Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies,

Let's all keep our fingers crossed that the lovely Sunny weather sees us through the weekend.  It looks like it drops a good 10 degrees from Monday and the rain returns, so another couple of days would be lovely.

Paul is making great progress with the raised beds, we were at the stage of putting netting over yesterday afternoon,  so I got two beds of cabbages, one lot of savoy cabbage, one lot of red cabbage, and some spring greens.  I also planted some Broccoli.  I have Tenderstem Broccoli,  cauliflowers and red sprouts and normal green sprouts waiting to go in, oh and some Kale. Fingers crossed we get something to eat out of it. 

I thought I'd do a quick Step by Step guide as its a Saturday.

Step by Step Guide for a 

Criss-Cross Front Card

I will start by saying you can make these cards any size you like, I chose to do a C6 card (4 1/4  X 5 1/2 inch) 

Start by getting together a Card base your chosen size,  I chose to attach my strips to a panel and then attach that to the card so that all the glued bits are neatly hidden behind the panel. 

So you have your card base, 

A Panel the same size as your card base

6 strips of card  1/2 inch wide  

Take three of your strips and place them onto the panel,  you must make sure that the strip on the side nearest the corner of the card has its edge perfectly aligned with the corner, both top and bottom. 

*Tip:  I found it easier to use low tack tape to keep them in place while I lined up the other side.

You do exactly the same with the strips on the right hand side, making sure that the strips are lined up to those corners 

Tape in place 

It makes it easier to handle if you trim the strips down a bit,  make sure you leave a good inch or so 

You need to score the strips along the fold ofvthe card, so that they neatly fold over the back of the card

Fold the strips over

Then apply adhesive of your choice to the strips. 

You will need to trim any bits of the strip where you have adhered at the corner edges,  (as you fold the strip down over card a little protrudes over the edge)

Now we need to glue the strips together to form a lattice.

Add glue to the areas where the strips cross

The lattice should be one piece now, next trim a the strips so that they line up with the bottom of the card.

Now we stick out lattice panel to our card base 

Apply your adhesive all over the back of your lattice panel and line up with your card base and press down firmly.

There you go, now you get to decorate your card.

I went for a simple design on this first one, partly because I was eager to get out in the sunshine. 

I hope that you enjoy having a go, I can't wait to see your version x

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I hope that you all enjoy your weekend, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx