Fancy Fold: Open Step Card Video

Hello, Crafters.

Today's video shows how to make this fabulous fancy fold card, called

 an open step card! I saw it last week when a demo friend of mine 

in Australia posted an open step card in my Facebook Group

 called Happy Crafting. 

 I checked on YouTube to find out how this card is made, and

 then adjusted the measurements to fit an A6 (C6) card. I designed

 the first card around the Petal Passion Suite, which was really 

easy because the Petal Palette Stamp Set has co-ordinating dies 

called Petals & More, and beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP)

 called Petal Passion. 

 For the video, I used the new Share What You Love Suite which is

 currently available on early release, in the form of three bundles.

 I found the biggest challenge was that there are no dies that 

co-ordinate with this set, and I don't like to do a lot of 

fussy cutting on videos because I appreciate a lot of crafters just 

don't like fussy cutting!

In the absence of co-ordinating dies, I used oval and circle dies

 to cut the images, and I fussy cut just three yellow flowers

 which helped to balance out the design. I think the finished card

 would have looked rather bland without the small amount of fussy cutting I did!

 Overall, I think this is a fabulous style of card, and thank

 Lilette very much for sharing hers with us all in the Happy 

Crafting FB group. I hope you decide to give it a try, too - I'm sure

 you'll be glad you did! ☺ 

That's about it from me today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.