Triple Fold Out Card with Beautiful Memories

Today the sun was shining and the snow was melting.  It's not yet spring, but it sure feels like it. In another week the clocks will go back and the days will be longer  Spring officially arrives on March 21. These warmer weather conditions inspired me to play with the Beautiful Memories stamp set, because the images remind me of warm summer days spent at the beach.

Plus I felt like watercoloring and these images are perfect for this.

I have seen the triple fold out card on Pinterest and Jan Brown, a UK demonstrator, did a video on this fold. I decided to use this fold to showcase all the images in one card.

Since the images reflect a day at the beach, I wanted the colours to be soft, and muted.  So I chose Mint Macaron for the card base and matting, with Garden Lane as the coordinating DSP.

All the images were stamped on Whisper White card stock and coloured with SU Markers and an Aquapainter in order to obtain the soft watercolor effect I was looking for.The images were  either die cut with the Stitched Rectangle die of the Sweetly Stitched Die.

Once finished, the folds are kept closed with 1/4" Mint Macaron textile ribbon which is adhered to the top of the A2 card, and inserted under the top panel before being tied at the side.  In future card with this fold this ribbon would be wrapped around the folds only.  See below.

The triple folds are adhered to the top of a regular A2 card which is also made using Mint Macaron with Garden Lane DSP.

Open the first fold and the first image is revealed. This image is die cut using Stitched Rectangle die

The next opened fold reveals these sweet children holding pails ready to make sand castles. Stitched So Sweetly die used here

 

The Four Panel card is open.

The last fold reveals an image that invokes an emotional response in myself. Stitched So Sweetly die also used to die cut this image.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Beautiful Memories
Inks:  Black Memento, SU Markers of various colours
Papers:  Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Garden Lane DSP
Accessories:  1/4" Mint Macaron textile ribbon, Stitched Rectangle die, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Aquapainter