Crooked Stamper's Blog: 'Tis the Season

I love all the cute village dies & when I saw this tri-fold slim-line card using a Hero Art's die I knew it had to be one of my Christmas cards this year. I watched the video by Ilina who made it look so easy. After making a prototype, I did make a few changes.

I used Hero Arts Tri-Fold Edge Village Fancy Die Set & Stampendous Tis the Season Stamp Set. This stamp set is one of my favorites for Christmas sentiments.

In Ilina's video, she cuts white cardstock: 3 @ 4" x 8 1/2" for the card front & 2 @ 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" for the base. I substituted 1 @ 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" white with SU Night of Navy for the base. This eliminated one piece of cardstock & a lot of inking since I made quite of few cards.

These will be the tallest & middle panels of the tri-fold. Looking at the back of the 4" cardstock on the right, you can see how I positioned the village die & on the left you can see the results.

These will be the mid-size & right panels of the tri-fold. Looking at the back of the 4" cardstock on the right, you can see how I positioned the village die & on the left you can see the results.

These will be the shortest & left panels of the tri-fold. Looking at the back of the 4" cardstock on the right, you can see how I positioned the village die & on the left you can see the results.

The 4" die cut for the tallest & middle panels had 1/2" cut off the left side so they are 3 1/2" wide.

The 4" die cuts for the mid-size & right panels have a 1/2" tab on the right side. This tab will be used to attach it to right side of the tallest/middle panel. To make the tab, I used a trimmer to make a cut down just past the house & 1/2" from the right side. I removed this small section by cutting the cardstock at an angle to meet the trimmer cut just below the house.

The 4" die cuts for the shortest & left panels have a 1/2" tab on the left side. This tab will be used to attach it to the left side of the tallest/middle panel. To make the tab, I used a trimmer to make a cut down just past the house & 1/2" from the left side. I removed this small section by cutting the cardstock at an angle to meet the trimmer cut just below the house.

Using my Scor-Buddy, I lined up the cut I had made on the right of the panel & scored it to finish making the 1/2" right tab. After folding & burnishing the tab, the panel will be 3 1/2".

In Ilina's video, she scores first then cuts out the section at the top. I wasn't getting a good cut on the score line. Doing it this way it was easier for me to line up with a groove in the Scor-Buddy without measuring.

I repeated the steps above except I lined up the cut I had made on the left of the panel & scored it to finish making the 1/2" left tab. After folding & burnishing the tab, the panel will be 3 1/2" also.

I forgot to take photos of the next couple of steps:

I lined up the tops of the 3 panels to get the spacing. All the panels are different lengths so I held them together with the navy base to see how much to cut off the bottom. After marking the white panels at the bottom of the navy base, I continued to hold the 3 panels together & placed them in my Cutterpillar to trim off the bottom. For the remaining 18 of each panel, I measured from the top of a flat roof to the bottom & cut them to match.

The sentiments need to be stamped before putting the panels together starting with the front panel. After positioning the stamp in my Misti I stamped all the front panels in SU Night of Navy. I then stamped the middle & bottom sentiments after lining them up so they had the same spacing from the bottom of the panels.

To put the panels together, I placed 1/2" Scor-tape on the back of each tab of the top & middle panels. I lined up the middle panel with the bottom panel then adhered them together on the right side. With the middle panel closed, I then lined up the top panel & adhered to the bottom panels on the left.