"Exploding" Card

This 'exploding' card is very simple to make, even though it looks complicated. It's very pretty, but not the type you could probably write very much on, so you have to make sure you can get most of the sentiment on the stamped image on the front. It's mostly for the cool effect:-) Fun for a kids birthday, where "Happy Birthday" would suffice, or something like Father's Day, when it would be fun to give a cool card. Likely as manly as a card could get depending on the paper you use:-). I will have to show how to fold it in my upcoming Paper Folding Class!

**NOTE: I showed my husband this card, and he said "Wow, this is the coolest thing you have ever made". I guess I was right, it's an easy way to impress hard-t0-impress males!

HOW TO:
Paper: Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Baja Breeze
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Stamp Set: Holiday Blitz
Embellishments: Stampin' dimentionals, twine
Tools: Paper cutter, large & small oval punch, 1 3/8" & 1" circle punch

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