Pop-up Diamond card

 Happy Easter, everyone!

Today's inspiration is a pop-up diamond card. This is very straightforward to make, and I think it was one of the first funfold cards I learned, many moons ago! Usually, the top and pop-up are created from one piece of card, but as this topper was paper pieced, I added it separately which makes it even easier.

Instructions to make the Base:

1.    5" x 7 1/2", scored at 2 1/2 and 5" along the long side 

2.    Turn the card and score from the top of the 2 1/2 score line to the bottom right of card, and then from the bottom of 2 1/2 score line to top right of card, creating an X ascross the 5" score line

 1.    5" x 7 1/2", scored at 2 1/2 and 5" along the long side 

2.    Turn the card and score from the top of the 2 1/2 score line to the bottom right of the card, and then from the bottom of the 2 1/2 score line to the top right of the card, creating an X across the 5" score line - see diagram above. 

3.    With your fingers, fold the 2 1/2" and 5" upwards as valley folds and the diagonal one as mountains.

4.     Adjust the folds if necessary to be in line and burnish with a bone folder. 

5.    Mat and layer pretty paper onto the rectangle, then adhere the triangle of the base centrally on top of it and hold in place while it sticks. 

6.    Create topper of your choice 5" x 5" square and adhere to the top triangle of the base. This will now fold to fit in a square 6" envelope. 

7.    I made my topper with an interlaced background die onto the Craft Consortium pink paper and paper pieced 2 layers of blue and purple papers on top. I could have made another card with the blue and purple leftovers. Do not try to turn over the paper and use reverse, and the pattern will not follow through; there may also be slight discrepancies in final fit that way, too. I die-cut another layer of rose gold mirror card and used the framework to make the design pop. 

8.    On the reverse, I stamped and decorated with alcohol markers one of the  Fairy collection stamps on white to create the writing layer. 

9.    I fussy cut the Fairy wishes words from the waste of a sheet of decoupage toppers and added foam pads and also added one of the chipboard ephemera fairies to finish my card. 

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Lesley xx

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One Sheet Wonder Memory Keeper with Craft Consortium's Vintage Emporium

 Good morning everyone, 

Today I have instructions to make a really quick memory keeper from one 12 x 12 sheet of Vintage Emporium paper plus scraps and embellishments. I did record a video when I made it but there must have been some kind of glitch because try as I may, I just cannot persuade the video to upload to YouTube or to share. Anyway, it is very straightforward, and I hope you will easily understand the written instructions. 

You will need:

One 12 x 12 sheet paper
scraps of paper for pockets and photo mats
lace/twine/ribbon
tags or ephemera

stamps

Instructions:

1.    Keeping the direction of the pattern, fold the 12 x 12 sheet down the centre.

2.   Unfold and score 3" from the top and 3" from the bottom across the width. Fold gently with fingers, not bonefolder. Paper edges should meet horizontally across the centre. 

3. Fold the corners towards the edges as though making a paper aeroplane and crease. Add a thin bead of glue along the outside edges to make triangular pockets.

4. Add sticky tape across the joins as indicated by pink post-it strips

5. fold in half along the 6" score line. 

6. using a scrap of paper 3" x 6", score at 1/2" on 3" side and adhere inside the right edge of work to make a folding piece to wrap over the front and close.  Round the corners of the extension piece.

7. cut 2 long pockets and 2 short pockets from the paper scraps and then cut thumb holes in each -my pockets were all 2 3/4" wide, 4 1/2 and 2 1/4 long. Add a thin bead of wet glue down 2 sides and along the lower edge of each pocket and add to the front,  hiding the sticky tape. If desired, make tags to fit inside the pockets or use them to hold ephemera. (see photos below)

8. Make 2 photo mats 5" square for each large side pockets. 

9. stamp suitable words from Craft Consortium's Essential craft stamps range

10. Close with twine/ribbon or lace.

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Lesley xx

 

Little Ones Triangle Box

 Good afternoon,

I made a triangle gift box for an upcoming Baby Shower with the fabulous new Little Ones Collection from Craft Consortium. One look at the images and you can tell it showcases the designs by Helz Cuppleditch as they are all adorable. 

One of CC elements that I tend to use A LOT is the decoupage. It comes with a whole design on one A5 sheet comprising a large panel about 4 x 4 (but they do vary), and 4 or 5 layers. I often split these and make 2 projects from each sheet so they are very affordable  

Today’s make was inspired by a lady called Laura Stranks but her make was far too small. I resized to fit my gift and here are some brief instructions  

You will need:

White base card 220gsm 6 x 12

3 strips mat colour 7/8 x 4 1/2 ( need to be much longer than sides) 

3 strips design paper from the paper pad 5/8 x 4 1/2

Craft consortium A4 coordinating paper pad 

CC decoupage (base layer of 3 different designs in the pack) 

How I made it

Score the base on the long side at 3 7/8, 7 3/4, 11 5/8

Turn and score 1 1/16 from both long edges 

See my rough template  for the shape. You don’t need to squint to see numbers  but 

Cut up the score lines on the long edges to the first score line only  measure 5/8” from this cut each way and mark the edge of base. cut from the measured point diagonally to the top of the straight cut to form a V as shown  

Fold and burnish all folds. 

Adhere the mats and panels to the sides then join the sides with red liner tape or wet glue on the 3/8” tab .

If the panels are a little large, trim to fit.   I call this card surgery. You even remove the bricks along the edge and glue back so along the new edge of a smaller square  no one will notice! 

Fold in the top and bottom flaps and check that they fit without overhanging. If necessary trim to fit. 

Mat and layer the strips and adhere along the top flaps. Trim to fit without overhanging scissors.

Bottom flaps just need folding, checking for size and gluing shut  

Reinforce the bottom with a layer of card. Hold the box along the edge of scrap card and pencil around edges. Cut to fit the bottom. Make sure it is slightly smaller rather than bigger - you will need an equilateral triangle with 3 3/4 sides if you prefer to draw with compass. Glue on the bottom. 

Add a little tissue paper on top of gift before folding the top flaps like a box or pinwheel so they hold each other in place. 

Please message me pics of your makes if you try this fold

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Happy crafting

Lesley  

Showstopper Flap card with Let Spring Begin Collection

 Good morning everyone, 

Today, I have another fun fold card with the Let Spring Begin collection from Craft Consortium. 

What you need:

You will need:

	metric	Imperial A4 and US
Base card x 2	13 x 26 scored 6.5 / 13	10 ¼ scored 5 1/8/ 2 ½+
Flaps x 3	5.5 x 5.5	2 ¼ x 2 1/4
Tags to fit pockets
Struts 3 x	13 x 1	5 x 1/2
Design paper
Centre panel	12.5 x 12.5	4 7/8 x 4 7/8
Side panels  x 6	12.5 x 6	4 7/8 x 2 3/8
Side panel pocket	6 x 4	2 3/8 x 1 1/2
Flaps x 6	5 x 5	2 x 2

 

Here is a link to my YouTube video for full instructions and tips.

I love that it folds to fit in a 6” square envelope and stands well to show off the cute artwork.

This collection is available from Craft Consortium at: the shop

Please tag me on Social Media if you make this card fold as I would love to see your card too.  My thanks to Olga Mulder for inspiring me to make this card. 

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