Monday 17 August 2015

Tutorial - Diamond Fold Card with Die'Sire Edge'ables

I have had quite a few requests for tutorials so thought I would start posting one mid week. This will be my first but I have created an extra page called 'Tutorial Links' where you can see the card and click the link to take you to the relevant tutorial.

It would be fantastic to hear feedback from anyone who uses these tutorials and don't be afraid to let me know if something is not clear - it was obvious to me at the time of writing but I have probably missed a vital step somewhere along the line!

So here goes for my first one, 

Diamond Fold Tutorial using the Die'Sire Edge'ables
I have used the Floral Dance Edge'able for this tutorial but have used a few different types and can confirm that it works with the ones I have tried so far.

Items Used:
A4 piece of Centura Card (Snow white hint of gold used in this design)
Die’sire Edgeables Die – Floral Dance
Classiques 1” Alphabet Contemporary Die’s (upper and lower case)
Itsy Bitys Bloom Quilling Die
Sunflower Small Quilling Die
Stamen Quilling Die
Patterned card or paper to decorate
Candi
Spray & Shine
Collall Gel Glue

So that you can see the measurements and cuts more clearly I have used a felt tip pen for marking the card. When making your card please use a pencil so that the markings do not show up on the finished card.

Step 1
Take your A4 card and cut the longer length down to 27cm (10 5/8").


Step 2
With the non-sparkly side of your Centura Pearl facing you, along the 27cm (10 5/8") length of card measure and score at 4.5cm (1 5/8"),  9cm (3 9/16"), 18cm (7 1/16") and 22.5cm (8 7/8").


Step 3
Still with the non-sparkly side of your Centura Pearl facing you, fold one side in at the 9cm (3 9/16") score mark and then fold out at the 4.5cm (1 5/8") mark. Repeat at the other side and you should end up with a card that looks like this (use a Bone folder if needed to press the folds in firmly)


Step 4
Now you want the sparkly side of the card facing you with the folds underneath. This part will be a little tough because of the thickness of the card but take the top right corner of the card (leave the bottom piece) and fold towards the centre as follows (I have put lines on the card to show you which part is folded over.


Step 5
Repeat with all four corners


Step 6
Open out the card.  You are now going to push the four folds back in on themself (use a Bone folder if needed to press the folds firmly in place)



Step 7
Open the card out, take your Edge’able Die (this design works with any of the Edge’able die’s) and place it on the 9cm (3 9/16") line (with the larger flowers facing out towards the edge of the card. You also need to keep the die inside the ‘diamond’ fold lines as much as possible. The Die will go over the edges slightly but don’t worry about this.


Step 8
Run this through your Cut n Boss. Gently remove the die and repeat on the opposite side (on 18cm ((7 1/16")) fold with Die facing opposite way).


Step 9
Fold the card back into the diamond shape and fold all the flowers out. You may need to snip out one of the pieces holding the flowers at the top and bottom of the design just so the flowers are straight



Step 10
All that is left to do is decorate your card however you like. I sprayed Candi with Spray & Shine and fixed them onto the flowers using the Collall Gel Glue. For the sides I matted and layered a piece of card and a piece of patterned paper. Cut two pieces of coloured card measuring 4cm x 20.5 cm and two pieces of patterned paper measuring 3.5cm x 20cm. Cut out letters using the Alphabet Die’s (I used ‘For You’).Lastly, using the Sunflower small, Itsy Bitsy and Stamen Quilling Die’s I made a flower to stick in the centre of the card.


And here is another (just because I am addicted to this shape now):


25 comments:

  1. Thank you for the tutorial. The cards you have made are fabulous. Hugs Jackie

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  2. Thank you for taking the time to do this :-)

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  3. Thanks for this, fabulous cards,

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  4. just made this, so easy with ur instructions, thanks you x

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    1. Thank you Ruth, lovely to get feedback x

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  5. Beautiful thank you so much, your cards are stunning x ��

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    1. Thank you Dawn, just shout out if there is anything else you need x

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  6. When I originally commented I clicked the "Notify me when new comments are added" checkbox and noow each time a comment is added I get several e-mails
    with the same comment. Is there any wway you can remove me from that service?
    Appreciate it!

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    1. Hi, I can't help because you have commented under Anonymous but I think this is something you can stop as I don't generate the emails so I believe it may be auto generated by blogger. On the email there should be an unsubscribe button or something similar.

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  7. This card is stunning! Thanks for showing us the instructions

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  8. Your cards are beautiful and so creative! Thanks for sharing your ideas.

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  9. Hello Angela, this has been the size card I'm looking for in the Diamond Fold fancy fold card category. However, as I am in the US, could you give me the measurements in inches. Thank you in advance. This card is lovely too by the way!

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  10. Dear Angela, Bit of difficulty cutting the die needed several passes and 2 shims know what I need to do next time. I used the Star edging die. looks quite good for first attempt. Thanks for the detailed instructions would not have attempted without them. Regards Janet

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  11. I made this card but I found it too wide to put in an dl envelope therefore too long to post.can this card be cut down a little

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  12. I made this card but found it was too big for a DLenvelope .can it be cut down in some way

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    1. I'm not sure but if you can leave it with me I will have a play and see if there is a way it can be made to fit DL. If it can I'll pop up instructions. It may take me a little while to do.

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  13. Angela, I love this card, but since I'm in the US, could you please give me the dimensions in inches" Thank you for your time. I have no clue about CM!!!!!

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    1. Hi Claire, thank you and I've added inches for you, hope these help. Just in case you need it for any I may have missed, to work out inches you just divide centimeters (CM) by 2.54

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    2. Gosh Angela, thank you so very much. I appreciate it so much. Also, thank you for telling me how to figure out the CM's. A great deal for me. Now I'll be able to make cards like you do in CM's and I can convert them! :)

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    3. Can wait to try this out. What a beautiful card. Thank you.

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  14. It's fantastic that you are getting ideas from this post as
    well as from our discussion made here.

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  15. Just found this card tutorial, cant wait to try it thanks for the instructions

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  16. Just found your site. Thanks so much for the diamond fold card tutorial I am going to try it asap :)

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  17. super mooie kaart!! dank je wel

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  18. Been trying to make this for a long time thank you so much beautiful

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