 Hey everybody, it's Sam at Mixed Up Craft. Thank you for watching my tutorial today. I'm gonna be showing you how to make this fun fold card and I'm calling it my arrow fold card. I was playing around with score lines and I'd actually done this one last week when I'd done the twisted gatefold card. So yeah, I was just in the mindset of doing lots of points and things like that and I come up with this one and I absolutely love it and it stands up perfectly. It's six by six, so it sits perfectly into an envelope. Folds completely flat, so it's easy to post and this is using supplies from my April hobby base kit. So as always, I'll share all the links to the supplies and if you wanna find out more information about joining the club, you've got until the 21st of what are we now? So the 21st of May to sign up for June's Box. So May's Box is already now going out to the current subscribers, so you've now got until the 21st for the June box. But yeah, so I'll just bring up a bit closer, you can see. I've just finished it off. This is from my own stash, but the sentiment, the embellishments, the paper, that's all from the kit, which is a taste of Morocco. So let's crack on and make it. This one is very easy to make. Just gonna put in my supplies here. I'm gonna do a slight change with this one because I actually cut this too short. I wasn't concentrating, so I need to mat it with, and I'm gonna use this silver card, which is my own stash, but I'll talk through the measurements of that one as we go. So I'm using this pre-made six by six card base that was in the kit as well, and it's got, you can see there, it's got embossed polka dots all over it. That's the foils that we received. It's the Crafters Companion, and it came with the two meter foils. So I'm getting lots of use out of this one. I've used the gold for this one here because I thought the gold worked really well with this kind of aqua green, but I'm gonna be using silver today, which is, again, from my own stash, but I'll be showing you still the techniques and everything. So six by six card base is what you need, and we'll start off with that first of all. So grab a ruler, and you just want to mark along the bottom, so this is gonna fold, this is gonna be a top folding card, okay, so you want it with this orientation, okay? Along the bottom, you're just gonna pop a little pencil mark at three inches, okay? So that's just the middle point. Then we want to mark along the side, so this is the top, okay, the top there. Along this side here, we're gonna mark a little marker at two and a marker at four. And again, on this side here, mark at two and line that one up, and four, okay? Then what you want to do is grab your stylus, open the card up, otherwise you'll crease through onto your back piece, which is what you don't want to do. And first of all, we're gonna score from the very top here from this score line, the middle score line there that folds the card. Pop your stylus right on the corner, and then you need to be making sure that you get really sharp points. Like I said in last week's tutorial, this is all about getting those really nice, sharp points. And you want to join the ruler so it hits that middle pencil mark. Just come up a bit there, because that's the three inch pencil mark that we put in earlier. And you're just gonna score more point there, and join those up. And then again, on this side here, top corner down to that pencil mark, like so. Then go down to that two inch mark and join it to the same centre point. And then down to that four inch mark and again join it to that same centre point. And then go on to the other side and do that four one, and again down to that two one or two and four. I mean, they're the same. This is six inch side, so they're all the same. Like so. So if I just bring that up, you should now have, just pick up there again, you can see we've got a score line from the top to the middle, then two inches down to the middle, then four inches down to the middle, and the same on this side here. The very top, down to the middle, then that one there, down to the middle, and then that one there, down to the middle. Okay, then what you want to do, starting with the longest one, carefully, you wanna fold that under. Now what I would say is, don't go straight in with your bone folder and burnish it, do it with your finger and your thumbs first, just making sure that you get nice points. Okay, once we've done all this, we can rub out our pencil. So again, just going along that other side, like so. Then you're gonna do like a concertina fold, so the next score line, we're gonna come up, so we've just folded down, we're then gonna come up on that next score line. And just with your ruler, kind of use it to keep that point really sharp at the end there, and just fold that over like so. Again, on the other side, so that's where we've folded it over originally and then you're gonna come back on itself. Again, just making sure that you're getting a really nice, sharp point. Burnish it all better in a minute, and then this last one, we're going to fold back. I'm just trying to remember what I've done, then I thought we're going the wrong way. Yeah, fold back, okay. And that creates that arrow, arrow, arrow. Again, make sure you're getting a really nice, excuse my nails. And now you can see that lovely arrow shape that we've got. So now I can grab my bone folder and just go along now and just burnish all of those score lines so they're really set in place like so, okay. Now if you want to, you can stick this down so that's all flat, but when it's all up, it's quite nice to burnish this top one again. Now, once you've done that, you'll find that it, once you re-burnish it again, then it stays perfectly. But I quite like how you see there's more dimension when they're not stuck down. You can see that shadow it creates inside. I just think it looks a bit nicer, but if you want to stick them all completely flat, you can do. Okay, so that is the card. That's how easy this arrow fold is to do. So now we need to decorate it. So the main, I've just used one sheet of six by six to decorate this. And then when you open it up inside, you can write your message on this white panel that I've done. So if you just want to use the one piece of pattern paper, then it needs to be five and five eighths of an inch by five and a half, okay. So that is what my silver piece is here. Now I'm going to mat on top of that and I'll tell you this measurement when we get to it if you want to do that way as well. So along the, so this would be the five and a half width would be going along the top here. And you'll see it sits in perfectly, giving you a nice border. Flip over this piece along the five inch side. Doesn't matter which one. So along the five and a half inch side, sorry, you want to mark it halfway again. So in this case, it's going to be two and three quarters. Okay, so I'm just marking there. And then I'm going to draw a pencil mark from, again, just slightly out of shot there, sorry. So I've just marked two and three quarters here. And then I'm just going to do a pencil mark from corner down to the, there's a little bit off. Let's do that one again. That's better. And again, on this one here, okay. And then you want to cut it. Now cut it really neatly because you're going to use these pieces as well. It all gets used and I think it's wasted. So I'm just going to cut up both of these. Okay, so that's all cut out. So now that piece sit perfectly on top of this main triangle, giving you a nice even border. And then these pieces here are going to go inside like so. Okay, so before we stick all that down, we'll cut this next piece. So this is then the piece that I'm going to mount on top. So obviously if you're using just one sheet of pattern paper, that's the effect it will be, which is lovely. But because I made a mistake, I'm now matting because this piece I cut too small. So originally it would have just been this straight on this card like so. So just this against the white. But I think against the silver it's actually going to look rather special. So this piece here is measuring up at five by five and three eighths. So along the five inch side, obviously if your pattern's directional, make sure you've got, I'm scoring along, I guess the bottom bit here. So half of five is two and a half. So I'm just scoring at the two and a half mark. And then again, just join those up and you just want to cut it out exactly like I just did with that mary card. Okay, so that's now all cut out. So now I'm going to go and stick all these pieces on top of the silver bit. So they will stick on top of those. Again, you'll have a nice border around both pieces. And then this one is going to sit on top of this one here. Okay, I'm using wet glue just so I've got the wiggle room to make sure they're all nicely even. Okay, so now they are all stuck down and now I need to stick them on top of the card. So that one is going to go like so. I think it looks really, really nice. These are so striking. So again, just using my wet glue and just get them all stuck down onto the card. Okay, with the ones inside, just going to just pop my glue on the back. Just bring it down to the corner, giving yourself the same kind of border. That you have on the front. So when that comes over, you see the effect that it's going to create. It's really lovely. So that's that one. And then just repeat the same on that side. Okay, so that's the inside. And then you've got all that room there to write your sentiment. If you want to mat another piece on top, because in hit this one, because the color was obviously this aqua green, I then cut this. And it's the same size as the pattern paper. So it would have been a piece of five and five eighths by five and a half. And you just want to mark the center point. Again, along the five and a half inch side, draw the pencil and cut up and it will sit perfectly inside, like so. But because this is already white and it's a strong card, I'm going to leave that because that's perfect for the sentiment. But now that closes