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Lattice
Card

Any questions, email me (button on top of page) and I will try to assist you as best as I can. Also, you can do some Internet searches for lattice cards and see what others have created.

I created this card for our scrapbooking competition. The card received first place. Combining paper and digital scrapbooking together is called hybrid scrapbooking. It does present a challenge of how to combine the two together. The other challenge I had with this card was the borderless printing. I had to play with my printer quite a bit to have the results I wanted. I often study cards at the stores and most are on white cardstock and I liked having the card with a blush of the green color. To me it makes the card stand out all the more. I do not sell my cards, but my family and friends look forward to receiving them.

Besides the information I have provided here, the link below shows a webisode of how to use the lattice template. Paper Wishes is where I bought the template from and there are many more webisodes to provide you with ideas on their products. Paper Wishes webisode

Here is the template. I have pink paper under it to try and show the patterns.

Here is the card without the lattice. I use Scrapbook Factory to design the card. You would not want to print out the card until you know how wide the lattice template will be. I used the pattern that is second from the bottom on the template and it was 3/4" wide. So whatever edge you decide to place the folds on, that is where you need to adjust your printing on the card. I am placing it on the left-hand side in this case, so everything is moved to the right. I have also placed it on the right-hand edge. The background color is a very pale green that matches the photo on the card.

I decided to use vellum for the lattice pattern. I printed a darker green color than the background color on the card. Save the leftovers of the sheet for another card.

I made a fold on the vellum that is a couple inches wide. Next, take the template and line the vellum up to the pattern on the template. Only use a pencil to mark the pattern on the vellum and make light lines. It is important to take your time and be as exact as you can with the pencil lines.

Here is the vellum with the lines. Now you cut along the lines. Be exact and cut all the way to the ends of the lines. This will affect the folds of the pattern and how they lay. Then use an artist's or rubber eraser to remove the pencil marks. I found moving the eraser from left to right was the best way to protect the cut marks.

Your next step is to fold the V's down and form your pattern. Spread out the paper to expose the pattern. One extra step I did was to take the tips of the V's and tuck them under the upside down V's. I hope you can see that in the photo.

You are almost done. I decided that I wanted to use a rounded edge to the cards so used a punch for that.

Now you attach the vellum to the card. Notice the X's at the bottom of the card. This is where the vellum is doubled due to the folds. It is hard to hide glue on vellum, but placing it under the double layers of vellum seems to do the trick. Use sparingly. This is a delicate card and you do not need to glue the vellum completely down. I just did it under every other fold.

I then took pearls and glued them next to the edge of the vellum. It really dresses up the card. The pearls came in a continuous line with the glue on them already. I have also used rhinestones.

Here is a photo of the finished product. Once you get the hang of it, they are easy to create.