TBT with a Fun Fold

Today's throw back card uses retired colors along with a retired die cut and the retired Circle Circus stamp set. This is a CASE of Jane Knudsen. I pretty much took her fold directions and created my own card. The Basic Birthday Decorative Strip was used in the Big Shot to cut out the letters. I cut it 4 times to get the different colors for the inside of the card and then cut the Happy apart and every two letters of Birthday apart. I'm always looking for ways to use this die as the cut strip is almost 12 inches long. I really like the way the card turned out. I used Midnight Muse and Encore Silver pads to ink the front. The rhinestones on the front are smaller than the current ones in the catalog. These came from a previous SU! product for decorating eggs. (I've been digging in my stash and straightening up my studio again... seems like it needs a good straightening every couple weeks.
The bottom photo shows how simple the fold is.
Start with a 5-1/2 X 11 inch piece of card stock.
Cut 5/8" off one short side
Score at 4-1/4, 5-1/4, 6-1/4 inches.
Flip over and score at 4-3/4 and 5-3/4 inches.
Fold back and forth in zig zag fashion to get fold as shown in photo above.
Decorate front and inside of card.

Punched Circles

This card is a CASE of Kelly Rasmussen on Pinterest. The hardest part of making this card was creating the template for punching the 3/4" circles. Once I had that created the rest of the card went together quickly using the little star punch and some scraps of Sweet Taffy DSP. The greeting is from the retired On Your Birthday stamp set. After I had this card done I felt like it could use a little something more. So I grabbed my Essentials paper piercing pack and made this stepped up card.

Extra Large Cogs Double Punch

I have lots of the celery green dotted impression circles left over from making swaps for a regional earlier this year. Just can't throw them away. I turned the bumpy side down for these cards. I think the circles look more masculine that way. (Okay, maybe it's just me!) Then I pulled out the cogs punch. The cogs made me think of a couple expressions; just seemed to go together in my mind... thinking (cogs turning!) and turning (hopefully that ones is obvious).

The cogs punch is a Double punch. It took me awhile to figure out this punch. I have the best luck by placing it on the taple top and pushing it down on the table. You have to be sure to get that second snap.

The last card also uses the cogs punch. Do you see them? They are used to make the petals of the flowers. Punch a set from two different colors of cardstock, then layer them offsetting the teeth so that both colors are showing. The center hole is covered with a piece of scrap Designer Series Paper. I can't remember where I saw this or I would give credit where credit is due.