Diamond Hammock Fold

 This card was inspired by a hammock style gatefold  that seems to be pretty popular on social media platforms at the moment. I wanted to create a diamond shaped one that would pop from the card base. I am in the process of making a double and a triple hammock card too so watch this space. 

There is of course a video on my YouTube channel 

Cardmaking supplies

Made to Surprise Vintage Christmas Stamps and Dies

Creative Stamping Magazine issue 138 Paper downloads

Made to surprise North Star embossing folder

Momento dew drops in in rhubarb stalk

The greeting farm holiday anya 10

Cardmaking instructions

To create the card base you need a sheet of card measuring 11 by 7 and you want to score this at 1/2, 3, 8 and 10 1/2. Fold this as a mountain, valley, valley, mountain

The Mats and layers for the centre panel measure 

4 3/4 by 6 3/4

4 1/2 by 6 1/2. I used the embossing folder for this paper.

The smaller panels mesure

2 1/4 by 6 3/4 

2 by 6 1/2 ( this is the digital download paper from the creative stamping magazine

The diamond panel was creating using a piece of card measuring 9 inch by 4 inch. This was scored at 1/2, 2 1/2, 6 1/2 and 8 1/2. The card was marked at 4 1/2 inch. The panel was then scored from the 4 1/2 inch mark to the bottom corner of the 1/2 inch score lines. See diagram and video for clarity.

The diagonal lines were folded as mountains and the vertical lines between them as valleys. Mats and layers were applied to the diamond. These measure

2 1/2 by 2 1/2 

2 1/4 by 2 1/4

2 pieces of card were cut 4 1/2 by 4 inch. These were both scored at 1/2 and 2 1/2

These were glued onto the tabs on the diamond panel

The panels were decorated with mats and layers measuring

1 3/4 by 3 3/4

1 1/2 by 3 1/2

The large card base was marked o the 1/2 inch tab and 1 1/2 inch and 5 1/2 inch to offer a guide to glue the diamond panel too.

2 panels 7 inch by 2 1/2 were glued onto the 1/2 inch tabs

The mats and layers for these measure

2 1/4 by 6 3/4

2 by 6 1/2

A belly band was created using a strip of card measuring 1 1/2 inch by 11 inch. A diamond was added to this. The measurements were

2 3/4 by 2 3/4

2 1/2 by 2 1/2

2 1/4 by 2 1/4

The sentiment was stamped from the greeting farm stamp set, fussy cut out and applied with foam tape

The christmas stamps was coloured and die cut out and applied to the diamond on the card panel

Thank you for reading

Claire x