Never Ending Card - By D2 - DeeDee

"Hello again Chocolate lovers!! I have been eye-ing this card type for quite a while.. and I had so much fun putting it together I thought for sure you'd enjoy it, also!

Here is a quick tutorial (remade by me.. originally found via YouTube) on how to put together a NEVER ENDING CARD!! dun dun dunnnnnnn. 

Supplies used: Walnut Distress Ink, My Mind's Eye Life Stories - GREEN, diamond glaze, random stamps, twine, a butterfly punch, decorative die cuts from the embellishment pack and metal embellishments.

1) You will need FOUR 3 inch by 6 inch pieces of your base cardstock. I used one of the grid patterns from the Life Stories collection.. this cardstock ended up being the PERFECT weight! the card folds so easily and is nice and sturdy. 

2) Score all four pieces at the 1.5 inch mark and the 4.5 inch mark down the 6 inch side (or 1.5inches in from each edge). Then score TWO of the four pieces at the 1.5 mark on the 3 inch side.. from both edges up to the other score(this is just a glue line)... leaving a large 3 inch by 3 inch square in the middle with no scores.

3) Optional --- distress!

4) Fold and crease flaps nicely (Don't worry about the miniature score that marks our gluing area.. leave it be =D)

5) Lay down your two pieces with scores AND glue lines next to each other vertically --- so that the flaps are on the TOP and BOTTOM.

6) Lay down on top of the first two pieces your last two with scores and withOUT glue lines horizontally --- so that the flaps are on the LEFT and RIGHT.

7) Glue JUST the corners (this is where our miniature score line comes in.. keep it in that square but make sure you get it right to the edge!) 

8) Experiment all the ways it folds! Crease where needed.. and it may need a little work to fold smoothly -- also be sure to snip any "hang out" edges -- they will hinder folding!

9) Embellish away!!

Hope these become a regular part of your card crafting! -DeeDee (D²)"