Hi everyone, Pattie here with a Tuesday tutorial. I will be showing you how to create the grass portion on the card. It's actually box pleated paper. I love that look and have been box-pleating paper for some time now. You can use a variety of border punch to change the look and make it yours.
When scoring a strip of paper for box pleating, please remember that your paper shrink by about 1/2 of the original length. So if you score a 12" piece of paper, it will be 6" when you are done. If you want to create a box pleat border for a 12x12 layout, you would need 2 strips of 12" paper, adhered together to make a long enough strip for your layout. When scoring, you will need to score at the following dimensions.
The 1st score is at 1/2", then every 1/4", then 3/4", 1/4", 3/4", etc. until you have scored the whole strip. Have fun!!
Thanks for the tutorial! It is nice to have the "best" measurements when going to make something like that.
Posted by: Stephanie U | 10/23/2012 at 05:11 PM
Very creative way to make grass.
Posted by: Sue D | 10/23/2012 at 09:56 AM
So cute! Love the video!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | 10/23/2012 at 07:30 AM
I've actually tried the box pleating and it wasn't hard. Thanks for the tips.
Posted by: Vicki Davis | 10/23/2012 at 05:05 AM
Cute project, thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Angie | 10/23/2012 at 04:38 AM