Caroline's Creations: H2H Challenges--July 9th--Line, Line, Circle, Square!

Sunday 8 July 2012

H2H Challenges--July 9th--Line, Line, Circle, Square!

I was drumming my fingers for a while, thinking about how to complete this week's tricky assignment at Heart2Heart Challenges:

Use TWO lines, ONE circle, and ONE square

Then I saw this stunning entry to last week's challenge, by Amy

You HAVE to see all the pictures of her Patriotic 4th of July wreath--its amazing. She also includes a great tutorial on how to make the rosettes and dimensional paper stars. Well worth a visit.

Anyway.

That set me to thinking about all the things you can do with pleated paper. I also really like that red-white-and-blue (plus "sky") colour palette found in the "Superhero" paper pack.

THAT combo made me think about summer nights,

and that's how the PATIO LANTERN card was born.

I started with a 12"x1.5" piece of striped paper with the stripe going length-wise. Depending on which orientation you cut the stripes, widthwise (see photo below) or lengthwise, you will get a starburst or circular pattern when you form your rosette. I scored the strip at 1/4" increments. Go see Amy's blog (link above) for instructions on how to make the rosette. That created my circle.

Example of a rosette with the stripes going width-wise

Then I cut another strip of paper at 1.5"x 6" and pleated it, but glued it to a 1.5" square piece of cardstock, so it remained square--see photo:

I used a Sizzix "Ribbons" die for the zig-zag hanger (Line #1) and a piece of twine for the second hanger (Line #2). I added a twine bow just for fun.
The greeting was heat-embossed using Versamark Ink and White Daisy embossing powder. You can create any word ("summer") using clear acrylic alphabet stamps; lining them up, and placing them in just the right place on your project is fool-proof, because they are see-through.

Its really easy to pleat paper, even if you don't have a Score-Pal or Martha Stewart Scoring Board. You can use your Fiskars paper trimmer (Z338), and scoring stylus (Z608). Simply put your paper strip under the trimmer arm, but instead of using the blade, run the scoring stylus down the recessed central track, marking a line on your paper. Move the paper along 1/4" and repeat.