Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog hop where our theme is ‘Fun Fold’. I love a good fun fold and the Tri-fold Shutter card is new to me and I couldn’t wait to try it for a friend’s special birthday.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the tri-fold shutter card, you will need:

Gorgeous Grape card – 10 ½” by 5 ½”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 1⅝” x 2
Basic White card – 2⅞” by 1⅝” x 2
Basic White card – 3⅜” by 1⅛” x 2
Basic White card – 1⅝” by 1⅛” x 4
Basic White card – 3⅜” by 2⅞” x 2
Pansy Petals dsp – 5¼” by 1½” x 2
Pansy Petals dsp – 2¾” by 1½” x 2
Pansy Petals dsp – 3¼” by 1” x 2
Pansy Petals dsp – 1½” by 1” x 4
Pansy Petals dsp – 3¼” by 2¾”
Scrap Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Basic White and Be Dazzling dsp

Taking the Gorgeous Grape panel and my Paper Trimmer I cut on the short side from 1¾” to 8¾” on both sides. The cuts should be parallel and matched up.

Next I scored on the long side at 1¾” from both ends but only between the two cut lines and then from 3½” and 7” from top to bottom.

I took my time to choosing patterns from the gorgeous Pansy Petals dsp. My friend loves purple so these were the colours I went for first. I added in the Soft Succulent gingham to break up the purple. The dsp was adhered to the Basic White panels which were then glued to the Gorgeous Grape card.

I carefully folded and burnished the score lines of the card to form the tri-fold shutter shape.

Using my Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Brilliant Butterfly Dies I die cut some of the butterflies from the scrap Gorgeous Grape card, Highland Heather card and Be Dazzling dsp. I also used some of the iridescent paper left over from the Wonderful Snowflakes to die cut a couple of butterflies.

The butterflies were added to the card front with a dab of Multicoloured Liquid Adhesive.

Using the Playful Alphabet dies I cut the number 50 from the Be Dazzling dsp and added them to the card front.

The word ‘today’ was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto a scrap of Basic White card. It came from the Timeless Tulips Stamp set. I masked off the words I didn’t need before I inked up the stamp. The word was trimmed out using scissors.

I decorated the butterflies and the card with some of the Subtle Shimmer Sequins to complete the card.

I added a panel of white to the back to write my message on.

I hope my friend likes her card.

Please continue on to see what the lovely Leonie Stuart has to share with us today.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: