Bright Star Stampers : Perennial Lavender Happy Birthday Fun Fold Card

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Perennial Lavender Happy Birthday Fun Fold Card

Today's card is so pretty in person. It is not a traditional fold on the left card. The center panel opens to the right! The paper is from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper. Depending on how you cut the paper you can just a few flowers or a whole panel of flowers. For this card, I chose just a few flowers.

I love purple and this card delivers on that. Two shades of Stampin' Up! purples: Gorgeous Grape and Fresh Freesia. Plus those pretty sparkling gems add more shades. They are our Purple Fine Shimmer Gems. The Happy Birthday is stamped in Gorgeous Grape. The Double Oval punch is retiring but it was perfect for this card.

This is what the card looks like opened up.

My Tip: Be sure and adhere the 1" strip under the white card liner before adhering the liner to the inside of the card! Ask me how I figured that out? And: do not put your adhesive all the way around the Fresh Freesia layer or you will stick your card together and it won't open!

Here's the video on my You Tube channel so you can see how to assemble the card.

Cutting instructions:

Card Base (Gorgeous Grape): 5 1/2" x 7 1/2', score and fold at 4 1/4"

Score the 1" strip at 3", the short side goes under the inside liner

Liner (Basic White): 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White panel for left front of card: 5 1/4" x 3", embossed

Center Panel (Fresh Freesia): 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

DSP: 3" x 3"

Gorgeous Grape and Basic White for punching

Thanks for stopping by! Let me know if you make this card. There are many possibilities using different papers and color combos.

Happy stamping,

Mary Lou