"File in the middle " Card Tutorial

Ok are you  girls  ready for the   Great tutorial  for  the File in the middle card ?  I  am sooo in Love with this cards  design and If my Up  up upline were here I would have to kiss her .. Thanks  so Much for sharing  this awesome  Card  with me Debbie I hope  my  tutorial  does it  justice ..

You will need  your  cutter ,  bone folder ,  1 3/8  sq punch (  or any other  solid  shape punch you  may have ~ circle , scallop  etc... ) sticky  strip ,  decorative scissors ( optional )  2 pieces of  card stock . 1 cut at 5 1/2" X 11"  and one cut at  5 1/2 "X 4" ( I used  green  galore for my  card today  )  and of course   your stamps  with ink .. 

after you  cut  your  1st piece of CS at  5 1/2 " X 11   score  this piece  at 4", 7"  and 10 " then  fold  accordion  style   this is what your  piece should look like  when  scored and folded

Next  apply  sticky  strip  along the  inside of your  card on the  1" side of your card  and  then   cut your 2nd piece of CS  at 4 X 5 1/2  and  this is what you  should  have  this is what you  should have  so far. OK next apply  the  4x 51/2 piece on top of the  sticky  strip  so the  1"   with sticky  strip is on the back side of  your  card  as shown here  in the next photo  

Ok next  you will be using your punch I am using the  1 3/8  sq punch for my  froggie  card   since it is  really hard to punch through 2 layers of CS at the same time  we will be punching through 1 at a time  the  1st punch  will  be  on  either  side of the  mountain    peak of  center  fold . Then once you have your  1st punch  pinch middle  together and  line up  your punch and  make  2nd punch  on  the other  side  panel  as shown in   the  next 2  following  photos 

 

This is what your card should look like  up to this point  now

Next  you will apply  a line of sticky  strip on the backside of your  center mountain fold  and pinch the center together to close up  as shown in photo.

This is  what your  finished  card should look like   and is all  ready  for you  to decorate

Here is  what my  finished  Froggie card looks like on the  inside . which is what makes this card sooo awesome  cause of what is inside  waiting for  the receiver  of this card to ooo and aaahhhh over ..  super cute HUH?  This tutorial will also be located  on the  left side  of my blog under Dawns Tutorials  for future  reference  along with  the other tutorials I have done .You can click on  each photo  for a larger  view . Here is  the other card I posted yesterday  to give you another look  FOR MY MOM file in the middle card Thanks  for stopping by  today and peeking in  ..I will see you tomorrow .

Dawns Side NOTE  added at 9:10am 5/31/07

When  trying to stamp your image to line up in your punched out area just  make a  light pencil line   following the punch  shape on both sides of your  card  when you  have your image stamped  erase the pencil line.. But you all probably  already knew that  HUH?

Until later ..Happy Stampin!   

Comments

[doverdi]

Thanks so much for sharing this awesome card & tutorial with us. Love it! It's such a cute card. I'm definately going to try this one.

[JanTink]

That is SO STINKIN' Cute! Thanks for sharing!

[Sue]

Definately a keeper!!! Thank you for such a well-written, wonderfully photographed tute! Plan to use with my group in June. Hope your knee is improving - still praying.

[Michele]

This is adorable! Thanks for the informative tutorial!

[Dawn E.]

Oh goodie...I've been waiting for this! Wish I didn't have to volunteer at the school this morning, this will have to wait until after lunch. I'll get to it though ;)
Thanks Dawn!!!

[Peggy Maier]

So glad you used "Unfrogettable" - it's one of my favorites! Thanks for the tutorial.

[Stephanie Barber]

Dawn
Thank you fo sharing this. It does look neat and I can't wait to try one.

[Jenny]

Thanks for taking the time to make the tutorial. I can't wait to give this a try!

[Angie]

Thanks for the tutorial...I'm making one now....I'll show you my results when I'm done! thanks GF!!!

[Rose Ann]

OMgosh! So cute...I must try this. Thanks for another awesome tutorial!

Should be getting a box from me any day. ;)

[Gina Wrona]

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful tutorial. I printed your instructions, now let's see if I can follow them when I give it the old college try, kwim?

[Stephanie]

Thanks for posting this. This is such a great idea and very simple to make!! I just made one, SUPER easy directions!!!

[Monika/buzsy]

Thanks for the tutorial. Great idea and how cool it looks.

[Becky Elfert]

I love this card! What a fantastic idea. Thank you so much for the tutorial. I may have to try this in the future. You can't go wrong with that little frog!

[Joan B]

great tutorial and awesomely cute card too!

[Fran]

Thanks for the great tutorial! I really enjoyed making this card!

[Maria Bell]

wow. . .this car is so cool. I love the tutorial. Gotta try it out soon! Thank you for sharing!

[Mary]

Awesome card and a great tutorial. I have shared this with some of my stamping buddies and we are going to do this at our next stamping night.

[Brenda Breedlove]

Dawn,

I LOVE your website!!! You are sooo creative!!

[Brenda Breedlove]

Forgot to tell you---I am addicted to SU!!! I have a wonderful demonstrator!

[Melanie]

Thank you for the file in the middle card. I have been trying to come up with a card for my brother to wow him and then I saw this. It is perfect. Thank you!!!

[pat]

Dawn it's always a big lift hearing your voice in your tutorials...
I just love your tuts..and tubes..

pat

[Elaine Moore]

I don't know if you'll get this - since the tutorial was posted way back in May 07. I just wanted to thank you for the WRITTEN instruction. The videos are great to reinforce the "how to" but it's hard to take notes while I'm watching that I'll understand later