Pyramage And Reverse Pyramage With Diamond Shaped Variation
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Pyramage has become very popular and reverse pyramage is just an extension of this technique – but is also very economical because as an added bonus, all you need is one extra image and you can get a second card out of what would normally be waste. How many images you need to use will be decided by how many layers you want - for this one I have used 5 layers including the base. All the images are the same size.
1. Start by putting your two base layers to one side and turn the other four over. Mark off 1cm around each edge of the first one, 1.5cm off the second one, 2cm off the third one and 2.5cm off the fouth one.
2. Using a craft knife and ruler, cut out the centre square of each one. This will leave you will 4 pictures and 4 'frames'. Put the centre squares to one side for now.
3. Put either 3D foam squares or silicone glue onto the back of the four frames and assemble them on top of the base image starting with the widest frame and finishing with the narrowest.
4. When you've finished assembling it, it will look like a set of steps going down and will draw your eye into the picture.
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5. Then you can assemble the squares you cut out onto the other base image to create the usual type of pyramage
DIAMOND VARIATION
The picture below shows a variation for these cards - a diamond shape. It is done in the same way as the one above so step by step photos aren't needed.
1. Mark the halfway point on each of the four sides of each layer.
2. On the first layer mark another dot 1 cm in from the edge of the card in line with your first dot that you made to mark the middle of the side. Repeat for the other three sides then join the dots to give you the diamond. Using a craft knife and ruler, cut out the diamond shapes.
3. Repeat for your other layers making your second dots at 1.5 cm, 2 cm and 2.5 cm from the edge and cut out in the same way as the first layer.
The assembly of the cards is exactly the same as above.
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