Delightful Floral & Nested Essentials Cards

Can you imagine my joy when I saw this beautiful Delightful Floral designer paper pop up as a new Online Exclusive offering from Stampin’ Up! earlier this month? If you are not familiar with Online Exclusives, these are limited time offering products, available only while supplies last and not shown in the catalog. You can see them all here.

Featured Stampin’ Up! Products today:

As I shared on my weekly live crafting video yesterday (replay below) I was really stumped on how to use this shape from the Nested Essentials dies, until I got a card from my friend Cathy (see my version here). I have now adapted the design from a side fold flap to a top fold flap on these fun fold cards!

I also checked through my stamp sets to find the perfect vertical greetings to fit these dies. I used stamps from 3 stamp sets: Courage & Faith, So Sincere and Throughout the year (see them at the bottom of this post, click any product photo to shop in my online store).

Above: top fold flap cards closed

Below: top fold flap cards open

ALTERNATE:

If you like this idea but don’t want to do the extra steps of the top fold flap, simply create the cards in the same way, but just add the layered Nested Essentials dies to the card front!

How to Make these Cards:

please watch the video (replay at the bottom of this post) for all details
base card: regular A2 size card (5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″) folded in half, then cut 1″ off the front
front DSP: 3″ x 5-1/4″
standard inside (shown below): 4″ x 5-1/4″ white panel and strip of DSP
top flap card inside (shown at the top of this post): 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ white panel and strip of DSP