Hey there
Welcome to our YNS weekly design team post…each Wednesday we will help inspire, teach, organize and share crafty tips..today I am sharing a tutorial on how to make and decorate a side step card
First start with a piece of cardstock 5 1/2 x 81/2, put paper in your cutter along the short side and cut it from the 1 inch mark to the 61/2 inch mark
Next score on the 2 1/2 inch side of your paper at 4 1/4
then flip your cardstock and score the 3 inch side at 1, 2, 3 1/4, 41/2 and 6 1/2..( I didn’t realize how LOVED my score pal was till it was time to edit these photo’s…please excuse all the scribble marks)
Fold on the score lines
Next I stamp my images that will make the scene
Color them up with Copics (or your coloring medium of choice) and cut them out
Now I begin to build the scene I want, adding backgrounds and layering the characters
Thanks for joining me today!
The photos are not showing up! Otherwise, very clear directions so thank you for the tutorial!
Hugs,
Jo
I couldn’t see the photos in my email, but when I went to the actual blog they showed up. Great tutorial. I love this type of card.
Awesome I love this idea and your tutorial was great. I’ll have to give this a try.
Super cute card I always want to do a step card but never know what to do yours is really cute
I just did a step card, but the steps were in the middle and it was a bigger card size (A7). I can’t wait to try this one! Tonight!
that is so cute!
I would appreciate if you could tell me what cardstock weight has to be used such as an A4 200gsm , for to make the step card as I’ve made step cards before but they never seem to be very sturdy to keep standing up. Would also like to know if you ever attach acetate onto a step card if so what adhesive would you use to attach the acetate.
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Yours sincerely
K Bollado
Hello!
Here are the recommendations from the design team…
Use something of 80# or higher. For cards that need to be sturdier use something like Michaels Recollection cardstock 110#. This would be for a base only as it’s not good to color on. Neenah 100# cardstock seems to be go-to for a lot of people. As far as acetate, use an ATG gun tape or Scor-tape, both seem to hold well. Hopefully this helps a little.