Telescoping Card

Today I would like to share with you a "telescoping" card.  Once you see how the mechanism works, these cards are really fun and easy to create.

For this project you will need colored and neutral cardstock, brads, a hole punch, ribbon, stamps and ink to decorate, and several Big Shot dies or the Circle Scissor Plus.

I have used my SU Garden Silhouettes set for the largest circle and stamped the image in StazOn Black.  The sentiment from Quietfire Design was used for the middle circle.  The stamp was inked first by loading it with VersaMark then Adirondack Purple Twilight and embossed with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.  For the smallest circle I used the Memory Box Flower Bundle stamp.  The stems were stamped in StazOn Black and the flowers in Adirondack Purple Twilight.  The butterfly was stamped in Ballet Blue and is from SU's Essence of Love set.

All the edges of the whisper white circles were sponged in Adirondack Cool Peri.  Kaiser rhinestones in dark purple were added to the flowers.  The piece of purple ribbon is from Ellen Hutson's store.

For a tutorial on how to make telescoping cards, please visit Barb at Craft Chaos.  Here is a link to her great You Tube video.

Happy telescoping!

The middle of the card.

Here it is fully open.

Card Recipe:
Stamps:  Memory Box Flower Bundle, Garden Silhouettes, Essence of Love, Sentiment by Quietfire Design 
Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink:  StazOn Black; Flowers - Adirondack Purple Twilight; Butterfly - Ballet Blue; Sponging - Adirondack Cool Peri; Sentiment - Adirondack Purple Twilight
Accessories:  Vintage Brads, Kaiser Rhinestones in Dark Purple, Ellen Hutson Purple Ribbon, Nesties Lacey Circles #5, Nesties Small & Large Classic Circles
Techniques:  Embossing, Sponging