TK Crafts and Cards: Many Mates Tri-fold Card Stampin' Up!

Many Mates Trifold Cards

Trifold Greenery
Cardbase: Whisper White Cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", Score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"

Fold card to a trifold (fold regular, then fold the first front flap back on itself creating a trifold
Cut Designer Series Paper (Forever Greenery) to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere to the inside of the card.
Cut DSP to 2" x 5 1/4" and adhere to the front panel (can use same side or opposite side of paper)
Cut Whisper White cardstock to 2" x 2" and using Pretty Peacock ink stamp the sentiment from Many Mates stamp set to the front center.
Cut Garden Green cardstock to 2 1/4" x 2 1/4". Adhere the sentiment to the center of the garden green.
Use Vellum Cardstock, Garden Green Cardstock, and Pretty Peacock Cardstock to cut out 3 to 4 sprigs using the Sprig Punch. Adhere a variety of sprigs in any order to the backside of the Garden Green cardstock so they stick up from the top left and bottom right of the sentiment.
Cut Pretty Peacock cardstock to 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" and adhere the sentiment/sprigs to the center of this cardstock
Put adhesive on half of the back of the sentiment that will adhere to the left side panel.
Cut Whisper White cardstock to 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" and stamp the inside sentiment from Many Mates stamps in Pretty Peacock ink to the top center of the cardstock.
Adhere this to the center of the inside of the card. Line it up so that the front sentiment fully covers the center sentiment cardstock when the card is closed.

**See YouTube video for post-it note technique to line up the sentiments.

Bumble Bee Trifold
Cardbase: Bumble Bee Cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", Score at 4 1/4" and gently score at 2 1/8"

Fold the card in half.
Open the card and use the die (from Stitched So Sweetly or any layering dies set). Lay the card open with the inside face down on the cutting pad. Center your die on the front panel of the card. Align your top plate over only the first 2 1/8" of the card (you can line it up with the light score mark you placed on the card). When you run it through the die-cut machine, you should only see that half of the die-cut through the paper. **see YouTube video for further detail on die-cutting.

Cut Designer Series Paper (2020-2022 In Color DSP) to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere to the inside of the card.
Cut DSP to 2" x 5 1/4" and adhere to the middle panel (can use same side or opposite side of paper)
Close the cards and fold back the center score mark, but allow the cut out to remain flat (do not fold the cutout image).
Use Whisper White cardstock to die cut the center image of the die set and the larger die that matches the cutout image.
Stamp the front of the card sentiment from Many Mates using Bumble Bee ink on the smaller white cardstock die-cut image. Be sure to stamp a little toward to top to have room for embellishments.
Adhere to the center of the cutout image on the front of the card.
Stamp the larger cardstock cutout at the top with the inside message in Bumble Bee ink. Adhere this to the center of the inside of the card. Line it up so that the front sentiment fully covers the center sentiment cardstock when the card is closed.
Cut 9" of Bumble Bee Gingham Trim and create a small bow. Cut the ends at an angle and adhere to the bottom center of the front sentiment.
Adhere In Color 2020-2022 Enamel Dots (Bumble Bee) to the 4 corners of the white front sentiment.