SUOC#280 - Christmas in July

Hello all and welcome back to another wonderful SUO challenge this time for the SUOC#280 the challenge is - Christmas in July .......yayyyy my favourite cards to make, so you can imagine how excited I was when I saw this weeks theme.

I'm even more excited as the time draws ever nearer to the launch of the new mini catalogue - 3rd August and all of you lovely and probably very excited crafters can start ordering from it..... I have so many projects that I can't wait to start sharing with you all.

 For today though I thought I'd use the really delightful bundle that's already available to order from the annual catalogue, and this is called  'Tidings and trimmings' bundle.

I'm loving this bundle I've already made quite a few cards with it..... in fact I posted on 6th July the cards I made using a OSW 6" x 6" dsp from this set, so if you'd like a bit of inspiration hop on over and take a peek, I made 4 cards in total.

Anyway back to todays project, where I have made a lovely fold card called a 'Triple point crossover' card and I had so much fun making this, and it is infact  a whole lot easier than you might first think.........

You start off with a square card base (mine is in evening evergreen), mine was a 14cm x 28cm scored on longside at 14cm to give me a square card.

The next step is to find the centre of the bottom of card, this is a top folding card so the fold is always to the top. Once the centre is found mark it (7cm is my centre), then place in the trimmer, or use a rule and craft knife the choice is yours, and cut on both sides from the point you have marked in the centre to the top corner on the folded edge, this will leave you with a card base that has a triangle to the front of it. The two triangles that have been cut away from the card base are going to be used as these form the crossover section.

Now I chose soft succulents cardstock and Tiding's of christmas dsp for my layers, each different layer measures 0.5cm smaller than the one before. On both of these layers find the middle of one side (if the patterned paper is directional then the mark needs to be on the bottom side of the paper) and mark it in the centre. Now again cut from the mark to the top corners on both sides, this will give you 3 triangles that will be adhered to the cardbase, and the triangles cut from the card base.

Once all of the different layers are adhered together using wet glue the card can be adhered together.

Each of the triangles at the side of the card are going to be crossed over and adhered to the card base, I found it easiest to know where to place the glue, by holding the 2 sections together and drawing a line on the reverse where they cross over, then you can place the glue in the exact place you want it to be, not going over the line and therefore not having a card that is glued together shut!!!.....do this for each side of the card.

The last thing that is needed for the card base is a piece of cardstock for the inside of the card.

And now the fun begins with all of the die cutting and the assembling. For the star section I used the largest die from the 'Stitched stars' and the 2 largest dies from the bundle, and all of these different elements were adhered together, using dimensionals for the 2 plain layers, and a small amount of glue for the intricate layer (just on the middle section), this just enabled me to tuck all of the stamped and die cut images underneath which I think is really pleasing to the eye!

Loved how it looked when it was finished...... well I do love making Christmas cards!

That's the card finished.

Thanks so much for popping on to have a look at my project for this theme, please do hop on over to the SUOC#280 and take a look at what all of the other design team members have made for your inspiration, I think you will be blown away!

Until next time 

Huge Crafty Hugs

Natalie xx

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 Product List

Tidings & Trimmings Bundle (English) [155716] £37.75	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] £10.75	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] £35.00
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] £4.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] £9.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] £8.25
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] £7.00	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] £8.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] £7.00
Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] £8.25	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] £7.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £112.00
Take Your Pick [144107] £9.00	Paper Snips [103579] £9.25	Bone Folder [102300] £6.50

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