Butterfly Basics Squash Card January Club Project

I shared a card before the holidays that is a squash card. You can see the card here and I have a little tutorial on how to put this card together.

In January we made a squash card using the new Butterfly Basics Stamp Set in the 2015 Occasions Catalog and we used the coordinating Butterfly Thinlits! Such beautiful products!

Here is the card we made

And the inside

What a fun card to make and give!

The card base is 11" x 4 1/4"

The "Squash" part of the card is 6" x 6"

You score on the 3" both ways and then score from corner to corner just on one of the triangles

Fold each score line both ways to make the squash easy to pop

Fold in the "triangle" sides and push them down and crease them with the bone folder

After folding, it will look like this

Add Sticky Tape to both sides

Add one side to the top. lining up with the center score line and adhere – then fold bottom up and attach to other

Finish card by decorating the inside

This was SUCH a fun card to make!

The following are the products you will need to make this project

Click here to place your order or click on each product

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set
$35.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
$8.50

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
$6.95

Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
$6.95

Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper
$10.95

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
$5.95

Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad
$5.95

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad
$5.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
$5.95

Pink Pirouette Assortment Stampin' Blendabilities Markers
$11.95

Bitty Butterfly Punch
$15.95

Butterflies Thinlits Dies
$24.95

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments
$4.95

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I found some other fun samples using the "Squash" technique

I made this little card

I used The Lotus Blossom Photopolymer Stamp Set that is FREE with a $50 order during Sale-A-Bration!

Here is the card when opened

I used a piece of card stock cut 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" – just score at the 4 1/4" both ways and down the center of one side – fold as above and fold into the card. Add the inside embellishments. To add the ribbon make sure your front doesn't have adhesive on the side and slip the ribbon through and around the back and tie on the side

Here are the products used for this project

Lotus Blossom Photopolymer Stamp Set
$0.00

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
$8.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
$6.95

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad
$5.95

Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad
$5.95

Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon
$5.95

And one more product that is called a Squash Album

What a fun project – I used my kids picture from the holidays

Think Grandma's Brag Book!

Here's the book closed

and open

You could decorate with LOTS more pictures – I chose to just use 4

I used 3 pieces of card stock cut 8" x 8" each and scored and folded as above

I then laid each piece together lining up the unscored pieces and adhere them together

The two outside pieces will fold in on the triangle and the center triangles will fold out.

I added two pieces of card stock cut 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" to the back and front and added the ribbon through the back and brought it around the front for tying

The following are the products you will need to make this project

Click here to place your order or click on each product