On the flip side....

Star framelits and hearts and stars decorative masks

It was quite sometime ago that we tackled these flip cards at a Monday class and so some of the product has now retired -but the technique is far from old hat. The basics for all of these cards is taking a card, scoring down the centre of the front panel to make a panel that folds back on itself. Then using your framelit shapes, be they stars, ovals, squares, hearts, labels... you only die cut them up to the fold, so that half the shape then sticks up and the aperture in the panel "floats" over the shape once it is folded back.

If that all sounds complete gobbledegook, or if you are a visual learner, there are various you tube videos describing the technique, including this one from Brandy Cox. I love her tip about the embossing folder covering the score line.

Butterfly Basics and elegant dots embossing folder

You can see this was a while ago - this card is wishing you a Happy Easter - and I promise you I am not that organised!! However the flowers are still available and would be just as appropriate for a Happy Birthday or Thank you card.

Sheltering Tree and Brick Wall embossing folder

This tree is very much still with us in the current catalogue and is such a useful collection, because you can make it relevant for every season of the year.

I need to revisit this technique using some of our new layering framelit sets.They give so much scope for creating cards like this.

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

I hope you have fun with this technique

Helen

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