Mother's Day Flip Card

Today I'm sharing the Flip Card I made for our middle daughter for Mother's Day ❤️

Once again I used this beautiful patterned paper. I had purchased it specifically for our May Birthdays and Mother's Day and I have made good use out of it! I am also really enjoying the 5 x 7" Fabulous Flip die set by Sam Calcott, especially on cards that I will hand deliver. That way I'm free to add as many layers as I want without worrying about extra postage.

In her tutorial (linked below) she suggests cutting the frame a second time (which adds to the weight) and I used a heavy weight card base as well. The Flip pieces also have a couple of layers on them. I was really happy with the card (and our daughter liked it too) so I'm just giving you the heads up about adding layers and additional postage.

My friend Frances had has this die set for awhile, and she made a card with an accordion strip along the inside bottom edge to help the card stand nicely for display. I tried it out and it worked like a charm!  

Below you can see the sentiments that are revealed when you pull the frame to the right, but you also have the option of having it pull to the left when you are assembling your card.

Since this card doesn't open like a traditional card, I added a decorated panel to the back where we wrote our personal message. The Happy Mother's Day is by Karen Burniston, and I love the shadow cut from that holographic cardstock. ❤️

 If you would like to see Sam's assembly video, click HERE.

I'm not sure what measurements Frances used for her card, but I took a 7 x 3" strip of white card stock, and scored it down the 3" side at .5, 1.5 and 2.5" to create the accordion folded strip. If you are making a different sized card, you would change your measurements for that size ... this one is a 5 x 7" card.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 Cards

April - 32 Cards

May so far - 29 Cards

Additional Supplies:

 5 x 7" Fabulous Flip die set, Sam Calcott (Made to Surprise)

White cardstock

5 x 7" Card blank and envelope

Pink cardstock

Rainbow Holographic Cardstock - Recollections

Pull stamp - from an old Stampin' Up set

Sequins - the Cat's Pajamas

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