Trifold Shutter Card
Instructions starting with a standard 8 ½” by 11” piece of cardstock and, when folded, this fits in a regular A2 envelope (standard size for handmade cards).Cut the cardstock to 5 ½” by 10 ½”.
Scores are from the short end and run edge to edge at 1 ¾”, 3 ½”, 7” and 8 ¾”. This just shows you how the cardstock should be on your cutter (I’m a very visual person – descriptions don’t work well for me!!!)Next cut a slit 1 ½” from each edge and run between the first score line and the last score line. And here’s a shot of how it looks once your slit is cut. As you can see, I was supervised the whole time I did this to make sure I got it right!!Now the folds – a series of “peak” and “valley” folds. They are a bit tricky! First “peak” fold the top and bottom thin sections but DO NOT fold the middle section at all where there are not score lines (look at the next picture to see the unfolded middle section):At the next score, “valley” fold the top and bottom thin sections, and peak fold the middle section:The next score is peak folded on top and bottom thin sections and valley folded in the middle:And at the last score, valley fold top and bottom sections; again, do not fold middle section at all. This is a finished look:
Here it is folded up, and how it looks as it opens:
