I just love this card, the front is pretty as a card all on it own, but then you open it up and the real card is on the inside.  It is also made with the Everyday Happiness designer series paper from Stampin’ Up which I am infatuated with right now, it is just so beautiful.  This card is a full-size card at 5” x 7” but could be done as a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card as well.  I made this for a good friend’s 50^th so wanted the larger size. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

• Everyday Happiness designer series paper
• Wild Wheat card stock
• White card stock
• Wild Wheat ink
• With You in Mind stamp set
• Nested rectangle dies, one about 3” x 4 ¼” and the next size down
• Banner die
• Number dies
• Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
• Paper trimmer
• Adhesive of choice
• Scissors
• Pop-Dots

This card is not hard to make but it has a lot of cutting for the different layers of paper.  Since this is a full-size card, it takes a bit more paper.  With White card stock, cut the following:

• One piece to 7” x 10 ½” scored on the long edge at 5” and 10”
• One to 7” x 10” scored on the long edge at 5”
• One to 3 ¾” x 9 ¾” scored at 4 7/8”
• Two pieces to 2 ½” x 3 ¾” each scored at ½” and 2”

With the Wild Wheat card stock cut two pieces to 2 ¾” x 4 1/8” and one to 3 ¼” x 4 ½”.

Grab your Everyday Happiness designer series paper.  Take a piece with the swoops of blue, gold and white.  Cut three pieces to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”.  With the floral piece cut two pieces to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and one to 4 ½” x 6 ½”.  With the blue plaid paper cut two pieces to 3 ½” x 4 ¾” and two pieces to 1 ¼” x 3 ½”. 

With the White card stock pieces cut to 7” x 10 ½” and the 7” x 10 pieces, fold both pieces at the 5” score mark and with the fold pointing down fold the ½” mark down as well.  Then adhere the second piece of card stock, also with the fold pointing down to the ½” piece, forming a “W” shape. 

Take the two pieces of the swoops designer series paper that you cut to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and the largest of the two nested rectangle dies and cut the rectangle out of the center of both.  Adhere these to the two center pieces of your base White card stock.  Take the smaller rectangle die and place the die in the center of your swoops cut out and cut out the smaller rectangle.  Keep all of these cut out pieces to use later.  Now take the two floral pieces you cut to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and adhere on the front and back panel of the inside of your card. 

Let’s start making the interlocking piece.  Take the piece of white card stock cut to 3 ¾” x 9 ¾” and fold in half.  Then take the two pieces of white card stock cut to 2 ½” x 3 ¾” and fold each into a “U” shape.  Adhere one side of the “U” to the back of the 3 ¾” x 9” ¾” piece and the other to the other end, both each with the “U” facing to the center.  Take the four pieces of blue plaid you cut earlier and adhere the two small pieces to the ends and the two larger pieces to the center panels.

Take the two White card stock rectangle pieces you cut from the card center cut-outs and the two Wild Wheat pieces you cut to 2 ¾” x 4 1/8” and adhere the White to the Wild Wheat.  With a scrap piece of the blue with polka dots cut cut 5 banner pieces and use four of them to adhere to the tops of the two pieces in whatever arrangement you like.  With the While Wheat ink and the With You In Mind stamp set, stamp the “Happy Birthday” after stamping off first. 

Use a number stamp set or dies to add the age if desired to the second.  Adhere each piece to the front center panels. 

Now take that and put through the center of the card base and fold to align the center piece in the center and to the back.  Open the front panel trying to keep the rest aligned and put adhesive on the ½” strip then lay flat and fold the front of the card onto it to align.  Do the same for the back. 

Now for the front of the card, take the last swooped paper and the last floral piece and adhere together and then to the front of the card.  Then the piece of Wild Wheat and one of the cut-outs of the swooped paper.  Stamp a greeting in the center of the swooped paper.  Cut out a few of the flowers and leaves and adhere to the upper left corner and lower right corner and use the last banner you cut to put in the upper right corner.

There is your Everyday Happiness double concertina interlocking happy birthday card.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.