Split Fold Birthday Card

Hi Everyone

This upcoming weekend will be my Dad's 80th birthday party. I wanted to create a special card for him. I decided on a split fold card, and am very happy with the results. I think it turned out masculine and classic. Those were the qualities I was going for. I had never used this fold for a card before, but I can already tell it is going to be one of my favorites.

It is simple to create if you would want to create a card that is similar!

Ingredients for this card
1 piece of 5.5x8.5 neutral cardstock to be used as the base of the card.
2 pieces of 2 1/8x5.5 cardstock. Once piece is your background color while the other piece is a coordinating pattern
1 piece of 2x5.25 cardstock in a coordinating pattern
1 piece of 2x2 carstock in your background color
1 piece of 1.75x1.75 neutral cardstock
Ribbon
Scoring Tool
Adhesive

Assorted Embellishments

***1 piece of 2x.75 cardstock in the background color
***1 piece of 1.75x.5 neutral cardstock
***Small birthday Stamp
***Large Number Stickers
***Large Rhinestone

items marked with *** were the items I used to create this as a birthday card

Step 1

Score your 8.5 x 5.5 piece of cardstock at the 2 1/8 inch mark and the 4.25 inch mark.


Step 2

Fold the card over like a normal card at the 4.25 inch score line. Fold the card back at the 2 1/8 inch score line. Your card should look like the image to the left.


Step 3

I stamped my birthday message on the 1.75x.5 piece of neutral cardstock. Then using adhesive centered it on the 2x.75 piece of background cardstock.


Step 4

Adhere the ribbon to the 2x5.25 piece of coordinating cardstock. Adhere this piece to the 2 1/8x 5.5 piece of background cardstock


Step 5

Adhere the numbers on the 1.75x1.75 piece of neutral cardstock. Adhere this piece to the 2x2 piece of background cardstock.


Step 6

Adhere the layered piece with ribbon on to the right base of the card. Adhere the 2 1/8x 5.5 piece of coordinating cardstock to the folded back piece of your card.




Step 7

Adhere the square number piece to the folded back piece of the card. Adhere the small layered greeting on the top right of the ribbon and embellish with a rhinestone.







Happy Crafting

Sandra