Tri-Fold Valentines Card

Loved how my tri-fold baby card came out so did it again for Valentine's Day for my parents.  They loved it!

Paper pack was a steal - $1 at Target.  Yup - just a buck for 8 different coordinating 12x12 papers (I bought all six different sets they had).  Rub-on letters (hug, kiss, love) are Making Memories Rummage, flowers from Spare Parts by Paper Studio; heart stamp from Close to My Heart (embossed with cherry red embossing powder).  Did a little experiment with a Sizzix embossing folder - I inked up the raised portion of the folder with some cherry red ink before embossing - it created a bit of a distressed effect on the de-embossed side.  Kind of cool.

Tri-Fold Baby Card

The wife of one of my long-time colleagues is having a baby so I saw it as a great chance to make a baby card!  Amazingly enough, since starting card making early last year, I have never had a reason for making a baby card so I relished this opportunity.  And funny enough, since then, I have had three more opportunities - babies everywhere :-)

It was also my first go at making a tri-fold card.  I had a blast picking out all the details - ribbons and sliders, embossing (two folders and three powders), stamping, two types of brads, die cuts, flowers, punches, buttons, twine, three printed papers, five different card stocks and lots of adorable paper.

Tri-fold cards are now a regular part of my productions and this one is being entered into the March challenge from the Unique Crafters Challenge blog!