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I get fed up with making bottom opening cards that just do a Bambi and won’t stand up!  So I’ve come up with this solution, and it works brilliantly!  It flattens nicely to go in the envelope, and you can write your message on the back!

I will show you how to adjust the measurements to get the look you want.

Here’s the card that you’d like to make.  

If you were making it the normal way, you would cut the card double the height and fold it over.

To make this stand, you double the height, and add 5 cm.

This is the size your card would be without the stand.

This is the stand

So, take your piece of card that you have cut 5 cm longer than usual, and score a line 1 cm from the end.

Then score another line 2 cm in from that line, so 3 cm in from edge.

Then score another line 2 cm in from that line, so 5 cm in from edge

Now score the left hand section in half as shown below

Concertina fold the stand like this, take the backing off the double sided tape, then keeping the stand pushed down, fold the back over and on to the tape.

Bottom Not Opening Card!

This will be the front of your card.

Put double sided tape on the right hand section

If you want the card to open out a bit more, just lengthen your stand measurements, so you could have the 1 cm to attach (you can make this bigger too!! )  then two 4 cm sections.    If your card isn’t long enough, you could make a separate stand and attach it to your finished card.

Make your card more open by lengthening these measurements!

This card was made by using alcohol inks on acetate, and stamping an image from the Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree set on the reverse side.