Diagonal Greeting cards with Lee-Anne
Hello all and welcome back to the Couture Creations, my turn today Lee-Anne
I would like to thank Margie from our craft group for the idea and inspiration to create these stunning cards.
The beauty of this diagonal card is that it uses one piece of paper. Therefore, to use you time effectively, you can easily create both cards at the same time.
To start off, use a 29cm x 21cm white or coloured card, on the long side, score at 14.5cm, rotate the page and on the short side score at 10.5cm. Turn the page again to the diagonal and trim from top right corner to bottom left corner.
Fold both cards on your score lines. Using your mini guillotine, trim your pink matt card to 14cm x 10cm, turn to the diagonal and trim card from top right corner to bottom left corner. Repeat for the second card.
Cut the pattern paper to 13.5cmx9.5cm, rotate to the diagonal and trim from top right corner to bottom left corner for both cards. Trim off the 3 butterfly’s and live, love laugh bookmark from the pattern sheet for both your cards.
Using the Go Cut and Emboss machine, die cut the Le Petit Jardine mini doily, the mini leaves and the evening branch.
On the diagonal piece of card, stick your pink matting to both sides for both the cards. Using the foam strips, stick to the back of the pattern paper pieces for a raised effect. Using the mini live, love laugh bookmark, stick the foam strips to the back and stick to the card. Remember to line-up the foam with the diagonal edge so that your tape does not show when the card is opened. Fussy cut the paper piece with the 3 butterfly’s and partially stick over the bookmark. Also be mindful to check that you tape is not visible when the card is opened.
Using your die cut leaves, evening branch, doily, stamens, leaves and flowers, stick down to create an interesting collection just over the butterfly’s and just off the top of bookmark. Using the black and white butterfly from the diecut ephemera collection, blend the wings slightly up and stick the butterfly on top of the similar one on the butterfly strip. To finish off the card add diamante and glossy ascents to the centre of the flowers.
Following the same steps above, finish off the second card in a similar way.
As an additional idea, I also made a diagonal tea caddy card using the same collection. To add space for the tea inside the card, I scored a second line on the left hand flap at 9.5cm. To secure the strip inside the card to hold the contents, I cut a 13cm x 2.5cm strip, score at 1cm, 1.5cm and 11cm and 11.5cm. Fold and secure scored flaps behind your pink mat card to form the holder. Stick a thin strip of double sided tape underneath the strip to hold the contents in place.
To make these diagonal cards, please can you watch my video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyEpXlHEWfk&t=14s
Congratulations, your have created your diagonal Greeting Cards.
Couture Creations Products:
C0726532 12 x 12 Paper - Butterfly Garden - Double Sided Sheet 05A
C0726540 Butterfly Garden diecut ephemera collection
C0725032 GoPress and Foil Machine
C0726343 Couture Creations - Mini Guillotine Trimmer
C0726342 Couture Creations - Scoring Board
C0725937 Couture Creations - Black Foam Strips
C0725937 Le Petit Jardin - Evening Branch
Le Petit Jardin – Leaves
C0725923 Le Petit Jardin Doily mini die
Enjoy!
Lea-Anne Alexander
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