In Him Was Life, and the Life Was the Light of Men Card

I recently came across a new-to-me fun fold card design on Connie Stewart's YouTube channel and decided to try it out. It's called a 3-Panel Card, and you can view the video here: 3 Panel Card Tutorial: How To Make Unique Card With Personality! (simplysimplestamping.com). 

This set of cards is going to the shut ins from my church to whom I try to send cards regularly, and I chose the Word Art Wednesday word art of John 1:4: In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. I appreciate the beautiful verses posted at Word Art Wednesday every 2 weeks and have used many of them in my cards. For this card, I imported the scripture to my Silhouette Design Studio software and then made a print and cut file of the verse. I also made a cut file for all the pieces to make this card using my Silhouette Design Studio software so that I could make multiple cards quickly. I simply followed Connie's measurements to create all the elements using the software. Then I used my Cameo 4 to cut out all the pieces. 

To go with the theme of the verse, I chose some pattern paper I had in my stash that features lamps on one side and stripes on the other. I used the striped side as a layer on the card base and used the lamp pattern side to decorate the panels of the smaller card adhered to the base. 

For the first card, I added a ribbon like Connie Stewart did in her tutorial on this card design, but for the rest of the cards, I decided to leave off the ribbon so the card would be easier to mail. 

To finish the cards, I added a white panel on the back of the cards to write a personal message. 

When the card is open:

Close up of the verse:

A version without the ribbon for easier mailing:

A look at several of the cards together:

The back of the cards:

Challenges I'm entering: 

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite fun fold and why: This 3-panel fun fold card is great because it has so many panels to decorate! I love that I can add a ribbon to close it or leave the ribbon off, and the back is a great place to write my message. (1/3; ends 4/3/24)
 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends 4/10/24)

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges********** (pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends 3/31/24) C10

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (1/5; ends 4/3/24)

TIME OUT Challenges: :Stripes (I used striped pattern paper on the card base) (1/5; ends 4/15/24) C5

No more challenges.