Fresh Ideas-Easy Bridge Cards

Published: Tue, 01/21/20

Fresh Ideas for Card Making from Anne Hayward

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Mountain Air Bridge Card

Mountain Air Bridge Card Opened Mountain Air Bridge Card Closed

Create 3D pop up scenery cards using the easy Bridge Card Technique!

This first card can be folded closed to fit in a regular A2 size envelope.

Card stock measurements:
Card base 4 1/4" x 8" scored at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 5 1/2", and 6 3/4"

Bridge 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 5 1/2", and 6 3/4"

Center background: 2 3/4" x 4"

Side Panels: 1" x 4"

The side panels fold up to a "mountain" fold. The center piece folds back to a "valley" fold.

1. Cut and score card base. Fold along score lines using a bone folder.
2. Create center background piece:
- Lightly dab Balmy Blue and Blushing Bride ink on the top section of the 2 3/4" x 4" Whisper White card front using a sponge.
- Stamp solid mountain from Mountain Air full strength using Highland Heather ink.
- Stamp again without reinking above the first stamped mountain, leaving room for the center Seaside Spray mountain.
- Clean stamp. Stamp between the two mountains using Seaside Spray ink full strength.
- Clean stamp. Turn stamp over to the detailed mountain image. Stamp on Balmy Blue card stock using Night of Navy ink. Cut out using a die-cut machine and coordinating Majestic Mountain Die.
- Stamp detailed tree line image on Pear Pizzazz card stock using Shaded Spruce ink. Cut out using a die-cut machine and coordinating Majestic Mountain Die.
- Attach stamped mountain to card front using Mini Dimensionals to pop it up.
- Attach stamped trees using Mini Dimensionals to pop it up.
- Attach card front to center of card base.
3. Attach the 2 side panels to the card base.
4. For the bridge piece:
- Cut and score 1 1/4" x 5 1/2" bridge piece out of Pear Pizzazz card stock.
- Stamp detailed tree image on cut and scored bridge piece using Shaded Spruce ink. Cut out using the Big Shot and coordinating Majestic Mountain Die.
- Fold along score lines using a bone folder.
- Attach to card base, matching the score lines. Use Tear and Tape Adhesive on the end pieces only to attach, leaving the center to pop up.

Card measures:
Open: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Closed: 3 1/4" x 4 1/4"

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Mountain Air

Mountain Air Bundle (stamp set and Majestic Mountain Dies)
Ink: Balmy Blue, Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Seaside Spray, Shaded Spruce
Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Majestic Mountain Dies, sponge, Mini Dimensionals, Tear and Tape Adhesive, bone folder

Friend Like You Bridge Card

With this card, the bridge piece is not scored, so the card does not fold closed.

Card stock measurements:
Card base 4 1/4" x 8" scored at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 5 1/2", and 6 3/4"

Bridge 1" x 5 1/2"

Center background: 2 3/4" x 4"

Side Panels: 1" x 4"

The side panels fold up to a "mountain" fold. The center piece folds back to a "valley" fold.

1. Cut and score card base. Fold along score lines using a bone folder.
2. Create center background piece:
- Attach 2 3/4" x 4" Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper to center of card base.
- Create a stencil for the sun by punching a piece of scrap card stock using the 1" circle punch. Lay stencil on another scrap piece of Whisper White card stock. With a sponge, add Crushed Curry and Petal Pink inks. Punch sun out using the 1" circle punch. Attach to the designer series paper.
3. Attach 2 side panels to card base.
4. Create bridge piece:
- Cut 1" x 5 1/2" bridge piece out of Blackberry Bliss card stock. If you would like the card to fold close, score the bridge piece 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 5 1/2", and 6 3/4".
- Cut cattails using a die-cut machine and Friendly Silhouettes Die out of the variegated Petal Pink design found in Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper. Cut another cattail out the variegated Old Olive design found in Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper.
- Attach Old Olive cattails to back of the bridge piece using a strip of Foam Adhesive along the upper edge.
- Attach Petal Pink cattails to back of Old Olive cattails using a strip of Foam Adhesive along the upper edge.
- Cut a piece of Old Olive card stock measuring 3/4" x 5 1/4". Stamp greeting from Friend Like You using Blackberry Bliss ink. Stamp dragonflies using Blueberry Bushel ink. Attach to bridge piece. Attach to card base using Tear and Tape Adhesive along the side ends. If you scored the bridge piece so the card will fold close, you'll need to score this greeting piece as well. To cut down on the bulk, the greeting piece should also be the bridge piece.
5. Cut dragonflies out of Old Olive and Blueberry Bushel card stock using the Big Shot and Friendly Silhouettes Die. Attach to card base using Mini Dimensionals to pop them up.
6. Attach enamel dots to complete the card.

Card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set: Friend Like You

Friend Like You Bundle (stamp set and Friendly Silhouettes Dies)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Blueberry Bushel, Crushed Curry, Petal Pink

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive, Whisper White, Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Big Shot, Friendly Silhouettes Die, 1" circle punch, sponge, Foam Adhesive Strips, Tear and Tape Adhesive, Mini Dimensionals, Stamparatus, enamel dots out of my stash

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