Saturday 2 April 2011

Sitting on the fence


I spotted this style of card in a copy of Crafts Beautiful that had been passed onto me. Caroline Blanchard did an article on card tricks and really liked these small concertina cards. It's a new slant on a tried and trusted design. I could see the possibilities for this shape and guess what I had a class coming up teaching concertina cards. was I lucky or what. Anyway here's a few card I made with Caroline's idea. 
Using Hero Arts, birdcage and birds

and flowers stamped using Stampenudous build a flower stamps.
The base card was made by cutting a 7cm strip from an A4 card then folding in 3.
 I tend to trim A4 to 27cm when I need to make a tri fold so that I can score every 9cm rather than fiddle on with odd measurements. Of course if you have a score board with tri fold measurements you're sorted.
Sorry the photos look a bit pink.
Thanks Caroline for a great idea

10 comments:

  1. They're really pretty... I love the birdcage.

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  2. Love these designs, they're fantastic! I think I want to try this too. Thanks for the inspiration. :D

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  3. I love these cards, I think I'll try too.

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  4. great idea indeed....and love your take on it.

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  5. These look great, lov ethe way the elements woul overlap when the card is closed flat!

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  6. Beautiful cards, I love the flowers.
    xxx Hazel.

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  7. Love the flower one Jan.

    P.S can I have your cottage cheese/vege quiche recipe again please. I know you have already told me like 3 times at glue n stick but I keep forgetting, and I actually bought the cottage cheese last week and had no idea what to do with it hahaha

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  8. Thank you for visiting my blog today. New craft room has been such a joy to work in! Yes, it can get messy when I am working in it but the new layout makes it a cinch to tidy up!

    Your cards are wonderful! I enjoyed looking at all the different varieties of shapes you use to create! Each is so unique and full of inspiration!

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  9. Love your cards Jan, they are so different !!

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  10. Beautiful cards, love the format

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