Twister Card

I was flipping through some old books this morning in search of some inspiration and I found it in the form of a twister card. Unfortunately, the cards were made from a kit so there were no measurements. After a little trial and error, I came up with a pattern. It's not too difficult, but there is quite a bit of measuring. Math and crafting... who knew?

Here are views of the front and back when it's laying flat.

And here's what it looks like standing up

Pretty neat, huh?

Want to know how I made it?  Read on!

Instructions:

• Cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" rectangle from Raspberry Berry cardstock
• Cut a 3 3/4" x 5 1/4" rectangle from Butter Cream cardstock
• Cut a 2 1/4" x 2 3/4" rectangle from Raspberry Berry cardstock

• Center the second largest Journey Rectangle cutting die on the large Raspberry Berry rectangle to create the outer frame.
  
• Layer the Raspberry Berry Frame on top of the 3/1/4" x 5 1/4" Buttercream panel so that the bottoms of the Raspberry Berry frame and Buttercream panel are aligned and the Buttercream panel is centered in the Raspberry Berry frame.  The top of the Buttercream panel should extend about 1/4" above and behind the top opening in the Raspberry Berry frame.
• Center the third largest (2 1/4" x 2 1/4") Journey Square on the upper portion of the Buttercream panel as shown and run it through your die cutting machine. It is very important that the square is centered horizontally.
• Run it through your die cutting machine.
  
  
• Cut the frame "legs" by positioning the same Journey Square die so that the top cutting edge is about 1/4" up from the bottom of the Buttercream panel.
  

  
• It should look like this when you are done.
  

Now it's time to measure!

• Measure 2 1/8" in from the left side of the Raspberry Berry frame.
• Use a pencil to place a dot 1/8" above the top inside edge of the frame.
  
• Repeat on the bottom of the Raspberry Berry frame.
• Measure in 1 5/8" from the left edge of the Buttercream panel.  
• Make a dot 1/8" below the Center top, 1/8" above the center opening, 1/8" below the center opening and 1/8" above the bottom of the panel.
  
• Measure 1 1/8" from the long edge of the Raspberry Berry panel and place a dot 1/8" from the top and bottom edges.
• Now that all the centers are marked with a dot, cut 1/8" deep notches as shown.
  
  
• Erase the dots
• match up the notches on the Buttercream panel with the notches on the large Raspberry Berry Panel. as shown.
  
  
• You may need to adjust the depth of the notches.  Be careful not to cut them too deep.
• Match the notches of the small Raspberry Berry panel with the noches on the Buttercream Panel as shown
  
• Congratulations!  You have assembled your twister card!
• It should look like this when standing.
  
  

Now you are ready to decorate!