🍂 Gathering Together Flip-Flap Fancy Fold🍄

💌 Why You’ll Love Making This Card
🍂✨ You’ll love making this Flip-Flap card because it’s full of rich autumn textures, shimmering foil accents, and the fun surprise of a hidden magnet. It’s cozy, interactive, and elegant all at once — a design that brings WOW factor with every flip and flap, and pure joy in every step of creating it. 🌿💌 — meaning you’ll get a big WOW result without a lot of fuss. Your friends and family won’t just admire this card; they’ll treasure it as a keepsake. 🍂🌸

I USED BIRDS & MORE DIES. * For the little birdie (retired)

The stamping begins with the elm leaf, die cut from the Champagne wood-look DSP and accented with the word “Gather” in Early Espresso ink, while the speckled stamp in Crushed Curry adds warmth and texture to the front focal image. Inside, on a Basic Beige mat, the sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso and layered with rustic detail from the crosshatch stamp in Early Espresso and more speckling in Crushed Curry, stamped randomly for a cozy, woodsy feel. To finish this stage, the irregular weave trim is placed across beneath the sentiment — DO NOT glue down the inside mat just yet, as more elements will be added later. 🍂✨ Glue the front Crumb Cake cardstock with the champagne DSP together and add to the front onto the Early Espresso Base

With all the pieces die cut and ready, I began layering the LG Elm leaf cut from DSP with Early Espresso cardstock elm leaf, slipping both the open weave trim and the irregular weave trim in between. This little detail gives the back a rich Early Espresso finish and a beautifully polished look. Place strips of both ribbon directly onto the DSP mat, adhere with tear n tape. Using Mini Glue Dots, I secured the LG elm and LG maple leaves together, then adhered them straight onto the ribbon & DSP backdrop for a strong, textured foundation. 🍂✨

DO NOT GLUE THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE MAPLE DOWN

Holding in your hands , layer both ribbons together with a fussy-cut champagne leaf, a touch of gold fern, and an adorable brown-and-gold spotted mushroom cut from the DSP. Once the cluster is arranged, secure it with Mini Glue Dots and adhere the whole piece on top of the large maple leaf. This creates a rustic, dimensional focal point with just the right mix of shimmer and woodland charm. 🍂🍄✨

Now it’s time to decide where you want the Flip-Flap piece to sit. I placed mine about 1½" up from the bottom of the inside Basic Beige mat, which allows the front leaf to swing perfectly into place. Once you’ve chosen the placement, tuck the scored strip of the Flip-Flap under the mat and secure it with glue. Then, turn the mat over and adhere the entire piece — Flip-Flap and all — onto the Early Espresso card base. This creates the interactive foundation that makes the design so fun and unique. 🍂✨

Next, layer both ribbons across the Flip-Flap to add texture and softness. This is also the perfect time to conceal the hidden magnet — place one under the left edge of the large maple leaf with a mini glue dot and the other on top of the flap arm cardstock. Use Mini Glue Dots along with plenty of liquid glue to adhere the large elm leaf securely over the ribbons. To build the focal cluster, I used a Post-it Note to help arrange the gold die-cut ferns, a fussy-cut leaf, and a mushroom from the DSP, then peeled them off, flipped them, and secured everything in place with Mini Glue Dots. For a polished finish, I colored the back of the gold ferns with a Pecan Pie marker so no white showed through. Finally, I die cut a second bird in Early Espresso and layered it behind, giving the flip leaf a continuous, finished look on both the front and the back. 🍂🐦✨

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🍂✨ Gathering Together Flip-Flap Fancy Fold Card.✨🍂

🌿✨ This design isn’t just beautiful to look at — it’s interactive, layered with rich textures, and full of those little WOW details that make handmade cards so special. From the shimmering plaid backdrop to the hidden magnet closure, every step of making this card is fun and rewarding. It’s the kind of project that feels like a keepsake and will truly delight anyone who receives it. 🍂💌

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💕 Let’s make something beautiful together! 🖌️💫

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