Fun Fold Card

Awhile ago when I was in the post office to send out some stamp orders, I got chatting with the lady at the counter, she said she had a young girl come into the post office and said she need to mail something.  She looked at her, and had no idea what she needed to do.  The post office worker had to show her how to write an address on the envelope, where to attach the stamp, and where the return address went.  This surprised me a bit, but with technology I guess it truly is becoming a lost art.

Now is the time to bring it back.  Create a card and send it.  A Thank You, Birthday, Hello, Congratulations, or any other reason.  How excited do you get when you receive mail?  Put that smile on someones face today!

The card above is a step up from a plain card, and has a "fancy fold".  To create this card, you will start out with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock.  You will fold it in half, and then score.  Score on the fold at 3 1/4" and down the side at 2 3/4".  

Fold the score line forward and back a few times, and then push the scored corner into the card to create the fold.  Then you need to determine if you will have the finished card stand horizontally or vertically.  This will determine which side of the card you will finish as your front.  

Then be creative, I used Designer Series Paper to decorate my background, but you could stamp as well.  I then used an oval to add my words and focal point, but the sky is the limit, see what you can create!

The cards I created used the following supplies:

Special Someone Photopolymer Stamp Set Special Day Dies Stitched Shapes Dies Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper