Gate Fold Magic Window Shutter 'Peekaboo' Cards
Well I've been cracking on with a load of stuff that needed doing this week, plus I've had a few fire fighter call-outs, so today I rewarded myself with a morning of card making! I recently came across a couple of 'Shutter Cards' on the internet which have the effect of a camera lens opening when you open the card, and I really liked them! I found a good tutorial by Sandi MacIver , which I mainly followed, to make the mechanisms for the following cards. I used the Martha Stewart Scoring board. For my first card, I kept the card base and mechanism pieces all in pink, but put a square of metallic silver card behind the opening. I used my ATG tape runner for most of the sticking. The patterned papers I used for layering are all from Crate Paper's Notes & Things 6x6 pad. For the sentiment which is revealed as the card opens, I used the Happy die from the Echo Park 'Happy Easter' word dies, and a word stamp from Reverse Confetti's Whole Lotta Happy stam...