Day 54 - Fancy Folds

I love what a little fancy folding can do! Have you seen the oh-so-cool Joy Fold card? Well here are the basics of what you'll need and how you'll create this card:

Here’s what you’ll need:

- 4.25” x 8.5” piece of cardstock – this will be your card base.
- 3”x 8” piece of cardstock – this does not have to be a perfect measurement and you can make it smaller to suit your preferences if you wish.

Steps:

- Score the larger piece of cardstock at 5.5” on the 8.5” side.
- Score the smaller piece of cardstock at 4” on the 8” side.

The basic idea is that the flap of the smaller card will overlap with the flap of the larger card.
This is a very simple tutorial. You can decorate your card with patterned paper before adhering the smaller piece of cardstock to the larger piece, as you can see in Sophie’s example below:



This is such a beautiful card, and the photos are wonderful for demonstrating the steps. I grabbed the tutorial steps from this site, however, I was able to Google "Joy Fold Card" and found several examples. I left out additional steps that include decorating the card with patterned paper, since you can decorate it any way you want.

It's a simple folding design that can make a big impression on the recipient!