Mid Week blog #82 Side Panel Pillar fun fold

  Hello & welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about. 

Today I have a fun fold for you that is easy but has a wow factor called a Side Panel Pillar fold.

Here are some pics of the process I used to create it...

Using Basic White I cut 4 pieces as follows:

Card base: 20.5cm x 14.8cm, scored at 2.5cm, 5cm, 7.5cm &10cm on the long side.

Front step: 13cm x 13cm, scored at 1.5cm & 4cm.

Back writing area: 9.5cm x 13.8cm

Scrap piece for stamping.

For the matte I chose Poppy Parade, cutting 3 mattes & 3 pillar strips as follows:

Base front matte: 7.5cm X 14.3cm

Back matte: 10cm x 14.3cm

Front step: 8.5cm x 12.5cm

Pillar strips: 2 pieces 2cm x 14.3cm, 1 piece 2cm x 12.5cm

The DSP I chose is from the Rings of Love pack & are cut as follows:

Base front: 7cm x 13.8cm

Back matte: 9.5cm x 13.8cm

Pillars: 2 pieces 1.5cm x 13.8cm, 1 piece 1.5cm x 12cm

The following pictures show how the card was glued together to create the card.

Once the card was assembled I stamped & coloured the main image from Apple Harvest & diecut it plus images on the back of the card & then diecut some crosshatch pieces using the Share a Milkshake dies in Crumb Cake to put behind the Apple image.

This is a closeup of the finished image.

The image was attached to the front of the card along with a sentiment from Go To Greetings. The final step was to add some Brushed Metallic dots.

This was such a fun card to create, I hope you like it as much as I do. If you decide to create one of your own I would love for you to post a pic on my Facebook page at craftedbyalison. 

Just a reminder that the brand new Annual Catalogue is now live! There are so many lovely things to see in the catalogue so here's a link to have a look for yourself.

That's it for this week's post. My next post is on Sunday & will have more cards created with the Apple Harvest stamp set & dies. Next week's mid week blog is all about a gorgeous new stamp set & dies called Zoo Crew. It's a stunning set with some really cute images, I hope you can come back for both of them.

Til next time, take care & keep creating. XXAlison