Sunday, March 28, 2021

W-fold Kite

 At yesterday's stamping retreat, one of the demonstrators showed how to make a W-fold card. I think it is definitely the lesser of the letter-fold cards. (See Z-fold here.) I embossed the blue (balmy? soft sky?) with the cloudy day embossing folder and mounted it on a night of navy card base. The poppy parade, granny apple green, and night of navy kites are on a background stamped with blue spatter. The red and green kites are popped up on dimensionals and the whole panel is popped up.


Inside, the kites are repeated. The "pop up" W-fold is mounted on the same blue as the card front, with granny apple green ombre paper mounted on navy. I stamped half the kite on the designer series paper (DSP). I've seen other people do this, and it looks like butterflies. It's evocative here. The sentiment is stamped in poppy parade, from curly cute. It's all mounted up because it was supposed to go on the front of the card but I didn't like how it fit, so I slapped it on the inside and called it good. 

I'm not sure I'm in love with the concept. I think I'd like it better if the four panels lent themselves to a story or something. The demonstrator's examples were just four pieces of DSP mounted on cardstock and why?

2 comments:

Robin in Virginia said...

It is a super looking card.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

I agree , the middle V needs more of a 3D effect to emphasise it. Or a trompe l'oeil effect when seen from the left or the right. I don't know, make something up! LOL