Thursday, April 28, 2016

Botanical Builders Box Pleat Technique Mother's Day Card

Today I am going to share with you one of the cards I received in the latest swap.  This technique is the Box Pleat.  You can see the card I had made using that technique here and there's a link to the easy instructions.  

This card was made by Nancy.  I love how she used the pleats on both sides of the card.

Here's a tip if you are planning on making a number of these cards.  Score your big sheet of decorative paper first and then cut the strips.  It will save you a lot of time.  Oh and if you are thinking of buying something from Stampin' Up!, I highly recommend the "Botanical Builders" framelits.  I have gotten a lot of miles out of those!  I still like them and will be using them for a long time to come.  And here's a tip when cutting out a flower.  Use scrap pieces or cut your card stock to fit the item. Then load up your Sizzix plate with other flowers and parts so you get a bunch of extra pieces to have on hand.  Why not run more than one or two things through at a time.  Now when you need a quick card you will have the pieces or most of them!  It saves a lot of time.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

3 comments:

  1. I can't seem to find any tutorials on how to make the box pleats. How wide are your strips? How far apart are your score lines?

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  2. On this post there is a link to where you can find the instructions. The links are almost always the bolded words in red. I followed the page to the link that had the instructions. You can see them here http://seeinginkspots.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-day.html Also, you can make the pleat as "tall" as you want it or as "short". The link has instructions for the scoring.

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  3. this is a cute spin on the layout love it. next time I play with my group I think i'll borrow this layout.

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