A fun card for you all today, my nephews would certainly love this type of card base. With hindsight I think in the future I would use a lower weight of card. I used a 320gsm but think that a lower weight would create less bulk with the fold out and a smoother mechanism
I really love how this turned out and it gave me enough room to totally fill with images. As you can see this is for my Mum who is a total whizz with a sewing machine
I really am loving these diamond hammock cards so have created a triple one to go with the selection
This fabulous card was born from a hospital trip with my son!!! I have seen this design on pinterest a number of times but it is always just one mechanism and is usually something like a vase of flowers. Anyone that has ever had a teenage boy knows that conversation can be minimal especially when they are being forced to do something that removes them from tings that they enjoy, such as a hospital trip! When I finally resigned myself to the fact that I would be getting no more conversation I started to look around and saw a huge floor to ceiling fish tank but did not really pay it much attention. I finally got my phone out and started to scroll on pintrest and saw the vase card again and had a light bulb moment! I have make a double mechanism and make a fish tank!!!
And so my fish tank card was born
This is one of those card designs that I kept looking at but I just could not figure out how to add my own stamp to it. They were all a rectangle or a square but then I thought how about I turn it into a circle!! No dies are required. I used a circle cutter but a compass and a pair of scissors would work just as well and are relatively cheap in comparison to some of our craft supplies
I love the Diamond Hammock Card so much and judging by the views so do you all, so I have made a double version on a 5 x 7 and have a triple in the pipeline also
This card was inspired by a hammock style gatefold that seems to be pretty popular on social media platforms at the moment. I wanted to create a diamond shaped one that would pop from the card base. I am in the process of making a double and a triple hammock card too so watch this space.
