Explosion Card

Folded card

 Fully exploded!

 I hope you can see how this is folded from this picture. All the fold lines are marked with dashes. Looking at the picture below there is a valley fold between thetriangles with  two hearts on the top and between the two  ttriangles on the bottom
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This card is fun and easy to make. Let the cricut cut out your 12x4 inch strip of paper and add the dotted fold lines.  Because the cricut won't actually cut 12x12(only 11.5 x 11.5) tMake sure your paper is exactly lined up straight before cutting on the mat. Then make sure the center of the card is centered at 6 inches in the center of the mat. You will have to snip the last .25 inches on each edge with scissors when you are done.

I cut the triangles out of double sided paper and just alternated the sides.  I added a 2x2 square in the middle to have a lighter color to stamp on. Glue on all the triangles and the rest, leaving an even border around the sides. Add stamp or other cut out embellishments on each triangle. This is lots of fun! I like how professional it looks when you are done.

The card will stand up for display.

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The files is two mats wide. Cut the first triangles and rectangles on the first mat out of double sided paper. THen move over 12 inches or so until middle of 12x12 card is exactly on the six inch vertical line on the mat. Then make second cut