I had a wonderful weekend, lots of sunshine although it was at times a little chilly! It was really relaxing, apart from the walking backwards off the top of a 30ft abseiling tower which was slightly terrifying in a lovely way, but I did it! 3 times in fact, I now ache in places I didn’t know I had!

So back to the cards…………….

It was Karen’s turn to be the hostess this month at my Tuesday Technique club and she wanted to learn how to make waterfall cards.  As is often the case with multi layer or folded cards they look more difficult than they actually are.

Below are the instructions, don’t let the length put you off, I have just explained it very carefully………..

Waterfall Card instructions

This is a fantastic rippling waterfall card, I apologise for using both inches and cm’s but it does make it more accurate, please bear with it!

1. Using an A6 card, decorate the front with paper or stamping. ( For the card above I have used Tea Party Designer paper, So Saffron and Certainly Celery card stock.)

2. Cut Whisper White cardstock to the following size : 4 squares of 5cm
Cut coloured cardstock( Pretty in Pink) to the following sizes :
4 squares of 2” x 2” (Matting blocks)
23.5cm x 2” (pulling strip)
¾ “ x 3 ¼ ” (horizontal strip)

3. Stamp the four Whisper White 5cm squares with your chosen images and colour ( I have used Pretty in Pink ink and Garden Whimsey stamp set). Attach your stamped squares to the 2” squares of coloured cardstock squares with your adhesive.

4. Next you will need to score your pulling strip of coloured cardstock. Starting at end of strip, score 13cm, 15cm, 17cm, and 19cm from one end, then fold the card along those lines. Decorate the long section of the pulling strip with stamping.

5. Next, attach the pulling strip to the horizontal strip, line up the very edge of the scored end of the pulling strip (wrong side uppermost) with bottom of the horizontal strip and attach in the middle with adhesive.

6. Attach the horizontal strip (the one which measures ¾ ”x 3 ¼ ”) to front of card with eyelets or brads, make sure the long part of the pulling strip is free and does not get trapped. At this point you should have an upside down T-shape on your card, the decorated side of the pulling strip should not be visible. Push the end of the pulling strip down behind the horizontal strip

7. Attach your first stamped image to the bottom 2” x 2” space at the scored end of the pulling strip.

8. Apply adhesive to the scored sections of the pulling strip only, and attach the remaining stamped pieces, lining the top up to each fold. Once you’ve attached these pieces, you should be able to gently pull the bottom of the longest section of the pulling strip directly down and watch the stamped images flip one at a time and then slide behind the pulling strip.

9. Attach a brad and ribbon to the bottom of the pulling strip. To do this, simply mark where you want to place your eyelet with card in the closed position, fully extend the pulling strip. Thread ribbon through brad, attach to the end of the pulling strip and trim ends with scissors.

Happy Stampin’