If you are like me you have never heard of a flip it card! I guess it has been out there for a while and people were using their scoreboards and making them up all the time but...I was clueless. I was walking around Hobby Lobby the other day looking for something specific that I needed to spend my 40% off coupon on when I ran across the
Sizzix display and the Stephanie Barnard Flip It Movers and Shapers steel rule die. Awesome thing cuts out the card blank with a half of an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of card stock and when folded it makes a 5" square card that flips open and shut. More awesome you can cut 3-4 maybe more at a time...I didn't push it! Sizzix has a video on their site on how to use the die and make the card, click the link above and go watch it!
I was so fascinated with the die I went to Stephanie Barnards site and found she also carried the thin dies and stamps and I bought those and used those to make this card. Due to my being a Stampin Up! (SU) Demo I can't link to her site so you will excuse me for not putting it here. The stamps used in this card were on a special thin die and stamp set she carries in her store...
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| Isn't this cute. (I grabbed the picture off of The Stamps of Life site.) There is a die for every stamp in this collection except the big egg and it can be cut out of any card stock you wish to cut it out of! |
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| Card closed. I made a 3"x3" mat of colored Easter paper for the front and back of the flip-it bit. The large eggs and grass were inked right on to the card. I ran the top part of the card through the Big Shot with a Darice Cloud embossing folder then inked it with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. |
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| The card open! Cute! The chickadee was inked then cut out using the thin die as was the small eggs. I stamped the Happy Easter in Basic Black and cut it out with the thin die from the set. |
The card base, chicks, eggs, sentiments were cut using SU Whisper White card stock. I used the SU Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, and Midnight Muse in color group for the ink pads I used. Large egg is Raspberry Ripple card stock.
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