Cascade Card - How to make one!

This week was the first meeting of my craft group for the year. I had made a lovely Cascade card for a wedding recently (see previous post) and thought it might be fun to try doing one without using the Cricut to cut it out.

Here are two of the cards I made for the meeting.



































Instructions:

Cut 2 pieces of card – 6” x 8”

Measure down 3” on one of the 6” sides and make a mark.

Repeat for the other piece of card. 

Cut the top off the card from the top of the card opposite the mark down to the mark at 3” on the 6” side. Keep the offcut for decorations. Repeat for other piece of card.* You could use decorative scissors, edge dies or edge punches to do this.

Score on the straight 8” edge at 2”. 4” and 6” on both pieces.

 

On one piece, cut along the 2” and 6” scorelines     

from the bottom to about halfway along the scored lines.

On the other piece, cut from the sloped edge along the

 2” and 6” scorelines to about halfway along the scored lines.

 

Fold all the scored lines then slot the two pieces of card together with the shorter ends together so they form an interlocked concertina and can stand up.

Push the two sides together so both are sitting on the table evenly. If they will not do this, you may need to snip the cuts on the folds a little further. 

 

Cut two pieces of double sided designer paper at 6” x 8”. Cut as for the base card to *, with the back sides of the paper facing the other to provide a mirror image.

Cut each piece at 2”, 4” and 6” so they are the same size as the folded pieces of the base card.

Place each piece where you would like it, making use of the pattern on the reverse to provide a contrast. Trim a little (between ⅛” and ¼”) from the side and bottom of each piece so that when you attach it to the base card, there is a narrow border around each piece. 

Decorate as desired using stamped and die cut flowers, die cut labels, stamped sentiment as appropriate. You can add a panel on the back to write a greeting on and this will make the card more stable.

 

If you make this card, please leave a comment below. Thank you.