Sending Smiles, A Card to Say Hello
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Hi Crafting Friend, My inspiration for this card came from Terri Gaines. She showed how to do this fun fold and the technique of embossing the whole card in the embossing folder about a year ago. I ran across it recently and fell in love with it. This is my interpretation of it. Unfortunately, the embossing didn't photograph very well, but trust me, the card is lovely. Start with a 7 X 5&1/2 cardstock card base. (I used Very Vanilla) Score it on the long side at 1&3/8 and 5&5/8. Fold and burnish your score lines, then, with the card base closed, run it through your machine in the embossing folder. This gives the entire card texture as shown in the photo below. You need a strip of coordinating cardstock cut to 2&3/4 X 5&1/2 , (I used Calypso Coral) and a strip of DSP cut to 1&1/4 X 5&1/2 Center it on the strip of coordinating cardstock and adhere it, then adhere the cardstock to the inside of the left flap making sure the DSP strip is centered betwe
