3D Best Catch - a Unique Fold and a CASE

I was fascinated when I saw this card  made by Amy Minson on Pinterest.  It was a fold I had never seen before but I couldn't figure out how to make it and I was curious.  Then when Frenchie made a   video featuring this card fold I was hooked.  I had to CASE this card.

The "Best Catch" stamp set is one, among many, of my favourite stamp sets in the Occasions catalogue. Earlier it was used  to make a diorama card here,  and like Amy and Frenchie, I used it to CASE their cards.

Frenchie's video explains how to make this card fold very well.

Here are the card dimensions:

• Night of Navy 11 by 5 1/2"  scored at 1 3/4, 3 1/2, 7 1/2, and 9 1/4" (Card base)
• Night of Navy 11 by 1 1/2" (2 pieces) one for the top and one for the bottom.
• Whisper White 10 7/8 by 1 3/8" (2 pieces),  One at the top features the birds from High Tide: at the bottom water images from High Tide as well. Once stamped, the Whisper White is adhered to the Night of Navy strips and then scored at 1 3/4, 3 1/2, 5 1/4, and 7".  Fold each strip on scored lines and burnish well.  They will be adhered to the card base in opposite directions. 
• Whisper White: 11 by 5 3/8"  Scenery piece. Once the scene is created, it is cut into pieces of these sizes: 1 5/8, 1 5/8, 3 7/8, 1 5/8". There will be 3/8" of a strip left over, and this will be adhered to a Whisper White piece at the back of the card.

Back

View from the top

Stamping:
Scenery:

Using the Lovely as a tree stamp set and Black Memento ink, stamp a row of trees all the way across the 11 by 5 3/8" piece of Whisper White. Stamp once full strength ink, then stamp a second time above and to the side of the first image without inking up.  Then using a brayer, apply Balmy Blue for the sky, making clouds using Pacific Point; across the trees with Pear Pizzazz and below the trees with Crumb Cake.

Cut into the following pieces: 1 5/8" 1 5/8", 3 7/8" and 1 5/8" and adhere to the scored Night of Navy card base.

Left side

Upper and Lower Strips:

Stamp birds from High Tide twice in the middle of one of the 10 7/8 by 1 3/8" pieces of Whisper White using Black Memento; the water image all the way across the second Whisper White piece of the same side.  

Adhere both pieces of Whisper White pieces to their corresponding Night of Navy strips.  Score the upper piece (birds) at  1 3/4, 3 1vc /2, 5 1/4, and 7" (on both sides) ; the bottom piece start scoring at the opposite end.

Adhere strip with water image to bottom of scenery ,  by adhering 3 smaller scored pieces to the bottom of the scenery piece

The other strip is applied in an opposite manner i.e. the 1 3/4" is at the left upper edge.  Apply adhesive to the first 3 scored areas and adhere to the upper left scenery piece matching score lines. 

Right Side

Images:

Using the stamparatus, stamp the images and colour them with Stampin' Blends.  Die cut them, as well as two of the smaller fish in Smokey Slate and some bull rushes in Whisper White.

Colour the Bullrush with Old Olive ink with the top with the Bronze stampin' blend

Adhere images as shown in the card.

The card folds flat for  mailing.  Start by folding the right side first, followed by the left. A bubble envelope is recommended.

Stamps:  Best Catch, Lovely as a Tree, High Tide

Inks:  Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Bronze Stampin' Blend, Black Memento, other Stampin' Blends

Papers:Night of Navy, Whisper White, Smoky Slate
Accessories:  Best Catch framelits, Brayer

Wicked - Creative Sketches 45H

The sketch challenge with Creative Sketches here has a theme attached to it this week - Fall or Halloween. I chose to make a Halloween card.

First I prepared the image.  On shiny cardstock I brayered Basic gray, and Cajun Craze, and then stamped the image of the owl on the tree and the bats with Black Stazon ink.
The tree was cut out using the Ovals die #2; the bats with the 1 3/4" punch.  The edges of both images was sponged with basic black ink.

The basic card is Basic Black, layered with Basic Gray , then Lucky Limeade and Basic Black again.  The final layer was embossed with the web embossing folder.

For the trim, I first cut a strip of Frightful Sight designer paper.  Then I made an edge by punching a number of bats with the bat punch (retired) in Cajun Craze and adhering them to one of the edges, creating a creepy edge.  Some black lacy ribbon (retired) was applied over the designer paper to hide the seam, and a trim of black rhinestones (retired) applied adjacent to the paper.  Rhinestones were also applied to the bat edge.

Here is a close up of the trim.

And a close up of the main image.



















Stamps: House of Haunts, Wisked Cool
Inks: Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Black Stazon, Basic Black
Papers: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Lucky Limeade, Glossy Card stock, Whisper White, Frightful Sight designer paper
Accessories: Ovals die #2, 1 3/8" circle punch, Bat punch (retired), Curly Label punch, Black lacy ribbon (retired), Black rhinestones,Spider Web embossing folder, dimensionals, brayer