Perfectly and Incandescently Happy Upright Diamond Fold Card - Alternative Version from The Printable Craft Shop

Hello again,

I am working on the next project for The Printable Craft Shop, the theme is weddings and I am working with "perfectly and incandescently happy upright diamond fold card" which you can purchase from their page.   www.printable-craftshop.com.

This time I made an alternative card.

I started with the following pages.

backing paper

topper sheet

diamond fold card sheet

 And cut out three elements

I took a piece of cream linen card an folded into an easel car, but added an extra fold in the middle panel to make a concertina style fold.  Then matted with gold miri card and then the backing paper.

I did the same for the front panel of the card, and wrapped a cream ribbon around the card.

 I stuck the sentiment topper onto miri card and stuck this on the front panel of the card using foam pads to raise it.

Below is a picture of the concertina style fold.

 I added a cream bow to the front of the card.

To the inside of the card I added miri car to the oblong topper and stuck this inside the card and added the main layer of the decoupage/stepper topper.

This is the finished card.

Thank you for looking.

Happy crafting, until next time.

TTFN.

Debs x

Perfectly and Incandescently Happy Wedding Card - The Printable Craft Shop

Hello again,

I am working on the next project for The Printable Craft Shop, the theme is weddings and I am working with "perfectly and incandescently happy upright diamond fold card" which you can purchase from their page.   www.printable-craftshop.com.

I started with the following pages.

envelope

backing paper

topper sheet

diamond fold card sheet

I then cut out and scored all elements, and folded the envelope.

On the reverse of the diamond fold card I stuck the triangle in place.  And made up the stepper topper to stick on the front of the card.

I folded in base card and stuck the topper to the front of the card.  This is the finished card with the envelope.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Crafting, until next time.

TTFN

Debs x

The Printable Craft Shop - Men's Cards - Never Ending card turned into a Man's overall card with tools - video tutorial.... my first one.

Hello,

I blogged how to make this card yesterday so please visit my previous blog on how to make the original never ending card - as it is designed, and also how I made this alternative card - the man's overall card.

I have decided to take it a step further and video how I have made this, so you can see it in real time and exactly how I measure (or not measure as the case is for me!) and how I make each stage of the card.

Everything is available from The Printable Craft Store and if you want to make either the traditional never end card or the man's overall card, you would need to purchase the never ending card kit to make this.

Their website is: www.printable-craftshop.com. 

You will need to print out the the following:

1 x backing paper
1 x topper sheet

You will need:
1 x A4 white card
1 x A5 black card
small piece silver card (and buckle die or punch)
Foam pads
Tape/glue

This is what you will be making:

Below, I will be attaching a video of exactly how I have made this step by step, you can see this being made in real time and you can pause me - definitely a benefit :-)  I have pre cut out the tools to save you watching me cut out 6 tools.

This is my very first video project (and no pre-runs or practices before hand) so hopefully it is clear and concise and you will find it useful - any mistakes are all my own :-)

I will be doing more of this as it was fun to do and hopefully very helpful if you want to copy this project.

Video - the video is too big to attach to this blog so I have attached to You Tube and attached the link below for you to view.  Simply click on the link below to view the video.

https://youtu.be/QR02XfVN9Xg

As you can see from the video's I am a bit of a tidy/neat freak and do tend to clean up as I go along :-)

I will be posting more card making video's going forwards so please keep an eye out.

Until next time, happy crafting.  TTFN.

Debs x

men's card... the printable craft shop

Hello all,

Well, I have done another card for the design team for The Printable Craft Shop - well two cards actually, 1 traditional design and 1 using the exact same papers but made into a completely different card.  www.printable-craftshop.com.

traditional card

alternative card

Below I will go through how I made each card.

Traditional card.

The card I used was a magic card, where you can open the card by folding back the side panels and fold back again and get a different view.

Using all products from The Printable Craft Shop which I printed out on 250 gsm card stock. I printed out the following items.

Two topper sheets
2 base card sheets (with backing paper printed on reverse)
2 part envelope

I cut all parts out and scored where indicated.

using the two card panels, I glued each top corner and stuck the top panel vertical across the bottom horizontal piece and did the same with the bottom two pieces.

then simply decorate the card and it is finished. :-) 

Alternative card.

I used the following

backing paper
topper sheet
1 A4 white card (made into A5 card blank
1 A5 piece black card
2 silver buckles - (from a punch)

I started by folding the white card to make a A5 card blank and across the top of the black card, I measured across and found the centre and made a slit down the centre 1 1/2 inches and folded it back to look like a collar.  I stuck the black card on to the card blank leaving the collar open.

I took the backing paper and trimmed to fit the front of the card but on the reverse side drew the shape of an apron.

I then cut this own and punched out two buckles from some scrap silver card stock and threaded them on to the straps of the overalls/apron, then stuck this on to the front of the card.  I made a pocket from the scrap backing paper and stuck to the front of the card.

Using the topper sheet, I cut out the tools, saw, paint brush, etc and tucked them inside the pocket.  I finished the card with a sentiment.

This is the finished alternative card, perfect for a man's card.

Happy crafting, TTFN

Debs x