this from the back:

Then add your adhesive to the Old Olive panel and adhere to the card base.  It will look like this from the front:

and this from the back:

You are now ready to decorate the card as you desire.

CARD RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Free As A Bird

     CARDSTOCK:
          Card Base:
               Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
               Old Olive:  4 x 5-1/4
               Whisper White:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8
               Bird Ballard DSP:  1-1/2 x 5-1/8
          Small Flap:
               Crumb Cake:  3 x 4-1/4, scored at 1-1/4
               Old Olive:  2-3/4 x 2-3/4 (cut two)
               Scrap:  Whisper White (cut out with Stitched Shape Square framelit)
          Outside Front:
               Old Olive:  2-1/2 x 5-1/4
               Bird Ballard DSP:  2-3/8 x 5-1/8

     INK:  Memento Black

     BLENDS:  Old Olive, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight (D), Petal Pink, Pool Party, Calypso Coral (L)

     ACCESSORIES: 
          Rhinestones
          Stitched Shapes Framelits
          Magnetic Platform
          Big Shot

Please notice that I did NOT use dimensionals on this card!  It is one of the few cards that I haven't used dimensionals on, so I thought I would point that out!

HOW I MADE IT:
1.  Use Memento Black ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.
2.  Adhere birdcage paper to Whisper White card stock; adhere to Old Olive card stock.
3.  Adhere 1-1/4" panel of smaller Crumb Cake panel to back of larger Old Olive panel.  Adhere Old Olive panel to inside of card base.
4.  Cut one stitched shape square using a scrap of Whisper White card stock and Big Shot.  Stamp flower image in lower left corner using Memento black ink.  Color flower image with markers.
5.  Adhere stamped image to Old Olive cardstock.  Adhere to inside of small Crumb Cake flap.
6.  Stamp bird image on scrap of Whisper White card stock using Memento black ink.  Cut out using square framelit and Big Shot.  Stamp sentiment using Memento black ink.  Color with markers.
7.  Adhere stamped image to Old Olive square; adhere to front of small Crumb Cake flap.
8.  Adhere flowered DSP to Old Olive cardstock.  Adhere to front of card base.
9.  Add rhinestones next to sentiment.

See picture images above to help you with assembling the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you enjoyed the card!

Happy stamping,
Linda