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Sunday, January 10, 2010

"FLIP-FLOP" FOLD CARD

This sure was a fun project!  I was looking through some card making books on Amazon.com and came across this fold which I had not seen before.  It looked fun, so I dove in!  I love the way the little cards inside flip one direction then the other - hence, the flip-flop name!  It is an accordion fold down the middle that gives it its unique look.  I used SCAL for the circle on the front.  It's part of a great group of freebies over at SVG (click here to download it if you have the SCAL program!)    

In all the card was a bit labor intensive, but only because I wanted both sides of the smaller inside panels to be "finished off" on both sides.   It was fun putting on all the different little sentiments on each one...




 


 




I also discovered a great video today over at StampTV  that shows a gadget called the "Bow Easy" used to make perfect bows.  It's really a neat gadget:




I was impressed, so I decided to track one down.  I found one on e-bay for $6 but decided I wasn't THAT impressed, so, I made one of my own out of card board and it works great!  Neccesity Is The Mother Of Invention!!!

9 comments:

  1. Wow! What a beautiful card! Do you have the dimensions and "how tos" that you would be willing to share? It is a really neat card!
    Lisa
    muffy74sf@aol.com

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  2. Wonderful card!! I too am interested in the dimensions and the how to for the card.

    Niki

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  3. WOW!!!!! Brilliant card!!! Love it!!! =)

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  4. It's fantastic Joanne! I LOVE this one! What a neat and unique card! I really have to be in the mood to step outside my comfort-zone and try a new technique, and this one I might have to LOL!

    And I LOVE my bow-easy! You MADE one? Coool!

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  5. wow...what an awesome card. You must have had lots of patience making this beautiful card!LOL
    Love it Love it!
    Christine

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  6. As always Mom your Card is Fantastic!!!! I cant wait to see what you made for Travis and I!!!

    Maybe your trip out here to Oregon will give you new inspiration to do Pine Trees :-)

    21 days and counting till you here!!!! Love You

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  7. Joanne, this is AWESOME. Do you have a tutorial, cut file or instructions. It is a very impressive card! Well done!

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  8. Great card Joanne!! Never seen it before.Congratulations!

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  9. Fantastic card, looks quite complex. Love the colour scheme :o)
    Jackie xx

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