Monday 22 August 2011

Pleated Card Tutorial













































1. Cut the length of an A4 piece of card to 28cms.
2. Put a crease at each end of the length of card, at both 4.5cms and 9cms.
3. Fold the left crease which is at 9cms, toward the centre and fold back the crease which is at 4.5cms.
4. Do the same on the right side. Open out flat.
5. Fold the left crease back again at the 9cms mark and bring the left bottom corner up to the the 4.5cm           crease, using a creaser to get a sharp edge, then fold back the opposite way to make it more flexible.
6. Repeat for all 4 corners.
7. Open out and on wrong side push in each of the corner folds so the card concertinas.
8. Using a pretty paper, cut 2 strips 4cms x 20.5cms.
9. Adhere to the 2 front panels leaving the same border all the way round. Cut a contrast paper to 9.5cms x 20.5cms and adhere to the centre of the card again leaving the same border all the way around.
10. I used the forever Friends Decoupage kit ‘pink parfait to layer the bear with flowers as instructed and using double sided foam adhere to the centre of the card.

If you have any technical questions or would like more information don't hesitate to contact me