Trapeze Card Template
I love finding and experimenting with new and different card fun fold fold techniques. While this Trapeze Card is a little finicky to fold, but the end results of this fun fancy fold card template is well worth your efforts.
Digital Files
You will find 3 sub-folders with this file. I did this because of the number of accent pieces. I felt that separating the pieces into sub-folders would help add clarity and reduce confusion.
The file for this Trapeze fancy fold card template has been tested in Silhouette Studio, Business Edition.
Your Digital Download will contain JPeg, PNG, SVG, and PDF for this file.
There will also be this PDF Tutorial in the file.
This is the standard for all files that you download from me.
Folding the Trapeze Fancy Fold Card Template
Getting really good pictures of the card folding just wasn’t in the cards, sort of speak.
So here is my best attempt to explain how to fold this card. Yes, it is going to be a little finicky the results are worth the effort.
I started by folding the card in half. Then I carefully found and gently folded the 2 Mountain Folds. This allowed me to identify the location of these score lines.
I opened the back up and folded these Mountain Folds.
Now that I had the first folds done, I opened the card back up and turned it to the inside.
I located the Valley Folds and made very gentle folds. This allowed me to identify the location of the Valley Folds.
I opened the card back up and put the Valley Folds in place.
It is important to notice the fold lines converge on the corner edges of the card. This is finicky, so just take your time and go slow. Gently fold these corners a little at a time.
Once that was done, the rest was easy.
My Trapeze fancy fold card template looked perfect.
Accent Pieces
The first time that you notice is that there are more accent pieces in the picture than are actually in the file.
Don’t worry, there is nothing wrong with the file.
The top set of images are the same as the bottom set of images. These images are what are referred to a REFLECTED copies.
There is no reason to increase the file size with these REFLECTED Images, because the measurements are all the same.
Including these REFLECTED Images would not only increase the file size, but make the file rather confusing.
That is why I left them out.
Labeling the Accent Pieces
Here is how I labeled the Accent Pieces for the Trapeze fancy fold card template.
The side piece, as you would expect, go to the side panels of the Trapeze Card and the Center goes in the center.
Looking at the side accents, you will notice “a” and “b”. “A” refers to the bottom accent. These “a” centers fit to the shape and there is no 1/8” offset around the edge. I did not use this piece when I made my cards for this tutorial. I only used the “b” piece with the 1/8” offset.
The same goes for the center accent pieces. “A” is the center accent that fits the shape. “B” has a 1/8” offset and “C” has the 1/4” offset.
In my demonstration cards, I only used Center “B” but Center “C” could have been used on top of Center “B” for an additional accent.
How you use these Accent Pieces is totally up to you. Mix and match them however you please. After all, this is your card. Personalize it any way you like. All I am doing is providing you with just the basics – Trapeze fancy fold card template.
Accents - A Step Further!
Just a note, the Accent Pieces will fit on the outside of the Trapeze fancy fold card template and also on the inside of the card.
In this example, I used the same stripe paper with 2 different coordinating prints. I love how all the colors match. I also love how the stripes end up being on a slight diagonal.
The slight diagonal hides any evidence that I might not have gotten the paper glued down straight.
Bonus Word Art
I have included the Word Art that I used in my demonstration card. You can find it in your bonus file.
The name of this font is Amastery Script by Black Cats Media.
If you have the subscription for Creative Fabrica, then you can download this font as part of your subscription. Since I have the subscription, I do not know the non-subscription price for this font.
When I uploaded this SVG file to my Silhouette Design Space, it uploaded as a single piece. But it wasn’t grouped and I was able to separate the pieces easily.
It is worth noting that I use the CB09 blades on my Silhouette Cameo. I like using the CB09 blades because the Silhouette blades tend to struggle with small details like the word “hello”.
Do you like this Project?
This file can be downloaded from Creative Fabrica.
Okay - It's Your Turn
So what did you think? Did you like the project? Would you like to see more projects like Trapeze fancy fold card template? Do you have any questions that I didn’t answer? Please let me know in the comments below. I love hearing from you.
