The Side Flap Card
By Susan Cobb

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If you’re looking for a way to freshen up your card designs and try something different, then this pattern is for you! Susan folded burgundy floral paper around the opening edge of this card to create an elegant and fun decorated flap.

Supplies:

• Paper Pizazz® Diamond Folds Template
• patterned Paper Pizazz®: burgundy floral on green, light green floral: Jacie’s Vintage Papers
• specialty Paper Pizazz®: pastel pink vellum: Pastel Vellum Papers
• solid Paper Pizazz®: rose: Teresa’s Handpicked Solid Muted Papers
• Paper Pizazz® Holidays & Seasons Embossed Paper Charms
• Cardmaker’s™ 5”x6 1/2” blank white card
• X-acto® knife, cutting mat
• pencil

Instructions:

1. Cover the card front with light green floral paper.
2. Glue a 1 3/8”x 4 1/4” piece of rose paper centered on a 2 1/8”x 4 1/4” pink vellum rectangle. Place the Diamond Folds Template pattern centered on the rose strip. Trace the template, then cut and fold. Glue just the left side and bottom of the diamond folds piece to the upper left corner of the card front, leaving the other side open for the flap tip to be inserted behind it.
3. Trace the side flap pattern and cut a flap from burgundy floral paper. Mat the two cut sides onto rose paper. Fold along the dashed line and glue the folded portion to the inside of the opening edge of the card so the remained of the flap folds onto the card front. Glue down, slipping the tip of the flap behind the vellum piece.
4. Glue embossed charms to the vellum. Cut out flowers and leaf from excess burgundy floral paper and glue to the top of the vellum as shown.

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Project reprinted from Terrific Template Ideas.