Nellie Melon - Double Reverse Shutter Card

Welcome to this weeks Wednesday Wonder, which is a Double Reverse Shutter card

You will need a 12" x 6" piece of cardstock

Scoring

At 2", 4", 8" and 10" score the full height of the card 

At 1", 5", 7" and 11" score to 1 inch down from the top and 1 inch up from the bottom

your score lines should be in these positions

Cutting 

Make a straight cut from the black spot to the pink spot in the four places shown in the picture

Folding 

The easiest way I found to put in the folds was to start with the scores which run from top to bottom, initially ignoring the the smaller scores which will be folded the wrong way at this stage.  Hopefully your card should look something like the picture below

Now fold in the smaller score lines along the top and bottom, reversing the two on each side which were folded the wrong way on the previous step

The fun part of decorating your card now begins!  On my sample card I have added a belly band to keep it closed but that was more because I used thick cardstock

For an alternative take on the style I also made a card using a piece cut to 10" x 6" but only put the fold and cuts on one side, when folded this will fit in a 6" x 6" envelope

Hope you enjoy trying out this style and be sure to share your cards on the main page

Have fun!

Nellie Melon