Proverbs 18:24 Fancy Quarter Fold Card

Today's card was a labor of love! It took a few tries to get this one right! I made the inner pumpkins too big the first time around, and then still bigger than I wanted the second time around (they completely fill the inside of the card!), and the cut file I designed for the outside box card didn't quite fit together correctly at first, either. Nevertheless, I kept at it, and eventually it all came together. 

To start with, I got the idea of creating this card design from Rae Harper-Burnet. You can check out her instructions here: Fancy Quarter Folds | Wild West Paper Arts. I modified her sizing to accommodate the pumpkin cut outs I wanted to use inside and created a cut file in my Silhouette Design Studio software so I could make multiples of them quickly. Pro tip: Don't try to size the exterior after creating the interior elements! I really did this backwards and wound up using giant envelopes to fit the cards I ended up with 😂. I would have been way better off sizing up the interior elements to fit the exterior and being able to put this card in a standard 5X7 envelope. 

Once I knew that I wanted to make this quarter fold card, I decided I wanted something the recipient could open up inside the card, also. I liked the idea of a surprise inside a surprise! It's fall, so I thought a pumpkin would be a good shape for the interior of the card, and I had a petal enclosure cut file in my Silhouette library that I sized up to fit inside the dimensions of the pumpkin. 

To continue the fall theme, I chose the stamp and coordinating die set "Autumn Blessings" by Our Daily Bread and stamped the sentiment "A falling leaf is nothing more than a summer's wave goodbye" and then die cut the sentiment using a Gina Marie Designs stitched oval die. Then I embossed the sentiment die cut.  After that, I stamped and die cut the leaves and acorn elements in the Autumn Blessings set. I also die cut a twig from a Tim Holtz set and used that on a couple of the card fronts. I didn't have enough of any one color of ribbon to do all the cards in the same ribbon, so I used a couple different colors for the set for the shut ins I mail to each week and then a third color for my good friend whose card was modified slightly to read "I'm so blessed by your friendship." She embroidered a beautiful jean jacket for me for my birthday earlier this week, and I wanted to make her a special card as a thank you. I chose a verse that reflected the gift of Christian friendship. She's like a sister to me for sure!

The set of cards for the shut ins this week:

The version I gave my friend:

The next few pictures show what the card looks like as it opens: 

The stamp on the pumpkin reads: Surprise inside

Inside the petal enclosure part:

A close up of the verse:

Challenges I'm entering: 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Leaves, ribbon, autumn colors (ends October 6)

handicraft dream (bastel-traum.blogspot.com): Fall (no limit; ends October 15)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (no limit; ends at the end of the month)

Arty Divas (artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends October 19)

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Emboss it (the sentiment on the card front was embossed with a Cuttlebug leaf EF) (1/5 ends October 3)

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (5/5; ends on October 5)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/5 for this week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends October 12)

fourseasons (thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com): ATG Fall (2/3 ends at the end of the month)

Double D Challenges (daranddiane.blogspot.com): Things that fall (leaves); (1/3; ends on October 12)

The Paper Shelter: Buttons and/or Bows (I have bows on the front of my cards) (1/3; ends on October 5)

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #42 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold (ends October 14)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends October 10)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting (doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com): Punch it out (ATG with a die); Beverage I was drinking while crafting this one was Harney & Son's Florence black tea (a chocolate/hazelnut blend) with Hazelnut Nut Pods non-dairy creamer! So delicious! (4/4; ends on October 3)

InspirationStation (inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com): Scarecrow graphic as inspiration--I went with the fall theme and chose fall colors and leaves on my card (unlimited entries; ends on October 2)

Challenge | Your Next Stamp: Fall (2/3; ends October 15)

Festive Friday Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com): Fall,  Halloween, Christmas (1/3; ends October 13)

Taylormadecards4u: ATG with option of Halloween/Fall (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (2/2; ends 10/14)

Can You Handle The Pressure? (cyhtp.blogspot.com): ATG with embossing; twist of leaves (I used a leaves EF to emboss the sentiment on the front of the card (check out the second photo) (3/3; ends on October 8)

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends on October 8)

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: September Challenge | Hero Arts: Use a die (ends October 2)

Sweet Stampers Challenge: Add a sentiment (3/5; ends 10/8)

Twisted Thursday Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-thursday.blogspot.com): ATG with a twist of 

                                                                1 RIBBON

 2 WORD SENTIMENT

3 LAYERS or MORE! 

(My card has a ribbon, 2 sentiments, and more than 3 layers)