Spring Card Tutorial

My first ever tutorial!

 

I’ve been asked a number of times for the template to make this type of card, so I decided to do a little tutorial to show you how I make them.

There are lots of templates out there but this is simple to do.

I was shown some time ago at a demo by Nikki, how to make a spring card from a square card blank.

I will use this as the basis for this tutorial.

My apologies if it’s a bit long

winded!

Equipment used

Score Board & scoring tool.

(Not a necessity, you can use a ruler

& an embossing tool or similar)

Paper Trimmer or

Sharp Scissors

 
 

Additional Equipment/Materials Used
A4 Sheet of patterned paper (try to use one which the pattern can be used in any direction)
Image, Baby Boy From The Crafty Pad Designs
Sentiment It’s a boy also from The Crafty Pad Designs
Adhesive (DST, Tape runner, or Photo Glue)
Embellishments

Other Items used include Promarkers for colouring Nestabilities 

& Big Shot to cut & emboss image & sentiment.

Step 1
Using your score board & scoring tool, score your sheet of card
at half A4 size (148mm if you have to measure).              
Then fold & crease using a bone tool or similar to give a crisp fold.
(I find I normally have to trim a tiny bit of excess off)











Step 2

Place your card back on your scoreboard  (landscape) & score again at half A4 size (148mm) to create a square card blank. Trim off the excess with a paper trimmer or sharp scissors & put aside for later.

You can use any size square you want to but the measurements will be different.
 
 
 

Step 3
Mark at the mid point on all 4 sides
of  the square.
You can use pencil if it makes it easier to see.
Then erase the marks later.
 
 
 
 

Step 4
Open up the card, score  at A4 gate fold  (74mm) on the other half & fold, creasing to give a crisp edge. This will be the base for your card to sit on. Open this fold out again for now.
 
 
 
 

Step 5
If you are using a scoreboard line up the  midpoint marks & score from the top mid point to the side midpoint on either side.
(If not use your ruler & embossing tool)
You can trim away the excess if you want to at this point or just leave it & fold it back later.
I personally like to cut it off.
 
 
 

Step 6
Score from the mid point on either side down through the middle of your card to meet up with the edge of the gate fold.         
Fold over & crease these folds then open out again.
 
 
 
 

That’s all the scoring & folding done! Now it’s time to decorate your card!

I find it’s much easier to add all or at least most of the decoration before the final folding & assembly!

For simplicity I have used just one layer of paper this time but I like the effect 

of two layers also! All you have to do is reduce the measurements for the second layer.

Step 7

Cut a section of your pattern paper to fit  the gatefold section of your card approx 140mx68mm should be a good fit.                            

 
 
 
 

To cover the triangle mid-sections, I cut two 68mm square pieces of the patterned paper, then cut them in half diagonally to give the four triangles.

 
 








Step 8
The top diamond section is covered with a 98mm square piece of paper. I like to use photoglue for this part as you can slide things around a bit to get them in the right place. I added some ribbon around the sides of the diamond.                                                      I also added a strip of ribbon across the gatefold section.
I used a piece of the left over card to cover the ends of the ribbon.
 

Step 9

I stuck my image onto the top section .

I then used a glue runner on the blank triangle section.

Step 10
This is then stuck down onto the gatefold section et voila,
a spring card!

Because it is difficult to add a hand written greeting onto the card once it is assembled, I like to make a little tag from the scrap card & paper.
I added the sentiment to this & because my ribbon isn’t double sided, I punched two holes, threaded the ribbon through & glued it at the back.

The tag can then just tuck in to the back of the card.

This card should fit neatly into a 150mm x150mm square envelope.

If you want to use a square card blank keep the envelope supplied with it as the spring card should still fit neatly inside it!

I hope you found this tutorial easy to follow & don’t forget to let me know if you make a card using it as I will come over to admire your work!

( I changed the line colour of the circle sentiment to match my card)

There is a great tutorial by Leesa here, showing you just how to do this.

Did you know that there is a sale on over at The Crafty Pad Designs?

All images are on 40% off sale!

(this excludes single sentiments)

The sale runs for 1 week from

Wed 7th September 2011- Wed 14th September 2011

Make sure you pop on over & stock up on all those fabby images before time runs out!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges
Crafty Creations Anything But a square
Freshly Brewed Something new
Simon Says Stamp Multi Fold Cards
Creative Card Crew Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Anything Goes, Option, use a shaped card
Ribbon Carousel Challenge Anything Goes
Crafty Boots Anything Goes
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge Anything Goes
Make It Monday Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Primary Colours (Blue & Yellow)
Vitorine Originals Primary Colours
One Stitch At A Time Use a Digi
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Use Quiet Colours
Catch The Bug Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts Baby Boy Card
Delicious Doodles New & Fresh