Monday, 5 November 2012

Tri Fold card instructions


These two cards are on display in the shop and have been very popular. 
To save me explaining it over and over again we have put the instructions below. 
Please be aware that the instructions are in inches as the card and paper we use are 12" and it is more economical to work this way.




Bauble Trifold
(with apologies from Jill for the 16ths of an inch)
Requirements
American Craft Pomegranate                                      A5 (card base)
American Craft Pomegranate                                       2 ½” x 1 ¾”
American Craft Pomegranate                                       2 ¼” x 3.0”
American Craft Straw                                                  2 ¼” x 5 5/8
Foil Board Gold                                                           3 ¼” x 1 ¾”
Kaiser Turtle Dove -Paper Pad flower print   5 5/8” high x 5 ¾” wide
Kaiser Turtle Dove - To Froms PS229                     3 tags as shown
Kaiser Turtle Dove - stamps                                       
Kaiser Rhinestone Strips – Antique Gold
Stamp It Unmounted Stamp – Heartfelt Wishes 4721D
Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad – Galaxy Gold
Embossing Powder - Gold
Gold Ribbon                                13 ½” (cut into three 4 ½” pieces)

Instructions
1. Score and fold your card base in half.
2. Working on the non-textured side of the card base, draw pencil marks on the top edge 1 ¾” to the left of the fold line and 1 ¾” to the right of the fold line. Do the same on the bottom edge.
3. Score and fold between corresponding marks. Do not sharpen folds yet.
4. Trim off a 5/8” wide strip from the LEFT-hand side of the card base.
5. On the first and third fold lines, draw pencil marks 1 15/16” (or 4.9cm) down from the top edge and up from the bottom edge of the card.
6. Use a scalpel or craft knife to cut between the two top marks, and between the two bottom marks.
7. On just the middle strip of the card, sharpen folds to become mountain, valley, flat (don’t sharpen). Sharpen top and bottom strips to be flat (don’t sharpen), mountain, valley. Erase all pencil marks.
8. On the flower print draw pencil marks at 2 ¼” and 4 1/16from the right-hand end. Score and fold between corresponding marks. Erase pencil marks.
9.  Use small pieces of double-sided tape to temporarily adhere the flower print to the right-hand edge of the card base. Turn card base over and re-cut along the cut lines, cutting through the print behind. Remove the print from card base. On the three flaps you have on the left side of the print, cut off 1/16” from above and below the two middle cut lines, cutting away narrow strips at fold line.
10. Also shorten top and bottom flaps by cutting 1/16” to the right of the first fold line.
11. Adhere flower print into card base.
12. Trim the edges of the three perforated tags to just remove jagged edges.
13. Adhere tags to foil board layers. (Adhere a flower print off-cut from step 10 behind centre tag – trimmed to fit).
14. On a piercing mat, push scissor blades through tag hole and foil board to make a slit for ribbon. Feed ribbon up through slits and loop.
15. Adhere foil layer to card front.
16. Stamp and emboss in gold the wording onto Pomegranate card. Trim and adhere into card.
17. Stamp and emboss in gold the three baubles onto Pomegranate card. Trim and adhere into card.
18. Adhere rhinestone strips. Adhere Straw writing panel behind card.





Music Tri Fold
1. Card base is Ladybug bubbles card and is A5.
2. Score and fold your card base in half, textured side in. 
3. Working on the non-textured side of the card base, draw pencil marks on the top edge 1 ¾" to the left of the fold line and 1 ¾" to the right of the fold line. 
4. Do the same on the bottom edge. Score and fold between corresponding marks. Do not sharpen folds yet. 
5. Trim off a 5/8" wide strip from the LEFT-hand side of the card base.
6. On the first and third fold lines, draw pencil marks 1 3/8" down from the top edge and up from the bottom edge of the card. 
7. Use a scalpel or craft knife to cut between the two top marks, and between the two bottom marks. 
8. On just the middle strip of the card, sharpen folds to become flat (don't sharpen), mountain, valley. 
9. Sharpen top and bottom strips to be mountain, valley, flat. Erase all pencil marks. 
10. Adhere music print (1 3/4" x 5 3/4") to left-hand side of card front. 
11. Adhere music print (2 1/4" x 5 3/4") to right-hand side of card.
12. Adhere two girls to Ladybug (3 1/8" x 2 1/8") and trim to leave very narrow border. 
13. Adhere girls with Santa to Ladybug (3 1/8" x 2 1/8") and trim to leave very narrow border.
14. Adhere girls and Santa panels to gold foil board (2 pieces 3 1/4" x 2 1/4). 
15. Mount Santa panel onto music with mount only behind right-hand edge. 
16. Mount girls panel beside music. Stamp and emboss "May all the joys ..." in gold onto Ladybug (1 3/8" x 3.0") and adhere to centre strip left of Santa panel. 
17. Adhere red rhinestone strip.

All items used on these cards are available at Crafty Capers.

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