At a recent crafting weekend in Bundaberg we created this easy fancy fold. I'm not sure what it is called but it reminds me of a squash book, which I have made a long time ago - so I'm calling it a "Squash Fold Card"! It is another card which is great for using up DSP - and since I have such a lot of paper we used some from this retired selection. The colours and the gorgeous shimmer had a Christmas feel to me but any paper works well.
Cardbase
4 1/4 x 11 score at 4 1/4 and 5 1/2.
The 1/14 panel is glued close like the spine of a book - when the card is open the inside space is 4 1/4 square
DSP
4 1/8 x 5 1/4 then trim at 1 1/8 to give a square 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 and a piece 4 1/8 x 1 1/8
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 square
Cardstock
coloured - cut 2 squares 2 7/8 x 2 7/8
white - cut 2 squares 2 3/4 x 2 3/4
To fold the "squash book" choose which side you want to be the most visible, start with this face up. Fold valley folds in half both horizontally and vertically - you will have a cross through the middle. Flip it over and turn the paper so that the corners point north-south then fold into a triangle. When you turn this back over you will have a mountain fold along the diagonal. Bring the outside points of this fold together and your squash book will start to form. See the pictures for more detail.
Adhere the squares to the inside of the card one at a time. It pops open when you open the "book" to give a lovely surprise. Adhere the DSP to the front and add your stamped panels inside. Make sure your stamping runs in the right direction - depending on whether you plan on having your card open horizontally or vertically.
Again I used the beautiful Christmas Classics for the sentiments, and the Magical Meadow for the stamping - it coordinates quite well with this retired paper. I also used the fabulous Countryside Corners Dies to cut the labels for the front.
I have done this fold before as the card base itself rather than an insert - you might like to try that also. You can see some samples in this post from 02/08/2017.
I really hope you give this great card a try- you'll be surprised how quick it is to make.
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