Fun Fold Cards using 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" card stock for card base

 

What can I  make when I start with a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of cardstock?  I won't show the basic "fold it in half" card, but this page lists other possibilities.  Check back because I don't have examples yet for all of them, and I'll periodically be adding additional structures.

Apertures:

• Basic Square or Rectangular Aperture:
• Aperture with Inside Foldback (uses 2 card blanks):
• Shaped Aperture:  
• Window Card:
• Window Card with Lattice:  
• Keyhole Aperture: 

Arrow Cards:

• Examples: 

Cut Away Cards:

• Basic Cutaway:
• Cutaway with Latch:
• Cutaway with Acetate:
• Cutaway Sides: (bottom of 9/5/19) 

Diorama Cards:

• Examples: 

Easel Cards:

• Basic Easel:
• Vertical Easel:
• Twisted Easel:
• Cutaway Easel: 
• Triple Easel with Sides: 

Folded Panel Cards:

• Basic Folded Panel:
• Folded Panel with Latch:
• Banded Foldback: 

Gap Cards:

• Die Cut Gap:
• Acetate Gap:

Gate Fold Cards:

• Basic Gate Fold:
• Interlocking Gate Fold:
• Rotated Gate Fold:
• Gate Fold Window:

Penny Sliders:

• Examples:

Pop-Up Cards:

•  Examples:

Shadow Box Cards:

• Examples: 

Shaker Cards:

• Examples: 

Spanner Cards:

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Step Cards

• Center Step:   
  
  The Center Step card is not hard to make, but difficult to describe.  Basically, the sides are created as a small step and then larger step, while the center section stays the same as normal.
  
  
• Inverted Center Step:  

 

The Inverted Center Step is basically the opposite of the Center Step card.  It has the center as the "step" and the sides without steps. Cut lines are the same - score lines are opposite.  See examples here.

• Side Step:
  
  
  
  The side step card is a split card with one side full as a normal card, and the other side having steps - usually 3.
  
  
• Triple Side Step: 
   
  This structure is created quite similarly to a side step card, but has a narrower area on the left and the back two stairs are created side by side with different heights. 

• Dual Side Step:

 

This card has two steps in the center framed by the sides of the card.  To make it, check here.

Tri-Fold:

• Basic Tri-Fold:
• Tri-fold Flap: 
• Tri-Fold with Apertures: 
• Z Fold: