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!
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.
Posted by: doverdi | May 31, 2007 at 06:51 AM
That is SO STINKIN' Cute! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: JanTink | May 31, 2007 at 07:26 AM
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.
Posted by: Sue | May 31, 2007 at 07:29 AM
This is adorable! Thanks for the informative tutorial!
Posted by: Michele | May 31, 2007 at 08:28 AM
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!!!
Posted by: Dawn E. | May 31, 2007 at 08:50 AM
So glad you used "Unfrogettable" - it's one of my favorites! Thanks for the tutorial.
Posted by: Peggy Maier | May 31, 2007 at 08:54 AM
Dawn
Thank you fo sharing this. It does look neat and I can't wait to try one.
Posted by: Stephanie Barber | May 31, 2007 at 09:39 AM
Thanks for taking the time to make the tutorial. I can't wait to give this a try!
Posted by: Jenny | May 31, 2007 at 09:41 AM
Thanks for the tutorial...I'm making one now....I'll show you my results when I'm done! thanks GF!!!
Posted by: Angie | May 31, 2007 at 10:06 AM
OMgosh! So cute...I must try this. Thanks for another awesome tutorial!
Should be getting a box from me any day. ;)
Posted by: Rose Ann | May 31, 2007 at 01:47 PM
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?
Posted by: Gina Wrona | May 31, 2007 at 02:18 PM
Thanks for posting this. This is such a great idea and very simple to make!! I just made one, SUPER easy directions!!!
Posted by: Stephanie | May 31, 2007 at 07:39 PM
Thanks for the tutorial. Great idea and how cool it looks.
Posted by: Monika/buzsy | June 01, 2007 at 12:46 PM
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!
Posted by: Becky Elfert | June 01, 2007 at 03:11 PM
great tutorial and awesomely cute card too!
Posted by: Joan B | June 02, 2007 at 09:45 AM
Thanks for the great tutorial! I really enjoyed making this card!
Posted by: Fran | June 03, 2007 at 09:54 PM
wow. . .this car is so cool. I love the tutorial. Gotta try it out soon! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Maria Bell | June 06, 2007 at 01:27 AM
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.
Posted by: Mary | October 18, 2007 at 09:49 PM
Dawn,
I LOVE your website!!! You are sooo creative!!
Posted by: Brenda Breedlove | July 18, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Forgot to tell you---I am addicted to SU!!! I have a wonderful demonstrator!
Posted by: Brenda Breedlove | July 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM
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!!!
Posted by: Melanie | July 18, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Dawn it's always a big lift hearing your voice in your tutorials...
I just love your tuts..and tubes..
pat
Posted by: pat | July 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
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
Posted by: Elaine Moore | July 19, 2008 at 02:48 PM
I appreciate the work of all people who share information with others.
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