down and stands up like so. I think it looks fantastic. So now I'm going to show you a little bit of foiling. So I have got some card here. I don't need all of that. Some of this. All right. So this one here is going to be on your special day. So it can be used then for anniversary cards, birthday cards, wedding day, things like that. It's kind of a bit more universal, I guess this one. So you cut these from these sheets. They're six by six sheets of all different designs. You cut out the sentiment or the pattern, whatever it is. And you peel off the backing, which you've got there. Keep it if you want. Sometimes I put it on the top. It depends if I've got a delicate, more of a delicate paper. This is quite a tough card, but I would also put that on top and then rub over it, but I'm not going to bother today. And then you just want to go over and just rub. You get a little lollipop stick in these, but I lost mine, as I mentioned last week. So I'm just using my bone folder here. And you just want to rub over it until you're happy that you've rubbed over every part. Because basically you're transferring the image onto your card. So it's like a sticky film. Lift up the edge and there we go. So now if I try and catch the light, I don't think, oh, there we go. Can you just see it there? There we go. So that is transferred across. So now I'm going to use my silver. But obviously if you've got the kit, you'll be using the gold. And you want to then sit that over the top, like so. And you'll see it's stuck to the sticky bit underneath. You can just about make it out there. Again, with my bone folder, this time just rub it so it's quite flat. Because you don't want to scratch and you don't want to leave marks on your card. But I can see now that coming across. Then you can probably make it out. Can you see? It's completely transferred. So the actual, the silver is underneath. The top piece here that I can see is just a clear film. Underneath is where you can see everything's stuck, like so. So that's still clear on the top. Now, if you feel like you've missed any bits, which I don't think I have, you can go back over it. It's not picking anything up, which means that it has taken that first amount perfectly. If I just bring that up, you can see now how lovely that is. And as I said, the difference, you can get this effect with embossing powders, but the difference is that embossing powders are raised and are like lumpy, I guess. Whereas the foils are completely flat. That's a completely flush, very smooth transfer. Okay, so that's that one done. Then I'm going to run that one through. I've just got a rectangle, kind of my rectangle frame let's here. And I'm gonna run that through my die cutting machine. And then I've got a another piece. Where is my silver? I've got another piece of silver. And I'm gonna die cut that in the next size up. So I'm gonna have a silver frame around my sentiment. Okay, so they both just put that to one side. I've just die cut both of those now. I'm just gonna pop some foam squares on the back here. Pop that one so it's nice, again, and centered. Ooh, so, to bring that up now, you can see what a lovely tag that is. Okay, so now I need to pop this one. So it's gonna sit like so. I'm gonna bring it up a bit. I don't wanna bring it there. I'll bring it down so it's got a bit of, now I'm gonna bring it down so it's got a little bit of border there. So again, I'm just gonna use some of my wet glue here. Just make sure you get that in the middle. I can see I've got even, even along the top there and along the bottom. So that's that one. Then I've got some of these embellishments which are the same as the gold. I've got them in the silver already. But the gold ones, as I mentioned, that came with the kit, obviously all match perfectly. It was these ones here, I've got 120 of them. These faceted ones, which are lovely. So this one here, I'm gonna pop where do I wanna put it? Top, I think I'm gonna put it there, like so. And then this is optional, but I just wanted a few little flourishes. So I'm gonna stick these and they all just sit underneath that white sentiment there because I've got that raised gap from when I used the foam little squares. So I'm just gonna pop that one under and then lift that leaf up. So it's just kind of lifted on the top. Again, just little details like that, just kind of just help a bit. So I'm just popping some glue over the top and the bottom, pop this one in, and again, glue that one on the top. And then the last one, just trim a bit off the top there right up in the middle. And there you have it. I think that is absolutely stunning. It's such a pretty guard. So they have a really unusual arrow fold card. That's what I'm calling it anyway. So there's that one. There's the one with the golds and the greens. As I said, they all fold flat, fit in a six by six envelope, and they stand up perfectly. I think they look absolutely gorgeous. So hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 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