Give This Fun Fold a Try with the Cut & Tuck Method While Using Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set and Dies for a Friend's Birthday Card

Every now and then, something new in the card making world surprises me, and this card layout was it!

My team member Anne shared this interesting "Fun Fold" with me that she received at a shoebox swap that she participated in. I have never seen this method in my almost 12 years as a Demonstrator. 

This Cut and Tuck Method is very interesting, but not hard to make at all. I used mostly retired products but the two current stamp sets I used were Go To Greetings and Celebrate Sunflowers. You can use whatever you have on hand. You should definitely give this Cut & Tuck card a try.

The cardbase is 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 5-1/2"

The front and inside piece of Designer Series Paper measures 2-1/8" x 4-1/4".

The Basic White inner liner measures 3-1/8" x 4"

In the diagram below you have the card base open facing you as you would be looking at the inside of the card.

The secret to this method is to measure in 2-1/8" in both directions from the top card edge and the middle of the side edge. With a pencil and ruler, draw the line you will cut with your paper snips. I found you will need to widen the cut just a smidge to allow for the thickness of the cardstock to slide into the angled cut easily and lie flat.

How you close the card is to lift the back angle of the card and bring it over the front angled tip and slide it down into place. It "locks" into place if done correctly. 

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I love experimenting with Basic Black, Basic White and Real Red color combinations.

This card below I actually made first, but realized that the two pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) need to be the same width so the angled cut ends at the same spot on both the front and back of the card base. You can't see my mistake because the Sunflower image covers it up.

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Wasn't that a fun card to try? I'd love to read your comments below. Have you ever seen this fun fold?

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