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Monday, July 18, 2016

Mr Cardmaker is Triptychal

I have been remiss in posting lately, mostly due to the fact that I can much more easily head over to Instagram and toss up a photo of what I've been doing, rather than compose all the words and stuff I do for the ol' blog. Plus, I post pics of Max the Beagle and Charlie the Husband there, as well.
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HOWEVER, I have not forgotten YOU, faithful blog reader, and so today I want to share Charlie's birthday card, which is NOT on Instagram yet, so you haven't missed anything!

So I made him this--


Which opens up to look like this--


I know I call this a triptych in the title, but I think it's actually just a trifold card, since it's really just one long picture, and not three scenes that go together, which I believe it the better definition of a triptych. (Who says you don't learn little tidbits here and there when you visit my blog?)
I just think that punny title is better...

The base is just a regular piece of 8 1/2"x11" piece of cardstock trimmed at an angle (which made it just about 7 1/2" inches tall at one end, and 4 3/4" tall at the other) which I scored on my Scor-Pal at the handy little arrow marks which are there to allow this kind of card fold. I'm not sure what the exact measurements are...The overall width is just under 3 3/4", so it easily fits into a regular business size envelope with some wiggle room, which allowed me to overlap that cloud on the first panel just a bit.

So, most of this is done with Lawn Fawn's Hello Sunshine stamps and dies, but is did sneak in an old Stampin' Up or two to do the underbrush-y stuff, and a SU set called Happy Happenings for the sentiment(s).

I colored the chicks and bees with Copics, using just a couple of yellows. I love how simple these images are, and they kind of remind me of those Minion things as well as marshmallow peeps.

To make the card look right when it's closed, I had to also do some stamping on the BACK side of the middle panel.
That looks like this--

Not terribly eventful on that side, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

So closed, it looks like this--

Sorry about my fingers in there, but that's 110# cardstock, so it doesn't lay flat when folded so well.
You can find the little vellum clouds in there a little better in this shot, too.


The balloons are all coated with Glossy Accents to shine them up, because, shiny!

So, Charlie loved it, and I was really pretty happy with the results. Yay!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
All Best--
Richard

9 comments:

  1. What a COOL and CREATIVE design! Love the sunny and happy colors! Happy summer, Richard!

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  2. I love the blog posts! Your explanations and anecdotes are fabulous.

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  3. Of course Charlie loved it - silly goose! He is very supportive of you and knows you put a lot of love and effort into this awesome card! Thanks for teaching me about the difference in the tri-fold and the Triptych (spell?) and I never realized that the back side of the middle section would need something! (Slaps forehead, says "duh").
    Hugs!

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  4. Love it, gorgeous :) Nicely done with the triptych / tri-fold descriptions. Cx

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  5. That is such a fun birthday card and love the lovely colors of it too. So cheery!

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  6. Wonderful card filled with bright colors and something new every time I look! Something about a special fold card that makes it extraordinary - this one is even more so because you had such a big canvas to fill! Nothing ordinary here!

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  7. What an adorable card! And I totally agree with cap31416: it's always so much fun to read your posts so please keep them coming!

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  8. Sweet, happy, joyous scene. So much fun that is tripled with cuteness. Love the size too!

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  9. Every time you post I am amazed, astounded, and inspired. Love your cards!

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