I saw this style of card two different times last week and I knew I just had to try and make one. I wasn't sure how hard it was going to be (turns out not that hard) but I didn't want to mess up good paper so I had some cardstock that I had been experimenting on. I had scribbled with crayons in fall colors. Well to make a short story the experiment was yuck and I was going to throw it away so why not use it to try to make a sample of this technique. I had it all done except for decorating the pop up panels on the inside. I decided I really hated it and I threw it in the trash. But after a couple of hours after walking away from it, I pulled it out of the trash. I took brown acrylic paint and used a scrunched up paper towel to put blobs on the card. I also did the same with gold paint. Then I stamped STAMPlorations mini mixed media background stamps randomly over the card. The pop up panels I decorated with a different ARTplorations stencil and a black sharpie marker. To the empty spaces on the card I watercolored with orange and yellows. I was going to do orange butterflies, but I decided to add teal colored butterflies to the outside and inside. The title of this technique made me smile. In my head I could hear the line from Legally Blonde where she teaches the hairstylist the Bend and Snap technique for catching a guy's attention, except she was saying TWIST and POP! I saw THIS tutorial on how to make this type of fancy fold card.
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016 GMT Views: 581
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Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 22987
Thu, Oct 06, 2016 @ 11:00 AM
Interesting looking fold - I will have to check out that tutorial.
It's so fun to salvage a piece that was basically trashed twice and I really like you fall colored mottled bg.
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 60273
Thu, Oct 06, 2016 @ 11:56 AM
I know this folding too have already made several of them they are fun to make, but yours is wow I'm happy you picked it up again from your trash a great result!! I love it
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90912
Thu, Oct 06, 2016 @ 2:36 PM
Wowza Mari the stunning deep colors and stamping works so beautifully on this card. Your embellishments really finish off the card beautifully. Thank you for joining on the WTUI challenge today.
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563