With Sympathy

Hello.  Well not my favorite card to do but sometimes they have to be done.  I know I  am never in the mood to make a sympathy card when I need one so now is probably a good time to make some.  When they are not needed so they can be put into a folder safely tucked away until needed.

Today I have 2 of them.  One a 5 x 7 and the other a fancy fold but when folded it fits into a regular 4 .25 x 5.50 envelope.  

First up the 5 x 7.  Its a trellis looking front very similar to what I did back in April.  You can see that one  HERE .  The Sunflower I have dimensionaled with 3 layers.  The stamp and die set is from Temu so it is unbranded.  The tear drops are the punch outs from the with sympathy die.  I just saved the tiny pieces and they looked like tear drops so I used them.   In my original post I stated that I followed a Jennifer Mcguire video to make the card   WATCH   The solution to the writing on the inside that I had with my original cards I fixed this time by making the trellis on a 4.75 x 6.75 piece of card stock the same color as the base of the card and then adhering it to the front with foam to the 5 x 7 base.  I think it turned out awesome.

My second card is a fancy fold that I learned from Susan Campfield.  Its called the Double Stack Display Card.  Super super cute.  I am going to make alot of these types of cards.  These are adorable.   Sue has her PDF's for sale at a reasonable price so you can head on over there for directions for this card.  The papers I used were from an old 12 x 12 pad of DCWV I had in my stash.  I love the colors. 

Well I hope you like these.  I will be working on a few more to build up a small collection so I'll be ready if needed.

Til next time......................................

FANCY FOLD RE_VISITED

 So the other day I was searching the craft room for a music note punch that I knew I had but for the life of me couldn't find.  My DIL wanted to borrow it for a project so I was on a mission.  While on my search I came across a card I had made a Million years ago.  Ok maybe not a Million but sure looked like a Million LOL.  It was probably one of the first fancy folds I had done (and not very attractive) .  Boy I've come a LONG way BABY hahahaha.  I definitely had a good laugh.  First, I had no idea what the fold was called. Second, I was not very creative.  I mean where are the layers?  Or shall I say why is the base DSP?  Third, what the heck size card is that?  I must have just "Willy Nilly" said "Yep! this can be a card size!"  Probably never sent it to anyone because I could never find an envelope.

So I decide to go to my favorite browse area (Pinterest) and see what I find.  To see if this card really does exists.  Guess what it does.  Strangely though I do not find it as far back as I am sure this card was made.  Mine is definitely made back in maybe 1998 and the only ones I am finding on Pinterest are on blogs dated only as far back as 2019.  So I'm thinking this card that I had originally made is from one of those card making books that were so popular back in the 90's when we didn't really have the internet to cruise through.

Right now this card is called a Mini Miura or a Tri-fold Miura Ori card.  It is a form of origami.  Not difficult to make.  In fact the base is rather easy.  The layers take some time and it would be helpful if you make templates if you are going to make multiples of this card or want to make more in the future or want to teach it to a class because those will be the most time consuming.  I will share a picture of those measurements at the end of the post.  For my sample though I just grabbed some of the papers I have that I let my granddaughter play around with.  Since I wasn't sure how the card would turn out I didn't want to waste precious papers.  Well ends up I love how it turned out.  This one would make a great kids card. There's an extra piece put on the back so it can stand.  My original one does not stand at all which is a problem for me.  The extra piece on the back can be done a couple different ways.  I chose to angle cut mine but it could be left straight.

Its kind of hard to see the bottom right but if you look at the shadow on the table you can see how there are 2 little points.  The one on the left is from the back piece I attached to the right side of the card allowing it to stand when opened.  If you don't angle cut that piece it will still stand but instead give a straight across look.  I used 65# cardstock for this card and it does seem sturdy enough to stand but if I am to make one with my usual papers I would definitely put more thinking into my papers.  For example if I am only going to use 1 layer (like above) of DSP I would make sure that my base cardstock is at least 80# so that I am sure it will with stand multiple openings and closings.  But if I am going to put a layer on the base and then DSP I may just use 65# for the base.  Otherwise the card may end up rather thick for mailing.  

To write out the directions will make this sound way too complicated.  Trust me.  I tried writing it out in this post and ended up deleting the whole thing.  I was confused just reading it.  So instead here's pictures.  Just zoom up.

Way easier.  The Yellow is your base.  The orange are the solid layer and if you want a DSP on top of that cut a second set 1/8" smaller of each piece out of DSP.  If you are omitting a solid layer then the orange measurements are to be used for your DSP as I did for my card.

A piece I forgot to photograph was the piece for the back to make it stand.  All I used was the templet (Orange piece size) of the right back piece flipped so point is on left corner.  Or do not cut a point at all just glue this piece to the back and it will support the card for standing.

I hope you give this a try.  I'm going to make a few to have on hand.  They're quick and cute for little ones.

Til next time..............................................................