Slimline Diagonal Trifold with Poppies

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog. Today's card started out as more of an experiment than anything else but I'm thrilled with how well it worked out!  I started with this pretty double sided 12 x 12" patterned paper (retired) and cut it down to 8.5" long. Then I scored down the 12" side at 4" and 8", which gave me a Slimline sized trifold card. The finished (folded) size of my card today is 4 x 8.5" and it fits in a standard #10 Business Envelope for mailing.

The next step was to create the diagonal cut at the top. Opening the trifold card flat, I made a small pencil mark 4" down from the top on the left side. I lined that 4" mark at one end of my trimmer, and the top right corner of the paper at the other end of my trimmer and cut ... presto!

I used some Mini Slimline dies to cut the inside rectangles, cut an oval for the card front, then pulled out some older poppy elements from my stash. The butterfly is from an very old punch, but the HOORAY is only a few months old. 😊  It's from a Mini Slimline die set by Picket Fence Studios, and I linked it below. 

Below is what the card looks like opened. While is is only patterned paper and not overly heavy at that - the additional cardstock layers really help keep the card nice and sturdy. I think that is the part that made me the happiest as I'm not a fan of 'wussy' cards.

Now I do have the Slimline die set by Divinity Designs to create this type of card AND it has all the layering dies. It's called the Slimline Z Fold and I'll like it below as well. If you follow me, you know how much I enjoy layering dies. I'll also add their A2 sized set (which I also have).  But I just wanted to see if this would work for a quick card and it did. 

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Additional Supplies:
Butterfly Punch - Stampin' Up (retired)
Patterned paper - Flower & Field, Stampin' Up (retired)
Poppy elements - Stampin' Up (retired)
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)