Holiday Center Folding Card Tutorial

I love making my holiday cards!  But I always have such a hard time deciding on just one stamp set or one style of card to make.

This year I did my best to keep all my cards the same and only swapped out the patterned background paper.  I almost always start on Pinterest looking for inspiration before making any card of any kind.  When I stumbled upon a center opening card I just knew I wanted to try making them this year.

I began by cutting my red cardstock in half and then instead of folding it in half I scored each side at 2 1/8."  As soon as I had all the card bases made I set them aside and went to work cutting my patterned paper into strips that were 5 1/2" by 1 7/8."

I put the patterned paper on each flap of the card and then cut coordinated plain colored paper for the inside of each card (3 1/2" x 5") and adhered those using my tape runner as well.

With the bulk of my card done I turned to stamping my image.  I stamped the center image using my Peace, Love, Joy stamp from Stampin' Up! It is part of the All Year Cheer 1 set from 2002.  I stamped in red on a bright white background sized 2 1/8" x 2 1/2."

I layered my white image over another color paper (sometimes green and sometimes gray depending on the patterned paper I was pairing it with).  The larger paper was sized 2 1/2" x 2 3/4."  

I then cut one final rectangle for my center image at 2 3/4" x 3."  I forgot to take a picture of these steps but you can see the completed image and layers on the card front.

Once all my center images were done I used my tape runner to add tape to just one side of the image and adhered it to the card front.  

Linking up with Penny Black and More for their November card challenge.