It’s Thursday with Sandiebella!

Hiya sistahs, happy Thursday with Sandiebella !

Stamp all five images from the Oddball Mom and Dad and the Oddball Siblings stamp sets.

Front frame –  5-7/8″ x 4-1/8

Score and fold the card base at 5″ on the 10″ side. Adhere one of the 6-3/8″x 4.5″ pieces of card inside. Set aside.

Apply adhesive around the edges of one of the 5-7/8″ x 4-1/8″ pieces of card. Adhere a second one of the same size to it, then adhere the 5-7/8″ x 4-1/8″ piece of paper to the card pieces.

Take the 4-1/8″ x 2-1/8″ pieces of card and score each one at 5/8″ on both short sides and one long side. On the remaining long side, score at 5/8″ each side of the intersecting score line.

On the side with the long score line, cut up on each 5/8″ line until you meet the horizontal line. then cut across the score line to remove the centre piece.

On the opposite side, cut on each side the score lines up to the horizontal lines and remove the little sliver of card.

Fold all four tabs on the score lines, ensuring the angles are square, and burnish well with the bone folder. Repeat these steps for all 3 pieces of card.

Turn the shutters so that the side with removed middle section is on the left. This is the front of the shutters. Adhere the paper layers.

Turn over each piece and adhere the contrasting paper to the back side.

With the front of the shutter facing upwards, fold back the two outer tabs and apply wet glue

Adhere the tabs to left side corners of the remaining 5-7/8″ x 4-1/8″ piece of card, ensuring there is no over hang around the edges. Fold up the tabs on the other side of the shutter, as shown.

Repeat for the third shutter.

Fold back all of the remaining tabs and apply wet glue.

Adhere the frame  to the tabs, lining it up with the edges of the base piece.

Adhere the (2x) 4″ x 1.5″ pieces to the centre sections, the 2″ x 4″ to the end section, and the 0.5″ x 4″ piece to the smallest section of the base.

Using foam tape/dots, adhere the dad image to the centre front shutter.

Pull open the shutters and adhere the remaining images to the inside of the shutters, trimming the Mom to size.

Decorate the front of the frame and shutters.

Retrieve the card base and adhere the remaining 6-3/8″x 4.5″ piece of card to the front.

Punch a hole on the left side of the frame, adding a grommet.

Thread some twine though the grommet as a pull mechanism to open the shutters.