You Will Need

15 minutes
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Hiding Square

  • Completed Project: Hiding Square Picture #1

Isn't this cool??

Well I thought so, so I thought I'd use this idea to make a hiding spot for a vintage photo of my grandmother in my altered journal book.

Based on an original project in a book available here

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    So for this little folded square hiding place you will want a double sided paper. I did my first test on yellow paper so you could see easier.

    Simply draw a square twice as wide and tall as you want your photo area to be. In this case my photo was 2 inches wide so my overall square was 4 x4 inches. You will then need a border area, mine was 1 inch all the way around.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Cut out the square on 1/2 the top edge, all the right and bottom edge, and 1/2 way up the left side.

    Then score and fold the center vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines as indicated.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    So for my book I used a wild pattern and ended up rotating it a 1/4 turn.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    By the way if you look really closely my grandmother is holding a skull and cross bones flag! Go Gramma!


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Here it is closed up. I also added another bit of dotted paper.

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