Tri-Fold Window Card

Just a couple of quick and simple cards today, based on a Tri-Fold Window Card video I watched yesterday with Lisa Curcio from Lisa's Stamp Studio. The reason for trying this style card out, was that I was in need of a fairly quick card to make, as I needed a Birthday Card for a crafting friend ASAP. As always when in need of ideas, I have a look on YouTube, and yesterday I came across this striking, however, fairly simple card. It is a Tri-Fold, which means that it opens up first once:

then once more:

To make a card like this you will need two equal sized card bases. In one of them you are going to be creating the so-called window. This is done by first stamping the image on to the card front, before die cutting it out. It is really smart to use a stamping platform when doing this, as the the same image is also going to be stamped on the second card front. This time the card front will be facing the opposite way, that is, with the opening facing up. The second card base will eventually be glued inside the first card base, so that the stamped image can be seen through the window. Lisa Curcio uses a beautiful coordinating floral stamp/die set from Stamping Up, and she didn't need to first stamp the outline of the image and then color it in, like I had to. I colored the flower with Copic Markers, and decorated the top and the bottom of the card with some glitter paper and a silk ribbon. To finish the card off, I adhered some matching gemstones. Since it was supposed to be a Birthday card, I stamped suitable greetings inside the card.