Hello friends!
I sadly needed another sympathy card and decided to try one of the "fold and tuck" cards that I have seen recently on Pinterest. This is a really easy construction where a strip the bottom of a standard sized card front is trimmed away (I removed a little more than an inch) and a triangular flap is adhered to the inside for the shortened front to tuck underneath. I really like getting to see that peek of pretty paper from the inside and echoing those lovely colors on the outside of the card too.
Here you can see the layers of several triangles (die cut squares cut in half). This wood and patina paper inspired me to use metallic card stock and a Tim Holtz mixed media die for some decorative "metal" to embellish the closure. It's just a small detail but I love it.
You'll want to use some strong sticky tape to adhere just the long edge of that triangle along the bottom edge of the card so that it is fastened securely. I added a thin decorative strip of the wood designer paper just to give it a little more oomph and to add to its visual weight as well.
I stamped the Eucalyptus Silhouettes directly onto a scrap of the designer paper using distress oxide inks, then die cut a third silhouette from metallic card stock to decorate the card front and frame the outside sentiment.
The sentiment on the inside is from another one of our sympathy sentiment sets. It's so nice to have a variety of options for sentiments so you can choose a combination that feels just right.
Here's a full view those pretty papers/colors on the inside.
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Eucalyptus Silhouettes Bundle
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Sympathy Sentiments Set 2
- Craft Consortium Scorched Wood 6x6
- Craft Consortium Patina 6x6
- Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 80# TEXT Weight Cardstock - Copper 10 ct
- Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Copper 15 ct
- Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Squares SM (cut in half for closure triangle)
- Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Squares LG (cut in half for closure triangle)
- Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Mixed Media #1
- Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Espresso Truffle
- Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Celestial Copper
- Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones - Aqua
- May Arts 1" Grosgrain w/Satin Edge - 30 Yard Spool - Turquoise
- various distress oxide inks
- scrap of gold cord
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