You will need:
- 8 ½” x 11” cardstock
- 8 1.2” x 11” text weight paper
- paper cutter
- double-sided tape or glue
1. Cut the cardstock in half to yield two 11 x 4 ¼” panels. Fold them in half to make two 5 ½” x 4 ¼” cards. Set aside.
2. Using a paper cutter, trim 1/8” away from one side of the text weight paper. Trim away 1/8” from the top of the text weight paper.
3. Crease the paper from upper left to lower right corner and from upper right to lower left corner making a large creased X. TIP: lay the corners at the edge of a table to make creasing easier as shown in photo.
4. Now crease the paper from left side to right side and from top to bottom like a window pane. Press all the folds tightly and make sure all points match. Reverse all the folds to make them flexible.
5. Lay the paper open with all four diagonal creases in the “mountain” position as shown in the picture.
6. Place your hands under the paper on either side and press the sides together. The top and bottom “mountains” will fold in and bypass each other to form the paper into a pyramid shape. See pictures.
7. Fold the two bottom corners of the pyramid flat along the base to the center crease. Flip the pyramid over and do the same on the other side. This will make four little flaps. See picture.
8. Open up each of the flaps and reverse the direction of their creases so that the folds are now on the inside of each flap. It will look like a little house.
9. Position the folded paper to the inside of one of the cards with the point of the “house” roof next to the center fold of the card. Attach with double sided tape or glue to all edges of the paper on both sides.
10. Press the card shut. When you open it, the fully extended paper will fold out.
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Michael Strong is a born doodler. He filled the margins of most of his school work with drawings of all description and usually caught the wrath of his teachers for not paying attention in class. A career in art was inevitable. Eventually, his hobby of rubber stamping turned into little rubber stamp company. Working from his home, Michael’s little company has grown and flourished. His work has been published in national magazines and he is the author of two craft books Don’t Throw That Away! and Paper Greenhouse. Michael was lucky enough to make many appearances on The Carol Duvall Show highlighting his love of turning ordinary household ephemera into works of art. He now appears on TV Weekly’s The Scrapbook Lounge, a web based venue for paper crafting and scrapbooking. Most of Michael’s time now is devoted to traveling around the country and on the high seas teaching rubber stamping to his beloved fellow stampers. His little doodles have become his passion which he happily shares with everyone. http://www.strongstamps.com.
