Traditions of Christmas fun fold Christmas card

 Do you ever find yourself in the predicament of having beautiful pattern papers but not knowing what to do with them? Me too! And this paper is one such paper! Called Traditions of Christmas this stunning floral Christmas paper in rich colours of reds, greens and gold has gorgeous splashes of blues and pinks that take it to the next level 😍

Well last week for one of my regular online classes we used these gorgeous papers so I had to cut into them 😱 and boy was it hard! But I persevered and created inspiration for the class attendees to encourage them to use this beautiful paper. Once I got started I couldn't stop creating with this beautiful paper so I have another project to share with you all today!

The papers are part of the larger Traditions of Christmas suite collection.  This collection includes 2 stamp sets and coordinating dies, ribbon, embellishments and a 3d embossing folder. For today's inspiration I've used one of the stamps and coordinating dies called Traditional Labels.  The stamps have lots of ways to combine parts to create your own sentiment as well as the usual ones.

The dies are such useful shapes and sizes that will be great for all year round crafting! 

So let's get into the card I'm sharing with you today!  I'm calling this fun fold a stepped concertina card. It probably has a better name but I don't have it 😝 but if you do please leave a comment and let me know your suggestions! 

The card starts with a piece of cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 28.5cm scored at 3cm, 6cm, 12cm and 18cm.  ( 4½" x 11" scored at 1", 2", 3¾", and 5½")

Then mark down 4cm (1½") at the 6cm (2") scoreline. Then mark 2cm (¾") down at the 18cm (5½) scoreline. Now cut down these scorelines to the marks and across to the left-hand side and remove these piece as shown below. This creates the stepped look to the card.

And here it is looking from above . You can see how the concertina folds are folded.

Decorate as desired but don't panic if you're thinking where shall I write my message 🤔 Turn the card over and decorate with a white panel and voilà a lovely space to write that heartfelt message of Christmas cheer.

I have also utilised the edge images from the paper to fussy cut out a corner decoration waste not want not after all 😉

The florals are all fussy cut from the pattern paper on this card but of course you can decorate as you wish after all it's your card!

Just have fun 😀