A Turkish Map Fold Interior!

Hey crafty friends - if you celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday, I hope it was fabulous! I enjoyed my day with friends and ate waaaay too much! Today I started my holiday decorating but curtailed it to watch Craft Roulette Episode #295 live.

Supplies: Paper - Astro Designs cardstock

Graphic 45 Merry & Bright; 

Park Lane A7 gold card (cut up);

Printed Taylored Expression Insider 

(for the inside sentiment)

Host Mary Gunn FUNN had Caitlin Anthony (‪@CaitlinAnnaleeCards‬) as her guest. Caitlin was making her 6th appearance on the show and also participated in the CR World Cardmaking Day event. Caitlin is on the team at Pink and Main so you may have seen her on their videos. The wheel had some interesting parameters tonight!

• Project - Map Fold: I did a Turkish Map Fold pop-out interior
• Colors - Planter: I used colors from my new Christmas planters. 
• Element - From the Sky: Paper on card front has a star.
• Random - Three in a Row: Paper on card front has 3 bells in a row. Interior has many sets of three in a row. 

I tell you, the map fold parameter nearly drove me crazy! I started doing an actually brochure style fold then folded in half. Very bulky already (even starting with 65lb paper), then I added mat layers to every side (16!). Was debating decor & an hour into it when I switched gears! Needless to say I didn't finish during the show but that's ok - plenty of time to submit to the gallery afterward. Check it out HERE if desired.

I found a video from the Gentleman Crafter on a Turkish Map Fold format that pops out when you open the card. Much quicker to put together, I tell you! His video shows how he did it using a software program but I just copied down the measurements, then watched how he folded the physical paper once he got it out of his machine. 

Based on the first photo - looks like a normal card, right? It's a 5" square card with some patterned paper mats. But check out the inside!

It's pretty easy - basically take a 9" piece of paper & fold in half, then on the diagonals, then score little 2.25" squares in the four corners. Then you press those little squares in. I absolutely had to watch the video to be sure how to fold it! I did the sentiment in the center of the folds like the instructor did. Other cards I've seen had the sentiment on the large area on the bottom. I'd do it that way next time but, hey, I thought this turned out pretty great for a first time at this fancy fold!

That's it for today! Snow expected here tomorrow so I'll probably stay home and continue my decorating. Thanks for stopping & have a crafty weekend!!