Congratulations Spanner Card

I recently completed Level 1 of Altenew's AECP program, and for the final project, I needed to create a set of his and her cards with 4-6 cards in each set. This card is one of the cards from the masculine set I created. 

This is a spanner card, and I used the measurements and instructions found on Lisa Curcio's YouTube channel here: 🔴 You Can Learn to Make This Amazing Spanner Panel Card in Minutes. I also have the measurements and listed below my photos. 

Here's a look at the card when the side panels are lifted: 

Now here's a look when the center panel is lifted:

Card with coordinating envelope:

Measurements: 

Red cardstock: 

• 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" and cut at 1 1/4" from each side up to the center scoreline to create 2 side panels

Silver cardstock: 

• (2) 1 1/8" by 4 1/8" 
• (1) 2 7/8" by 4 1/8"
• (1) 4" by 5 1/4"

Black cardstock: 

• (2) 1 1/8" by 4 1/8" 

Ink smooshed watercolor paper stamped with Altnew's Dotted Pinwheel Stamp Set: 

• (2) 1" by 4"

White cardstock stenciled with Cloud Scene Stencil using Stormy Sky Distress Ink: 

• (1) 2 3/4" by 4" 
• (1) 3 3/4" by 5"

Acetate: 

• (1) 1" by 5 1/2" 

Instructions:

After trimming all the pieces listed above and stenciling the cloud panels, I began adhering the layers to the card base. I added the strip of acetate to the inside of the 2 side panels so those panels move as one. 

I used Altenew's Raised Sentiments embossing folder to emboss the "congratulations" sentiment on the front of the card and the "you're incredible" sentiment on the inside. On the back of the acetate strip, I adhered another red strip I stamped with "Happy Graduation" from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Flourishing Garden stamped to cover the back of the sentiment strip on the front of the acetate. I added a bit of black ink over the embossed sentiments by running the ink pad directly over the words and then added a bit more ink on the red strips to give them a distressed look. 

I die cut and assembled 2 birds from Altenew's Bird Bath Layering Die Set using red, black, and silver cardstock and adhered the larger one to the center panel that shows on the front of the card and the smaller one on the sentiment strip inside the card. 

To create the coordinating envelope, I embossed the envelope flap with the Cloudy Days 3D embossing folder. 

 

Altenew products used: Bird Bath Layering Die Set, Dotted Pinwheels Stamp Set, Raised Sentiments 3D embossing folder, Craft-Your-Life: Flourishing Garden, Cloud Scene Stencil, and Cloudy Day embossing folder 

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Challenges I'm entering: 

Creative Creases #103: I'm on the DT, so I'm entering my card just for inspiration

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of masculine (unlimited entries; ends 6/12/25)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Add a Sentiment (ends 6/3/25)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Graduation (3/4; ends 5/25/25)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (4/4; ends 6/2/25)

Crafty Gals Corner: Fancy ____ (I chose Fancy Fold) (1/3; ends 6/9/25)

Cardz 4 Galz: Things with Wings (2/3; ends 5/28/25)

The Paper Shelter: Dots and/or Stripes (1/2; ends 5/28/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with Optional Twist of Celebrate Something New (4/6; ends at the end of the month) 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 6/4/25)

A Place To Start: ATG (7/8; ends at the end of the month) 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Die Cut, Metallic, and Stenciling