Are you all ready to make a Waterfall card? I thought these looked so cool but I was a little intimidated to try one! I decided to just go for it and I am so glad I did! It really was so much fun and so easy to do! We can make one together! Let's begin!
The first thing you want to do is get all your supplies gathered up. Here's what you will need:
1 piece solid color cardstock measured at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
4 pieces of white measured at 1 7/8" x 1 7/8"
4 pieces of solid color cardstock measured at 2" x 2"
1 piece of coordinating cardstock measured at 5 1/4" x 4"
1 piece of solid color cardstock measured at 9" x 2"
1 piece of solid color cardstock measured at 3/4" x 4"
The second step will be to adhere the coordinating cardstock to the solid color cardstock base. You will also stamp your image on the white squares at this time. I am using a stamp from the Good Timber set (p. 44) and Palette ink spot (p. 117). You can add doodle dots or squiggles around the edges of your squares if you want, or sponge the edges.
Next you will adhere all the white squares to the solid color squares. Then score your 9" x 2" strip of cardstock at 2", 2 3/4", 3 1/2" & 4 1/4". Fold along the score lines.
We will now attach our strip of cardstock measuring 3/4" x 4" to the lower portion of our card. Using the crop-a-dile, I will set the brads to hold the strip in place. The crop-a-dile (p. 115) is a wonderful tool that I would rather not be without. It has also made setting eyelets so easy for me and I can punch holes through fabric, cd's and other thick objects that ordinary hole punches won't allow me to do.
Next, we will insert our long strip with the score lines on it. Be sure that the top fold of the strip doesn't stick out at the top of the card. Once you decide where you want the slider to go, hold it in place and carefully add a strip of adhesive the width of the slider on TOP of the horizontal strip we just set with brads.
Now we are ready to start adding our squares to the slider. Only put your adhesive on the top of each square. You do NOT want to apply adhesive to the entire square! Starting at the bottom of the slider, you will attach the square to the bottom score line.
Continue adhering all of your squares to the slider. You can test it out now to make sure it is working properly for you.
We are nearly done, now! You can take your circle punch and centering it along the bottom edge of the card, punch a semi-circle so you can get ahold of the slider better. For our final step, punch a hole at the bottom of the slider and insert an eyelet. After setting your eyelet, add your ribbon.
You can add a sentiment to the slider at this time if you want! I used a stamp from the Treasure Seeker stamp set (p. 64).
Ta-da! You are all finished and now you have a beautiful waterfall card! So fun and so easy to do.
If you have made one of these cards using today's tutorial, I would love to see it! Please leave me a comment and let me know where I can see yours at! As always, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! You can e-mail me at hoosier_card_angel@yahoo.com and I will be sure to e-mail you back!
Tomorrow's tutorial will be for the Shaving Cream card we made in my class at Memory Lane Scrapbooking. It was a lot of fun to make the cute little cupcake cards! Tomorrow we will be featuring this technique a little differently!
Have a great day!
Hugs,
Bridgett
