Woven Border Card

Today I've made a Woven Border card.  The weaving along the fold makes a fun detail.  The hardest part is making some ruler marks and drawing some short lines.  Here's what you want to do:

 

On the fold side of the card, draw a parallel line 1/2" from the fold.  Then, mark every 1/4" along the line and the fold.  At the top, mark half-way between the fold and the 1/2" line.  Draw from there to the first mark down on the 1/2" line.  Then, draw a diagonal line from the top of the fold to the next free mark on the 1/2" line.  Then draw parallel diagonal lines down the fold until you get toward the bottom.  Finally, draw a line from the last mark on the fold to the point halfway between the fold and the 1/2" line.

 

Now, with the card still folded and starting at the bottom, slice the small line, cutting off a small triangle.  For the next line up, carefully slice from the fold to 1/4" from the bottom.  Then slice all the rest of the lines between the fold and the 1/2" line.  Open the card and place it face down.  Again, starting from the bottom, skip the first point and fold the next one down - then slice it off.  Your card should now look like the picture above. 

 

Continuing from the bottom, skip the next point and fold the next down like in the picture above.

Tuck this piece below the first point - see picture above.

 

 Continue folding every other piece down and tucking it in place until you get to the top:

 

The top one is in two pieces - fold them each down and glue in place:

 

Fold close and decorate as you choose:

 

In this case, I used papers from the Wildflower Birthday DSP.   The focal mat was die cut using Everyday Arches. The balloon was a punch out from the DSP.

 

I think what I've shown is the best way to do the woven border, but I made a couple of others as I figured out what I liked.  The weaving isn't as great on these, but it's not too bad, so I finished them as well - using more papers from the same set.  Here they are: