Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Cuttlebug Spot Tri-Fold Card


This is my second post of the day, so please scroll down for my Tiddly Inks card, and don't forget the BBTB2 blog hop (in case you missed it yesterday. There's candy involved.)


All month at The Cuttlebug Spot we'll be focusing on card folds. This week it's tri-folds and because it's fast approaching, we're to make one with a Valentine's theme. When Googling tri-fold cards I came upon a number of different styles but I finally settled on a "Swing" tri-fold. I've made several of these before and followed the video HERE to do it with my Cuttlebug and my Nesties Scalloped heart.


I wanted an unabashedly romantic, vintage style Valentine and needed a larger folder to emboss the inside mat and found these gorgeous roses and birds in the Cricut Companion Rock Princess Cuttlebug set. The center of the folder has the word "Rebel" on it (which may be appropriate, but wasn't exactly what I had in mind for the card) so I made sure when I placed the mats in the folder that the hearts would cover that part. A little note on the front mat. If you choose to have one, you should use removable tape to tape it in place on the front of the card before cutting it with your Nestie for a perfect fit. the Nestie easily cuts through the two layers. Then you can remove the colored mat for embossing and permanently adhere it later. (Hope that makes sense)
All sentiments are computer generated and the pink hearts (also Nesties) within the scalloped ones are popped for dimension. The label is cut and embossed in one step using the Cuttlebug Emboss Plus Fanciful Labels folder (LOVE it!) and adhered half way to the left of the front of the card only, so it will swing when the card is opened as well. The little dove on the front is a MS punch. As you can see, when the card is opened, the heart swings over. Don't you just love a card with a little movement?
Fully opened, the rest of the sentiment is revealed. All it needed were a few adhesive pearls. Yikes! It certainly is PINK, isn't it? and so's my background! May have to change that, but for the moment, I wanted to get the message out. Well anyway, you'll be amazed at the variety of tri-fold cards the DT has made for this week's challenge so be sure to check them out HERE and we'd love you to play along to win a $20.00 gift certificate to Custom Crops. (You need to make Valentine's anyway, don't you?) xxD

29 comments:

  1. Donna, How beautiful. I love the pink and white. I made several cards last time you did a folded card, here I go again.
    JoAnn

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  2. Hi Donna,
    Thia is a fabulously girly card. I love the pinks and the way the hearts line up with the folds. Brilliant crafting.
    Hugs,
    Fiona x

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  3. Hi Donna, the romance is dripping from your card, LOL, it is soooooooo beautiful and girlie! Love the roses embossingfolder! You are so lucky to live in the USA, we can hardly get folders over here! Very few choices :(

    LOVE IT TOTALLY!!

    xx
    Jannie

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  4. Gorgeous! I love all the embossing and the pink and white are so perfect together! Beuatiful card, Donna!!
    hugs, Sharon

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  5. Simply elegant! Love the "shape"!
    Maria

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  6. Hi, Donna! Thanks for stopping by and trust me I understand "not enough hours in the day"; I'm beginning to feel the sting!!!

    Donna, your card is magnificent -- I just love it!!! Now, tell me, how am I suppose to stand a chance between you and Lillie in this challenge?!!! LOL!!! Actually, I'm just glad to finally get involved in some of the challenges, and I am having fun!!!

    Hugs!

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  7. Donna, this is so, so pretty! I love the way you cut the heart...really makes it pop! We're at the hospital, waiting and waiting. Gonna be a long night. Got my iPad and I'm blog hopping!

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  8. Donna, what a gorgeous card! I love your layers. So pretty! It's fun to see all the different takes on a similar card!

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  9. Ooooh and Ahhhhh...that's might purrrty!

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  10. G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! You always make it look so easy, but we know it's not!

    :D

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  11. This is just gorgeous and another great sampling of your unique design talents. Love this. A LOT.
    Hugs
    Carole

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  12. Beautiful card! I did try to watch the video you linked, but it came up blank. Maybe you could list the name so I could search on youtube for it. It would be easier for me to watch I think to learn. I loved it!
    Laura

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  13. So gorgeous! Just getting into my sizzix more with embossing. Love it!

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  14. such a beautiful & elegant card!! it is very pink but it works : )

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  15. I don't know what to say about the video link and can't figure out how to reply to you, teacuppoodles3. I got it from another blog and don't have the addy. It works fine for me AND on my other couple of posts. anyone else having trouble? xxD

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  16. Beautiful card Donna - love the embossing!
    Helen x

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  17. Absolutely beautiful Donna! So soft and romantic!Love it!
    Hugs
    Juliexx

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  18. This is such a pretty card!!! :o)

    Lisa
    prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com

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  19. Absolutely gorgeous Donna! Love the roses and the dove! Thanks for the link to the video.

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  20. I absolutely love it!!! You did an amazing job on this one!!!! TFS!!!! :)

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  21. What a great card, gotta try this one for sure,TFS

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  22. Love the feminine pink and white. Just lovely.

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  23. Donna, This is so elegant! I love all the details, the dimension it has, the sentiments, the fonts... the, the EVERYTHING! Just gorgeous!
    tfs and always inspiring!

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  24. BEAUTIFUL! You can never have too much pink for me!

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Thanks for making my day!