How'd They Do That? Part 3

I've had some really fun and popular card-making workshops where we do cards with "fancy folds". There are so many beautiful and fun ways to fold paper to create one-of-a-kind greetings for your friends and family. And in this segment of "How'd They Do That?", I'm going to show you how to make a folded frame to showcase your favorite stamped images or embellishments (designs from "Susan's Journal of Paper Engineering Secrets", by Susan Cobb).

Close To My Heart's 2-sided Background & Texture paper is perfect for this project, however, if you don't have 2-sided paper, you can take two different pieces of patterned paper and glue them back-to-back.

Start with a 3" x 3" piece of patterned paper. Lightly mark the center of the square.

Fold in each corner to meet in the center:

Fold out the point of each corner, even with the outer edge:

Next, fold the point of each corner inward, even with the inner edge (at this point, try rolling the corners up with your finger - it's getting very hard to fold up because the corner is so small!):

Now, fold each outer corner point inward to meet the inner fold:

Take this folded frame and adhere it to a piece of the same patterned paper (the size of the new square is 2 1/8"):

Now that your frame is complete, you can adhere it to a square of coordinating cardstock, embellish, and adhere to your card for a fun & unique focal point! Have fun with it!