Double tiered pull out card

 More fun with the adorable Cute as a bug pattern papers papers today! I just can't stop playing with them 🫣🤪. Does this happen to you too?

Well today's card is a fun fold one, another phase I'm in 🫣. I'm calling it a double tiered pull out card. If it has another name please let me know.

This card is a version of the one I made on my Live at 5 over on Facebook on Monday just gone. This card is a landscape orientation the one from Monday's live is in a portrait orientation. 

The mechanism and materials are identical.  It's just the way the card opens and which direction the decoration goes that makes all the difference! 

So start with a piece of cardstock measuring 10.5cm x 29.7cm scored at 14.85cm ( 4¼" x 11" scored at 5½") You'll need  to decorate one side of this card piece. In the portrait version I've added a mat as well as a layer of pattern paper. But in the landscape version I've only added a layer of pattern paper. Which ever way you choose to go here are 2 top tips. 1 only apply adhesive around the edges of the layers and 2 make sure that the orientation of the paper is right. For the portrait version you need to have the fold of the cardbase to the bottom so the print needs to work going up from there. For the landscape version the fold is on the left hand side so the paper needs to flow from there. Now this sounds very complicated but I promise it's not just watch the video at the bottom of the post to see how it all comes together 😊

Now with the panel decorated you're going to cut 2 very narrow slots in through the layers. This part doesn't matter which way the final card is going. You need to cut 2 slots one at 4cm (1¾") up and 2.5cm ( 1") in from the left along to 2.5cm ( 1") in from the right-hand edge. Next move the blade to 4.2cm (1 &13/16") and cut beside the first cut. 

Next cut in at 6.5cm ( 2½") and 6.7cm ( 2⁹/16") to create another slot as shown below.

Next use sharp scissors or a craft knife to remove the 2 very thin strips from the piece.

This sounds different so again watch the video as I'm sure it's a lot easier to understand when you see how it goes 🤪.

Once the slots are made you're going to need 8 1.3cm (½") circles. Fold 4 in half and with the fold in the center add them to the slots. Now adhere another circle on both sides. These should run easily up and down the slots. This is the mechanism that makes the pull out panels pull out!

Now cut 3 pieces of cardstock.  2 measuring 8cm x 10.5cm (3¼" x 4¼") and 1 measuring 5.5cm x 7.5cm ( 2¼" x 3") . Watch the video to see what to with these bits 👀. 

Once the front of the card is finished and working you'll need a further piece of cardstock measuring 10.5cm x 16cm scored at 14.85cm (4¼" x 5¾" scored at 5½") . This panel is adhered to the back of the card, in the appropriate direction,  to form the inside of the card.

I decorated both these cards using images either die cut or fussy cut from the cute as a bug pattern papers. You of course can decorate however you wish.

And here is the all important video that will make sense of all of the above 😀

And here's a short of the landscape version in action 🎬 

I hope you'll give this fun card a go. 

Take care and have fun

Cary xx