Swing Card How To

Here are the basic instructions for the swing / flip flop

card I made for the blog hop this past weekend.

Cut your card base to size.

I used an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of 

card stock to start.

I folded it in half creating a 

4 1/4"  x 5 1/2" card base. 

Take the right side edge of the 

card front and fold it back over

to the left folded side of the front.

Crease the fold line.

Open it back up.

Lightly trace the shape you wish to make

the swing part on the right half of the fold.

NOTE: There are tricks to

making this type of card using

dies and die cut machines,

there are even special 

dies or cartridges to make them

with die cut machines.

I am showing you how 

to make one without 

these fancy tools. 

Carefully cut around the 

traced line on the right half 

of the card front.

Be sure to open the card flat first,

you don't want to cut through both layers ! 

Fold the card front back over

along that fold line you made,

leaving the cut out portion flat.

You will want to cut out another piece,

the entire shape and size of the "swing "

part, to cover the creased piece.

I traced and cut out the same star shape,

but I cut it slightly smaller

than the original stencil size.

Stamp and adhere to the "swing" part.

You can add layers of decorative paper,

emboss, stamp, etc to decorate 

the sides of your swing card

if you like.

I cut two pieces of card stock to fit,

trimmed out the star shape,

ran them through and embossing folder

and glued them to the card front. 

Thanks for looking =)