Scrapbook Challenge 75 – Fancy Folds with Cherry-O

I’m sure you’ve been wondering…Helen, where’s your Heart 2 Heart Challenge this week…well, with my trip and getting caught up…I decided to incorporate the Heart 2 Heart Challenge into this week’s Scrapbook Challenge – consider it a two-for-one!

The Heart 2 Heart Challenge is to use include fancy folds on your card or other projects.  I create a series of interlocking box pleats in two directions to come up with my own “folded paper” that I could use on this scrapbook layout.

This is the Color Celebration pattern on page 30 of the Cherish How-To Book.  Since the fancy folded section is more decoration…I didn’t want to hide it behind photos, so this layout gives it a chance to shine.

The fancy folded section has lots of depth to it.  To balance that, I popped up the Sweet Leaf photo mats, which gave me the ability to create a little pocket for a pull-out journaling block.  I’m thinking this will be a great place to put some of our scoresheets from playing the game May I?

Speaking of May I…which is a version of contract rummy, for the title, I had to get creative.  The stamp set I was using didn’t have a question mark.  I looked at the alphabet and numbers with a creative eye and realized I could use the number 2 and mask off the bottom, then use the period for the bottom of the question mark!  Hooray!

I know…you’re saying Helen…tell us HOW to do those folds….okay, okay…on with the tutorial.

Tutorial

Start with a 12″ x 12″ piece of Tulip cardstock.  On a diagonal, score at 1.5″ from the corner and at 1/4″ from that score.  Tip: Work on the reverse side of the Versamat to have something soft underneath for scoring.

Repeat completely across the paper.  Now, alternately fold up or down (if you do origami, it would be valley and mountain folds).  Tip: I used a quilting ruler which has 45 degree angle lines on it, making it perfect to line up with the outer edges of the cardstock. Your piece will look like this.  Now, open up and lay flat.

Repeat making diagonal score lines in the opposite direction, such that the lines cross the previous lines.  Now fold all those scores as before….and then, for the fun part…fold all scores such that you have a piece like this…

While you could use a very strong adhesive to maintain the folds, I opted to give the piece more interest by adding brads at the intersections.  Tip: Make sure you’re using the piercing tool foam mat underneath to pierce the holes.  To make the brad prongs completely flat, after opening the prongs, use the back end of the piercing tool to push on the center of the open prongs and they’ll go flat!

I went through and put brads on the entire folded piece of cardstock before cutting it.  I was able to get both 4″ x 8″ pieces for this scrapbook layout from the ONE folded piece.  It really is amazing at how much the 12″ x 12″ piece of cardstock will shrink as a result of all the folds.  Take a look here for other fold ideas…and to share YOUR creation!

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For those in my Get More Done club or who have done my Cherry-O Scrapbook Workshop, you can recreate this layout using the patterned papers left in your kit – you will need additional solid cardstock.

Materials:

• CTMH Cherry-O Level 2 Paper Pack X7123B
• CTMH Friendship Alphabet Large E1016
• CTMH Chocolate Grosrain Ribbon
• CTMH Brads Metal Assortment Z1217 – I used the Antique Copper Brads
• CTMH Chocolate Ink Pad Z2111
• CTMH Foam Tools Z1090
• CTMH 3D Foam Tape Z1151 – to pop some of the die-cuts

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Pull out some OTHER papers and see what YOU come up with using this pattern. Have fun playing with this layout. I’d love to see what you create!

1.Post the photos on my Facebook Fan Page – you can upload them into the photo album there.
2.Post the photos on your Facebook Wall or in your Facebook Photo Album – friend me so I can see them. In the description, put a link to the scrapbook challenge.
3.Post on a public blog, and link here.
4.Post them on Splitcoaststampers (SCS). For the keywords, please put: HOSSC75 and CTMH.
When you leave your comments, make sure you let us know where we can see YOUR creation!

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