This is my take on this stand up fancy fold card!
This is a fun stand up fancy fold card that is easier than you might think!
As a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I often get inspiration from other Demonstrators – like the inspiring swap cards I share every Sunday on the YamStamps Facebook Page and YamStamps Sunday Swap Page . My card was inspired by a design I saw from Connie Stewart, and I tweaked the decorating a little bit to suit my style. We made this in June’s Club get together.
The card itself is Pretty Peacock Cardstock with Very Vanilla Cardstock and Naturally Gilded Specialty Designer Series Paper adds a WOW factor. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set in Gold Embossing Powder (part of the Metallics Embossing Powders set). I hadn’t heat embossed in a while and I was reminded how fun and impressive it is! Makes this stand up fancy fold card a little more WOW.
The basic design is to take a 5-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ piece of cardstock, and score at 1″, 2″ and 3″ from either side. Add your DSP strips, and then for this version (which Connie called a “wow” version), you cut a slit at 1″ from the top and bottom across the inner two 1″ panels. My variation has DSP strips on the outer and inner panels, with the cut portion from the inner panel moved to the middle panel, so that when the card is standing up, the pattern flows continuously from top to bottom. The hack way of doing it is to only apply adhesive mostly in the middle of the inner panel’s DSP strip with only a bit towards the ends, so after you cut your slits, the cut portions of DSP are easy to peel up and move one section over! Trust me. I tried doing a measurement version, and I could never get everything accurate enough to fit. I think the hack way is the only way for this version of the stand up fancy fold card.
For the final version, the 3″ score line ends up as a valley fold. The 2″ score line end sections are mountain folds, while the middle, longer section is a valley fold. This card fits into a regular Medium Stampin’ Up! envelope, which is a typical requirement for any card I make. I know I could make my own envelopes, but I already made the card….and I usually need another cup of tea at that point.
My Club Members get access to recordings of our Zoom classes afterwards which is great for those who either can’t make it to the live get together or prefer to make their cards with the recorded version so that they can start and stop as they need. That’s one of the things that people have told me they like about my YamStampsMore Online Classes as well – the pre-recorded, edited videos mean that they can start/stop the video and re-watch as many times as they need! Check out my current collection of Online Classes – and watch for the next one which is launching next week! Pre-launch registration and Early Bird pricing start on Wednesday – so come back to YamStamps.com to find out more then!
