Thursday, 4 July 2013

Diamond Fold Card

Hello everybody. I have been rather busy this week and not much time for crafting. I have seen these diamond fold cards around and they were on my "To Do" list. Well, now I can cross it off the list because I have  made one.  I looked on Tinternet, as Peter Kay would say, for a tutorial and found a few but they were different sizes to what I wanted, so I played around with the measurements and managed it.

My Card


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I matted the side panels with dark pink pearlescent paper from my stash and then with paper from the Papermania Capsule Collection "Parkstone Pink". The topper is a Sylvia Zet image from the Hobby House and I used SB Standard Circles in the same pearlescent paper as before, then  from First Edition "Summer Breeze" I  diecut another mat with SB Lacey Circles and mounted it onto the central diamond shape. I stamped little flowers all over the rest of the card with Dew Drop Brilliance Pearlescent Crimson. Apart from  pearly flowers in the corners I left the side panels free from embellishments because it is quite a busy paper, and in the end I decided less is more.

That's all from me. Enjoy your day.

29 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lovely card Christine, very pretty, well done for making the actual card yourself, I wouldn't know where to start with it, I can do an easel card, lol.
Michelle(happy2craft)

Unknown said...

Beautiful Christine a really pretty card. I agree with you. You can put too much on a card very easily and it just looks a mess. Too many embellishments detract from the message I think. Well done!

Crafty Hugs
Heather xx

Jacqui's little piece of England said...

Absolutely gorgeous Christine!
can I ask the finished size of your card when folded.
The decoration of your card is very elegant especially with that beautiful topper
jacqui x

PharmacyMichele said...

What a beautiful card, very elegant. I'm off to see Sue Wilson in Preston later-I hope to come away inspired!

Michele.

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous,fab image and design.xxx

Sue said...

This is so beautiful Christine, such a wonderful design and I love the pretty shades of pale pink
Sue xx

Unknown said...

Very pretty card Christine and love the image. Clever you working your own measurements out too - well done.
Cheers,
Elaine

janieworkum said...

Wat een schitterende kaart Christine, je hebt prachtig papier gebruikt en het model vind ik super
groetjes Janie

Marie-Louise said...

Gorgeous card Christine. I love this fold. Very pretty papers.

Gerrie's kaarten said...

Prachtige kaart Christine mooie model kaart en mooie stempel
Gerrie xx

Karla said...

Christine wat een mooie kaart, je hebt prachtig papier gebruikt.

Groetjes Karla

Jenny L said...

Hi Christine,
this is fabulous creation. I love the design and, everything you have used in this.
Never had a go at one of these, may try one day, after seeing your fab creation.
Have a wonderful crafty day.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. PS very dull and overcast here today.

Brawny x said...

A great job Christine. I've never done one like this so it is something to add to my 'to do list'. A lovely card!
Best wishes Lea x

Sue said...

Fab creation Christine love the papers love everything about it amazing card I've never tried to do one yet LOL huggles Sue xxx

Stamps and Paper said...

Love the design of your card Christine fab images and pretty papers

Anne

Unknown said...

Awesome card, love this diamond fold...xx

Carole Z said...

Stunning card Christine..I made some of these cards a while ago and you have just reminded me to revisit! Absolutely beautiful! Carole Z X

Patricia said...

Good evening Christine,
Beautiful card, love it and I agree you don`t need any further embellishment.
Ages since I made one of these, they used to be so popular
Happy Crafting

Patricia xxx

Carol said...

Well done Christine you've made a fabulous job, this is beautiful. Carol x

UTs Hobby Time said...

Awesome card. Love it.

Ginny said...

cute card, thanks for joining us at FnF :)

Angelique said...

Gorgeous. Love the colours and design. Great choice of papers.
Thank you for joining us at Fab'n'Funky

Huggsss,Angelique
EngelDesignsScrap
DT Call at Creative Fingers

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at Paper Crafting Journey.

Hugs
Cathy DT
xxxxxx

Anonymous said...

A beautiful card, so pretty...thanks for joining us at Cupcake!
Helen x

Pat K said...

WOW, this is gorgeous Christine. Great job with the diamond fold.
Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Fab'n'Funky. Pat K x

Alyx said...

Stunning project Christine. Love the fold, colours and image.

Thank you for joining us over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge. Good luck.
xx

Kim said...

love that diamond fold! Thanks for joining us at the Joanna Sheen Challenge. Kim x

scrappymo! said...

Oh my goodness...what a gorgeous fold. I have not seen this particular fold before...it is really special! The colours you chose look great and the image is so pretty.

Dee said...

I love ths card Christine, I would so love to make these different designs rather than the 'bog standard' we normally make but I'm useless at remembering the folds!. Hugs Dee x