CI#88 Fancy Fold using Tag Punches for Christmas

 Well it's almost the end of October which means time to start preparing for Christmas....(I know- right?!)  I have a full day Christmas Card Class this Saturday and it will be great to get together with so many of my stamping friends as its been a long time. 

I always like to have a good display of samples using the current products for these events and I'm excited to share some of them with you next week, but it was a good excuse to use this week's colours to stretch my Christmas theme.

I had fun playing with the cute little gnomes from the Gnome for the Holidays set.

I also wanted to showcase some alternative uses for the Tag Topper Punches as we'll be using them too. If you follow me you will know that I love a fancy fold and I have been wanting to try this design for a while, so Thankyou CI for letting me bring all those things together- Colours, Christmas, Tag Punch, Fancy Fold, new stampset!Yay

Aren't these colours gorgeous.

So back to my fancy fold-

It's called a Pull Tab Flap Card and 

As you pull the tag on the right 

the front focal piece flips over

 to reveal a hidden message.

I used the new Curvy Celebrations Christmas set for the inside. And then you can open the card for a regular inside- gives you more opportunity for stamping-yay!

The Australian measurements I used were:

Cardbase                14.8 x 21cm    scored at 10.5

Tag mechanism      5cm x 15cm      score at 5cm and 6.3cm ( 2 and 2 1/2") and punch tag end at                                                         the end furthest away from the 5cm score line

DSP                        8.5 x 12.5cm    use classic label punch pushed in as far as it goes on the                                                                 right side, centred along the DSP

plain CS                2nd stitched square (4 x 4cm) - for the small square stamping underneath and                               3rd stitched square (5.5 x 5.5cm) for the front focal piece

contrast colour CS    3rd stitched square  (5.5 x 5.5cm) and
                                  4th stitched square (largest- 6.5 x 6.5)

Do your stamping and mat these 2 sets of squares together.

Lay your tag piece on your work surface with the tag end on the right, folded at the 6.3cm score line.
The smaller square is applied to the tag mechanism with tape adhesive just to the right of the 5cm score line, the larger square is applied with tape adhesive just to the right of the 6.3cm score line.

Feed the tag end through the slot in the DSP, adjust your stamped pieces so the underneath one is not visible.
Put adhesive tape on the under side of the right edge of the smaller (underneath) square, and when the tab mechanism is in place press firmly to adhere this edge to the DSP- it will be about 0.8cm from the right edge of the DSP. Adhere the DSP panel using dimensionals so that the sliding mechanism can operate freely.
Pop some ribbon through the tag topper and decorate.
Such a fun fold.

I followed Dawn's video here

I hope you give this great card a try, it's not as complicated as it sounds. Perhaps you can do another version in these colours and share it with us?

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Thanks for stopping by today, be sure and pop back this weekend to see my stamping display and some more samples.

I hope you have a creative week and remember, 

"don't just post online,

 post something pretty!"

cheers, Liz