Little twist on a Wonky Cut

 I still have time to squeeze in one more Valentine and this time decided to do a little twist on a Wonky card inspired by Alisa Tilsner.  Hers was very pretty and springy with a yellow base and some beautiful butterflies.  I wanted to make mine just a tad bit longer to become a Slimline card.  Also with it being for Valentines day I wanted a little bit softer lines so I curved the top of the card and curved the entire left flap. The rest of the card is kept basically simple in design so if you need to make a few they can be whipped up quickly.  I made my sample with measurements in solid cardstock so you could see that you could also use solid cardstock instead of double-sided cardstock. You decide.  There are no rules. 

To start with you need a piece of Double-sided cardstock 9" x 9.25". For the sake of a template photo I am using solid cardstock but my fancied up card was done with doublesided cardstock. On the 9" side make a small tick mark at the top at the 3" and the 6" measurement and at the bottom a tick mark at the 2.5" and 6.5" measurement.  Then score from the 3" tick down to the 2.5" tick and then from the 6" tick down to the 6.5" tick.  Fold the sides in.  The bottom of the card is not flat.  Neither was hers so the card did not stand but I chose to mark a straight line along the bottom and square it off so that the card when opened would stand on its own.  I then curved the sides just to make it a bit softer looking.  I'm sure a border punch could also be used and could have a very pretty effect too. Here's all the markings without the sides being curved.  This is exactly how her base card looked in photo #2.

Because the bottom is not straight the card topples over when you try to stand it so I decided to mark a straight line across the bottom and cut it off.  This actually helped in 2 ways.  #1 it allowed the card to stand up and #2 it allowed the card to fit in a standard legal size envelope.  Perfect sized Tall Slimline card.  Below you can see the pencil mark where I drew my line.

For my Twist I used Doublesided cardstock and I curved the sides of the card.  I believe the original card used regular card stock measuring 8 1/2" x 9" so the card was shorter than my 9 1/2" x9" piece that I used.  My finished card after adjustment to allow it to stand is a card that measures 3 7/8" x 9 1/8"

Then as far as my template card...well on Wednesday we have family dinnerr night with the grandkids coming over and this week the youngest (5) wanted to do a craft when she saw my card stuff on the dining table.  So I told her we could make valentines because Ama has to finish a card.  Well she told me what I could put on mine and I had to stick with purple fun foam hearts.  I had to beg to use a stamp for the Happy Valentines Day LOL.  Anyway I thought I'd share her 2 cards too.  My sample with solid card stock is the middle card.

I also got scolded for using the pink heart but she finally said it was ok but don't use red.  Bossy!  hahahaha.

Well that's it for now.

Have a wonderful Valentines Day and..................................................

HAPPY CARDING!