Start with a 12″ x 12″ piece of Tulip cardstock. On a diagonal, score at 1.5″ from the corner and at 1/4″ from that score. Tip: Work on the reverse side of the Versamat to have something soft underneath for scoring.

Repeat completely across the paper. Now, alternately fold up or down (if you do origami, it would be valley and mountain folds). Tip: I used a quilting ruler which has 45 degree angle lines on it, making it perfect to line up with the outer edges of the cardstock. Your piece will look like this. Now, open up and lay flat.

Repeat making diagonal score lines in the opposite direction, such that the lines cross the previous lines. Now fold all those scores as before….and then, for the fun part…fold all scores such that you have a piece like this…

While you could use a very strong adhesive to maintain the folds, I opted to give the piece more interest by adding brads at the intersections. Tip: Make sure you’re using the piercing tool foam mat underneath to pierce the holes. To make the brad prongs completely flat, after opening the prongs, use the back end of the piercing tool to push on the center of the open prongs and they’ll go flat!


I went through and put brads on the entire folded piece of cardstock before cutting it. I was able to get both 4″ x 8″ pieces for this scrapbook layout from the ONE folded piece. It really is amazing at how much the 12″ x 12″ piece of cardstock will shrink as a result of all the folds. Take a look here for other fold ideas…and to share YOUR creation!