Triple Tier Card with Stand | Stamping Bella Stamps

Hi all! Today I'm sharing how to make this Triple Tier Card with an optional Stand featuring Tiny Townies on Santa's Lap and a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments stamp set. 

There are loads of samples of this type of card going around, but my version makes a 5.5" x 5.5" card when closed up, and there is also a gift card holder on the top tier of the card for that extra little surprise.  It is quite bulky so would need to be mailed in a bubble envelope or box envelope, but it's a fantastic display card well worth the extra postage costs. 

Supplies:

Tiny Townies on Santa's Lap rubber stamp

Holiday Sentiments stamp set

White card

Designer paper (used Modascrap: Christmas)

Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies

Pencil and ruler

Scoring board and bone folder

Craft knife

How to:

Stamp Tiny Townies on Santa's Lap onto white card. Stamp the sentiment from Holiday Sentiments onto a piece of designer paper measuring 4.75" x 4.75" - positioning it towards the top. 

Colour the image and fussy cut around the outline using a precision scissors. 

Set the image aside. 

Cut a piece of card measuring 11.5" x 5.5" and score on the long side at 5.5" and 11" (bottom tier)

Cut a piece of card measuring 10.5" x 5" and score on the long side at 5" and 10" (middle tier)

For the panels and sliding mechanism, cut white card:

5-3/8" x 5-3/8"

4-7/8" x 4-7/8" 

0.25" x 7" (x2)

For the top tier of the card cut one piece of card measuring 4.5" x 4.5" 

If you want each tier to have approx 0.5" showing when the card is closed, follow the two steps below. 

Take the bottom tier card piece and, with the 0.5" section on the right, measure down 0.5" on the left side section. Draw a line across. Across the top, place a pencil mark at 1.5" and 4" and draw a line from top to bottom. Measure up 1.5" and draw a line across. 

Take the middle tier card piece and, with the 0.5" section on the right, measure down 0.5" on the left side section. Draw a line across. Across the top, place a pencil mark at 1.25" and 3.75" and draw a line from top to bottom. Measure up 1.5" and draw a line across. 

If you would prefer the tiers to be tucked completely inside each other when the card is closed, move the bottom line down 0.5" on each piece. 

Using a craft knife, cut each side of the pencil line, from the 0.5" horizontal line to the first or second horizontal line, depending on whether you want the tiers hidden. On this sample I went to the bottom line so that the tiers were completely inside one another. 

Take the 0.25" x 7" piece of card and slip in under the centre section. Loosely fold it around and trim if necessary. Glue the ends together. 

Repeat for both piece of card. 

Take the 4-7/8" x 4-7/8" piece of card and apply DS tape around the edges. Fold the middle tier on the 5" score line so that the outside is showing. Apply a strip of DS tape each side of the sliding mechanism. Remove all the tape backing and adhere the panel down. Repeat with the bottom tier, using the 5-3/8" x 5-3/8" piece of card. 

Adhere the paper with the sentiment onto the front of the middle tier and set aside. 

For the top tier, cut a piece of designer paper measuring 4.25" x 4.25" and adhere to the 4.5" square piece of card. If you want to add a gift card holder, measure the size of the gift card and then add 1-1/8" extra to the width, and 0.5" extra to the length. Score on each long side and the bottom at 0.5" 

Using a small circle die, cut a semi-circle from the top of the gift card holder. 

Apply adhesive to the 0.5" sections and adhere the holder down onto the top tier, ensuring it's towards the bottom. 

Apply 1/4" tape, or wet glue, to the sliding mechanism on the middle tier. Push the mechanism right down to the bottom of the runner.

Line the top of the top tier up with the top of the middle tier, centered horizontally across the card, and adhere it to the sliding mechanism. 

Before closing up the middle tier, add a pull tab, or punch a hole and add some twine. 

Apply DS tape to the outside of the 0.5" section and lift the backing on one end. Fold the middle tier over and adhere the 0.5" section to the opposite end, ensuring it's behind the top tier. 

Repeat the steps above to attach the middle tier to the bottom tier. 

Cut layers and panels for the front of the card, and adhere them all together. 

Adhere the circle panel down using foam tape and then adhere the image on top using more foam tape.

Decorate the front as desired. 

Optional Stand.

This card is designed to lay flat but if you want to create a stand to display it upright, cut a piece of card measuring 4.5" x 9.5". Score on the long side at 3.5", 7", 8" and 9". 

Mountain fold the 8" score line and valley fold all of the others. 

Apply adhesive to the outside of the 0.5" section and adhere to the other end. 

Line up the bottom of the stand with the bottom of the back of the card and adhere. 

Decorate each of the tiers using the elements page from the paper pack. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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Double Zig Zag Card | Stamping Bella Tutorial

Hi all! Today I'm sharing how I made this Double Zig Zag Card featuring Tiny Townie Sammy is Sweet. This is a great card deign perfect for displaying, and there is also the option to add a pocket inside to house a gift card or extra messages included in the instructions below. 

Supplies:

Tiny Townie Sammy is Sweet rubber stamp 

Card

Designer Paper (paper used is Piatek Trzynastego - Sugar and Spice)

Scoring board and bone folder

Adhesive

Embellishments

How to:

Over towards the left side of a piece of white card measuring 3-5/8" x 2.25", stamp only the top part (approx 2-1/8") of Tiny Townie Sammy. To do this, attach a post-it note to the bottom half of the stamp before inking it up. Once the stamp is inked, remove the post-it note and stamp as normal. 

Stamp the sentiment to the side of the image. 

Colour the image using your preferred medium. 

Cut a piece of card measuring 2-7/8" x 4" and a piece of designer paper measuring 2.75" x 3-7/8" to mat the image. Adhere the pieces together and set to one side to work on the card base. 

For the card base:

Cut one piece of card measuring 5.5" x 8.5" and score at 2-1/8" and 4.25" on the 8.5" side. 

Cut a piece of card measuring 3" x 11" and score at 4.25" and 8.5" on the 11" side. 

For the designer paper layers, cut -

4" x 5.25" 

1-7/8" x 5.25" (2x) 

4" x 2.75"

2.25" x 2.75"

1.5" x 2.75"

1-7/8" x 2.75"

Fold the 8.5" x 5.5" piece of card on the 4.25" score line. Fold the 2-1/8" score line back. 

Adhere the 4" x 5.25" piece of paper to the inside back. 

Fold the 3" x 11" piece of card as shown, with the 4.25" score line mountained and the 8.5" valleyed. 

On the centre section of the card base, apply adhesive to the bottom 3" only. Take the 3" x 11" piece of card and adhere the 4.25" end down onto the adhesive. 

Adhere one of the 1-7/8" x 5.25" down, covering the bridging. 

Fold back the first 2-1/8" section and adhere the other 1-7/8" x 5.25" piece. 

Open out the 3" x 11" piece and adhere the 4" x 2.75", 2.25" x 2.75", and 1-7/8" x 2.75" pieces of paper to the front. 

To attach the image, fold up the card and apply adhesive to front of the 2.5" x 3" panel, leaving at least a 1/8" border around the top, bottom and left side.  

Adhere the image, centering it so that there is approx 1/16" border around. Adhere the remaining 1.5" x 2.75" piece of designer paper to the back of the image panel. 

Optional pocket:

Cut a piece of paper measuring 4.75" x 1.75". Score at 0.25" on both ends of the 4.75" side and the bottom. Fold in the score lines, apply adhesive to them and adhere the pocket down. This can be used for gift cards, tags or extra messages. 

Embellish as desired. 

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