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Bargello Card Tutorial

By Helen | April 21, 2008

In my post Put Scraps To Good Use, I mentioned making a Bargello style card.  Here is an example of a card made with scraps!

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This project was made using:

I happened to have these scraps (shown on the left) which were roughly the same length as a base piece (shown on the right).  For my card, I’m not worried about the width of the strips, as this is going to use the zig-zag bargello pattern.

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Apply CTMH’s Bonding MemoriesTM glue to base piece, attach the strips in a pleasing order and trim the piece so it’s squared up.  Now I have this…

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At this point, you’re going to think I’m nuts…you’re going to CUT up this piece into strips of various widths, like this…

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Now, using the zig-zag bargello style, I played with the pieces moving them up and down to come up with a pattern that I liked.

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To prevent my card from becoming too heavy, I found a scrap of a thinner patterned paper and used the reverse side for building the zig-zag bargello pattern.

Position the first strip aligned with the end of the base.  Now, position the next strip from the pattern.  I choose the thin Twilight Strips to match up the pattern.  The part of the strip that overhangs to the left, will be cut off and go to the far right (as indicated by the arrows).

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Here’s what it looks like after the piece has been cut and moved.  Tip: Always keep the orientation of the cut piece the same (do not rotate it…otherwise, weird things can happen to your pattern).

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Finish building the zig-zag bargello pattern.  I then matted the bargello piece on cardstock & mounted to a card base.

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Adding the final finishing touches…which were SCRAPS!  The Happy Birthday just worked out, it was part of a scrap of paper from the CTMH Good Times paper pack.

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Topics: Cards, Good Times PP, Tutorials |

3 Responses to “Bargello Card Tutorial”

  1. Nicole Says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 12:09 am

    I love these pieced cards…they are awesome!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

  2. Stacy Says:
    May 12th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Great card! Thanks for sharing the technique!

  3. Kelly Says:
    May 23rd, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    Wow, cool idea! Thanks for sharing!

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