WORLD CARD MAKING DAY - GAIL MANDS - CONCERTINA CARD

INGREDIENTS

1 X A4 sheet of card

High Tack tape or strong glue

Die cut letters or stickers

Papers of your choice

Paper trimmer and Scoreboard

METHOD

·         Take the A4 card and cut 2 x 3 1\2” wide strips

 

·         Take the first strip and score at 3 1\2”, 7” and 10 1\2”

 

·         Cut the second strip to 7” and score at 3 1\2”

 

·         Burnish and fold the scorelines, alternating between a mountain and valley fold

 

·         Take the first strip and put tape or strong glue onto the smaller flap and join the 2 strips together. Your card base should fold into a 3 1\2” square

 

·         To decorate, mat and layer patterned paper and stick onto your squares

 

·         Cut out 1 1\2” squares of card to stick your letters onto – I used 1” letters. Stick them in the middle of your square any way you like. You don’t have to use squares – any shape will work

 

·         Cut your letters or take your stickers and stick them into the middle of the shape.

 

·         You can add the rest of your sentiment to the bottom right of the last square – either stamp it on a piece of card or if you have a die cut that fits stick it down

·         You can embellish the front with anything you like but its best to have flatter embelishments on the inside to help it fold flat. I’ve used Candi and gems

Variations – You could do Merry (Christmas), Happy (Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Anniversary), Hello (Friend) You can do a name and if it’s longer than 5 letters just cut more strips and join as required.

Thanks for looking! Don’t forget to share your creations on Creative Minds Kind Hearts

Happy crafting from Gail. 

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