Side Spring Card Tutorial

Hiya, Crafters! I hope everyone had a good weekend and a great start to their week. Ben and I had a very relaxing weekend playing video games. The pumpkin beer he brewed for me was ready for drinking yesterday and it was delicious! I very much enjoyed it. Today's card is a side spring card. It is called that as the diamond part of it sort of springs on to it. I followed this video tutorial. The folding can be a little tricky at first but just stick with it and I'll be glad to help with it.

Here's what you'll need to make this card:

• Cardstock cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" for your card base.
• Scoring board and tool
• Trimmer
• Bone folder
• Coordinating cardstock
• Stamping and die cutting tools needed to finish the card

Let's get started! On your card base score it at 2 3/4" short ways.

Then rotate it 90 degrees and score it at 2 3/4" and 4".

Fold your card in half along the long score line with the shorter panel on your left. What we are going to do here is score a diagonal line between the 2 3/4" and 4" score line. Please make certain that the opening flap of your card is pointed towards you when you do this. You will line the top of the 4" score line in your cutting mat and the bottom of the 2 3/4" score line with the cutting mat as well. I slipped my bone folder in the arm and scored instead of using the scoring blade so I could apply more pressure.

When you've done this and open the card you'll have score lines that sort of resemble arrows.

Now, your long score line is folded as a mountain fold. The 2 3/4" and 4" score lines should be folded as a valley fold. It'll look something like this:

Next we are going to fold the angled score lines in a mountain fold. I ended up propping it on the side to do it and I burnished my creases with my bone folder.

Next you'll want to lay your card down like this so that the last portion of the folding is easier.

Then fold the let panel up on its valley fold.

Then just fold that bit over on both sides and it will pop into a diamond. You'll have something like this:

Burnish your score lines with your bone folder for crisp creases. All that's left is just decorating! Here are the measurements for the diamond, outside panel, and inside panel.

• Diamond: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4" (You could actually make your layer as large as 3 x 3" to hang over a little.)
• Both outside and inside panels are 2 3/4 x 4 1/2", to make layers you'll want to cut to 2 1/2 x 4 1/4".

The next step you'll want to wait to do until you've written your message otherwise you won't be able to open it all the way and it might prove to be difficult to do so. But when you're ready to, you can add a bit of adhesive to the inside angle so that the card stays in place. This is optional.

Here's the inside of my card. I have not added any tape to the the angle though.

That's all there is to this tutorial! The first time folding through it can be a little tricky, but once you do it the folding becomes easier.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial. Thanks for popping by, Crafters! I'll see ya soon.