Collar Fun Fold

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COLLAR FUN FOLD 

These are the finished  cards.

There are 3 Versions

Version I

Version II

Version III

The instructions below are for the Collar Fun Fold element only and not the whole card design.

For Version I

1. Cut cardstock 4" x 11".  Score and fold on long side (11") to create a card base that is  4" x 5.5" 

2. Cut a piece of double sided design paper that is  4" x 5.5"

n.b. This shape requires the use of design paper that has a contrasting pattern on the reverse. If you do not have any double sided paper then see  the instructions at the bottom of this page to see how you can easily adapt single sided design paper instead. 

3. Choose which side of the paper  is to be the front of your card and turn paper to  the reverse side. On the 5.5" length mark the middle point which will be at 2.75" and draw a line top to bottom. N.b I am using plain white copier paper here so that you can easily see the markings but you will be doing yours on the design paper. 

4. Choose how deep you want your collar fold to be . On my card I  decided on 2" so measure 2" up on the pencil line and mark. Now using scissors cut on this line to the 2" mark. 

5. Now you just need to fold your collar so turn your design paper over to the front and crease as follows.  From the bottom left corner fold on the dotted line up to the end of your cut line. Repeat on the right hand side. 

6. Your collar fold should now look like this below. (As you can see my design paper was one sided so scroll down to the bottom of page to see how I easily decorated the reverse of the paper to make it double sided.) 

n.b  Also if you are using directional paper (like I have) make sure you have the correct orientation before cutting!

For Version II

1. Cut cardstock 4" x 11".  Score and fold on long side (11") to create a card base that is  4" x 5.5"

2. Cut a piece of double sided design paper that is  4" x 5.5"

Don't forget if using a directional paper that you have the design the right way up. 

3. Choose which side of the paper  is to be the front of your card and turn paper to  the reverse side. Again I am using plain white copier paper here so that you can easily see the markings but you will be doing yours on the design paper.  Make a 1" square on the top right hand corner. To do this measure  along the top  4" make a mark at 3". On the right hand side mark down the 5.5" at 1". Join lines to form the 1" square as shown below.

4. Draw a line from the edge of this box down to the bottom left hand corner. Cut along this line.

5. Turn design paper over to the front. Fold back each side starting at the 1" box edge to form the collar. How much you turn back is your decision. Mine measure approx 1" at the widest part.  Trim of the overlapping points at the dotted lines as shown below.

6. Your design paper should look something like this. 

For Version III

1. Cut cardstock 4" x 11".  Score and fold on long side (11") to create a card base that is  4" x 5.5" Make this a top folding card. 

2. Cut a piece of double sided design paper that is  4" x 5.5"

3. Choose which side of the paper  is to be the front of your card and turn paper to  the reverse side. On the 5.5" length mark the middle point which will be at 2.75" and draw a line top to bottom.

4. Choose how deep you want your collar fold to be . On my card I  decided on 3" so measure 3" up on the pencil line and mark. Now using scissors cut on this line to the 3" mark. Measure 2cm in from each side edge at the bottom and mark. Draw a dotted line from the top of the cut down to these marks. Fold on the dotted line so that the points of the collar are on the edges of the design paper as shown below. 

Now here are 3 ways to make your design paper two sided but there are many other ideas you can use too. 

Idea I.

I have picked out the four colours from the front design.

Using my promarkers I have created a stripe design and a check design simply by drawing in the lines with a ruler on the reverse side of the paper. 

Close up of the result. 

Idea 2.

I have picked out the green and blue colours from the front design.

On the reverse i have used a distress ink in the green and coloured the collar using my dauber. 

Then I have stenciled over this with blue ink to create the spotted effect.  You can use any stencil design to create your pattern with (the smaller the overall design the better). NB. What you can see in the picture below isn't a stencil as such but a plastic dish insert which I kept from a microwave meal. It works perfectly though to create spots!

Idea 3.

I have picked out the blue colour from the front design.

Then simply coloured the reverse in with my blue promarker and using a  small design pattern stamp  randomly stamped in black ink over the top to create the ditsy design. 

Other ideas are to draw a design free hand (we are only talking about a small area  to do), try the shaving foam technique on the reverse of your sheet of design paper. as the paper stays dry on the side not placed down on the foam. If your design paper is very fussy then you could  even place it through an embossing folder so that the design only shows up on the reverse and if you ink up the folder with a colour first then you have a pattern hey presto.