Welcome to my ABC Color Series! Stampin’ Up! offers so many great color choices!  I love to combine different colors and patterns and hope to inspire you with some fun color combinations throughout this series. Today’s projects feature Real Red. I created two Double Slider Valentine cards; one could be considered masculine and the other very feminine.

I created these cards with the Most Adored 12 x 12 Specialty Designer Series Paper (A FREE Gift during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 order.)

One side of this DSP features red & pink designs while the other side is gilded gold! I love that Stampin’ Up! DSP is double-sided. The only problem is deciding which side to use! I really like this color combination.

Here’s a closer look at each of today’s cards…


Here’s a close up of the heart from the Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder.



I added a little Gold Glitz  on the center heart and embossed a strip across with middle using the Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder.

It’s been years since I made a double slider card and the punches I used previously (word window or classic label punch) are retired. I searched the web to see if anyone created an updated version but could not find anything. I figured out how to create the slider with just a couple measurements and a few cuts. Here are the details:

Measurements:

• Card base (Real Red): 4 1/4 x 11, score @ 5 1/2
• Basic White: 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 (front of card), 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 (middle slider piece), 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 (back layer), 3×3 to punch 2 3/8 Circle or Decorative Circle (front of card), 2 @ 1/2 x 2 1/2 (slider pieces)
• DSP (Most Adored): 3 1/2 x 3 (front), 3 x 3 (back)
• Cardstock (Real Red/Flirty Flamingo): scrap to die cut/emboss heart with Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder, *optional 3/4 strip across front

Directions:

1. Fold & burnish card base. *Note- for this card the fold is at the bottom and the top of the card is open. *Cut a notch at the top of the front of the card using a 1″ circle punch/die. (I did not do this step until later; however,  it would be helpful to mark the top front of your card to start for marking & cutting in the next few steps.)
2. To create the opening for the slider on the front of the card: Place the top section of your cardstock in the Paper Trimmer at 1 3/4 and draw a line with a pencil. Move your cardstock over to 4 1/4 and draw another line.
   

   

   

3. Next, you will turn the cardstock in the other direction (so the top is at the top) and put back in the trimmer. You will make 4 cuts between the pencil lines. Line your cardstock up at 1 1/2″ and cut from the top pencil line to the bottom line. Move your cardtock to 1 3/4″ and make another cut from the top pencil line to the bottom pencil line. Repeat at 2″ and 2 1/4″.

   

   

   

4. Use Paper Snips to cut the ends of each strip and remove completely.
   

   

   

   

5. To make the sliding piece, place one of the 1/2 x 2 1/2 white strips centered inside the card. Close the card and add dimensionals through the openings. Adhere the other 1/2 x 2 1/2 white strip on top to create a sandwich. This piece will now slide up and down. Move slider piece all the way to the bottom. Add a piece of Tear & Tape to both sides of this moveable piece. (*Notice the notch at the top in the photo.)
   

   

   

   

6. Add a folded piece of ribbon to the 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 piece of white cardstock and secure with Tear & Tape. Then adhere the 3 x 3 DSP to the top portion. *You will not see the lower portion once the slider is in place so you don’t need to waste DSP to cover the whole piece.
   

   

   

7. Open the card. Add Tear & Tape on the inside of the card along the sides. Center the back slider piece (layer with the ribbon pull) in the middle of the card and line it up at the top of the card. *Note the position of the white slider below the score line. Remove the Tear & tape from each side and the slider before closing the card to secure.
   
8. Stamp the middle piece (2 1/4 x 3 1/3).
9. Pull the back slider all the way up and center middle slider before removing Tear & Tape to secure to front of slider.
   

   

   

10. Adhere 3 1/2 x 3 DSP to 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 white piece for front layer. Stamp sentiment from Circle Sayings and punch with 2 3/8″ Circle Punch or Decorative Circle Punch. Adhere with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
11. Cut embossed heart using Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing folder. To die cut & emboss at the same time, place the dies inside the embossing folder with the cutting edge up. You will be able to feel them fit in place. Add your cardstock on top of the die and close the EF. You will run this through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using just the platform base (#1) and the #4 plate. (*There’s visual reminders right on the base plate.) Adhere to circle piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals. *You can Click HERE for tips and more cards I created with this embossing folder.
12. Add Dimensionals on the back only on the 4 corners. Position the main image over the front slider. Make sure the slider won’t be stopped by one of the dimensionals.
    

    

    

13. Your card will now slide up and down. I added a few more elements to the feminine version with a ribbon bow and gold trim.
    

What do you think of these double-slider cards? Are you ready to give this fun fold a try? Like so many fun fold cards, they are much easier than they look!! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Congratulations to….Stacy O’Dell! Stacy is the winner of the  “color buddy kit” to create an adoring hearts card. *Email me (j.stark@goeaston.net) your address and I will put your kit in the mail. Many thanks to everyone who left comments! I am so glad you were inspired by the color buddy cards! *If you missed that post, Click HERE.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
Just Stampin’,
Jeanie

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