Habakkuk 2:14 Napkin Fold Card

This week's card for the shut ins I send happy mail to features a design I saw on Connie Stewart's Simply Stamping blog here: How To Make A Napkin Fold Card AND Make It Stand (simplysimplestamping.com). I've made napkin fold cards before, but what I liked about Connie's version is that it's attached to a card base with a stand in the back so it can be displayed. 

I recently purchased the SU! whale punch to be able to punch out the whale stamp that's part of the Whale Done stamp set I won as a prize from Debbie Mageed over at the Creative Creases challenge awhile back, so when I came across a verse in my study of Habukkuk in BSF this week that had a sea theme, I decided to create a sea-themed card featuring the verse and using the stamps and punch from that SU! set. I had some cute double-sided card stock with ocean animals and seashells on one side and darling little crabs on the other that seemed perfect for this card set. I created a cut file from the measurements for the card base and stand from Connie's post using my Silhouette Studio design software and then used a napkin fold card cut file from Sabine Harris for the napkin fold part of the card. Sabine's original napkin fold card file was quite a bit larger than what I needed to fit on the card base from Connie's post, so I resized it to just under 6 inches and could then fit 4 of them on one sheet of 12x12 card stock using my Silhouette Cameo 4 to cut them out. If you'd like to use Sabine's napkin fold card file in a card of your own, she's generously shared it in the files section of the FB group Silhouette Card Making and Paper Crafts. 

For the inner card, I stamped some coral and seaweed and then did some ink blending with my blending brushes to create an ocean background. Next time I'll blend the background first and then stamp, but I didn't think of it until after I'd stamped them all and realized the background needed something more. Finally, I stamped a whale and punched him out and adhered him with foam tape to the little ocean scene on the top flap. The flap opens up to reveal the verse from Habakkuk 2:14: "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." What a beautiful promise! I added a tiny school of fish and a shell using SU! stamps to decorate around the verse. 

Here's a look at the set of cards I made:

Close up of the cards with the both sides of the double-sided card stock used: 

This is what they look like when I'm holding the napkin fold part closed with the corners tucked into the fold:

Partly open with corners untucked:

Open all the way with the scene on the flap in view:

Close up of the ocean scene:

View of the inner verse from Habbukuk:

Close up of the verse:

Back of the cards showing the stand pieces:

Challenges I'm entering:

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #55 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold (ends 4/28/23)

Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends 4/28/23)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends 5/5/23)

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends 4/28/23)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of animals (I have a whale and some fish) (1/3; ends 4/28/23)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 5/5/23)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG with option of using a stencil (ends 4/30/23)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 5/6/23)

Stamping Sensations (sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with stamping and option of CAS (2/3; ends 4/30/23)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles (welove2create.blogspot.com): ATG (ends 4/29)

We Love Stamping: ATG with stamping and option of birds or animals (I have whale and fish stamps in my project) (2/3; ends 5/3/23)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 5/8/23)

The Paper Shelter: This Beautiful Earth--I have an ocean scene (1/2; ends 5/2/23)

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (1/5; ends 5/3/23)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of flower power (3/6; ends 4/30/23)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; ends 5/10/23)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends 4/27/23) DT Favorite winner 5/28/23

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog (cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends 4/30/23)

Crafty Animals: ATG with animals (ends 4/30/23)

Let's Craft and Create (letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com): ATG with option of pink and gray (2/3; ends 4/30/23)

Scribble Challenge (rabiscochallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (ends 4/30/23)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG with option of Woman of the Year (ends 4/30/23)