Diagonal greeting cards with Lee-Anne
Hello all and welcome back , it is Lee-Anne here today and for my blog post for the Couture Creations Design Team, we will make these cute diagonal greeting cards with custom made envelopes.
I made these greeting Cards using the Couture Creations Butterfly Garden paper collection, the Butterfly Garden Ephemera collection, Le Petit Jardin mini dies and the Couture Creations mini guillotine and scoring board. These cards are so easy to make and you can do them at the same time using the same paper and embellishments.
For this project you will need:
2 x plain card for matt,
2 x pattern paper for front of each card,
7cmx4.5cm left over pattern paper for 2x little tags, 20cm.
Cut 2x 15cmx1cm soft thin white gauze and fold into bows. Two of each of the die cut leaves, vellum cut doily and evening branch and corner butterfly corner die cut. Flowers, stamens, mini cameo (optional) mini sentiment. For fun and an optional layer, use angel hair (I got mine from a florist supplier), foam strips and dies from the Butterfly Garden and Le Petit Jardin collections.
To start off, using your Couture Creations Go Cut and emboss machine, die cut the mini leaves on a piece of scrap green card, die cut the doily and evening branch on a piece of left over clear vellum and die cut the Butterfly Garden corner die on a leftover pink or pattern paper.
Cut a piece of A4 plain card to measure 29.5cmx21cm, trim the page in half to have 2 pieces measuring 29.5cmx10.5cm. Using the Couture Creations Scoring Board, score both pieces at 9.5cm and 19.5cm (3 1/8 and 7 ¾) and fold on the score lines.
Using your Mini Guillotine, trim the top corner of the card to the first score line. Turn the card around and trim the bottom corner to the 2ndscore line. Discard cut off pieces, fold on the score lines. Repeat for second card.
Using your Mini Guillotine, trim the top corner of the card to the first score line. Turn the card around and trim the bottom corner to the 2ndscore line. Discard cut off pieces, fold on the score lines. Repeat for second card.
Cut plain card in two pieces, both measuring 9.5cmx10cm, then trim in half from corner to corner. Using the pattern Butterfly Garden 09A and 06A paper, trim to 9cmx9.5cm, then cut in half from corner to corner making sure that the pattern matches on the card opening as is not upside down. Repeat for second card.
Secure the matt card to the front of each triangle for both cards. Using the foam strips, secure to the back of each pattern paper triangle and then attach to the front of the matt card.
Cut 2x mini tags and secure to the top triangle overlapping onto the bottom of the card. (Make sure that your tape/glue is not showing at the back of the tag). At the top right of the tag, using a strong glue, stick down the Butterfly corner die. Add the vellum doily, followed by the evening branch and one of the leaves sprigs. Stick down your folded bow, add the piece of angle hair, followed by the flower. Snip the stamens in half and tuck in behind the flower and underneath the gauze bow. Tuck in stick the mini cameo just underneath the left hand bottom corner of the flower. Stamp your sentiment to the mini disk and stick to the front of the card also just tucked in underneath the flower.
To finish the cards, add diamante or mini pearls.
To make the envelope for these cards, cut a piece of cream or white card to 18cmx18cm. Using the Couture Creations scoreboard, score at 3 ½ inches, rotate card anti-clockwise, line-up score line with triangle marker and score, rotate card again, line-up score line with marker and score. Cut away the corners where the score lines meet. Using a corner punch, punch the end points to round. Fold on your score lines and seal the flaps to complete your envelope. Repeat to make an envelope for your second card.
Congratulations, herewith your finished your mini Diagonal Cards with envelopes.
For instructions on how to make up these mini Greeting Cards, please can you watch my video here:
Couture Creations Products:
C0726532 12 x 12 Paper - Butterfly Garden - Double Sided Sheet 06A and 09A
C0726540 Butterfly Garden Ephemera collection
C0724824 Go cut and emboss machine
C0726343 Couture Creations - Mini Guillotine Trimmer
C0726342 Couture Creations - Scoring Board
C0726549 Butterfly Garden Corner Mini Die
C0725937 Le Petit Jardin Evening Branch Mini Die
C0725932 Le Petit Jardin leaves Mini Die
C0725923 Le Petit Jardin Doily Mini Die
C0726430 Self Adhesive Black Foam Strips
Enjoy!
Lea-Anne Alexander
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