April 2023 Card Layout #6 Part 1

 April 2023 Card Layout #6 Part 1

SU’s Nature’s Prints Bundle and Sun Prints DSP

This layout has been very popular lately on many blog posts and on Pinterest. It is sometimes called the lattice split card or lattice front card. I started with SU’s Nature’s Prints. (Stay tuned for another version of this layout part 2.)

Start with an 4 1/4 x 11 card base. Score at 5 1/2”. Then cut six strips 1/2” x 4 1/4” wide from one end. 

Then add a strip of painters tape to the front of the card base with the sticky side up. (I used Post-It Labeling and Cover-up Tape.)

 

Next place one of the six 1/2” strips at the bottom of the card front. The sticky side of the tape will hold it in place.

Add three more 1/2” strips starting at the top and positioning the strips to make the picket fence.

Use the last two 1 /2” strips as the picket fence posts. Adhere them to the four picket fence pieces. I used a small dot of liquid adhesive on each of the fence pieces to hold the fence posts in place.

Allow the glue to dry, and then remove the painter’s tape carefully. Add stamped/die cut images and sentiment.

It’s optional to adhere a 3 1/8” x 4 1/4” panel of DSP to the back of the picket fence pieces for a background or leave the fence open. You can also add a piece of DSP to the inside of the card base.