Cardmaking: Tri-fold aperture card, with a hidden diver!

Hi, hi.

• If you've swung by from shimelle.com today then 'Hello!', 'Welcome!' ... the tri-fold card's coming right up ...
• And if you've landed here direct then 'Hello!', 'Welcome!' ... I've got a guest spot over at shimelle.com today where I'm sharing 'Five Ideas for using old book pages'. Just click on this 'sneak peek' photo to take you there:

Oh and, while you're here ... I've re-stocked the shop with £4 vintage paper packs in 'Mixed text', 'Numbers + Diagrams' and 'Foreign Language' themes. Drop by. Have a peek!

Right then, now we're all clear on who's from where and where to head next ... here's that post about a tri-fold card I promised you!

If I'm honest ... I don't know if 'tri-fold' is the correct term for this style of card ... but it does have 3 individual sections to it ... so I'm going hope for the best!

Because layered, framed and hidden elements are integral to the style ... one image alone isn't going to explain the construction behind it ... so  here are a few more shots to help make sense of what's going on. Here's the 2nd layer which is revealed when the top frame opens to the left:

I covered the sections with patterned paper before die-cutting a postage-stamp aperture with my Big-Shot and washi-tape makes a fun addition to the inner frame as it doesn't add any extra bulk or dimension. So you can add more interest but the card can still close.

Here's all 3 sides when the card's open:

And here's our plucky heroine [cut from an old children's annual]:

I made several of this style card in one sitting using just strips of A4 kraft card, scraps of patterned paper and a handful of embellishments and I'll share the remainder of them in an upcoming post or two.

 

Until then, don't forget to ...

• visit my 'Five ideas' guest post over at shimelle.com
• catch up with th 4 chapters so far in my 'Push-Up Bra Blogging' series
• help out a girl [ie. me] who's trying to raise £500 for the Save the Children fund. Hey, you don't even need to buy me an Easter egg this year ... just make a £/$1 donation to help nudge me past the 17% I've been stuck on all week!!

Soon, soon.

 

Julie